Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A novel in-service nursing education optimizing theory of technological competency as caring in nursing

Contemporary and future nursing practices are increasingly being designed with nursing theories as to its foundation. The aim of this article is to describe an in-service education program for nursing administrators centered on the theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing (TCCN). This theory is framed chiefly within the concepts of technology, caring, nursing, and technological competency. Influencing the significance of in-service education is theory-based practice with advancing technologies in human caring. The in-service education program was organized as a five-month, one-hour a month lecture and discussion series. In each session, educational contents are focused on the nursing process as caring based on the theory of TCCN. This education is a plan that will gradually educate the nurse manager group, the mid-level nursing staff group, and finally to the staff nurse group. This hierarchically organized in-service educational plan aims to systematically improve their knowledge and practice situation for three years. During each session, theory content included “knowing persons as caring” as the nursing process based on the theory of TCCN. Participating in these lectures are envisioned to increase knowledge about TCCN for the purpose of improving the overall quality of nursing care outcomes. An organized educational plan will improve the quality of nursing care as influenced by the use of the theory of TCCN in the practice of nursing.
Islamic Educational Administration and Management Program, Prince of Songkla University (PSU): Contributions and Challenges for Malay Muslim Community in Thailand

In Thailand context, Faculty of Islamic Sciences (FIS), Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, is one of the higher educational institutions which plays a vital role not only in disseminating knowledge related to Islamic studies disciplines but also serving as an impetus to the development of Muslim community in southern part of Thailand in particular. This study aims at examining the ongoing development of one of the programs offered by FIS i.e., Islamic Educational Administration and Management Program. The focus will be given to its contribution and proposal for the development that would result in strengthening the program to achieve the desired goal. Documentary analysis is used for the study. Moreover, presentation of the result will be narratively described. It is hoped that the study would give some guidelines for policy implication.
The Consequences of Illegal Mining in the Environment: Perspectives Behavioral, Knowledge and Attitude

Environmental problems can overcome by changing the mental attitude of humans as environmental destroyers to humans who are aware of their environment. The focus in research is to find out and then interpret the results obtained related to the presence or absence of influence between the level of knowledge and attitudes of traditional miners on behavior. The number of samples used was 212 respondents spread over traditional mining areas of the community. Data is obtained from surveys using questionnaire instruments and interviews with traditional miners. The data is then analyzed Structural Equation Model (SEM) using IBM AMOS 23. The results of validation and reliability and goodness of fit (GOF) indicate that the model is feasible and fit. The results of the analysis show that there is a significant impact between the variables of knowledge and attitudes towards the behavior of the mining community. The condition of enough knowledge is not able to change people's behavior to manage the environment. The results obtained are the same as attitudinal variables that show contra to the environment. All ways are done to get profits without seeing the consequences. The attitude of the government must be more assertive in controlling illegal mining that has damaged the surrounding environment. Humans who are aware of their environment are humans who already understand and apply attitudes and behaviors that care about the environment and apply the principles of ecology and environmental ethics.
Bringing the Margins Back In. Using the M-Index for the Analysis of Social Mobility

Analysis of intergenerational social mobility with respect to educational attainment and class position has been dominated for several decades by log-linear models, most prominently the socalled Unidiff a.k. a. Log Mutiplicative Layer Effect model. In this paper we argue that these models are not ideal when the goal is to evaluate how the general relevance of social origin changed in a society over time or differs between countries, because these models neglect important aspects of the marginal distribution. We propose an alternative methodology based on the Mutual Information Index (M-Index), that solves this problem and, at the same time, equips researchers with a much more flexible framework for modelling effects of social origin. Our arguments are illustrated by two brief empirical applications.
Gifted Program Evaluation: Catalyst for Change or Keeper of the Culture

This article presents a view of barriers to effective gifted program evaluation resulting from ineffective tools for measuring growth in gifted students and the human barriers confounding the evaluation process. The role of advocacy in the design, implementation, and utilization of evaluation studies is examined. Long held beliefs and biases related to gifted education are recognized as influencing program evaluations. The recognition of the strengths and challenges inherent in the educational role of specific stakeholder groups is presented. Suggestions for developing an emerging cadre of advocates for gifted education are detailed.
Clinical pharmacological studies in tuberculosis patients: ‘Research from the Kilimanjaro Region,Tanzania’

Co-administration of antituberculosis and antiretroviral therapy is often inevitable in highburden countries where tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection associated with HIV/AIDS. Concurrent use of rifampicin and many antiretroviral drugs is complicated by pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions. Rifampicin is a very potent enzyme inducer, which can result in sub-therapeutic antiretroviral drug concentrations. In addition, TB drugs and antiretroviral drugs have additive (pharmacodynamic) interactions as reflected in overlapping adverse effect profiles. This review provides an overview of the pharmacological interactions between rifampicin-based TB treatment and antiretroviral drugs in adults living in resourcelimited settings. Major progress has been made to evaluate the interactions between TB drugs and antiretroviral therapy, however burning questions remain concerning nevirapine and efavirenz effectiveness during rifampicin-based TB treatment, treatment options for TB-HIV co-infected patients with NNRTI resistance or intolerance and exact treatment or dosing schedules for vulnerable patients including children and pregnant women. The current research priorities can be addressed by maximising the use of already existing data, creating new data by conducting clinical trials and prospective observational studies and to engage a lobby to make currently unavailable drugs available to those most in need.
What is the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder, extreme appraisals of internal state and symptoms in bipolar disorder?

BACKGROUND It is important to understand the factors associated with more severe mood symptoms in bipolar disorder. The integrative cognitive model of bipolar disorder proposes that extreme appraisals of changes to internal states maintain and exacerbate mood symptoms. AIMS The current study aimed to investigate if post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is related to current depressive and manic bipolar symptoms, and whether this relationship is mediated by appraisals of internal state. METHOD Participants with bipolar disorder (n = 82) from a randomized controlled trial of cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder (the TEAMS trial) completed self-reported questionnaires assessing appraisals of internal state, generalized anxiety symptoms, and self-reported and observer-rated depressive and manic symptoms. Clinical interviews assessed PTSD co-morbidity. RESULTS Participants with bipolar and co-morbid PTSD (n = 27) had higher depressive symptoms and more conflicting appraisals than those without PTSD. Regression analyses found PTSD to be associated with depressive symptoms but not manic symptoms. Conflicting appraisals were found to be associated only with manic symptoms meaning that the planned mediation analysis could not be completed. CONCLUSIONS Findings provide partial support for the integrative cognitive model of bipolar disorder and highlight the need for transdiagnostic treatments in bipolar disorder due to the prevalence and impact of trauma and co-morbidity. Working on trauma experiences in therapy may impact on depressive symptoms for those with bipolar disorder and co-morbid PTSD.
When Time Passes Quickly: A Cognitive Linguistic Study on Compressed Time

ABSTRACT Despite the prolific literature on the metaphorical representations of time, research on subjective time has been relatively scarce and limited. Interestingly, the linguistic expression of subjective time manifests an asymmetric pattern, systematically favoring the use of Time-moving, rather than Ego-moving, metaphors (cf. “Time passes quickly” vs ? “We pass (our) time quickly”). The present paper focuses specifically on compressed time (i.e., time as passing quickly) and suggests that the experience of subjective time resonates with a construal that lacks agency on the part of the experiencer. This association explains why the conceptualization of compressed time lends itself to the Time-moving perspective but can also account for expressions that override metaphor. The analysis is based on poetic discourse on the assumption that creativity attests to the affordances of our mental representations. This line of research has implications for possible constraints on metaphorical conceptualization at large.
Statistical Analysis of Health Insurance and Cash and Carry Systems in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital of Ghana

The passage of National Health Insurance Scheme to replace the old system (called cash and carry) in Ghana seems to have raised many questions as to whether it has increased the rate at which people attend hospital and abolished cash and carry system. The data collected were hospital attendance for both health insurance and cash and carry system on monthly basis across age groups and gender for 2008-2017, obtained from Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Chi-Square tests and the Box-Jenkins’s methodology of time series analysis were employed to analyse the data. From the findings, the autocorrelation function (ACF) and partial autocorrelation function (PACF) plot suggested an AR process with order 1. Candidate models were obtained using the minimum AIC criteria to select adequate models and appropriate models were obtained as SARIMA (1,0,0) (0,1,0)12 model for insured (NHIS) and SARIMA (1,1,1) (2,0,1)12 model for uninsured (Cash and Carry system). Model diagnostics tests were performed using Ljung-Box test. The Chi-square tests inferred dependence in hospital attendance between insured and non-insured patients on gender and the years, In conclusion, insured patients will be increasing throughout the age groups and non-insured patients will be increasing for specific age groups 0-28 days to 15-17 years for the next 24 months. This research recommended among others that education should be given to the general public about the importance of health insurance, it registration and operations especially age group 0-28days to 15-17 years because they seem to continue the use of Cash and Carry System in seeking healthcare regardless of the introduction of NHIS.
Gender-Bias and Its Impact on the Perceived Professional Success of Exceptionally Talented Women: A Group Decision-Making Study

Studies on intellectual giftedness highlight a strong gender discrimination tendency in the case of gifted females both in detection and in their further academic support. The relationship between gender roles and their influence on gender-biased attribution of success is considered. Influenced by gender socialization processes, the closer to fulfill the pre-assigned gender role a female is, the weaker the social perception of her as being potentially gifted is, regardless of her age, personal vocation, and/or actual talent. To support this idea, 128 respondents clustered in focus groups were asked to suggest suitable career pathways for four concocted women based on their personal and academic profiles, where only two of them perfectly matched the preconceived expectations of feminine gender role (i.e., feminine traits and attractiveness). Additionally, four male profiles were also provided for comparison purposes. It became apparent that gifted women, who live up to the stereotypical ideals associated with their gender, are underrated, discouraged from their vocations, and even misperceived as unapt. However, perception of gifted men was not influenced to the same degree by whether or not they embody their masculine gender traits.
Rangatahi of Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi: Cultural belonging and connectedness

Rangatahi Māori (Māori youth) have one of the highest suicide rates in the OECD, they leave school earlier and with less qualifications, and suffer from higher rates of unemployment, hospitalisation and conduct and substance disorders and abuse than non-Māori. Sadly, many rangatahi move into adulthood only to experience poorer physical and mental health, shorter lifespans, and lower socioeconomic status compared to that of non-Māori. With these poor health outcomes for rangatahi Māori in mind this research explores the nature of Māori identities as a foundation for wellness, meaning, and flourishing. More importantly, this research takes into consideration the negative impacts of the colonisation of Māori and their cultural identity and the inter-generational effects of this long term systematic nature of disadvantage. I posit that cultural connectedness and belonging can foster healthy psychological and behavioural outcomes for rangatahi Māori. The mixed-method approach taken within this research sits within a Kaupapa Māori framework and draws upon accounts of 16 rangatahi Māori, aged between 10 and 14 years, who participated in a Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi based leadership development programme that reconnects rangatahi Māori with traditional customs and practices of their ancestors to enhance their health and wellbeing. Findings suggest that connectedness and belonging are manifest through practices such as Pēpeha, whakapapa, and Whakataukī/whakatauāki and rangatahi Māori draw on this cultural knowledge base and cultural practices to empower themselves, their whānau, hapū and Iwi. Rangatahi Māori in this sample also identified that whānau was most important in their lives followed by engagement in Māori culture. Findings highlight how Iwi organisations are stepping up to lead their people to a brighter future. For Māori, engaging with their Māoritanga and Te Ao Māori not only addresses the negative impacts of colonialism, but unlocks cultural potential, and an enhanced sense of self which serves to empower rangatahi Māori, their whānau, hapū and Iwi.
The Mediating Role of Pleasant Activities in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressed Adolescents

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the depression of adolescents by an increase in pleasurable activities as a mediation. Method: The statistical population included all adolescent girls (ages14to17) in Isfahan. In the form of an empirical study with a control and an experimental group and by evaluation of pre-test and post-test, 60girls which had been diagnosed with depression were selected and randomly assigned into two groups. Subjects, using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Pleasant Events Schedule (PES). Data were analyzed for mediation analysis by R software and ANCOVA by SPSS-24. Results: Findings show that cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in increasing pleasurable activities (path coefficient: 0.19). The increase of pleasurable activities is effective in reducing depression (path coefficient: 0.35) and the cognitive-behavioral therapy by the mediation of pleasurable activities (path coefficient: 0.28) is effective. The entire effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy was on depression (β=0.28). Actually, 22%direct and 0.06%indirect effects was applied through the effect of pleasurable activities on depression. Conclusion: Mediation analysis showed that pleasant events can play a mediating role in the relationship between depression and cognitive-behavioral therapy and can be used in short-term treatments.
Lifecycle approach to requirements information management in construction projects: state-of-the-art and future trends

Changes in client requirements are most frequent in construction and are known to contribute to budget over-runs and late delivery of projects. Such changes need to be managed adequately to enhance visibility, traceability and linked to the original requirements and communication with all stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of a facility. Traditionally, requirements management has principally been focused at the early stages of the construction process where elicited client requirements information is used as the basis for design and does not extend to the later phases. A life cycle approach is important because client requirements often change dramatically over a facility’s life. This evolution needs to be understood, for example, particularly if the facility is to be refurbished or adapted for uses other than those for which it was originally designed. This paper presents an empirical study to highlight the current state of managing clients’ requirements and to propose the need for a lifecycle approach to requirements information management in construction projects. An ethnographic study was conducted to examine the requirements management process based on participatory observations of construction project meetings and interviews with project managers. The study also details the state-of-the-art of requirements management by presenting a qualitative review of literature on this topic. This review includes industries other than construction. The paper concludes that currently, with no lifecycle insight, very few informal schemes detail the management of requirements beyond the design process into the later stages of the project. It proposes that the management of requirements should extend beyond elicitation and documentation and requires an approach that will enable changeability and impact analysis, accessibility, traceability and communication to all stakeholders.
Watch Me Give: Narcissism as a Moderator to Donating to a Nonprofit

With increased online connectivity in the current generation, more nonprofit organizations are focusing their efforts on producing online marketing appeals. Therefore, it has become necessary to identify the effect some appeals have on different people. The present study seeks to determine whether an organization offering increased recognition will result in a greater willingness to give by people with narcissistic personalities. Additionally, it will determine if “willingness” to give or “amount” given are different based on genders or employment status, as prior research suggests. Results indicated that whether the organization offered increased recognition or not, narcissism did not affect willingness to give or amount given. Women were more willing to give than men, and employment status did not hold any bearing on the willingness to give or amount given. Limitations of the study are provided, and implications for future research are discussed.
Visual arts: Teaching creativity from within

by Del Camara University of the Pacific 2019 In the ever-changing world of visual arts education, there is a gap in the literature about the incorporation of creativity, risk-taking, and play in the curriculum. The purpose of this study was to understand how high school visual arts educators teach visual arts and creativity in the age of digital media, including the practices art teachers use to engage their students in their development of art-making and ways teachers encourage students to take risks in art-making practices. Utilizing an arts-based research method focusing on four case studies in the Central Valley of California, this inquiry examined the way visual arts educators teach the arts at the high school level. Further, this study used data sources of classroom observations, surveys, and one-on-one interviews. Data analysis utilized the theoretical lens of multiple intelligences to examine the different ways each visual arts teacher teaches visual arts. Findings indicated that there is a need for a common definition of creativity, student-teacher relationships are critical for improving students’ efforts in the arts, learning about the visual arts develops skills that students can use throughout their lifetime, and students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds tend to be more willing to take risks in their artwork. Recommendations for further research and policy for school leaders conclude this study.
What is the Current State of Occupational Therapy Practice with Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma?

Abstract Complex trauma can have a significant negative impact on the developing brain and occupational performance of children and adolescents. This study explored current practice in occupational therapy in complex trauma utilizing interviews and interpretive descriptive analysis. Nine experienced occupational therapists identified functional concerns that were mapped onto the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework. Findings indicated the importance of caregiver involvement in treatment, interventions to address bottom-up processes, advanced training, and being connected with other therapists who serve this population. Given the range of interventions with this complex population, occupational therapists have a unique opportunity to contribute to this emerging area of practice.
Developing Responsibility for Learning in Higher Education in Tanzania: Experiences from Undergraduate Programmes

In recent years, the requirement for students to shoulder responsibility for learning has been conceived as one of important attributes of a student or a graduate. This attribute is assumed to be developed through the application of competence-Base Model (CBM) in higher education as opposed to the application of the Traditional Model (lecture to seminar model) practiced in higher education for centuries. Given the importance of shouldering the responsibility for learning among students, particularly, in developing lifelong learning attitude among students, it was thus vital to study to understand whether or not the instructional models designated to operate or the implemented instructional models developed the important feature among undergraduate students. This study adopted a longitudinal study design. This study had a sample size of 183 respondents in phase I and a sample size of 70 respondents in phase II. Further, the study used questionnaire to collected data in two consecutive semesters to year one undergraduates. The Elusive Competence-Based Model (ECBM) and the Elevated Traditional Model (ETM) were instruction models in operation at the time of this study. The ECBM resulted in gradual deterioration of students’ responsibility for learning whereas the ETM resulted in gradual development of students’ responsibility for learning toward a positive direction. The study concludes that the use of seminars in an effective way contributes in promoting responsibility for learning among undergraduate students.