Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Staff perceptions of barriers that lesbian, gay and bisexual residents face in long-term care settings

This study explores the difficulties that older lesbian, gay and bisexual residents may encounter when attempting to express their sexuality while living in long-term care facilities (LTCF), as perceived by staff. The sample was made up of 1714 staff members working in 152 Spanish long-term care institutions for older people. Answers to an open-ended question regarding barriers that older lesbian, gay and bisexual people living in residential institutions may face when attempting to express their sexuality were content-analysed. The results suggest that the barriers are almost exclusively caused by other people’s views on non-heterosexual issues, including both heterosexist assumptions (e.g. the lack of awareness of sexual diversity in LTC settings, something that is particularly frequent among care assistants) and homophobic attitudes and behaviours generally attributed by technical staff and managers to heterosexual residents. Practical and policy implications, which should take into account job role as a key factor, are discussed.
Inequalities in Health and Wellbeing Among Elderly Populations: A Case Study of Central Uganda

The world’s population is aging, yet the wellbeing of this aging demographic is unequally distributed. Of all global regions, the elderly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have the lowest global levels of subjective wellbeing (SWB). Concomitantly, SSA is projected to see the largest absolute rise of its elderly population by 2050. Despite this situation, little empirical attention has been directed towards uncovering determinants for SWB declines in old age in the SSA context. This study contributes to this literature by examining the association between age and SWB by gender in the Central Region of Uganda. Using data from the 2013 Uganda Study on Global Aging and Health, we employ structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate how social and structural determinants directly and indirectly shape SWB among the elderly and examine how this relationship differs by gender. Results show increased age is associated with poorer subjective wellbeing (OR=0.43, p=0.01), but this association is mediated by care responsibilities, financial status, social supports and working status, with the strength of these relationships differing by gender. Likewise, care giving responsibilities had a direct and negative association with SWB irrespective of age. These findings underscore the need to alleviate inequalities in SWB among the elderly in Uganda.
F INE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY IN BONE LESIONS

AIMS: To assess the efficiency of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of bone lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This Prospective study was conducted in the surgical wards at tertiary care hospital of the Miraj city over two year period from October 2012September 2014.Thirty seven patients presented with bone lesions were included in this study. The lesions were provisionally diagnosed by clinical and radiological methods. RESULTS: The results of the aspirated lesions include 20 malignant lesions, 8 tumour like lesions, 5 benign and potentially malignant lesions and 3 inflammatory lesions. In one aspirate the materials was inadequate. The results were compared with the histopathological diagnosis. CONCLUSION: FNAC of bone lesion is safe, quick, easy, economical and helpful in planning the correct therapy.
Love of life, happiness, and religiosity in Indian college students

ABSTRACT The aims of the present study were (1) to explore sex-related differences, (2) to estimate the associations between love of life, happiness, and religiosity, and (3) to investigate the components from the correlation matrices. A sample of Indian college students (N = 370) took part in this study. They responded to the English versions of the Love of Life Scale, the Arabic Scale of Happiness, and the Arabic Scale of Intrinsic Religiosity. Results indicated that women obtained the higher mean scores on love of life and religiosity than did men and the effect size was small. All the correlations between the scales were statistically significant and positive. Principal components analysis extracted one component and labelled: Well-being and religiosity. It was concluded that those who consider themselves as religious experienced greater love of life and happiness.
An introduction to an old acquaintance: using Bayesian inference in sales research

Abstract Given the scant attention paid to Bayesian inference in the academic sales literature, researchers could be forgiven for believing that frequentist methods provide the only feasible way for sales researchers to derive important insights for both theory and practice. The purpose of this research is to demonstrate that this belief overlooks the considerable value that Bayesian inference can provide to sales theory and practice. In so doing, we outline fundamental differences between Bayesian and frequentist methods, and describe how these differences can lead to different empirical insights. We review the extant literature that employs Bayesian methods, with an emphasis on how these studies provide insight that may elude frequentist methods. Then, using a sample of 146 B2B salespeople, we empirically demonstrate that the use of Bayesian methods is both within the methodological reach of the vast majority of sales researchers, and can also provide different empirical insights using the same dataset, than would frequentist methods. We then provide some future research ideas to encourage sales researchers to employ Bayesian methods in their own research. Finally, in hopes that readers do not view Bayesian inference as a “silver bullet”, we examine some drawbacks and limitations of this intriguing method of statistical inference.
Intervention outcome differences for adult children of domestic violence

Families and individuals who experience domestic violence can suffer unhealthy psychological well being. The purpose of this study was to examine psychological well being, as measured by depression and anxiety in families who received treatment on a voluntary and an involuntary basis. It was hypothesized that those families who received an involuntary intervention would experience more positive outcomes and those families who received a voluntary intervention would experience healthier psychological well being than the involuntary families. The study consisted of two sample populations which consisted of 30 closed Child Protective Services case files and 30 participants who sought treatment voluntarily. Combined sample size was 60. The voluntary population served as the comparison group. The voluntary group data were gathered through self report surveys and the involuntary group data were gathered through a data abstraction tool from closed case files. Statistical findings of the data revealed support for the first hypothesis but not the second hypothesis indicating the involuntary intervention group had more positive outcomes as demonstrated by having less depression and anxiety
Herding Behavior and Decision-Making within the Middle – Class Residential Property Investments

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the causality of the behavioral bias ‘herding’ that was traced down to both social and normative influences. An experimental method was developed to test 125 participants studying finance. The experiment provides a total of 6 houses in which the participants were instructed to appraise to a value that meets their willingness to purchase. The subjects were treated with social and normative influences and their valuation shifts were observed. In total, three valuations were recorded, labeled ‘initial’, ‘social’, and ‘normative’ valuations respectively. Our findings showed that the undergraduates were susceptible to both social and normative influences. However, further analysis showed that some external factors had a role in causing the herding behavior.
Influence of Disastrous Incident to Somatic and Mental Health of the Relatives of the Victims and the Intervention Sstudy

Objective: To explore the influence of disastrous incident to somatic and mental health of the relatives of the victims,and find out the effective intervention measures. Methods: The somatic and mental symptom conditions of 103 relatives of the victims and 90 normal people who weren't involved in the incident used as control group were investigated,and corresponding mental and pharmaceutical intervention were performed to the former. Results: Except for symptoms of urogenital system,the scores of somatic and mental symptoms of the relatives of the victims were apparently higher than those of the control group,and their blood pressure rose markedly as compared with before the incident. The affection to their somatic and mental health were mainly related to their relationship with the victims. The closer the relationship,the more affected the somatic and mental health. Mental and pharmaceutical intervention showed good effect on them. Conclusion: The disastrous incident can obviously harm the somatic and mental health of the relatives of the victims. Carrying out mental and pharmaceutical intervention in them can provide very efficient results.
Explaining the “Racial Contradiction”: An Experimental Examination of the Impact of Sports Media Use and Response Strategy on Racial Bias Towards Athlete Transgressors

Previous studies have found that minority athletes were perceived more positively than their White counterparts, which is counterintuitive to previous research. In order to explain this “racial contradiction,” this study analyzes how an athlete's response strategy and the amount of sports news consumed by participants could impact differences in the perceptions of athletes of different races. A between-subjects, double-blind experiment was conducted among 464 participants to examine how an athlete’s race, an athlete’s chosen response strategy, and participants’ level of sports news consumption affect the perception of athletes accused of criminal allegations. Results show that while low sports news consumers did not differ in their perception of an athlete regarding whether he was Black or White, high sports news consumers perceived Black athletes more positively than White athletes, supporting the “racial contradiction. ” Also, results showed that while participants who were low sports news consumers accepted the White athlete’s use of denial more than that of the Black athlete, participants who were high sports news consumers accepted the Black athlete’s use of denial more than that of the White athlete.
Training future educators in developing pre-schoolers’ health culture

The article presents the study of the problem connected with the training aspects of the future educators in developing pre-schoolers’ health culture. The concept «health culture» is defined. The indicators of the future educators’ readiness for the development of preschool children’s valeological culture were determined, namely: the availability of scientifically grounded theoretical knowledge and practical skills in preserving children’s health (about human health, age and individual characteristics of the development, basics of a healthy lifestyle, safe behaviour); a conscious attitude to their own health, the motivation for its preservation and strengthening, the adherence to a healthy lifestyle; the provision for the development of pre-school educator’s communicative and organizational skills. The diagnostics was carried out before and after the training sessions within the subject «Theory and technology of pre-schoolers’ valeological education». The study of the indicators demonstrating the future educators’ readiness for the formation (development) of the pre-schoolers’ valeological culture was carried out with the help of the questionnaire «Health in the system of pedagogical university students’ value orientations» (T. Ponamarenko), testing COI–1 (communicative and organizational inclinations). To verify the students’ necessary knowledge of using various forms and methods and technologies of pre-schoolers’ valeological education the products of students’ activities were analysed. The students fulfilled a set of tasks intended for two levels of complexity: the first level was the reproductive level, which provided for the reproduction of the learned information on valeological education; the second level, research-oriented and creative, provided for the development and substantiation of the author’s program and technology of the children’s valeological upbringing. The goal, objectives, general and professional competences as well as the outcomes demonstrated while mastering the academic discipline «Theory and Technology of Pre-schoolers’ Valeological Education» are described. The main organization forms of the students’ educational activities were as follows: computer-assisted lectures; practical classes, seminars (for example, «Basics of the Child’s Rational Nutrition», «Problems of Health and Healthy Lifestyles in Modern Society», «Basics of Mental Health», etc.). While working with the students, these methods and learning technologies were applied: discussions, disputes, the project method, the mind mapping technology. The independent and research-oriented activities were organized for the students. A statistical study involving the Chi-Square criterion (Pearson’s multifunctional criterion) proved that the indicators of the future educators’ readiness to develop the preschool children’s valeological culture before and after conducting classes on the theory and technology of valeological education aimed at preschool children significantly differ from each other.
Crystallized and fluid intelligence are predicted by microstructure of specific white‐matter tracts

Studies of the neural basis of intelligence have focused on comparing brain imaging variables with global scales instead of the cognitive domains integrating these scales or quotients. Here, the relation between mean tract‐based fractional anisotropy (mTBFA) and intelligence indices was explored. Deterministic tractography was performed using a regions of interest approach for 10 white‐matter fascicles along which the mTBFA was calculated. The study sample included 83 healthy individuals from the second wave of the Cuban Human Brain Mapping Project, whose WAIS‐III intelligence quotients and indices were obtained. Inspired by the “Watershed model” of intelligence, we employed a regularized hierarchical Multiple Indicator, Multiple Causes model (MIMIC), to assess the association of mTBFA with intelligence scores, as mediated by latent variables summarizing the indices. Regularized MIMIC, used due to the limited sample size, selected relevant mTBFA by means of an elastic net penalty and achieved good fits to the data. Two latent variables were necessary to describe the indices: Fluid intelligence (Perceptual Organization and Processing Speed indices) and Crystallized Intelligence (Verbal Comprehension and Working Memory indices). Regularized MIMIC revealed effects of the forceps minor tract on crystallized intelligence and of the superior longitudinal fasciculus on fluid intelligence. The model also detected the significant effect of age on both latent variables.
Essays on College Majors and Skills

My thesis consists of three chapters that study relationships between college majors and multidimensional skills. Chapter 2 examines the sources of wage penalties for working outside one’s major field of study. Previous papers show that workers in a job which is unrelated to their major field of study tend to earn significantly lower wages than those in a related job. I use the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates and the O*NET to divide the sources of wage penalty into the levels of basic skills required in a job and the mismatch in major-specific knowledge. I find that the average wage penalty is 9% after conditioning on individual characteristics, such as degree type and field of study. Around 45% of the wage penalty stems from differences in the required levels of basic skills between related and unrelated jobs. I also find that the results are heterogeneous across degree types and fields of study. A mismatch in major-specific knowledge has a large effect on wages of workers with an advanced or specialized degree and on those who majored in Computer and Math Sciences or Engineering. Chapter 3 estimates skill growth during college by major using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and the O*NET. To capture both the type and quantity of accumulated skills, I assume that each major increases a general cognitive skill and a major-specific skill. I further allow for individual heterogeneity in skill growth. I take a task-based approach and use occupation choice to estimate skill growth in general cognitive skill. To deal with noisy skill measurements and endogeneity, a dynamic factor model is constructed. The results show a substantial growth of general cognitive skill in all majors, but with large differences across majors. I find different effects of pre-college skill levels on skill growth by major, but the differences are not large. The contribution of major-specific skill growth to wage growth is small compared to that of general cognitive skill growth. Chapter 4 examines what skills are most closely associated with male college workers becoming managers from the perspective of human capital theory, with a focus on cognitive and social skills. I first construct a social task intensity measure using the American Community Survey 2010-2017 and the O*NET and document that management jobs tend to have high levels of social and cognitive task intensity. I then use the NLSY97 and analyze the transition patterns into man-
Scientization, instrumentalization, and commodification of mindfulness in a professional services firm

Mindfulness programs, and related practices of contemplation and spirituality, are a growing trend in contemporary work organizations. Increasingly adopted into corporations, mindfulness is often described as a remedy for workplace challenges such as constant hurry, interruptions, and stress. Despite increasing research on mindfulness, little research examines how mindfulness is adapted in corporate settings, including concerns of co-optation during implementation. This article addresses this gap by qualitatively examining corporate mindfulness practices within an international, knowledge-intensive firm. We identify the processes of scientization, instrumentalization, and commodification of mindfulness programs, exploring the mechanisms by which these three processes interact with each other. We conclude by discussing the importance of scientization, instrumentalization, and commodification for understanding mindfulness in practice, and for building a research agenda around emic and situated understandings of corporate mindfulness.
Irish occupational therapists use of evidenced-based falls prevention programmes

Purpose As one ages, the risk of experiencing a fall increases and poses a number of serious consequences; 30 per cent of individuals over 65 years of age fall each year. Evidence-based falls prevention programmes demonstrate efficacy in reducing the rate and risk of falls among older adults, but their use in Irish occupational therapy practice is unknown. This study aims to investigate the implementation of falls prevention programmes by occupational therapists working with older adults in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was used to gather data on the use of falls prevention programmes among occupational therapists working with older adults in any clinical setting across Ireland. Purposeful, convenience and snowball sampling methods were used. The Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland acted as a gatekeeper. Descriptive statistics and summative content analysis were used to analyse quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. Findings In all, 85 survey responses were analysed. Over 85 per cent of respondents reported “Never” using any of the evidence-based falls prevention programmes. The “OTAGO” Exercise Programme was the most “Frequently” used programme (9.5 per cent, n = 7); 29 respondents reported using “in-department” developed falls prevention programmes and 14 provided additional comments regarding current falls prevention practices in Ireland. Originality/value In the absence of Irish data on the subject, this study provides a benchmark to describe the use of evidence-based falls programmes by Irish occupational therapists with older adults.
Isolation and Identification of Bacteria Associated with Balangu (Roasted Meat Product) Sold in Bauchi. Nigeria

A total of twenty (20) “balangu” samples (roasted meat product) were collected from five (5) different retail outlet namely: Yelwa, Government Reserve Area, Bayangari, Railway and Mudalawal Motor Park within Bauchi metropolis; Ten (10) samples were spiced and ten (10) others were unspiced. Bacteriological analysis was carried out on the samples for isolation and identification of bacteria associated with such meat products as well total aerobic plate count. Fourteen (14) specie of bacteria which are of public health importance were isolated and identified. The percentage of occurrences of bacteria isolates was highest for Bacillus cereus with 19.6%, 12.5% for Staphylococcus aureus, 10.7% for Escherichia coli, 7.1% for Bacillus alvis, Proteus mirabilis and Streptococcus faecalis, then 5.4% for both Proteus vulgaris and Shigella sp, hence Bacillus alvis, Proteus mirabilis, Salmonella sp, Citrobacter freundii, Klebsiella pneumonia and Enterococcus eurogenase shows the lowest occurrence with 3.5%. Also the mean aerobic plate count (cfu/g) for unspicedbalangu samples was 2.25x10 6 , 2.05x10 6 , 2.47x10 6 , 2.79x10 6 , 2.78x10 6 while that of spiced balangu samples was 2.66x10 6 , 2.36x10 6 , 2.69x10 6 , 2.85x10 6 , 2.89x10 6 for Yelwa, Government Reserve Area, Bayangari, Railway and Mudalawal motor park retail outlet respectively.
Is seeing believing? The effects of virtual reality on young children’s understanding of possibility and impossibility

ABSTRACT This study explored the effects of virtual reality on young children’s understanding of possibility and impossibility. It involved four-year-old children (30 boys and 30 girls) who were randomly allocated to a virtual reality group, a video group, or a picture book group. Each child was individually presented with three impossible and three matched possible events using their assigned medium. After each event, children were asked whether it was possible in real life and why/why not. Children in the VR group were more likely to correctly judge the possibility of possible events than children in the video group and they were more likely to incorrectly judge the possibility of impossible events than children in the video group. Furthermore, they were more likely to correctly judge the possibility of possible events than impossible events. The results suggest that virtual reality affects four-year-old children’s understanding of possibility and impossibility. Practical implications of these findings are discussed.