Amber\u27s Lyrical Rite

The purpose of this project is to get my message and story out to the world online where anyone can access it and read it. What inspired me to write my project was I had a few people encourage me to do so. I worked on this project hoping to complete it by the due date, I actually finished a week early and turned it in. The methods used to complete this project was writing I had been writing since high school as well as the kindle Create writing app. Essentially you write a book and edit and upload it to their website as a hard and e book copy. Then once reviewed it’s uploaded on their store website. The reason I did this project was because there were a lot of people who supported the idea of this project. I felt like my book is relevant to the world today and people should hear this story. Going to school is one thing but to be bullied, threatened and mistreated is another. The outcome was good. I received feedback and the audience did feel what I felt and they understood and agreed with what I wrote and had been through. I also felt the story was important because no stories are the exact same and this is my story. I wanted to grow my emotional intelligence and by writing I was able to do that. I wrote according to logic and feedback I was given by a few people. I wrote about growing and how going through all this helped me grow mentally. I also wanted the audience to feel the emotions while reading this and they did. The feedback I was given also said that you could grow from reading such a story. This story was relevant to how people may be feeling or what they may be going through

Effect of the Presence of Seagrass and Nutrients on Growth Rates of Farmed Kappaphycus alvarezii and Eucheuma denticulatum(Rhodophyta)

The effects of seagrass cover and nutrients on seaweed cultivation were examined in tidal pools in Tanzania. The seaweeds Eucheuma denticulatumand Kappaphycus alvareziiwere cultivated from August 2006 - August 2007 in pools with and without seagrasses, and with and without added nutrients. Growth rates of fertilised E. denticulatumwere significantly lower in the presence of seagrasses (P <0.05) but there were no significant differences (P >0.05) in the rest of the treatments. Monthly growth was lowest during the hotter months (December-February) and heavy rains (March-May), and highest during the cooler months (June-August)

Cultural and gender differences in preschool children's conflicts

O estudo compara episódios de conflitos entre crianças de quatro a cinco anos de idade, pertencentes a dois grupos culturais: um de uma grande metrópole (São Paulo) e outro de uma pequena comunidade praiana do estado de São Paulo (Ubatuba). Foram observadas 39 crianças (20 meninas e 19 meninos). Analisaram-se os motivos, as estratégias de oposição, as reações à oposição e o desenlace de conflitos. Nos dois grupos e gêneros, o motivo mais freqüente para os conflitos foi a disputa por brinquedos e as estratégias de resolução pró-sociais mesclaram-se com as coercitivas. Algumas diferenças comportamentais de gênero encontradas nas crianças de São Paulo, diferentemente do que se observou em Ubatuba, assemelharam-se às verificadas em estudos europeus e norte-americanos: os meninos se mostraram mais agressivos e as meninas, mais conciliadoras. As crianças paulistanas apresentaram maior número de táticas verbais, enquanto as estratégias diretas e proximais predominaram entre as ubatubanas. O estudo evidencia a importância de considerar as influências culturais na resolução de conflitos entre crianças.The study compares conflict episodes of four- to five-year-old children of two cultural groups: one from a big city (São Paulo), and another from a small seashore community in the State of São Paulo (Ubatuba). 20 girls and 19 boys were observed in their free preschool activities. Motives, strategies of opposition, reactions to opposition, and conflicts outcomes were analyzed. The most frequent motive for conflicts was the dispute for toys and other objects. Pro-social and coercive strategies were found in children from both genders and groups. Behavioral differences between genders in the children from São Paulo, differently from what occurred with the children from Ubatuba, were similar to those found in European an North American studies: boys used more aggressive tactics, while girls tended to be more conciliatory. São Paulo's children showed greater number of verbal tactics, while direct and proximal strategies prevailed among Ubatuba's children. The study evidences the importance of considering cultural influences on children's conflict resolution

Genomic prediction and quantitative trait locus discovery in a cassava training population constructed from multiple breeding stages

Open Access Article; Published online: 11 Dec 2019Assembly of a training population (TP) is an important component of effective genomic selection‐based breeding programs. In this study, we examined the power of diverse germplasm assembled from two cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) breeding programs in Tanzania at different breeding stages to predict traits and discover quantitative trait loci (QTL). This is the first genomic selection and genome‐wide association study (GWAS) on Tanzanian cassava data. We detected QTL associated with cassava mosaic disease (CMD) resistance on chromosomes 12 and 16; QTL conferring resistance to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) on chromosomes 9 and 11; and QTL on chromosomes 2, 3, 8, and 10 associated with resistance to CBSD for root necrosis. We detected a QTL on chromosome 4 and two QTL on chromosome 12 conferring dual resistance to CMD and CBSD. The use of clones in the same stage to construct TPs provided higher trait prediction accuracy than TPs with a mixture of clones from multiple breeding stages. Moreover, clones in the early breeding stage provided more reliable trait prediction accuracy and are better candidates for constructing a TP. Although larger TP sizes have been associated with improved accuracy, in this study, adding clones from Kibaha to those from Ukiriguru and vice versa did not improve the prediction accuracy of either population. Including the Ugandan TP in either population did not improve trait prediction accuracy. This study applied genomic prediction to understand the implications of constructing TP from clones at different breeding stages pooled from different locations on trait accuracy

Extraction of Citric Acid by Liquid Surfactant Membranes: Bench Experiments in Single and Multistage Operation

The extraction of citric acid by liquid surfactant membranes (LSM) was performed using A/O/A emulsions, composed of sodium acetate aqueous solutions (inner phase), mixtures of Alamine 336 and ECA 4360 dissolved in Exxsol D240/280 (membrane phase), and citric acid aqueous solutions (feed phase). Two factorial designs (25–1 and 23) were used to define suitable operating conditions, in a single stage, producing citric acid solutions at 0.25 g mL–1 from aqueous feed solutions at 0.10 g mL–1. The parameters investigated and the best operating conditions obtained were pH of the feed phase (pH = 1.5), surfactant (ws = 2 %) and carrier concentration in the membrane phase (wc = 20 %), stirring speed (v = 145 rpm), and permeation time (t = 10 minutes) upon the citric acid concentration in the inner and feed phases, and inner phase swelling. Under these conditions, an extraction greater than 50 % and swelling equal to 80 % were obtained. Use of recycled membranes as well as extraction in multiple stages was also evaluated. Experiments of recycling revealed that the membranes can be reused for at least three times with good performance. Extraction in multiple stages showed high efficiency for the citric acid separation (~100 %) after three steps of operation

Por que das hastes de ossaim brotam pássaros – até flechas brotam! –, mas não folhas???!!!

This article constitutes an exercise of interpretation of the “Osanyin fer”, or “ossaim iron”, a type of object of the Yoruba-nago material culture, in Africa, as well as of the Candomble in Brazil. It’s aided in the revision of descriptions of this type of object in the specialized literature, mirroring a methodology of treatment of ethnological and archaeological collections in museums, it is also related to the aesthetics questions and represents an contribution to the scientific and academic production of the African Ethnological department of the MAE-USP since 1998, so that it brings a synthesis of the researches on the relative metal collection accomplished in the period. It is ended, naturally, with the attempt to answer the question that gave motivation to the article and that gave name to its title, and, also, with the ratification of that we had of beginning: that an object should not be taken as mere illustration of social-anthropological or ethnoarchaeological problems, and that an object in collection should be treated as a source of knowledge, once that, as its own image, it shelters its content.Este artigo constitui-se em um exercício de interpretação da “ferramenta de Ossaim”, ou do “ferro de ossaim”, um tipo de objeto da cultura material dos iorubánagô, na África, bem como dos candomblés no Brasil. É amparado na revisão de descrições do objeto na literatura especializada, espelhando uma metodologia de tratamento de acervos etnológicos e arqueológicos em museus atinente também a problemas da Estética, sendo ele uma contribuição à produção científica e acadêmica da área de Etnologia Africana do MAE-USP desde 1998, trazendo, por isso, uma síntese das pesquisas realizadas no período sobre o acervo de metal correspondente. Conclui-se, naturalmente, com a tentativa de resposta à pergunta que deu motivação ao artigo e nome ao seu título; e, também, com a ratificação daquilo que se tem de princípio: que um objeto não deve ser tomado como mera ilustração de problemas sócio-antropológicos ou etnoarqueológicos e que um objeto em coleção deve ser tratado como fonte de conhecimento de vez que, como a sua própria imagem, ele abriga seu conteúdo

Oficinas expressivas: uma inclusão de singularidades

Cet article vise à faire une réflexion critique sur les activités artistiques réalisées dans les services de santé mentale et dans divers espaces sociaux. Initialement, on contextualize comme la folie a été perçue socialement, comme le travail a été vu sous la forme de traitement moral et comme lassistance psychiatrique sest modifiée pendant lhistoire. À suivre, on pose quéstion sur les formes dateliers thérapeutiques qui encore excluent les personnes, dans la mesure où ils sont realisés seulement dans services de santé mentale et seulement avec la participation de personnes qui souffrent de bouleversements mentaux. On discute aussi la clinique traditionnelle et chronifiée et la ségrégation des personnes qui dévient de la serialization de la subjectivité imposée par la société de contrôle. Les activités expressives proposent linclusion de multiples singularités. En outre, on cherche accueillir les diverses formes de langage - non seulement celles-là restreintes au verbal - et permettre la circulation daffections et de productions artistiques dans divers territoires communautaires.Este articulo pretende hacer una reflexión sobre las actividades artísticas realizadas en los servicios de salud mental y en los diversos espacios sociales. Inicialmente, se contextualiza como la locura ha sido percibida socialmente, como el trabajo en la forma de tratamiento moral y como la asistencia psiquiátrica se ha modificado en el recorrer de la historia. A seguir se problematizan las formas todavía exclusoras de realizar oficinas terapéuticas solo en servicios de salud mental y solamente con la participación de personas que tienen trastornos mentales. Se cuestiona, aún, la clínica tradicional y cronificante. Se discute, todavía, la segregación de los que desvían de la socialización de subjetividades impuestas por la sociedad de control. Las actividades expresivas proponen la inclusión de múltiples singularidades. Fuera de eso, se busca un acogimiento a las diversas formas de lenguaje, no solo aquellas restrictas al verbal, pero también a la circulación de afectos y producciones artísticas en diversos territorios comunitarios.This article intends to make a critical reflection on the artistic activities accomplished in mental health services, and in many social spaces. Initially, its contextualized how mental illness has been perceived in society, how the work seemed to be a moral treatment, and how the psychiatric assistance has been modified through history. Following, we consider the still excludent forms of accomplishing therapeutical workshops only in services of mental health, and with the exclusive participation of people with mental disturbances. The traditional and chronifying clinical practice is also questioned. Another discussion is about the segregation of people who deviate from the serialization of subjectivities imposed by a society of control. Expressive activities consider the inclusion of multiple singularities. Moreover, there is a search for a way of sheltering the multiple forms of language, not only those restricted to the verbal one, and the circulation of affection and artistic productions in different communitarian territories.Este artigo pretende fazer uma reflexão crítica sobre as atividades artísticas realizadas nos serviços de saúde mental e nos diversos espaços sociais. Inicialmente, contextualiza-se como a loucura tem sido percebida socialmente, como o trabalho tem sido visto na forma de tratamento moral e como a assistência psiquiátrica modificou-se no decorrer da história. A seguir, problematizam-se as formas ainda exclusoras de realizar oficinas terapêuticas apenas em serviços de saúde mental e unicamente com a participação de pessoas que possuem transtornos mentais. Questiona-se também a clínica tradicional e cronificante. Discute-se, ainda, a segregação daqueles que desviam da serialização de subjetividades impostas pela sociedade de controle. As atividades expressivas propõem a inclusão de múltiplas singularidades. Além disso, busca-se um acolhimento às diversas formas de linguagem, não apenas aquelas restritas ao verbal, e a circulação de afetos e de produções artísticas em diversos territórios comunitários

Status sociométrico e avaliação de características comportamentais: um estudo de competência social em pré-escolares

Neste estudo, investigaram-se correlatos entre escolhas sociométricas positivas e negativas e atribuição de características comportamentais por parte de companheiros de uma classe de pré-escola. Testou-se a adequação de um instrumento elaborado com essa finalidade para a aplicação em crianças de cinco anos de idade, empregando-se figuras ilustrativas com os propósitos de facilitar a compreensão da tarefa e de motivar os participantes a se manterem interessados durante a prova. As características comportamentais pesquisadas foram, na esfera social: aceitação/isolamento social, participação/não-participação nas atividades, dependência/independência da professora e dominância/ submissão; e na esfera afetiva, tristeza/alegria e medo/coragem. O instrumento mostrou-se adequado para avaliação desses atributos em pré-escolares. Verificou-se que as crianças foram capazes de discriminar a maior parte das características dos colegas, associando escolhas positivas a atributos social e afetivamente positivos. Foram constatadas diferenças de gênero: os meninos foram mais avaliados por características sociais e as meninas por atributos afetivos.<br>This study examined the correlations between sociometric choices and preschool peers' behavioral descriptions. The appropriateness of an instrument created for the evaluation of behavioral attributes for five years old was tested, using illustrative cards to motivate participants during the task. Behavioral social characteristics evaluated were: social acceptance/withdrawal, participation/lack of participation in schoolwork, dependence/independence from teacher and dominance/submission. Affective characteristics investigated were happiness/sadness and fear/courage. The instrument was adequate to its goals. The children were able of adequately discriminate most of the behavioral characteristics, attributing prosocial and positive affective characteristics to preferred peers and antisocial and negative affective descriptions to rejected peers. Gender differences were found: boys were evaluated by social characteristics whereas girls were evaluated by affective characteristics

Low-level laser therapy in patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome : a double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial

Evaluate the effect of LLLT in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome (BMS). Twenty-one BMS patients were randomly assigned to two groups: 12 in the laser group (LG) and 9 in the control group (CG). Patients in the LG underwent 2-week sessions of LLLT for 4 weeks. The spot tip area of this tool is 0.088cm2, semi-conductor GaAlAs, with a wavelength of 808nm ±5nm (infrared), 200 mW output power, 1.97W/cm2 of power density, 3 J energy per point and application time 15 seconds per point. LLLT was applied punctually, in continuous emissions, on each of the sites where there was a symptom. Symptoms were evaluated with a visual analogue scale (VAS) and patient psychological profiles were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety-Depression Scale. No side effects were recorded. Statistical analysis was carried out via ANOVA and logistic regression analysis. The initial VAS score mean was 8.9 for the LG and 8.3 for the CG (p >0.05). After the eighth session the VAS score was 5.5 and 5.8 respectively, and at two months it was 4.7 and 5.1 respectively. Improvement variables were established by dichotomizing the pain scales. We obtained levels of significance for the improvement variable for the LG at the two-month follow-up (p=0.0038) and for the univariate analysis of the treatment. The improvement was marginally significant in the multivariant analysis of: dry mouth, dysgeusia, pain and the treatment (p=0.0538). LLLT may be an alternative treatment for the relief of oral burning in patients with BMS

QTL associated with resistance to cassava brown streak and cassava mosaic diseases in a bi-parental cross of two Tanzanian farmer varieties, Namikonga and Albert

Article purchasedCassava production in Africa is compromised by cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) and cassava mosaic disease (CMD). To reduce costs and increase the precision of resistance breeding, a QTL study was conducted to identify molecular markers linked to resistance against these diseases. A bi-parental F1 mapping population was developed from a cross between the Tanzanian farmer varieties, Namikonga and Albert. A one-step genetic linkage map comprising 943 SNP markers and 18 linkage groups spanning 1776.2 cM was generated. Phenotypic data from 240 F1 progeny were obtained from two disease hotspots in Tanzania, over two successive seasons, 2013 and 2014. Two consistent QTLs linked to resistance to CBSD-induced root necrosis were identified in Namikonga on chromosomes II (qCBSDRNFc2Nm) and XI (qCBSDRNc11Nm) and a putative QTL on chromosome XVIII (qCBSDRNc18Nm). qCBSDRNFc2Nm was identified at Naliendele in both seasons. The same QTL was also associated with CBSD foliar resistance. qCBSDRNc11Nm was identified at Chambezi in both seasons, and was characterized by three peaks, spanning a distance of 253 kb. Twenty-seven genes were identified within this region including two LRR proteins and a signal recognition particle. In addition, two highly significant CMD resistance QTL (qCMDc12.1A and qCMDc12.2A) were detected in Albert, on chromosome 12. Both qCMDc12.1A and qCMDc12.2A lay within the range of markers reported earlier, defining the CMD2 locus. This is the first time that two loci have been identified within the CMD2 QTL, and in germplasm of apparent East African origin. Additional QTLs with minor effects on CBSD and CMD resistance were also identified