Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Suriyeli Öğrencilerle Çalışan Psikolojik Danışmanların Yaşadıkları Sorunlar ve Bu Sorunlara İlişkin Uyguladıkları Çözüm Yollarının İncelenmesi

Bu arastirmanin amaci: Suriyeli ogrencilerle calisan psikolojik danismanlarin yasadiklari sorunlar ve bu sorunlara iliskin uyguladiklari cozum yollarinin incelenmesidir. Nitel arastirma deseni kullanilarak tasarlanan bu arastirmada veriler, yuz yuze gorusme yoluyla uzman gorusu esliginde gelistirilen yari yapilandirilmis gorusme formu kullanilarak elde edilmistir. Calisma grubu , Gaziantep ili Şahinbey ve Şehitkâmil ilcelerinde, Milli Egitim Bakanligina bagli merkezi okullarin farkli duzeylerinde gorev yapan, yaslari 23-52 arasinda degisen 32 psikolojik danismandan olusmustur. Calisma grubunun belirlenmesinde amacli orneklem yontemlerinden biri olan olcut orneklemeden yararlanilmistir. Gorusmeler sonucunda elde edilen veriler nitel arastirma yontemleri dogrultusunda kodlanarak icerik analizine tabii tutulmustur. Arastirmada psikolojik danismanlarin yarisindan fazlasi, Suriyeli ogrencilerin bulunduklari okula uyum saglamakta ciddi sorunlar yasadiklarini belirtmislerdir. Karsilasilan sorunlardan en onemlisi dil problemidir. Dil problemi Suriyeli ogrencilerin bulundugu okula uyum saglamada zorluklar yasamasina, kendilerini ifade ederken siddete basvurmalarina, akademik basarida yetersizlige, kendi kulturunden arkadaslariyla gruplasmalarina yol acmaktadir. Katilimcilar , cozum onerisi olarak cogu soruna temel olusturan dil probleminin cozulmesi ve psikolojik danismanlara uygulamaya donuk travma egitiminin verilmesi gerektigini vurgulamislardir.
A meta-analysis of the cognitive and motivational effects of serious games

It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and by affecting motivation. However, until now research has shown little evidence for these assumptions. We used meta-analytic techniques to investigate whether serious games are more effective in terms of learning and more motivating than conventional instruction methods (learning: k = 77, N 5,547; motivation: k = 31, N 2,216). Consistent with our hypotheses, serious games were found to be more effective in terms of learning (d= 0.29, p .05) than conventional instruction methods. Additional moderator analyses on the learning effects revealed that learners in serious games learned more, relative to those taught with conventional instruction methods, when the game was supplemented with other instruction methods, when multiple training sessions were involved, and when players worked in groups.
Source Memory, Aging and Culture

Background: The present study investigates the possibility that culture affects age differences in context memory. There is evidence that East-Asians process scenes more holistically and show better context memory than Americans. Objective: We examined evidence for differences in binding source to context in young and old Americans and native Chinese. We hypothesized that age effects on source memory could be mitigated due to these cultural differences in processing style. Methods: During incidental encoding, younger and older Chinese and Americans watched a video with statements spoken by four distinct speakers. After a brief interval, participants identified source (experiment 1) or item and source (experiment 2). Results: We observed substantial age-related deficits in source memory in both cultures but little evidence for cultural differences in source or item memory. Conclusion: Basic source memory processes operate similarly across culture and age. The source of holistic processing differences observed between cultures may occur in cognitive operations that are more highly bound to a social context.
Carbon fluxes and pelagic ecosystem dynamics near two western Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguin colonies: an inverse model approach

An inverse food-web model for the western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) pelagic food web was constrained with data from Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (PAL-LTER) project annual austral summer sampling cruises. Model solutions were generated for 2 regions with Adelie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae colonies presenting different population trends (a northern and a southern colony) for a 12 yr period (1995�2006). Counter to the standard paradigm, comparisons of carbon flow through bacteria, microzooplankton, and krill showed that the diatomkrilltop predator food chain is not the dominant pathway for organic carbon exchanges. The food web is more complex, including significant contributions by microzooplankton and the microbial loop. Using both inverse model results and network indices, it appears that in the northern WAP the food web is dominated by the microbial food web, with a temporal trend toward its increasing importance. The dominant pathway for the southern WAP food web varies from year to year, with no detectable temporal trend toward dominance of microzooplankton versus krill. In addition, sensitivity analyses indicated that the northern colony of Adelie penguins, whose population size has been declining over the past 35 yr, appears to have sufficient krill during summer to sustain its basic metabolic needs and rear chicks, suggesting the importance of other processes in regulating the Adelie population decline.
Comparative Complementizers in Canadian English: Insights from Early Fiction

There are five verbs in present-day English that indicate the apparentness of a subsequent finite subordinate clause: seem, appear, look, sound, and feel. These verbs can be linked to the lower clause by one of five comparative complementizers: as if, as though, like, that, and null. Although like is the newest of these variants (Lopez-Couso and Mendez-Naya 2012:177), it is overwhelmingly the predominant one in vernacular Canadian English and as if and as though have become negligible (Lopez-Couso and Mendez-Naya 2012:185). I investigate this rapid lexical replacement with the use of two corpora: the Toronto English Archive (Tagliamonte 2003-2006) and an earlier collection of Canadian writing, drawn from Project Gutenberg Canada, primarily representing the decades between 1860 and 1930. The Toronto data shows a change in apparent time whereby like is overtaking the two remaining variants, that and null. In the earlier written materials, there are only 18 tokens of like, but all of these are in fictional dialogue written to come across as nonstandard; this suggests that like was known as a highly colloquial comparative complementizer until it started catching on across registers. The literality of the subordinate clause proves to be a key aspect of the change: in the earlier material, as if and as though are more likely with fully metaphorical subordinate clauses, that and null more often introduce the concrete ones, and like does not exhibit a clear preference. This semantic conditioning is stable over real time between 1860 and 1930, implying that one advantage that like has had over its moribund competitors is its versatility as far as literality is concerned. This working paper is available in University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: http://repository.upenn. edu/pwpl/ vol20/iss2/2 U. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 20.2, 2014 Comparative Complementizers in Canadian English: Insights from Early Fiction Marisa Brook*
Effects of Vitamin E on Susceptibility of Low-Density Lipoprotein and Low-Density Lipoprotein Subfractions to Oxidation and on Protein Glycation in NIDDM

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of vitamin E supplementation on the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and LDL subfractions to oxidation and on protein glycation in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty-one men with NIDDM (HbA1c = 6-10%), ages 50–70, were randomly assigned to either 1,600 IU/day of vitamin E or placebo for 10 weeks after a 4-week placebo period. LDL and LDL subfractions were isolated after 4 weeks of placebo and after 6 and 10 weeks of therapy. Susceptibility of LDL to copper-mediated oxidation was measured by conjugated diene formation (lag time) and formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS). Fasting serum glucose, mean weekly blood glucose, HbA1c, and glycated plasma protein concentrations were also determined at these time points. RESULTS Vitamin E content in plasma and LDL increased 4.0- and 3.7-fold, respectively, in the vitamin E-treated group. Vitamin E decreased the susceptibility of LDL to oxidation in comparison with placebo (lag time, 243 ± 46 vs. 151 ± 22 min, P < 0.01; 3 h TBARS, 24 ± 12 vs. 66 ± 18 nmol malondialdehyde/mg LDL, P < 0.05). Vitamin E content also increased significantly in both buoyant and dense LDL subfractions, and their oxidation was dramatically reduced. The lag time of LDL oxidation correlated well with the content of vitamin E in both LDL and its subfractions (r = 0.69–0.92). Glycemic indexes did not change significantly in either group during the study. Protein glycation, including glycated hemoglobin, glycated albumin, glycated total plasma proteins, and glycated LDL were unchanged in the vitamin E group. CONCLUSIONS Supplementation of vitamin E in NIDDM leads to enrichment of LDL and LDL subfractions and reduced susceptibility to oxidation. Despite a greater percentage increase in vitamin E content in small dense LDL, it remained substantially more susceptible to oxidation than was buoyant LDL. This suggests that dense, LDL may gain less protection against oxidation from antioxidant supplementation than does larger, more buoyant LDL. In contrast to previous reports, vitamin E supplementation did not reduce glycation of intracellular or plasma proteins.
Conspiracy Theories, Apocalyptic Narratives and the Discursive Construction of ‘the Violence in Maluku’

Dalam mengulas kekerasan di Maluku, penjelasan-penjelasan yang beredar di media cetak dan eletronik cenderung memfokus pada upaya pelaku-pelaku politik nasional dan regional dalam melakukan pemanipulasian dan penghasutan untuk melakukan kekerasan. Teori-teori ini, yang disebut penulisnya dengan 'instrumentalis' ( instrumentalist ), menyarankan bahwa kekerasan di Maluku dipandang sebagai hasil dari 'instrumen' permainan dan tipu daya politik. Motif-motif untuk menghasut atau memulai terjadinya kekerasan di Maluku dideskripsikan secara beragam sebagai megalomaniak politik atau keserakahan ekonomi. Membongkar dimensi ini, yang disebut dengan 'organisasi politik', merupakan tugas yang amat penting. Akan tetapi teori 'instrumentalis', menurut penulisnya, tidak dapat menjelaskan mengapa kekerasan di Maluku Utara dan Maluku Tengah berlanjut hingga lebih dari dua tahun, dan mengapa kekerasan berakar serta bertahan di tingkat lokal. Penjelasan itu dinilainya mempertahankan pandangan yang elitis tentang tindakan sosial, serta gagasan yang disederhanakan tentang kekuasaan. Penulis mengajukan sudut pandang yang lain, yakni suatu pendekatan 'dari bawah' yang memandang proses dikodifikasikannya konflik itu dalam narasi setempat sebagai sesuatu yang 'agamawi' ( religious ) setelah awal tahun 1999. Secara khusus, penulisnya memfokuspada salah satu narasi, yakni narasi 'millenarian '. Dalam narasi ini, dibayangkan terjadinya pertarungan besar-besaran ( an up-coming apocalyptic battle ) antara umat Kristen dan Islam sebagai tanda tibanya dunia kiamat. Penulis berargumentasi bahwa narasi itu berperanan dalam mempertahankan terjadinya kekerasan di Maluku Tengah dan Utara, karena ia membakar dan sebaliknya, diperkaya oleh nada yang konspiratif dari banyak laporan media massa tentang kekerasan. Walau didorong oleh imajinasi politik yang berbeda, penjelasan instrumentalis dan gagasan tentang 'millenarian ' itu memiliki kesamaan nada bersifat konspirasi. Kedua narasi itu saling menyuburkan dan keduanya, menjadi pelaku dalam 'kerusuhan Maluku'.
Low-mannose-binding lectin levels in susceptibility to neonatal sepsis in preterm neonates with fetal inflammatory response syndrome

Aim. In this study, we aimed to evaluate cord blood mannose binding levels (MBL), to evaluate possible relationship between cord blood MBL levels with neonatal sepsis and culture confirmed neonatal sepsis in preterm newborn with gestational age below 34 weeks with fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS). Methods. Forty-four randomly selected ≤34 weeks gestational age newborns with FIRS were evaluated. MBL deficiency was described as cord blood levels were below 400 ng/ml. Results. Mean value of umbilical cord MBL was significantly lower in newborns with culture confirmed sepsis (p < 0.01) and also all cases with sepsis (including culture negative or positive) (p < 0.05) than newborns without sepsis. Culture-confirmed sepsis was statistically common in MBL deficient premature newborns with FIRS. Univariate analysis showed that gestational age, birth weight, low serum MBL level and poor obstetric history were all significantly associated with the risk of neonatal sepsis. A subsequent multivariate analysis showed that the association between serum MBL level and the risk of suspected sepsis and culture confirmed sepsis independently from gestational age and birth weight. Conclusion. Here in, we report firstly lower MBL levels were found related with sepsis in neonates, especially in newborns with culture proven sepsis. Low MBL levels may help to identify neonates with FIRS at high risk of developing sepsis.
Problèmes décisionnels de Markov temporels : formalisation et résolution

Cette these traite de planification dans l'incertain en environnement instationnaire. Nous cherchons a construire un agent logiciel autonome, capable de se coordonner avec l'evolution de son environnement. Cet environnement est constitue d'autres agents communiquant leurs intentions ou de processus concurrents non-controlables pour lesquels un modele est disponible. Nous explorons plusieurs approches de modelisation d'une dependance continue au temps dans le cadre des Processus Decisionnels de Markov (MDP), aboutissant a la definition des Problemes Decisionnels de Markov Temporels. Puis, nous nous interessons a deux paradigmes distincts. En premier lieu, nous considerons des modeles a evenements implicites et les ecrivons comme des MDP dependants du temps (TMDP). Nous etendons l'equation d'optimalite classique et presentons un algorithme d'Iteration de la Valeur utilisant des representations polynomiales par morceaux que nous testons sur deux problemes de planification pour drones. Ces conclusions permettent alors une discussion plus generale au sujet des actions parametriques pour les MDP a temps observable. Dans un second temps, nous modelisons separement les contributions concurrentes d'evenements exogenes au systeme. Cette approche de modelisation a evenements explicites mene aux Processus Decisionnels Semi-Markoviens Generalises (GSMDP). Nous etablissons un lien entre la theorie de Specification des Systemes a Evenements Discrets (DEVS) et le formalisme GSMDP, permettant ainsi la definition de simulateurs coherents. Puis nous adoptons une approche d'Iteration de la Politique fondee sur la simulation que nous testons sur un probleme de controle d'un reseau de metro.
Trajectory Query Based on Trajectory Segments with Activities

Searching trajectories with activities has attracted much attention in the last decade. Existing studies tend to find trajectories with activities matched to the required keywords. However, returned trajectories may have a satisfying textual matching but are spatially far from query locations. In this paper, differing with traditional work which return entire trajectories without combination, we focus on the intersecting trajectory segments and combine them into a new trajectory. A challenge of this problem is how to find qualified trajectory segments from the large search space and combine them into required trajectories. To this end, we organize trajectories into a hybrid index which enables us to utilize spatial information to prune search space efficiently. In addition, we propose a algorithm to search intersecting trajectory segments and combine them into qualified trajectories according to requirements. The effectiveness of our method is verified by empirical studies based on a real trajectory data set and a synthetic data set.
Impact of metabolic syndrome on myocardial perfusion grade after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction

AimsMetabolic syndrome with its associated cardiovascular risk factors and prothrombotic, procoagulant and proinflammatory properties and its detrimental effects on coronary microcirculation may play a role in the occurrence of poor myocardial perfusion after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Accordingly, this study was designed to evaluate the association between metabolic syndrome and myocardial perfusion grade in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Material and methodsThe study population included 283 consecutive patients (229 men, mean age=62±8 years) admitted to our hospital with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) myocardial perfusion grade (TMPG) was graded densitometrically on the basis of visual assessment of relative contrast opacification of the myocardial territory subtended by the infarct vessel in relation to epicardial density. Metabolic syndrome was diagnosed according to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Patients were divided into two groups on the basis of the myocardial perfusion grade determined after percutaneous coronary intervention. Group I consisted of 223 patients with good myocardial perfusion (TMPG 2–3) after successful percutaneous coronary intervention and group II of 60 patients with poor myocardial perfusion (TMPG 0–1). ResultsThe prevalence of metabolic syndrome was found to be significantly higher in patients with poor myocardial perfusion than in those with good myocardial perfusion (40 vs. 20%, respectively, P=0.002). Moreover, we detected an independent association between metabolic syndrome and the occurrence of poor myocardial perfusion grade (adjusted OR=2.54, 95% CI=1.35–4.75, P=0.003). ConclusionsWe have shown, for the first time, a significant association between metabolic syndrome and impaired myocardial perfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction. This data may partially explain the poor short and long-term outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with metabolic syndrome.
Effect of Different Obturation Techniques on the Prognosis of Endodontic Therapy: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis.

INTRODUCTION Success of root canal therapy (RCT) is largely dependent upon the quality of biomechanical preparation and obturation of the pulp canal. Improperly cleaned or shaped root canal, regardless of the type of obturation method and obturating material, cannot lead to the success of endodontic therapy. Hence, we conducted a clinical comparative analysis of two obturating techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 140 patients receiving RCT at the department of Endodontic were included in the present study. The average follow-up time for the patients was 29 months (18-38 months). Patients were grouped into two depending on the type of obturating technique used. Evaluation of the clinical and radiographic follow-up records of the patients was done and analysis was made. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for assessing the level of significance. RESULTS The average age of the patients undergoing obturation with carrier-based obturation (CO) technique and lateral compaction (LC) technique was 43 and 48 years respectively. While comparing failure and success of the teeth at the time of follow-up, nonsignificant results were obtained. Significant difference was seen, while comparing the presence of voids and type of teeth in which endodontic therapy was performed using different obturating techniques. CONCLUSION Endodontic therapy done with LC obturating technique or with CO technique shows prognostic difference on the outcome or quality of treatment therapy. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Quality of obturation is more important rather than type while performing endodontic therapy for better prognosis.
The effect of copper trace routing on the drop test reliability of BGA modules

The Jedec drop test has become a popular method for the assessment of the dynamic mechanical reliability of 2nd level assemblies. It delivers repeatable results and is thus well suited for the development of a virtual lifetime model based on FEM simulations. Detailed experimental studies showed PCB copper trace fractures as the dominating failure mode. The virtual risk assessment applied a two steps approach (sub-modeling technique). The overall PCB motion was computed by a global model of the entire Jedec board. In the second step, the copper trace load was investigated with a single component. The resultant plastic strain showed a clear dependency on the relation between copper trace routing and dominating PCB deformation. A strain map was derived which indicates the strain level as a pre-factor to each trace routing condition. The validity of the strain map concept was proven by comparison with experimental results. The strain map was able to precisely identify the failing interconnections at each component position. The combination of interconnection strain energy from the global model and the strain map was able to match the experimental sequence of failures across the Jedec board exactly. A lifetime model was derived which is able to predict the cycles-to-failure of three different package types with less than 25% deviation to the tests. Hence, this lifetime model sets the ground for virtual prototyping that also includes the BGA drop test endurance.
Normal Misbehavior: Scientists Talk about the Ethics of Research

Those concerned with protecting the integrity of science generally focus on the serious but rare infractions of falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism (FFP). While the violations of FFP are clear threats to the quality of scientific work and public trust in science, are they the behaviors that researchers themselves find most troubling? Noticing that scientists seldom are asked to report their perceptions of the behaviors that pose problems for the enterprise of science, we conducted six focus groups with researchers from major research universities. A total of 51 scientists participated in our focus-group discussions, which lasted from 1.5 to 2 hours each. We found that while researchers were aware of the problems of FFP, in their eyes misconduct generally is associated with more mundane, everyday problems in the work environment. These more common problems fall into four categories: The meaning of data, the rules of science, life with colleagues, and the pressures of production in science. Focus on the “normal misbehaviors” that are part of the ordinary life of researchers allows us to see the way the organization of science generates both compliance and deviance from ethical norms.