The Relationship Between Sexual Debut and Eating Attitudes

Sexual debut is defined as the first time an individual engages in penetrative sexual intercourse. This experience, if negative, has been associated with adverse outcomes such as substance abuse, delinquency, depressive symptoms, and negative self-schemas. The purpose of this study was to expand the literature on sexual debut by exploring specific aspects of sexual debut (ie. age at sexual debut, and nonconsensual or consensual sexual debut) and their relationship with eating attitudes and behaviors. Participants (N=448) completed a single session online survey that measured sexual debut, self-esteem, body satisfaction, body esteem and eating attitudes and behaviors. A nonconsensual sexual encounter at sexual debut significantly predicted higher levels of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. This relationship was mediated by variables of self-esteem and body satisfaction. Understanding sexual debut as a contributor to disordered eating and other variables that affect this relationship can be valuable in expanding the literature on the development of disordered eating as well as women’s sexual health and well-being.Human Development and Family Science

An analytical survey and study of counselor attitudes of a group of Catholic nuns.

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Holistic Responses to Campus Violence in the United States: Understanding the Needs of Campus and Community - Based Service Providers--RESEARCH

Campus violence is a significant social and public health problem in the United States and poses a unique situation for service provision. Victims often have access to both campus-based and community-based services, as they are simultaneously students and citizens of a larger community. Therefore, understanding the needs of campus violence service providers is essential for enhancing responses to campus violence. This research identifies knowledge and service delivery needs among service providers to support a comprehensive approach to ending campus violence. Situated in the social-ecological model, this article discusses the results of a survey to identify knowledge and service delivery needs among campus-and community-based service providers. The results indicate that both campus and community-based service providers were knowledgeable about campus violence and expressed confidence in providing services. However, clear areas for improving service providers’ knowledge base emerge, such as providing community-based service providers with a better understanding of campus judicial policies and campus-based responses to violence. Therefore, two recommendations for campus-based anti-violence efforts emerge. First, it is important for campus-based programs to provide broad training for the multiple service-provider constituents. Secondly, knowledge and service needs assessments can illuminate areas for additional training specific to constituencies

OPTIMALISASI GERAKAN LITERASI SEKOLAH MELALUI KREATIVITAS GURU SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstrak:  Sejak 2016 Indonesia telah menggagas GLS untuk menumbuhkan minat membaca pada siswa di semua jenjang pendidikan. Akan tetapi, tidak semua sekolah dapat menerapkannya dengan lancar, seperti SDN Anamui, Kecamatan Cisauk, Kabupaten Tangerang. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan menggerakkan budaya literasi baca-tulis di SDN Anamui. Peserta kegiatan ini berjumlah sembilan orang, yaitu guru dan siswa. Kegiatan berlangsung selama Mei-Juni 2023 dengan memberikan edukasi literasi baca-tulis melalui teknik ceramah, sharing, dan diskusi.  Setelah edukasi, guru mengimplementasikan GLS di kelas masing-masing. Setelah implementasi, diadakan lomba menulis dan berbicara. Dari evaluasi kegiatan, telah terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan guru mengenai GLS sebesar 36 poin dari nilai rerata pretest dan posttest. Guru telah menerapkan teknik membaca dengan baik dan memanfaatkan YouTube sebagai sumber literasi digital. Bahkan, secara kreatif dan inovatif, guru melakukan kegiatan pascamembaca berbantuan media pembelajaran yang diciptakan sendiri. Keberhasilan kegiatan literasi membutuhkan bukan saja komitmen sekolah, melainkan juga keterlibatan orang tua dan komite sekolah, agar dapat berjalan secara maksimal.Abstract: Since 2016, Indonesia has initiated the School Literacy Movement (GLS) to foster interest in reading in students at all levels of education. However, not all schools can implement it smoothly, such as SDN Anamui, Cisauk District, Tangerang Regency. This community service activity aims to drive the culture of literacy at SDN Anamui. The participants of this activity were teachers and students, a total of nine persons. The activity will occur during May-June 2023 by providing literacy education through lectures, sharing, and discussion techniques. After education, teachers implement GLS in their classrooms. After implementation, a writing and speaking competition was held. From the evaluation of activities, there has been an increase in teacher knowledge about literacy by 36 points from the average pretest and posttest scores. Teachers have applied reading techniques well and utilize YouTube as a source of digital literacy. Creatively and innovatively, teachers carry out post-reading activities with the help of self-created learning media.  The success of literacy activities requires not only school commitment but also the involvement of parents and school committees so that they can run optimally.  

Critically Appraised Paper for “Effects of dance on motor functions, cognitive functions, and mental symptoms of Parkinson’s disease: A quasi-randomized pilot trial”

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a systemic condition that presents not only motor but also nonmotor symptoms, as a result of dopamine deficiency in the basal ganglia. Rehabilitation typically focuses on motor deficits, however, despite the fact that nonmotor symptoms have a significant impact on quality of life. The researchers of this study investigated the effectiveness of dance on motor functions, cognitive functions, and mental symptoms of individuals with PD. They chose dance as their intervention because it has been shown to activate the basal ganglia as well as improve mood. In addition to motor function and mood, the researchers also assessed the mental symptoms of motivation, depression, and apathy, which are commonly affected by PD. Forty-six participants were randomized into one of three groups: dance, PD exercise, and control. The dance group used movements that typically are difficult for PD patients, such as simplifying complex movements, using body awareness, and following visual and auditory cues. The PD exercise group participated in physical therapy and exercises. Both the dance and the PD exercise groups met once per week for 12 weeks. The control group participants received no intervention and continued with their normal life activities

Microbial community analysis of Acropora palamata mucus swabs, water and sediment samples from Hawksnest Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Colonies of the scleractinian coral Acropora palmata, listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act in 2006, have been monitored in Hawksnest Bay, within Virgin Islands National Park, St. John, from 2004 through 2010 by scientists with the US Geological Survey, National Park Service, and the University of the Virgin Islands. The focus has been on documenting the prevalence of disease, including white band, white pox (also called patchy necrosis and white patches), and unidentified diseases (Rogers et al., 2008; Muller et al., 2008). In an effort to learn more about the pathologies that might be involved with the diseases that were observed, samples were collected from apparently healthy and diseased colonies in July 2009 for analysis. Two different microbial assays were performed on Epicentre Biotechnologies DNA swabs containing A. palmata coral mucus, and on water and sediment samples collected in Hawksnest Bay. Both assays are based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of portions of the small rRNA gene (16S). The objectives were to determine 1) if known coral bacterial pathogens Serratia marcescens (Acroporid Serratiosis), Vibrio coralliilyticus (temperature-dependent bleaching, White Syndrome), Vibrio shiloi (bleaching, necrosis), and Aurantimonas coralicida (White Plague Type II) were present in any samples, and 2) if there were any differences in microbial community profiles of each healthy, unaffected or diseased coral mucus swab. In addition to coral mucus, water and sediment samples were included to show ambient microbial populations. In the first test, PCR was used to separately amplify the unique and diagnostic region of the 16S rRNA gene for each of the coral pathogens being screened. Each pathogen test was designed so that an amplified DNA fragment could be seen only if the specific pathogen was present in a sample. A positive result was indicated by bands of DNA of the appropriate size on an agarose gel, which separates DNA fragments based on the size of the molecule. DNA from pure cultures of each of the pathogens was used as a positive control for each assay

Embedding effective depression care: using theory for primary care organisational and systems change

Background: depression and related disorders represent a significant part of general practitioners (GPs) daily work. Implementing the evidence about what works for depression care into routine practice presents a challenge for researchers and service designers. The emerging consensus is that the transfer of efficacious interventions into routine practice is strongly linked to how well the interventions are based upon theory and take into account the contextual factors of the setting into which they are to be transferred. We set out to develop a conceptual framework to guide change and the implementation of best practice depression care in the primary care setting.Methods: we used a mixed method, observational approach to gather data about routine depression care in a range of primary care settings via: audit of electronic health records; observation of routine clinical care; and structured, facilitated whole of organisation meetings. Audit data were summarised using simple descriptive statistics. Observational data were collected using field notes. Organisational meetings were audio taped and transcribed. All the data sets were grouped, by organisation, and considered as a whole case. Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) was identified as an analytical theory to guide the conceptual framework development.Results: five privately owned primary care organisations (general practices) and one community health centre took part over the course of 18 months. We successfully developed a conceptual framework for implementing an effective model of depression care based on the four constructs of NPT: coherence, which proposes that depression work requires the conceptualisation of boundaries of who is depressed and who is not depressed and techniques for dealing with diffuseness; cognitive participation, which proposes that depression work requires engagement with a shared set of techniques that deal with depression as a health problem; collective action, which proposes that agreement is reached about how care is organised; and reflexive monitoring, which proposes that depression work requires agreement about how depression work will be monitored at the patient and practice level. We describe how these constructs can be used to guide the design and implementation of effective depression care in a way that can take account of contextual differences.Conclusions: ideas about what is required for an effective model and system of depression care in primary care need to be accompanied by theoretically informed frameworks that consider how these can be implemented. The conceptual framework we have presented can be used to guide organisational and system change to develop common language around each construct between policy makers, service users, professionals, and researchers. This shared understanding across groups is fundamental to the effective implementation of change in primary care for depressio

Pericardial Fat and Echocardiographic Measures of Cardiac Abnormalities

Objective: Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT), a regional fat depot adjacent to the myocardium, may mediate the complex relation between obesity and cardiac left ventricular (LV) abnormalities. We sought to evaluate the association of PAT with echocardiographic measures of LV abnormalities in the Jackson Heart Study (JHS). Research Design and Methods: A total of 1,414 African Americans (35% men; mean age 58 years) from the JHS underwent computed tomographic assessment of PAT and abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) from 2007 to 2009 and echocardiography examination between 2000 and 2004. Echocardiographic measures of left atrial (LA) internal diameter, LV mass, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and E-wave velocity-to-A-wave velocity ratio (E/A ratio) were examined in relation to PAT, VAT, BMI, and waist circumference (WC). Results: All adiposity measures were positively correlated with LA diameter and LV mass and negatively correlated with E/A ratio (P = 0.02 to 0.0001) and were not with LVEF (P = 0.36–0.61). In women, per 1-SD increment of PAT, we observed association with higher LV mass (9.0 $\pm$ 1.7 gm, P = 0.0001) and LA diameter (1.0 $\pm$ 0.1 mm, P = 0.0001). However, the magnitude of the association between PAT and cardiac measures was similar compared with VAT (P = 0.65 [LV mass]; P = 0.26 [LA diameter]) and was smallercompared with BMI (P = 0.002 [LV mass]; P = 0.01 [LA diameter]) and WC (P = 0.009 [LA diameter]). Conclusions: PAT is correlated with echocardiographic measures of cardiac LV abnormalities, but the association is not stronger than other adiposity measures

Novel, low cost, highly effective, handmade steroid pellets for experimental studies

The basic component of SilasticH glue (Dow Corning) used to prepare SilasticH pellets is polydimethylsiloxane. This compound is also present in other commercial adhesives such as FASTIXH (Akapol SA) that are available in any store for that category. In the present study we developed low cost, easy to prepare handmade steroid pellets (HMSP) by mixing 17bestradiol, progesterone or other synthetic steroids with FASTIXH adhesive. We assessed serum levels of 17b-estradiol, progesterone, prolactin and luteinizing hormone in ovariectomized mice treated for 24 and 48 h or 7, 14 and 28 days with 20 mg or 5 mg of 17b-estradiol or 5 mg progesterone HMSP. We found a time dependent and significant increase in the levels of both natural hormones, and a downregulation of serum luteinizing hormone levels, while both 17b-estradiol doses increased serum prolactin. Uterine weights at sacrifice and histological examination of the uteri and the mammary glands correlated with estrogen or progestin action. Finally, we evaluated the biological effects of HMSP compared to commercial pellets or daily injections in the stimulation or inhibition of hormone dependent mammary tumor growth, and found that HMSP were as effective as the other methods of hormone administration. These data show that HMSP represent a useful, low cost, easily accessible method for administering steroids to miceFil: Sahores, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: Luque, Guillermina Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: Wargon, Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: May, Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: Molinolo, Alfredo. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Estados UnidosFil: Becu, Damasia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: Lanari, Claudia Lee Malvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); ArgentinaFil: Lamb, Caroline Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (i); Argentin