Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Utilizing Cognitive Training to Remediate Working Memory in School-age Children

Presented at the 2015 Western Psychological Association Convention Considerable research has shown that important predictors of academic success include working memory (WM) and attention skills (Gray et al., 2012). Specifically, research has shown that WM and attention skills impact reading, writing, and mathematics (Rode, Robson, Purviance, Geary, & Mayr, 2014). Moreover, some research has found that WM and attention deficits are present in children with learning differences (e.g., ADHD) (Delavarian, Bokharaeian, Towhidkhad & Gharibzadeh, 2015; Kirk, Gray, Riby & Cornish, 2012). Thus, a focus of recent research is on the remediation of attention and WM deficits through the use of game-based computerized cognitive training programs (Gray et al, 2012; Kirk et al., 2015). The results have indicated that adaptive WM training can ameliorate low working memory, attention deficits, and other symptoms related to poor learning abilities in children (Holmes, Gathercole, & Dunning, 2009; Kirk et al., 2015). The purpose of this study is to add to the emerging body of work and examine the efficacy of a school-based computerized cognitive training intervention program.
Effects of an Ecological Interface on Flight Training Effectiveness

For Ecological Interface Design (EID), the underlying constraints and properties of an operator’s work domain are analysed and used as a basis for the design of the information displays, so that these may reveal these underlying mechanisms. Most evaluations for EID have been performed with expert or trained participants. However, it can be hypothesised that the effects of EID will also change the way tasks are learned by novices; since the EID designs support direct manipulation, and at the same time show the constraints in the work domain, a novice would be able to perform the task as a skill, employing the direct manipulation features of the interface, while at the same time learning the underlying constraints from the work domain. Our interest is the effect of an EID display on skill acquisition in a flying task. To this end we evaluated the EID display by (Amelink, Mulder, van Paassen, & Flach, 2005) in a study with novice pilots, learning flight path and speed control of a simulated aircraft. It was found that initial performance by the EID group was better than by a control group, the EID group also showed more consistent and homogeneous behavior. The EID display did not lead to increased workload, as measured with the Rating Scale for Mental Effort. Asymptotic performance levels for both groups were not significantly different.
Idiosyncratic Skewness or Coskewness? Evidence from Commodity Futures Returns

We examine the ability of idiosyncratic skewness and coskewness to explain the cross section of commodity returns at the characteristics and factor levels, and find that idiosyncratic skewness is significantly related to the cross section of commodity returns, whereas coskewness is not. Furthermore, we construct a tradeable factor based on idiosyncratic skewness and find that it is significantly priced cross-sectionally in commodity futures. In addition, a new measure of idiosyncratic skewness (IE) proposed by Jiang, Wu, Zhou, and Zhu (2018) is stronger and more robust in capturing the skewness or asymmetry effect at both the characteristics and factor levels. JEL classification: G13; G14
Teaching Ability Beliefs Scale: Adapting into Turkish and Testing the Construct Validity

Bu calismanin amaci, bireylerin ogretmenlik yetenegine iliskin inanclarini olcen Ogretmenlik Yetenegi Inanci Olcegi’nin [Teaching Ability Beliefs Scale] (OYIO, Fives ve Buehl, 2008, 2013) Turk dili ve kulturune uyarlanarak, Turkce olcegin gecerlik ve guvenirligini sinamaktir. Kisaca bu calismada, ogretmenlik yetenegini dogustan gelen-sonradan kazanilan bakis acisindan ele alacak bir olcme araci gelistirilmesi amaclanmistir. 270 ogretmen ve 274 ogretmen adayi uzerinde gerceklestirilen calismada oncelikle, olcek maddeleri Turkceye cevrilerek ceviri gecerligi incelendi; ardindan dil ve anlam gecerligi, yapi gecerligi (acimlayici ve dogrulayici faktor analizi) ve ic tutarliklari arastirildi. Elde edilen bulgular olcegin (i) dogustan gelen, (ii) sonradan ogrenilen ve (iii) hibrit olmak uzere uc faktorlu bir yapi sergiledigini ve Turk kulturu icin gecerli ve guvenilir oldugunu gosterdi. Orijinal olcekteki herhangi birisi ve gelistirilmesi gereken seklindeki iki faktor uyarlama calismasinda hibrit faktorunde birlikte yer almistir. Sonuc olarak calisma bulgularinin, OYIO’nun ogretmenlerin ve ogretmen adaylarinin ogretmenlik yetenegine iliskin inanclarinin olculmesine yonelik olarak kullanilmasi icin bir kanit niteliginde oldugu soylenebilir.
Beyond psychoanalysis and group analysis. The urgent need for a new paradigm of the human being

Freud’s momentous discovery that the largest part of mental life, both individual and collective is unknown to us and out of our control, brought about a major revolution in epistemology and our conception of the human being, but such evolution was stalled by Freud’s adherence to several assumptions that were an essential part of his Weltanschauung or ‘Conception of the World’. These were the individualistic paradigm and the misguided attempt to turn the discipline he had created into a positivistic science, framed in the model of the natural sciences. Orthodox psychoanalysis has since focused on the intrapsychic, leaving out the interpersonal and social dimensions. Group analysis, as introduced by Foulkes has been a bold attempt to transcend the limitations of psychoanalysis and integrate the dimensions it has ignored or denied. Nonetheless, the development of Foulkes’ revolutionary contributions was encumbered by his adherence to Freudian theory, just like the latter was by his creator’s subservience to positivistic natural science. Psychoanalysis and group analysis are two aspects of the wider field of analysis, but they are still impeded by a series of assumptions held by both science and common sense. These are: i) materialistic metaphysics, ii) the Cartesian subject, iii) deterministic positivism, iv) neutral objectivism, and v) rejection of teleology. Hence, the need to go beyond psychoanalysis and group analysis and formulate a new paradigm of the human being. This is a work in progress, being tackled by many people from different fields of human knowledge and practice, such as physical science, biology, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, group analysis, sociology, political science, philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and the Humanities, among many others. It is an interdisciplinary enterprise, to which analysis may and should contribute, but only through an open dialogue with its peers in the field of human thought.
Addressing Female Condom Use among Women in South Africa: A Review of the Literature

Abstract Objective: To review the literature on the female condom (FC) and determinants of its usage among females in South Africa. Method: The Boolean method was used to search for studies focusing solely on the female perspectives of the FC. Only South African studies in English were included. Results: Fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Despite high levels of awareness, use of FC is low, particularly among younger females. Users were often not aware of availability. Clinical failure ranged between 1–7.7% and decreased over time. Negotiation skills were poor. Conclusion: Campaigns to improve uptake and promote correct use are required.
“We have to put the fire out first before we start rebuilding the house”: practitioners’ experiences of supporting women with histories of substance use, interpersonal abuse and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder

Abstract Introduction and aims: The high prevalence of women experiencing co-occurring substance use, interpersonal abuse, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has led to international calls for trauma-specific substance use treatments and wider trauma-informed practice. The aim of this study was to explore how services in England have developed practice responses with limited historical precedence for this work. Design and Methods: A purposive sample of 14 practitioners from substance use, interpersonal violence and criminal justice services were chosen for their integrated practice. Semi-structured interviews exploring their understanding of the co-occurring issues, staged treatment models and wider trauma-informed practice, and the challenges associated with this. Thematic analysis was employed. Results: Three key interlinking themes were identified: practitioners’ philosophical approach; tailored clinical practice, and system responsiveness. Analyses identified the importance of relational, non-pathologising practice, extensive focus on physical and emotional safety, and cautionary approaches towards using trauma-specific treatments involving trauma disclosure. Challenges included poor service integration, time-limited treatments and tokenistic trauma informed practice. Discussion: Practitioners from across disciplines emulated important components of trauma-informed practice and promoted a ‘safety-first’ approach reliant on multi-agency working and wider system responses. Trauma-specific interventions required skilled and experienced practitioners, and longer treatment programmes comprising first stage work. Conclusions: In the context of limited gender-responsive substance use treatment in the UK, practitioners demonstrated integrated practice that supported the recommended staged PTSD model and trauma-informed practice. Organisational leadership and support from service commissioners and funders are recommended to promote growth of this approach across the UK.
Essentialist Beliefs about Happiness and its Impacts on Well-Being

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The Resilience Songwriting Program: A working theoretical model and intervention protocol for adolescent bereavement

ABSTRACT Introduction: Contemporary theories for adolescent bereavement have challenged the idea that bereavement is experienced through a set of specific stages, tasks, or phases and instead consider it a process of change and adaptation following a loss – one that is enmeshed within our personal, interpersonal, social, and cultural contexts. No music therapy intervention studies to date have been guided by adaptive models of adolescent bereavement. Furthermore, few studies have clearly articulated a theoretical rationale for how and why the music therapy interventions aim to impact the targeted outcomes. Method: This article details the development of a theory-driven intervention, the Resilience Songwriting Program, guided by an adaptive model of adolescent bereavement. The authors describe the process of identifying an adaptive bereavement model specific to adolescents and developing a music therapy songwriting program based on this model. Results: The protocol presented in this article connects songwriting processes to protective factors in adolescent bereavement. The program involves eight, 90-minute sessions aimed at enhancing self-esteem, coping, emotional expression, and meaning making. Essential elements of the protocol include: participant agency and collaboration to enhance self-efficacy and self-esteem; use of CBT strategies (i.e. psychoeducation, cognitive reframing, and positive appraisals) to enhance mood, coping, and emotional expression; and flexibility in the songwriting process to support emotional expression and meaning making based on group dynamics and musical aesthetics. Discussion: Preliminary research has been conducted using the Resilience Songwriting Program, however more research is warranted for intervention refinement.
Help Me Else I Might Fail! Solutions for Academically Challenged Engineering Students

This study concerns students in an internationally accredited undergraduate mechanical engineering program who due to consistent poor grades are academically dismissed and, by existing policy, required to take a 1-year leave of absence. The purpose was to determine whether the policy could be improved to offer more proactive solutions to address performance issues of academically challenged students. A review of studies, intervention mechanisms, and policies related to academically challenged students was undertaken. Using the Golden Circle framework, improvements to the existing policy are recommended to incorporate a more proactive approach to minimize the likelihood of a student becoming academically challenged. The proposed revised policy could include assessing psychological well-being, motivation, or “grit” for new students and following up with subsequent attendance, behavior, and course performance data to determine potentially at-risk students. With the at-risk students, a group intervention could be conducted followed by individual intervention if student performance continues to deteriorate.
Gender Ideologies as Correlates of Career Maturity Among Senior Secondary School Science Students in Nasarawa State, Nigeria

This study was a correlational research design which investigated gender ideologies as correlates of career maturity among senior school students in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised 1900 public senior secondary school science students in the State, while the sample size was 200 senior secondary school III (SSIII) students comprising 100 males and 100 females purposely sampled from 20 schools. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher-modified questionnaire titled, “Career Maturity Inventory Attitude Scale for Students” (CMIASS). The instrument was validated by experts in the Faculty of Education, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. The instrument was thereby, pilot-tested in five independent senior secondary schools selected outside the original sampled 20 schools. The reliability coefficient of 0.81 was determined using Cronbach alpha. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics in the form of frequencies and percentages for research questions, while z-test and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation methods were used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant positive relationship between gender ideologies and students’ career maturity. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that; Science students should be exposed to attend career conferences and field trips for career exploration so as to enlighten them on different career options to them before they graduate.
A Study on Perceived Socio-Economic Impacts of Cultural Festival on Local Residents Participation: Kafkasör Culture Tourism and Art Festival

The purpose of this paper is to find out how local residents perceive the socio-economic benefits of the festival and to examine the residents’ decision-making process when participating the festival in their community. Using data collected from 334 local attendees of Kafkasor-Culture Tourism and Art Festival in 2016, this study examined the relationship between the socio-cultural impacts of a festival and the decision-making process of attending the festival of local residents. Factor analysis and correlation analysis were conducted in the study. The results indicate that perceived positive socio-economic impacts simultaneously increase the residents’ willingness to revisit the festival. Findings also suggest that the dimension of behavioural desire and intention is the most important factor in explaining directed behaviour . Festivals and special events have increased in number worldwide due to their significant economic, social, and cultural impacts on the destination and the hosting community. The role of the socio-economic impacts of the local residents’ decision-making process has not been taken into account when examining the effects of festivals in the previous literature.
Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets

An overview of research on the microstructure of foreign exchange (FX) markets is presented. We begin by summarizing the institutional features of FX trading and describe how they have evolved since the 1980s. We then explain how these features are represented in microstructure models of FX trading. Next, we describe the links between microstructure and traditional macro exchange-rate models and summarize how these links have been explored in recent empirical research. Finally, we provide a microstructure perspective on two recent areas of interest in exchange-rate economics: the behavior of returns on currency portfolios, and questions of competition and regulation.
Predicting Participation in Volunteering Based on Personality Characteristics

The main goal of this research was to examine whether big five personality traits can predict participation in volunteering. A total of 420 participants consisting of 215 volunteers and 205 nonvolunteers from various regions in Indonesia completed an inventory of the big five personality traits. The preliminary analysis using independent sample t-test found that the openness, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability of volunteer samples were significantly higher than non-volunteer samples. Binary logistic regression analysis then was used to examine whether each of the big five personality traits was able to predict the participation to be a volunteer. The logistic regression model was statistically significant withχ2 = 67,102, p < ,01. The model explained 19,7% (Nagelkerke R2) of the variance in volunteer participation and correctly classified 64% of cases. Increasing extraversion and conscientiousness was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of volunteer participation. Thus, certain personality characteristics can predict participation in volunteering
Serum microRNAs in ASD: Association With Monocyte Cytokine Profiles and Mitochondrial Respiration

Our previous research has shown that purified peripheral blood monocytes (PRMo) from individuals who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and have innate immune abnormalities reveal altered interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß)/IL-10 ratios. We also found, in separate studies, that microRNA (miRNA) expression in PBMo and mitochondrial respiration in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) differed in the IL-1ß/IL-10-based ASD subgroups. This study explored whether serum miRNAs are associated with both altered innate immune responses and changes in mitochondrial respiration as a link of regulatory mechanisms for these two common abnormalities in ASD subjects. Serum miRNA levels were examined by high-throughput deep sequencing in ASD and non-ASD control sera with concurrent measurement of PBMo cytokine production and mitochondrial respiration by PBMCs. ASD samples were examined as a whole group and with respect to the previously defined IL-1ß/IL-10-based ASD subgroups (high, normal, and low groups). Serum miRNA levels differed between the overall ASD sera (N = 116) and non-ASD control sera (N = 35) and also differed across the IL-1ß/IL-10-based ASD subgroups. Specifically, miRNA levels were increased and decreased in eight and nine miRNAs, respectively, in the high-ratio ASD subgroup (N = 48). In contrast, the low- (N = 25) and normal- (N = 43) ratio ASD subgroups only showed decreased miRNAs levels (18 and 10 miRNAs, respectively). Gene targets of the altered miRNAs in the high and/or low IL-1β/IL-10 ratio ASD subgroups were enriched in pathways critical for monocyte functions and metabolic regulation. Gene targets of the altered miRNAs in all the ASD subgroups were enriched in pathways of neuronal development and synaptic plasticity, along with cell proliferation/differentiation. ASD subgroup-specific associations were observed between serum miRNA expression and IL-1ß/IL-10 ratios, mitochondrial respiration, and monocyte cytokine profiles (IL-10, CCL2, and TNF-α). In summary, our results indicate that serum levels of select miRNAs may serve as promising biomarkers for screening and monitoring changes in innate immunity and mitochondrial respiration in ASD.
Utility of Phase Standard Deviation and Histogram Bandwidth, Derived from Phase Analysis, as Clinical Indicators of Heart Failure

Purpose: “Heart Function View (HFV)” is a software that performs phase analysis as well as functional assessment of the left ventricle (LV) using myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) (MPS). Phase analysis-derived phase standard deviation (PhSD) and histogram bandwidth (PhHB) are good indices for detecting LV dyssyncrony. We aimed to examine whether PhHB and/or PhSD (PhHB/PhSD) are useful clinical indicators that reflect the severity of heart failure (HF) in comparison with the LV ejection fraction (EF). Methods: Patients underwent 99m Tc-tetrofosmin quantitative gated MPS including treadmill exercise. In HFV analyses, patients with induced ischemia were excluded. Phase and time-volume curve analyses were performed using HFV (n=66). Results: PhHB/PhSD correlated with LV end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), the first-third filling fraction (1/3FF), and peak filling rate (PFR) as well as echocardiography tissue Doppler-derived E/e’ as hemodynamic parameters of HF severity. LVEF also correlated with these hemodynamic parameters, except for 1/3FF. PhHB/PhSD positively correlated with log BNP as a neurohumoral marker of HF severity. LVEF negatively correlated with log BNP. PhHB/PhSD negatively correlated with exercise capacity as physiological indicators of HF severity, whereas LVEF did not. PhHB/PhSD were significantly greater in patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT, n=6) than in non-CRT patients (n=66), whereas LVEF were lower. Conclusion: PhHB/PhSD, similar to LVEF, are useful clinical indicators for evaluating HF severity. However, the clinical significance of LVEF and PhHB/PhSD differ. Thus, a phase analysis may additively offer useful information for the management of HF.
Sequential bilingualism and language impairment: the Persian version of ALDeQ parental questionnaire

ABSTRACT The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the discriminant validity of the Persian version of Alberta Language Development Questionnaire (ALDeQ) in Turkish-Persian bilingual children, aged 75 months with 19 months of exposure to Persian, on average. The study sample included the parents of 22 bilingual children with language impairment (LI) and 114 with typical language development (TLD). The T-test results showed significant between-group differences regarding ALDeQ total scores, and for each section score, with medium to very large effect sizes. The linear discriminant function analysis showed the ALDeQ total score was a moderate to strong discriminator between TLD and LI group. The sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire were 0.80 and 0.89, respectively. The Persian version of ALDeQ is an appropriate tool for assessing the language development of Turkish-Persian bilingual children and can be used in conjunction with other measures to identify children suspected of LI.