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The favourable cycle of reading : A study of the significance of home, school and school library regarding childrens reading

The aim of this master thesis is to investigate and illustrate the measures that parents, teachers and school librarians can take in order to influence childrens reading, and, more importantly, how these attempts performed by the adults in the childs environment affect the reading habits of the child. The methods used include qualitative interviews, undertaken with eight students/children, their teacher and a school librarian, and an observation of a book talk in the studied class. Considering that no interviews have been executed with the parents, the results presented regarding the parents prospects of encouraging childrens reading, are therefore to be seen from the perspective of the children, and analysed as such. Three different theories have been employed in order to elucidate the results of the study; Bourdieus theory about the cultural capital transmitted from parent to child; Aidan Chambers theory on the book talk as promoting reading; and Louise Limbergs theory on the levels of the school library and its consequent prognosis of working to promote reading. The results of the study concur with Bourdieus theory, in that the childrens reading habits in most cases seem to have been affected by the amount of involvement that the parents have given to promote their reading. Similarly, Chambers theory about the book talk has proved to be applicable on the examined group. Concerning the Limberg theory, the study shows that the library in question at present is on such a low level that the prospect of it functioning as a source for promoting reading is nonexistent.Uppsatsnivå:

The favourable cycle of reading : A study of the significance of home, school and school library regarding childrens reading

The aim of this master thesis is to investigate and illustrate the measures that parents, teachers and school librarians can take in order to influence childrens reading, and, more importantly, how these attempts performed by the adults in the childs environment affect the reading habits of the child. The methods used include qualitative interviews, undertaken with eight students/children, their teacher and a school librarian, and an observation of a book talk in the studied class. Considering that no interviews have been executed with the parents, the results presented regarding the parents prospects of encouraging childrens reading, are therefore to be seen from the perspective of the children, and analysed as such. Three different theories have been employed in order to elucidate the results of the study; Bourdieus theory about the cultural capital transmitted from parent to child; Aidan Chambers theory on the book talk as promoting reading; and Louise Limbergs theory on the levels of the school library and its consequent prognosis of working to promote reading. The results of the study concur with Bourdieus theory, in that the childrens reading habits in most cases seem to have been affected by the amount of involvement that the parents have given to promote their reading. Similarly, Chambers theory about the book talk has proved to be applicable on the examined group. Concerning the Limberg theory, the study shows that the library in question at present is on such a low level that the prospect of it functioning as a source for promoting reading is nonexistent.Uppsatsnivå:

Stand Your Ground Laws: International Human Rights Law Implications

Since the February 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin and other recent high-profile criminal cases, “Stand Your Ground” (“SYG”) laws in the United States have come under intense scrutiny. Florida is ground zero for the controversy. SYG laws expand the “Castle Doctrine” — a common law doctrine by which deadly force may be used in self-defense or to prevent a forcible felony when one is in the safety of one’s home — to include public places outside the home. Thus, SYG laws remove the classic common law duty to retreat in public spaces, while extending immunity from prosecution or civil suit for the use of deadly force in self-defense beyond the home. Florida’s SYG law is especially broad in this respect

Neurofilament levels, disease activity and brain volume during follow-up in multiple sclerosis

Background: There is a need for clinically useful biomarkers of disease activity in clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and relapsing remitting MS (RRMS). The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between neurofilament light chain (NFL) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum and the relationship between NFL and other biomarkers, subsequent disease activity, and brain volume loss in CIS and RRMS. Methods: A panel of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory markers were analyzed in repeated CSF samples from 41 patients with CIS or RRMS in a prospective longitudinal cohort study and from 22 healthy controls. NFL in serum was analyzed using a single-molecule array (Simoa) method. "No evidence of disease activity-3" (NEDA-3) status and brain volume (brain parenchymal fraction calculated using SyMRI (R)) were recorded during 4 years of follow-up. Results: NFL levels in CSF and serum correlated significantly (all samples, n = 63, r 0.74, p amp;lt; 0.001), but CSF-NFL showed an overall stronger association profile with NEDA-3 status, new T2 lesions, and brain volume loss. CSF-NFL was associated with both new T2 lesions and brain volume loss during follow-up, whereas CSF-CHI3L1 was associated mainly with brain volume loss and CXCL1, CXCL10, CXCL13, CCL22, and MMP-9 were associated mainly with new T2 lesions. Conclusions: Serum and CSF levels of NFL correlate, but CSF-NFL predicts and reflects disease activity better than S-NFL. CSF-NFL levels are associated with both new T2 lesions and brain volume loss. Our findings further add to the accumulating evidence that CSF-NFL is a clinically useful biomarker in CIS and RRMS and should be considered in the expanding NEDA concept. CSF-CXCL10 and CSF-CSF-CHI3L1 are potential markers of disease activity and brain volume loss, respectively.Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [K2013-61X-22310-01-4]; Linkoping University; University Hospital of Linkoping, Sweden; Novartis; Torsten Soderberg Foundation; Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden</p

Additional file 2: of Neurofilament levels, disease activity and brain volume during follow-up in multiple sclerosis

Table S2. Neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative markers with respect to separation of patients with and without disease activity during follow-up. (DOCX 17 kb

Additional file 3: of Neurofilament levels, disease activity and brain volume during follow-up in multiple sclerosis

Linear regression modeling details. (DOCX 12 kb

Additional file 1: of Neurofilament levels, disease activity and brain volume during follow-up in multiple sclerosis

Table S1. Neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory markers in CSF (and for NFL also in serum) over time in patients with CIS and RRMS. (DOCX 23 kb

Acontece na UFRGS

Na manhã do dia 30 de Agosto, a Faculdade de Veterinária inaugurou uma galeria com fotos de seus ex-diretores. A atividade faz parte das comemorações dos seus 90 anos. No mesmo dia, durante a Expointer 2013, a Faculdade recebeu um prêmio do Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinária, na categoria Ensino