Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lifelong learning for musicians

The context of this research paper is a study called ‘Lifelong Learning in Music’, which I am carrying out with an international research and development group at two colleges in The Netherlands, namely the North Netherlands Conservatory in Groningen and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Furthermore, the Association of European Conservatories (AEC) has started a significant study on the music profession in Europe, on trends and changes in the cultural environment and what this means for future musicians and their required competences. I am involved in that project as well, and both are of course closely connected.
Understanding school effectiveness and english language certification in the third world : an ethnographic study of some Nigerian secondary schools

The main purpose of this study was to identify, describe, and explain the school effectiveness characteristics that might influence English language certification in selected secondary schools in a Third World country, Nigeria. Ethnographic methods of participant observation, interviews, questionnaires, camera and video recordings, and documentary analysis were used to study six secondary schools in urban, sub-urban, and rural settings. The study was conducted in response to the call for the contextualization of School Effectiveness Research (SER). One incontrovertible conclusion in School Effectiveness Research (SER) is that the accumulation of evidence on the characteristics of school effectiveness has not answered the perplexing question of why certain characteristics work in one school and not in others. Many researchers have suggested contextualizing SER as one way of dealing with this nagging problem. The contextualization of SER, argued these researchers, would ensure that local school and classroom cultures were taken into consideration in the design, implementation, and interpretation of School Effectiveness Research. Studying the nuances of local school cultures might illuminate the relationships between school effectiveness characteristics and the classroom instructional strategies employed by effective teachers to enhance student academic achievement. Results from the six case studies indicated support for many school effectiveness characteristics that have been attested to in the literature, such as strong and purposeful school leadership, clear and articulated goals, high
School and Residential Segregation in School Districts with Voluntary Integration Policies

ABSTRACT Since the Supreme Court’s 2007 Parents Involved decision, school districts have been pursuing integration in more legally and politically charged environments. The retreat of the federal government in the racial integration of schools is well documented, but less understood is what local school districts are doing to fill that void. This study documents the districts in the United States that are engaged in voluntary integration. We measure the racial and income segregation in these districts at the school level from 2000 to 2015, examining the relationship between integration methods and levels of segregation. We also measure block group-level segregation in these school districts during this time period to better understand residential patterns of segregation within the districts and contextualize school-level trends.
Psychological Science Needs a Standard Practice of Reporting the Reliability of Cognitive-Behavioral Measurements

Psychological science relies on behavioral measures to assess cognitive processing; however, the field has not yet developed a tradition of routinely examining the reliability of these behavioral measures. Reliable measures are essential to draw robust inferences from statistical analyses, and subpar reliability has severe implications for measures’ validity and interpretation. Without examining and reporting the reliability of measurements used in an analysis, it is nearly impossible to ascertain whether results are robust or have arisen largely from measurement error. In this article, we propose that researchers adopt a standard practice of estimating and reporting the reliability of behavioral assessments of cognitive processing. We illustrate the need for this practice using an example from experimental psychopathology, the dot-probe task, although we argue that reporting reliability is relevant across fields (e.g., social cognition and cognitive psychology). We explore several implications of low measurement reliability and the detrimental impact that failure to assess measurement reliability has on interpretability and comparison of results and therefore research quality. We argue that researchers in the field of cognition need to report measurement reliability as routine practice so that more reliable assessment tools can be developed. To provide some guidance on estimating and reporting reliability, we describe the use of bootstrapped split-half estimation and intraclass correlation coefficients to estimate internal consistency and test-retest reliability, respectively. For future researchers to build upon current results, it is imperative that all researchers provide psychometric information sufficient for estimating the accuracy of inferences and informing further development of cognitive-behavioral assessments.
Online Identity In Modern Research

Modern state of online identity research on this phenomenon is discussed in this study. Different interpretations of the not well-established term “online identity” are examined, the research trends among Russian and Non-Russian authors are determined. Terms “virtual identity” and “online identity” are identified. Reasons and factors influencing the online identity formation on the Internet are analyzed. Individual online image formation features associated with self-regulation and self-presentation processes in IT environment are identified. These features are oriented on individual self-positioning built on other people’s expectations and limited ability to choose social roles as well as self-presenting outside of these roles. This, in return, violates the self-identification process and the formation of one’s own identity. Virtual identity construction factors of a person are described. Usually virtual identity emerges because of dissatisfaction with real identity traits or due to identity crisis as a means of compensating for real socialization. It is also a window of extra opportunities for self-expression and maximum personal fulfilment. The approaches to the structural and substantive content of the online identity phenomenon are considered. Online identity is a complex entity presented by a set of a person’s online image traits reflecting real individual characteristics and ensuring the integrity and identity of a person during Internet interaction. It is concluded that continuation of studying the online identity problems in the Internet environment is necessary. It opens up new possibilities for extensive search of possible alternatives in society’s perspective development and provides modern people possibilities to overcome identity crisis
An Evaluation of Student Support Services at Southeastern Louisiana University.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Student Support Services (SSS) at Southeastern Louisiana University as these services relate to grade point averages and retention rates. Four groups of 45 students were selected for the study. Fortyfive SSS freshmen participants were matched on their at risk classification with 45 non-SSS participants. Forty-five SSS sophomores and 45 non-SSS contemporary sophomores were also matched according to the at risk classification. First generation and low income students who scored 18 and below on the ACT, and earned a high school grade point average of 3.0 or less constitute the at risk classification in this study. Increased grade point average was defined as a 2.0 or greater on a 4.0 scale. Freshmen retention was defined as entering freshmen who earned 24 semester hours at the end of the 1995-96 academic year. Sophomore retention was defined as second year students who earned 48 semester hours at the end of the 1995-96 academic year. Findings from both quantitative and qualitative research procedures suggest that the comprehensive services (academic, career and financial aid counseling, workshops and tutoring) contributed to increased grade point averages and retention rates.
Examining the relationship between participation in youth leadership development and leadership styles of undergraduate college student leaders

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . vii DEDICATION . ix LIST OF TABLES . xiii DEFINITION OF TERMS . xv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 Leadership and Youth . 1 Leadership Style and Youth . 2 Leadership and Gender . 2 Leadership Style and Gender . 3 Statement of the Problem . 3 Purpose of the Study . 4 Research Questions . 4 Conceptual Framework . 7 Delimitations . 9 Limitations . 10 Significance of the Study . 10 Researcher Perspective . 11 Summary and Organization . 12 CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF LITERATURE . 13 A Historical and Theoretical Overview of Leadership . 14 Leadership Traits . 14 Leadership Skills . 15 Leadership Style. 16 Transformational, Transactional, and Passive-Avoidant Leadership . 17 Passive-Avoidant Leadership. 18 Transactional Leadership . 19 Transformational Leadership . 20 Diversity Attributes and Leadership . 23 Leadership and Age . 23
Hemodynamic changes during venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia in patients with advanced malignant tumor

Objective: To evaluate the hemodynamic changes during extracorporeal venovenous perfusion-induced systemic hyperthermia (VV-PISH) in patients with advanced malignant tumor. Methods: Eighteen ASAⅠ-Ⅱpatients with advanced malignant tumor aged 29-73 years were involved in this study. After general anesthesia, radial artery and right subclavian vein were cannulated for direct MAP and CVP measurement. Swan-Ganz catheter was placed for hemodynamic monitoring.Percutaneous cannulation of both femoral veins for drainage and perfusion allowed extracorporeal flow rate of about 10 ml/(kg·min) through TEMET SYSTEM 1000.After systemic heparinization, VV-PISH began. Hemodynamic parameters were recorded at the different esophageal temperatures during treatment. Norepinephrine or esmolol was used if MAP lowered by more than 30% or HR exceeded 130/min. The amounts of both drugs used were calculated. Results: With the increasing in body temperature, HR, CI, CVP, MPAP, PCWP increased. HR, CI, MPAP, PCWP increased respectively by 55%, 100%, 18% and 49%, and CVP, MAP also changed significantly. At the time of 41℃, 42℃, 42℃1 h, 42℃2 h, 40℃, norepinephrine and esmolol were required. The amounts of both drugs used during 42℃1 h-42℃2 h were much larger than those during 42℃-42℃1 h. With the exception of PCWP which was still high, all the other parameters showed a tendency towards normal at 38℃. Conclusions: VV-PISH induced hemodynamic changes. Norepinephrine and esmolol were required after body temperature reached 41℃. Cardiovascular stability became worse during the period of 42℃1 h-42℃2 h.After the body temperature lowered down to 38℃, PCWP was still higher than normal. The results suggest that special attention should be payed to the selection of patients and appropriate cardiovascular monitoring and treatment are required during VV-PISH.
Re-Inscribing Gender Relations through Employment-Related Geographical Mobility: The Case of Newfoundland Youth in Resource Extraction

Despite the popular representation of the masculine hero migrant (Ni Laoire, 2001), rural youth scholars have found that young men are more likely to stay on in their communities, while young women tend to be more mobile, leaving for education and better employment opportunities elsewhere (Corbett, 2007b; Lowe, 2015). Taking a spatialized approach (Farrugia, Smyth & Harrison, 2014), we contribute to and extend the rural youth studies scholarship on gender, mobilities and place by considering the case of young Newfoundlanders’ geographical mobilities in relation to male-dominated resource extraction industries. We draw on findings from two SSHRC-funded research projects, the Rural Youth and Recovery project, a subcomponent of the Community-University Research for Recovery Alliance (CURRA) and the Youth, Apprenticeship and Mobility project, a subcomponent of the On the Move Partnershi We argue that the spatial coding of gender relations in rural Newfoundland makes certain kinds of mobilities more intelligible and possible for young men, while constraining women’s. In other words, gender relations of rural places are “stretched out” (Farrugia et al., 2014) across space through the mobility practices of young men and women in relation to work in skilled trades and resource extraction industries. These “stretched out” gender relations are reproduced by the organisation of a sector that relies on a mobile workforce free from care and domestic work and familiar with manual work.
Neurophysiologisches Monitoring des Nervus facialis bei Operationen an Vestibularisschwannomen: Der aktuelle Stand

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Nach Operationen an Vestibularisschwannomen gehören funktionelle Defizite des Nervus facialis zu den bedeutendsten Komplikationen. Mit Hilfe des intraoperativen neurophysiologischen Monitorings (IONM) sollen diese möglichst verhindert werden. Fragestellung Welche Methoden zur Intraoperativen Funktionsüberwachung sind aktuell in Gebrauch, welche Ziele können damit sinnvoll verfolgt werden und welche Schwachpunkte bedürfen einer weiteren wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung? Material und Methoden Auswertung und Zusammenfassung der Literatur, Diskussion der vorhandenen Methoden und ihrer Fähigkeiten, die gesteckten Ziele zu erreichen. Ergebnisse Aus dem IONM abgeleitete Methoden des sogenannten „Mappings“ sollen den Nervus Facialis intraoperativ sicher identifizieren. IONM soll potenziell schädigende Ereignisse anzeigen und eine Einschätzung über den zu erwartenden postoperativen Funktionszustand des Nervs erlauben. Derzeit verwendet werden die elektrische Direktstimulation, das freilaufende EMG, Evozierte Potenziale des Nervus Facialis (MEP) und das prozessierte EMG. Vor allem in der Ergebnisprognostik haben alle vorhandenen Methoden deutliche Schwächen. Schlussfolgerungen Das „Mapping“ der Nerven im OP-Situs kann mittels der elektrischen Direktstimulation gut realisiert werden. Nervenschädigungen während der Präparation können mit den anderen Methoden des IONM entweder in Echtzeit (freilaufendes EMG; prozessiertes EMG) oder nahezu in Echtzeit (MEP) angezeigt werden. Die Vorhersage des postoperativen, funktionellen Ergebnisses wird derzeit bei allen verfügbaren Methoden durch falsch positive Untersuchungsergebnisse mit konsekutiv niedrigem positiv prädiktivem Wert belastet.
Confidence and feedback in visual perceptual learning

The classical view that perceptual learning is highly specific to the stimulus properties used during training is being challenged by accumulating evidence of transfer under specific conditions. Perceptual learning in the adult brain may result from an element of cortical reorganisation at a perceptual level or a reorganisation of decision weights at a higher level. This thesis focuses on individual differences in perception, and the mechanisms of perceptual learning. Since the role of feedback is not usually the primary area of interest for perceptual learning research, this was one of the main focus points of the methodology used. Perception and perceptual learning were assessed for a range of tasks at local and global levels, including depth perception in random dot stereograms, and global motion and form coherence. The results of these experiments established that transfer occurred when the task matched the tuning of the global processing area, even when the untrained task was a locally processed task. The results also provided evidence of robust learning in local and global tasks with or without feedback, as long as easy and difficult trials were interleaved within the same task. Furthermore, in some conditions internal feedback provided better learning at sub-threshold stimulus levels than did explicit external feedback. These results suggest that, for low stimulus intensities, external feedback may reduce observers' confidence in their own perceptual decisions. Confidence in perceptual decisions was a key factor throughout all the studies, and where this was measured it was found to be highly correlated with performance. Confidence in perceptual decision and accuracy was low for a depth perception study using anti-correlated random-dot stereogram (ACRDS). The binocular energy model of neural responses predicts that depth from binocular disparity may be perceived in the reversed-direction when the contrast of dots are anti-correlated. Depth was mostly perceived in the correct direction for ACRDS conditions with some inconsistencies. These differences are likely to reflect the inconsistent depth signals, across scale and across first- and second-order channels, elicited by anticorrelated stimuli. To ensure that the rich variability embedded within the individual differences in heterogeneous data sets were not excluded from analyses, mixed effects models were employed throughout the thesis. This technique considers between-individual variation as a random factor which made it possible to investigate behavioural differences between individuals with migraine and control groups. Specifically we evaluated the spatial extent of excitatory and inhibitory interactions using a classic lateral masking task. Overall, contrast thresholds in the baseline condition for the migraine group were lower than those in the control group. There was no difference in the degree of lateral interaction in the migraine group. The results suggest the that impaired performance in perceptual tasks in individuals with migraine may not be as a results of altered local mechanisms.
INCULCATE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

This paper aims to describe the inculcation of critical thinking skills in primary schools. Critical thinking is a complex thinking process that is thinking in a reflective, independent manner and aims to make reasonable decisions, which include analyzing, synthesizing, recognizing problems and solving them, concluding and evaluating. Critical thinking skills in primary school is still not maximal because the teacher still has not triggered the students to think critically. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with literature study data collection techniques. Based on literature review, it can be concluded that critical thinking skills is a high-level thinking process that needs to be instilled since students in elementary school.
MALE NURSES’ EXPERIENCE OF GENDER STEREOTYPING OVER THE PAST FIVE DECADES: A NARRATIVE APPROACH

Negative stereotyping of men in nursing has been a chronic problem that has a direct effect on males and detracts from efforts to recruit and retain them. At this time in American history (2018), traditionally male-dominated professions are making significant progress toward the goal of a gender-balanced workplace. However, the opposite is not true. Traditionally female-dominated professions are not attracting or appealing to men. In the nursing profession, the number of male nurses is relatively small and has remained relatively fixed over time. Estimates vary between 6-15 percent, with the current average being approximately 11 percent (American Nurses Association, 2014). The aim of this qualitative narrative study is to explore the perception of stereotyping by male nurses over time and to ascertain if there has been a change in the male’s perception of the phenomenon. To this end, the research question is as follows: What are the effects of stereotyping on the perceptions of male nurses from the years 1970 through 2017? The purpose of this qualitative exploratory narrative analysis is to examine the phenomena of male nurse stereotyping as experienced by men in nursing within the context of time. Using a narrative approach, a snowball sample of male nurses was applied. The nurses related their personal recollections and experiences of being a male in a female-dominated profession. Each interview used a narrative approach to elicit the stories from the participant’s career progression. Participants were specifically recruited from careers that spanned five decades. The men were asked to focus on what was occurring in society from their point of entry into the profession and to compare it to 2019. The selection of participants was divided into ten-year increments starting from 1970-1979 and ending in 2017 (seven-year increment for the last group). Three men were interviewed from 1970-79, 1980-89, and 2010-2017 cohorts; four men were from the 1990-1999 and 2000-2009 cohort. A total of seventeen nurses were interviewed.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Rtms) increases Plasma Calcium both in-vivo and in-vitro

Background: We have previously demonstrated that brain levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were diminished in patients with various types of dysgeusia and dysosmia by use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). We also demonstrated by use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain that when these patients were requested to think of their dysgeusia or dysosmia they exhibited significant brain activation in specific brain regions. Treatment with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) increased brain levels of GABA as measured by MRS and decreased brain activation as measured by fMRI. These changes were accompanied by increased levels of plasma, erythrocyte and saliva zinc and copper after rTMS. Purpose: To evaluate if changes in plasma calcium, either in vivo or in vitro, also occurred in these patients after rTMS. Methods: Measurements of plasma calcium, in vivo and in vitro, were measured in 129 patients with dysgeusia and dysosmia before and after rTMS. Results: Both in vivo and in vitro levels of plasma calcium increased significantly after rTMS although levels in vivo were higher than in vitro. These changes occurred in both men and women. Conclusions: These results, as in previous studies with zinc and copper, indicate that electromagnetic fields increase calcium levels. These studies are the first which describe increased levels of plasma calcium both in vivo and in vitro in humans treated with rTMS. These changes are consistent with changes in neuroplasticity that relate to the role that rTMS plays in calcium metabolism related to changes in GABA and other neurotransmitters.
Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies

A free, Open Educational Resource, Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies is a students\' guide for classroom success. This text, designed to show how to be successful in college focuses on study skills and time management. The Blueprint for Success series comprises three books for the College Success and FYE (First-Year Experience) genre. The central text, Blueprint for Success in College and Career , is designed to show how to be successful in college and in career preparation. In addition, targeted sections on Study Skills and Time Management, and Career and Decision Making are available separately as Blueprint for Success in College: Indispensable Study Skills and Time Management Strategies , and Blueprint for Success in Career Decision Making .