Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dual Certification in Special and Elementary Education and Associated Benefits for Students With Disabilities and Their Teachers

Researchers and policymakers use certification as a metric of teaching quality in subject areas as well as subfields of education. We examined the association between having a teacher with dual certification in elementary and special education and math and reading achievement for students with disabilities (SWDs). We also examined whether dual certification related to teachers’ efficacy and job satisfaction. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011, we employed ordinary least square regression models supplemented with school and child fixed effects to examine differences for children with disabilities based on certification type of their teachers in kindergarten, first, and second grades. After controlling for confounding variation at the school and child levels, we find that SWDs with teachers with dual certification score better in math. Results also suggest that teachers with dual certification exhibit more positive dispositions related to teaching SWDs.
Translational Applications of Extracorporeal Shock Waves in Dental Medicine: A Literature Review

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been studied and applied extensively in medical practice for various applications including musculoskeletal, dermal, vascular, and cardiac indications. These indications have emerged from primary ESWT use in treating urolithiasis and cholelithiasis. Likewise, dental medicine has had its share of utilizing ESWT in various investigations. This review aimed to provide an up-to-date summary of ESWT use in preclinical and clinical dental medicine. There is growing interest in ESWT use stemming from its non-invasiveness, low cost, and safe qualities in addition to its proven regenerative biostimulating aspects. Targeted tissue and parameters of ESWT delivery continue to be an integral part of successful ESWT treatment to attain the clinical value of the anticipated dose’s effect.
Research on Some Factors Affecting the Intention and Behavior towards Sustainable Consumption of Vietnamese Consumers

This study investigates the factors affecting on sustainable consumption intention and behavior of Vietnamese customers by appling quantitative and qualitative approaches. Research data was collected from a survey of 551 consumers with diverse demographics and used to be processed with SPSS and Smart PLS software. Since then, the authors proposed a research model, in which sustainable marketing, environmental awareness, government policy were identified as major drivers for generating sustainable consumption intention and behavior. These findings have provided a direction for future studies on sustainable consumption behavior and created an initial foundation to help government and enterprise come up with solutions to promote this behavior in Vietnam.
Cannabis use in patients with insomnia and sleep disorders: Retrospective chart review

Background: Medical cannabis has been increasingly used in Canada after being sanctioned by Health Canada in 2001. Insomnia and sleep disorders are among the most common conditions for which patients report using cannabis. Current research shows cannabis may have a beneficial effect in sleep disorders and may improve patient-reported sleep scores. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at Hybrid Pharm community pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontario, and included patients who were interested in, or already using, medical cannabis for sleep disorders. A qualitative, exploratory approach was taken to evaluate the descriptive efficacy and safety of medical cannabis when prescribed for insomnia or comorbid conditions. The comprehensive data collection also involved investigating the impact of cannabis on other medication used for insomnia. Results: A total of 38 patients were identified as having adequate follow-up documentation to assess the impact of medical cannabis. At time of data collection, 15 patients (39%) were able to reduce or completely discontinue a prescription medication indicated for sleep. On follow-up, 27 patients (71%) reported a subjective improvement in their sleep or related condition. Only 8 patients (21%) reported any adverse effects from medical cannabis use, and these were manageable and did not require discontinuation of cannabis. Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of a pharmacist’s role in the management of cannabis-based therapy, including ongoing supportive care, follow-up and medication management. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2022;155:xx-xx.
Gastrointestinal manifestations in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): Impact on clinical outcomes

Background: In this study, we summarized the data on gastrointestinal (GI) involvement and the potential association with clinical outcomes among the patients admitted to Khorshid Hospital. Materials and Methods: We investigated 1113 inpatients (≥18 years old) diagnosed with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) from March to June 2020 in Khorshid Hospital. We collected demographic details, clinical information, vital signs, laboratory data, treatment type, and clinical outcomes from patients’ medical records. The data of patients with GI symptoms were compared with those without GI symptoms. Results: A total of 1113 patients were recruited (male = 648). GI symptoms were observed in 612 (56.8%) patients (male = 329), the most common of which were nausea 387 (34.7%), followed by diarrhea 286 (25.7%), vomiting 260 (23.4%), and abdominal pain 168 (15.0%). The most prominent non-GI symptoms were cough 796 (71.5%), fever 792 (71.2%), shortness of breath 653 (58.7%), and body pain 591 (53.1%). The number of patients who were discharged, died, and were admitted to intensive care unit was significantly different in groups on the basis of GI and non-GI symptoms (P = 0.002, 0.009, 0.003). Conclusion: While COVID-19 was predominantly diagnosed in males, GI symptoms were more commonly reported by females. The results indicated that GI symptoms in COVID-19 patients are common, and the symptoms are not correlated with the severity of the disease. Moreover, the presence of GI symptoms was positively related to milder disease. Among COVID-19 positive patients, the clinical outcomes of the GI group were promising, compared to those of non-GI group.
Predictors of Mental health in Pregnant Women: Application of the theory of planned behavior

Aim. The purpose of this study was to predictors of mental health in pregnant women based on theory of planned behavior referred to Iran health centers during the COVID-19 in 2021. Materials and methods. This study was cross-sectional study thatwas conducted on 250 pregnant women. Pregnant women completed General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and theory of planned behavior questionnaire. The data were analyzed with SPSS software version 20 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) through running Pearson Correlation statistical tests, descriptive statistics methods including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation scores. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used for normally distributed variable. The significance level of the tests was considered to be 0.05. Results. There was a significant correlation between mental health disorders and some personal and socioeconomic factors. The findings showed that all structures attitude (r=0.69, p0.001), subjective norms (r=0.58, p0.001) and perceived behavioral control (r=0.56, p0.001) and intention (r=0.51, p0.001) had significant correlations with mental health. Among the variables entered into the regression model, attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control were able to predict 65 percent of variance of mental health among the participants (F=60.75, R=0.66, R2=0.65). Conclusion. It is necessary to plan for appropriate care in order to prevent the occurrence of mental disorders among this vulnerable group.
Test of Reliability and Validity of Impulsiveness Scale Among Married Chinese

Introduction The Brief Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BBIS) can be used in large scale rapid assessments and improves data quality while reducing subject response burden. It has been verified to have good reliability and cross-cultural consistency in multiple countries. However, there are no tests of impulsivity for the Chinese married population. Aim To investigate the applicability of the BBIS among the Chinese married population. Methods The BBIS was administered to 664 married middle-aged adults (sample 1) for item analysis and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and to 758 married middle-aged adults (sample 2) for confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). At the same time, the trait anger scale (TAS), the quality marriage index (QMI) and the emotion reactivity scale (ERS) are selected as the calibration standards to test the correlation validity of the calibration standards. Results BBIS includes 8 items, which are composed of two dimensions of poor self-control and behavioral impulsivity; the two dimensions explained 68.10% of the total variance. CFA demonstrated that the fit index of the two-factor structure of the scale was good (χ2/df=2.315, RMSEA=0.042, RFI=0.971, CFI=0.989, NFI=0.982, IFI=0.990). The internal consistency reliability of each dimension and total scores were 0.824, 0.826 and 0.787, respectively. Total BBIS scores were significantly positively correlated with trait anger and emotional reactivity, and showed a significant negative correlation with marital quality. The Chinese version of BBIS had measurement equivalence between men and women. Conclusion The BBIS has good reliability and validity in the Chinese married population, and the measurement results can be compared across groups between different genders, which can be used as a suitable tool for impulse related research.
Relationship between somatostatin receptor expressing tumour volume and health‐related quality of life in patients with metastatic GEP‐NET

For patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP‐NET), health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) is important. Meanwhile, whether tumour volume is associated with HRQoL is unknown. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess if total somatostatin receptor expressing tumour volume is correlated with HRQoL in patients with metastatic GEP‐NET. Some 71 patients were included in the study. HRQoL and NET‐specific symptoms were assessed with EORTC QLQ‐C30 and EORTC GI.NET21. A summary score was calculated from the output of the QLQ‐C30. Total somatostatin receptor expressing tumour volume was retrospectively evaluated on somatostatin receptor imaging with positron emission tomography‐computed tomography (68Ga‐DOTA‐TATE/TOC PET‐CT) in each patient. Simple and multiple linear regression were used to evaluate the correlation between tumour volume and HRQoL, controlling for potential confounders. No correlation was found between total somatostatin receptor expressing tumour volume and QLQ‐C30 summary score. Weak positive correlations were found between total tumour volume and the specific symptoms dyspnoea, diarrhoea and flushing. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the association between total somatostatin expressing tumour volume and HRQoL. Our results indicate that, while tumour volume is weakly associated with symptom severity of the carcinoid syndrome, other factors might impact more on overall HRQoL.
Good Corp, Bad Corp, and the Rise of B Corps: How Market Incumbents’ Diverse Responses Reinvigorate Challengers

Social movements challenge incumbents and drive institutional change by introducing market alternatives—new products and organizational forms that embody an alternative institutional logic. Research has shown that in response to market alternatives, incumbents resist through heterogeneous behaviors: incumbents maintain their commitment to the dominant logic, effectively marginalizing challengers, while also ostensibly endorsing the alternative logic and often successfully coopting challengers. Although incumbents’ strategic responses to pioneering market alternatives are well documented, we do not know how their heterogeneous behaviors affect new waves of challenger mobilization and how these mobilizations may differently address the hazards of cooptation and marginalization. We investigate the rise of the B Corp (Certified B Corporation) movement against the backdrop of both ongoing shareholder supremacy and rising corporate social responsibility (CSR) among incumbent corporations. Our multi-method, multi-stage investigation reveals that heterogeneous incumbent behaviors encourage new waves of challenger mobilization by seeding divergent mobilizing frames. This variety can lead to a paradoxical form of mobilization in which challengers dynamically balance the tension between their movements’ focus on expansion and purity, rather than prioritizing one over the other. The B Corp movement demonstrates how achieving this balance may help challengers avoid cooptation or marginalization, sustain their challenge against incumbents, and achieve more-transformative change. For incumbents, our findings show that both resistance to and the ostensible embrace of alternative logics may stave off immediate challenges but can also invigorate future challenges that pose substantive threats to the dominant logic.
PENERAPAN PENGUKURAN NILAI WAJAR PSAK-KONVERGENSI IFRS DAN DAMPAKNYA PADA PILIHAN KEBIJAKAN AKUNTANSI DI INDONESIA

Abstract. This study aims to investigate the impact of the compulsory measurement of fair value and choice on the comparability of financial statements. This study uses data from nonfinancial public companies listed on the BEI. The method of determining the appeal level using the Taplin index and the increase or decrease of the appeal rate using the different test of Mc Nemar and Wilcoxon. The results show that there is no increase in the comparability of financial statements for accounting policies required to use value measurement. The accounting policy allowed to choose the method of measurement is also not proven there is a decrease in the comparability of financial statements. Differences in appeals occur only in the accounting policies of fixed assets that have increased appeal. This study shows that before and after the adoption of new standards related to fair value measurement, the financial reporting appeal level is still high. This study also indicates that the fair value measurement for the accounting policy allowed to select the measurement method is still low. Keyword: Measurement of Fair Value; Power of Appeals; Choice of Accounting, Index-Taplin Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi dampak pengukuran nilai wajar yang diwajibkan dan pilihan terhadap daya banding laporan keuangan.Penelitian ini menggunakan data perusahaan publik non keuangan yang tercatat di BEI. Metode penentuan tingkat daya banding dengan menggunakan indeks Taplin dan peningkatan atau penurunan tingkat daya banding menggunakan uji beda Mc Nemar dan Wilcoxon. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada peningkatan daya banding laporan keuangan untuk kebijakan akuntansi yang diwajibkan menggunakan pengukuran nilai.Kebijakan akuntansi yang diperbolehkan memilih metode pengukuran juga tidak terbukti terdapat penurunan daya banding laporan keuangan.Perbedaan daya banding terjadi hanya pada kebijakan akuntansi Aset Tetap yang mengalami kenaikan daya banding.Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sebelum dan setelah penerapan standar baru terkait pengukuran nilai wajar, tingkat daya banding laporan keuangan masih tinggi.Penelitian ini juga mengindikasikan bahwa tingkat pengukuran nilai wajar untuk kebijakan akuntansi yang diperbolehkan memilih metode pengukuran masih rendah. Kata Kunci: Pengukuran Nilai Wajar; Daya Banding; Pilihan Akuntansi, Indeks-Taplin
Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy

Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly in which ectopic splenic tissue is found in the testis and can present as a testicular mass mimicking a testicular malignancy. We present a 27-year-old male who presented with a palpable left testis mass suspicious for malignancy and ultimately found to have discontinuous splenogonadal fusion after radical orchiectomy.
Use of Cognitive Testing, Questionnaires, and Plasma Biomarkers to Quantify Cognitive Impairment in an Aging Pet Dog Population.

BACKGROUND Aging dogs suffer from canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CCDS), a condition in which cognitive decline is associated with amyloid pathology and cortical atrophy. Presumptive diagnosis is made through physical examination, exclusion of systemic/metabolic conditions, and completion of screening questionnaires by owners. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine whether cognitive function could be quantified in aging pet dogs, and to correlate cognitive testing with validated questionnaires and plasma neurofilament light chain (pNfL) concentration in aging dogs. METHODS Thirty-nine dogs from fifteen breeds were recruited (9.3 to 15.3 years). Owners completed the Canine Dementia Scale (CADES) and Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Rating scale (CCDR). Executive control and social cues were tested, and pNfL was measured with single molecule array assay. Comparisons were made between cognitive testing scores, CADES, CCDR scores, and pNfL. RESULTS CADES scoring classified five dogs as severe CCDS, six as moderate, ten as mild, and eighteen as normal. CCDR identified seven dogs at risk of CCDS and thirty-two as normal. Cognitive testing was possible in the majority of dogs, although severely affected dogs were unable to learn tasks. CADES score correlated with sustained attention duration (r = -0.47, p = 0.002), inhibitory control (r = -0.51, p = 0.002), detour (r = -0.43, p = 0.001), and pNfL (r = 0.41, p = 0.025). Concentration of pNfL correlated with inhibitory control (r = -0.7, p≤0.001). The CCDR scale correlated with performance on inhibitory control (r = -0.46, p = 0.005). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that a multi-dimensional approach using a combination of questionnaires, specific cognitive tests, and pNfL concentration can be used to quantify cognitive decline in aging pet dogs.
Tax Burden on Labor Income in Croatia: Calculation and Analysis Based on Administrative Data

ABSTRACT The tax wedge for employment income in Croatia is calculated using administrative microdata. The analysis covering the period 2014–2018 demonstrates that the average tax wedge dropped from 33.2% in 2014 to 31.2% in 2018, which is the result of changes to both the social insurance contributions and personal income taxation systems. In addition, the analysis shows that tax wedge levels in Croatia are substantially lower than what had been shown in previous research, where results were primarily derived by analyzing hypothetical individuals.
Epistemic beliefs and written historical reasoning: Exploring their relationship

In this descriptive study, we investigated undergraduate students’ epistemic beliefs in history and examined the relationship between students’ beliefs and their performance in written historical reasoning in the context of a historical reasoning course. We measured students’ expressed epistemic beliefs in history through a discipline-specific survey, which we compared with students’ performance when writing a source-based historical argument. A subset of students also participated in a task-based interview to investigate more tacit epistemic beliefs related to the second-order concept, account. We found a significant correlation between students’ performance in source-based argumentative writing and their epistemic beliefs regarding historical methodology. Most students’ interview answers corresponded to their epistemic beliefs as indicated in the survey, but there was less correspondence between students’ interviews and writing. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the epistemic beliefs survey and provides evidence that students’ conceptions of the second-order concept, account, may be related to their epistemic beliefs.
UTILIZATION OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA AMONG STUDENTS OF HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC NIGERIA

In 21st century, easily access to information and communication technology through social media become major concern throughout worldwide. This study examined the use of social media among students of Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic. The objectives are: (1) to determine Hassan Usman Polytechnic students in actively usage of social media, (2) to identify students’ perception of social media and (3) to examine the frequency of social media usage. A descriptive survey design was adopted. Sampling size of 98 students of Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic were randomly selected. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and analysed using descriptive analysis. The result revealed students used social media to share information, chit-chat and interaction with friends. Without noticed, students might use social media to discuss national issues, engage in cyber-crimes and expose themselves to pornography. The findings also indicate that using social media has influenced their lifestyles either positive or negative, and indirectly could affect their achievements in academic excellence. The study concludes that social media is an indispensable Internet platform among Hassan Katsina Polytechnic students. In recommendation, researchers opinion that Social Media Acts should be introduced and stipulate the dos and don’ts among the students and public uses of social networking sites in Hassan Usman Polytechnic Nigeria.
Using Voice and Touchscreen Controlled Smart Speakers to Protect Vulnerable Clients in Long-Term Care Facilities

Abstract Background and Objectives The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services restricted long-term care facility visitation to only essential personnel during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The Maryland Department of Human Services distributed Amazon Echoshow 8 voice and touchscreen controlled smart speakers (VTCSS) to a sample of their institutionalized guardianship clients to enhance caseworker access during the pandemic. Research Design and Methods This pilot study focused on understanding VTCSS use challenges and the effects on clients’ safety and well-being. Two focus groups were conducted with caseworkers (N = 16) who piloted the devices. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using open and axial coding. Results Four themes were identified, including challenges to providing casework during the pandemic (e.g., facility technology gaps), challenges to device installation and use (e.g., privacy concerns), strategies for overcoming challenges (e.g., alert features), and benefits (e.g., stimulation, care monitoring) and uses (e.g., enhanced access, entertainment). Discussion and Implications VTCSS show great promise to engage the client, maintain visual access, and monitor quality of care. However, facilitating access to such technology requires planning and training before installation.