Exploring Group Art Therapy Techniques in Complimenting The 12-step Program in Healing Substance Abuse in Adults: A Literature Review

This thesis study examined how group art therapy can enhance the effectiveness of the 12-step program in the treatment of addiction. Art therapy is versatile enough to include a variety of therapeutic procedures as well as nonverbal and creative strategies. The 12-step program is a reputable treatment option, but it may be improved by supplementing it with art therapy approaches. Because addiction affects many people, and it has a significant impact on the well- being of entire societies, necessitating the need for professionals to continue improving treatment. While current traditional treatments such as the 12-step program were shown to be effective, integrating art therapy into traditional methods of treating addiction expanded and enriched clients insight and recovery

Synthese und Kristallstruktur von Triphenylmethylphosphoniumtriiodid [P(C6H5)3CH3]I3

Triphenylmethylphosphonium triiodide [P(C6H5)3CH3]I3 has been prepared by the reaction of [P(C6H5)3CH3]I with iodine in ethanol. Deep violet crystals were obtained by recrystallization from dichloromethane. The crystal and molecular structure of the compound has been determined. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pbca, Z = 8, a = 1182.2(2), b = 1987.6(3), c = 1798.8(3) pm. Least squares refinement of the structure yielded R = 0.038 (Rw = 0.030, RG = 0.030) for 2433 independent reflections. The triodide ion I3- is slightly asymmetrical and slightly bent. The distances are 293.7(1) pm (I(1)—I(2)) and 291.7(1) pm (I(2)—I(3)), the angle I(1)—I(2)—I(3) is 179.3(1)°. The structure contains layers perpendicular to the c axis, which follow each other with a period of c/2 and are built up by I3- anions and [P(C6H5)3CH3]+ cations. They are stacked to give layers of cations and layers of anions perpendicular to the b axis. The shortest I ··· I distance between I3- ions in the anion layer occurs in the c direction. It amounts to 414 pm, thus indicating that there are only very weak I ··· I interactions between the I3- ions. Further I ··· I contacts in the layer lie between 510 and 746 pm

Effect of Different Industrial Wastes on Soil Quality at Different Locations of Egypt

To declare the effect of pollution by industrial emissions on the agricultural land in some industrial areas of Egypt, soil and wastewater samples were collected from five locations surroundings to industrial factories. Samples of each site were taken to the windward at 0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 meter away from the boundary of each factory. The obtained results of chemical analysis can be summarized as follows: 1. The quality of water samples collected from all sites are within the permissible limits for irrigation except this from El-Nasr company of chemical and fertilizers at Talkha which had excessive loaded with organic contaminants. 2. The concentrations of some heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb) in the tested soil samples decreased significantly with increasing the distance away from the source of pollution. Also, dominance of such heavy metals in each site followed the decreasing order: Fe > Mn > Zn > Cu > Pb. These values were much higher than that obtained in the virgin soils (non-polluted soils). 3. The values of soil respiration (microbile activity in the soil samples) significantly increased as the distance from the source of pollution increase at all locations under investigation. An opposite trend was marked between available heavy metals content and microbile activity (r = -0.94)

Synthesis of 2-[(4-amino or 2,4-diaminophenyl)sulfonyl] derivatives of benzimidazole, benzothiazole and 6-methyluracil as potential antimicrobial agents

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Epidemiology of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: prevalence, severity, determinants, and the importance of race/ethnicity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies that contributed to the epidemiology of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy have reported conflicting findings, and often failed to account for all possible co-variables necessary to evaluate the multidimensional associations. The objectives of this study were to: 1) Estimate the prevalence and the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy during the 1^stand the 2^ndtrimester of pregnancy, and 2) Identify determinants of presence and severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy during the 1^stand 2^ndtrimesters separately, with a special emphasis on the impact of race/ethnicity.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A prospective study including pregnant women attending the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Sainte-Justine or René-Laennec clinics for their prenatal care was conducted from 2004 to 2006. Women were eligible if they were ≥ 18 years of age, and ≤ 16 weeks of gestation. Women were asked to fill out a 1^sttrimester self-administered questionnaire and were interviewed over the telephone during their 2^ndtrimester of pregnancy. Presence of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy was based on the reporting of pregnant women (yes/no); severity of symptoms was measured by the validated modified-PUQE index.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Of the 367 women included in the study, 81.2% were Caucasians, 10.1% Blacks, 4.6% Hispanics, and 4.1% Asians. Multivariate analyses showed that race/ethnicity was significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of reporting nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (Asians vs. Caucasians OR: 0.13; 95%CI 0.02–0.73; and Blacks vs. Caucasians OR: 0.29; 95%CI 0.09–0.99).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our study showed that race/ethnicity was associated with the reporting of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in the 1^sttrimester of pregnancy.</p