Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
’ Teacher Identity Development Through Participation in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

through which academic librarians develop a cohesive identity. Previous research has shown that a professional identity is missing from the field of librarianship (Davis, Lundstrom, & Martin, 2011; Freedman, 2014; Walter, 2008). Often, librarians are viewed as caretakers of resources. In the past, this view of librarians was in keeping with the responsibilities of the job. Since Alexandria, librarians have housed, preserved, and made the written word available (Battles, 2003). With the advent of the Information Age, though, librarians’ roles have evolved. Specifically, in higher education, the role of librarians has changed tremendously (Drabinski, 2016; Ellis, Rosenblum, Stratton, & Ames-Stratton, 2014). Today, as part of their job responsibilities, many librarians in colleges and universities teach (Bewick & Corrall, 2010; Davies-Hoffman, Alvarez, Costello, & Emerson, 2013). Despite librarians teaching for over 100 years, the past few decades have led to changes in the skills librarians instruct on and the type of educating librarians conduct (Walter, 2005; Warner & Seamans, 2004). Indeed, the teaching of information literacy skills is a main job requirement for many academic librarians (Houtman, 2010; Julien, Gross, & Latham, 2018). However, the responsibility of instruction is only one of the many roles librarians must adopt. The traditional job functions of collection manager and reference work remain a requirement for many academic librarians working today, and library schools still teach those traditional skills (Freedman, 2014; Westbrock & Fabian, 2010). Therefore, academic librarians struggle with their professional identity due to the numerous roles they must fulfill. Librarians use the services they provide as a marker of their professional identity and altering their professional persona is difficult because librarians are connected to their traditional work responsibilities (Freedman, 2014; Hicks, 2016; Zai, 2014). As a result, the adopted career characteristics of librarians does not always include the role of teacher, despite the fact that teaching is an important requirement for many academic librarians’ jobs (Austin & Bhandol, 2013; Wheeler & McKinney, 2015). In this explanatory sequential mixed methods study of how involvement in SoTL impacted academic instruction librarians’ teacher identity, the results aid in understanding the value of SoTL as a professional development tool and support the understanding of how involvement in SoTL affects professional identities. A deeper grasp of SoTL’s impact on professional identities is a valuable outcome for the broad higher education community and more specifically for academic developers. Gaps still exist in the literature on how SoTL interplays with and influences educational development.
Turbulence without Tears : Residual-Based VMS , Weak Boundary Conditions , and Isogeometric Analysis of Wall-Bounded Flows

In this work, we combine i) NURBS-based isogeometric analysis, ii) residual-driven turbulence modeling and iii) weak imposition of Dirichlet boundary conditions on uniform, unstretched meshes to compute wall-bounded turbulent flows. While the first two ingredients were shown to be successful for turbulence computations at medium Reynolds number [1, 5], it is the weak imposition of no-slip boundary conditions on coarse uniform meshes that maintains the good performance of the proposed methodology at higher Reynolds number [7, 8]. These three ingredients form a basis of a possible practical strategy for computing engineering flows, somewhere between RANS and LES in complexity. We demonstrate this by solving two challenging incompressible turbulent benchmark problems: channel flow at friction-velocity based Reynolds number 2003 and flow in a planar asymmetric diffuser. We observe good agreement between our calculations of mean flow quantities and both reference computations and experimental data. This lends some credence to the proposed methodology, which we believe may become a viable engineering tool.
Reaction time and general intellectual ability: The effects of cues on the relationship

This study examined the relationship between reaction time (RT) and intelligence. Fifteen female and nine male Caucasian undergraduates and one black male undergraduate ranging in age from 19 to 38 served as subjects. The measure of intelligence was the Otis-Quick Scoring Mental Ability Test. An Apple Macintosh personal computer was used to present stimuli and measure reaction time. There were four RT conditions; simple reaction time, and three complex conditions in which no cue appeared, a correct cue, or an incorrect cue appeared. A significant correlation was found between the correct cue/no cue difference score (r=-.43, p < .05).
U.S. agribusiness companies and product innovation: insights from a choice experiment conducted with agribusiness executives.

Product innovation generates short and long-term growth by attracting new customers while satisfying existing customers. This paper identifies factors influencing the selection of innovation projects and quantifies the tradeoffs which agribusiness managers make when selecting product innovations. A choice experiment approach is used to provide insight into agribusiness executive behavior. Our results indicate that executives prefer (in decreasing order of importance) projects with low risk of technical/regulatory failure, low relative market risk, short-term to market, inhouse capability, and high sunk costs. Our results suggest that policy makers could stimulate open innovation with programs such as government sponsored research and cost-sharing.
STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA

Introduction The stock market is theorized as an important component of capital market which was established to promote growth by giving the quantitative as well as the qualitative direction to the flow of funds which brings about rational allocation of resources and economic growth. This is done by converting financial assets into physically productive assets. The logic here is that stock prices determined on the exchange provide information which aids investors in making better investment choices. Better investment decisions facilitate better resources allocation and consequently higher economic growth. Levine (1996) (see also Levine, 1997 and; Demirguc-Kunt, 1994) explained one of the channels through which stock markets may affect economic growth as; the creation of liquidity. According to him, many profitable investments require longterm capital, however, most investors are reluctant to commit their savings to such a long term investments. Liquid equity market therefore makes such an investment less risky and more attractive because savers can acquire equity and sell it quickly and most times cheaply if there is an urgent need for them to fall back on their savings or the need to reorganise their portfol ios. Companies also enjoy permanent capital raised through equity Stock markets have been theorized to be an important arbiter of growth. They contribute to growth mostly when they are liquid and large in size. Liquid equity market makes investment less risky and more attractive thereby increasing investors' confidence. The beneficial roles of stock market liquidity and size to economic growth has been a subject of controversy worldwide. To this end therefore, this study analyze the impact of the stock market development (as measured by size and liquidity) on economic growth in Nigeria using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and the Generalized Least Squares (GLS) on time series data spanning from 1980 to 2015. The study found that stock market contributes to growth via liquidity only. The implication of the liquidity advantage of the Nigerian stock market is that the market can ease savings mobilization and thus further accelerate growth through raising capital and mobilizing them for productive usage. Liquidity market can assist in accomplishing government in achieving its monetary policy and thus further contribute to economic growth. In order to increase the size impact of stock market, and reducing the cost of mobilizing savings in the economy and facilitating productive investments thus contributing to economic growth, the study recommends sound macroeconomic policies, conducive legal environment, attractive tax structures, good political climate and an urgent need for the re-positioning of the stock exchanges in Nigeria. ABSTRACT
Real Earnings Management and Future Financial Performance of Quoted Consumer Goods Companies in Nigeria

Reporting earnings to managers and shareholders differently aggravates information asymmetry and distorts stakeholders’ estimates of a firm's value. This study examines the effect of real earnings management (REM) on future financial performance in quoted consumer goods companies in Nigeria from 2001 to 2016. Ex-post Facto research design was adopted with an extensive reliance on secondary data obtained from the audited financial statements of the 22 quoted companies. Sales manipulation (earnings management), ROE and EPS (financial performance) and control variables (firm size, growth and financial strength) were analysed using panel Generalized Method of Moments. The study found that quoted consumer goods companies in Nigeria manipulate their earnings through sales. Though insignificant, (P-value=0.810 and 0.459, the subsequent effect of this manipulation on financial performance proxies is positive. Growth had a positive significant effect (Coeff =0.583 and 0.155, P-value=0.000 and 0.000) while firm size and financial strength are insignificant (p-value =0.140 and 0.134 respectively). The study concludes that subsequent increase in future financial performance as a result of increase in investment (present earnings manipulation will continuously hide the true picture of financial statement published by such companies. It was therefore recommended that Setters of Accounting Standards should limit opportunistic management discretion in treating financial statement transactions, minimise flexibility of standards, while stiffer penalty should be given to companies caught engaging in such act.
The "Verbification" of Mathematics: Using the Grammatical Structures of Mi'kmaq to Support Student Learning.

"Miss, you're talking crazy talk again! " My students would sometimes say this to me dming the ten years I taught secondary mathematics in a Mi'kmaw [l] community school in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The accusation of"crazy talk" was always an indication that I needed to repluase my explanations and find new words, new ways, to help students make sense of a concept like most indigenous languages in Canada, Mi'kmaq is a verb-based language Over the years, the accusations of crazy talk lessened as I shifted my way of explaining concepts to be more consistent with the verbbased linguistic strnctures ofMi'kmaq even though I was teaching in English In this article, [2] I will share one aspect of a larger research project focused on transforming mathematics education for Mi'kmaw students In particular, I will describe the concept of ver bification as a linguistic process that stands in contrast to the predominance of nominalisation in the teaching and learning of mathematics. I will argue that ver bification holds promise as a means of supporting Aboriginal students in mathematics learning
A New Lens: Psychological Ownership as an Element to Promoting Organizational Change

A NEW LENS: PSYCHOLOGICAL OWNERSHIP AS AN ELEMENT TO PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE TYLER CARLSON 2019 Much of the change management literature has focused on change from the perspective of the organization as a whole. However, researchers have begun to explore the impact change has on employees, as well as employee perceptions of organizational change. The current study explored the role psychological ownership has in the context of organizational change, by using it is as a moderator between employee openness to organizational change (EOOC), and organizational commitment, job stress, and turnover intentions. Results revealed a significant positive correlation between EOOC and organizational commitment, a significant negative correlation between EOOC and job stress, as well as turnover intentions. Results further revealed that psychological ownership moderated the relationship between EOOC and job stress, such that when psychological ownership is high, the relationship with job stress was weakened. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Acute pancreatitis, from local defense to remote organ injury

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas. Acute abdominal pain is the most common symptom. Pancreatic injury is mild in 80% of patients, who recover without complications. The remaining patients have a severe disease with local and systemic complications such as acute lung injury (ALI). Gallstone migration into the common bile duct and alcohol abuse are the most frequent causes of pancreatitis in adults. Heparan sulfate (HS) is a common component of extracellular matrix which lines the ductal cells in the pancreas. During the process of the disease, active enzymes in the pancreas will cause shedding of HS. We have shown that HS is able to start an inflammatory response in the pancreas. This response was mediated via Toll like receptor-4 and involved both MyD88-dependent and –independent pathways. We propose that HS has a role in the monitoring of pancreatic tissue well-being. Acute lung injury is the most common extra-pancreatic complication in the acute pancreatitis. Macrophages are a heterogeneous population based on their anatomical location and their micro-environment. Our data showed an enriched population of CD68+F4/80- macrophages in the lungs of animals with AP. This population had an increased expression of CD206 (a cell marker of alternatively activated macrophages) and CCR2 (the receptor for CCL2, an important chemoattractant for macrophages). Studying lung macrophages for different phenotypic markers, their polarization, activation and recruitment, in the context of acute lung injury, is a novel area to potentially identify interventions which may improve the outcome of acute lung injury. Macrophages are a source of various remodeling cytokines including TGF-β. TGF-β not only participates in the late phase of acute lung injury, but also might be active early in acute lung injury and potentially could contribute to the development of pulmonary edema. Our data showed an increase in the level of TGF-β1 in the lungs of the acute pancreatitis group early on but this was in parallel with an increase in the level of inhibitory Smad7. The level of Smad7 was back to the control level after 24 h when there was an increase in the nuclear translocation of phosphorylated Smad2. Our findings suggest that TGF-β signaling pathway can be activated in the early phase of ALI due to AP and may have a contributing role in the pathogenesis of lung injury. Therefore, TGF-β signaling pathway can represent a potential strategy to be used in the future treatment of ALI. (Less)
Milk clotting characteristics of Solanum incanum , Ficus carica and Rhus natalensis for cheese making in Tigray , Northern Ethiopia

Recently, enzymes from plants and microorganism are using as a milk clotting alternatives in cheese production industries. The potential milk clotting characteristics (milk-clotting activity (MCA), syneresis capacity (SC) and speed and cheese yield (CY)) of the three species of plants extracts Solanum incanum, Ficus carica and Rhus natalensis -compared with rennet for cheese making. The study was done in the dairy laboratory of Wukro St.Mary College, Tigray, Ethiopia from August to October 2015. The Experimental treatments were replicated four times using completely randomized design. The highest MCA indicated in milk clotting time (min) obtained using F. carica crude latex. The average SCs produced by calf rennet and S. incanum juice were similar while that of R. natalensis extract showed higher SC. F. carica latex showed relatively lowest SC and this may be due to high water retaining property in the coagulum. The use of F. carica latex as a coagulant gave the highest curd yield than chymosin, the extracts of S. incanum and R. natalensis. The relatively lowest fresh cheese yield observed by application of R. natalensis extract may be attributed to very high proteolytic property of the plant, indicating that it is relatively inconvenient in economic terms. The clotting activity of all the three plant extracts was significantly associated with concentration of the coagulants. The overall clotting characteristics (MCA, SC and CY) from F. carica appear to be more suitable as a milk clotting plant for cheese making.
Well-being and noise annoyance outcomes from first graders and relationships with classroom acoustics

The question on the extent to which environmental noise exposure and excessive reverberation affect well-being of children at school is still largely unexplored. Younger children of kindergarten and primary school can suffer more than older pupils of well-being and related mental health issues. Well-being measures are focused on self-esteem, emotional health and resilience, quality of the relationships with friends and family, satisfaction of school, life satisfaction. Noise exposure to traffic noise was demonstrated to be associated with mental health and behavioral problems in children, but nothing has been found until now that relates noise and excessive reverberation at school with well-being and mental health issues, despite the bad acoustic conditions that characterize classrooms in most of Europe. In this study well-being and noise annoyance from different noise sources were investigated with a subjective survey based on validated questionnaires. Twenty first-grade classes of primary schools located in Turin (Italy) participated in the study. Over 367 answered the questionnaire. Classrooms were characterized by different reverberation times and noise exposure. The happiness scale allowed to explore differences between happy and unhappy children. Relationships with good and bad classroom acoustics have also been investigated.
Centre for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis Working Paper Series No . WP 0 8 / 20 19 Statistical Inference for Aggregation of Malmquist Productivity Indices

The Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) has gained popularity amongst studies on dynamic change of productivity of decision making units (DMUs). In practice, this index is frequently reported at aggregate levels (e.g., public and private firms) in the form of simple equally-weighted arithmetic or geometric means of individual MPIs. A number of studies have emphasized that it is necessary to account for the relative importance of individual DMUs in the aggregations of indices in general and of MPI in particular. While more suitable aggregations of MPIs have been introduced in the literature, their statistical properties have not been revealed yet, preventing applied researchers from making essential statistical inferences such as confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. In this paper, we will fill this gap by developing a full asymptotic theory for an appealing aggregation of MPIs. On the basis of this, some meaningful statistical inferences are proposed and their finite-sample performances are verified via extensive Monte Carlo experiments.
Methodologies for Estimating Shoreline Cleanup Costs

Shoreline cleanup operations often constitute the most labor-intensive and costly phase of a large-scale oil spill response operation. The characteristics of the impacted shoreline and the spilled oil, as well as the length of shoreline involved and the standards of target cleanliness all influence the amount of labor required and resultant costs. The estimation of shoreline response costs can assist in response planning and in the optimization of allocation of resources for shoreline response and restoration. This paper describes and compares methodologies for estimating shoreline cleanup costs for hypothetical spill scenarios based on projected shoreline oiling from oil spill trajectory modeling and on the factors that influence costs. The estimation techniques are based on algorithms derived from statistical analyses of historical oil spill cost data in the Environmental Research Consulting databases, from modeling of labor requirements for different shoreline types and oil types, and from other research studies. The paper further discusses the serious limitations of these cost estimation techniques and suggests strategies for improving modeling of shoreline response costs.
Quality of web-based information on alcohol dependence

Aims: To evaluate the quality of web-based information on alcohol dependence and to assess particular content quality indicators. Methods: Three keywords, ‘alcohol addiction’, ‘alcohol dependence’ and ‘alcohol abuse’ were entered into three popular World Wide Web search engines. Websites were assessed with a standardized proforma designed to rate sites on the basis of accountability, presentation, interactivity, readability and content quality. ‘Health on the Net’ (HON) quality label, and DISCERN scale scores aimed to assist persons without content expertise to assess quality of written health publication and were used to verify their efficiency as quality indicators. Results: Of the 180 websites identified, 104 were included. Based on outcome measures, the overall quality of the sites turned-out to be poor. The global scores appeared as good content quality indicators. Conclusions: While alcohol education web sites for patients are widespread, their educational material highly varies in quality and content.
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES MPC HETEROGENEITY IN EUROPE : SOURCES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

This paper studies household financial choices in four euro area countries. The goal of the analysis is to understand the sources of the differences in these choices and their implications for the impact of monetary policy on consumption. The estimation of key parameters uses a simulated method of moments approach to match moments related to asset market participation rates, portfolio shares and wealth to income ratios by education and country. The policy functions based upon the estimation are used to characterize the distributions of the marginal propensity to consume across households for each of the four countries. Due to this heterogeneity in consumption responses, monetary policy, operating through its effects on household income and asset market returns, has a differential impact on individuals within and across countries. Generally, poor households respond more to the income variations produced by monetary policy innovations while rich households respond more to policy-induced variations in stock returns. Finally, monetary contractions have a larger impact on consumption in Germany and France while expansions have a larger impact in Italy and Spain.