Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact Of Same-Race Mentoring On Adult Female African-American Students Enrolled At A Regional State College

This qualitative case study explored the importance and role of race in mentoring relationships of adult female African-American students. In addition, this study presents the experiences and obstacles faced by adult female African-American students working one on one with non-minority mentors at Reginal State College. A final purpose of the study was to document students’ perceptions about their levels of academic success with a White mentor or with an African-American mentor. This is a mentoring model in which students are assigned to a mentor from the time they are admitted to the college, and they work one on one with this mentor through graduation. Regional State College is a predominantly White (about 87 % of faculty and staff are White) regional state college in Northeast United States, which historically has struggled with creating an environment that welcomes and appreciates diversity. The study suggests to what extent the race of the mentor matters to student success and development. Eight female African-American students participated in this study. The primary method for data collection was interviews with the selected participants. Data were thoroughly examined through coding techniques to provide a complete analysis of the results. Three major themes emerged from this data providing a strong framework to understand the participants’ perspectives on mentoring relationships. The three themes that emerged from the interpretation of the data provided valuable insights into the educational journeys of eight adult female African-American students and their relationships
"Thank goodness you are a man!": Troubling Gender and Principal Leadership in Elementary Schools

This study identifies and critically examines gendered discourses of leadership amongst elementary school principals. Interviews with 15 female and male elementary school principals in the Greater Toronto Area were carried out as a means of discovering and revealing these gendered discourses. A discourse analysis of their responses is conducted. A feminist poststructuralist approach to analysis gives rise to a series of gendered discourses of principal leadership, revealing the manner in which these discourses act upon elementary principals. These discourses are divided into three areas: discourses of female principal leadership, discourses of male principal leadership and finally, discourses of reluctance and denial. The work of Michel Foucault is used to understand how dominant discourses work upon the subject through disciplinary power and governmentality. The revelation of these discourses provides opportunities to challenge them. This study illustrates the way these discourses work to both limit and, in some cases, legitimize the elementary principal depending on each principal’s gender. A process by which principals deny the influence of gender on their leadership, then accept and recognize its influence, is analyzed. Pierre Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic violence is used to explore the workings of masculine domination upon both men and women, revealing the suffering experienced by principals as a result of this domination. The wider implications of
Voluntary Turnover: What We Measure and What It (Really) Means

In this paper, we run regression analyses to explain voluntary turnover intentions with data from more than 5,000 employees and with about 250 explanatory variables. The findings of our multi-factor approach highlight the fact that previous empirical research might have over-estimated the impact and significance of many factors. We show the relevance of the so-called omitted variable bias to our findings and present an empirical approach to gain estimations that are more accurate. Our approach can estimate in detail the relevance of different factors from the following categories: (a) employees’ satisfaction, (b) industry, (c) firm size, (d) status and position, (e) commuting and working hours, (f) income, incentives and fairness, (g) career development, (h) health, (j) political orientation, (k) demographics, and (l) personality traits.
Experience of the Radiation Therapy for Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma

With the broadening of its diagnostic criteria of recent years, cases of MFH (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) have been on the increase, and its clinical feature also has come to greatly diversify. Nothing truly convincing has, however, been reported as regard the therapy effective against this particular disease.Eight cases have so far been diagnosed as MFH by this Department since 1978, and the patients so diagnosed were aged from 19to 72, or 44 years old on the average.Of the eight cases, three were located at the proximal portion of thigh, two at the distal portion of thigh, one near the knee, one at the proximal portion of upper arm, and one at the retroperitoneum, of which two were regarded as being of bone origin.For the purpose of reducing the local focus activity as well as of preventing the recurrence of the disease, the radiation therapy with about 4000 to 6000 Rad. has been administered on the patients by this Department before and after the surgery.Comparative studies made, principally, of observations which were obtained before and after the radiation therapy performed on the patients show that this radiation method of treatment can be expected to offer a considerable local effectiveness in some particular instances.
The application of a hybrid sea surface temperature algorithm to COMS geostationary satellite data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

ABSTRACT The hybrid sea surface temperature (SST) algorithm derives coefficients for SST estimation based on the regression procedure of incremental values between the satellite-observed brightness temperature (BT) minus the first-guess BT and the in-situ temperature minus the first-guess SST. In this study, the hybrid SST algorithm was applied to retrieve the SST coefficients of which the results were compared with extensively used regression algorithms of Multi-Channel SST (MCSST) and Non-Linear SST (NLSST) using data obtained by the Meteorological Imager of the first Korean geostationary satellite, the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite, in the Northwest Pacific Ocean in May 2014. The empirical regression SSTs and hybrid SSTs exhibited similar root-mean-squared errors in the range of 0.61–0.84°C. Although the SST errors were quite similar to each other, the comparison of the hybrid SSTs with the in-situ SSTs indicated a slightly higher accuracy of approximately 0.2°C compared with that of the empirically derived SSTs. SST retrieval using the hybrid algorithm reduced the errors near the cloud edges. The differences between the hybrid SST and regression SST tended to be greater when the distance to the nearest cloudy pixel was less than 0.2°. This study discusses the potential causes of the differences between the SST errors of the algorithms and addresses a few constraints in the execution of the hybrid algorithm related to the numerical model.
Antecedents of Health-Promoting Behavior Among Female University Students in Korea

본 연구는 여대생의 건강증진행위를 설명하기 위하여, 문헌고찰을 통해 가설적 모형을 도출하고, 여대생을 대상으로 건 강증진행위를 횡단적으로 조사하여 모형의 적합성과 모형에서 제시된 가설을 검증하는 서술적 상관관계 연구이다. 연구에 사용된 변수는 건강증진행위와 관련된 선행 문헌의 고찰을 근거로 선정되었으며, 총 280명의 자료가 최종 분석에 이용되었다. 설문지는 Pender의 건강증진모형을 기초로 하여 개발하였으며, 조정요인 5문항, 건강상태 지각 3문항, 건강 통 제위 4문항, 자아 존중감 5문항, 건강증진 행위 24문항의 총 41문항으로 구성하여 사용하였다. 개발된 항목에 대하여 간호대학생 들을 대상으로 사전 조사를 실시하여 최종적인 설문지를 완성하였다. 본 연구모형에 대한 구성개념의 파악을 위해서 탐색적 요인분석을 실시하였고, 측정항목에 대한 요인별 단일 차원성 확인 및 통계적 검정을 위해 확인적 요인분석을 실시하였다. 연구의 가설검증을 위해 공변량 구조분석을 실시하였다. 모형의 적합도는 카이제곱은 244.04(자유도=121, p<0.001), GFI=0.91, CFI=0.97, NN FI=0.96, RMSR= 0. 022으로 나타났다. 분석결과 여대생의 자아존중감과 내적통제위는 건강상태지각 및 건강증진행위에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인으로 확인되었으며 , 여대생의 건강상태지각은 건강증진행위에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 주요어 : 건강증진행위, 여대생, 공변량 구조분석
Developing Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness Using Small-Sided Soccer Games: Methodological Proposals

ABSTRACT SOCCER COACHES HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE USE OF SMALL-SIDED GAMES IN SOCCER TRAINING. THESE SMALL-SIDED GAMES SHOW A SIMILAR EFFICIENCY AS TRADITIONAL RUNNING METHODS (WITHOUT THE USE OF A BALL) IN DEVELOPING PHYSICAL FITNESS IN SOCCER PLAYERS. MOREOVER, SMALL-SIDED GAMES ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH TECHNICAL SKILLS AND TACTICAL ACTIONS. HOWEVER, THERE IS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PROPER ORGANIZATION THAT IS NECESSARY FOR SMALL-SIDED GAMES TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED EFFECTS IN SOCCER PLAYERS. THIS REVIEW AIMS TO SUMMARIZE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON SOCCER PLAYERS PROMOTED BY SMALL-SIDED GAMES AND TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGICAL SCHEMATIZATION FOR ORGANIZING SMALL-SIDED GAMES.
Morphological evaluation of maxillary and mandibular canines using cone-beam computed tomography in Turkish population

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the root canal morphology of the maxillary and mandibular canines using conebeam computed tomography (CBCT) in a Turkish population. Material and Methods: CBCT images of 377 maxillary and 419 mandibular canines were examined. The number of roots and their morphology, number of canals per root and canal configurations according to the Vertucci’s classification were recorded. Canal configurations and presence or absence of lateral canals were examined regarding gender, age groups, and tooth side. Anatomic symmetry in canal morphology of bilateral canines was also recorded. The data were evaluated by Pearson Chi-square test (p < .05). Results:The prevalence of type I canal configuration in maxillary and mandibular canines was 96.3% and 87.8%, respectively. Twentyone percent of the maxillary canines and 14.8% of the mandibular canines had accessory canals. In maxillary canines, no significant difference was observed in the prevalence of accessory canals between males and females and between age groups. In mandibular canines, lateral canals and complex canal morphology were detected significantly more often in females. Prevalence of complex root canal increased with age in both maxillary and mandibular canines and great anatomic symmetry was observed in canal morphology of bilaterally present teeth in the same patient. Conclusion: CBCT is a useful tool for evaluation of root and canal morphology. Our results can provide valuable aids for clinicians during root canal treatment of canines.
O Supergrupo Espinhaço na Serra do Cabral, Minas Gerais: contribuição ao estudo de proveniência sedimentar

A Serra do Cabral e uma feicao geomorfologica do relevo mineiro, no interior do Craton do Sao Francisco, onde afloram parcialmente os litotipos de topo do Supergrupo Espinhaco como coberturas pouco deformadas e metamorfisadas. Estes litotipos sao representantes das formacoes Galho do Miguel, Santa Rita, Corrego dos Borges, Corrego Bandeira e Corrego Pereira, sendo que as duas ultimas unidades so ocorrem no flanco oeste da serra. Estas unidades foram abordadas do ponto de vista da proveniencia sedimentar atraves do levantamento de sete colunas de detalhe 1:200 apoiadas por analises petrograficas macro e microscopica (associada a catodolumiescencia), geocronologia de zircoes detriticos e geoquimica. Uma etapa de mapeamento regional 1:100.000 precedeu a etapa de levantamentos de detalhe fornecendo dados sobre a estrutural e a estratigrafia da area visando a logistica destes levantamentos. As unidades foco foram depositadas em uma bacia intracratonica, encoberta por um mar raso, sem desniveis pronunciados e com ampla conexao com o oceano durante grande parte de seu preenchimento. Esta bacia apresentava paleodeclives para NW, durante a maior parte de seu preenchimento sedimentar, e sofreu alternâncias bruscas entre periodos de calmaria e de alta energia do ambiente. A unidade basal da area de estudo e a Formacao Galho do Miguel, composta por arenitos maturos depositados em ambiente eolico, com direcao principal dos ventos N-S, seguido por ambiente marinho raso a litorâneo dominado por ondas, com aporte sedimentar de N e NE. Esta unidade teve contribuicao de sedimentos extrabacinais provindos de fontes mistas variadas. O Grupo Conselheiro Mata e representado por dois ciclos transgressivos-regressivos marcados por duas unidades peliticas feldspaticas (formacoes Santa Rita e Corrego Bandeira) intercaladas por duas unidades psamiticas (formacoes Corrego dos Borges e Corrego Pereira). Predominam para as unidades finas ambientes marinhos plataformais, parcialmente influenciados pela acao de ondas de tempestades. Para as unidades psamiticas tem-se um ambiente marinho raso a litorâneo, com influencia de ondas, mares e correntes oceânicas. Para este grupo houve aporte de sedimentos hibridos (intra e extrabacinais) com atuacao de fontes graniticas de alto potassio proximais (N) e fontes mistas variadas.
Solar Irradiance Variability: Comparisons of Models and Measurements

The Earth system responds to solar variability on a wide range of timescales. Knowledge of total solar irradiance (TSI) and solar spectral irradiance (SSI) spanning minutes to centuries is needed by scientists studying a broad array of research applications. For these purposes, the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Climate Data Record Program established the Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record. Version 2 of the Naval Research Laboratory's solar variability models that are derived from and demonstrate consistency with irradiance observations specifies TSI and SSI for the Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record. We establish the veracity of the Naval Research Laboratory models on the timescales and over the wavelength range for which the Sun is known to vary and, thereby, specify the utility of these models. Through comparisons with irradiance observations and independent models, we validate NRLTSI2 estimates of TSI on solar rotational (~27‐day), solar cycle (~11‐year), and multidecadal (spacecraft era) variability timescales. Similarly, we validate NRLSSI2 estimates of SSI rotational variability in the ultraviolet through the mid‐visible spectrum. Validation of NRLSSI2 estimates at longer wavelengths, particularly in the near‐infrared, and for the full spectrum at solar cycle timescales and longer is not possible with the current observational record due to instrumental noise and instrument instability. We identify where key new data sets, such as observations from the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor‐1, are expected to provide a fuller understanding of total and spectral solar irradiance variability on multiple timescales.
The population of the world (2019)

Every other year, Population and Societies publishes a special issue called The Population of the World, presenting an overall picture of the situation across the globe. There were 7.7 billion humans on the planet in 2019. The world population has risen seven-fold over the last two hundred years and may well reach 11 billion by the end of the twenty-first century.
Potential contribution of winter dominant atmospheric mode over the mid‐latitude Eurasia to the prediction of subsequent spring Arctic Oscillation

Spring Arctic Oscillation (AO) has been revealed to exert a great impact on the Northern Hemispheric climate; however, its seasonal prediction skill has been limited so far. In this paper, we find that the dominant mode of the winter 500‐hPa geopotential height anomalies over the mid‐latitude Eurasia has a close connection with the succeeding spring AO. The analysis on the physical processes indicates that the troposphere–stratosphere interaction plays an important role in the connection between the two. This predominant atmospheric mode in the mid‐latitude Eurasia during winter can change the vertical wave activity and lead to an anomalous stratospheric polar vortex. Thereafter, the signal of the anomalous stratospheric polar vortex propagates downward to troposphere in the subsequent spring, consequently inducing the anomalous AO pattern in the troposphere. The results in this study imply that this previous winter leading atmospheric mode over the mid‐latitude Eurasia may supply a potential source for a spring AO's prediction.
Real-time ground motion from the new strong motion seismic network in British Columbia, Canada

The instruments combine several functions, serving as continuously recording strong motion accelerographs, and, at the same time, as sensors which automatically detect events and report real-time ground motion parameters such as peak ground acceleration (PGA), velocity (PGV), and spectral intensity (SI). Instruments form a network using various physical means of communications, including wired, wireless and satellite Internet links. Standard Internet protocols are employed to convey ground motion reports.
The Psychology of Survey Response

1. Introduction 2. Respondents' understanding of survey questions 3. The role of memory in survey responding 4. Answering questions about date and durations 5. Attitude questions 6. Factual judgments and numerical estimates 7. Attitude judgments and context effects 8. Mapping and formatting 9. Survey reporting of sensitive topics 10. Mode of data collection 11. Impact of the application of cognitive models to survey measurement.
The Effect of Feedback Given on Informal Assessments and its Continued Effect on Formal Assessments

This quantitative study investigates the use of immediate and delayed answer corrective feedback provided on informal assessments, with the use of technological tools, and its impact on formal assessments on senior level, high school students from a rural Minnesota high school. Specifically, this study investigated the impact of both immediate and delayed answer corrective feedback to determine if both/either are effective in helping improve students formally. Students participated in an eight-week study in which two smaller sections were provided immediate answer corrective feedback informally, with the use of Kahoot. An additional (one) section was provided delayed answer corrective feedback with the use of Quizizz. All individuals scores were compared from formal to informal each week. Additionally, averages of each section were compared to determine overall effectiveness and consistency of scores. Upon completion of data analysis, both types of feedback were found to positively impact performance from informal to formal assessment scores. This was evident in that sections which received immediate answer corrective feedback saw score increases of 7% and 8%. The group which received delayed answer corrective feedback saw score increases of 19%. Additionally, delayed answer corrective feedback was found to be more effective. This was evident in that achievement was increased by 19% compared to 7% and 8% by the groups who received immediate answer corrective feedback. Implications of this study include that different technological tools were used to informally assess students which may have impacted the results of this study. FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT 6
The relevance study of self-efficacy and self-management behaviors of hypertensive older people in the community

Objective To study the relationship between the self-efficacy and self-management behaviors of the elder hypertensive in the community.Methods Chronic disease self-efficacy scale and self-management behaviors measuring scale were used to investigate the self-efficacy and self-management behaviors of the 254 elder hypertensive in the community.Results The self-efficacy of the elder hypertensive in the community was stable,and the time spent on physical exercises were relatively long in self-management behaviors among the elder hypertensive in the community.The scores of cognitive symptom management practice and communication with doctors were relatively low.There was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy and self-management behaviors of the elder hypertensive in the community(P0.01). Conclusions Self-management behaviors need to be improved,and the self-management behavior is related to their self-efficacy.Health education is benefit for improving self-efficacy and self-management behaviors.
Ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribals of Bargarh district to cure diarrhoea and dysentery

The tribals and other rural communities residing in and around the forests in Bargarh district of Orissa mostly depend on the vegetation around them for the prevention as well as treatment of diseases and ailments. First hand information on ethnomedicinal uses of plants, their doses and mode of administration have been collected from the local traditional medicine practitioners as well as experienced old men and women. The paper deals with 35 ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribals for the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery in Bargarh district. The tribals of the district, who were interviewed, include Sahanra, Binjhal, Gond and Kondh, besides some other minor communities.
Medical Microbiology and Immunology

1. Demonstrate advanced knowledge in the fields of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 2. Demonstrate independent critical and analytical thinking, both within their field of study, and beyond for the use of their knowledge for service to others. 3. Identify and suggest possible solutions to ethical dilemmas that occur in their work and field of study, and understand the importance of professional ethics in all aspects of scientific communication and laboratory work. 4. Demonstrate competence in the laboratory, including application of the scientific method and appropriate use of basic and state of the art laboratory tools and techniques. 5. Demonstrate written and oral skills necessary for communication of research, knowledge, and ideas to scientists and non-scientists alike.
Clinical characteristics and cardiovascular magnetic resonance findings in stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy.

CONTEXT Stress cardiomyopathy (SC) is a transient form of acute heart failure triggered by stressful events and associated with a distinctive left ventricular (LV) contraction pattern. Various aspects of its clinical profile have been described in small single-center populations, but larger, multicenter data sets have been lacking so far. Furthermore, it remains difficult to quickly establish diagnosis on admission. OBJECTIVES To comprehensively define the clinical spectrum and evolution of SC in a large population, including tissue characterization data from cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging; and to establish a set of CMR criteria suitable for diagnostic decision making in patients acutely presenting with suspected SC. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Prospective study conducted at 7 tertiary care centers in Europe and North America between January 2005 and October 2010 among 256 patients with SC assessed at the time of presentation as well as 1 to 6 months after the acute event. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Complete recovery of LV dysfunction. RESULTS Eighty-one percent of patients (n = 207) were postmenopausal women, 8% (n = 20) were younger women (aged ≤50 years), and 11% (n = 29) were men. A stressful trigger could be identified in 182 patients (71%). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging data (available for 239 patients [93%]) revealed 4 distinct patterns of regional ventricular ballooning: apical (n = 197 [82%]), biventricular (n = 81 [34%]), midventricular (n = 40 [17%]), and basal (n = 2 [1%]). Left ventricular ejection fraction was reduced (48% [SD, 11%]; 95% confidence interval [CI], 47%-50%) in all patients. Stress cardiomyopathy was accurately identified by CMR using specific criteria: a typical pattern of LV dysfunction, myocardial edema, absence of significant necrosis/fibrosis, and markers for myocardial inflammation. Follow-up CMR imaging showed complete normalization of LV ejection fraction (66% [SD, 7%]; 95% CI, 64%-68%) and inflammatory markers in the absence of significant fibrosis in all patients. CONCLUSIONS The clinical profile of SC is considerably broader than reported previously. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging at the time of initial clinical presentation may provide relevant functional and tissue information that might aid in the establishment of the diagnosis of SC.