Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Positives of Caregiving: Mothers’ Experiences Caregiving for a Child with Autism

Most research in the field of autism focuses on the medical and psychological characteristics of the disability. Research that focuses on caregiving emphasizes the stresses and pathological features associated with having a child with autism. As such, the more positive aspects of caregiving have been left in abeyance, portraying caregiving and autism as characterized by only negative experiences, prognoses, and outcomes. Based on mothers’ reflections, this article reports on some of the positives of caregiving. The findings provide a glimpse into a seldom studied side of caregiving–-events and experiences appraised by mothers in a positive and sometimes joyous light–-and the impact they have on mothers’ experiences. Furthermore, practical implications for social service professionals and families are discussed.
LCMV Glycosylation Modulates Viral Fitness and Cell Tropism

The glycoprotein (GP) of arenaviruses is glycosylated at 11 conserved N-glycosylation sites. We constructed recombinant lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (rLCMV) featuring either additions or deletions of these N-glycans to investigate their role in the viral life cycle. N-glycosylation at two sites, T87 and S97, were found to be necessary to rescue rLCMV. Three of nine successfully rescued mutants, S116A, T234A, and S373A, under selective pressures in either epithelial, neuronal, or macrophage cells reverted to WT sequence. Of the seven stable N-glycan deletion mutants, five of these led to altered viral fitness and cell tropism, assessed as growth in either mouse primary cortical neurons or bone marrow derived macrophages. These results demonstrate that the deletion of N-glycans in LCMV GP may confer an advantage to the virus for infection of neurons but a disadvantage in macrophages.
Connecting with new information landscapes: information literacy practices of refugees

Purpose – The purpose of the research reported in this article is to understand how refugees learn to engage with a complex, multimodal information landscape and how their information literacy practice may be constructed to enable them to connect and be included in their new information landscape. Design/methodology/approach – The study is framed through practice and socio‐cultural theories. A qualitative research design is employed including semi‐structured face‐to‐face interviews and focus groups which are thematically analysed through an information practice lens. Findings – Refugees encounter complex and challenging information landscapes that present barriers to their full participation in their new communities. Social inclusion becomes possible where information is provided via sharing through trusted mediators who assist with navigating the information landscape and information mapping, and through visual and social sources. Research limitations/implications – The study is local and situated and therefore not empirically generalizable. It does however provide rich, deep description and explanation that is instructive beyond the specific research site and contributes to theory building. Practical implications – The study highlights the role, and importance, of social and visual information sources and the key role of service providers as mediators and navigators. Governments, funders and service providers can use these findings to inform their service provision. Originality/value – This is an original research paper in which the results provide practical advice for those working with refugees and which also extends theories of information literacy practice as an information practice.
Cognition and Citizen Participation in Social Action1

Citizen participation in social action may depend, in part, on certain beliefs about the world and one's power to initiate change. Existing tests of internality and belief in a just world were modified, creating independent measures of belief in personal power and belief in possible injustices in society. The paper reports data on the reliability and the convergent and discriminant validity of the new Personal Power and Injustice scales. In Studies 1 and 2 the scales predicted outcomes in theoretically relevant experiments. In Study 3 they discriminated among community groups who did, or did not, engage in social action.
Beyond Authenticity? Humanism, Posthumanism and New Organization Development

In recent debates, the relevance of traditional objectivist organization development (OD) approaches has been questioned in terms of their appropriateness for contemporary organizations. A new OD has emerged wherein change is viewed as a socially constructed process and where there are multiple rather than singular authentic possibilities. We explore these possibilities by drawing on employees' discussions of how they manage conflicting interpretations of organizational change. Using the example of emotional labour, we compare traditional and new OD approaches in terms of how they view authenticity and then discuss posthumanist analysis, in which authenticity (or lack thereof) is no longer of focal concern. In particular, under traditional OD, where authenticity can be ‘discovered’, the need to negotiate multiplicity and to downplay ‘negative’ responses is a problem to be addressed. Under new OD such multiplicity becomes data for dialogue and discussion of future potentials. In contrast, a posthumanist analysis, while relational, neither reframes nor tempers authenticity but decentres the very notion of autonomy on which authenticity is based. The social constructionism of new OD is recast and implications for theory and intervention are discussed.
Met hulp van het Prototype Willingness Model verschillen in cannabisconsumptie tussen Nederlandse en Duitse studenten verklaren. Genereert de overheid onze opvattingen

Cannabis is the most used drug in Europe. The disadvantages regarding health and the costs for the society are enormously. In this study cannabis consumption of German and Dutch students was examined. Considering the different policy backgrounds the two groups were coming from (restrictive vs. liberal), the possible differences between them were emphasized. Furthermore it was asked to which content the behaviour can be explained by the prototype willingness model (PWM). The participants in this study were 95 Dutch and 62 German students from a Dutch University who filled out an online-survey. Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of nationality on the constructs of the PWM. It came out that the German students in this study used cannabis more frequently then the Dutch students. It seems that the new legal access to cannabis and restrictions that are called off for the German students, who had just moved to the Netherlands, are the reason for this difference. Moreover it can be concluded that the PWM is suitable to explain cannabis consumption of students and that the social reaction pathway adds explaining variance to the reasoned pathway
Effective school change: the Halton approach

ABSTRACT Two related but distinct questions are often asked by educators as they try to make their schools more effective. These are: “Which of the many activities that we do have greater benefits for students? ” and, “How can we make our schools better than they are now? ” The first question focuses specifically on the impact of schools on student outcomes and the characteristics of effective schools, whereas the second addresses the implementation of change and school improvement. This article addresses the research related to these two questions and describes the application of this research in a large school district in Ontario, Canada.
Sources of Stress and the Coping Mechanism for Malaysian Entrepreneurs

The purpose of the paper is to present the findings on the stress and the coping mechanism of the Malaysian entrepreneur’s. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected via a questionnaire distributed among the entrepreneurs over the Klang Valley, Malaysia. A total of 118 out of 300 entrepreneurs completed questionnaires, which represented all business sectors with varieties demographic background. Findings – The results factor analysis with a variamax rotation are conducted on the actual performance to generate the underlying dimensions of the stress experience differences in terms of sources and coping instruments of stress.
Communicative Practices in Online Communication: A Case of Agreeing to Disagree

Online communities have evolved beyond the realm of social phenomenon to become important knowledge-sharing media with real economic consequences. However, the sharing of knowledge and the communication of meaning through Internet technology presents many difficulties. This is particularly so for online finance forums where market-sensitive information and disinformation about exchange traded stocks is regularly disseminated. The development of trust and the effect of misinformation in this environment are important in the growth of this communication medium. Forum administrators need to better understand and handle the development of trust. In this article, we analyze and discuss the communicative practices of a group of investors and members of an online community of interest. We found that conflict as a driver of knowledge sharing is an important consideration for forum administrators and designers.
PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF SPREAD SPECTRUM MODULATION FOR WIRELESS CHANNELS USING ANN - ASSISTED PSEU

One of the challenging issues in Spread-Spectrum Modulation (SSM) is the design of the Pseudo - Random or Pseudo - Noise (PN) sequence generator. Though several approaches are available that deals with the PN - sequence generator, there always exists the possibility of exploring the use of innovative methods through which shortcomings of the known techniques can be minimized and the performance of communication systems using SSM improved. This work is related to the use of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for generation of the PN sequence during transmission and reception of a SSM based system. The benefit of the ANN - assisted PN generator shall be that it will simplify the design process of the PN - generator and yet provide high reliability against disruptions due to intentional disruptions and degradation of signal quality resulting out of variations in channel condition. The experiments carried out show that the ANN - assisted system is robust enough to deal with the unpredictability in the wireless channels and provide satisfactory performance under Gaussian and Rayleigh /Rician fading. The performance of the SSM system can be further enhanced by the use of coding. Hamming and cyclic redundancy check (CRC) codes have been used here with the data stream to explore if performance of the SSM system is improved further.
Message-passing algorithms for optimal utilization of cognitive radio networks

Cognitive Radio has been proposed as a key technology to significantly improve spectrum usage in wireless networks by enabling unlicensed users to access unused resource. We present new algorithms that are needed for the implementation of opportunistic scheduling policies that maximize the throughput utilization of resources by secondary users, under maximum interference constraints imposed by existing primary users. Our approach is based on the Belief Propagation (BP) algorithm, which is advantageous due to its simplicity and potential for distributed implementation. We examine convergence properties and evaluate the performance of the proposed BP algorithms via simulations and demonstrate that the results compare favorably with a benchmark greedy strategy.
Impact of RAN Virtualization on Fronthaul Latency Budget: An Experimental Evaluation

In 3GPP the architecture of a New Radio Access Network (New RAN) has been defined where the evolved NodeB (eNB) functions can be split between a Distributed Unit (DU) and Central Unit (CU). Furthermore, in the virtual RAN (VRAN) approach, such functions can be virtualized (e.g., in simple terms, deployed in virtual machines). Based on the split type, different performance in terms of capacity and latency are requested to the network (i.e., fronthaul) connecting DU and CU. This study experimentally evaluates, in the 5G segment of the Advanced Research on NetwOrking (ARNO) testbed (ARNO-5G), the fronthaul latency requirements specified by Standard Developing Organizations (SDO) (3GPP in this specific case). Moreover it evaluates how much virtualization impacts the fronthaul latency budget for the the Option 7-1 functional split. The obtained results show that, in the considered Option 7-1 functional split, the fronthaul latency requirements are about 250 μs but they depend on the radio channel bandwidth and the number of the connected UEs. Finally virtualization further decreases the latency budget.
Strategic human resource management: where have we come from and where should we be going?

Strategichumanresourcemanagement(SHRM)impliesaconcernwiththewaysinwhichHRM iscriticaltoorganizationaleffectiveness.Thisstraightforwardassertionisexaminedintheory andthroughresearchevidencetorevealhighlevelsofcomplexityinrelationtohow,whenand why the interconnection between HRM and organizational outcomes is achieved. The two dominant normative models of ‘best fit’ and ‘best practice’ are considered. The paper concludes that the HR strategies of firms are heavily shaped by contextual contingencies, includingnational,sectoralandorganizationalfactors.However,suchaconclusiondoesnot invalidate all ‘best-practice’ thinking. Although constrained in certain ways, underpinning principles of labour management still have relevance to practice as essential attributes of a firm’sabilityto competeinitschosenmarkets.Thepaper thenconsiderstheresource-based view (RBV) of the firm and asks whether this provides a better basis for the development of theory in SHRM and in understanding the contribution of HRM to the achievement of sustainedcompetitiveadvantage.WhilelimitstotheutilityofRBVinrespectofSHRMtheory are identified, important implications for research are signalled. Trends in the RBV literature are pushing all those interested in strategy towards studies of intellectual capital, learning processes and organizational adaptability. Researchers in HRM could, if they wished, play a centralroleinthesedevelopmentsbecausequestionsofhowtoattract,motivateanddevelop workerswithcriticalandscarceabilities,anddevelopeffectiveprocessesofworkorganization, mustbefundamentaltoanymodelofknowledge-basedcompetition.Greaterprogresswillbe madewhenorganizationsarestudiedinamuchmoreinterdisciplinaryorsystemicway.
A Faithfulness Ranking Projected from a Perceptibility Scale: The Case of [+ Voice] in Japanese

Within the framework of optimality theory (Prince & Smolensky 2004), Steriade (2001a,b) proposes the P-map hypothesis, whose fundamental tenet is that the rankings of faithfulness constraints are grounded in perceptual-similarity rankings. This article provides empirical support for this hypothesis. In Japanese loanword phonology, a voiced geminate, but not a singleton, devoices to dissimilate from another voiced obstruent within a single stem. Based on this observation, I argue that the [ voice] feature is protected by two different faithfulness constraints,IDENT( voi)Sing and IDENT( voi)Gem, and they are ranked as IDENT( voi)Sing » IDENT( voi)Gem in Japanese. I further argue that this ranking is grounded in the relative perceptibility of [ voice] in singletons and geminates, and this claim is experimentally supported. The general theoretical implication is that phonetic perceptibility can directly influence patterns in a phonological grammar.
Increased Risk for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer-Associated Synchronous and Metachronous Malignancies in Patients with Microsatellite Instability-Positive Endometrial Carcinoma Lacking MLH1 Promoter Methylation

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate number and types of synchronous and metachronous malignancies in patients with endometrial carcinoma with and without microsatellite instability (MSI). Experimental Design: From a series of 413 endometrial cancer patients, we identified 94 patients with MSI-positive (MSI+) cancers and grouped them by tumor MLH1 promoter methylation status. These 94 patients were matched by year of surgery to 94 patients with MSI-negative (MSI−) endometrial cancers from the same series. Medical records were reviewed for clinicopathologic information including rates and types of synchronous and metachronous malignancies. Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)-associated second and third cancers were analyzed for MSI and MSH2, MSH6, and MLH1 expression for comparison with the corresponding endometrial cancers. Results: The MSI+ and MSI− cohorts were similar with regard to age, race, grade, and histology. Twenty-eight MSI+ endometrial cancers (29.8%) were MLH1 unmethylated. Rates of synchronous and metachronous cancers were also similar in the MSI+ and MSI− groups at 20 and 23%, respectively. However, patients with MSI+ MLH1 unmethylated endometrial cancers had an excess of HNPCC-associated second and third cancers compared with those with MSI+ MLH1 methylated and MSI− endometrial cancers (18% versus 4.5%, P = 0.034, and 2.1%, P = 0.002). Six of seven second tumors from 5 patients with MSI+ MLH1 unmethylated endometrial cancers showed concordant MSI and mismatch repair protein expression status. Conclusions: Our observation that patients with MSI-positive MLH1 unmethylated endometrial carcinoma are at increased risk for HNPCC-associated synchronous and metachronous malignancies suggests inherited cancer susceptibility. These patients and their families may warrant more intense cancer surveillance.
Velocity adaptation of space-time interest points

The notion of local features in space-time has recently been proposed to capture and describe local events in video. When computing space-time descriptors, however, the result may strongly depend on the relative motion between the object and the camera. To compensate for this variation, we present a method that automatically adapts the features to the local velocity of the image pattern and, hence, results in a video representation that is stable with respect to different amounts of camera motion. Experimentally we show that the use of velocity adaptation substantially increases the repeatability of interest points as well as the stability of their associated descriptors. Moreover, for an application to human action recognition we demonstrate how velocity-adapted features enable recognition of human actions in situations with unknown camera motion and complex, non-stationary backgrounds.
PetriNect: A tool for executable modeling of gestural interaction

In this showpiece we demonstrate PetriNect, an instance of a generic layered framework that we have developed for the specification and use of executable models of gestural interaction with virtual objects. The framework is built on top of Petshop and uses ICO models, a variant of high-level Petri nets. PetriNect uses the Kinect as input device for allowing the user to interact gesturally with virtual objects. We present two simple proof-of-concept prototype applications that have been developed for the purpose of this showpiece: a simple Pong game, and the interaction with a virtual bookshelf.
Tag-Team Parenting: Costs and Benefits of Utilizing Nonoverlapping Shift Work in Families with Young Children

Qualitative data are analyzed in an attempt to further understand the costs and benefits of utilizing nonoverlapping shift work as a strategy for balancing and weaving work and family. In addition to saving on child care costs, this strategy appeals to many families with young children because it enables the parents to provide all of the child care themselves. Though many families cite difficulties with scheduling, most say that the negative effects are tolerable because this strategy allows them to provide for their children on their own. However, two negative consequences of engaging in nonoverlapping shift work: the lack of marital couple time and the effects of “solo parenting,” are also examined. Citing a need for additional research on this topic, the authors conclude with suggestions for the nature and type of research.
Batching for Smart Home: Leveraging delay-insensitive workload in cloud storage

We study the problem of managing high intradatacenter traffic in a chunk-based public cloud storage service. The high traffic volume is introduced by aggregating very large files from multiple chunk servers in a single edge server. We measure a commercial cloud storage service system, and observe that peak traffic volume overwhelms the network interface cards (NICs) significantly. In the scenario of delivering content based on Smart Home network, it can be expected the file downloading service could be delay-insensitive. Thus, we propose “Batching Smooth intra-datacenter Traffic” (BST) scheme to reduce the peak load to a specified upper bound by batching and delaying users' requests. We resort to a mathematical model to understand the necessity of batching strategy. To evaluate BST's effects, we implement trace-driven simulations with different scheduling policies. In the commercial cloud storage service system, we show that BST is capable of keeping the upper bound to approximately 75% of the original peak traffic by trading off an average delay of 8 minutes.
DGGE coupled with ribosomal DNA gene phylogenies reveal uncharacterized fungal phylotypes

Most fungal diversity studies have previously been based on morphological examination and cultivation methods. In this study we use a molecular method based on DGGE coupled with sequence analysis of 18S rRNA gene to assess fungal diversity on leaves of Magnolia liliifera. To achieve this, we extracted total genomic DNA and used fungal specific primers (NS1 and GCFung) to obtain fungal sequences. PCR-DGGE analysis recovered 14 operational taxonomic units (OTU) from different parts of the studied leaves. Phylogenetically, 8 OTUs belonged to the order Pleosporales and other bitunicate ascomycetes; 2 and 3 were related to the Xylariaceae, (Xylariales) and Hypocreales, respectively; 1 OTU was phylogenetically affiliated with the Rhytismatales. While this molecular approach identified taxa that were not recovered from morphological or cultural studies, it did not detect other taxa that were predominantly isolated using traditional methods. The three different parts of one leaf tested (petioles and midribs, leaf blade lower and upper parts) yielded different fungal taxa that possible indicate tissue-recurrence. The findings are compared with previous studies on the same host where endophytes were investigated using traditional culturing techniques.
'That's life innit'

Recent years have witnessed an escalation in the number of young men involved in lethal gun-related violence in the UK. Within the last two years these have resulted in over 80 deaths. Lacking any overarching explanation some have attributed such violence to a burgeoning `gun culture', others to the (alleged) arrival of American style gangs onto the streets of the UK. This article rejects these explanations as inadequate on the basis that the problem of gun-related violence cannot be reduced to the problem of gangs, while terms such as `gun culture' and `gang culture' are too general to explain the differing contexts of gun use. The article makes the case that to understand contemporary gun use we need to locate it within an examination of the life world of gun users. There are, we suggest, two we need to consider. First, the patterned world of `successful' violent career criminals, and second, a far more volatile street-based world termed by the violent young men who inhabit it as `on road'.