Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa

Bibliography: pages 202-207.In traditional indigenous communities, rites of passage provide a binding and supportive function which facilitates the transition of young people from childhood to adulthood. However, in contemporary western society transition rites have largely been forgotten or neglected and this loss has resulted in a hunger for initiation which adolescents often attempt to satisfy by using means which are socially unacceptable. This study attempts to understand the mechanisms which lead adolescents into socially unacceptable behaviour by exploring the potential for using the notion of de-labelling as the basis of intercepting and transforming juvenile deviance. As such, rites of passage are explored from the perspectives of a range of social scientific theories in order to assess the value in these processes tor young people at risk in South Africa. The central findings of this study suggest that it is possible to reinstate rites of passage in the form of a de-labelling programme, but that there is a need to go beyond an isolated programme by providing more systemic containment of young people in the form of community support and mentoring

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The measurement of homonegative reactions with physiological and subjective reports

A proposal to present a paper on the physiological measurement of homonegativit

Understanding the training and education needs of homecare workers supporting people with dementia and cancer: a systematic review of reviews

Many people with dementia, supported by family carers, prefer to live at home and may rely on homecare support services. People with dementia are also often living with multimorbidities, including cancer. The main risk factor for both cancer and dementia is age and the number of people living with dementia and cancer likely to rise. Upskilling the social care workforce to facilitate more complex care is central to national workforce strategies and challenges. Training and education development must also respond to the key requirements of a homecare workforce experiencing financial, recruitment and retention difficulties. This systematic review of reviews provides an overview of dementia and cancer training and education accessible to the homecare workforce. Findings reveal there is a diverse range of training and education available, with mixed evidence of effectiveness. Key barriers and facilitators to effective training and education are identified in order to inform future training, education and learning development for the homecare workforce supporting people with dementia and cancer

“I'll Give You the World”: Socioeconomic Differences in Parental Support of Adult Children

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112275/1/jomf12204.pd

Exile Vol. LVII

Spence, Caroline:To Lose a Brother 7Frances in Three Parts 8-11 Current, Abby: February\u27s Belly 12Selkie Woman 13-14 Callahan, Meghan: Whirl 15Halloween 25-26cool 27-29Faith 39-40Bookish (cover) Eden, Tristan: Runaway 16Sharkey\u27s Philadelphia 17 Heestand, Ashley: Tragedy, 1979 18-24 Persia, Danny: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 30-33Hymn to Satan 34-37 DiMartini, Amanda: untitled 38 Bullock, Karen: Gypsies 41-42 Swensson, Ellie: Phenomenology 43-44 Snow 45-47 Moran, Megan: untitled 48 untitled 58 Whites, Shawn: The Woman Across the Alley 49-57 Roozeboom, Nikki: Stain 59Distant 60-61 Ferguson, Brittani: That Dusty Italian Dugout 62-63 Gateway 64 Burdoff, Holly: Transitions 6

Selecting information technology for physicians' practices: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Many physicians are transitioning from paper to electronic formats for billing, scheduling, medical charts, communications, etc. The primary objective of this research was to identify the relationship (if any) between the software selection process and the office staff's perceptions of the software's impact on practice activities. METHODS: A telephone survey was conducted with office representatives of 407 physician practices in Oregon who had purchased information technology. The respondents, usually office managers, answered scripted questions about their selection process and their perceptions of the software after implementation. RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression revealed that software type, selection steps, and certain factors influencing the purchase were related to whether the respondents felt the software improved the scheduling and financial analysis practice activities. Specifically, practices that selected electronic medical record or practice management software, that made software comparisons, or that considered prior user testimony as important were more likely to have perceived improvements in the scheduling process than were other practices. Practices that considered value important, that did not consider compatibility important, that selected managed care software, that spent less than $10,000, or that provided learning time (most dramatic increase in odds ratio, 8.2) during implementation were more likely to perceive that the software had improved the financial analysis process than were other practices. CONCLUSION: Perhaps one of the most important predictors of improvement was providing learning time during implementation, particularly when the software involves several practice activities. Despite this importance, less than half of the practices reported performing this step

BGEM: An In Situ Hybridization Database of Gene Expression in the Embryonic and Adult Mouse Nervous System

This article describes an open-access gene expression database analyzed for more than 2,000 genes on mouse nervous system tissue in the coronal, sagittal, and transverse orientation representing multiple developmental ages

An Integrated In Vitro and In Vivo High-Throughput Screen Identifies Treatment Leads for Ependymoma

SummaryUsing a mouse model of ependymoma—a chemoresistant brain tumor—we combined multicell high-throughput screening (HTS), kinome-wide binding assays, and in vivo efficacy studies, to identify potential treatments with predicted toxicity against neural stem cells (NSC). We identified kinases within the insulin signaling pathway and centrosome cycle as regulators of ependymoma cell proliferation, and their corresponding inhibitors as potential therapies. FDA approved drugs not currently used to treat ependymoma were also identified that posses selective toxicity against ependymoma cells relative to normal NSCs both in vitro and in vivo, e.g., 5-fluorouracil. Our comprehensive approach advances understanding of the biology and treatment of ependymoma including the discovery of several treatment leads for immediate clinical translation