Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Invisible Struggle: Understanding the Plights and Success Strategies of Low-Income Single Mothers in Undergraduate Programs

This study examines the capacity of neoliberalism and organizational socialization to shape alternatively certified teachers’ preparation and understanding of their teaching roles within the context of Teach for America. Using theoretical lenses of both neoliberalism and organizational socialization, I conducted a qualitative study on Teach for America teachers’ previous educational experiences, participation in the program, and the impact of this preparation on their careers post-teaching. None of the five participants are currently classroom teachers. Data collection included semi-structured interviews and critical discourse analysis of program documents. Findings reveal how participants’ educational and program experiences challenged their initial conceptions of teaching and learning and left them minimally prepared and supported for the pedagogical and sociopolitical components of teaching in high-needs areas. Conclusions illuminate TFA’s efforts to shape participants’ understanding of teaching and learning—framing teaching as a temporary career—in order to create and sustain a broader movement in education and beyond that is reflective of neoliberal ideas. Recommendations for future research encourage the investigation of teacher preparation organizations as social and political actors, along with calling for a larger, more collective investment in teacher education.
Evaluating a university’s investment in arts programming on student arts participation

ABSTRACT An individual’s level of education has the strongest relationship with his or her arts participation. What is unclear, however, is why high-educated individuals are more likely to participate in the arts. Economic models indicate that price, income, and background are relevant to attendance, but the role these factors play among high-educated groups, like college students, remains underexplored. This study sheds light on what makes college students more likely to participate in the arts by evaluating a university’s investment in arts programming on campus. We analyse data from an experiment in which a university made substantial investments in arts programming largely centred on increasing access to the arts by providing more free programmes. Using pre- and post-intervention survey data, we analyse changes in students’ reported level of arts participation and barriers to arts involvement. The results from our analyses show that background, such as familiarity and experience in the arts, is the strongest predictor of increased arts participation among college students when prices are reduced.
A Metastatic Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Producing Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Lung Causing Jejunal Intussusception - Report of a Case -

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) producing lung cancer, first described by Asano et al. in 1977, is a well known highly malignant cancer with poor prognosis. Among the G-CSF producing lung cancer types, two thirds are large cell carcinomas followed by squamous cell carcinoma. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung is a rare histological type of lung cancer with a mixture of biphasic epithelial and stromal tumor cells. It may be difficult to histologically identify the two components. Currently, it is necessary to confirm the components using immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and molecular assays. Metastatic sites associated with sarcomatoid carcinoma are similar to the more common non-small cell lung carcinoma, with unusual metastatic sites such as the esophagus, jejunum, and kidneys having been reported. To the best of our knowledge, there are no prior reports of a patient with multiple small bowel metastases from a sarcomatoid carcinoma producing G-CSF and resulting in an intestinal intussusception. CASE REPORT
Evaluation of Sleep Quality in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

AMAC: Karpal tunel sendromu (KTS) median sinirin el bilegi duzeyindeki tuzak noropatisidir. Geceleri siddetlenen agri ve dizesteziler hastaligin tipik bulgusudur. Calismamizin amaci KTS hastalarinda uyku kalitesinin arastirilmasi, mevcut uyku bozukluklarinin semptom siddeti ve fonksiyonel bozuklukla iliskisinin saptanmasidir.GEREC VE YONTEMLER: Elektrodiagnostik olarak KTS tanisi alan 29 kisi ve kontrol grubu olarak hastane personelinden 25 saglikli kisi calismaya alindi. Tum katilimcilarin bilgilendirilmis onami alindi. Hastalarin semptom siddeti ve fonksiyonel bozukluklarini degerlendirmek uzere Boston sorgulamasi kullanildi. Calismaya katilan hastalarin ve saglikli kontrol grubunun uyku kalitesi Pittsburgh Uyku Kalitesi Indeksi ile degerlendirildi.BULGULAR: Karpal tunel sendromlu hastalarin genel uyku kalitesinin kontrol grubuna kiyasla anlamli olarak daha kotu oldugu saptandi (p=0,046). Pittsburgh skoru bilesenleri ayrintili olarak degerlendirildiginde alisilmis uyku etkinliginin karpal tunel sendromlu hastalarda anlamli duzeyde bozulmus oldugu saptandi (p=0.001). SONUC: Uyku kalitesi KTS’li hastalarda anlamli duzeyde bozulmaktadir ve gece uykuda gecirdikleri toplam sure azalmaktadir
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Preference Elicitation in Combinatorial Auctions (Extended Abstract)

Combinatorial auctions (CAs) where bidders can bid on bundles of items can be very desirable market mechanisms when the items sold exhibit complementarity and/or substitutability, so the bidder’s valuations for bundles are not additive. However, in a basic CA, the bidders may need to bid on exponentially many bundles, leading to diculties in determining those valuations, undesirable information revelation, and unnecessary communication. In this paper we present a design of an auctioneer agent that uses topological structure inherent in the problem to reduce the amount of information that it needs from the bidders. An analysis tool is presented as well as data structures for storing and optimally assimilating the information received from the bidders. Using this information, the agent then narrows down the set of desirable (welfare-maximizing or Pareto-ecient) allocations, and decides which questions to ask next. Several algorithms are presented that ask the bidders for value, order, and rank information. A method is presented for making the elicitor incentive compatible.
THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN ANTI-FRAUD SYSTEMS (CASE STUDY AT UNIVERSITY X)

University is expected to be a role model in the application of Good Corporate Governance (GCG), because it is the place where the values related to idealism are developed. In practicing GCG’s principles, organizational culture acts as a top layer for an early detection system against fraud. The purpose of this study is to measure the level of the internalization of organizational culture in University X. The data were collected through questionnaires distributed to selected education staff of University X. Sampling was done using sampling stratified technique with 180 participants. The research data were analyzed using descriptive statistical technique by exerting theoretical mean from the result of data collected to measure the level of understanding and application of behavior of university values. The results show that there is a gap between the expected (ideal) and current (actual) level of organizational culture internalization.
Development of a Science-based Drug-eluting Balloon

reservoir connected to it, with heparinised blood at 38ºC. The DEB catheter was introduced via a guiding catheter that was connected to the set-up with a connection port. Standard protocol was to soak the catheter for two minutes in the set-up before inflation of 30 seconds. The results on the Protégé as well as Pioneer describe a dose- and time-dependent release. A nominal load (3µg/mm 2 loaded balloon surface) led to average concentrations of 17.7±8. 3µM and 24.7±12. 7µM for the Protégé and Pioneer, respectively, for the dose-dependency study. The average load at 30 seconds inflation time for Pioneer and Protégé are 16.8±6. 9µM and 26.2±12. 1µM, respectively, for the time-dependency study. The concentrations found in the dose and inflation time dependency study correspond identically. In addition, results described a repeatable vessel wall dose and limited drug loss in the bloodstream. Abstract The continuous development of medical devices, more specifically devices for interventional cardiology, ensures constant improvement in the treatment of patients with coronary artery diseases (CAD), satisfying the increasing needs and demands of patients and cardiologists. These increased demands combined with expanding regulations have created the necessity to transform standard product development into science-based, evidence-guided projects. Two newly approved drug-eluting balloon (DEB) products, Protégé and Pioneer, developed by Blue Medical, are based on such scientific evidence gathered using new, innovative methods and combining independent science data during all development phases, leading to scientifically supported improved patient care. endothelialisation, pre-clinical test, coronary artery disease, paclitaxel
Determinants Influencing for Job satisfaction of the Subject Matter Specialists

Job satisfaction refers to an individual’s complex attitude towards his job. Job satisfaction refers to feeling and emotional aspect rather than rational aspect of an individual towards his job. Vroom (1964) describes job satisfaction as affective orientations on the part of individuals toward work roles which they are presently occupying. He further suggest that job satisfaction is a reflection of how desirable a person finds his job, thus, it is a measure of a person's valence for his work situation.
Clinical Evaluation of Neutrophil CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in a Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit

BackgroundInfections are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Severe infections should be treated at earlier stages, but the diagnosis is difficult as the clinical presentation results are unspecific. Recently, the neutrophils Fc gamma receptor, recognized by monoclonal antibodies cluster of differentiation 64 (CD64), has been proposed as an infection marker. The aim of the present study was to evaluate CD64 as a marker of infection in our polyvalent intensive care unit, distinguishing early infection from noninfected inflammation. MethodsWe evaluated 93 consecutive patients presenting with infection signs on admission. CD64, C-reactive protein (CRP), and white blood cell count were collected. After a test for normal distribution, data were analyzed nonparametrically and reported as median and interquartile range (IQR); then, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were performed. Statistically significant difference was defined as P < 0.05. ResultsC-reactive protein (median, 17.4 mg/L; IQR, 11.4–27.2 mg/L vs median, 10.1 mg/L; IQR, 7.5–13.7mg/L) and CD64 (median, 3842 antibody-binding capacity [ABC]; IQR, 2799–5283 ABC vs median, 768.5 ABC; IQR, 532.3–1269.3 ABC) showed a significant difference between septic and nonseptic patients, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic curves of CD64, CRP, and white blood cell count showed the superiority of CD64: considering a cutoff of 2000 antibody-binding capacity for infection, sensitivity was 90.2% and specificity was 96.9% in comparison with CRP (sensitivity, 85.2%; and specificity, 46.9% for cutoff of 10 mg/L). CD64 expression, but not CRP, was able to differentiate the septic stages (P < 0.001). ConclusionsNeutrophil CD64 represents a sensitive and specific marker for the early diagnosis of systemic infections in adult patients admitted to intensive care unit, superior to traditional hematological parameters and CRP.
Social capitals, social class, and prosperity in high-trust and low-trust societies

Abstract Inequalities in social capital are accepted today as important aspects of social and economic prosperity. This analysis utilizes global comparative data from the International Social Survey Program and finds substantial variation in the three types of social capital across social classes, in a cross-country perspective as well as among two types of societies, 10 high-trust and 13 low-trust societies. Social capitals show significant correlation with economic and social prosperity outcomes as well. The authors find that in more prosperous countries there is an abundance of bridging and linking social capital, whereas people in economically and socially less prosperous societies rely more on bonding social capital. The authors also present evidence on the class-related inequalities of social capitals: More advantageous class positions are associated with higher levels of bridging and linking social capital, whereas the lower classes hold higher levels of bonding social capital. Based on a multilevel analysis that brings together all of these aspects as well as a number of individual-level predictors, they conclude that their initial findings are reinforced with only minor exceptions.
ING’s Agile Transformation—Teaching an Elephant to Race

Abstract The present article is a practitioner case study of an ongoing event for the period from 2010 to 2018. It examines a key period during which ING Bank has attempted to transform itself from a traditional bank to a ‘platform bank’ with the help of both benchmarked and ad hoc agile methods and mindset. The research is extensively based on a review of the agile methods and creating value literature, semi-structured interviews of the key ING Group and ING Netherlands stakeholders, a documentary review of existing literature on ING’s transformation, ING public information (annual reports, special reports, marketing materials) as well as ING internal documents (presentations, internal documents, training materials, etc.). To ensure multi-layered coverage of the full story, interviewees were chosen to capture the points of view of key participants in the transformation journey and who represent the full range of major internal stakeholders, namely representatives from IT, Business, HR and Corporate. The aim of this case study is to gain a more granular understanding of the key factors, people, processes and insights that helped drive ING’s profound transformation of its operations, management, strategy and vision and how this ongoing ‘agile transformation’ is value accretive (or not) for ING and its stakeholders. The article identifies the three stages of a successful agile transformation as well as the underlying paradox for an organization to remain agile over time and at scale.
Examining High School Students’ Writing Self-efficacy Perceptions

The aim of this study was to investigate whether high school students’ writing self-efficacy perceptions differ based on their gender, grade level, type of high school and the number of books they read annually. A total of 585 students (Females = 270; and Males = 315) studying in the ninth and tenth grade classes from high schools of different type participated in the study. The results showed that high school students’ self-efficacy perceptions differed based on their gender, grade level, school type and the number of book they read annually. This difference was observed in the writing stages of planning, drafting, revision and modification. Consequently, it was concluded that reading books positively affected individuals’ writing self-efficacy.
Mentoring the Student in the Student - Athlete Dyad: Focusing on Health, Wellness, and Academics

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) awarded Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland a grant to accelerate academic success within the university’s athletic program. The grant was awarded in 2012 and totals $900,000 over three years. Although the graduation rates of intercollegiate athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have been as low as 49% (Hosick, 2013; Sander, 2007; and Melendez, 2006), the current intercollegiate athlete graduation rate at Coppin State University has climbed to 75% thanks to a philosophy that emphasizes graduating over remaining eligible and graduating in four years.
Intonation Patterns in Normal, Autistic and Aphasie Children

Current knowledge of prosody and language disordered children remains limited. Studies with normal children show that first, early in language acquisition, prosodic development is more advanced than phonological‚ syntactic, and semantic development. Early prosodic units seem to fulfill a facilitative function perceptually and productively and to constitute ‘frames‘ for other units of language (Bruner, 1975). Second, these early prosodic ‘frames’ appear to be more stable than the segmental dimensions accompanying the prosodic contours (Menn, 1979). Third, there is some evidence that control of fundamental frequency develops first, timing second and segmental contrasts last (Allen and Hawkins, 1980). Fourth, children's knowledge of the prosodic system is interdependent with their knowledge of other levels of language and may not reach adult refinement until about the age of twelve (Cutler and Swinney, 1980). Prosody may also be an important variable in children with development disorders of language. When prosody is impair— ed, its facilitative function may be disturbed, affecting other levels of language. Conversely, when phonological‚ syntactic, semantic or pragmatic development is delayed or disturbed, prosody may also be affected.
Cyclooxygenase-2

Cyclooxygenase-2 and its product PGE2 play essential roles in inducing and maintaining the suppressive functions of MDSCs in cancer. Blockade of the COX-2/PGE2 pathway abolishes the induction of MDSCs in response to tumor-derived factors and thus may provide new opportunities for targeting MDSCs in cancer patients.
Language in the visual modality: Cospeech gesture and sign language

linguistic properties but on inherent analog locative relationships among people, objects, and places. Liddell’s later work (2003) has gone further, proposing that verbs such as GIVE are a mix of gestural and linguistic ele ments and analyzing such signs as being composed of a linguistic part expressed by the handshape and a gestural part linking the referent to a locus. An increasing number of sign language researchers now assume that mixed forms (i.e., structures involving both linguistic and nonlinguistic components) exist, particularly in classifier constructions. Classifiers are handshapes that provide information about the class by which a noun can be described (see figure 6.4). For example, in the BSL verb VEHICLE­ MOVE, the hand­ shape varies according to the class of vehicle (e.g., bicy­ cle, ship, car/bus). Constructions involving classifiers, while originally described in purely linguistic terms as polymorphemic (Supalla, 1986), or semantically multi­ componential (Slobin et al., 2003; Morgan & Woll, 2007), have also been seen as blends of nonlinguistic gesture and linguistic structures (Liddell, 2003). Schembri, Jones, and Burnham (2005) compared the repre sen ta tion of motion events by hearing non­ signers using gesture without accompanying speech and by native signers of three dif fer ent sign languages. They found that constructions in the three sign lan­ guages were strikingly similar, but also that the descriptions of motion events produced by the hearing gesturers showed significant points of correspondence with the signed constructions. In both cases, the loca­ tion and movement par ameters were similar and the handshape component showed the greatest differ­ ences. They argue therefore that these data are consis­ tent with the claim that verbs of motion and location in sign languages are blends of gestural and linguistic ele ments. 2.2. Modaality­ Specific Aspects of Sign Language: Iconicity and Gesturaal Eale ments While signifi­ cant pro gress has been made by treating sign languages as having many features in common with those described for spoken languages, the ways in which sign languages differ from spoken languages may have implications for how they are pro cessed and understood by lan­
PENGARUH PRAKTIK MANAJEMEN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA TERHADAP KINERJA KONTEKSTUAL: PERASAAN POSITIF SEBAGAI PEMEDIASI PADA PEGAWAI RSUD KAB. ACEH BESAR

This study aims to measure the effect of Human Resources Management Practices on Contextual Performance: Positive Emotions as a mediating variable in Employees of RSUD Kab. Aceh Besar. The sample used in this study was employees of RSUD Kab. Aceh Besar, which amounted to 175 respondents. Data collection equipment used in this study is a questionnaire. The sampling technique used is Probability sampling Simple Random Sampling. Regression analysis is used as an analytical method to determine the effect of all the variables involved. Based on the results of the regression analysis, indicating that the Human Resource Management Practice positively Contextual Performance, Human Resource Management Practice positively Positive Emotions, Positive Emotions positively Contextual Performance, and Positive Emotions mediate the relationship between Human Resource Management Practice and Contextual performance.
The menstrual cycle: does it affect athletic performance?

In brief Although many female athletes PMN (and their coaches) are convinced BEBB that their athletic performance is impaired during certain phases of their menstrual cycles, studies examining the relationship between performance and cycle phase are few and have yielded conflicting results. This study investigated the influence of cycle phase on strength performance and on swimming performance in short-and middle-distance events. The results indicate that cycle phase does not affect athletic performance as measured by strength and swimming speed.