Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Teachers' (mis)understandings of resilience

This study aimed to extend previous studies into resilience, by identifying the roles that teachers played in fostering resilience (N=57: females n=43; and males n=14). A quantitative scale was administered to teachers in South Australia’s Catholic education sector to determine the extent to which they were involved in fostering resilience. A qualitative questionnaire followed which determined teachers’ understanding of this phenomenon. The latter results suggested that teachers may be able to describe readily those circumstances which place any child ‘at risk’ (e.g. poverty) but they failed to recognise that those children identified as resilient also experienced circumstances in which they are potentially ‘at risk’. Instead, teachers appeared to be describing some children as ‘resilient’ on the basis of displaying competence in coping generally but not because of experiencing ‘at risk’ life circumstances. This paper argues that teachers may be confusing the profile of a competent student: one who does not have ‘at-risk’ circumstances, with that of a resilient one, who also manages competently despite the ‘at risk’ circumstances in their lives. Recognising these differences is considered essential for teachers to be able to identify those children requiring intervention and support both at the personal, interpersonal, social and emotional levels.
Electrochemical Detection of Single Molecules

The electrochemical behavior of a single molecule can be observed by trapping a small volume of a dilute solution of the electroactive species between an ultramicroelectrode tip with a diameter of ∼ 15 nanometers and a conductive substrate. A scanning electrochemical microscope was used to adjust the tip-substrate distance (∼10 nanometers), and the oxidation of [(trimethylammonio)methyl] ferrocene (Cp2FeTMA+) to Cp2FeTMA2+ was carried out. The response was stochastic, and anodic current peaks were observed as the molecule moved into and out of the electrode-substrate gap. Similar experiments were performed with a solution containing two redox species, ferrocene carboxylate (Cp2FeCOO-) and Os(bpy)32+ (bpy is 2,2'-bipyridyl).
Co-array Fortran for parallel programming

Co-Array Fortran, formerly known as F--, is a small extension of Fortran 95 for parallel processing. A Co-Array Fortran program is interpreted as if it were replicated a number of times and all copies were executed asynchronously. Each copy has its own set of data objects and is termed an image. The array syntax of Fortran 95 is extended with additional trailing subscripts in square brackets to give a clear and straightforward representation of any access to data that is spread across images.References without square brackets are to local data, so code that can run independently is uncluttered. Only where there are square brackets, or where there is a procedure call and the procedure contains square brackets, is communication between images involved.There are intrinsic procedures to synchronize images, return the number of images, and return the index of the current image.We introduce the extension; give examples to illustrate how clear, powerful, and flexible it can be; and provide a technical definition.
Investigation on the microbial profile of canned

A total of thirty (30) canned food samples comprising of six samples each of Sardines, Milk, Tomatoes, Meat and mixed vegetables were randomly collected from super stores, kiosks and local markets. All samples are within expiry date, none of which is bloated, leaking and/or physically damaged. Samples were analyzed by standard methods for total plate counts (aerobic and anaerobic incubations), and for spoilage, pathogenic and coliform organisms. The total aerobic plate count ranges from < 10cfu/g to 1.4x10 3 cfu/g. Anaerobic plate count ranges from < 10cfu/g to 1.0 x 10 2 . Bacillus subtilis, B. coagulans, B. cereus, Clostridium perfringens, C. sporogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella spp and S. epidermides were isolated from some of the samples. The need for effective HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) is recommended to prevent under processing, pre-process and post-process contaminations, inadequate cooling, contamination from leakage through seams and pre-process spoilage.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Vietnam Theater Veterans A Causal Model of Etiology in a Community Sample

Data from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, conducted from 1986 to 1988, were used to develop and cross-validate a model of the etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among a community sample of 1198 male Vietnam theater veterans. The initial model specified causal paths among five sets of variables, ordered according to their historical occurrence: a) premilitary risk factors and traumas, b) war-related and non-warrelated traumas during the military, c) homecoming reception, d) postmilitary traumas, and e) PTSD. The initial model was refined and then cross-validated, leading to the specification of a final model with highly satisfactory fit and parsimony. In terms of the magnitude of their contribution to the development of PTSD, lack of support from family and friends at the time of the homecoming and exposure to combat were the two most influential contributors. Other contributing factors, in order of importance, were Hispanic ethnicity, societal rejection at the time of homecoming, childhood abuse, participation in abusive violence and family instability. Exposure to war-related and non-war-related traumas occurred largely independently of each other, with war-related traumas contributing substantially more than non-war-related traumas to the development of PTSD. Limitations to interpretation of the results are noted due to the retrospective nature of the data and the inevitable omission of other etiological factors.
Visual comfort assessment of stereoscopic images with multiple salient objects

This paper focuses on discomfort assessment issue for S3D images with multiple salient objects, and proposes four kinds of visual features of S3D images that have potential correlations with visual discomfort, including disparity distribution features, disparity jump features, object distribution features as well as object width features. A stereoscopic image database is designed focusing on multiple salient object scenarios and prediction model is built using support vector regression based on the proposed features. Prediction performance evaluation result shows that the proper combinations of the proposed features can achieve effective visual discomfort prediction for these types of pictures, and also shows that the convergence adjustments induced by the disparity discrepancies among the salient objects do cause visual discomfort in these scenarios.
Resolving Problems at the Intensive Care Unit/Oncology Unit Interface

While the rapid development of medical science and technology has given us the ability to check and reverse life-threatening illness, it has also raised the specter of overtreatment—that is, prolongation of the dying process at the cost of unnecessary suffering and loss of dignity. Decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment have received considerable attention, especially with respect to the proper roles for patients, families, and health professionals in the decision-making process [1-5]. These issues sometimes result in acrimonious interactions between
Effect of boldine, secoboldine, and boldine methine on angiotensin II‐induced neurtrophil recruitment in vivo

Angiotensin‐II (Ang‐II) has inflammatory activity and is involved in different diseases associated with the cardiovascular system. This study has evaluated the effect of boldine (B), and two phenanthrene alkaloids semisynthesized by us, secoboldine (SB) and boldine methine (BM), on Ang‐II‐induced neutrophil recruitment. Intraperitoneal administration of 1 nM Ang‐II induced significant neutrophil accumulation, which was maximal at 4–8 h. BM inhibited neutrophil infiltration into the peritoneal cavity at 4 h and 8 h by 73% and 77%, respectively, SB at 8 h by 55%, and B had no effect on this response. Although BM inhibited the release of cytokine‐inducible neutrophil chemoattractant/keratinocyte‐derived chemokine, macrophage inflammatory protein‐2 (MIP‐2), and platelet‐activating factor (PAF) elicited by Ang‐II, SB only reduced the release of MIP‐2 after 4 h of its administration. Sixty‐minute superfusion of the rat mesentery with 1 nM Ang‐II induced a significant increase in the leukocyte‐endothelial cell interactions and P‐selectin up‐regulation, which were inhibited by 1 μM BM and SB. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in endothelial cells stimulated with Ang‐II was inhibited significantly by the three alkaloids tested. BM also diminished Ang‐II‐induced interleukin‐8 release from endothelial cells and blocked the PAF receptor on human neutrophils (concentration of the compound needed to produce 50% inhibition value: 28.2 μM). Therefore, BM is a potent inhibitor of Ang‐II‐induced neutrophil accumulation in vivo. This effect appears to be mediated through inhibition of CXC chemokine and PAF release, ROS scavenging activity, and blockade of the PAF receptor. Thus, it may have potential therapeutic interest for the control of neutrophil recruitment that occurs in inflammation associated with elevated levels of Ang‐II.
Glutathione peroxidase activity and its relationship with somatic cell count, number of colony forming units and protein content in subclinical mastitis cows milk

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between milk and blood glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, casein concentration, somatic cell count (SCC) and colony forming units (CFU) in cows with subclinical mastitis. Following these tests carried out on 84 lactating cows, 10 of them were classified as cows with subclinical mastitis (SCC values above the limit of 400,000 cells mL - 1 ) and 74 as normal. After microbiological processing of the subclinical mastitis milk samples, nine microorganism species have been isolated, represented by seven bacteria and two types of fungi. Comparative analysis of GPx activity in milk revealed significant differences (p = 0.0013), the average of this parameter is higher for mastitis than normal milk. GPx activity in blood shows no significant changes in cows with subclinical mastitis compared to healthy ones. The average quantity of caseins in mastitis milks was lower compared with regular milks, the difference being significant (p = 0.0007). Mastitis milk GPx activity was directly correlated with the total SCC (r = 0.019) and CFU (r = 0.1785). Correlation coefficient between GPx activity and caseins in mastitis milk showed indirect trend (r = - 0.2606). The positive correlation between SCC and GPx activity suggests that this enzyme may have potential to detect subclinical mastitis in dairy cows.
MetSigDis: a manually curated resource for the metabolic signatures of diseases

Abstract Complex diseases cannot be understood only on the basis of single gene, single mRNA transcript or single protein but the effect of their collaborations. The combination consequence in molecular level can be captured by the alterations of metabolites. With the rapidly developing of biomedical instruments and analytical platforms, a large number of metabolite signatures of complex diseases were identified and documented in the literature. Biologists’ hardship in the face of this large amount of papers recorded metabolic signatures of experiments’ results calls for an automated data repository. Therefore, we developed MetSigDis aiming to provide a comprehensive resource of metabolite alterations in various diseases. MetSigDis is freely available at http://www.bio‐annotation.cn/MetSigDis/. By reviewing hundreds of publications, we collected 6849 curated relationships between 2420 metabolites and 129 diseases across eight species involving Homo sapiens and model organisms. All of these relationships were used in constructing a metabolite disease network (MDN). This network displayed scale‐free characteristics according to the degree distribution (power‐law distribution with R2 = 0.909), and the subnetwork of MDN for interesting diseases and their related metabolites can be visualized in the Web. The common alterations of metabolites reflect the metabolic similarity of diseases, which is measured using Jaccard index. We observed that metabolite‐based similar diseases are inclined to share semantic associations of Disease Ontology. A human disease network was then built, where a node represents a disease, and an edge indicates similarity of pair‐wise diseases. The network validated the observation that linked diseases based on metabolites should have more overlapped genes.
Effects of Genistein and Hormone‐Replacement Therapy on Bone Loss in Early Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Double‐Blind Placebo‐Controlled Study

The natural isoflavone phytoestrogen genistein has been shown to stimulate osteoblastic bone formation, inhibit osteoclastic bone resorption, and prevent bone loss in ovariectomized rats. However, no controlled clinical trial has been performed so far to evaluate the effects of the phytoestrogen on bone loss in postmenopausal women. We performed a randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled study to evaluate and compare with hormone‐replacement therapy (HRT) the effect of the phytoestrogen genistein on bone metabolism and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. Participants were 90 healthy ambulatory women who were 47–57 years of age, with a BMD at the femoral neck of <0.795 g/cm2. After a 4‐week stabilization on a standard fat‐reduced diet, participants of the study were randomly assigned to receive continuous HRT for 1 year (n = 30; 1 mg of 17β‐estradiol [E2] combined with 0.5 mg of norethisterone acetate), the phytoestrogen genistein (n = 30; 54 mg/day), or placebo (n = 30). Urinary excretion of pyridinoline (PYR) and deoxypyridinoline (DPYR) was not significantly modified by placebo administration either at 6 months or at 12 months. Genistein treatment significantly reduced the excretion of pyridinium cross‐links at 6 months (PYR = −54 ± 10%; DPYR = −55 ± 13%; p < 0.001) and 12 months (PYR = −42 ± 12%; DPYR = −44 ± 16%; p < 0.001). A similar and not statistically different decrease in excretion of pyridinium cross‐links was also observed in the postmenopausal women randomized to receive HRT. Placebo administration did not change the serum levels of the bone‐specific ALP (B‐ALP) and osteocalcin (bone Gla protein [BGP]). In contrast, administration of genistein markedly increased serum B‐ALP and BGP either at 6 months (B‐ALP = 23 ± 4%; BGP = 29 ± 11%; p < 0.005) or at 12 months (B‐ALP = 25 ± 7%; BGP = 37 ± 16%; p < 0.05). Postmenopausal women treated with HRT had, in contrast, decreased serum B‐ALP and BGP levels either at 6 months (B‐ALP = −17 ± 6%; BGP = −20 ± 9%; p < 0.001) or 12 months (B‐ALP = −20 ± 5%; BGP = −22 ± 10%; p < 0.001). Furthermore, at the end of the experimental period, genistein and HRT significantly increased BMD in the femur (femoral neck: genistein = 3.6 ± 3%, HRT = 2.4 ± 2%, placebo = −0.65 ± 0.1%, and p < 0.001) and lumbar spine (genistein = 3 ± 2%, HRT = 3.8 ± 2.7%, placebo = −1.6 ± 0.3%, and p < 0.001). This study confirms the genistein‐positive effects on bone loss already observed in the experimental models of osteoporosis and indicates that the phytoestrogen reduces bone resorption and increases bone formation in postmenopausal women.
Characterization of selective glucocorticoid‐dependent responses in a glucocorticoid‐resistant smooth muscle tumor cell line

The DDT1 MF2 smooth muscle cell line was derived from an estrogen/androgeninduced leiomyosarcoma arising in the hamster ductus deferens. Growth of this cell line is arrested in Go/G1 by treatment with glucocorticoids. To facilitate the study of the mechanism of glucocorticoid‐induced cell growth arrest, a glucocorticoid‐resistant variant cell line, DDT1 MF2 GR1 (GR1), was developed by genetic selection. Growth of this mutant cell line is completely resistant to the inhibitory action of glucocorticoids. However, we now demonstrate that both primary and secondary glucocorticoid‐induced events still exist in the GR1 cell line. By analyzing the expression and genetic pattern of glucocorticoid receptor, no detectable rearrangement of the glucocorticoid receptor gene was found although the expression of both mRNA and protein levels of the receptor were lower in the variant compared to wild‐type cells. In addition, we found that the expression of two growth‐associated genes, Ha‐ras and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF‐β1) are down‐regulated by glucocorticoids in wild‐type DDT1 MF2 cells but not in GR1 cells. These results indicated that the function or activity of glucocorticoid receptor in the GR1 cells is not qualitatively altered. Our data suggest that a lower glucocorticoid receptor level is not the real cause or at least not the single cause for the GR1 cell's loss of sensitivity to the inhibitory action of glucocorticoid. Instead, we postulate the existence of a defect downstream of the primary site of action of glucocorticoid receptor complexes in GR1 cells. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Portable tool for assessing practical learning outcomes

The issues involved in the design of assessments in higher education can make the whole process of assessment design quite complex. It is important that any particular assessment is used to ensure that the learning outcomes for a particular module of study have been addressed. A number of assessment types can be employed that may specifically address the needs of particular categories of learning outcome. Practical outcomes may be appropriate to address some of the needs of employability and these may be assessed in a laboratory based environment. The frequency and quality of feedback to students is also an important issue. A prototype assessment application was developed to address the requirements of various assessment types including practical and theoretically based learning outcomes. The application is able to generate both generic and specific feedback to inform student progress. The study investigated how the application could be used within a laboratory environment on a computer networking degree program using a tablet computer to improve the quality and timeliness of assessment and feedback.
The ‘Instant’ Barium Enema in Proctocolitis

The Malmo double-contrast barium enema (Welin 1958) gives the most reliable radiological evidence of the earliest mucosal changes in ulcerative colitis (Welin & Brahme 1961). The instant enema is a modification of Welin's technique, for use in patients suffering from proctocolitis. It was devised in order to give the clinician immediate information as to the extent of the mucosal lesion seen sigmoidoscopically. No preparation is given; in this way the patient is saved discomfort and the f;cal distribution in the colon is not disturbed.
Independent axiom schemata for von wright's M

In this paper we show how a modification of results due to Simons ([6]) yields a set of independent axiom schemata for von Wright's M ([8], p. 85), with a single primitive rule of inference. We first describe a system M*, then show its equivalence with M, and finally show that our schemata are independent. 1. Axiomatization ofM*. We adopt the notational conventions of McKinsey and Tarski ([4], p. 2), as amended by Simons ([6], p. 309), except that we take “(α ⊰ β)” as an abbreviation for “˜◇˜(α 0→ β)”, rather than for “˜◇(α ∧ ˜β)”. Our only rule of inference is: Rule. If ⊦ α and ⊦ (˜◇˜α → β). then ⊦ β. We have six axiom schemata: We require a number of theorems for the proof of equivalence of M* with M. Theorem 1. If ⊦ α and ⊦ (α → β), then ⊦ β. Theorem 2. If ⊦ α and ⊦ (α ⊰ β), then ⊦ β. Proof by hypothesis, A5, and Theorem 2 (twice). Theorem 3. If ⊦ (α ⊰ β), then (˜◇β → ˜ ◇α). Proof by hypothesis, A6, and Theorem 2. Theorem 4. If ⊦(α ⊰ β), then ⊦[˜˜(γ ∧ α) ⊰ ˜˜(β ∧ γ)].
A Novel Design of Reconfigurable Slot Antenna With Switchable Band Notch and Multiresonance Functions for UWB Applications

A novel printed reconfigurable square slot antenna with switchable band-notched and multiresonance performances is designed and manufactured. In the proposed structure, in order to generate single band-notched characteristics, a Π-shaped slot is etched on the radiating stub. Furthermore, to achieve a reconfigurable function, a p-i-n diode is utilized across the slot. When this p-i-n diode is biased forwardly, the Π -shaped slot transforms to a pair of C-shaped slots, and also by changing to this new structure, an additional resonance is excited. Additionally, by cutting two modified L-shaped slits with variable dimensions on the microstrip feed line, new additional resonance is excited, and hence wider impedance bandwidth can be produced, especially at the higher band. The designed antenna has a small size of 20 × 20 mm2 while showing the radiation performance in the frequency band of 3.04 to over 11.17 GHz with a switchable band-rejection performance in the frequency band of 5.03-5.94 GHz. Simulated and experimental results obtained for this antenna show that it exhibits good radiation behavior within the ultrawideband (UWB) frequency range and also it has a reconfigurable frequency band-notched function in the range of 5-6 GHz that can eliminate the interference between UWB frequency band and other existing wireless communication systems.
Solving the Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Uniform Processing Time Uncertainty

The performance of schedules released to a shop floor may greatly be affected by unexpected disruptions. Thus, this paper considers the flexible job shop scheduling problem when processing times of some operations are represented by a uniform distribution with given lower and upper bounds. The objective is to find a predictive schedule that can deal with this uncertainty. The paper compares two genetic approaches to obtain predictive schedule. To determine the performance of the predictive schedules obtained by both approaches, an experimental study is conducted on a number of benchmark problems. Keywords—Genetic algorithm, met-heuristic, robust scheduling, uncertainty of processing times
GPS/GLONASS filter using the Stoneley wave for high reliability applications

We developed a very small sized GPS/GLONASS filter for high reliability applications using boundary acoustic wave. Boundary acoustic wave devices have many advantages such as smaller size and higher reliability than surface acoustic wave devices, because they don't need cavity. As a boundary acoustic wave, we adopted the Stoneley wave on 120° Y-X LiNbO3 (LN). Although the conventional Stoneley wave has not been studied widely because of its too small electromechanical coupling coefficient (k2), the Stoneley wave on around 128° Y-X LN has larger k2, which is enough to design narrow band applications such as GPS/GLONASS filters. Cut angle of LN is optimized so as to minimize the k2 of the shear-horizontal type boundary acoustic wave which causes a spurious response. Additionally, we developed a new concept simple and high reliable package structure utilizing the features of boundary acoustic wave. Using this boundary acoustic wave mode and package structure, we fabricated a novel filter with very small size (1.3mm × 0.9mm × 0.5mm). The developed filter achieves good electrical characteristics for example small insertion loss and steep cut off. Moreover, several reliability tests such as humidity and thermal shock were carried out and it was confirmed that the developed filter realizes automotive class high reliability performances. These results show the applicability of the boundary acoustic wave devices to high reliability applications.