Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Writing in Jail: A Community-Engaged, Social Work Course Model

ABSTRACT This article introduces an innovative model of social work course development, teaching, and implementation. Using the principles of antioppressive education and community-engaged learning, the authors (a former student and faculty member) codeveloped and subsequently taught a course that explored writing, voice, social justice, and the intersecting issues contributing to mass incarceration in the United States. Research has demonstrated that community engagement increases student learning. This course was designed to provide social work students with the opportunity to learn from and interact with individuals who were incarcerated. University students first explored multiple intersecting systemic oppressions as they related to incarceration. They then explored trauma-informed practice, writing pedagogy, and power dynamics in group facilitation. The authors cotaught the course, using tools from popular education, modeling collaborative and transparent facilitation that is responsive to participant feedback. This article includes an overview of the process of creating and teaching the course, feedback from social work students and incarcerated participants, and a reflection on lessons learned. We conclude with a call for social work faculty to contribute to the development of similar course designs that engage community members and that model antioppressive education in course development and pedagogy.
The Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire: development and preliminary validation

The Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire: Development and Preliminary 1 Validation 2 Guillaume Durand 3 4 1 Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life 5 Sciences, Maastricht University, 6211 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands 6 7 8 * Corresponding author: gdura061@uottawa.ca 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Acknowledgement 16 I would like to thank Erika Matsumoto Plata and Polett Bali for their help in the editing of this 17 paper. 18 19
Islamic work ethic and job outcomes: The mediating role of job satisfaction

This study focuses on the impact of Islamic Work Ethic on Job outcomes such as Knowledge sharing behavior and Work Engagement. This study also attempts to investigate the mediating impact of Job Satisfaction in the relationship between Islamic Work Ethic and Job outcomes (Knowledge Sharing behavior and Work Engagement. Data was collected from 250 employees working in different telecom organizations of Pakistan by using a random sampling technique. Statistical tests were conducted by using statistical package for social sciences. The results show that there is a positive significant relationship between Islamic Work Ethic, knowledge sharing behavior, and Work Engagement. However, the results regarding the association between Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement were not supported. Furthermore, the results revealed interesting results that Job Satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between Islamic Work Ethic and Job outcomes (knowledge sharing behavior and Work Engagement). The results endorse the significance of Islamic Work Ethic on vital job outcomes as well as the intervening role of Job Satisfaction. Moreover, implications for management, discussion, and limitations of the present study are taken into consideration with recommendations for future studies. This research study adds to the existing literature on Islamic Work Ethic, job outcomes, and job satisfaction.
Alexander Technique classes for tertiary music students: Student and teacher evaluations of pre- and post-test audiovisual recordings

Tertiary music students show patterns of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) similar to professionals, indicating the need for effective education in management and prevention during student years. When problems occur, music students are most likely to seek advice from their instrumental teachers; therefore, it is important for teachers to be involved in ensuring education programs are relevant to the occupational and artistic needs of both student and professional musicians. Musicians have previously reported improvements in outcomes associated with PRMDs and performance quality following Alexander Technique (AT) classes. In this study, 12 university music students and eight of their teachers evaluated video-recordings filmed before and after a semester of weekly, purpose-designed AT classes. Positive changes were observed in muscle tension, posture, tonal resonance, breathing, instrumental technique, and movement quality. Noted improvements were consistent with student participants’ subjective experiences, reported previously from questionnaire data. The results suggest that AT training at the instrument may have a direct positive impact on key factors associated with PRMDs as well as playing quality. Use of video assessments as a component of controlled, mixed-method studies with larger populations is recommended to establish the potential value of AT for inclusion in music training.
Aggression and peer victimization in four-year-old children

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to reveal the predictive effect of aggression levels of four-year-old children on their peer victimization levels and to determine their aggression levels according to gender. The sample group of the study consisted of 186 four-year-old children attending preschool education in Pamukkale district of the province of Denizli. According to the results of the study, it was found that relational and physical aggression levels of four-year-old children statistically significantly predicted their peer victimization levels. Physical aggression levels of four-year-old children showed a significant difference according to gender. It was determined that boys had higher physical aggression levels than female peers. There was no difference between genders in terms of relational aggression levels. On the other hand, it was found that boys were exposed to peer victimization more than female peers.
Energy democracy as the right to the city: Urban energy struggles in Berlin and London

In this paper, we argue that it is generative to link struggles around access to, control over, and the transformation of urban energy systems to the imaginary of the right to the city; and we explore the conceptual, empirical and political contributions of this connection. Our paper starts with two main questions: (1) what do we learn from reading attempts to reclaim urban energy systems from a right to the city perspective? (2) What can this analysis add to debates around the right to the city? We make two main arguments from our empirical engagements with initiatives seeking to remunicipalise urban energy systems in Berlin and London, each of which is premised upon calls for more just, democratic and ecologically sustainable forms of energy supply. First, we argue that these struggles need to transcend concerns around energy infrastructure to raise broader questions around the democratisation of urban space. Second, we contend that appropriating long-lasting urban infrastructure requires the creation of new and durable forms of democratic institutions, providing insights into the notion of self-management (autogestion) beyond more spontaneous and fleeting forms of protest and uprising addressed in much of right to the city literature. Overall, the paper hopes to put the question of autogestion and related strategies at the centre of conversations around right to the city moving forward.
Language Shift from English to Mother Tongue: Exploring Language Attitude and Willingness to Teach among Pre-Service Teachers.

Language-in-education policy becomes a recent tendentious concern in the context of the Philippines as it has recently adopted the Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). Moreover, Baker (1992) claimed that language attitude is a main and vital component of policy and planning. Therefore, this research primarily purposes to determine the language attitude of the respondents and their willingness to teach in the Mother Tongue (MT) as substitute of English as medium of instruction (MoI) in the early stages of education. The study utilized an adapted questionnaire and surveyed 120 would-be mother tongue teachers. The results show that the respondents exhibit an attitude described as “slightly positive”. Furthermore, the respondents were determined to be willing to teach in the MT. Interestingly, there is significant relationship found between the language attitude and willingness to teach in the MT among the respondents. However, contrary to existing trend relative to gender difference on language attitude, the data discounts gender as a factor influencing language attitude and willingness to teach in
RESEARCH ARTICLE 68 Ga-Chloride PET Reveals Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Xenografts in Rats—Comparison with FDG

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare 68 Ga-chloride with 2-[ 18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy-Dglucose (FDG) for the imaging of pancreatic xenografts. Procedures: Rats with subcutaneous human pancreatic adenocarcinoma xenografts were evaluated in vivo by dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) and ex vivo by measuring radioactivity of excised tissues and by digital autoradiography of tumor cryosections. Results: Both tracers were capable of delineating all subcutaneous tumors from surrounding tissues by PET. The standardized uptake values of tumors by PET were 0.9±0.3 (mean±SD) for 68 Ga-chloride (n=13) and 1.8±1.2 for FDG (n=11). Ex vivo studies showed tumor-to-muscle ratio of 4.0±0.3 for 68 Ga-chloride (n=4) and 7.9±3.2 for FDG (n=4). Conclusions: 68 Ga-chloride delineated subcutaneously implanted pancreatic adenocarcinoma xenografts by PET, but the uptake was lower than FDG. Further studies to clarify the value of 68 Ga-chloride for PET imaging of tumors are warranted.
Examining the Classification Accuracy of the Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener and Its Relationship with Writing Performance

This study examined the relationship between two school-wide screening measures, one examining classroom behaviors (the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener; SAEBRS; Kilgus, Chafouleas, & Riley-Tillman, 2013) and another evaluating writing fluency (Curriculum-Based Measurement in Written Expression; CBM-WE). This study also evaluated the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the SAEBRS and CBM-WE for identifying students at-risk for writing achievement deficits. A convenience sample of 147 third-grade general education students across two schools, who were determined to not have any significant impairment impacting their writing performance, participated in this study. The index tests (i.e., SAEBRS, CBM-WE) and reference standard (i.e., Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, III Essay Composition subtest; Pearson, 2009) were identified a priori. Of 147 participants, 18 students were identified as at-risk for writing achievement deficits and 129 students were identified as not at-risk. Results indicated a statistically significant relationship between the SAEBRS and CBM-WE for female and male students. In the identification of writing achievement deficits, the area under the ROC curve for CBM-WE revealed fair accuracy (AUC = .761; 95% Confidence Interval [.644, .878]) and poor accuracy was noted for the SAEBRS (AUC = .653; 95% Confidence Interval [.528, .778]). Although there was no statistically significant difference between the independent AUC values, the difference in the qualitative indicator suggest that CBM-WE is a superior screening measure for identifying at-risk students in comparison to the SAEBRS. The findings from this study highlight the contribution of classroom behaviors to the writing process of elementary-aged students and offers support for the use of CBM-WE to identify students at-risk for writing achievement deficits.
The relationship between postural stability, core muscles endurance and agility in professional basketball players

Aim: The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between postural stability, core muscle endurance and agility in basketball players. Materials and Methods: 21 professional male basketball players [age: 17. ±0.63 (years), body weight: 78.69±9.22 (kg), height: 186±7 (cm), BMI: 22.72±2.26 (kg/cm²)] were included to this study. Three balance variables were measured using Biodex Biosway™. Core muscle endurance was measured using three core endurance tests proposed by Mcgill. Agility was assessed by Hexagonal Obstacle Test (HOT). Results: The analysis results showed that postural stability is associated with HOT (r: 0.457). In addition, the postural stability was related to extension muscle endurance test and side bride test (respectively, r: -0.501 and r: -0.468). There is no correlation between HOT and core muscle endurance test in basketball players. Conclusion: OThe athletes with good postural stability were better core muscle endurance and agility. It is important to apply exercise programs that enhance postural stability and increase core muscle endurance to improve sportive success.
Reading Strategy’s Failure to Deliver toward Reading Comprehension

Abstract: The aim of study is investigating the relationship between Support Reading Strategy and reading comprehension. Consequently, the research method to deploy was simple linear regression. Meanwhile, because the population target of the study was all public senior high school students in the municipal area of Malang, East Java, Indonesia, the sample consisted of 301 students from three different schools. Inferring from parametric statistical analysis involving data obtained by conducting Survey of Reading Strategy (SORS) and reading test, the finding indicates that Support Reading Strategy fails to be in good favor toward students’ reading comprehension.Abstrak: Penelitian ini bermaksud mengungkap hubungan antara Support Reading Strategy dan kemampuan memahami bacaan. Untuk itu, peneliti menggunakan metode penelitian regresi linear sederhana. Sementara itu, karena target populasi adalah seluruh siswa SMA negeri di Kota Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia, sampel penelitian berjumlah 301 siswa dari tiga sekolah yang berbeda. Berangkat dari analisis statistik parametrik yang mengolah data dari Survey of Reading Strategy (SORS) dan uji kemampuan membaca, temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Support Reading Strategy tidak mampu membuktikan korelasi positif yang signifikan terhadap kemampuan siswa dalam memahami bacaan.
Transforming leadership : a case study of the dynamic nature of educational leadership and school development

The aim of this research has been to analyse school leadership processes during a period of significant change and development. The methodologies used were characterised by a naturalistic and interpretive forms of enquiry as I sought to determine the way in which the individual responded to, modified and interpreted the environment to which they belonged. The three research design elements of semi-structured interviews, questionnaire-based survey and documentation analysis allowed trustworthy detailed descriptions and analysis of the context and emerging leadership to be recorded. The purpose of the research was to provide an understanding of school leadership grounded in practice, underpinned by the various theoretical leadership constructs that drew on established leadership theories, in order to give new perspectives and insights and suggesting further avenues for research and development. The research points to the central importance of capacity and competency building in response to the changing aspirations and vision of the school. Further, it has been argued that the degree of competency and capacity development has a direct bearing on the style of leadership exercised. In particular, attention is drawn to the dynamic and fluid nature of leadership processes that are context and needs driven. Comparisons between the static model of leadership advocated in research literature with the dynamic and responsive leadership advocated through this research is made. The normative theoretical constructs associated with transformational leadership are used to describe the various leadership actions as they change over time in the case study school. A case is made for asserting that whilst transformational leadership constructs are
Establishment and evaluation of half-cut defect lump model of rat spinal cord

Objective To establish lump defect model of half-cut rat spinal cord,and evaluat the effect of grafts on spinal cord injury.Methods The lumbar intumescentia of this model was a lump defect produced by using an improved knife. The rationality and stability of the model was verified by grading the scale of BBB,motor evoked potentials MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials(SEP). Results The size of lump defect of the models was the same. The mean score of BBB in injured side hind limb was 0.50±0.53 on the 1st day after the operation,and 3.63±(0.74) on the 84th days after the operation. The mean peak latency of N1 wave in MEP and SEP in injured side hind limb were(30.25±3.04)ms and(24.03±3.64)ms respectively 4 weeks after the operation. These data in the operation group was larger than that of the normal control group. Conclusion The correctness and stability of model were verified. The results suggested that the model is suitable in evaluating the effect on transferring tissue for treatment of spinal cord injury.
“GIVE ME A JOKE, PLEASE!”: CREATING A FUN LEARNING BY TEACHERS’ JOKES

There are lot of phenomena that often happened in teaching and learning processes. One of them is the problems faced by the students in their learning processes. For instance, they are feeling demotivated, sleepy, and bored while the processes in classroom. In order to deal with the problems, some of teachers already had a strategy in their teaching process by doing jokes. However, not all of the jokes can resolve the students’ problem effectively. Furthermore, the impacts that the students got by the jokes were less investigated deeply by prior studies. Thus, the purposes of this study are knowing the certain jokes that affect the students’ learning process and exploring the impacts of the jokes towards the process. This study then narrows the learning process
Pharmacokinetic Studies of Flunitrazepam in Healthy Male Japanese Subjects

Blood level profiles of flunitrazepam and its N-desmethyl-metabolite were in vestigated after single and multiple administrations of flunitrazepam to groups of 5 healthy male adult volunteers. Urinary excretion of some major metabolites of flunitrazepam was also examined following oral doses of a single 4 mg.Following the oral administration, the absorption of flunitrazepam was fairly rapid: the peak times were attained within 1-2 hr with peak levels of 9.6-16.0 ng/ml for 2 mg dose and 20.6-30.3 ng/ml for 4 mg dose. The drug then disappear ed from the blood biphasically. The rate of disappearance was independent of the doses, while the AUC for the unaltered drug was dose-related. Blood levels of N-desmethyl flunitrazepam were always lower than those of the unal tered drug. 7-Amino-flunitrazepam and 3-hydroxy-flunitrazepam were major urinary metabolites, comprising about 9% and 5% of the dose, respectively, in the initial 72-hr urine. During repeated administration of the drug at a daily oral dose of 2 mg, the blood level profiles showed gradual elevation during the first few days, and then the steady-state was attained within 3-5 days.After i. v. injection of 2 mg, flunitrazepam was eliminated from the blood triphasically. The mean AUC for the unaltered drug obtained after the i. v. injection was about twice as much as that obtained after the oral administration of the identical dose.
Making Practice Publishable: What Practice Academics Need to Do to Get Their Work Published, and What that Tells Us about the Theory-practice Gap

ABSTRACT For centuries, universities have supported the pursuit of knowledge through the academic disciplines while also preparing students for the professions. These two purposes are frequently in tension: hence widespread comment on the ‘theory-practice gap’. Academic work has struggled for relevance in the field. Practice academics have struggled to find a validated place for their expertise in academia – including publication in academic journals. In this paper, we follow a practice academic’s uncertain, but ultimately successful attempt to publish an article about television scheduling in the Journal of Popular Television. We find that the problem is not really about theory versus practice, or relevance versus rigour, but about profound epistemological differences. Practitioners’ knowledge needed to be translated into an epistemological form that an academic journal would find acceptable. This included translating, via the use of theory, the particular and specific knowledge of practitioners into universal, context-free discourse, and a focus on social processes rather than accounts of the agency of particular actors. Generosity and openness from both sides were important to make it work. We conclude that the practitioner gap will be a problem until universities recognise it as epistemological, and pay attention to the recruitment and use of skilled translators at the academic/practice boundary.
SIMULATING REALITY: TRAINING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO JUDGE STREAM HABITATS IN MULTISENSORY VIRTUAL REALITY

Title of dissertation: SIMULATING REALITY: TRAINING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO JUDGE STREAM HABITATS IN MULTISENSORY VIRTUAL REALITY Alina Goldman Striner Doctor of Philosophy, 2019 Dissertation directed by: Jennifer Preece School of Information Studies Citizen science is a form of crowdsourcing that allows volunteers to participate in scientific data collection and analysis. Many citizen scientists are engaged and motivated by science-based learning and discovery, but high training costs and limited resources often result in volunteers participating in unskilled work, leading to boredom and disengagement. Advances in immersive virtual reality (VR) have created opportunities to recreate physical environments with minimal cost, making it possible to train citizen scientists to make qualitative experiential judgments usually reserved for domain experts. This research trains citizen scientists to assess outdoor stream habitats using StreamBED VR, a multisensory VR training platform. This research offers the following contributions: 1. A study of how expert and novice water monitors make qualitative assessments of outdoor stream habitats using an EPA qualitative protocol. The research found that experts develop intuitive judgments of quality, use multisensory environmental information to make judgments, and construct past and future narratives of streams using environmental characteristics. 2. Iterative design of the Ambient Holodeck multisensory system, and a study of how ambient sensory information impacts observation skills. The research found that multisensory information increased the number of observations participants made, and positively affected engagement and immersion. 3. Iterative design of the StreamBED VR training platform and two studies; the former explores how qualitative assessment skills can be taught in VR, and the latter considers how training in VR, with and without Multisensory cues, compares to a PowerPoint (PPT) baseline. Study results found although VR participants were more excited to continue training than PPT participants, Standard VR and PPT participants scored closest to an expert gold standard, performing significantly better than Multisensory VR participants. This research concludes that VR has the potential to train qualitative assessment tasks, but qualifies that training design is multifaceted and complex, full of theoretical learning considerations and practical challenges. Further, VR realism can be a powerful tool for training, but is only effective when training cues clearly parallel assessment tasks. SIMULATING REALITY: TRAINING CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO JUDGE STREAM HABITATS IN MULTISENSORY VIRTUAL REALITY