Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Black and White Self-Identified Latinx Respondents and Perceived Psychological Distress and Impairment

The influence of racial differences on perceived psychological distress and impairment was examined with a nationally representative sample of Black and White Latinxs. The study sample was selected from multiple years of the National Health Interview Survey and included 30,519 self-identified Black and White Latinxs between the ages of 26 and 64 years. Results indicated that Black Latinxs reported higher levels of psychological distress—a statistically significant difference—compared to White Latinxs after accounting for demographic (age, gender, marital status, and nativity) and socioeconomic status (level of education and health insurance) indicators. Results also indicated that Black and White Latinxs did not differ on impairment associated with perceived psychological distress. The practice of aggregating Black and White Latinxs obscures the racialized experiences reported by Black Latinxs and associated higher levels of psychological distress. Implications and future directions are discussed.
Apport des observations comportementales (NIDCAP) dans le travail des interactions entre un bébé « déprimé » et l'environnement néonatal

Le comportement du nouveau-ne hospitalise reflete ses etats de sante physique et psychique sous-jacents. Les signes de stress et de bien-etre des bebes malades ou prematures etant difficiles a percevoir, il est utile de les observer avec les grilles d’evaluation comportementale NIDCAP. Les soins adaptes a chaque bebe en particulier lui donnent une place d’acteur dans son developpement. Les parents et les soignants deviennent des coregulateurs de son evolution. L’article illustre les observations de comportement effectuees aupres d’un bebe « deprime ». Le travail autour des observations combine au processus autoreflectif (tel qu’il se pratique dans l’observation Esther Bick) ont permis d’installer plus de coherence dans les soins, incluant l’aspect relationnel pour aider ce bebe a reprendre son developpement.
A Prospective Study of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Chronic Painful Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty [PV] in patients with chronic painful osteoporotic compression fractures. Methods We performed a prospective study in which participants with unhealed, painful chronic osteoporotic vertebral fractures for at least three months [low signal in T1 and high signal in T2 on magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]], as confirmed by MRI, were prospectively assigned to undergo PV or a conservative treatment [CT]. The primary outcome was pain relief at one week, one month, three months, six months, and one year, as measured by Visual Analog Scale score. Results A total of 40 participants were enrolled and 36 [19 of 20 in the PV group and 17 of 20 in the CT group] completed the one-year follow-up [90 percent]. Changes in mean VAS score between baseline and one month was –3.7 after PV and –2.4 after CT; between baseline and six months was –3.9 after PV and –2.4 after CT; and between baseline and one year was –4.0 after PV and –2.3 after CT. The difference between groups in the reduction of mean VAS score from baseline was 1.3 [P = 0.001] at one week, 1.5 [P = 0.001] at one month, and 1.6 [P < 0.001] at one year. Conclusion PV reduced pain more effectively than did CT. It is effective in a subgroup of patients with chronic osteoporotic vertebral fracture and persistent pain. Pain relief after PV is immediate and is sustained for one year.
Visual Degree of Doneness Impacts Beef Palatability for Consumers with Different Degree of Doneness Preferences

The objective of this study was to determine the impact on beef palatability perceptions when consumers with varying degree of doneness (DOD) preferences are served steaks cooked to multiple DOD. Paired Low Choice strip loin steaks were randomly assigned to a DOD of either rare (60°C), medium-rare (63°C), medium (71°C), medium-well (74°C), or well-done (77°C). Consumer panelists were prescreened for DOD preference (rare, medium, or well-done) prior to sensory panels and were assigned to panels based on their DOD preference. In the first round of testing, consumers were served 1 sample from each of the 5 DOD under low-intensity red incandescent light to mask any DOD differences among samples. In round 2 of testing, consumers were fed the paired samples cooked to the same DOD under white incandescent lights. There were no (P > 0.05) consumer DOD preference × steak DOD interactions or consumer DOD preference effects for tenderness, juiciness, and flavor ratings when steaks were evaluated under both lighting types. Within the white-lighting testing, there was a consumer DOD preference × steak DOD interaction (P < 0.05) for overall acceptability. Consumers who preferred steaks cooked to well-done reported no differences (P > 0.05) in overall palatability among DOD under white-lighting, whereas consumers who preferred steaks cooked to rare and medium rated steaks lower (P < 0.05) for overall palatability as DOD increased. Regardless of DOD preference, consumer sensory ratings decreased (P < 0.05) when steaks were cooked above the consumer’s preferred DOD; whereas sensory ratings improved (P < 0.05) when steaks were served below the consumers’ preferences. These results indicate that overcooking steaks has the greatest negative impact on beef palatability perception and thus, foodservice should err on the side of undercooking steaks to preserve, and potentially improve, eating satisfaction.
Kepimpinan teknologi pengetua dan pengintegrasian teknologi guru di sekolah menengah kebangsaan di negeri Kedah

The Malaysian Education Blueprint (2013-2025) demands that ICT integration in schools be implemented based on the standards proposed by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Previous studies only researched the relationship between Principals’ Technology Leadership (as a whole) and Teachers’ Technology Integration. Furthermore, almost no studies have been conducted to see the effect of the five ISTE-Standards for Administrators (2014) constructs separately on Teachers’ Technology Integration in classrooms. In addition, Professional Development needs of principals in ICT have not been emphasized in previous studies. This research measures the level, effect and relationship between Principals’ Technology Leadership and Teachers Technology Integration. Besides this, the effect of each construct of ISTE towards Teachers Technology Intergration is also measured. This quantitative research used three standard instruments. The Principals Technology Leadership Assessment based on ISTE-Standards for Administrators (2014) and Survey of Technology Experiences' were used for principals’ while the Learning with ICT instruments: Measuring ICT Use in the Curriculum was used for teachers. In this cross sectional survey, a total of 88 principals and 645 teachers were selected through systematic random sampling from the same national secondary schools in Kedah. Findings showed that Principals’ Technology Leadership and Teachers’ Technology Integration were at high levels. Nevertheless, the relationships of the five constructs of the ISTE-Standards for Administrators (2014), which are Visionary Leadership, Digital Age Learning Culture, Excellence in Professional Practice, Systematic Improvement and Digital Citizenship with Teachers’ Technology Integration were insignificant. Principals’ Professional Development did not have a moderating effect on the relationship between the five constructs of Principals Technology Integration and Teachers’ Technology Integration. This study will contribute to the education system by suggesting that the Ministry of Education designs a standard for education technology so that it can be a reference for technology leaders in schools. This study will contribute to the education system by suggesting that the Ministry of Education designs a standard for education technology so that it can be a reference for technology leaders in schools. Further studies on effective Professional Development for school technology leaders should be carried out. The findings contribute to the development of the Transformational Theory and the Anderson and Dexter’s Model.
Intellectuals, public opinion and democracy. On Ortega y Gasset's social education

Democracy is usually conceived, both within public discourse and political debate, not only as a form of government but also as a positive value that deserves to be universally pursued. However, many criticisms to democratic models have contributed to question this assumption, calling into question a superficial notion of the term. Indeed, a lack of political awareness and social reflection in public opinion is evidently responsible for disruptive failures in advanced models of democracy, opening the way to populisms. Significantly, these inner pitfalls of democracy were patently evident to Ortega y Gasset who, from the end of 1920s, questioned the ways through which intellectuals could effectively contribute to forge opinions and habits of individuals and communities. To lead the beleaguered mayhem caused by an exceptional form of hyper-democracy, he unceasingly strove to define an original intellectual commitment to mass education. This paper offers a critical analysis in historical context of Ortega y Gasset’s political and educational project to reform humanities and promote an aware political participation.
Direct and indirect effects of crime-related media consumption on public confidence in the police

This study explores the potential links between crime-related media consumption and confidence in the police based on instrumental and expressive models. Drawing on data from a large sample of South Koreans, direct and indirect effects of crime-related media consumption on perceptions of the police are examined using regression-based multiple mediation analysis. Results showed that although there is no direct effect of media consumption on confidence in the police, crime-related media consumption is significantly and negatively associated with public confidence in the police via perceived incivilities and fear of crime. This study suggests that the police should make a constant effort to develop strategies to enhance communication with the public.
The Relations between Reading Comprehension and Reading Fluency: Their Reciprocal Roles as an Indicator and Predictor

In the current research, we aimed to explore the relations between reading comprehension and reading fluency and their connections with each other as an indicator and a predictor. For this overall aim, a total of 100 students from the seventh-grade level were enrolled. This research took place in the fall semester, 2015, in Turkey’s Denizli province. The participants from all grade levels were willing and available to take part in the present study. Informed consent letters were obtained from all of the participants and their parents or guardians. The participants were relatively homogenous and of middle socioeconomic (SES) status. They ranged in age from 13 through 15 years. For the measures of fluency, components were taken from students’ oral reading of the same texts including narrative and expository according to grade levels. After then, the students’ reading comprehension levels were assessed. Every comprehension test for the grade levels included a narrative text and an expository text, and 12 questions were prepared for every text, six of which were literal and another five of which were inferential. The path analyses were used to identify the relations between reading fluency and reading comprehension. According to the results of the research, some recommendations were given.
The Prevalence of Cyberbullying and Cyber-Victimization Behaviours in Internet Usage among Adolescents in Secondary Schools of Westlands Sub-County, Nairobi, Kenya

: In the global world, with the increasing convenience of technology and its augmentation in the interconnectedness with human interaction, it is becoming possible that traditional bullying have turned digital, making cyberbullying a form of bullying that is novel and challenging. Despite this growing concern, there is a paucity of studies investigating this phenomenon among Nairobian adolescents, therefore this study was undertaken to establish the prevalence of cyberbullying behaviors in internet usage among the adolescents in the sampled schools of Westland’s Sub-County, Nairobi County.The study used a quantitative research approach in the form of self-reported questionnaires. Moreover the present study used probability sampling techniques andtargeted a sample size of 228 students aged between 13 and 18 years. The results show that participation in cyberbullying behaviors was 14% and cyber-victimization behaviors among students was 23%. The Pearson’s Correlation results found no association between cyberbullying behaviors (r = -.007, p > .05) and cyber-victimization behaviors (r = -.005, p > .05) with the compulsive internet usage but revealed positive significant correlation between cyberbullying perpetration and cyber-victimization behaviors (r = .367, p < .01) indicating that students exhibiting cyber-victimization behaviors end up becoming perpetrators themselves. Linear regression analysis further indicated that not age but gender had significant impact on the relationship between internet use and cyberbullying and cyber-victimization behaviors. On the whole this study assisted in gaining deeper insight indicating a noteworthy prevalence of cyberbullying and cyber-victimization behaviors among the teens in the schools of Westland Sub-County, Nairobi County. In conclusion the study underscores the need for providing active intervention strategies in raising awareness among the adolescents in family as well as in educational settings. 87 (37%) of the total sample population indicated that they were either victims or perpetrators of cyberbullying behaviors. The study revealed that 33 (14%) have been involved in cyber bullying behaviors whereas 54 (23%) admitted to have been cyber-victims. The results of this study exhibits higher percentage than the study done among students in the Kisumu County (Okoth, 2014) which revealed the prevalence of cyberbullying experiences to be lower than 6%. This shows that the trend of cyberbullying behaviors is increasing steadily in our country. The study indicated that majority of the adolescents spend 10-15 hours weekly on internet and also one third of them were sharing passwords with their friends. These risk factors underscore the need for more interventional plans to empower the adolescents’ knowledge on the risk of using the internet in ways that are not safe for them and in the process become a cyber bully, victim or both.
Imaging follow up of SARS patients complicated with pulmonary fibrosis

Objective To explore the rate of occurrence and extent of pulmonary fibrosis in SARS patients. Methods A one year imaging follow up on 44 SARS patients was performed, including frontal and lateral chest X ray films, frontal X ray films of pelvis and CT scanning. Results All the 44 SARS patients, 24 cases were revealed fibrotic changes of various extent in the lungs while staying in the hospital, among which fibrosis of various extent of the lungs were found in 15 of 19 severe SARS, while in nine of 25 common type of SARS patients ( P 0.05). At time of discharge, 12 patients (27%) had existence of fibrosis in lungs. After a follow up in one month, five SARS patients (11%) showed presence of shadows of fibrotic cords in both lungs of different calibers, three (6%) after three months, and two (4%) after 6-12 months. Conclusion Pulmonary fibrosis is a commonly seen complication in SARS patients. It is more apt to occur in severe SARS patients than in common type of SARS patients. Severe SARS patients complicated with pulmonary fibrosis showed a higher severity marked by more slowly absorptive process.
Exploring the Prospective Teachers’ Critical Thinking and Critical Analysis Skills

This study aimed to explore the prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills based on gender. This is a descriptive quantitative study with survey methods. The research samples were 50 males and 50 females who take the anatomy and plant development courses selected using purposive random sampling. The data of prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills were collected using the instrument developed that was validated by two experts and tested on 20 biology education students. The data of prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills were analyzed descriptively and statistically using a software (IBM SPSS Statistic 23). The results of the study show that (1) the prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills as underdeveloped; (2) critical thinking skills differ in the components of interpretation, explanation, and self-regulation; (3) critical analysis skills differ on the explanation and interpretations; and (4) there is a positive correlation between prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills. Based on the result of the study, serious and planned handling can be done through important learning. The results of this study can be an initial reference and priority determination of lecturers in teaching prospective teachers’ critical thinking and critical analysis skills based on gender.
How is the Achievement of Students’ Physical Literacy?

The purpose of this study was to find out how the physical literacy of elementary school students. This research is a survey research with 21 students. The instrument used in this study was Canadian Physical Literacy Assessment (CAPL). The results showed that the Physical Literacy Profile of Grade 6 students of Ujung Berung Elementary School based on the T score was in the "Beginning" category of 4.76% (1 child), the "Progressing" category was 85.71% (18 children), the "Achieving" category was 9.52% (2 children), the "Excelling" category is 0% (0 children). Whereas based on the average value of 50.8, the Physical Literacy Profile of Grade 6 students of Ujung Berung T Elementary School scores in the category "Progressing" which means students are at the stage on the way to physical literacy, they have physical competence, knowledge, motivation or daily behaviour a typical day for children of the same age. The results of the data that occur in Ujung Berung Elementary School should not be judged as the end result, because students take the final journey in achieving a higher level of physical literacy, there are still formal junior and senior high school education that can be a medium for students to get it, especially in the program physical education at school. Keywords—physical literacy; physical education; physical activity; elementary school
AN INQUIRY OF TEACHER’S PEDAGOGICALCOMPETENCEIN UTILIZING INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA TO TEACH ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS

ABSTRACT SINGGI SAHID KURNIAWAN. An Inquiry of Teacher’s Pedagogical Competence in Utilizing Instructional Media to Teach English to Young Learners. (Supervised by Baso Jabu and Kisman Salija) As a liaison in transferring knowledge, learning media is something that is inevitable in the learning process, especially in its use with young learners. For this reason, the pedagogical competence of teachers in the use of learning media is the basis for conducting this research. The objectives of the research were (1) to represent how good the teachers followed the steps in teaching English to young learners, (2) to analyze and describe teacher competencies in utilizing instructional media in teaching English to young learners. The researcher applied qualitative methods in this research. Data obtained from two instruments, those are observation and guideline interviews. The sample consists of 2 English teacher from Makassar Islamic Elementary School Al-Azhar 34 and was taken by using convenience sampling technique. The results showed that (1) the teacher was skilled in teaching English to young learners with the following steps of teaching English for young learners. From the 6 steps studied, the only problem occur is the using of L1. Mostly, the teachers still have limited chance in practicing a full English class which can be seen from the results of observations made during the study, (2) the teacher have good pedagogical skills in terms of the use of learning media. It can be seen from the 5 criteria compiled in the instrument, the five of them were fulfilled well by the two teachers Keywords: Teaching, Pedagogical, Young Learners, Instructional Media
Modelling parents’ unhealthy food choices for their children: the moderating role of child food allergy and implications for health policy

ABSTRACT We investigated the effects of parent’s gender, education, and attitudes towards childhood obesity on parents’ unhealthy food choices for their children and how these effects might be moderated by child and/or parent food allergy. A random sampling procedure returned 206 valid responses of parents who had children aged between 6 and 12 years old. A structural equation modelling approach was employed. Contrary to monitoring, our findings revealed that pressure to eat positively predicted parents’ unhealthy food choices for their children. Furthermore, mothers were more likely to make unhealthy food choices for their children than fathers, unless the child had food allergy. In that case, i.e. having a food-allergic child, mothers were less likely to make unhealthy food choices than fathers. In addition, higher educated parents were less likely to make unhealthy food choices for their children than lower educated. Finally, parents’ food allergy did not moderate our hypothesised path model. Future scholarly work can address the role marketing initiatives play in assisting parents to prevent childhood obesity. Our study guides health care professionals and government health departments to pay more attention to parent’s education levels while making efforts to improve the effectiveness of their nutrition and health promotion programmes.
Identifying error-related, response inhibition, and structural integrity deficits associated with youth with elevated psychopathic traits and predictive of future recidivism

Juvenile delinquency poses a severe cost to society. Adolescent offenders who are more likely to recidivate, including youth scoring higher on measures of psychopathic traits, and non-psychopathic life-course persistent offenders, are characterized by cognitive control deficits which may increase their propensity towards future recidivism. In this dissertation, we found that youth scoring high on psychopathic traits exhibited increased functional connectivity during response inhibition and reduced functional connectivity during error-related processing, and reduced structural integrity in the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus and uncinate fasciculus, compared to youth scoring low on psychopathic traits. In addition, we found error-related processing deficits and reduced structural integrity of the corticospinal tract were predictive of future recidivism in samples of incarcerated adolescent male offenders. The results of this dissertation help extend previous research by identifying novel deficits characteristic of youth with