jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
Students' Perceptions About the Impact of Using Padlet on Class Engagement: An Exploratory Case Study

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Student engagement is a multidimensional construct that includes four distinct, though interrelated, aspects: behavioral, emotional, agentive, and cognitive engagement. The present study investigates students' perceptions about the impact of Padlet as a learning and assessment tool on the four aspects of class engagement. Padlet is a virtual wall that allows students to interact and contribute to class discussions and at the same time provides teachers with feedback on the learning process. The exploratory study was conducted on 27 female students in a 3-credit sociolinguistics course in which Padlet was used as a learning and assessment tool. At the end of the course, a survey and a personal interview were used to get students' feedback on the effectiveness of Padlet through addressing various aspects of their perceived engagement. The results showed that using Padlet enhanced student engagement, fostered active learning and offered positive assessment experiences. Its perceived effectiveness was mainly due to Padlet features that supported student collaboration, promoted students' agency and helped in creating a positive learning atmosphere. Its major shortcoming as an assessment tool was the lack of written feedback to students. However, teachers could use a combination of online and written assessments to compensate for this shortcoming.
The Impact of Nurse-Led Initiative Interventions on CAUTI

Field: Nursing (Health Sciences)

Problem: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has reported U.S. hospitals having 0.2 to 4.8 per 1000 catheter-days for adult inpatient units. The insertion of a catheter and delay in removal have a significant impact on morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and reimbursement.\nContext: Post-Acute Care Unit (PACU) is a microsystem that provides rehabilitation services for a patient with various post-surgical procedures. The staff of this unit was well aware of policies of catheterizations that led to prolonged use of urinary catheters and an increased rate of CAUTIs in the last quarter of this year. This project aims to increase staff knowledge, remove catheters per policy and decrease the rate of CAUTI by 90% during the project timeline.\nIntervention: The quality improvement project approaches the PACU unit by implementing nurse-led interventions. The nurse-led interventions include monthly staff in-services and education competencies, adding HOUDINI-PROCESS form in new admission bundle, CAUTI auditing binder, weekly auditing by (Clinical Nurse Leader) CNL student and making random rounds on the unit for a patient with Foley Catheter (F/C).\nMeasures: The project had three process measures, including enhanced communication among physicians and staff, decreased utilization of foley catheter and decreased CAUTIs rate on the unit. The primary outcome measure for this project is to calculate the number of hospitals acquired CAUTI events and utilization of foley catheters during the project timeline.\nResult: By the end of this project, the PACU unit remained CAUTI free and succeeded in its aim to decrease the CAUTI rate in the unit.\nConclusion: Implementation of evidence-based practice of nurse-led interventions met the expected outcome with a 100% decrease in the unit’s CAUTI rate. Since the interventions are incorporated in the new admission bundle and daily routine of the report; therefore, the quality improvement project will maintain sustainability in this unit.
”We can make great things happen with sexuality education”: Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of sexuality education : A Minor Field Study in the Philippines

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This semi-structured interview study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of Filipino pre-service teachers’ perceptions of sexuality education. It also aimed to study how the pre-service teachers’ perceptions related to international recommendations on sexuality education and the theoretical perspectives of gender and power and Freiran theory that these draw on. Main findings included that the pre-service teachers critically reflected on own experiences of sexuality education and did not intend to repeat the education they received to future students. Furthermore, they expressed problem-focused perceptions of sexuality education content but positive approaches to the subject in general, and were hopeful of positive sexual health outcomes in the Philippines. Objections from the Catholic Church and parents to future students were perceived as the biggest challenges to the implementation of sexuality education. More information to, and collaboration with, parents regarding sexuality education were suggested as means to face resistance in the Philippine society. The pre-service teachers’ perceptions agreed with international recommendations on sexuality education to some extent, but results showed contradicting opinions regarding gender equality and sexual diversity. This point to a conclusion that the pre-service teachers need extended and improved teacher training on sexuality education, that develop their knowledge and allow them to critically reflect on norms in their society.
Comparison of Extracellular Acid Phosphatases from Various Isolates of Leishmania

Field: Immunology and Microbiology (Life Sciences)

Forty isolates of Leishmania, representing all major species infecting humans and one parasite of lizards, were examined for their ability to secrete an extracellular acid phosphatase activity. This enzyme, which was originally described and characterized from a Sudanese strain of L. donovani, was detected in the culture supernatants of all species of promastigotes examined except for L. major and L. tarentolae. There were quantitative differences among species in their levels of enzyme activity and in the sensitivity of the exoenzyme to inhibition by L(+) tartrate. Upon electrophoresis in nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels, extracellular acid phosphatase from L. braziliensis panamensis, L. tropica, and L. mexicana showed distinctive patterns which were similar for all isolates of a given species, while enzymes from L. donovani isolates differed from one another in relative electrophoretic mobility. Enzymes from all species appeared heterogeneous, showing either discrete multiple bands or single diffuse bands on gels stained for enzyme activity. Although the biological function of the extracellular acid phosphatase is presently unknown, the exoenzyme may be of value as a diagnostic or taxonomic characteristic.
Social Work in Schools – the Missing Link?

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Social work in schools is a part of the professional work primarily oriented at prevention. Given the age range of children involved, elementary and high school education provides an optimal environment for an organized social intervention within primary and secondary prevention in students’ behavior. Positive provisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina allow but do not require the employment of social workers in schools. The focus of this research is in the perceptions of the different participants in the educational and social work system in regards to necessity of the mandatory employment of the social workers in schools. The research was conducted in elementary schools and high schools, as well as in designated schools for special needs children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in social work institutions. Among the interviewees were the teachers and other professionals employed at schools; the research also included parents as well as the employees at social services. The interviewees recognized the importance of social work in schools. While taking into consideration different participants in the research, determining attitudes on the benefits of the mandatory social work in schools showed statistically significant differences in the arithmetic means of the each group, favoring social work professionals. Social work in schools is the missing link in a complex chain of behavioral disorder prevention in students.
Human Trophoblast

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Arthur Hertig was bent over a dissecting microscope in the laboratory of Boston Lying-In Hospital, teasing apart the villi of a young abortus, the first time I saw him. That was in 1937. He has spent much of the intervening years exploring and exposing the mysteries of normal and abnormal placental development. As a result he undoubtedly knows more about the human trophoblast than any other living person. His observations on the diseased trophoblast are a corollary of his studies of the abundant material he has had available at Boston Lying-In Hospital and Boston Hospital for Women. The jacket states that this book is by and for pathologists. That is a disservice to many physicians, particularly obstetricians, who may feel that the text is too ponderous or too specialized for them to appreciate. Nothing could be more untrue. In the first 140 pages is a masterful review of the growth
A case of renal angiomyolipoma with intracardiac extension and asymptomatic pulmonary embolism.

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Angiomyolipoma (AML) is the most common benign tumor of the kidney, which is composed of a mixture of three tissue components: blood vessels, smooth muscle and adipose cells. Occasionally, AML may extend into the renal vein or the vena cava, but so far at least, intracardiac extension was rarely reported. We herein present one case of renal AML with intracardiac extension and pulmonary embolism simultaneously in a 52-year-old Chinese female patient. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a well-demarcated heterogeneous mass in the right kidney which extended into the right atrium through the right renal vein and inferior vena cava and resulted in embolization in the right pulmonary artery. The renal mass together with the thrombus was resected. The renal mass and thrombus in vena cava and right atrium shared the similar histological features: mature adipose tissue, smooth muscle and thick-walled vessels. The thrombus in the right pulmonary artery was mainly composed of mature adipose tissue. These histological features and the result of positive immunostaining for HMB-45, Melan-A, and smooth muscle actin supported the diagnosis of AML. The component of epithelioid cells was less than 5% and mitosis was rarely seen. Intracardiac extension is often observed in the malignant tumor and only seldom seen in benign tumors. Our case reminds the rare possibility of intracardiac extension in renal AML, which may potentially result in fatal complications if not appropriately managed.
A multi-agent-based approach to face detection and localization

Field: Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

This paper presents a multi-agent- based approach to face detection and localization in colour images. In the initial step of the process the autonomous behaviour agents are distributed throughout the image. In subsequent steps the agents detect and mark skin-colour pixels using the HSI model and the innate agent's behaviour functions, such as diffusion, self-reproduction and dying. During the final step, the results of all the families of agents are combined and the face-like regions are detected. After face-like region localization, the shape information is used to decide if the region really represents a human face. The approach was tested using both the XM2VTS database of frontal face images and images containing people in natural situations.
Some microeconomics of eco-entrepreneurship

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

A growing academic literature seeks to define corporate environmental management (CEM) and understand its implications for corporate behavior and environmental outcomes. However, the research questions are of more than just academic interest, as the answers have immediate consequences for business strategy, environmental quality, and the relationship between CEM and public policy. How does CEM differ from more general notions of corporate management? Are there incentives for CEM that go beyond improving the bottom line? Does CEM produce genuine improvements in environmental performance, or is it simply a public relations form of "green-washing"? To what extent, if any, does CEM serve as a complement or substitute for more centralized forms of environmental policy? Questions such as these are the focus of theoretical and applied research in a variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to, economics, sociology, psychology, political science, management, and industrial ecology.
The Impact of Strict Cancellation of Public Events Policy on the Stock Market Globally During the COVID-19: An Event Study

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)

<p>The article aims to evaluate the impact of cancellation of public events policy on the stock markets on a global scale. Three questions related to the policy would be researched. First, what are the patterns of the thirty countries’ abnormal returns during the event window? Second, how to explain the patterns of the average abnormal return and cumulative abnormal return of the sample during the event window? Third, does the strict cancellation of public events have a positive impact on the stock markets in terms of abnormal return? Researcher finds that the policy on aggregate has a negative impact on the stock markets among the thirty countries in the short term while a positive impact on the stock markets in the long term. The results indicate that the investors at first consider the policy would reduce economic activities so as to lead a negative effect on stock markets, but the policy has a great positive impact on restricting the growth of the confirmed cases due to COVID-19 which boosts the investors’ confidence on resumption of economic activities. Finally, the stock indices have a upward trend after the announcement of policy in the long term. The article can provide investment advice for investors when governments imposing the policy. The investors can invest in the stock indices on a global scale when there is a deep decrease in the stock markets due to the policy. Then it would earn a positive return around 20 days later.</p>
Strategies for Asia-Pacific Shipping

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

This title was first published in 2000. This text focuses on one geographical and economical area - the Asia-Pacific region, on one type of decision makers - commercial shipowners, and on one type of business strategy - corporate level strategy, to show economic change and how organizations manage that change. This book discusses the challenges that shipowners face to take advantage of that growth. It also looks at the lack of information on strategic decision making that could assist the shipowners in taking advantage of the economic situation. The chapters cover the types of business strategies available and how to select the criteria for selecting one of those strategies.
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Roles of Type 1 Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Receptor and IGF-II in Growth Regulation: Evidence From a Patient Carrying Both an 11p Paternal Duplication and 15q Deletion.

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

We report an original association of complex genetic defects in a patient carrying both an 11p paternal duplication, resulting in the double expression of insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2), as reported in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and a 15q terminal deletion, including the type 1 IGF receptor gene (IGF1R), resulting in haploinsufficiency for this gene.The patient was born with measurements appropriate for her gestational age but experienced growth retardation in early childhood, allowing a better comprehension of the IGF system in the pathophysiology of growth.It is possible that IGF-II plays a key role in fetal growth, independently of IGF1R signaling, and that its role is less important in post-natal growth, leaving IGF-I and growth hormone as the main actors.
Investigating the relationship between dietary acid load and risk of diabetes; a meta-analysis

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Introduction: Diabetes is the most common endocrine disease that annually causes four million deaths in the world. It is not just a disease, however a series of metabolic disorders caused by defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Considering the importance of diet in the incidence and complications of diabetes, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between the dietary acid load with diabetes, which has recently been considered. Methods: This meta-analysis was first performed as a systematic review by searching in Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, Wiley, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Springer, Cochrane, ProQuest, and Scopus, as well as domestic databases including Magiran, SID, Irandoc, and Google Scholar. A total of 1511 articles were found that after reviewing and excluding irrelevant articles, five were included in the study. Results: In the present study, a significantly high heterogeneity was observed (I2 = 61.5, P = 0.01). A random effect model was used and the studies were weighted using the inverse-variance method. The odds ratio (OR) obtained from the meta-analysis was 1.17 (1.12-1.22). Examination of publication bias showed that the studies were symmetrically distributed in the funnel plot. Egger’s and Begg’s tests were also performed that showed no evidence for the existence of publication bias [Egger’s test (P ≥ 0.79) and Begg’s test (P ≥ 0.69)]. Conclusion: The results of the present meta-analysis showed a significant relationship between dietary acid load and the incidence of diabetes. This result is similar to most studies on the subject, except for one study, which was limited to the elderly male population. The number of studies in the present meta-analysis was low due to the limited number of research in this field.
Palaearctic Flea Species of the Genus Xenopsylla (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Parasitic on Gerbils (Rhombomys, Meriones) and Their Role in Natural Plague Foci

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

The taxonomic diversity, distribution patterns, and host-parasite relationships of fleas of the genus Xenopsylla (Pulicidae) are analyzed. Six species and two subspecies of Xenopsylla, associated with gerbils in the territory of Russia and adjacent countries, are known as the main, accessory, or occasional vectors of the plague pathogen.
MELAS syndrome associated with a new mitochondrial tRNA-Val gene mutation (m.1616A>G)

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

We describe the case of a 40-year-old-man with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome, with cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure. He had a mitochondrial transfer RNA (tRNA) mutation (m.1616A>G) of the (tRNA-Val) gene, and it was not found in MELAS syndrome ever before. The presence of this newly observed tRNA-Val mutation (m.1616A>G) may induce multiple respiratory chain enzyme deficiencies and contribute to MELAS syndrome symptoms that are associated with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations. We report that the pathognomonic symptom in MELAS syndrome caused by this newly observed mtDNA mutation may be rapid progression of cardiomyopathy and severe heart failure.
Faith and Social Action

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

In the footsteps of Hermann Cohen, 'the idea of humanity in the correlation of the unity of God', Leo Baeck rises out of the experience of the First World War beyond being the Nebenmensch to become the Mitmensch , who lives forever with the Divine Mitleid , compassion. God must love the poor man, since man ought to love his poor Mitmensch , fellow man (p. 15 in Leo Baeck, Teacher ofTheresienstadt ). In 1922, Leo Baeck expressed this new awareness of correlation in his unique language, the 'twofoldness', in his extraordinary, beautiful essay 'Mystery and Commandment': 'There are two experiences of the human soul in which the meaning of his life takes on for a man a vital significance: the experience of commandment; or as we may also put it, the knowledge of what is real and the knowledge of what is to be realised This twofold experience could also be called humility and reverence. Humility is the feeling for that deep and mysterious sphere in which man is rooted, and reverence is man's feeling that something higher confronts him, and whatever is higher is ethically superior and therefore makes demands and directs, speaks to man and requires his reply, his decision. The true expression of this twofoldness is faith and social action, as Leo Baeck expresses at the end of This People Israel : 'What was confused becomes definite; clearly pre-empts what had been confused,' and 'The man of this earth works for something to come into being which this earth itself does not give.' And the great hope, that this is achievable, that tikkun olam is never an illusion beyond our grasp, is given ever again in the birth of a child. Nevertheless, ever again a child is born; an individual, a promise of the likeness of the image of God; the great miracle within humanity is reborn. With the birth of a human being the whole problem of humanity is realised anew. The great possibility, the message to humanity, the annunciation of the confidence that must never end, is brought anew into life through the child. It always re-enters humanity in the sequence of the generations and in history ( This People Israel , p. 394).
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING | RESEARCH ARTICLE Creating cultures of excellence: Strategies and outcomes

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

1* Abstract: Research findings on effective support for development of expertise, and psychology of success suggest that pursuit of excellence is teachable. Within emerging field of research and practice termed the scholar- ship of teaching and learning, considerable effort has been made to document practices of teachers who, by various measures, have been deemed excellent. In contrast, no effort has been made to codify how students can be trained to self- consciously build behaviors that generate excellent outcomes. This article reports on a multi-year effort to create cultures of excellence among cohorts of graduate students. A statistical analysis of subsequent student performance on a significant, related task indicates that explicitly promoting a culture of excellence among course participants can have a positive and sustained impact on their individual practices. Comments from subsequent student reflections further support this claim. The teaching strategies reported here could be refined, replicated, and reinvented to good effect across higher education. They are also of special relevance to those delivering professional development training to early- and mid-career professionals.