Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE ROLE OF FAMILY CRIMINALITY IN SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS by Ajima Olaghere

THE ROLE OF FAMILY CRIMINALITY IN SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS Ajima Olaghere, Master of Arts George Mason University, 2009 Thesis Director: Dr. Catherine Gallagher Past studies have indicated having a father arrested was a significant predictor of higher delinquency rates for both males and females. Other studies focusing on the concentration of crime within families have drawn similar results, highlighting fathers coming into contact with the criminal justice system is a significant predictor of future criminality. Still, few studies focus on the collateral impact of mass incarceration upon children as an issue of process and decision making. Furthermore, the nature of this issue, whether bias-oriented or the result of impractical policies, has yet to be explored. The current study focuses on the pre-sentencing investigation component of the criminal justice system, namely, the influence of probation officer recommendations for sanctioning. For the purposes of this study “children of incarcerated parents” is a misnomer and should be understand as children of incarcerated parents regardless of stipulated age in the offense scenarios. Moreover, this following study is concerned with whether family criminality influences the sentencing recommendations among juvenile and adult probation officers nationwide. This is a perception based study which examines the professional opinions of probation officers about the importance of family criminality in formulating sentencing recommendations. The findings extends and affirms the findings of Rodriguez, Smith, & Zatz (2009) revealing a consistent trend of black male defendants being more likely to receive more months recommended for sentencing recommendations for incarceration. Findings also indicate history of family criminality has a significant impact on sentencing recommendations for incarceration. Implications of the research findings and what these findings mean in relation to the process of probation officer decision making is discussed.
An Empirical Approach to Job Resourcefulness and Employees Outcome in Hospitality Industry

The basic aim of this study is enlightened the effect of job resourcefulness and employee outcomes on the hospitality industry. In present era of competition and continuous change in overall environment provide considerable opportunities to impose their policies to human capital so that their productivity and organizational performance may increase. Indeed, the human asset is an important resource for any association. Occupation nature and nuts and bolts of employment give to the workforce a sound aggressive condition. Specialist fulfillment may increment to give them these assets with the goal that authoritative presentation may increment. The present investigation was led to break down the occupation genius (JR) on two representative results e.g., work commitment and vocation fulfillment legitimately notwithstanding in a roundabout way through client direction. An example of 257 representatives from friendliness segment of the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad is utilizing non-likelihood comfort testing. Questionnaires were utilized to gather information from respondents and five-point likert scales was utilized. Occupation creativity was estimated by four things adjusted from [1] while client direction was estimated with four things adjusted from [2]. Five things were browsed profession fulfillment scale set up by [3]. Finally, nine things size of occupation commitment made by [4] was in like manner used. In the wake of breaking down the gathered information, it was discovered that every one of the factors have positive and huge relationship. Moreover, it was additionally discovered that client direction assumes an intervening job between the relationship of occupation creativity and workers results. Proposals for future research just as commonsense ramifications are furthermore discussed toward the end.
An exploratory study of teachers' critical thinking in elementary language arts classrooms

xii Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction to the Study. 1 Statement of the Problem.3 Context of the Study.4 Statement of Purpose.5 Methodology. 6 Research Questions. 8 Significance of the Study. 9 Definition of Terms . 10 Chapter 2: Review of the Literature Introduction.12 Background on Critical Thinking. 12 Characteristics of a Critical Thinker. 14 Critical Thinking in the Disciplines.18 Students and Critical Thinking. 20 Teachers and Critical Thinking.26 Background on Creative Thinking.34 Characteristics of a Creative Thinker. 36 Development of Creativity. 37
Merced Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Title Amortized Inference in Probabilistic Reasoning Permalink

Recent studies of probabilistic reasoning have postulated general-purpose inference algorithms that can be used to answer arbitrary queries. These algorithms are memoryless, in the sense that each query is processed independently, without reuse of earlier computation. We argue that the brain operates in the setting of amortized inference, where numerous related queries must be answered (e.g., recognizing a scene from multiple viewpoints); in this setting, memoryless algorithms can be computationally wasteful. We propose a simple form of flexible reuse, according to which shared inferences are cached and composed together to answer new queries. We present experimental evidence that humans exploit this form of reuse: the answer to a complex query can be systematically predicted from a person’s response to a simpler query if the simpler query was presented first and entails a sub-inference (i.e., a sub-component of the more complex query). People are also faster at answering a complex query when it is preceded by a sub-inference. Our results suggest that the astonishing efficiency of human probabilistic reasoning may be supported by interactions between inference and memory.
Implementing CLIL in Higher Education in Thailand: The Extent to Which CLIL Improves Agricultural Students' Writing Ability, Agricultural Content, and Cultural Knowledge.

The present study aimed to investigate the extent to which a CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) course at university level in Thailand improves undergraduate Agricultural students’ writing ability, agricultural content, and cultural knowledge. The study sample consisted of 27 students majoring in Agriculture at a public university in Thailand. Data were collected in the forms of writing, agricultural content, and cultural knowledge preand post-tests. The study findings suggested that after attending the CLIL course, the students showed significant improvement in their English writing abilities in both of the two text types: process and cause and effects, with better performance in all five aspects of writing, namely, content, organization, vocabulary, language 16 | PASAA Vol. 51 January June 2016 use, and mechanics of writing. It was also found in this study that the students’ agricultural content and cultural knowledge increased, and that they had positive attitudes toward the CLIL course offered to
CAMEL As A Mathod Used For Assessing The Performance

As the role played by the Village Credit Union hereinafter referred to as Lembaga Perkreditan Desa (LPD) in the economic development of the rural society is important, the result of its performance in the form of the adequate financial statement should be presented to make people trust its existence. This present study is intended to identify how healthy the LPD Units in Gerokgak District, Buleleng Regency are using the CAMEL method for the period 2015-2016. The aspects used to assess how healthy the LPD is are as follows: (1) Capital with one ratio, namely CAR, (2) Assets with two ratios, KAP and CPRR, (3) Management, (4) Earnings with two ratios, namely ROA and BOPO, and (5) Liquidity with two ratios, namely liquid instrument and LDR. The LPD could fulfill the criterion of being healthy as the average CAMEL credit value achieved was higher than 81 (the minimum limit of being healthy). Based on the analysis of how healthy the LPD from 2015 to 2016 were, it can be concluded that: (1) The CAMEL credit value achieved in 2015 was 86.48 points. (2) In 2016, the fact that the CAMEL credit value achieved in 2016 was 88.72 points. Keywords: CAMEL, Village Credit Union (LPD)
Pengaruh Penerapan Green Accounting dan Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibilit (CSR) Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Sektor Pertambangan

RINGKASAN Dwi Puspitasari, Desinta. 2018. Pengaruh Penerapan Green Accounting Dan Pengungkapan Corporate Social Responsibility terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Sektor Pertambangan Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) Periode Tahun 2014-2016. Skripsi, Jurusan Akuntansi, Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Negeri Malang. Pembimbing: Dr. Nurika Restuningdiah, S.E. , M.Si. , Ak. CA. Kata Kunci: green accounting, corporate social responsibility, nilai perusahaan Latar belakang penelitian ini perusahaan pertambangan yang berkaitan langsung dengan sumber daya alam terbatas dan bersifat sensitif terhadap dampak pencemaran lingkungan. Hal tersebut menimbulkan kesadaran perusahaan agar menemukan solusi atas masalah tersebut melalui penerapan green accounting dan diwajibkan untuk membuktikan secara fisik dalam bentuk tanggung jawab sosial perusahaan melalui pengungkapan corporate social responsibility. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan green accounting yang diproksikan dengan PROPER dan pengungkapan corporate social responsibility yang diproksikan dengan kriteria GRI-G4 terhadap nilai perusahaan yang diukur menggunakan Tobin’s Q. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif eksplanatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan sektor pertambangan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) periode tahun 2014-2016 dengan pengambilan sampel purposive sampling. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebesar 11 pengamatan selama periode 3 tahun dan diuji dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 16. Hasil dari penelitian ini dengan meggunakan uji parsial membuktikan bahwa penerapan green accounting berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap nilai perusahaan. Semakin tinggi perusahaan menerapkan green accounting maka semakin tinggi pula nilai perusahaan dan begitu sebaliknya. Penerapan green accounting akan mendukung kualitas perusahaan dalam hal lingkungan, semakin luasnya informasi lingkungan yang diungkapkan maka semakin besar pula kepercayaan investor dalam menanamkan investasinya dan secara langsung berpengaruh terhadap pergerakan harga saham yang meningkat. Pengungkapan corporate social responsibility tidak ada pengaruh terhadap nilai perusahaan. Jadi banyak atau sedikitnya item-item pengungkapan corporate social responsibility perusahaan tidak akan membawa pengaruh apapun terhadap peningkatan nilai perusahaan. Karena sebagian besar perusahaan hanya berfokus pada faktor keuangan dan kurang peduli terhadap faktor lingkungan dan sosial, terbukti dengan pengungkapan yang dilakukan perusahaan masih jauh dari standar yang telah ditetapkan dan tidak konsistennya item-item corporate social responsibility dalam setiap periode yang akan diterima oleh masyarakat dan pemangku kepentingan. Bagi peneliti selanjutnya dapat memperbarui mulainya tahun penelitian dan memperpanjang periode penelitian, memperluas sampel penelitian, menggunakan sumber lain, dan menganalisis pemecahan masalah tentang bagaimana dampak teori-teori yang digunakan.
Endoscopic Diagnosis of Calcifying Fibrous Tumor of the Ileum

The cause of abdominal pain could not be determined by ordinary physical and laboratory examinations, so we performed a lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy. It revealed a submucosal tumor (20 mm) at the terminal ileum (Figure 1). The tumor was smooth and spherical, and it showed no surface ulceration or hemorrhage, suggesting that it was not highly malignant. Cushion sign was negative, and lipoma was ruled out. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) showed foci of calcification in the tumor (Figure 2). Image resolution of the thin EUS probe was not sufficient to observe in detail, but the origin of the tumor appeared to be the fourth layer, namely, the muscular layer. Whole-body computed tomography (CT) found no other neoplastic lesions. CT images showed that the ileal tumor was a mass lesion with coarse calcification. The characteristic calcification of the tumor led to a diagnosis of probable calcifying fibrous tumor (CFT). Physicians recommended surgical removal because of persistent pain and the small possibility of it being a GI stromal tumor (GIST) that might present calcification.
The Relations Among Social Media Addiction, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in University Students

The use of social media has grown exponentially to the extent of engaging close to one third of the world’s population as of January 2016. Actually, social media statistics have been reporting an average annual increase of 10% in total number of users. These extremely impressive statistics have been triggering researchers’ interest in investigating this phenomenon and its impact on every aspect of users’ lives. Our study is an attempt to contribute to the knowledge that is building up in relation to this phenomenon by examining the relationships between the addictive use of social media, self-esteem, and satisfaction with life. To achieve this purpose, a generic questionnaire, the Social Media Addiction Questionnaire (SMAQ), was used stemming from the Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire. Respondents completed an online survey questionnaire which collected demographic information and responses to SMAQ, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. In addition to assessing SMAQ’s psychometric properties, data analyses included Pearson correlations between the variables, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling. Results showed that a one-factor model of SMAQ had good psychometric properties and had high internal consistency. As for relations, addictive use of social media had a negative association with self-esteem, and the latter had a positive association with satisfaction with life. Furthermore, path analysis showed that self-esteem mediated the effect of social media addiction on satisfaction with life.
Relationships between exercise, anger, hostility and resting blood pressure in women : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

The present study investigated relationships between exercise, emotions of anger and hostility, and resting blood pressure. The investigation was based on a notion of 'physicality' which suggests exercise may be a source of physical and emotional empowerment for women. Recent studies reveal significant associations between exercise, components of anger, and blood pressure. The aim of the present study was to examine the possible relationship between exercise and emotions, and the possible roles of exercise as a mediating, confounding, and moderating variable in relationships between anger, hostility and resting blood pressure. One hundred and four female university students completed a questionnaire which included a measure of exercise, the Spielberger Trait Anger Scale and Anger Expression Scale, and the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale. Frequency of informal exercise was positively related to trait anger and anger temperament . Multiple regressions showed that exercise was not a mediating or confounding variable in relationships between anger, hostility and blood pressure. It did appear however, to moderate the relationship between anger expression and diastolic blood pressure. The effects of anger expression on blood pressure were also moderated by anger frequency and hostility. Blood pressure was not related co anger suppression or trait anger. It appeared that women who were more hostile were more likely to suppress their anger, as well as perceive situations as anger-provoking. Women who experienced anger frequently were more likely to use both modes of anger expression, while those women who perceived situations as anger provoking were more likely to suppress their anger only. The theoretical and methodological implications of the findings are discussed .
Social Media Followership as a Predictor of News Website Traffic

ABSTRACT News organizations increasingly focus their efforts to boost traffic on their websites to grow their share of online advertising. We investigated the relationship between news websites’ traffic ranking and their social media tools of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus. For a year we monitored the followers of all Greek regional newspapers in relation to the traffic on their websites. We continued monitoring for a second year to validate the robustness of the findings and we hereby present results for 86 weeks. Statistical analysis leads to the conclusion that the number of social media subscribers can predict the competitive position of a newspaper in the market based on its website traffic. The effect lasts for a limited period of time, one to three weeks, depending on the specific medium. Importantly, results indicate the potential of developing a prediction model of the website’s traffic, based on the social media metrics of the organization, as a useful tool to increase traffic and revenues from online advertising.
The Role of R&D Expenditure on Job Creation in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector

In order to remain competitive in the world economy, Malaysia needs to constantly generate and establishes new sources for economic growth and job creation. One of the means of achieving such a goal is to increase the nation capability and effectiveness in adopting, developing and translating science and technology through Research and Development (R&D). However, until now still unclear interpretation between employment and job creation. Resulting in the unsettled issue of the relationship between R&D and job creation. Thus, the present paper attempts to examine and establish the relationship between R&D and job creation by using GMM-System across 54 industries in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The empirical evidence provided in this paper suggests that R&D significantly determined job creation. R&D policy can contribute a positive effect on job creation in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. This is indeed in line with the National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy that aims to expand Malaysia’s gross expenditure on R&D by at least 2 percent prior to the year 2020.
Improvement in university students’ critical thinking following a strategic thinking training program

Today's experts believe that critical thinking is a major output in higher education and teaching thinking is a basic point to learning. The aim of this study was to explore whether a strategic thinking training program could improve student’s scores on a standardized measure of critical thinking. Sixty-six students aged between 20 and 35 were tested at their college on before the program CCTST and CCTDI. Thirty-nine of these students volunteered to be randomly allocated to the strategic thinking or control group. Students in the strategic thinking group received a strategic thinking training program, but not the students in the control group. The experimental and control groups were then re-tested on CCTST and CCTDI at after the intervention. Students in the strategic thinking group significantly improved their critical thinking skill and critical thinking disposition scores compared to the control group. On average, we observed no group differences between the strategic thinking and control groups. These results have important implications for implementing a strategic thinking training program to protect students from a decrease in critical thinking skill and critical thinking disposition during the achievement of educational goals.
The efficient photodesorption of nitric oxide (NO) ices A laboratory astrophysics study

The study and quantification of UV photon-induced desorption of frozen molecules furthers our understanding of the chemical evolution of cold interstellar regions. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important intermediate species in both gas-phase and solid-phase chemical networks. In this work, we present quantitative measurements of the photodesorption of a pure NO ice.We used the tunable monochromatic synchrotron light of the DESIRS beamline of the SOLEIL facility near Paris to irradiate NO ices in the 6 - 13.6 eV range and measured desorption by quadrupole mass spectrometry.We find that NO photodesorption is very efficient, its yield being around 1e-2 molecule per incident photon for UV fields relevant to the diffuse and dense interstellar medium. We discuss the extrapolation of our results to an astrophysical context and we compare photodesorption of NO to previously studied molecules.
Does good advice come cheap ? On the assessment of risk preferences in the lab and in the field

Advice is important for decision making, especially in the financial sector. We investigate how individuals assess risk preferences of others given sociodemographic information or pictures. Both non-professionals and financial professionals participate in this artefactual field experiment. Subjects mainly rely on the other’s self-assessment of risk preferences and on gender when forming the belief about someone else’s risk preferences. On average, subjects consider themselves to be more risk-tolerant than the person they evaluate. Subjects use their own risk attitude as a reference point for predicting others’ risk preferences. This false consensus effect is less pronounced for young professionals than for senior and non-professionals. Furthermore, financial professionals predict risk preferences more accurately compared to non-professionals. Classification: Risk Preferences, Financial Advice, Artefactual Field Experiment, Behavioral
Association of the T 1799 A BRAF mutation with tumor extrathyroidal invasion , higher peripheral platelet counts , and over-expression of platelet-derived growth factor-B in papillary thyroid cancer

The relationshipamongBRAFmutation,platelet counts, andplatelet-derivedgrowth factor (PDGF)with respect to clinicopathological outcomes of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) may play a role in PTC pathogenesis but remains undefined. We examined the T1799A BRAF mutation by direct genomic DNAsequencing in 108 primary PTCsamples fromaChinese cohort and analyzed its relationshipwith clinicopathological, hematological, and other laboratory results as well as the levels of expression of PDGF in tumors. We found that the BRAF mutation was significantly associated with extrathyroidal invasion and advanced tumor stages III and IV. Specifically, extrathyroidal invasion was seen in 30/54 (56%)PTCwithBRAFmutationversus18/54 (33%)PTCwithout themutation (PZ0.02). Tumorstages III and IV were seen in 16/54 (30%) PTC with BRAF mutation versus 7/54 (13%) PTC without the mutation (PZ0.04). The BRAFmutation was also significantly associated with a higher platelet count, with 249.28G53. 76! 10/l in thegroupof patientswithBRAFmutation versus 207.79G58. 98! 10/l in thegroupwithout themutation (PZ0.001). Anassociationofhigherplateletaccountswithextrathyroidal invasion was also seen, with 242.66G51. 85! 10/l in patients with extrathyroidal invasion versus 218.49G59. 10! 10/l in patients without extrathyroidal invasion (PZ0.03). The BRAF T1799ApositivePTC tissuesharboredasignificantly higher level ofPDGF-B thanBRAFT1799A-negativePTC tissues. The data suggest that the BRAF T1799Amutation is associated with aggressive pathological outcomes of PTC in which high platelet counts and increased PDGF production may play a role. Endocrine-Related Cancer (2008) 15 183–190