Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Do Teachers Influence High School Students’ Creativity? The Experience of University Students in The Bahamas

This paper identifies linkages between the experiences of high school students in The Bahamas and their creativity. University students were asked to reflect on their time in high school and recall how their teachers responded to their expressions of creativity demonstrated in their responses to questions, solutions to problems and public contributions to discussions and debate. Of 640 participants, almost 90% thought that authority figures influenced their creativity, and not necessarily in a positive direction. Around 25% of the participants claimed not to have offered “bright” ideas in class for fear of being ridiculed. Students from public schools had lower self-reported creativity scores than those from private schools. Students from homes associated with domestic violence were at a higher risk of reporting negative teacher responses to their creativity (“bright ideas”) than those students from other homes.
Persian Stance Classification Data Set

We present the ﬁrst stance detection dataset in Persian which has applications in fact-checking and summarization (Ferreira and Vlachos, 2016). We developed a web-based tool for importing rumored claims, collecting associated news-articles and labeling their stance against the claims. We used this tool to label 2,124 news articles against 534 ru-mored claims. We provide a number of base-line classiﬁcation methods based on Ferreira and Vlachos (2016). In addition we introduce language speciﬁc features that outperform all baseline systems on this dataset.
Fladmark + 40: What Have We Learned about a Potential Pacific Coast Peopling of the Americas?

Forty years ago, Knut Fladmark (1979) argued that the Pacific Coast offered a viable alternative to the ice-free corridor model for the initial peopling of the Americas—one of the first to support a “coastal migration theory” that remained marginal for decades. Today, the pre-Clovis occupation at the Monte Verde site is widely accepted, several other pre-Clovis sites are well documented, investigations of terminal Pleistocene subaerial and submerged Pacific Coast landscapes have increased, and multiple lines of evidence are helping decode the nature of early human dispersals into the Americas. Misconceptions remain, however, about the state of knowledge, productivity, and deglaciation chronology of Pleistocene coastlines and possible technological connections around the Pacific Rim. We review current evidence for several significant clusters of early Pacific Coast archaeological sites in North and South America that include sites as old or older than Clovis. We argue that stemmed points, foliate points, and crescents (lunates) found around the Pacific Rim may corroborate genomic studies that support an early Pacific Coast dispersal route into the Americas. Still, much remains to be learned about the Pleistocene colonization of the Americas, and multiple working hypotheses are warranted.
Data Librarianship: A Day in the Life - Science Edition

AFTER SURVEYING AND interviewing a cross-section of librarians supporting scientific work, we conclude that there is no one path to data librarianship: some start in the sciences (whether physical or biomedical) and find librarianship later; some start in librarianship and find the sciences later. This agrees with Kellam’s observation that “Data librarians . come from a variety of disciplines and by diverse routes. ”1 At least among our sampling, this area of practice has many commonalities with social science data support, but with more of an emphasis on data management and data sharing than on data discoverability and reuse. The growth in the importance of data for all areas of scholarship makes this topic broadly relevant. Advice and insights from current practitioners will offer a useful guide, especially for those considering this area as a profession.
Framing Ole Miss Coverage In Mississippi Newspapers

ii LIST OF TABLES.iv LIST OF FIGURES . v CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND.1 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.5 HYPOTHESES.23 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY.26 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS.32 CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION.42 REFERENCES.50 APPENDIX.58 VITA.63
Reconstructing the evolution of Indo-European grammar

Abstract:This study uses phylogenetic methods adopted from computational biology in order to reconstruct features of Proto-Indo-European morphosyntax. We estimate the probability of the presence of typological features in Proto-Indo-European on the assumption that these features change according to a stochastic process governed by evolutionary transition rates between them. We compare these probabilities to previous reconstructions of Proto-Indo-European morphosyntax, which use either the comparative-historical method or implicational typology. We find that our reconstruction yields strong support for a canonical model (synthetic, nominative-accusative, head-final) of the protolanguage and low support for any alternative model. Observing the evolutionary dynamics of features in our data set, we conclude that morphological features have slower rates of change, whereas syntactic traits change faster. Additionally, more frequent, unmarked traits in grammatical hierarchies have slower change rates when compared to less frequent, marked ones, which indicates that universal patterns of economy and frequency impact language change within the family.
Six-Year Experience with CAPD Catheters in Children

Over a six-year period, 78 chronic peritoneal catheters were implanted in 55 patients; mean age at insertion was 9.6 years (range 0.2 to 19.1 years) and mean body weight was 28.3 kg (range 4.5 to 63 kg). Singlecuff catheters were used almost exclusively and were inserted in the midline under general anesthetic. Complications included leakage (26%) and one-way catheter obstruction (17%). Exit site and/or tunnel infections developed in 25% and hernias in 20% of 55 patients. Twenty-six catheters required replacement or removal. Actuarial catheter survival was 50% at two years. A retrospective analysis of exit-site infections suggested a significant benefit with “covered” as opposed to “uncovered” catheters (p < 0.01). Despite difficulties with catheter function only one patient was taken off CAPD because of a leak into the pleural cavity. Recent experience suggests that paramedian catheter placement and the use of catheters of an appropriate length for children will reduce the incidence of leakage and one-way obstruction. The complications associated with implantation and the long-term use of chronic peritoneal catheters have produced several modifications of the original Tenckhoff catheter (1–4). However, it remains to be established whether single or double cuff catheters result in fewer exit site, tunnel, or peritoneal complications (5). When our program started in 1978, we used double-cuff catheters but subsequently have implanted single-cuff catheters almost exclusively. Our initial experience with exit-site and tunnel infections was encouraging: only one out of 37 catheters had to be replaced because of tunnel infection (6). This paper describes our additional experience and the complications encountered with increasing duration of catheter use in our pediatric population.
Routine episiotomy versus selective episiotomy in primigravidae

Objectives: To compare the maternal and fetal outcome in routine versus selective episiotomy in primigravidae. Study Design: A randomized controlled trial conducted at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. The two interventions compared were selective (limited to specified maternal or fetal indications) and routine episiotomy (following the hospital policy). 200 primigravidae were included in the study, 100 women in each group. The main outcome measure was severe perineal trauma (3rd degree and 4th degree tear). Results: Episiotomy was made in 32% of deliveries in the selected and 100% in the routine group. Severe perineal trauma was not seen in either group. Anterior vaginal/ Paraurethral trauma was more common in the selected group. However, posterior surgical repair, perineal pain, wound dehiscence and other healing complications were all less frequent in selected group.
AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SKELETAL FLUOR- OSIS IN SOME VILLAGES OF CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Fluorosis is an important public health problem in certain parts of India. Chandrapur is one of the fluorosis endemic district of Maharashtra. An investigation was undertaken in three villages of study area to assess the clinical symptoms of skeletal fluorosis and in turn to find out the severity of the disease. A door to door approach with face to face interviews of the study population was carried out and classified into three age groups i.e. 30-45 yrs (529), 46-60 yrs (387) and 61 yrs to above (262) for different grades of clinical symptoms and collected information was entered in a precoded questionnaire. Fluorosis was diagnosed clinically and as well as the drinking water samples were tested for fluoride level. The concentration of fluoride in drinking water varies from 0.66 to 5 mg/l. Among the 1178 subjects (572 males and 606 females) surveyed 367 (31.15%) patients exhibited the symptoms of different grades of skeletal fluorosis. The skeletal symptoms including tingling and numbing of extremities, joint pain in both upper and lower limbs, unable to bend, unable to bend neck, back pain, shoulder pain and knock-knee. Prevalence of skeletal fluorosis was found to be 20.22% (30-45 yrs), 34.62% (46-60 yrs) and 48.09% (61 yrs to above). A direct association existed between age and severity of skeletal fluorosis. A higher prevalence was recorded in the older one (61 yrs to above). With advancing age, the prevalence of skeletal fluorosis increased and it was more prevalent among males (36.18%) than the females (26.40%).
Lithium-specific pathological electroencephalographic changes: a successful replication of earlier investigative results.

: In three independent comparisons, patients treated with lithium carbonate (either alone or in combination with other agents) were contrasted with both medication free and other psychotropic medicated patients, in terms of the prevalence of abnormal generalized slowing and paroxysmal diffuse delta activity in the clinical EEG. In all samples, abnormal EEG changes occurred in from 30.3 to 39.4% of lithium treated patients as contrasted with from only 1.5 to 4.6% of medication free controls. In all comparisons, the prevalence of abnormal EEGs was significantly higher for lithium treated patients than for patients free of medication or those treated with other psychotropic agents. EEG changes are reversible with discontinuance of lithium, and their role in suggesting potential early neurotoxicity is discussed.
Epics as cultural commodities: Comics books of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata

This article looks at the transformation of comic book adaptations of the Indian epics from Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) to present-day representations. The overarching thrust of the article is to assess the stature of comic books as cultural “products” and to examine the ways in which culture, religion, politics, and industry entwine. The essay also works to interpret the trends and reasons behind the iconographic transition of comic books, the publication politics which underlie their production and dissemination, and their status as cultural commodities. Subgenres of comics which could be variously categorized as cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic, or superhero styled comics, and evidently have a niche market or readership, are being held as blueprints for oversimplified transference of what has been widely accepted as the “core” story of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Therefore, I also argue that contemporary visual culture in the domain of comic books has seen a gradual shift from ACK’s knowledge-based conservative pedagogy to a more globalized entertainment-oriented, market-centred strategy.
Changes in the transaminase activities in the middle and posterior silk-gland tissues of eri-silkworm, Philosamia ricini, in relation to spinning process.

: The middle silk gland tissue of eri-silkworm exhibits a higher glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase activity (about twice) than that of the glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, while the posterior silk gland tissue exhibits a higher (three to four times) glutamate-pyruvate transaminase activity than that of the glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase.
Male circumcision as HIV prevention in Africa

While the practice of male circumcision (MC) is declining in Western countries, its promotion in order to prevent HIV/AIDS is currently implemented in Eastern and Southern Africa, where it is not frequently carried out and where the HIV epidemic is very widespread. However, in spite of the scientific demonstration of MC's efficacy, its advocacy as a method to prevent HIV/AIDS has generated controversy, with its most extreme opponents denouncing a conspiracy by an occult organisation of powerful "circumcisers". Drawing on an analysis of scientific papers and the responses they have elicited in the journals where they are published and on Internet sites, this article sheds light on this opposition and its connotations. It situates the distorted vision of Africans and of their sexuality - as expressed through these publications and reactions - in a post-colonial context where the ex-colonisers' domination over ex-colonised populations is perpetuated under different forms. Finally, it analyses the action designed in Western countries and exerted on African bodies as an instance of biopower involving medical experimentation transfers to Southern countries. When deprived of any symbolic dimension and practised with a prophylactic objective, MC appears emblematic of such biopower.
What's in people's digital file collections?

Thoughtfully designing services and rigorously testing software to support personal information management (PIM) requires understanding the relevant collections, but relatively little is known about what people keep in their file collections, especially personal collections. Complementing recent work on the structure of 348 file collections, we examine those collections' contents, how much content is duplicated, and how collections used for personal matters differ from those used for study and work. Though all collections contain many images, some intuitively common file types are surprisingly scarce. Personal collections contain more audio than others, knowledge workers' collections contain more text documents but far fewer folders, and IT collections exhibit unusual traits. Collection duplication is correlated to collections' structural traits, but surprisingly, not to collection age. We discuss our findings in light of prior works and provide implications for various kinds of information research.
A PILOT PROJECT: TESTING THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A NECK OF FEMUR FRACTURE REGISTRY OF AUSTRALIA (NOFFRA)

Hip fracture is a common cause of hospital admission and is often followed by reduced quality of life, or by death. International experiences indicate there are many benefits to be gained from national hip fracture registries. This pilot project aims to implement a hip fracture registry at three sites, a large metropolitan public hospital (Flinders Medical Centre), a large metropolitan private hospital (Epworth HealthCare) and a rural regional hospital (Goulburn Valley Health) to assess the feasibility of establishing a national registry. Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture will be recruited from the three participating hospitals between March and September 2009. A minimum data set will be collected at discharge, from hospital records. Items include patient demographics, fracture descriptors, length of stay, residential status, mobility, health status, surgical details and discharge destination. A phone interview at four months after surgery will measure outcomes by using the Extended Glasgow Outcomes Scale and documenting residential status, mobility, hip pain and readmissions. Re- operations, if any, will be collected. The availability of data from State Health Departments for validation of hospital case data will be reported. The pilot study is in progress at the time of writing. Ethical approval has been obtained, data collection, transmission and storage systems have been developed and deployed, and case data collection is underway. Case data will be summarised to describe hip fracture at the participating hospitals. Analysis will review the data elements in the pilot data set and assess their priority for inclusion in a national register—taking account of the quality of the data obtained and the time and other resources required for their collection. We will also evaluate the four-month review process. Any potential obstacles to a national registry that are identified during the pilot will be described and ways to overcome them will be proposed. A national hip fracture registry will improve the quality of care and safety of patients following hip fracture by developing an efficient mechanism to compare and improve the effectiveness of acute health care delivery by all hospitals involved in the management of hip fractures.
Interprofessional Education in Canadian Nursing Programs and Implications for Continuing Education

In 2010, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing, the accrediting body for nursing programs in Canada, became part of the Accreditation of Interprofessional Health Education initiative. In turn, interprofessional education (IPE) is now a requirement in nursing curricula. Although the requirement is formally in place, how it is achieved varies substantially. This paper explores how IPE has been integrated within Canadian nursing programs. Implications for the continuing education of nurses and other health professionals in order to achieve excellence in interprofessional practice are also considered.
Communication of HIV serostatus between potential sex partners in personal ads.

We studied reference to HIV in personal ads from 1986 to 1993 to assess knowledge of HIV serostatus as a criterion for selecting sex partners. Personals increased exponentially during 1986 to 1993. Men seeking men (MSM) were more likely (8%) to mention HIV than persons seeking other situations (0% to 1.6%). The proportion of personals mentioning HIV increased from 0.5% to 2.9% globally and from 1.9% to 12.2% for MSM (chi-square tests for trend; p < .001). Younger MSM mentioned HIV less often than MSM older than 35 years (odds ratio = .46; 95% confidence interval: 31 to .70). The increasing proportion of personals mentioning HIV suggests that serostatus is increasingly used as a criterion for partner selection, although most (84%) such ads concerned MSM. We discussed the implications of these findings for preventing sexual transmission of HIV.
Narrative and Autobiographical Approaches to Leaving Religion

People leave religious institutions or change their religious beliefs for many different reasons. A person might change their religious affiliation because a political transformation has rendered that affiliation dangerous or economically undesirable; there may be some form of coercion involved. For example, the colonisation process with its attendant Christian missionisation entailed a massive replacement, on several continents, of indigenous religions with some version of Christianity. Did the people who abandoned indigenous religions deconvert? Of course, this is but one of many possible scenarios of religious change. A person might gradually abandon the faith in which they were raised, or might encounter a religious tradition that for one reason or another seems extraordinarily compelling, and for that reason leave her old faith for a new one. Whether all of these phenomena should be considered instances of deconversion is by no means resolved. Furthermore, the similarity between such instances of leaving religion may be only superficial, and thus a single theoretical framework—a single general explanation for all of these cases—may not be possible. For these reasons, writing coherently about leaving religion requires one to specify which sort of leaving is being explained. In most of the literature on leaving religion, the phenomenon is studied in the context of the contested ideological situations in contemporary societies (although important exceptions are found in Part 1 and 2 of this book). As Gooren (2011) notes, in practice the study of deconversion was shaped by its origins in the context of sociological study of new religious movements that arose in the early 1970s. Since that time the purview of the topic has expanded considerably, but it is fair to note that to some extent the concerns of these early studies established the paradigm in this literature. Above all—and Gooren’s (2010) thorough review and synthesis of the literature on conversion and disaffiliation makes this clear—across several
Impact of Hemodialysis on Lipid Profile among Chronic Renal Failure Patients - A Case Control Study

Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) patients are at risk of cardiovascular diseases due to the elevation of various forms of lipids. Many a time CRF patients live on hemodialysis on regular basis. Present study was done to know whether hemodialysis has any impact on the lipid profile of the CRF patients. Study were divided into 3 groups, Group-I: healthy controls (30), Group-II: CRF patients who never undergone hemodialysis (30) and Group-III: CRF patients on hemodialysis for more than 6 months (30). We obtained serum samples from patients in the morning after an overnight fast and were analyzed for total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TGs), HDL, LDL and VLDL. Among the various parameters tested triglyceride and VLDL levels were significantly higher in group-II and III as compared to controls (p0.01). HDL levels were significantly lower in group-II and III as compared to control (p0.05). HDL level was found reduced in group-III as compared to Group-II (p0.01). There was no significant change (p>0.05) observed in total cholesterol and LDL levels in between healthy controls and CRF patients with & without hemodialysis. There was no significant difference (p>0.05) observed between lipid profile in male and female patients in control group and in CRF patients with and without hemodialysis. It is concluded that both male and female patients of CRF with and without hemodialysis have characteristic dyslipidemias without any discrimination of sex and it is not attenuated by the hemodialysis process.
Pain recognition in reptiles and investigation of associated behavioural signs

Background: There is minimal research into reptile pain management and analgesic protocols, and current opinions surrounding this topic are outdated; the last significant study was carried out by Read in 2004. The aim of this current study was to consider the current ideas and highlight any advancements in reptile analgesia. Objective: To investigate current ideas within analgesia in reptiles, with focus on the creation of a behavioural ethogram for clinical reference. Methods: A survey was created using an online platform and distributed to experts in the field of reptile pain management (veterinarians and veterinary nurses) as well as experienced animal carers (herpetoculturists and pet owners). Results: A chi-square test revealed no statistical significance in behavioural signs recognised between veterinary professionals and animal carers. Continuity existed between the behavioural signs recognised by both expert groups. Conclusion: A lack of confidence was identified when assessing pain in reptiles. T.