Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
(Re)Configuring masculinities in an ethno-centric Australian community school: complexity and contradictions

This article draws on a case study of 15 boys aged between 13 and 14 years who attend an urban ethno-centric community school located in Melbourne, Australia. The study investigated how the boys' constructions of masculinity were mediated by a strong connectedness to their Greek cultural traditions and ideals. Data generated from focus group discussions provided insights into the complex ways in which the boys individually and collectively constructed their understandings of what it means to be a man. For most boys, maleness constituted cultural traditions and behaviours that must be learnt: a code of conduct which a boy acquires from his elders that is talked into existence and transmitted through a hegemonic discourse. Yet the findings also revealed the agency boys can exercise and the fluidity of their configurations: contradictions and inconsistencies being an inherent part of the recursive process of their gendered identity formation.
SEPSIS MODELS IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS

Sepsis develops as a common inflammatory response to various infections. It runs with the picture of a complex heterogeneous syndrome which often leads to the development of multiple organ dysfunctions and causes the death of millions of people worldwide. For various reasons, detailed research of sepsis in humans is difficult to conduct; therefore, a lot of efforts have been made to model it. PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to present the most widely used experimental sepsis models developed with a view to explane the pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease, and it’s clinical and paraclinical characteristics, as well as opportunities for its therapeutic management. METHOD: This review is based on a detailed survey of the available literature. RESULTS: The cited models differ by the type of laboratory animals, pathogens used, and the method of their
Some like Them Hot: How Germans Construct Male Attractiveness

This study investigates what makes a man attractive to a woman in Germany, using a sample of 691 German citizens aged 18 to 92, collected in 2006, randomly sampled from resident registration lists in four representative regions. We test the idea that attractiveness is socially constructed and create measures of attractiveness using agreements of respondents to 16 statements. The three dimensions that emerged were breadwinning ability, relationship skill, and physical attractiveness, which can overlap. We chose the three most common combinations: 19% of respondents considered only relationship skill as important, 25% valued relationship skill and physical attractiveness, and 31% valued all three. Binary logistic regression indicated that Germans differ on what they consider important based on gender, birth cohort, education, earnings, job status and religion, with the biggest predictor being gender. Men were more likely than women to expect that women want the man who “has it all. ”
Electronically tunable MOSFET-C voltage-mode all-pass filter based on universal voltage conveyor

In this paper, a new voltage-mode first-order all-pass filter with high-input and low-output impedances is presented. The circuit is composed of single universal voltage conveyor (UVC), single capacitor, and an n-channel MOSFET-based voltage-controlled resistor (VCR) that allows to control the pole frequency ω0 of the filter electronically. No component-matching constraints are required and it has low sensitivity. The proposed filter provides both of inverting and non-inverting outputs at the same configuration simultaneously. The non-idealities of the proposed circuit are also analyzed. The theoretical results are verified by SPICE simulations using TSMC 0.35 μm CMOS process parameters.
Soil Organic Matter Dynamics in the Subhumid Agroecosystems of the Ethiopian Highlands

We used natural 13 C abundance coupled with particle-size fractionation to evaluate soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics following deforestation and subsequent cultivation in the subhumid Ethiopia highlands. Surface soil (0-10 cm), leaf, root, and litter samples were collected from natural forest and fields cultivated for 25 yr (Wushwush) and from Podocarpus dominated natural forest and 30 yr cultivated fields (Munesa) and C, N and δ 13 C signature were measured. Total SOC declined by 55% (32.0 Mg ha -1 ) at Wushwush and by 63% (40.2 Mg ha -1 ) at Munesa following cultivation, while losses of N amounted to 52% (2.8 Mg ha -1 ) and 60% (3.1 Mg ha -1 ) at the two sites, respectively. δ 13 C values of bulk soils of natural forests at Wushwush (-24.3‰) and Munesa (-23.4‰) were significantly lower than those from the corresponding cultivated fields (-19.9‰, Wushwush and -15.5‰, Munesa). Deforestation and continuous cultivation at Wushwush and Munesa resulted in depletion of 80 and 96% of the initial forest-derived SOC in sand, while 73 and 85% of C 3 SOC was lost from silt fraction of the two sites, respectively. These results suggest that SOC in sand was a very labile component of SOM and is a more sensitive indicator to changes in soil C storage in response to land use changes. However, the substantial amount of forest-derived SOC lost from silt indicates that SOM associated with silt was also quite susceptible to management changes, and that at least in the soils under study represents a moderately labile SOM pool, which is generally not the case in temperate soils. Forest-derived SOC in clay declined by 48 and 61% at Wushwush and Munesa, respectively, suggesting that clay retained C 3 derived SOC more effectively and that SOM bound to clay was more stable than SOM associated with sand and silt fractions.
Moving beyond the ability-trait debate : A three level model of emotional intelligence

This paper presents a unifying model that aims to reconcile two conflicting conceptions of emotional intelligence (EI): the conception of EI as a form of intelligence (ability EI) and the conception of EI as a personality trait (trait EI). The paper starts with a synthesis and critical examination of the main arguments of each perspective. Based on this review, it is suggested that both perspectives have contributed to extend scientific knowledge about emotional skills underlying processes and outcomes. In order to enable them both to exist in their own right, a Three-Level Model of EI (knowledge – abilities – dispositions) is suggested. The paper is concluded by emphasizing the implications of the model for both research and practice.
Student Learning Research: Retrospect and Prospect

ABSTRACT This article reviews some salient findings of recent research into how higher education students learn. The defining features of the research examined here are its emphasis on idipgraphic explanation and its concern with realistic learning activities. Examples of investigations into approaches to learning, outcome space, learning styles, orientations to learning, conceptions of learning, and the context of learning in higher education are provided. Against this background, five main areas for future development are outlined: the theory of study process; the conditions for deep approaches to learning; transition, progress, and persistence; studies of everyday learning; and action research into the content and context of learning. The paper concludes with a discussion of certain problems in relating the research findings to practice.
Beyond Clientelism: Neighbourhood Leaders on a Philippine Island

In coastal neighbourhoods just north of Dumaguete City on Negros Island, the pressures of ‘modernity’ have encouraged low-income groups—many of them fishing families—to establish and maintain larger kin-based residential clusters. While clientelism has a strong presence in the wider Philippine polity and is easily observed at the local level during elections, this article questions the view that neighbourhood leaders establish power and authority largely by attaching themselves to patrons, bosses, and governing elites. To elaborate on the nature of these leaders' independence from clientelism, the article engages studies of everyday politics and related literature which demonstrates that ordinary people in Southeast Asia—peasants, landless workers, the urban poor—are not captives of the discourses and practices of elites. In addition to the wealth and class dimensions highlighted in the everyday politics literature, it shows how kinship factors and settler status are relevant for understanding how low-income groups mobilise power on their own and establish neighbourhood leadership in the lowland Philippines.
Cephalometric Soft Tissue Characteristics of Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients in Relation to Missing Teeth

Objective This study aimed to evaluate cephalometric soft tissue characteristics in individuals with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCCLP) both with and without missing teeth. Design A retrospective investigation of patient records, who are being treated at the cleft lip and palate (CLP) clinics at the College of Dentistry. Ninety-six consecutive records of nonsyndromic UCCLP subjects were recruited (33 subjects without missing teeth and 63 subjects with missing teeth). Linear and angular soft tissue measurements obtained from lateral cephalometric radiographs were evaluated and compared among the studied samples. Results Lower lip was significantly retruded and shorter (p = 0.037), p = 0.015, respectively; in addition to the fact that shallower mentolabial sulcus (p = 0.05) was found in the subjects with missing teeth, the rest of the soft tissue was not significantly different between the two groups. Conclusion In subjects with a UCCLP anomaly, missing teeth have an effect on lower lip position and length, which influenced the mentolabial sulcus. Lower lip position and length differ between cleft patients who present with either multiple missing teeth or with no missing teeth, and this needs to be considered during orthodontic treatment planning and surgical management for the cleft defect.
Bayesian Markov Games with Explicit Finite-Level Types

In impromptu or ad hoc settings, participating players are precluded from precoordination. Subsequently, each player's own model is private and includes some uncertainty about the others' types or behaviors. Harsanyi's formulation of a Bayesian game lays emphasis on this uncertainty while the players each play exactly one turn. We propose a new game-theoretic framework where Bayesian players engage in a Markov game and each has private but imperfect information regarding other players' types. Consequently, we construct player types whose structure is explicit and includes a finite level belief hierarchy instead of utilizing Harsanyi's abstract types and a common prior distribution. We formalize this new framework and demonstrate its effectiveness on two standard ad hoc teamwork domains involving two or more ad hoc players.
Arabidopsis VILLIN5, an Actin Filament Bundling and Severing Protein, Is Necessary for Normal Pollen Tube Growth[W]

Villin is a major regulator of actin dynamics. This article reports that Arabidopsis thaliana VILLIN5 (VLN5) is a typical member of the villin/gelsolin/framin family and retains a full suite of activities in vitro, including capping, severing, and bundling of actin filaments. Moreover, using reverse genetics, we show that VLN5 is required for the stabilization of actin filaments in the pollen tube. A dynamic actin cytoskeleton is essential for pollen germination and tube growth. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the organization and turnover of the actin cytoskeleton in pollen remain poorly understood. Villin plays a key role in the formation of higher-order structures from actin filaments and in the regulation of actin dynamics in eukaryotic cells. It belongs to the villin/gelsolin/fragmin superfamily of actin binding proteins and is composed of six gelsolin-homology domains at its core and a villin headpiece domain at its C terminus. Recently, several villin family members from plants have been shown to sever, cap, and bundle actin filaments in vitro. Here, we characterized a villin isovariant, Arabidopsis thaliana VILLIN5 (VLN5), that is highly and preferentially expressed in pollen. VLN5 loss-of-function retarded pollen tube growth and sensitized actin filaments in pollen grains and tubes to latrunculin B. In vitro biochemical analyses revealed that VLN5 is a typical member of the villin family and retains a full suite of activities, including barbed-end capping, filament bundling, and calcium-dependent severing. The severing activity was confirmed with time-lapse evanescent wave microscopy of individual actin filaments in vitro. We propose that VLN5 is a major regulator of actin filament stability and turnover that functions in concert with oscillatory calcium gradients in pollen and therefore plays an integral role in pollen germination and tube growth.
P2P Web Search: Make It Light, Make It Fly (Demo)

We propose a live demonstration of MinervaLight, a P2P Web search engine. MinervaLight combines the (previously separate) focused crawler BINGO! (to harvest Web data), the local search engine TopX, and our P2P Web search system MINERVA under one common user interface. The crawler unattendedly downloads and indexes Web data, where the scope of the focused crawl can be tailored to the thematic interest profile of the user. The result of this process is a local search index, which is used by TopX to evaluate user queries. In the background, MinervaLight continuously computes compact statistical synopses that describe a user’s local search index and publishes that information to a conceptually global, but physically fully decentralized directory. MinervaLight o! ers a search interface where users can submit queries to MINERVA. Sophisticated query routing strategies are used to identify the most promising peers for each query based on the statistical synopses in the directory. The query is forwarded to those judiciously chosen peers and evaluated based on their local indexes. These results are sent back to the query initiator and merged into a single result list. We give a live demonstration of the fully functional system.
Policing and effects‐based operations: modelling methamphetamine

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to identify a way by which the concepts of effects‐based operations (EBO), an approach to problem solving derived from military thought, might be applied usefully to a law enforcement problem, namely methamphetamine in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approach – The study involved analysis of relevant literature in the fields of EBO and systems thinking to identify the core principles for the modelling stage, followed by a series of semi‐structured discussions with subject matter experts to populate the model with relevant and accurate data.Findings – The methamphetamine ecosystem in New Zealand can be modelled using a system‐of‐systems approach, which is the first stage in a broader EBO approach. The model is complex, involves a broad range of processes, actors, and workflows, and can be constantly enhanced as new information comes to light. Follow‐up stages are required to identify potential targeting opportunities, and will be the subject of later articles.Originality/v.
Entwicklung und Evaluation eines deutschsprachigen Instruments zur Erfassung von Cannabis-Craving (CCS-7)

Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Suchtdruck („Craving”) nach Cannabis kann mit einem englischsprachigen Instrument (MCQ) auf vier Dimensionen abgebildet werden. Fragestellung: Ziel war die Entwicklung eines deutschsprachigen Instruments zur Erfassung von Cannabis-Craving sowie die Untersuchung der Zusammenhange von Craving und demografischen bzw. konsumbezogenen Daten. Methode: Die Kurzversion des MCQ wurde ins Deutsche ubersetzt und bei drei Stichproben von Cannabiskonsumenten evaluiert. Demografische Daten und Konsummuster wurden erfasst, sowie die subjektive Einschatzung der Konsumenten ihres aktuellen Suchtdrucks. Ergebnisse: Die Faktorenstruktur des MCQ lies sich nicht replizieren; es bildeten sich zwei Faktoren, die inhaltlich den Konzepten des Reward- (Belohnungs-) und Relief (Erleichterungs-)-Craving entsprechen. Ein positiver Zusammenhang zwischen Konsumhaufigkeit und Relief-Craving sowie ein negativer Zusammenhang zwischen aktueller Abstinenzzeit und Reward-Craving zeigte sich. Beide .
Genetic analysis reveals functional redundancy and the major target genes of the Arabidopsis miR159 family

Currently, there are very few loss-of-function mutations in micro-RNA genes. Here, we characterize two members of the Arabidopsis MIR159 family, miR159a and miR159b, that are predicted to regulate the expression of a family of seven transcription factors that includes the two redundant GAMYB-like genes, MYB33 and MYB65. Using transfer DNA (T-DNA) insertional mutants, we show that a mir159ab double mutant has pleiotropic morphological defects, including altered growth habit, curled leaves, small siliques, and small seeds. Neither mir159a nor mir159b single mutants displayed any of these traits, indicating functional redundancy. By using reporter-gene constructs, it appears that MIR159a and MIR159b are transcribed almost exclusively in the cells in which MYB33 is repressed, as had been previously determined by comparison of MYB33 and mMYB33 (an miR159-resistant allele of MYB33) expression patterns. Consistent with these overlapping transcriptional domains, MYB33 and MYB65 expression levels were elevated throughout mir159ab plants. By contrast, the other five GAMYB-like family members are transcribed predominantly in tissues where miR159a and miR159b are absent, and consequently their expression levels are not markedly elevated in mir159ab. Additionally, mMYB33 transgenic plants can phenocopy the mir159ab phenotype, suggesting that its phenotype is explained by deregulated expression of the redundant gene pair MYB33 and MYB65. This prediction was confirmed; the pleiotropic developmental defects of mir159ab are suppressed through the combined mutations of MYB33 and MYB65, demonstrating the narrow and specific target range of miR159a and miR159b.
Supervisors' experiences of trainee impairment and incompetence at APA-accredited internship sites

This collective case study examined the process by which experienced supervisors identified and intervened with impaired trainees. Twelve participants who worked at 3 university counseling center internships were identified for inclusion on the basis of the centers' reputations for being active in discussing and addressing intern competence problems. Participants completed a background questionnaire and were interviewed. Data were analyzed using the constant comparative method (Y. S. Lincoln & E. G. Guba, 1985). Participants identified key issues that affected their ability to intervene appropriately, including lack of preparation for the evaluative components of supervision, the degree of agency and collegial support for supervisors, and the emotional difficulty of intervening.
Different Profiles of the Aerial Start Phase in Front Crawl

Seifert, L, Vantorre, J, Lemaitre, F, Chollet, D, Toussaint, HM, and Vilas-Boas, JP. Different profiles of the aerial start phase in front crawl. J Strength Cond Res 24(2): 507-516, 2010-This study analyzed the kinematics and kinetics (jumping ability) of the aerial start phase in 11 elite front crawl sprinters. The aim was to determine whether a particular start technique leads to a short 15 m start time or whether several start profiles contribute equally well. All swimmers performed 3 starts using their preferential style, which was the grab start for all, followed by a 25-m swim at maximal velocity. Countermovement jump enabled to determine vertical jumping ability. Using a video device, phase durations, angles at takeoff and entry, and hip velocity were assessed. Correlation between all variables and the 15 m start time established the common features of an effective start but also revealed great intersubject variability. Cluster analysis enabled to distinguish 4 start profiles (flat, pike, flight, and Volkov), indicating that several individual profiles lead to short 15 m start times. It could be advised to consider the intersubject variability in relation to start time before favoring unique strategy.
Inline calibration method for robot supported process tasks with high accuracy requirements

Especially in cases of robot supported process tasks with high accuracy requirements, exactly known geometric relations of the process relevant cell components relative to each other is of significant importance. To establish these relations, several methods are known from the state of the art, belonging to the area of calibration. However, compensating all influencing factors individually can be very time consuming. Addressing this subject, a more straightforward inline calibration method has been developed in research activities at FAPS, compensating geometrical errors independent from their origin. Therefore, the central effect of inaccuracies is exploited, namely a geometrical misalignment of the process pattern relative to the workpieces. This misalignment is measured via an optical sensor system. Based on this information transformation relations are established and the robot control program subsequently modified in order to adapt the robot movement to the real geometrical relations. In conclusion, the impact of geometrical deviations is compensated. Experimental investigations show a significant improvement of the process result after applying the calibration method.
Lack of Teratological Effects in Rats Exposed to 20 or 60 kHz Magnetic Fields

BACKGROUND: A risk assessment of magnetic field (MF) exposure conducted by the World Health Organization indicated the need for biological studies on primary hazard identification and quantitative risk evaluation of intermediate frequency (300 Hz–100 kHz) MFs. Because induction heating cookers generate such MFs for cooking, reproductive and developmental effects are a concern due to the close proximity of the fields' source to a cook's abdomen. METHODS: Pregnant Crl:CD(SD) rats (25/group) were exposed to a 20 kHz, 0.2 mT(rms) or 60 kHz, 0.1 mT(rms) sinusoidal MF or sham-exposed for 22 hr/day during organogenesis, and their fetuses were examined for malformations on gestation day 20. All teratological evaluations were conducted in a blind fashion, and experiments were duplicated for each frequency to confirm consistency of experimental outcomes. RESULTS: No exposure-related changes were found in clinical signs, gross pathology, or number of implantation losses. The number of live fetuses and low-body-weight fetuses as well as the incidence of external, visceral, and skeletal malformations in the fetuses did not indicate significant differences between MF-exposed and sham-exposed groups. Although some fetuses showed isolated changes in sex ratio and skeletal variation and ossification, such changes were neither reproduced in duplicate experiments nor were they common to specific field frequencies. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure of rats to MFs during organogenesis did not show significant reproducible teratogenicity under experimental conditions. Present findings do not support the hypothesis that intermediate frequency MF exposure after implantation carries a significant risk for developing mammalian fetuses. Birth Defects Res (Part B) 92:469–477, 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.