Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Critical Factors for Field Staff: The Relationship Between Burnout, Coping, and Vocational Purpose

Background: Outdoor Behavioral Health Care (OBH) programs rely on field staff (FS) for the daily management of program activities, client safety and security, assessment information, and therapeutic intervention. Purpose: Given research that indicates turnover rates among FS are high, the present study was designed to evaluate components of resilience and burnout among FS that may help OBH programs retain FS. Methodology/Approach: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to empirically examine the impact of McEwan’s Workplace Resilience Model factors on FS resilience. Findings/Conclusions: A well-fitting model was developed to explain relationships between burnout, coping skills, and purpose among FS. Important links between vocational purpose, coping, and burnout were found. Implications: This article concludes by discussing implications and recommendations for OBH programs, in support of FS retention and workplace satisfaction, including the importance of creating workplace social and physical health support systems and key characteristics of resilient FS.
Closing Gaps For Latino Immigrant Children In The U.S. Education System

Utilizing a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) model, a faculty member of a local university school of social work completed a qualitative study of interviewing 25 (U.S. born or those arriving in the U.S. at an early age) Latinos/Latinas college students and college graduates to discover their educational experiences from middle school to college in the Northeastern states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the U.S. The interviews incorporated two components: 1). Demographic information and 2) Cultural Congruity Scale (CCS). The study found that in the difficult socio-cultural integration process in school settings, they did not feel comfortable sharing Latino culture with non-Latino classmates, experienced discriminatory college preparation during high school years, and that their parents did have high aspirations to send their children to college/university. These study findings will lead to: 1) develop insight into cross-cultural development for students and teachers in middle and high school and college/university classroom settings, 2) identify Latino students’ emotional comfort needs in a predominantly non-Latino middle school to college/university classroom settings, and 3) engage in collegial discussions among middle & high school and higher education personnel to plan how to close quality and educational opportunity gaps for Latino high school students’ college preparation as well as how to sustain Latino students in college/university settings.
Necrotizing fasciitis: a preventable disaster.

: Twenty-eight cases of necrotizing fasciitis (NF) were treated in 27 patients. Most commonly these infections were caused by perineal disease, operative procedures, and cutaneous ulcers. Associated chronic diseases were present in 21 patients. Postoperative fasciitis occurred when prophylactic antibiotics were omitted or used inappropriately during clean-contaminated or contaminated procedures and when primary skin closure was done in the presence of intra-abdominal contamination. All but four infections were polymicrobial. The overall mortality rate was 73% (20 of 27). Death was due to persistent would sepsis in nine, systemic septic complications despite apparent local control of the infection in nine, and myocardial infarction in two patients. Five of seven survivors had NF limited to one region (leg, perineum, or abdomen). Only 2 of 15 patients survived when more than one debridement was necessary to control ongoing wound necrosis. Eleven of 12 patients who had a delay in treatment for more than 12 hours died. These results suggest that prompt recognition and treatment of NF are essential for survival. The presence of chronic debilitating diseases may contribute to the uncontrollable nature of both local and systemic infection, further emphasizing the need for early diagnosis. Postoperative fasciitis is potentially preventable by strict adherence to the principles for management of contaminated procedures.
Putting the CAT-HR out: key properties and specificities

ABSTRACT Background The Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT) is a comprehensive test useful in establishing the language profiles of people with aphasia (PwA). Until the recent publication of the CAT-HR, there were no tests or language batteries in the Croatian language for evaluating language among PwA. Aims The aim of this paper is to present the results of PwA on tasks and modalities of the first Croatian language test developed for language assessment among PwA – the CAT-HR. To this end, their results are compared to that of neurologically healthy individuals (control group; CG). The relationship between PwA’s objective and self-perceived difficulties as measured by the CAT-HR are also described. This paper additionally outlines the entire process of developing the CAT-HR, emphasising the similarities and differences from the original version, and presenting some of its psychometric properties. Methods & Procedures The sample consisted of 114 PwA and 123 CG participants. PwA completed all three sections of the CAT-HR, while the CG completed only the Cognitive Screen and Language Battery. Their results were compared using independent t-tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Correlations were calculated for all CAT-HR modalities. Finally, results of PwA on objective measures were compared with their self-assessment scores. Outcomes & Results The performed analyses indicate that the CG and PwA differ significantly on all tasks and modalities of the CAT-HR. Correlations among modalities within the Language Battery are significant, as well as those within the Disability Questionnaire. Language Battery modalities correlate significantly with all scales of the Disability Questionnaire, except with Emotional consequences. Conclusions The test has been demonstrated to possess promising psychometric properties, i.e. the internal consistency of its tasks and modalities ranges from moderate to high and the measures on the modality mean can discriminate 85% of PwA from neurologically healthy individuals. Results and findings are discussed with respect to their clinical and scientific implications. As a final point, limitations related to the analyses (e.g. lack of data on test-retest reliability and sensitivity), and suggestions for further research are provided.
The Effect of Cushioning Insoles on Back and Lower Extremity Pain in an Industrial Setting

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between low back pain and lower extremity pain in a group of factory workers and determine the effect of cushioning insoles on low back pain and lower extremity pain. Data were gathered via questionnaire from 306 employees of an aircraft engine assembly factory. A subset of 40 workers who had reported significant levels of back or lower extremity pain were sampled for four consecutive 12-hour shifts wearing their normal footwear and then a week later for four consecutive shifts wearing cushioning insoles. High levels of low back pain and lower extremity pain were reported by workers on the plant floor, but low back pain was poorly correlated to lower extremity pain (r = 0.371). The effect of insoles on the subset of 40 workers was to lower low back pain by 38%, foot pain by 37%, and knee pain by 38% (p < .001). The reduction in low back pain, however, was not correlated to the reduction in lower extremity pain; workers reporting a decrease in low back pain differed from those reporting less lower extremity pain.
lassopack: Model selection and prediction with regularized regression in Stata

In this article, we introduce lassopack, a suite of programs for regularized regression in Stata. lassopack implements lasso, square-root lasso, elastic net, ridge regression, adaptive lasso, and postestimation ordinary least squares. The methods are suitable for the high-dimensional setting, where the number of predictors p may be large and possibly greater than the number of observations, n. We offer three approaches for selecting the penalization (“tuning”) parameters: information criteria (implemented in lasso2), K-fold cross-validation and h-step-ahead rolling cross-validation for cross-section, panel, and time-series data (cvlasso), and theory-driven (“rigorous” or plugin) penalization for the lasso and square-root lasso for cross-section and panel data (rlasso). We discuss the theoretical framework and practical considerations for each approach. We also present Monte Carlo results to compare the performances of the penalization approaches.
Ludosity, Radical Contextualism, and a New Games History: Pleasure, Truth, and Deception in the Mid-20th-Century London Arcade

This article offers a social history of funfairs and arcades in mid-20th-century urban England. Critiquing existing histories of games for often neglecting players and the specific locales in which games are played, it draws on both new cinema history and cultural studies’ conception of “radical contextualism” to outline what the article describes as a game’s ludosity. Ludosity, the article proposes, is the condition or quality of game partcipation as shaped by a range of agents, institutions, and contexts. Utilizing mass observation records, it offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which social interactions influenced ludic experiences of pinball tables and crane machines and posits that games history needs to center players in order to fully conceptualize games in history.
HyVE: Hybrid Vertex-Edge Memory Hierarchy for Energy-Efficient Graph Processing

High energy consumption of conventional memory modules (e.g., DRAMs) hinders the further improvement of large-scale graph processing’s energy efficiency. The emerging resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) has shown great potential in providing an energy-efficient memory module. However, the performance of ReRAMs suffers from data access patterns with poor locality and large amounts of written data, which are common in graph processing. In this paper, we propose HyVE, a Hybrid Vertex-Edge memory hierarchy for energy-efficient graph processing. In HyVE, we avoid random access and data written to ReRAM modules. HyVE can reduce memory energy consumption by 86.17 percent compared with conventional memory systems. We have also proposed data sharing and bank-level power-gating schemes, which improve the energy efficiency by 1.60x and 1.53x. By analyzing the graph processing model on ReRAMs, we show that ReRAMs are good for read-intensive operations in graph processing (e.g., reading edges), while ReRAM crossbars are not suitable for processing edges because of heavy writing overheads. Our evaluations show that the optimized design achieves two orders of magnitude and 5.90x energy efficiency improvement compared with the CPU-based and conventional memory hierarchy based designs, respectively. Moreover, HyVE achieves 2.83x energy reduction compared with the previous ReRAM-based graph processing architecture.
Developing Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education

Developing Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education – Implications for policy and practice In the past decade, Computational Thinking (CT) and related concepts (e.g. coding, programing, algorithmic thinking) have received increasing attention in the educational field. This has given rise to a large amount of academic and grey literature, and also numerous public and private implementation initiatives. Despite this widespread interest, successful CT integration in compulsory education still faces unresolved issues and challenges. This report provides a comprehensive overview of CT skills for schoolchildren, encompassing recent research findings and initiatives at grassroots and policy levels. It also offers a better understanding of the core concepts and attributes of CT and its potential for compulsory education. The study adopts a mostly qualitative approach that comprises extensive desk research, a survey of Ministries of Education and semi-structured interviews, which provide insights from experts, practitioners and policy makers. The report discusses the most significant CT developments for compulsory education in Europe and provides a comprehensive synthesis of evidence, including implications for policy and practice. Developing Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education .
Cross-Cultural Differences in the Valuing of Dominance by Young Children

Developmental research suggests that young children tend to value dominant individuals over subordinates. This research, however, has nearly exclusively been carried out in Western cultures, and cross-cultural research among adults has revealed cultural differences in the valuing of dominance. In particular, it seems that Japanese culture, relative to many Western cultures, values dominance less. We conducted two experiments to test whether this difference would be observed in preschoolers. In Experiment 1, preschoolers in France and in Japan were asked to identify with either a dominant or a subordinate. French preschoolers identified with the dominant, but Japanese preschoolers were at chance. Experiment 2 revealed that Japanese preschoolers were more likely to believe a subordinate than a dominant individual, both compared to chance and compared to previous findings among French preschoolers. The convergent results from both experiments thus reveal an early emerging cross-cultural difference in the valuing of dominance.
Implementation of artificial intelligence in optimisation of technological processes

This article introduces an algorithm for determining optimal parameters of a technological process. The objective function is the processing time of operations (efficiency) at the constraint of quality requirements of finish according to the designer specification. The problem of selecting a correct combination of processing parameters may only be solved when the cause-and-effect relationship between the finish quality and the machining settings is known. If the process considered for optimisation is repeatable, it appears economically viable to invest resources in the development of a model that would describe these relationships. To this end, we propose employing the artificial neural network trained on the progressions obtained from the tests. In the second stage, the Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) system, capable of representing relationships of nonlinear nature, was implemented for the optimisation of the objective function. The paper presents the application of the developed algorithm in determination of optimal parameters for the roller burnishing process of surface treatment. A technologist/software user defines the range of acceptable surface finishes. The optimisation algorithm determines a set of modifiable parameters that ensure minimal processing time at a specified surface finish requirements constraint.
Welfare assessment of broilers through examination of haematomas,
 foot-pad dermatitis, scratches and breast blisters at processing

Analysis of post mortem lesions is a common means for assessing poultry welfare during rearing and pre-slaughter handling. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of: age, sex, rearing system, total number of birds on-farm, period between catch and slaughter and distance from poultry house to processing plant on the incidence of: foot-pad dermatitis (FPD), breast blisters (BB), bruises and scratches. Rearing systems consisted of extensive indoor (EI) and traditional free-range (TFR). Accordingly, birds were reared under non-intensive conditions (< 12 broilers m−2). In TFR, the maximum flock size was 4,800, birds had continuous daytime access to open-air runs from at least the age of six weeks, and the minimum slaughter age was 81 days; whereas EI rearing was exclusively indoor and birds were slaughtered at 56 days or later. Observations occurred daily after plucking and each bird was examined for: haematomas, scratches, FPD and BB. Logistic regressions were applied to study the relationship between variables. Farms holding between 10,000-20,000 birds were the most affected with FPD, BB and scratches. The oldest birds (91-100 days) showed the greatest incidence of FPD and scratches. TFR birds exhibited the highest prevalence of bruises and lowest of FPD. BB were most common among birds travelling between 31-60 km from poultry farm to processing plant while scratches were more frequent at greater distances (91-120 km). Male broilers were more predisposed to BB than females. Scratching increased relative to the number of hours that birds awaited slaughter. Despite the fact that only a relatively small number of broiler flocks were examined, these findings may have implications for the draft of future European legislation regarding poultry welfare.
Diagnosis of Stator Asymmetry in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Using Negative Sequence Current

In this paper, a new fault diagnosis approach is developed for stator asymmetry detection and localization in three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors. Based on spectral analysis, Motor current signature analysis was extensively adopted for stator fault detection, but the same approach fails in identifying the faulty phase which causes the stator asymmetry of the motor. In the present contribution, a new approach is presented for stator fault detection and localization, which is derived from the polar coordinate of the negative-sequence current. A Neuro-fuzzy inference system is adopted for optimizing the fault localization process. The performances of the proposed approach are evaluated by means of numerical simulations, corresponding to a 7.5kW three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor controlled by a conventional field-oriented control scheme.
Why children, parents and home learning are important

Book synopsis: This insightful book is essential reading for all those interested in innovative research methodology and policy development in early childhood education and care. It provides new evidence on good practice in early years settings and will have a wide appeal for students and those engaged in providing accredited courses of study at a range of levels in early childhood.
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Attachment and Mentalization in Sex Offenders

Adverse childhood experiences have been linked to dysfunctional attachment, increased likelihood of criminal behavior, and mentalization deficits. Mentalization, also known as reflective functioning, is core aspect of social functioning that involved the capacity to “interpret both the self and others in terms of internal mental states such as feelings, wishes, goals, desires, and attitudes. ” This study looked at adverse childhood experiences, attachment, and mentalization in 93 registered sex offenders attending court-ordered outpatient treatment. This study revealed that sex offenders endorse significantly more adverse childhood experiences compared to the general population. It also showed that sex offenders exhibit lower attachmentrelated anxiety and attachment-related avoidance, indicating they perceive themselves as having less anxious and avoidant attachment. However, this finding may be due to their difficulty with perspective taking. The findings also revealed that sex offenders have significant deficits in mentalization and lower perspective taking abilities compared to the general population. This ACE, ATTACHMENT, AND MENTALIZATION IN SEX OFFENDERS iv study explores the advantages of providing trauma-informed care to sex offenders using mentalization-based treatment.
Effect of Growth Hormone on Hippocampal Synaptic Function during Sleep Deprivation

Long term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampus is considered a cellular basis of learning memory. Sleep deprivation, especially rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation, impairs learning and memory as well as LTP. Since most of the previous LTP studies were conducted in the in vitro condition, the full consequences of sleep deprivation (SD) in the living animal are yet to be found. Thus, I tested hippocampal LTP in living animals after 5 days of REM sleep deprivation to determine the effect of SD in vivo. SD also disrupts growth hormone (GH) release. Recent evidence indicates that GH regulates cognitive and hippocampal synaptic function. However, the relationship between GH and synaptic function during SD is not well established. Since the N-methyl-Daspartate receptor (NMDAR) has an important role in inducing LTP, I hypothesized that loss of normal GH signals during SD would impair synaptic NMDAR expression and function, and treating SD animals with GH would restore normal NMDAR expression and function. To test my hypothesis, I treated animals with GH during 3 days of SD, and tested NMDAR dependent hippocampal synaptic
The Experiential Facets of Special Interest Tourism Offerings of Wayanad, Kerala

Wayanad, an exquisite hill station of Kerala, is emerging as one of the most preferred destinations for nature lovers as well as special interest tourists. Keeping in mind the demand for Special Interest Tourism (SIT) promotion and with the objective of sustaining the natural and unique cultural heritage of Wayanad, an attempt is made in this paper to explore the special interest tourism avenues of Wayanad. All the popular tourist sites of the destination have been personally visited to get firsthand information about the potential for Special interest tourism. An effort is also made to know the perception of service providers about the current trends in special interest tourism in Wayanad. For this, a qualitative study has been conducted based on interaction with various travel and accommodation service providers of Wayanad. Few of the specialised tour providers were also interviewed for this study. Content analysis was done to interpret the data collected through interviews. The result of the study brings to light the tremendous potential for SIT in Wayanad and its significance for sustainable tourism development.
Fatores que levam os idosos a prática da hidroginástica

The objective of the present study was to investigate the main reasons that lead elders to seek hydrogymnastics as a practice of physical activity. We investigated 60 elderly individuals of both sexes who practice water aerobics. There was a discrepancy with respect to the gender of the participants, where 86.7% of the audience was women and only 13.3% were men. It could be concluded that the medical indication was the main reason that lead the elderly to seek the practice of water aerobics (56.7%).