Perceptions of positive attitudes toward people with spinal cord injury : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in psychology at Massey University

The aim of the present study was to identify differences in perceptions of positive attitudes toward persons with SCI (spinal cord injury). The four groups surveyed included 35 people with SCI, 27 rehabilitation workers from a spinal injuries rehabilitation unit in Auckland, 16 rehabilitation workers from a hospital rehabilitation unit in Palmerston North, and 37 people from the general population. Participants completed the Modified Issues in Disability Scale-Transitional Version (Makas, 1993), adjusted slightly for the purpose of the study. The people with SCI were considered the judges of what a positive attitude consisted of, and scored higher on the measure than all other groups. The results showed that the Auckland rehabilitation workers and the general population group differed significantly from the people with SCI in their perceptions of positive attitudes, whereas the Palmerston North rehabilitation workers did not. Age and ethnic identity were significantly related to perceptions of attitudes, with younger adults and Europeans being more aware of positive attitudes than older adults and non-Europeans. Professionally trained rehabilitation workers had a greater awareness than inservice trained workers of what constituted a positive attitude toward people with SCI. The results indicated a lack of awareness among rehabilitation workers and the general population about what constitutes a positive attitude toward people with SCI. Recommendations for future research and practical suggestions for improving awareness were made

Creating a new corporate visual identity at the University of Lincoln Library

This article describes how we used features from our new library building, the Great Central Warehouse, to create a new corporate visual identity for the department

Using HERON at the University of Lincoln – a pilot study

Report of a pilot using HERON digitisation and copyright-clearance services at the University of Lincoln, to provide 100 second-year Media Production undergraduates with a selection of digitised reading material

Mis Orígenes No Me Limitan

Lys Huerta is a first-generation undergraduate student at Cal State LA. When she was growing up, she learned Spanish as a first language because her parents’ English was limited at the time. Throughout her elementary school years, Huerta’s ESL background seemed to mean that her English was not at the same level of her peers, making her feel less than adequate. Now as an adult, Huerta realizes that being bilingual has allowed her to help others both at work and in everyday life

Demonizing the “Other:” Fundamentalist Pakistani Madrasahs and the Construction of Religious Violence

This article explores the role of fundamentalist, extremist teachings and alleged child abuse in Pakistani Islamic schools, known as madrasahs, in the construction of Islamic violence. A comparison of the educational deprivation, psychological harm, and physical and sexual abuse endured by madrasah students with the experiences of former Canadian residential school survivors, indicates that these two groups generally suffer various pathological internal and external reactions to violence. Further research should attempt to investigate allegations of harm experienced by madrasah students, with the goals of policy reform to protect these children, and the modernization and standardization of problematic madrasah curricula

CONTENT OF DIENE KOH'UGATIVES AND MALONIC DIALDEHYDE IN BLOOD FOR RATS IN DYNAMICS OF FORMATION OF IMMOBILIZATIONAL STRESS

Nowadays, one of the most important problems are stressful reaction of human and animal systems. The purpose of our study was to find out the peculiarities of the dynamics of changes in the indices of diene conjugates and malonic dialdehyde in blood in rats under the conditions of development of immobilization stress. Material and methods of research. The experiments were carried out on white male rats of the Vistar line weighing 180–200 g which were divided into 3 groups for 10 animals (one control and three tested). The control group of rats was injected with 1 mg physiological saline per kg body weight intraperitoneally. The animals were decapitated under anes the siaca used by sodium thiopental (intraperitoneal injection of 1 % solution of 50 mg / kg) and withdrawn from the experiment after 1, 3, and 5 days. In blood plasma was determined the content of diene conjugates and malonic dialdehyde in stress-induced rats, the groups were compared with the control group rats. Results. The state of the processes (POFs) was assessed by the content of blood vessels detected in different periods (1 st, 3 rd, and 5 th day) after conducting of IS in rats. Under the conditions of the development of the IS, an increase in the content of DK was observed at 116.96 % (p<0.05) in the experimental group1 accordingly on the 1st day after the IS compared with the control. For the 3rd day of the study, the level of DK increased by 44.24 % (p<0.05) in experimental group 2, against the intact group of animals. Experimental group 3, in which animals were withdrawn from the IS for the 5th day, was characterized by an increase in the content of DK by 41.84 % (p<0.05) compared with the control group. Another indicator of MDA in the blood for 1 day of the experiment in experimental group 1 increased by 104.15 % (p<0.05) in the case of IS in relation to the intact group. On the 3rd day of the experiment under the conditions of development of IP, the level of MDA increased by 83.9 % (p<0.05), against control. At the 5th day of the experiment, MDA level was 30.1 % (p<0.05) for IS, when compared with control Conclusion. Consequently, the experiment made it possible to establish the significant activation of the LP processes, which we determined with increasing levels of DC and MDA in animals under IS conditions, the most of it was on the 1th day of the experiment