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Accounting Doctoral Placement: A Geographic Analysis

Accounting doctoral placement is described according to the geography of graduate employment. The results show that most U.S. programs provide graduates to schools in the state or the region. Since many doctoral programsprefer to place their graduates in high ranking research programs or in other doctoral schools, geographic concentration suggests many of them are serving a regional need, rather than placing graduates at the highest(research ranked) schools. Additionally, many programs have a relatively high level of foreign placements. Whether these foreign placements add to the prestige of the program is unknown, but they do not help combat the U.S.accounting doctoral shortage

How are the dietary needs of pregnant incarcerated women being met? a scoping review and thematic analysis

© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Introduction: The number of incarcerated pregnant women is increasing globally. With many having complex health and social backgrounds, incarceration provides opportunities for health interventions, including the chance to have their nutritional needs met. Despite the additional nutritional requirements of pregnancy being well documented, how these are being met within the correctional setting is currently poorly understood. Methods: A scoping review of the literature was conducted to identify the literature published between January 2010 and April 2023 related to the provision of nutrition for pregnant women in the international prison systems. Sixteen papers met the criteria for inclusion in the review. The relevant key findings were charted and thematically analysed. Results: Two themes were identified: ‘the inconsistent reality of food provision’ and ‘choice, autonomy and food’. There is a clear disparity in the way in which diet is prioritised and provided to pregnant incarcerated women across several countries. Discussion: The findings highlight the need for a consistent approach to diet on a macro, global level to ensure the health of women and their infants in context.Peer reviewe

History: The San and Its Mission

This book is a re-telling of the story of the mission of the Sydney Adventist Hospital - even today still known fondly to many as the San - based on the many stories and vignettes shared by people, and about people, who lived the San\u27s mission, contributing to a hospital that has had an impact on many lives.This is not a chronological and systematic historical narrative, but it uses the motivation and inspiration of individuals and events to illustrate how the mission of the hospital has been fulfilled through its healing and restorative ministry since 1903. It also illustrates how mission inspired individuals, decisions, strategies and the pioneering work that remains the hallmark of the San

Identification of DeltaN isoform and polyadenylation site choice variants in molluscan p63/p73 -like homologues

Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2006. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Marine Biotechnology 9 (2007): 217-230, doi:10.1007/s10126-006-6045-1.The p53 family of transcription factors has been implicated in many vertebrate cancers. Altered p53 and p73 protein expression observed in leukemic cells of mollusks suggests that these transcription factors might be involved in invertebrate cancers as well. Here, we fully characterize the mRNA of four novel p53-like variants in the bivalve mollusks Mytilus trossulus (bay mussel) and Mytilus edulis (blue mussel). These species, widely used for environmental assessment, develop a haemic neoplasia (leukemia) that is frequently fatal. The correlation between expression of p53 and its close relative p73 and onset of molluskan leukemia was documented previously. We report the sequences of two distinct and novel p63/p73-like mRNAs, amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from both species. One of the p63/p73-like isoforms contains a 360 nt truncation in the 5' coding region. Based on this truncation and concomitant lack of a trans-activation (TA) domain, we designate this variant as a DeltaNp63/p73-like isoform: the first to be reported in an invertebrate species. In mammalian species, DeltaNp73 potently inhibits the tumor-suppressive function of p73 and p53, and its over-expression serves as a robust marker for mammalian cancer. In addition, we report on the occurrence of alternate polyadenylation sites in the molluskan p63/p73: one proximal and one distal site, which differ by 1260 nt. We hypothesize that differential expression of various molluskan p63/p73-like isoforms, controlled in part by polyadenylation site choice variation, may help to interpret the apparently opposing roles of this gene in the development of cancer. Overall, this research further illustrates the utility of the molluskan model for studies involving the molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis in naturally occurring populations. The data presented here require a revisiting of hypotheses regarding evolution of the p53 gene family. Current hypotheses indicate that 1) the protostome gene family does not contain an intronic promoter for DeltaN expression and 2) p53 gene duplication did not occur in protostomes. Our characterization of DeltaN p63/73 in mussel suggests that molluskan p53 gene family members have acquired an intronic promoter or splicing mechanism, either by invention that predates the evolutionary split of deuterostoms from protostomes, or by parallel evolution. Our data also show that Mytilus p53, p63/p73 and DeltaNp63/p73 are identical in their core regions with variation limited to their C- and N-terminals. This supports the notion that alternative splicing, intronic promoter usage and polyadenylation site choice may lead to expression of distinct isoforms originating from one common gene.A.F.M. was supported by the Greater Vancouver Regional District, BC, Canada and a Collaborative Research and Development Grant from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (#CRDP J 323120 –05). R.L.C. was supported by Environmental Protection Agency grant # R82935901 and National Institute of Health grant #1R21ES012273-01

Using the Perceptual Experience Laboratory (PEL) to simulate tourism environments for hedonic wellbeing

Measuring the relationship between stress, mood and tourism in natural settings is problematic in terms of the ability to undertake detailed, systematic and accurate monitoring. This paper presents the results of a preliminary investigation into the use of an immersive simulated tourism environment to measure tourisms’ potential to alleviate physiological and psychological stress and enhance mood. The objectives of the study were to record and analyse participants’ heart-rate data before, during and after three experiences (workplace setting, TV-watching setting and simulated tourism setting) and to undertake completion of mood questionnaires before and after each of these three experiences, allowing comparative pre- and post-mood analysis. Qualitative data was also gathered from the participants about these three experiences, in particular the simulated tourism environment. The preliminary results demonstrate that PEL effectively creates a simulated tourism environment which can be used for measuring stress and mood as signifiers of hedonic wellbeing