The Iowa Homemaker Has a Birthday

The Iowa Homemaker celebrated its eighth birthday at an annual birthday dinner given in the Institutional Tea Room of Home Economics Hall on the evening of April 5

Autumn Fabrics and Fashions

There is no doubt that wool will hold its own for all purposes in regard to the clothing of women, says a late issue of the Women\u27s Wear Daily

Mediated Support for Learning Enhancement (ELLI) (Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory)

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Diabetic ketoacidosis-associated stroke in children and youth

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a state of severe insulin deficiency, either absolute or relative, resulting in hyperglycemia and ketonemia. Although possibly underappreciated, up to 10 of cases of intracerebral complications associated with an episode of DKA, and/or its treatment, in children and youth are due to hemorrhage or ischemic brain infarction. Systemic inflammation is present in DKA, with resultant vascular endothelial perturbation that may result in coagulopathy and increased hemorrhagic risk. Thrombotic risk during DKA is elevated by abnormalities in coagulation factors, platelet activation, blood volume and flow, and vascular reactivity. DKA-associated cerebral edema may also predispose to ischemic injury and hemorrhage, though cases of stroke without concomitant cerebral edema have been identified. We review the current literature regarding the pathogenesis of stroke during an episode of DKA in children and youth. Copyright © 2011 Jennifer Ruth Foster et al

Diabetic Ketoacidosis-Associated Stroke in Children and Youth

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a state of severe insulin deficiency, either absolute or relative, resulting in hyperglycemia and ketonemia. Although possibly underappreciated, up to 10% of cases of intracerebral complications associated with an episode of DKA, and/or its treatment, in children and youth are due to hemorrhage or ischemic brain infarction. Systemic inflammation is present in DKA, with resultant vascular endothelial perturbation that may result in coagulopathy and increased hemorrhagic risk. Thrombotic risk during DKA is elevated by abnormalities in coagulation factors, platelet activation, blood volume and flow, and vascular reactivity. DKA-associated cerebral edema may also predispose to ischemic injury and hemorrhage, though cases of stroke without concomitant cerebral edema have been identified. We review the current literature regarding the pathogenesis of stroke during an episode of DKA in children and youth

"In-between" : a study of domestic workers' children who have been informally fostered by their mothers' employers.

Master of Development Studies. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College 2015.This research explores the subjective experiences and life stories of 4 domestic workers’ children who were informally fostered by their mothers’/grandmothers’ employers in South Africa. Using a narrative thematic approach to analyse the semi-structured interviews conducted with each participant, the research sought to develop an understanding of the experience of being informally fostered, and how it may have shaped their understanding of themselves and their place in society. Themes related to notions of ‘identity’ and ‘belonging’ dominated the interview data and hinted that essentialist notions of race and culture still dominate social discourse in South Africa. A key finding of this research was that receiving unconditional support and acceptance from both their biological and their informal fostering families was important. Perceived or actual abandonment from either of these parental systems potentially resulted in significant threats to self-esteem, sense of personal agency, identity, and security of belonging. Another important finding was that the colour of the participants’ skin led them to question whether their identity, their sense of belonging, and their ‘ways of being’ were ‘natural’ to them or divergent as they differed from South African society’s essentialist expectations of black identities

Utilization of Information and Communication Technology in Teaching and Learning at the Primary School Level: A Developing Country Perspective

The study was conducted to assess the usage of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in primary schools within the OLA Circuit of the Cape Coast Metropolis. Again, the study was done to find out the availability of ICT facilities, efficient and accessible this infrastructure and challenges of integration. The study was carried out in five Government (Public) schools within the OLA Circuit in Cape Coast, Ghana. Descriptive survey was conducted using questionnaires to collect data on 50 teachers. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools such as frequency, correlation and linear regression were used to analyse the data.  The findings indicated that teachers teaching in the primary schools were willing to use ICT for their teaching but due to some challenges of inadequate facilities such as computer laboratory, electricity, projectors, scanners, printers and inadequate computer technicians hindering seamless integration of ICT in their teaching and learning. Also, the study showed that teachers had positive perceptions on the benefit of ICT on their teaching. Furthermore, most teachers requested for training in ICT, support services for technology, sufficient software to help sustain their interest in teaching and learning of the subject. It was recommended that technology and technical support unit should be instituted in the various schools to handle technology integration challenges and provide rapid responses to teachers’ technological needs. Keywords: Digital divide, E-learning, ICT, ICT Competence, ICT Technology DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-33-18 Publication date: November 30th 202

A study of the Special Commission on Baptism (1953-63) and developments in baptismal doctrine and practice in the Church of Scotland since 1963

In 1953 a Special Commission on Baptism was appointed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, under the convenorship of The Very Rev Dr Thomas F. Torrance, to carry out a fresh examination of the Doctrine of Baptism, in order to lead the Church to theological agreement and uniform practice. The Commission had emerged after years of disagreement related to the meaning of baptism and its administration, especially in light of infant baptism. What followed was seven years of Interim Reports and the production of a Biblical Doctrine of Baptism. Since then, Act XVII (1963) pertaining to Baptism has been revisited on several occasions. It is the contention of this thesis that Torrance greatly influenced the work of the Commission and shaped substantially the doctrine that emerged. The result was an understanding of baptism that whilst rooted in the Reformed tradition, departed from it. By suggesting that baptisma was closely aligned to Christ’s vicarious death, and that the sanctifying nature of the incarnation was the primary justification for the baptism of infants, a different trajectory was proposed. This created a tension between two differing paradigms, one that led to discriminate baptism and another, that could have led to indiscriminate baptism. The result was confusion in the General Assembly, and failure to unify doctrine and practice. In light of this, this thesis will explore the baptismal theology of Thomas F. Torrance. It will then examine the reports of the Special Commission, the minutes of their meetings, and the verbatim minutes of the General Assembly during that period, in order to establish Torrance’s influence upon the Commission and the reception of the reports within the church. Identifying that the main areas of tension lay in sacramental and covenantal theology, it will then offer an overview of both the Reformed tradition and the Special Commission to see points of agreement and disagreement, in order to assess the extent to which the Special Commission departed from Reformed principles. Finally, it will explore the influence of the Special Commission’s work on the Church of Scotland since 1963, highlighting the watershed in baptismal theology that occurred in 2003, with the acknowledgement that believers’ baptism, and not infant baptism, was the theological norm