Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Knowledge and Skills for Managing Emotions in Adaptation to School

Students’ ability to evaluate emotionally challenging situations and identify effective strategies for managing emotions in themselves and others was negatively related to poor classroom social behavior across three studies. These studies, involving 463 students from two Spanish high schools and one American university, examined indicators of adaptation to school based on teacher ratings and official school records. Relationships between the ability to manage emotions, measured with a situational judgment test, and indicators of social adaptation to school remained significant or marginally significant after controlling for demographic factors, personality traits, and indicators of cognitive ability. These findings suggest that emotion regulation knowledge and skills that can be taught explain important aspects of socio-emotional adaptation to school over and above other relevant constructs.
The view of our town from the hill

Many new heritage centres put on display the history of ‘a people’ and construct narratives which are organized around the trope of ‘community’. These narratives are based on prior acts of imagining that represent the social subjects of history as bound together in a social, spatial and temporal identity. This article discusses these representational strategies through a detailed examination of heritage texts in a selected case-study. It is suggested that, although heritage does trade on conventional images of olde-worlde communities, it also puts into play other more politicized discourses of collective action. However, it is argued that all representations of community involve adopting a perspective ‘from the hill’, which tends to encode community as an enclosed and homogeneous world. The alternative view of local social life, encapsulated in the ‘network’ metaphor, is incompatible with the economic and political logic of local heritage attractions.
PERINATAL GRIEF ONLINE

Objective:To describe and interpret the culture of an online perinatal loss group. Study Design and Methods:This qualitative study used ethnography, the study of culture. Methods included participant-observation, review of 447 e-mails, and participants’ feedback about the findings. The setting was online in a perinatal loss listserv consisting of mothers and one grandmother who had experienced a perinatal loss through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. In this changing group, there were between 82 to 87 participants from North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Findings:The essence of the culture was Shared Metamorphosis. The Internet connected grieving women who otherwise would likely not have met. Participants shared virtual identities, created a community, and brought meaning to their perpetual losses. Their grief was a process of remembrance and memories, and they used symbols to represent the deceased babies; angels were a commonly discussed symbol. For bereaved mothers “life would never be the same,” but joining the community of the perinatal loss listserv meant they would never be alone. Clinical Implications:The culture of online support can link individuals who are geographically distant but share common issues, in this case a perinatal loss. Professionals can use this study to better understand what women experience after a perinatal loss, and what their role can be in validating and supporting these new “mothers of angels. ”
A Construction Based Analysis of Child Directed Speech.

Abstract The child directed speech of twelve English-speaking mothers was analyzed in terms of utterance-level constructions. First, the mothers’ utterances were categorized in terms of general constructional categories such as Wh-questions, copulas and transitives. Second, mothers’ utterances within these categories were further specified in terms of the initial words that framed the utterance, item-based phrases such as Are you …, I’ll …, It’s …, Let’s …, What did … . The findings were: (i) overall, only about 15% of all maternal utterances had SVO form (most were questions, imperatives, copulas, and fragments); (ii) 51% of all maternal utterances began with one of 52 item-based phrases, mostly consisting of two words or morphemes (45% began with one of just 17 words); and (iii) children used many of these same item-based phrases, in some cases at a rate that correlated highly with their own mother’s frequency of use. We suggest that analyses of adult–child linguistic interaction should take into account not just general constructional categories, but also the item-based constructions that adults and children use and the frequency with which they use them.
Conversion of volatile alcohols into their glucosides in Arabidopsis

Exposure of tomato plants to volatile chemicals emitted from common cutworm (Spodoptera litura)-infested conspecifics led to accumulation of the glycoside, (Z)-3-hexenyl vicianoside. Accumulation of (Z)-3-hexenyl vicianoside in the exposed plants has adverse impacts on the performance of the common cutworms. The aglycon of (Z)-3-hexenyl vicianoside is derived from airborne (Z)-3-hexenol emitted from infested plants. The ability to incorporate and convert (Z)-3-hexenol to its corresponding glycoside is widely conserved in an array of plant species. However, the specificity of this ability to discriminate between the chemical structures of different volatile alcohols remains unknown. In this study, we investigated glycosylation of several volatile alcohols in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). The exposure of Arabidopsis to a variety of volatile alcohols, (Z)-2-pentenol, (Z)-3-hexenol, (Z)-3-heptenol, (Z)-3-octenol, (Z)-3-nonenol, cyclohexanol, benzyl alcohol, verbenol, perillyl alcohol, myrtenol, geraniol, or linalool led to the detection of the putative corresponding glucosides. These results suggest that Arabidopsis might convert a broad range of volatile alcohols into the corresponding glucosides.
Associations of Heart Rate With Inflammatory Markers Are Modulated by Gender and Obesity in Older Adults.

BACKGROUND Faster resting heart rate (HR), which is associated with inflammation and elevated cortisol levels, is a risk factor for excess cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, inflammation, and elevated cortisol levels. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the interaction of Body Mass Index (BMI) with inflammation and cortisol in modulating HR in older subjects. METHODS We analyzed data of 895 participants aged 65+ enrolled in the "InCHIANTI" study, in sinus rhythm, and not taking beta blockers or digoxin. Linear regression was performed to assess the adjusted association between HR, IL-6, and cortisol levels. The model was also analyzed stratifying for BMI tertiles. Logistic regression was adopted for evaluating the association of HR exceeding the mean value with Il-6 and serum cortisol. RESULTS According to multivariable linear regression, IL-6 and cortisol levels were associated with HR (B = 1.42, 95% CI = 0.43-2.42; p = .005 and B = .34, 95% CI = 0.17-.51; p < .0001, respectively). The association was significant only among women in the highest BMI tertile (B = 4.16, 95% CI = 1.40-6.91; p = .003 for IL-6 and B = .57, 95% CI = 0.14-1.01; p = .010 for cortisol). Logistic regression confirmed that IL-6 and cortisol levels were associated with HR above the mean value in the highest BMI tertile (OR = 2.13, 95% CI = 1.15-3.97; p = .009 and OR = 1.14, 95% CI = 1.03-1.25; p = .009, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Faster HR is associated with proinflammatory state in elderly patients; this association seems to be limited to women with higher BMI.
Filtering out repetitive auditory stimuli in fibromyalgia: A study of P50 sensory gating

It has been suggested that fibromyalgia (FM) patients show increased sensory processing of nociceptive and non‐nociceptive stimuli and also reduced habituation. Although this pattern of increased reactivity has been established for the somatosensory modality, its generalization to other sensory modalities remains controversial.
CAN SECOND LANGUAGE GRAMMAR BE LEARNED THROUGH LISTENING?: An Experimental Study

This study examines whether aural processing of input in a situation of implicit instruction can build a knowledge base that is available for both comprehension and production tasks. Fifty-five Dutch students learned a miniature linguistic system based on Spanish. Three training conditions were compared in which noun-adjective gender agreement was the learning target. The first group of participants received receptive training, the second group received receptive and productive training, and a third group served as a control. The control group received no training of the target structure and only read an explanation of the target structure rule. Receptive knowledge was assessed with a self-paced listening test, a match-mismatch test, and a grammaticality judgment task. Productive knowledge was tested with a picture description task in single- and dual-task conditions. A postexperimental questionnaire tested whether any explicit knowledge had been induced. Results suggest that the receptive and receptive + productive training programs succeeded in building a knowledge base that was used in comprehension but much less so in production. These results will be interpreted in light of processing and the distinction between implicit and explicit knowledge.I would like to express my gratitude to Jan Hulstijn and Rob Schoonen from the University of Amsterdam for their supervision. I would also like to thank the two anonymous SSLA reviewers for their comments and Nick Ellis for taking time to discuss this project with me.
Reformulating racialised citizenship(s) for South Africa's interregnum

Situated at the interface of a sociology of race and a jurisprudence of transformative social justice, I explore the implications of South Africa's legacy of racialised citizenship for constructing substantive citizenship in post-1994 South African everyday life. To this end, I focus on Justice Sachs' dissenting judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court in The City Council of Pretoria v Walker 1998(3) SA 363(CC). I argue that Justice Sachs' reasoning illustrates first, the continued yet changing intersection of race, civic marginalisation and civic obligation in a process of constructing substantive citizenship for both black and white citizens; and second, that historically situated differential treatment can build full citizenship for all. Furthermore, I argue that his judgment is framed by a critical-race-standpoint: a politics and praxis that draw on critical race theory. This standpoint renders fragile the coherence that ideas of race continue to offer popular, scholarly and judicial interpretations of South African everyday life. It distinguishes Sachs' conception of differential treatment from two dominant conceptions of this idea in South Africa: difference-blindness and race-attachment. Sachs' conception revitalises non-racialism. His reasoning illustrates that citizenship is a dynamic construct. I conclude that this reasoning is exemplary of jurisprudence that facilitates a formation of citizenship that contests social inequality rather than one which simply regulates social difference. Such jurisprudence helps create a political universe in which racialised citizenship(s) can be reformulated for South Africa's transition. A critical-race-standpoint offers a frame for such reformulation.
Aplicación de técnicas de coaching a la enseñanza de liderazgo y gestión de equipos en ingeniería informática: una experiencia práctica

This paper presents the experience behind the application of coaching and active learning techniques to the teaching of leadership and team management within the Computer Science Degree. The starting idea lies within the fact that there is a set of essential skills, associated to good leaders or team managers, that the student cannot acquire in his/her master classes. Because of that, we propose a change in the teaching methodology in which the students become the central actors of the classes and the teachers transform into a coach. This teacher-coach stays in the background, acting in a way such that his/her main function is to assist the students with their learning process. This paper depicts the details of an experience using the aforementioned teaching techniques. It presents the applied methodology as well as the potential lines of improvement for future practices. Palabras clave
The face of fluency: Semantic coherence automatically elicits a specific pattern of facial muscle reactions

This study shows that high conceptual fluency induced by hidden semantic coherence automatically triggers a specific pattern of facial expressions. In the present study, word triads that either had or had not a common remote associate were read by individuals while automatic facial responses were recorded. Although participants were ignorant about the underlying semantic structure, participants’ faces showed an activation of the smiling muscle zygomaticus major (indicating increased positive affect), a relaxation of the frowning muscle corrugator supercilii (indicating decreased negative affect and mental effort), and a relaxation of the forehead muscle frontalis (indicating increased familiarity) after reading coherent compared to incoherent word triads. Implications for intuitive judgements of semantic coherence are discussed.
The role of transformational leadership, emotional intelligence, and group cohesiveness on leadership emergence

The concept of emotional intelligence and its connections with other important psychological constructs have been the focus of a wide range of current research (see Mestre & Fernandez-Berrocal, 2007, and Salovey, Woolery, & Mayer, 2001, for reviews). Yet the relationship between emotional intelligence and transformational leadership, a leadership style that is highly correlated with efficiency and satisfaction of the leaders' followers, has scarcely been analyzed. We hypothesize that individuals who score high in emotional intelligence emerge as leaders more easily than low-emotional-intelligence individuals due to the fact that they are more transformational in their leadership style. We further suggest that this is especially the case in highly cohesive groups. In this study, we test these ideas and find empirical support for our hypotheses.
Tolerance to the Circulatory Effects of Oral Isosorbide Dinitrate: Rate of Development and Cross–tolerance to Glyceryl Trinitrate

The effects of 15, 30, 60 and 120 mg of isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) on systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) were compared after acute oral administration and during sustained therapy four times daily with ISDN in six patients. After any given dose, plasma ISDN levels were higher during sustained therapy than during acute therapy. The average peak reduction in standing SBP occurred at 2 hours after 15, 30, 60 and 120 mg of ISDN; the values were 39, 42, 45 and 46 mm Hg, respectively, after acute therapy and 21, 20, 26 and 24 mm Hg, respectively, during sustained therapy (p < 0.01). Compared with placebo, the reduction in SBP was still apparent 6 hours after any given dose of ISDN during acute but not during sustained therapy (p < 0.01). HR increased significantly only after acute therapy.The rapidity of development of tolerance to ISDN and cross–tolerance to glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) was evaluated in eight other patients. The average peak reduction in SBP after the first dose of 15 mg of ISDN was 36 mm Hg, but after therapy with ISDN every 6 hours, the fifth dose of 15 mg of ISDN produced a peak reduction in SBP of only 7 mm Hg (p < 0.001). The first dose of 0.6 mg GTN before therapy with ISDN produced a peak reduction in SBP of 40 mm Hg, but after therapy with ISDN every 6 hours for 5 days, the same dose of GTN produced a maximum reduction in SBP of only 10 mm Hg (p < 0.001). The results show that partial circulatory tolerance to ISDN and cross–tolerance to GTN developed rapidly during regular therapy with ISDN. The plasma ISDN concentrations were higher during sustained than after acute therapy, suggesting that the tolerance (tachyphylaxis) to nitrates in man is due to the diminution of the end organ response and not to the accelerated metabolism of nitrates.
Consumer loyalty: the meaning of attachment in the development of sport team allegiance.

Prior research has demonstrated a direct relationship between loyalty and reasons for liking a particular sport team. The current study replicates and extends this line of inquiry by examining the mediating role of attachment, a process by which an individual moves from merely liking a team (attraction) to becoming loyal to a team (allegiance). Data (Collegiate N = 194; Collegiate and Professional N = 402, Favorite Sport Team N = 808) were collected to examine 13 benefits and attributes associated with liking a sport team, 3 attitude formation properties, and allegiance. A three-stage test of mediation using MLR revealed that attachment mediated the relationship between allegiance and Vicarious Achievement, Nostalgia, Star Player, Escape, Success, and Peer Group Acceptance. Results demonstrate that allegiance is the outcome of a process by which individuals develop stronger emotional reactions to, more functional knowledge about, and greater symbolic value for benefits and attributes associated with a spo.
A performance driven probabilistic resource allocation algorithm for analog routers

The phase of resource allocation is always ignored in analog routers, since the small scale of analog integrated circuits does not require it. However, in this paper, we introduce a novel resource allocation algorithm, for the traditional greedy strategy without resource allocation cannot meet many performance requirements of analog integrated circuits at all. This algorithm is based on the probabilistic model, considering the important performance requirements, such as variable wire widths, matching, and sensitivity, of analog integrated circuits. Factors about performance are involved in the routing phase in advance, by contrast to the traditional approaches that pay only attention to the wire congestion. Experimental results demonstrate that the routability of nets, especially critical nets, is improved, and the wire congestion in different metal layers is manipulated well, with the guarantee of much significant performance.
Interaction with a Kinesin‐2 Tail Propels Choline Acetyltransferase Flow Towards Synapse

Bulk flow constitutes a substantial part of the slow transport of soluble proteins in axons. Though the underlying mechanism is unclear, evidences indicate that intermittent, kinesin‐based movement of large protein‐aggregates aids this process. Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), a soluble enzyme catalyzing acetylcholine synthesis, propagates toward the synapse at an intermediate, slow rate. The presynaptic enrichment of ChAT requires heterotrimeric kinesin‐2, comprising KLP64D, KLP68D and DmKAP, in Drosophila. Here, we show that the bulk flow of a recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein‐tagged ChAT (GFP::ChAT), in Drosophila axons, lacks particulate features. It occurs for a brief period during the larval stages. In addition, both the endogenous ChAT and GFP::ChAT directly bind to the KLP64D tail, which is essential for the GFP::ChAT entry and anterograde flow in axon. These evidences suggest that a direct interaction with motor proteins could regulate the bulk flow of soluble proteins, and thus establish their asymmetric distribution.
Government Regulation , Unintended Consequences , and the Rise of Omnipotent Management φ DRAFT # 4

This paper attempts to explain the phenomenon of omnipotent management by establishing a causal relationship between property rights, incentives, and government regulation. It is argued that separation of ownership and control and managerial omnipotence must be distinguished and do not necessarily go hand in hand. We rather argue that, while the separation of ownership and management can be explained as a result of the search for efficient capital formation, managerial omnipotence can be understood as the unintended result of government regulations originally designed to protect shareholders' property rights from management opportunistic behaviors. NOTE: This is preliminary draft. Comments are most welcome, but please contact the authors prior to citing. φ A previous version of this paper was presented at the Austrian Scholars Conference in March 2004. ∗ Alexandre Padilla is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Contacting Author Information: Tel. : 303-556-3131; fax: 303-556-3966. Email address: padilale@mscd.edu (Alexandre Padilla) ° Andrei Kreptul is a second-year student at the Seattle University School of Law Email address: kreptua@seattleu.edu (Andrei Kreptul) [A.1, 2004, 2001, A] 1 [The emergence of an omnipotent managerial class] was, on the contrary, an outgrowth of the interventionist policies consciously aiming at an elimination of the influence of the shareholders and at their virtual expropriation. Ludwig von Mises 1949, p. 304.
A New Soil Moisture Agricultural Drought Index (SMADI) Integrating MODIS and SMOS Products: A Case of Study over the Iberian Peninsula

A new index for agricultural drought monitoring is presented based on the integration of different soil/vegetation remote sensing observations. The synergistic fusion of the surface soil moisture (SSM) from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) derived land surface temperature (LST), and water/vegetation indices for agricultural drought monitoring was tested. The rationale of the approach is based on the inverse relationship between LST, vegetation condition and soil moisture content. Thus, the proposed Soil Moisture Agricultural Drought Index (SMADI) combines the soil and temperature conditions while including the lagged response of vegetation. SMADI was retrieved every eight days at 500 m spatial resolution for the whole Iberian Peninsula (IP) from 2010 to 2014, and a time lag of eight days was used to account for the plant response to the varying soil/climatic conditions. The results of SMADI compared well with other agricultural indices in a semiarid area in the Duero basin, in Spain, and also with a climatic index in areas of the Iberian Peninsula under contrasted climatic conditions. Based on a standard classification of drought severity, the proposed index allowed for a coherent description of the drought conditions of the IP during the study period.