Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The impact of preparing mentor teachers for mentoring

Time spent in classrooms is reported to be the component of teacher education degrees that pre-service teachers highl y value as it allows them to practise teach in an authentic setting (Brandenburg & Ryan, 2001; Brett, 2006; Graves, 2010; House of Representatives, 2007; Walkington, 2005a). Despite this, the experiences pre-service teachers encounter varies greatly and these experiences can be directly related to their placement and the mentor teacher to whom they are assigned. In the move from a supervisory model to a mentoring model in pre-service teacher education at many universities, the assumption was made that mentoring would assist in resolving the variance in experiences pre-service teachers encounter during their professional placements. However, it has since been found that those who volunteer to mentor a pre-service teacher may not inherently know how to mentor another. In this respect, mentor teachers may not understand the complexities of the nature of mentoring, the roles of mentors and mentees and how mentoring occurs in the pre-service teacher context (Ambrosetti & Dekkers, 2010). In an environment where mentoring and supervision are intertwined, a lack of confidence on the part of mentor teachers about how to provide worthwhile experiences for pre-service teachers will remain if mentoring is neither defined, nor a process of mentoring provided (Hudson, 2004; Walkington, 2005b). This research investigated the role of professional development in the preparation of mentor teachers for their mentoring role. Specifically, this paper presents the findings of a pilot mentoring preparation course that focused on the nature of mentoring, the role of both mentors and mentees as well as the process of mentoring. Data was gathered about changed understandings of mentoring, as well as the changed mentoring practices of the mentor teachers who participated. As such, the findings presented will inform the development of further professional development courses for mentor teachers who intend to mentor pre-service teachers.
Persistent Eects of Short-term, High Exposure to Chlorine Gas on Physiology and Growth of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii

0305-7364/0 * For corre airsci.com Following a single acute exposure to chlorine gas, persistent eects on epicuticular waxes, cuticular transpiration, tree growth and mortality were studied in foliage of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii for three growing seasons. Chlorine gas exposure caused foliar injury to both exposed foliage and foliage that ̄ushed after exposure (P 5 0.05). The tendency to form ®lms of water rather than droplets was greater in directly exposed foliage (P 5 0.001). Rates of cuticular transpiration were higher for directly and indirectly exposed foliage of Pinus ponderosa up to 1 year after exposure and up to 6 months after exposure for directly exposed Pseudotsuga menziesii (P 5 0.001), after which P. menziesii needles defoliated. Total water content (TWC) and relative water content were signi®cantly correlated with foliar injury (P 5 0.05). TWC was lower for directly exposed foliage up to 1 year after exposure (P 5 0.001). There was no persistent negative eect on Fv/Fm ratios after 1 year. Exposure to chlorine gas did not aect needle length or annual shoot increment growth, but exposure was correlated with increased bud production. Needle longevity of foliage that ̄ushed 2 months after exposure was reduced signi®cantly (P5 0.001). Annual stem increment growth for both species decreased over at least three growing seasons following chlorine gas exposure (P 5 0.001), and depended on distance from the spill site. Cone production was lower for exposed Pinus ponderosa trees compared to controls (P 5 0.05), and tree mortality was higher within approx. 50 m of the release site for Pseudotsuga menziesii. Growth responses for both conifers agreed well with predicted patterns of carbon allocation after defoliation caused by chlorine gas exposure. # 2001 Annals of Botany Company
Ng Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium Data for the Ternary Systems of Palm Oil + Ethyl Lactate + Phytonutrients ( Carotenes and Tocols ) at 303 . 15 K

Experimental and thermodynamic modeling studies of liquid-liquid equilibria for two model systems of β-carotene and γ-tocotrienol in palm oil + ethyl lactate were performed at 303.15 K and atmospheric pressure in an effort to explore the potential application of ethyl lactate as a green and safe agrochemical solvent to recover carotenes and tocols from palm oil. The experimental data were correlated by Universal QuasiChemical (UNIQUAC) model while the thermodynamic data enables simulation of liquid-liquid extractors for phytonutrients recovery from palm oil as well as the prediction of energy requirement, equipment sizing and phase compositions for the oiland solvent-rich phases. The results showed that ethyl lactate favors the extraction of phytonutrients from palm oil especially tocols due to their higher polarity and separation factors as compared to carotenes.
PRS: PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR HUGE DATA ANALYSIS USING PORTER STEMMER

Personal recommendation system is one which gives better and preferential recommendation to the users to satisfy their personalized requirements such as practical applications like Webpage Preferences, Sport Videos preferences, Stock selection based on price, TV preferences, Hotel preferences, books, Mobile phones, CDs and various other products now use recommender systems. The existing Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) and item-based algorithm using PCC, are called as UPCC and IPCC respectively. These systems are mainly based on only the rating services and does not consider the user personal preferences, they simply just give the result based on the ratings. As the size of data increases it will give the recommendations based on the top rated services and it will miss out most of user preferences. These are main drawbacks in the existing system which will give same results to the users based on some evaluations and rankings or rating service, they will neglect the user preferences and necessities. To address this problem we propose a new approach called, Personnel Recommendation System (PRS) for huge data analysis using Porter Stemmer to solve the above challenges. In the proposed system it provides a personalized service recommendation list to the users and recommends the most useful services to the users which will increase the accuracy and efficiency in searching better services. Particularly, a set of suggestions or keywords are provided to indicate user preferences and we used Collaborative Filtering and Porter Stemmer algorithm which gives a suitable recommendations to the users. In real, the broad experiments are conducted on the huge database which is available in real world, and outcome shows that our proposed personal recommender method extensively improves the precision and efficiency of service recommender system over the KASR method. In our approach mainly consider the user preferences so it will not miss out the any of the data, based on the ranking system and gives better preferential recommendations.
Segundo Consenso de Granada sobre Problemas Relacionados con Medicamentos Second Consensus of Granada on Drug Therapy Problems

Due to the prevalence of problems resulting from the use of medicines, the concept of Drug Therapy Problem was established. In 1998 a first Consensus of Granada on Drug-related Problems was hold in which this term was defined and a 6 categories classification was established. After the experience of its use, some understanding problems have been detected which recommended the up-date in a Second Consensus of Granada on Drug Therapy Problems. They were defined as negative clinical outcomes of drug therapy and the DTP six categories were described in function of the health problems that patient suffers.
Optimized Polygonal Slit Rectangular Patch Antenna with Defective Ground Structure for Wireless Applications

─ A novel triple-band polygonal shaped slit rectangular patch antenna with defective ground structure (DGS) is proposed for WLAN and WiMAX applications. The proposed probe-fed antenna consists of a rectangular patch, zig-zag shaped slit, dual T-shaped slits on both sides and circular dumbbell shaped defected ground. The designed antenna can generate three separate resonant frequencies to cover both the 2.45/5.28 GHz WLAN bands and the 3.5 GHz WiMAX bands while maintaining a small overall size of 40 mm x 28 mm x 3.175 mm. The location and dimension of loaded polygonal slit is obtained with the aid of interfacing a genetic algorithm (GA) model with an IE3D simulator. The results obtained from simulated antenna show 5.23% impedance matching bandwidth at 2.29 GHz, 1.14% at 3.5 GHz, 5.17% at 4.64 GHz. The antenna is experimentally tested, which gives good radiation patterns and sufficient antenna gains over the operating bands. Index Terms ─ Defective ground structure, polygonal slit, radiation pattern.
Analysis of late potentials associated with chagasic myocarditis by means of time-frequency representations

Chagasic myocarditis is a major cause of cardiac death in Latin America. The infection gradually leads to bundle branch block hypertrophy and a common end point is arrhythmic death. The authors' purpose is to identify distinct stages in the evolution of chagasic myocarditis by means of time-frequency representations of the high resolution electrocardiogram, as the short-time Fourier transform, the wavelet transform and the Wigner-Ville distribution. Preliminary results suggest that time-frequency late potential indexes can improve the clinical predictive value of the HRECG for detecting arrhythmic events of patients with Chagas' disease.
MENTAL MODELS – THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION*

Mental models play important part in the process of knowledge acquisition. Knowledge acquisition through creation of a mental model is immanently active, attained through interaction with the environment. While basing on personal experience acquired in the learning process, a student becomes the central reference point to internalized information. The natural manner of acquiring knowledge through mental models differs significantly from typical teaching praxes in educational curriculum. Knowledge at school is acquired in a passive manner – the student is not an active player, but merely a recipient of highly abstract content. The article presents the review of existing literature on various types of knowledge representation with special emphasis on diagnostic methods used to understand mental models and the concept of experience-based learning. Insight concerning how mental models develop and operate may significantly improve school teaching methods, especially in abstract disciplines such as mathematics.
STABILITY OF THE BETA PHASE IN Ti-Mo-Cr ALLOY FABRICATED BY POWDER METALLURGY

A new  Ti alloy was designed and fabricated by powder metallurgy process using pure metallic powders. The addition of Mo and Cr increased the stability of the  phase. By contrast, O promoted  phase formation upon cooling. The addition of 18%Mo and 10%Cr stabilized the  phase into ambient temperature. O increased the critical cooling rate of formation of  phase due to the prediction of the continuous cooling transformation diagram calculated by the Java-based Material Properties software. Sintering and solution treatment also enhanced the alloying behavior of pure powders to their designated chemical compositions. Hardness of the alloy decreased with increasing Mo and Cr content, which led to the decrease of  phase. The Ti-18%Mo-10%Cr alloy exhibited better corrosion resistance than a commercial Ti-6%Al-4%V alloy, which is used as current biomaterial.
INTERACTION OF TEOS WITH CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS: CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS

This study explored the effectiveness of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as a Portland cement mortar consolidant to verify whether it meets the requirements for use in cultural assets. TEOS was found to raise cement mortar strength, lower its porosity and permeability and occasion minimal alteration in its appearance, an indication of its suitability to conserve heritage mortar works. FTIR and Si MAS NMR studies supported the notion that TEOS interacts with the hydrated phases of the cement, portlandite and C-S-H gel. The reaction product between portlandite and TEOS was C-S-H gel and between TEOS and C-S-H gel was a gel with longer chain.
The role of transverse secondary instabilities in the evolution of free shear layers

Linear stability analyses and nonlinear flow simulations reveal several important features of transverse secondary instabilities of two-dimensional Kelvin–Helmholtz billows and Stuart vortices. Vortex pairing is found to be the most rapidly amplified mode in a continuous spectrum of vortex merging instabilities. In certain not uncommon circumstances it is possible for more than two vortices to amalgamate in a single interaction, demonstrating that the phenomenon that has become known as the pairing resonance in fact has a rather low quality factor. Another form of merging instability in which a vortex is deformed and drained by its neighbours has been revealed by our linear stability analyses of nonlinear shear-layer disturbances. It appears, however, that this vortex draining instability may be important only in unstratified or very weakly stratified flows, since in moderately stratified Kelvin–Helmholtz flow, it is replaced by a highly localized instability which leads to a temporary distortion of the braids. Nonlinear simulations of vortex merging events in moderately stratified, high-Reynolds-number shear layers are compared to the theoretical predictions of our stability analyses. We investigate and quantify the sensitivity of merging events to variations in the initial conditions. The character of the flow after merging instability saturates and the nonlinear aspects of multiple merging events are also considered.
Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a study of association with valproic acid Running title: Omega-3 fatty acids and valproate in BPD

Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a study of association with valproic acid / S. Bellino; P. Bozzatello; G. Rocca; F. Bogetto. In: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. ISSN 02698811. STAMPA. 28:2(2014), pp. 125-132. Original Citation: Efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a study of association with valproic acid
A Method of Performance Assessment of PID Controller with Actuator Saturation

The purpose of control loop performance assessment is to find a proper method to measure the difference between the actual performance and the predicted performance of the industrial control loop and further identify problems and make adjustments. Therefore, a proper basis to evaluate the correspondingly performance is very important. Actuator saturation is a common phenomenon in the industrial production. In order to establish a performance index accurately, the actuator saturation is need to be taken into account. This paper proposes a method to assess the tracking performance of PID controller under actuator saturation. The optimal controller parameters can be expressed as the function of saturation level based on curve fitting. The lower bound of the step response performance has been established. By comparing with the lower bound through internal model control (IMC) principle regardless of saturation, it can be shown that the proposed method is more reliable. The validity of the new performance index is illustrated by simulations. Keywords-setpoint tracking; internal model control; PID controller; actuator saturation; performance assessment
On the Likelihood Ratio Test Statistic for the Number of Components in a Normal Mixture with Unequal Variance

An important but difficult problem in practice is to determine the number of components in a mixture normal model with unequal variances. When the likelihood ratio test statistic -2log). is used, it is unbounded above and fails to satisfy standard regularity conditions. A restricted maximization procedure must therefore be used which makes the procedure ad hoc. A consequence of this may explain the discrepancies among the simulation results of previous investigations.
Pneumocephalus due to Compressed Air Injury without Facial Bone Fracture

Pneumocephalus without any evidence of fracture or sinusitis is a rare occurrence. Most cases reporting this condition are associated with orbital emphysema (1-5). High pressure air as from a compressed air gun is a major cause of pneumocephalus which is applied intraorbitally (1-5). The mechanism of the air flow into the cranial cavity from orbit cavity was suggested to be secondary to a blast of air from the optic canal to the subarachnoid canal (1, 2). In this case report, we present the accidental occurrence of pneumocephalus due to a high pressure air gun into the orbit of the eye.
THE RECURRENCE OF BLOCKS FOR BERNOULLI PROCESSES

Convergence of the logarithm of the first return time normali zed by the block length has been investigated in relation to data compressio n methods such as ZivLempel algorithms [11]. For each sample sequence = ( 1 2 . . .) from an ergodic stationary information source, define ( ) to be the probabili ty of the initial -block in , i.e., ( ) = Pr( 1 · · · ). The classical Shannon-Breiman-McMillan Theorem states that−(log )/ converges to entropy in 1 and almost surely. Throughout the article, log denotes the logarithm with respect to base 2 and ln enotes the natural logarithm.
Gata3 hypomorphic mutant mice rescued with a YAC transgene suffer a glomerular mesangial cell defect

1 1 Gata3 hypomorphic mutant mice rescued with a YAC transgene 2 suffer a glomerular mesangial cell defect 3 Takashi Moriguchi1*, Lei Yu1, Akihito Otsuki1, Keiko Ainoya1, Kim-Chew Lim2 4 Masayuki Yamamoto* and James Douglas Engel* 5 6 7 Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 8 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan. 9 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 10 Ann Arbor, MI 74105, USA. 11 12 Word count for the Materials and Methods: 668 words 13 Word count for the Introduction, Results, and Discussion: 3465 words 14 Running title: GATA3 in mesangial cells 15
The Influence of EIA Approval Conditions on Environmental Practices

Approval conditions developed during environmental impact assessment (EIA) decision-making are intended to ensure that proposals are implemented in an environmentally acceptable manner. While compliance auditing is intended to ensure that approval conditions are implemented in practice, it is not always clear how effective these conditions have been in achieving environmental protection goals. This paper presents the results of an EIA follow-up study of the changes incurred in several development projects in Western Australia following the attachment of approval conditions. The study aimed to understand how approval conditions affect proponent's environmental practices and what aspects of approval conditions are likely to have the greatest effect. Two types of conditions may be utilised: goal oriented or process oriented. A condition establishing an environmental management objective to be met by the proponent or requiring an environmental management plan to be prepared is an example of a process oriented condition. A condition requiring a company to undertake a specific action is goal oriented. In addition to the nature of approval conditions, the role of other factors that may influence proponent's environmental management practices were examined. These factors include the origin of approval conditions (i.e. whether originating from proponent commitments or imposed by decision-makers), their legal status, company size and experience with EIA and the pressure brought to bear on proponents from the public. Greater understanding of the influence of approval conditions on proponents should assist EIA decisionmakers and may result in better allocation of resources for deciding both which conditions to employ and what the expected effects of these may be.
Title Concentration and regularization of random graphs Permalink

This paper studies how close random graphs are typically to their expectations. We interpret this question through the concentration of the adjacency and Laplacian matrices in the spectral norm. We study inhomogeneous Erdös-Rényi random graphs on n vertices, where edges form independently and possibly with different probabilities pij . Sparse random graphs whose expected degrees are o(logn) fail to concentrate; the obstruction is caused by vertices with abnormally high and low degrees. We show that concentration can be restored if we regularize the degrees of such vertices, and one can do this in various ways. As an example, let us reweight or remove enough edges to make all degrees bounded above by O(d) where d = maxnpij . Then we show that the resulting adjacency matrix A ′ concentrates with the optimal rate: ‖A′−EA‖ = O( √ d). Similarly, if we make all degrees bounded below by d by adding weight d/n to all edges, then the resulting Laplacian concentrates with the optimal rate: ‖L(A′) − L(EA′)‖ = O(1/ √ d). Our approach is based on GrothendieckPietsch factorization, using which we construct a new decomposition of random graphs. We illustrate the concentration results with an application to the community detection problem in the analysis of networks.
The Javanese Homegarden

On of the oldest forms of agroecosystems, the homegarden is present throughout the world. It is most highly developed on the island of Java, in Indonesia, where it typically has a very high diversity of useful plants and animals per unit area. This diversity and the intensive household care that is given to the homegarden result in a unique combination of high levels of productivity, stability, sustainability, and equitability. Compared with rice fields on Java, the homegarden has a greater diversity of production and frequently produces a higher net income. The harvest is more stable over time, the system is buffered against pests and diseases, and the effects of erosion are less severe. Also, the products of the home garden are more equitably shared among members of the household and village. In the future, the homegarden will be a viable alternative to monocropped field agriculture. It also is a highly valuable source of genetic diversity.
Ear Cavity Biometric Recognition Ms

With the increasing concerns on security breach and transaction fraud, highly reliable and convenient personal verification and identification technologies are more and more requisite in our social activities and national services. Biometrics, in which the distinctive physiological and behavioural characteristics are used to recognize the identity of an individual, are gaining ever-growing popularity in an extensive array of governmental, military, forensic, and commercial security applications. Here, the resonation of sound is determined by the shape of human ear cavities to distinguish individuals. This system works measuring the acoustic characteristics determined by the shape of the ear . This is unique to individuals. It uses an earphone with a built-in microphone. This collects earphone-generated sounds as they resonate with ear cavities. It is then processed and an average of multiple signals is obtained. Average frequency domain spectrum for a single person is stored in the database. To compare similarity between signals we use the cross correlation. In Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) the similarities between the signals are compared. Then for the identification the database is correlated with the currently recorded sound for matching.