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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CAREER DECISION MAKING DIFFICULTIES AMONG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The present study aimed at investigating the role of emotional intelligence on career decision making difficulties among Israeli Palestinian high school students. The Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire was used to assess emotional intelligence and the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire was used to assess and career decision making difficulties. 715 students took part in this study. Data was collected through a convenient sampling technique. Descriptive statistics, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient test were the methods used to analyze the data. The findings showed that female students are more emotionally intelligent than male students, whereas female students face more career decision making difficulties than male students. Furthermore, the findings showed that there is a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and career decision making difficulties among Palestinian high school students in Israel (r = -.101, p< .01). The significance of the current study is its contribution to examining the role of students’ emotional intelligence in predicting the students’ career decision making difficulties. The findings will help school counselors shape new strategies in career guidance and school counselling. Article visualizations
Factors Affecting Palestinian High School Students’ Career Choice after Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has created a new complicated reality and brought diverse challenges to education systems and students as well. The present study aimed at examining the factors that students have used in identifying career choices among Palestinian high school in Israel in the new era. Career choice questionnaire was used to assess the factors affecting career choice. 455 Palestinian high school students took part in this study. A convenient sampling technique was implied to collect the data. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that the student’s interests and hobbies, and student’s personality and tendencies attained the highest value among the internal factors of career choice. Furthermore, the future progress and advancement opportunities, job security were the prominent external factors. Findings showed that the internal factors were significantly associated with economic situation. The findings will assist school counselors to raise the self-awareness to the importance of the internal and external factors, thus students may make better future career decisions
Connecting monotonic and oscillatory motions of the meniscus of a volatile polymer solution to the transport of polymer coils and deposit morphology
We study the connection between the polymer deposition patterns to appear
following the evaporation of a solution of poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) in
toluene, the transport of the polymer coils in the solution, and the motion of
the meniscus of the solution. Different deposition patterns are observed when
varying the molecular mass and initial concentration of the solute and
temperature and are systematically presented in the form of morphological phase
diagrams. The modi of deposition and meniscus motion are correlated. They vary
with the ratio between the evaporation-driven convective flux and diffusive
flux of the polymer coils in the solution. In the case of a diffusion-dominated
solute transport, the solution monotonically dewets the solid substrate by
evaporation, supporting continuous contact line motion and continuous polymer
deposition. However, a convection-dominated transport results in an oscillatory
ratcheting dewetting-wetting motion of the contact line with more pronounced
dewetting phases. The deposition process is then periodic and produces a stripe
pattern. The oscillatory motion of the meniscus differs from the well
documented stick-slip motion of the meniscus, observed as well, and is
attributed to the opposing influences of evaporation and Marangoni stresses,
which alternately dominate the deposition process
Topical delivery of liposomally encapsulated gamma-interferon
The extent of uptake of gamma interferon ([gamma]-IFN) in various strata of hairless mouse, human and hamster skin upon application of a liposomal formulation and an aqueous solution were determined by in vitro diffusion cell experiments. For each of the animal species studied, 70-80% of the liposomally entrapped IFN was deposited onto or penetrated into the skin as determined 24 h after in vitro application. However, a significant fraction of this total amount ([approximate] 0.25-0.30) is either adsorbed to or associated with the stratum corneum. The drug content found in the deeper skin strata, where the receptor sites reside, suggests that drug deposition is strongly influenced by the skin species tested. The percent of applied drug found in this strata 24 h after application followed the order: hamster (6.1) >= human (0.9) > hairless mouse (0.3), although the amounts of drug in the total skin of each species tested were approximately the same. This indicates that the deposition of drug into the living epidermis and/or dermis cannot be predicted by determination of the amount of drug in the total skin. The amounts in the deeper skin strata were also in the order of increasing number of follicles/hair in the skin species, suggesting that the transfollicular route is an important pathway for liposomal topical therapeutics.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/29983/1/0000347.pd
Variability in physical therapy protocols following total shoulder arthroplasty
Background Physical therapy (PT) plays an important role in the recovery of function following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA). While several PT protocols have been published for these patients, there is no standardized protocol for aTSA rehabilitation. This lack of standardization may lead to confusion between patients and physicians, possibly resulting in suboptimal outcomes. This study examines how PT protocols provided by academic orthopedic surgery programs vary regarding therapeutic goals and activities following aTSA. Methods PT protocols for aTSA available online from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited orthopedic surgery programs were included for review. Each protocol was analyzed to evaluate it for differences in recommendation of length of immobilization, range of motion (ROM) goals, start time for and progression of therapeutic exercises, and timing for return to functional activity. Results Of 175 accredited programs, 25 (14.2%) had protocols publicly available, programs (92%) recommended sling immobilization outside of therapy for an average of 4.4±2.0 weeks. Most protocols gave recommendations on starting active forward flexion (24 protocols, range 1–7 weeks), external rotation (22 protocols, range 1–7 weeks), and internal rotation (18 protocols, range 4–7 weeks). Full passive ROM was recommended at 10.8±5.7 weeks, and active ROM was 13.3±3.9 weeks, on average. ROM goals were inconsistent among protocols, with significant variations in recommended ROM and resistance exercise start times. Only 13 protocols (52%) gave recommendations on resuming recreational activities (mean, 17.4±4.4 weeks). Conclusions Publicly available PT protocols for aTSA rehabilitation are highly variable. Level of evidenceLevel IV
Antimicrobial lubricant formulations containing poly(hydroxybenzene)-trimethoprim conjugates synthesized by tyrosinase
Poly(hydroxybenzene)-trimethoprim conjugates were prepared using methylparaben as substrate of the oxida- tive enzyme tyrosinase. MALDI-TOF MS analysis showed that the enzymatic oxidation of methylparaben alone leads to the poly(hydroxybenzene) formation. In the presence of tri- methoprim, the methylparaben tyrosinase oxidation leads poly(hydroxybenzene)-trimethoprim conjugates. All of these compounds were incorporated into lubricant hydroxyethyl cellulose/glycerol mixtures. Poly(hydroxybenzene)-trimetho- prim conjugates were the most effective phenolic structures against the bacterial growth reducing by 96 and 97 % of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis suspen- sions, respectively (after 24 h). A novel enzymatic strategy to produce antimicrobial poly(hydroxybenzene)-antibiotic conjugates is proposed here for a wide range of applications on the biomedical field.The authors Idalina Gonçalves and Cláudia
Botelho would like to acknowledge the NOVO project (FP7-HEALTH-
2011.2.3.1- 5) for funding. Loïc Hilliou acknowledges the financial support
by FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal
(501100001871), through Grant PEst-C/CTM/LA0025/2013 - Strategic
Project - LA 25 - 2013–2014, and by Programa Operacional Regional
do Norte (ON.2) through the project BMatepro – Optimizing Materials
and Processes^, with reference NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000037
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Therapeutic Effects of Liposome-Enveloped Ligusticum chuanxiong Essential Oil on Hypertrophic Scars in the Rabbit Ear Model
Hypertrophic scarring, a common proliferative disorder of dermal fibroblasts, results from an overproduction of fibroblasts and excessive deposition of collagen. Although treatment with surgical excision or steroid hormones can modify the symptoms, numerous treatment-related complications have been described. In view of this, we investigated the therapeutic effects of essential oil (EO) from rhizomes of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Umbelliferae) on formed hypertrophic scars in a rabbit ear model. EO was prepared as a liposomal formulation (liposome-enveloped essential oil, LEO) and a rabbit ear model with hypertrophic scars was established. LEO (2.5, 5, and 10%) was applied once daily to the scars for 28 days. On postoperative day 56, the scar tissue was excised for masson's trichrome staining, detection of fibroblast apoptosis, assays of the levels of collagens I and III, and analysis of the mRNA expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1), caspase-3 and -9, and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1). In addition, the scar elevation index (SEI) was also determined. As a result, LEO treatment significantly alleviated formed hypertrophic scars on rabbit ears. The levels of TGF-β1, MMP-1, collagen I, and collagen III were evidently decreased, and caspase -3 and -9 levels and apoptosis cells were markedly increased in the scar tissue. SEI was also significantly reduced. Histological findings exhibited significant amelioration of the collagen tissue. These results suggest that LEO possesses the favorable therapeutic effects on formed hypertrophic scars in the rabbit ear model and may be an effective cure for human hypertrophic scars
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