Non-Physical Forms of Intimate Partner Violence in Lesbian Relationships

An extensive review of the existing literature makes apparent that academics who study intimate partner violence focus primarily on physical violence in heterosexual relationships. Non-physical forms of abuse receive secondary attention, despite reported claims from survivors that non-physical forms of abuse are more common, more painful, and have longer lasting effects than physical forms of abuse. The dominant focus on intimate partner violence as a social problem enacted by males on their female partners results in a lack of sufficient literature or conversation pertaining to abuse that exists outside these parameters. Members of sexual minority groups are deliberately excluded from the mainstream movement to protect and support survivors of intimate partner violence. Influenced by these realizations, this research explores the dynamics of non-physical forms of intimate partner violence in lesbian relationships; particularly the ways survivors frame the abuse and their experiences with seeking help

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN GLENOHUMERAL ROTATION STRENGTH AND SELECT KINETIC PARAMETERS DURING THE BASEBALL PITCH IN ADOLESCENT BASEBALL PITCHERS

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between isometric glenohumeral rotation strength and select biomechanical parameters during the pitching motion in adolescent baseball pitchers. Glenohumeral (GH) rotation strength and pitching kinetic data were assessed in 28 (14.2 ±0.94 yrs; 66.5 ±11.7 kg; 175 ±10.8 cm) adolescent baseball pitchers. Spearman’s rank correlations were used to assess relationships between GH rotation strength and upper extremity torques during the pitching motion. Peak GH internal rotation torque during the pitch was negatively correlated with the ratio of throwing arm external rotation strength to non-throwing arm external rotation strength (r= -0.552, p \u3c 0.05). These results provide evidence for a potential mechanism behind the increased injury risk seen in pitchers who exhibit GH external rotation weakness

Ciliary neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamus of obese mice

Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a potent survival molecule for a large number of neuronal and glial cells. We previously found that in mouse hypothalamus CNTF is expressed by ependymal cells and tanycyctes lining the third ventricle and in a few scattered glial cells (Severi et al., 2012). Exogenously administered CNTF produces an anorectic effect via activation of hypothalamic neurons, and also stimulates neurogenesis in mouse hypothalamus. Thus, we evaluated CNTF expression in the hypothalamus of mice feeding a high fat diet (HFD, 50% of calories as fat) and in mice kept in a calorie restriction (CR) regimen (60% of individual mean food intake). RT-PCR showed a significant increase of both CNTF and CNTF receptor α (CNTFRα) mRNAs in the hypothalamus of the HFD mice; conversely, CR mice exhibited a significant decrease of CNTF and CNTFRα. Immunohistochemistry showed that in the HFD mice the hypothalamic increase of CNTF was restricted to the tanycytes located in the ependymal layer bordering the median eminence and sending their processes to the arcuate, ventromedial and dorsomedial nuclei, the tuberal part of the hypothalamus strongly involved in energy balance regulation. Stimulation of cells bearing the CNTFRα induces specific activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signalling system. Intraperitoneal treatment with recombinant CNTF and detection of the nuclear expression of phospho-STAT3 (P-STAT3) confirmed an increased responsiveness of HFD mice hypothalamus to CNTF and, conversely, a decreased expression of the receptor in the mice kept in the CR regimen. Interestingly, only in the HFD mice CNTF was able to activate a large population of neurons dispersed in the arcuate, ventromedial and dorsomedial nuclei

Los Derechos Humanos en la Política Exterior Argentina y su cobertura mediática en el período 2011-2015

This particular work proposes as a general objective to explain the media coverage of the subject of Human Rights in the Argentine Foreign Policy in the period 2011 to 2015, and so, the specific objectives are to identify which are the subtopics with greater appearance linked to the subject of Human Rights in the period of analysis and study the presence of Memory, Truth and Justice among the sub-themes associated with Human Rights.Este trabajo en particular propone como objetivo general analizar la cobertura mediática de la temática de Derechos Humanos en la Política Exterior Argentina en el período 2011 a 2015 y se plantea como objetivos específicos identificar cuáles son los subtemas con mayor aparición vinculados a la materia en el período de estudio y observar la presencia de Memoria, Verdad y Justicia entre los subtemas asociados con Derechos Humanos.&nbsp

An oncocytic adrenal tumour in a patient with Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUNK ENERGY FLOW AND COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL HITTING PERFORMANCE

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between trunk energy flow and performance (exit velocity) during collegiate softball hitting. Nineteen collegiate softball athletes (age: 19.6 ± 1.0yrs) performed three maximal effort swings off a pitching machine. Kinematic data were collected using an electromagnetic tracking system. A segmental power analysis was performed to quantify peak rates of trunk energy flow (proximal inflow (IF) and distal outflow (OF) on front and back sides). Regression analyses determined exit velocity was best predicted by peak rate of distal trunk energy OF on the front side. On average, the model showed exit velocity increased by .9 mph for every 100 W increase in distal trunk energy OF on the front side while holding body mass constant