Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The experienced influence or effect of cultural/racism issues on the practice of counselling psychology-a qualitative study of one multicultural training organization

Abstract Counsellers' perspectives on how the issues of race and culture affect counselling, psychology and psychotherapy were explored in this phenomenological inquiry by distributing questionnaires to 108 co-researchers-all the staff and student of one multicultural counselling and psychotherapy training organization. It was left to the participants ot choose the terms to describe themselves (within the context of this research) and 31 different self-descriptions emerged. Content analysis and frequency measurements were carried out on the data obtained in response to our enquiry about their experience of how the issues of race and culture affect counselling, psychotherapy and psychology. We identified five cantegories of statements: positive, negative, neutral (‘it does not matter’), qualification (‘it takes time’) and a category we called ‘unclear’ (for those statements which were not possible to categorize). Fifty-four per cent of statement concerned the positive influence or effect of cultural/racial.
Meta-analyses of genes modulating intracellular T3 bio-availability reveal a possible role for the DIO3 gene in osteoarthritis susceptibility

Objective To study whether common genetic variants of the genes involved in the complex regulatory mechanism determining the intracellular bio-availability of T3 influence osteoarthritis onset. Methods In total 17 genetic variants within the genes encoding WD40-repeat/SOCS-box protein 1, ubiquitin specific protease 33, thyroid hormone receptor α, deiodinase, iodothyronine, type III (DIO3) and Indian hedgehog were measured and associated with osteoarthritis in a meta-analyses in European populations from the UK, The Netherlands, Greece and Spain containing a total of 3252 osteoarthritis cases and 2132 controls. Results The minor allele of the DIO3 variant rs945006 showed suggestive evidence for protective association in the overall meta-analyses, which was supported by individual osteoarthritis studies and osteoarthritis subtypes. The association appeared most significant in cases with knee and/or hip with an allelic OR of 0.81 (95% CI 0.70 to 0.930) with a nominal p value of 0.004 and a permutation-based corrected p value for multiple testing of 0.039. Conclusion The findings suggest that the DIO3 gene modulates osteoarthritis disease risk; however, additional studies are necessary to replicate our findings. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms focus should be on the local adaptation to T3 availability either during the endochondral ossification process or during ageing of the articular cartilage.
Π 3 : Overview of location techniques

The scope of this deliverable is the classification, analysis and evaluation of existing mobile location techniques. Several techniques have been studied including those that have already been standardized for cellular networks (GSM/UMTS) and others that have been presented in the literature. The main principles and characteristics including the underlying positioning algorithm, the accuracy achieved, as well as problems and limitations are outlined in this report and an extensive list of related references is provided. Emphasis is laid on location techniques applicable in wireless access networks, such as GSM, UMTS and WLAN, excluding satellite based techniques. Classification is based on the type of measurements employed in the positioning process. The rest of this report is structured as follows. Section 1 provides introductory remarks, while location techniques based on Angle of Arrival, Time of Arrival and Received Signal Strength measurements are analyzed in Sections 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Hybrid location techniques are described in Section 5 and advanced techniques, based on filtering and statistical processing, are discussed in Section 6. Section 7 highlights positioning issues related to propagation conditions followed by a list of location techniques evaluated in outdoor or indoor environments, in the Annex.
Amplification of Chromosome 8 Genes in Lung Cancer

Chromosomal alterations are frequent events in lung carcinogenesis and usually display regions of focal amplification containing several overexpressed oncogenes. Although gains and losses of chromosomal loci have been reported copy number changes of the individual genes have not been analyzed in lung cancer. In this study 22 genes were analyzed by MLPA in tumors and matched normal tissue samples from 82 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Gene amplifications were observed in 84% of the samples. Chromosome 8 was found to harbor the most frequent copy number alterations. The most frequently amplified genes were ZNF703, PRDM14 and MYC on chromosome 8 and the BIRC5 gene on chromosome 17. The frequency of deletions were much lower and the most frequently deleted gene was ADAM9. Amplification of the ZNF703, PRDM14 and MYC genes were highly correlated suggesting that the genes displaying high copy number changes on chromosome 8 collaborate during lung carcinogenesis.
Fully automated and stable registration for augmented reality applications

We present a fully automated approach to camera registration for augmented reality systems. It relies on purely passive vision techniques to solve the initialization and real-time tracking problems, given a rough CAD model of parts of the real scene. It does not require a controlled environment, for example placing markers. It handles arbitrarily complex models, occlusions, large camera displacements and drastic aspect changes. This is made possible by two major contributions: the first one is a fast recognition method that detects the known part of the scene, registers the camera with respect to it, and initializes a real-time tracker, which is the second contribution. Our tracker eliminates drift and jitter by merging the information from preceding frames in a traditional recursive tracking fashion with that of a very limited number of key-frames created off-line. In the rare instances where it fails, for example because of large occlusion, it detects the failure and reinvokes the initialization procedure. We present experimental results on several different kinds of objects and scenes.
INTRI: Contour-Based Trilateration for Indoor Fingerprint-Based Localization

Due to its accuracy, trilateration has been widely deployed to locate smartphones outdoors. However, such approach cannot be easily applied indoors due to issues like non-line-of-sight measurement and complex multipath fading. Though fingerprinting overcomes these issues, its accuracy is often hampered by signal noise and the similarity metric comparing signal vectors. We propose INTRI, a novel, simple, accurate, and effective indoor localization framework combining strengths of trilateration and fingerprinting. Given a signal level received from an access point (AP) at target, INTRI first forms a contour given by reference points (RPs) with the same signal level, taking into account signal noise. The target is hence at the juncture of contours formed by all APs. We present selecting RPs for random signal by a width parameter determining the signal contour width (or spread). Then, an LP-based formulation finds the location following spirit of trilateration, which minimizes distance between target position and all contours. A novel particle filter leverages crowdsourced user inputs to adaptively estimate the width parameter. An online algorithm is further used to calibrate heterogeneous smartphones. Our extensive experiments in an airport, a shopping mall, and our campus show INTRI outperforms recent schemes with substantially lower error (often by more than 20 percent).
Scalable Transaction Management with Snapshot Isolation on Cloud Data Management Systems

We address the problem of building scalable transaction management mechanisms for multi-row transactions on key-value storage systems. We develop scalable techniques for transaction management utilizing the snapshot isolation (SI)model. Because the SI model can lead to non-serializable transaction executions, we investigate two conflict detection techniques for ensuring serializability under SI. To support scalability, we investigate system models and mechanisms in which the transaction management functions are decoupled from the storage system and integrated with the application-level processes. We present two system models and demonstrate their scalability under the scale-out paradigm of Cloud computing platforms. In the first system model, all transaction management functions are executed in a fully decentralized manner by the application processes. The second model is based on a hybrid approach in which the conflict detection techniques are implemented by a dedicated service. We perform a comparative evaluation of these models using the TPC-C benchmark and demonstrate their scalability.
Mediators and mentors: partners in conflict resolution and peace education

It is the view of these authors that children learn to be peacebuilders in the context of relationships where, if fortunate, they experience guided practice in interpersonal skill development around conflict. Mediator Mentors, the program described in this article, is a school‐university partnership in which Teacher‐Education Candidates, Peace and Conflict Studies interns and classroom teachers had as their overall objective improvement of the learning climate through peer mediation program implementation. Social‐emotional variables like empathy and perspective‐taking were considered measurable outcomes, Analysis of pre‐to‐post change scores revealed that mediators demonstrated significantly higher gains on measures of social‐cognitive development F (3,67) = 19.26, p. < . 000 when compared to non‐mediators. Although mediators and non‐mediators (N = 70) scored no differently at pretest, the difference was highly significant at posttest. Students serving their school in the mediator role also reported more positive perceptions of school safety than did non mediators. Being a mediator was also significantly associated with higher language arts scores as measured by standardized testing (r = .60, p < .000). And finally, mediators described their home‐lives as more peaceful (at posttest, though not at pretest), than did non mediators.
Economic Forecasting

Forecasts guide decisions in all areas of economics and finance and their value can only be understood in relation to, and in the context of, such decisions. We discuss the central role of the loss function in helping determine the forecaster's objectives and use this to present a unified framework for both the construction and evaluation of forecasts. Challenges arise from the explosion in the sheer volume of predictor variables under consideration and the forecaster's ability to entertain an endless array of functional forms and time-varying specifications, none of which may coincide with the 'true' model. Methods for comparing the forecasting performance of pairs of models or evaluating the ability of the best of many models to beat a benchmark specification are also reviewed.
Face recognition based on depth and curvature features

Face recognition from a representation based on features extracted from range images is explored. Depth and curvature features have several advantages over more traditional intensity-based features. Specifically, curvature descriptors have the potential for higher accuracy in describing surface-based events, are better suited to describe properties of the face in areas such as the cheeks, forehead, and chin, and are viewpoint invariant. Faces are represented in terms of a vector of feature descriptors. Comparisons between two faces is made based on their relationship in the feature space. The author provides a detailed analysis of the accuracy and discrimination of the particular features extracted, and the effectiveness of the recognition system for a test database of 24 faces. Recognition rates are in the range of 80% to 100%. In many cases, feature accuracy is limited more by surface resolution than by the extraction process. <<ETX>>
Using the Parental Stressor Scale: Nicu with a British sample of mothers of moderate risk preterm infants

This paper presents an exploration of the validity of the Parental Stressor Scale: NICU [Miles et al. (1993) Parental Stressor Scale: NICU, Nursing Research, 42, 148-152] with a sample of British mothers of moderate risk preterm infants. Forty mothers were recruited to the main study (seven families declined). The PSS: NICU was completed within 48-96 hours of delivery. Subscales measuring stress from 'sights and sounds', 'appearance and behaviour of infant' and 'relationship with infant' show a range of responses and show good internal consistency. Items relating to 'staff behaviours and communication' were reported to be 'not applicable'. Relationships with infant and maternal variables are explored. In the light of other studies, the results suggest the importance of timing in measuring sources of stress for parents. The PSS: NICU could be improved by the addition/revision of items, particularly in the staff behaviour and communication subscale. New subscale development relating to birth experience, practical hassles and time pressures, and maternal role transition is suggested.
Cognitive decrements do not follow neuromuscular alterations during passive heat exposure

To investigate what triggers cognitive and neuromuscular alterations during passive heat exposure, eight volunteers performed simple (One Touch Stockings of Cambridge, OTS-4) and complex (OTS-6) cognitive tasks as well as neuromuscular testing (maximal isometric voluntary contractions of the thumb with electrical stimulation of the motor nerve and magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex). These tests were performed at the start (T1), after 1 h 30 min (T2), 3 h (T3) and 4 h 30 min (T4) of exposure in both hot (HOT) (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature [WBGT] = 38° ± 1.4°C) and neutral control (CON) (WBGT = 19° ± 0.3°C) environments. Environmental temperatures were adjusted during the HOT session to induce target core temperatures (Tcore) (T1 ∼ 37.3°; T2 ∼ 37.8°; T3 ∼ 38.3°; T4 ∼ 38.8°C). At T1 and T4 the OTS-6 was lower in HOT than in CON in response to the rapid increase in skin temperature and to hyperthermia, respectively. In HOT, the increase in Tcore limited force production capacity possibly via alterations occurring upstream the motor cortex (from Tcore ∼ 37.8°C) but also via a decrement in motor cortical excitability (from Tcore ∼ 38.3°C). These alterations in cortex excitability failed to explain the cognitive alterations that can originate from an additional cognitive load imposed by temperature variations.
The poetics of resistance and the politics of crossing borders: Korean hip-hop and ‘cultural reterritorialisation’1

Abstract This paper examines the ways in which hip-hop has taken root in Korean popular culture. The processes that began in the early 1990s include appropriation, adaptation and ‘cultural reterritorialisation’. By looking at recent Korean hip-hop outputs and their associated contexts, this paper explores the ways in which Korean hip-hop has gained its local specificities. This was achieved by combining and recontextualising Afro-American and Korean popular musical elements and aesthetics in its performance and identification in the context of the consumption and commodification of Korean hip-hop as a ‘national(ised) cultural product’.
Predicting glycated hemoglobin levels in the non-diabetic general population: Development and validation of the DIRECT-DETECT prediction model - a DIRECT study

Aims/hypothesis To develop a prediction model that can predict HbA1c levels after six years in the non-diabetic general population, including previously used readily available predictors. Methods Data from 5,762 initially non-diabetic subjects from three population-based cohorts (Hoorn Study, Inter99, KORA S4/F4) were combined to predict HbA1c levels at six year follow-up. Using backward selection, age, BMI, waist circumference, use of anti-hypertensive medication, current smoking and parental history of diabetes remained in sex-specific linear regression models. To minimize overfitting of coefficients, we performed internal validation using bootstrapping techniques. Explained variance, discrimination and calibration were assessed using R2, classification tables (comparing highest/lowest 50% HbA1c levels) and calibration graphs. The model was externally validated in 2,765 non-diabetic subjects of the population-based cohort METSIM. Results At baseline, mean HbA1c level was 5.6% (38 mmol/mol). After a mean follow-up of six years, mean HbA1c level was 5.7% (39 mmol/mol). Calibration graphs showed that predicted HbA1c levels were somewhat underestimated in the Inter99 cohort and overestimated in the Hoorn and KORA cohorts, indicating that the model’s intercept should be adjusted for each cohort to improve predictions. Sensitivity and specificity (95% CI) were 55.7% (53.9, 57.5) and 56.9% (55.1, 58.7) respectively, for women, and 54.6% (52.7, 56.5) and 54.3% (52.4, 56.2) for men. External validation showed similar performance in the METSIM cohort. Conclusions/interpretation In the non-diabetic population, our DIRECT-DETECT prediction model, including readily available predictors, has a relatively low explained variance and moderate discriminative performance, but can help to distinguish between future highest and lowest HbA1c levels. Absolute HbA1c values are cohort-dependent.
Empirical Reporting Practices in Community College Journal of Research and Practice and Journal of Developmental Education From 2002 to 2011: A Systematic Review

The empirical reporting practices of developmental education and community college researchers who published in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice (CCJRP) and the Journal of Developmental Education (JDE) from 2002 to 2011 were investigated. Of the 1,165 articles available, 181 articles met the inclusion criteria and were subjected to full review. Authors identified the following components in the published research studies: problem formulation, theoretical framework, sources of evidence, measurement, statistical analyses, and figures and correlation matrices. Though more than half of the reviewed article authors provided research questions, more than half of those phrased at least one research question in a dichotomous response format. A theoretical framework was reported only 36.5% of the time. The setting for the majority of the reviewed articles was a two-year college; however, this finding varied by journal type. At least 20% of the reviewed article authors did not report the sampling method. The majority of the reviewed article authors did not use a proprietary instrument. Polynomial trend lines were used to describe the fit of the observed frequency of reported statistical techniques in each of the journals. The values of the r2 were greatest for the t test (CCJRP r2quadratic = 89.8%), ANOVA (CCJRP r2cubic = 75.0%), and regression (CCJRP r2quadratic = 72.6%). The most frequently used analysis across both journals was ANOVA (24.5%). Figures (18.2%) and correlation matrices (8.3%) frequently were not reported. Recommendations for improved empirical reporting practices in developmental education research are presented.
Remastering the Body, Renegotiating Gender: Physical Disability and Masculinity during the First World War, the Case of J. B. Middlebrook

By considering the case of J. B. Middlebrook, this article sets out to consider the interrelation between masculinity and male bodies as seen through the lens of male physical disability during the First World War in Britain. In considering the impact of a sudden physical impairment it is clear that disabled men were able to renegotiate their masculine identity with reference to their altered corporeal state. Within this process, hegemonic masculine ideals are able to embrace new conceptions of the self, which indicates the dynamic and flexible notion of this dominant form of gender identity. This counters the claim that disability is necessarily emasculating. It is also increasingly important to embed, where appropriate, our understanding of gender identity within the physical body.
Constructions of Resilient S-Boxes With Strictly Almost Optimal Nonlinearity Through Disjoint Linear Codes

In this paper, a novel approach of finding disjoint linear codes is presented. The cardinality of a set of [u, m, t+1] disjoint linear codes largely exceeds all the previous best known methods used for the same purpose. Using such sets of disjoint linear codes, not necessarily of the same length, we have been able to provide a construction technique of t-resilient S-boxes F:F2n→2m ( n even, ) with strictly almost optimal nonlinearity . This is the first time that the bound 2n-1-2n/2 has been exceeded by multiple output resilient functions. Actually, the nonlinearity of our functions is in many cases equal to the best known nonlinearity of balanced Boolean functions. A large class of previously unknown cryptographic resilient S-boxes is obtained, and several improvements of the original approach are proposed. Some other relevant cryptographic properties are also briefly discussed. It is shown that these functions may reach Siegenthaler's bound n-t-1, and can be either of optimal algebraic immunity or of slightly suboptimal algebraic immunity, which was confirmed by simulations.
A lag between understanding false belief and emotion attribution in young children: Relationships with linguistic ability and mothers' mental‐state language

This study examines the contribution of children's linguistic ability and mothers' use of mental-state language to young children's understanding of false belief and their subsequent ability to make belief-based emotion attributions. In Experiment 1, children (N = 51) were given three belief-based emotion-attribution tasks. A standard task in which the protagonist was a story character and the emotional outcomes were imagined, and two videos in which the story protagonist was a real infant and the emotional outcomes were observable (high and low expressed emotion conditions). Children's verbal ability (semantic competence) was also measured. In Experiment 2, children (N = 75) were given two belief-based emotion tasks: the standard story task and the high expressed emotion video. In addition, children's verbal ability (syntactic competence) and mothers' use of mental-state attributes when describing their children were also measured. The results showed that: (1) the lag between understanding false belief and emotion attribution was a stable feature of children's reasoning across the three tests; and (2) children who were more linguistically advanced and whose mothers' described them in more mentalistic terms were more likely to understand the association between false belief and emotion. The findings underline the continuing importance of verbal ability and linguistic input for children's developing theory-of-mind understanding, even after they display an understanding of false belief.
Hermeneutics and Religious Understanding Part Two: towards a critical theory for religious education

Abstract The previous article offered an account of the hermeneutics implicit in religious education from 1960 to the present. It was suggested that an uncritical reliance on the traditions of romanticism and postmodernism serves to impair the emergence of religious literacy. Here an attempt is made to plot the contours of a critical hermeneutical theory for religious education, drawing on the resources of linguistic hermeneutical theory provided by the critical realism of Gadamer and Habermas.