Using Patient Stories to Enhance Physiology Learning

Clinical cases can be used to stimulate student interest and facilitate learning of basic biomedical sciences. For a variety of reasons, these cases are usually paper-based and, therefore, are lacking in reality for the students. An alternative, to provide video clips of actual patients discussing their conditions and illustrating symptoms and signs, is discussed in this presentation.Keywords: Physiology learning, Problem-based Patient-base

Income sources and their relation to wildlife poaching in Ugalla ecosystem, Western Tanzania

In the Ugalla ecosystem, wildlife conservation is constantly and pervasively challenged by the local communities looking for ways to improve their livelihoods. The need to curb poaching of wildlife continues to spark debate amongst conservation stakeholders in the area. Assessing the livelihood contributions of different sources of income in light of wildlife poaching is vital to conservation effort. The heads of households in villages bordering Ugalla Game Reserve (an integral component of Ugalla ecosystem) were interviewed to obtain data on poaching and income sources. Income from crops (especially tobacco, maize and groundnut) and livestock (cattle), had a remarkable positive effect on not only improving household income, but also decreasing poaching frequency. Other economically important crops were rice, sesame and sunflower, although these did not significantly influence wildlife poaching. Household income from other sources, namely, wildlife, forests, small businesses, formal employment and remittances, were not significantly associated with wildlife poaching. Although generally, the study villages with relatively low mean income had high poaching frequency, the ones close to Ugalla Game Reserve tended to have higher poaching frequency than the ones far from it. However, improving agricultural production would help to lessen pressure on wildlife resources in Ugalla.Key words: Western Tanzania, Ugalla, wildlife poaching, income sources, income determinants

Acuerdo de Acreditación No.65. Carrera de Fonoaudiología

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Pediatric Pulmonology Year in Review 2015: Part 1

Our journal covers a broad range of research and scholarly topics related to children's respiratory disorders. For updated perspectives on the rapidly expanding knowledge in our field, we will summarize the past year's publications in our major topic areas, as well as selected publications in these areas from the core clinical journal literature outside our own pages. The current review covers articles on neonatal lung disease, pulmonary physiology, and respiratory infection

Are goal states represented during kinematic imitation?

A number of studies have shown that observation of another person's actions can modulate one's own actions, such as when 2 individuals cooperate in order to complete a joint task. However, little is known about whether or not direct matching of specific movements is modulated by the goals of the actions observed. In a series of 7 experiments, we employed an action observation paradigm in which 2 coactors sat opposite each other and took turns to reach out to targets presented on a shared workspace. Importantly, coactors performed either the same goal at the reached-to location or a different goal. Although results consistently showed that the reaching action of 1 individual slows the observer's reaching action to the same spatial location, the effect was not modulated according to the adopted goals of coactors. These findings challenge the notion that the processes involved in the imitation of specific movements code for the action goals of those movements

Proposed statement of position : Identifying and accounting for real estate loans that qualify as real estate investments;Identifying and accounting for real estate loans that qualify as real estate investments; Exposure draft (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), 1993, Oct. 27

This proposed statement of position (SOP) applies to all entities that make or acquire real estate loans. It provides guidance on identifying and accounting for real estate loans that qualify as real estate investments for financial reporting purposes. Such loans may include real estate acquisition, development, and construction (ADC) loans, loans on operating real estate, convertible mortgages, and shared appreciation (participating) mortgages. It requires real estate loans that do not meet certain criteria to be classified and accounted for as real estate investments. For purposes of applying this proposed SOP, a loan classified and accounted for as a real estate investment is considered the equivalent of an investment by the lender in a hypothetical partnership, the assets of which include the subject real estate. This proposed SOP does not apply to (1) troubled debt restructurings, foreclosures, or in-substance foreclosures relating to real estate loans accounted for as loans using the criteria set forth in this proposed SOP, (2) debtors, (3) real estate loans resulting from the lender\u27s sale of real estate, (4) permanent mortgage real estate loans on one-to four-family residential properties, or (5) small real estate loans evaluated for impairment by the lender in the aggregate. The proposed SOP supersedes the guidance in the February 10, 1986, AICPA Notice to Practitioners, ADC Arrangements (the third Notice), which was carried forward in the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) Practice Bulletin 1, Purpose and Scope of AcSEC Practice Bulletins and Procedures for Their Issuance. This proposed SOP should be applied to real estate loans entered into or purchased after December 31, 1994. Earlier application is encouraged. The following highlights significant differences between the provisions of the proposed SOP and the third Notice. The proposed SOP clarifies the scope by stating that it applies to all entities that make or acquire real estate loans. The proposed SOP incorporates the consensus reached in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 86-21, Application of the AICPA Notice to Practitioners Regarding Acquisition, Development, and Construction Arrangements to Acquisition of an Operating Property, that extends the concepts of the third Notice to operating properties. The third Notice applies to ADC arrangements in which the lender participates in expected residual profits from the underlying real estate project. The proposed SOP\u27s primary focus is on the assumption of risk. In this regard, while the presence of an expected residual sharing arrangement typically will coincide with classifying a loan as an investment in real estate, it is not a specific criterion for determining the classification. Both the third Notice and the proposed SOP refer to a borrower\u27s equity investment that is substantial to the project. Among other revisions, the proposed SOP clarifies that substantial should be evaluated in terms of the minimum initial investment tests described in FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 66, Accounting for Sales of Real Estate. The proposed SOP, similar to the third Notice, provides that a loan initially classified as an investment may be reclassified as a loan if one or more of the loan characteristics in paragraph 12 of the proposed SOP are met. However, unlike the third Notice, the proposed SOP does not permit or require reclassification from loans to investments unless the underlying loans are renegotiated in other than a troubled debt restructuring.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aicpa_sop/1590/thumbnail.jp

Bioethics in Childbirth Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: Ensuring women's rights during childbirth care based on humanized and bioethical principles results in better quality of care and patient safety and provides positive childbirth experiences. OBJECTIVE: We aim to explore the available evidence on the application of bioethical principles in the general context of childbirth care. METHODS: Our scoping review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer's Manual. Published and unpublished bibliographic materials will be considered based on the following inclusion criteria: reports of the application of bioethical principles (concept) in assistance to the predelivery, childbirth, and postpartum periods (population) in the hospital context (context). We will search for relevant studies in PubMed and the Virtual Health Library, including MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF, SCiELO, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Two reviewers will perform the screening of titles and abstracts, read the full texts, and extract data from the selected articles. The data will then be organized and expressed into categories based on their content. RESULTS: The analyzed data will be presented through flowcharts, tables, and descriptive narratives. A paper summarizing the findings from this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. In addition, a synthesis of the key findings will be disseminated to health services linked to university hospitals in Brazil. They will also be shared with the academic community and policy makers involved in the Childbirth Assistance Network, which will potentially adopt our recommendations in their decision-making process regarding childbirth care practice in Brazil. CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this review will inform, through the translation of knowledge, childbirth support groups, feminist movements, movements in favor of humanization of childbirth, and other childbirth support networks in the country. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework; https://osf.io/kczyr/

Comment letters on AcSEC\u27s October 27, 1993 exposure draft, Identifying and Accounting for Real Estate Loans that Qualify as Real Estate Investments

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Proposed Statement of Position: Identifying and Accounting for Real Estate Loans that Qualify as Investments in Real Estate, 6/7/93; Exposure Draft (American Institute of Certified Accountants), 1991, June 7

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