Issues of cultural diversity, migration, and displacement in teacher education programmes

eaching in a context of cultural diversity requires specific competencies to impart common fundamental values, communicate effectively with families and students, take an active stand against all forms of discrimination, and conduct psychosocial interventions. In particular this article aims to identify the main topics that are covered and methods used in the training courses (practical vs theoretical approach). The current work focuses on teacher training programmes in five main categories capturing different aspects of cultural diversity, migration and displacement. Among them are: cross-cultural knowledge, sensitivity and awareness of different cultures, intercultural and professional communication skills, culturally responsive pedagogic approaches and psychosocial interventions. Key examples of teacher training programmes in these categories are discussed and recommendations are proposed in orderto improve the quality of teacher education and ultimately improve the inclusion and academic success of displaced students and those from a migrant background.The following sections examine the role of teachers, particularly in culturally diverse settings. Next, the analysis focuses on each of the five main categories of teacher training for cultural diversity. The paper examines if there is a difference in teachers’ training courses on offer in low and high-immigration countries respectively. In order to provide better understanding of the content of the courses the paper then presents a few case studies of programmes offered across different countries

Immigration Background and the Intergenerational Correlation in Education

This paper analyzes the degree of intergenerational education mobility among immigrant and native-born youth in Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational advantage over their English-speaking background (ESB) immigrant and Australian-born peers. Moreover, while highly-educated Australian-born mothers and fathers transfer separate and roughly equal educational advantages to their children, outcomes for ESB (NESB) youth are most closely linked to the educational attainment of their fathers (mothers). On balance, intergenerational mobility in families with two highly-educated parents appears to be much the same for Australian-born and ESB families and is somewhat greater for NESB families. Finally, the greater importance that NESB mothers attribute to education appears to mitigate the educational penalty associated with socio-economic disadvantage

Ins and outs of the Dutch life course savings scheme

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Enzymic enhancement of W3 polyunsaturated fatty acids content in brazilian sardine oil

Se ensayaron cuatro lipasas microbianas con la intención de aumentar el contenido de los ácidos grasos poliinsaturados de la serie W3 (AGPI W3) en la fracción de glicéridos no hidrolizados después de la hidrólisis del aceite de sardina brasileño. La lipasa de Candida cylindracea fue la más eficiente entre las enzimas ensayadas, aumentando el contenido de ácido decosahexaenoico (DHA) del 10,2% en el aceite original al 22,5% en relación a los ácidos grasos totales después de 16 h de reacción a 35 °C, lo que equivale a un incremento del 120% en relación a la cantidad presente antes de la hidrólisis. Las cuatro lipasas probadas no fueron eficientes para aumentar el contenido del ácido eicosapentenoico (EPA) en el aceite de sardina brasileño en las condiciones del ensayo.In an attempt to concentrate the content of W3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ( W3 PUFA) in the partially hydrolyzed glycerides, Brazilian sardine oil was hydrolyzed with four kinds of microbial lipases. The enzyme from Candida cylindracea was the most effective for the production of oil with high concentration of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Sardine oil was treated at 35 °C with this lipase for 16 h reaction and 60.0% hydrolysis resulted in an increase in the DHA content from 10.2% in the original oil to 22.5% (2.20- fold enrichment) in the unhydrolysed acylglycerol. None the four lipases tested could raise the EPA content significantly.Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Enzymic enhancement of W3 polyunsaturated fatty acids content in brazilian sardine oil

Se ensayaron cuatro lipasas microbianas con la intención de aumentar el contenido de los ácidos grasos poliinsaturados de la serie W3 (AGPI W3) en la fracción de glicéridos no hidrolizados después de la hidrólisis del aceite de sardina brasileño. La lipasa de Candida cylindracea fue la más eficiente entre las enzimas ensayadas, aumentando el contenido de ácido decosahexaenoico (DHA) del 10,2% en el aceite original al 22,5% en relación a los ácidos grasos totales después de 16 h de reacción a 35 °C, lo que equivale a un incremento del 120% en relación a la cantidad presente antes de la hidrólisis. Las cuatro lipasas probadas no fueron eficientes para aumentar el contenido del ácido eicosapentenoico (EPA) en el aceite de sardina brasileño en las condiciones del ensayo.In an attempt to concentrate the content of W3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ( W3 PUFA) in the partially hydrolyzed glycerides, Brazilian sardine oil was hydrolyzed with four kinds of microbial lipases. The enzyme from Candida cylindracea was the most effective for the production of oil with high concentration of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Sardine oil was treated at 35 °C with this lipase for 16 h reaction and 60.0% hydrolysis resulted in an increase in the DHA content from 10.2% in the original oil to 22.5% (2.20- fold enrichment) in the unhydrolysed acylglycerol. None the four lipases tested could raise the EPA content significantly.Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

Ocular Albinism: evidence for a defect in an intracellular signal transduction system.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) participate in the most common signal transduction system at the plasma membrane. The wide distribution of heterotrimeric G proteins in the internal membranes suggests that a similar signalling mechanism might also be used at intracellular locations. We provide here structural evidence that the protein product of the ocular albinism type 1 gene (OA1), a pigment cell-specific integral membrane glycoprotein, represents a novel member of the GPCR superfamily and demonstrate that it binds heterotrimeric G proteins. Moreover, we show that OA1 is not found at the plasma membrane, being instead targeted to specialized intracellular organelles, the melanosomes. Our data suggest that OA1 represents the first example of an exclusively intracellular GPCR and support the hypothesis that GPCR-mediated signal transduction systems also operate at the internal membranes in mammalian cells