PENGARUH PEREBUSAN TERHADAP KARAKTERISTIK ASAM AMINO DAN LOGAM BERAT PADA DAGING KEONG BAKAU (Telescopium telescopium)

Amino acids are important constituents of proteins in the body. Heavy metal is a metal element with a density of more than 5 g / cm3. this study aims to determine the yield of mangrove snail (Telescopium telescopium), proximate composition, characteristics of amino acids and heavy metals (Pb, Cd and Hg) fresh and boiled mangrove snails from Tanjung Unggat Coastal Tanjungpinang City. The study began with sampling mangrove snails, morphometric measurements, body yield (shells, meat and innards) and analysis of chemical content, amino acids and heavy metals in mangrove snail meat. The results of the proximate research, the highest value was found in fresh mangrove snail water content which was equal to 78.58%. The highest amino acid content in mangrove snails was found in glutamic acid at 25.121 Heavy metals Pb, Cd and Hg were not detected in mangrove snail meat.Asam amino merupakan unsur penting penyusunprotein dalam tubuh. Logam berat adalah unsur logam dengan massa jenis lebih dari 5 g/cm3 . Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menentukan rendemen keong bakau (Telescopium telescopium), komposisi proksimat, karakteristik asam amino dan logam berat (Pb, Cddan Hg) keong bakau segar dan rebus dari perairan Tanjung Unggat Kota Tanjungpinang. Penelitian ini diawali dengan pengambilan sampel keong bakau, pengukuran morfometrik, rendemen (cangkang, daging dan jeroan), analisis kandungan kimia, asam amino dan logam berat pada daging keong bakau. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian proksimat nilai tertinggi terdapat pada kadar air keong bakau yaitu sebesar 78,58%. Kandungan asam amino tertinggi pada keong bakau terdapat pada asam glutamat sebesar 25,121 Kandungan logam berat Pb, Cd dan Hg tidak terdeteksi pada daging keong bakau

Desarrollo de un modelo de sostenibilidad empresarial, mediante el uso de indicadores de sostenibilidad para la industria Italcol.

El presente proyecto de investigación consiste en el desarrollo de un modelo de sostenibilidad empresarial mediante el uso de indicadores de sostenibilidad para la industria Italcol, permitiendo conocer profundidad la sostenibilidad, un tema que ahora es más importante y demandado por las empresas e implementar modelo de gestión de la sostenibilidad empresarial que asegure la continuidad del negocio en el tiempo, es decir: mantener el negocio en marcha en un nivel aceptable, optimizar los recursos, evitar o minimizar pérdidas, ser competitivos en el mercado, permitir la correcta asignación de recursos, crear una zona de amortiguamiento que permita operaciones de recuperación rápida, en armonía con el medio ambiente y la sociedad para administrar de manera efectiva los recursos, las personas, los materiales y el medio ambiente. La causa principal de la importancia que adquiere la responsabilidad social en la sociedad contemporánea se debe al éxito que han demostrado las empresas resolviendo problemas así como una cierta desconfianza que se ha ido asentando en los ciudadanos sobre la poca celeridad en la resolución que suelen mostrar los Gobiernos y las administraciones Públicas, haciendo que un indicador de sostenibilidad sea de importancia ya que es un factor medible que contribuye a la sostenibilidad de un negocio.This research project consists of the development of a business sustainability model through the use of sustainability indicators for the Italcol industry, allowing to know sustainability in depth, a topic that is now more important and demanded by companies and to implement a management model. of business sustainability that ensures business continuity over time, that is: keeping the business running at an acceptable level, optimizing resources, avoiding or minimizing losses, being competitive in the market, allowing the correct allocation of resources, creating a buffer zone that allows rapid recovery operations, in harmony with the environment and society to effectively manage resources, people, materials and the environment. The main cause of the importance that social responsibility acquires in contemporary society is due to the success that companies have shown in solving problems, as well as a certain distrust that has been settling in citizens about the lack of speed in the resolution that governments tend to show. Governments and Public Administrations, making a sustainability indicator important since it is a measurable factor that contributes to the sustainability of a business

Achieving patient weighing in UK primary care. A conversation analytic study

Addressing issues of weight with people with type 2 diabetes is increasingly becoming part of the workload of primary care. This includes taking weight measurements during consultations. Evidence suggests that weighing is experienced as difficult for health professionals and patients. This study explores how weighing is accomplished and identifies strategies and practices that can be used in primary care settings. Data are drawn from two large UK based archives of over 600 audio and video recorded primary care consultations. Conversation analysis was used to systematically inspect the consultation data. We identified the linguistic practices employed by GPs and resulting interactions around the measurement of weight in primary care. Seven consultations form this corpus. We identify the sequential interactional pattern through which GPs and patients engage to achieve weighing and identify delicacy features in GPs talk which are used to build alignment with patients to achieve weighing. The analysis also highlighted the ways in which GPs justify their need to weigh patients, including marking the measurement as clinically necessary and preferring a need for an objective measure of weight. The analyses highlight that patient responses to requests to weigh are varied and that weighing patients can necessitate considerable interactional effort. Achieving weighing of patients in primary care consultations requires considerable interactional work between GPs and patients and it is important for the delicacy of these requests to be appreciated. There is a need for greater attention to how to achieve weighing, given the increasing attention weight has in relation to health

Achieving patient weighing in UK primary care. A conversation analytic study

Addressing issues of weight with people with type 2 diabetes is increasingly becoming part of the workload of primary care. This includes taking weight measurements during consultations. Evidence suggests that weighing is experienced as difficult for health professionals and patients. This study explores how weighing is accomplished and identifies strategies and practices that can be used in primary care settings. Data are drawn from two large UK based archives of over 600 audio and video recorded primary care consultations. Conversation analysis was used to systematically inspect the consultation data. We identified the linguistic practices employed by GPs and resulting interactions around the measurement of weight in primary care. Seven consultations form this corpus. We identify the sequential interactional pattern through which GPs and patients engage to achieve weighing and identify delicacy features in GPs talk which are used to build alignment with patients to achieve weighing. The analysis also highlighted the ways in which GPs justify their need to weigh patients, including marking the measurement as clinically necessary and preferring a need for an objective measure of weight. The analyses highlight that patient responses to requests to weigh are varied and that weighing patients can necessitate considerable interactional effort. Achieving weighing of patients in primary care consultations requires considerable interactional work between GPs and patients and it is important for the delicacy of these requests to be appreciated. There is a need for greater attention to how to achieve weighing, given the increasing attention weight has in relation to health

Phenotypic plasticity and water availability: responses of alpine herb species along an elevation gradient

Background Alpine regions are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The Australian Alps are potentially more so than other mountain regions, as they cover a very small geographic area (<0.05% of mainland Australia), with a low maximum elevation (2228 m). Therefore, response to climate change will be primarily determined by the ability of species to survive in-situ through local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity. Existing climate change models project not only warming but increasingly variable precipitation and snow cover across the Australian Alps. Thus, plasticity in water use traits may become increasingly important for the establishment and persistence of Australian alpine plants. Given that plants from lower elevations inhabit a more heterogeneous environment with more frequent frosts, greater temperature extremes, and higher evapotranspiration, we predict plasticity – and particularly adaptive plasticity – may be more common at low relative to high elevation. To test these predictions we investigated the extent of plasticity and the adaptive value thereof in water use traits in three herbaceous Australian alpine plant species. Seeds were collected from low and high elevation alpine sites and grown at ample and limiting water availability under common-garden conditions. For morphological and physiological traits, we compared both their means and phenotypic plasticity across treatments and elevations. Results Responses of morphological and physiological traits to water availability were in accord with many previous studies of water response. Although previous work in the same environment demonstrated greater plasticity in response to temperature for low elevation populations, plasticity in response to water availability in our study showed markedly little variation as a function of elevation. Rather, patterns of plasticity were highly variable among species and among traits within species, with few instances of adaptive plastic responses. Conclusion We discuss the difficulties in observing adaptive plasticity and the importance of microhabitat variation in shaping the persistence of these Australian alpine species.S.R.G was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. J.A.R-V was supported by a González Esparcia postdoctoral scholarship from the Technical University of Madrid. We also acknowledge an Australian Research Council fellowship to A.B.N, FT100100464

Isolation by distance and isolation by environment contribute to population differentiation in Protea repens (Proteaceae L.), a widespread South African species

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa is renowned for its botanical diversity, but the evolutionary origins of this diversity remain controversial. Both neutral and adaptive processes have been implicated in driving diversification, but population-level studies of plants in the CFR are rare. Here, we investigate the limits to gene flow and potential environmental drivers of selection in Protea repens L. (Proteaceae L.), a widespread CFR species. METHODS: We sampled 19 populations across the range of P. repens and used genotyping by sequencing to identify 2066 polymorphic loci in 663 individuals. We used a Bayesian FST outlier analysis to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) marking genomic regions that may be under selection; we used those SNPs to identify potential drivers of selection and excluded them from analyses of gene flow and genetic structure. RESULTS: A pattern of isolation by distance suggested limited gene flow between nearby populations. The populations of P. repens fell naturally into two or three groupings, which corresponded to an east-west split. Differences in rainfall seasonality contributed to diversification in highly divergent loci, as do barriers to gene flow that have been identified in other species. CONCLUSIONS: The strong pattern of isolation by distance is in contrast to the findings in the only other widespread species in the CFR that has been similarly studied, while the effects of rainfall seasonality are consistent with well-known patterns. Assessing the generality of these results will require investigations of other CFR species.This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB-1046328). Seeds were collected under Cape Nature permits AAA005-00214-0028 and AAA005-00224-0028 and Eastern Cape Province permit CRO 4/11 C

Landscape genomic prediction for restoration of a Eucalyptus foundation species under climate change

As species face rapid environmental change, we can build resilient populations through restoration projects that incorporate predicted future climates into seed sourcing decisions. Eucalyptus melliodora is a foundation species of a critically endangered community in Australia that is a target for restoration. We examined genomic and phenotypic variation to make empirical based recommendations for seed sourcing. We examined isolation by distance and isolation by environment, determining high levels of gene flow extending for 500 km and correlations with climate and soil variables. Growth experiments revealed extensive phenotypic variation both within and among sampling sites, but no site-specific differentiation in phenotypic plasticity. Model predictions suggest that seed can be sourced broadly across the landscape, providing ample diversity for adaptation to environmental change. Application of our landscape genomic model to E. melliodora restoration projects can identify genomic variation suitable for predicted future climates, thereby increasing the long term probability of successful restoration.Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP130100455; Jason G Bragg, Linda M Broadhurst, Adrienne B Nicotra, Margaret Byrne, Justin O Borevit

Students' stories of self case study while learning cognitive therapy: a New Zealand narrative study

This narrative inquiry study examines the stories told by seven adult students about learning cognitive therapy and how they experienced being both the subject and the writer of their own case study. At the time of being interviewed, some were completing a Bachelor of Counselling or Alcohol and Drug Studies, while others had completed their counsellor training and had employment in their profession. The students completing the Alcohol and Drug Studies are also trainee counsellors with a particular specialisation. All students completed a ten day, introductory course in Cognitive Therapy. There has been limited research exploring the learning experiences of students on cognitive therapy training. There does not appear to be any research on either the use of self case study in Cognitive Therapy education or the student experience of self case study. The purpose of this study was twofold: firstly, to explore the students’ perspectives on what it was like to learn cognitive therapy and secondly, to explore the students’ experiences of completing a case study on themselves. In this study, narrative interviews were used to invite participants to tell their story. The interviews were audio taped and transcribed. The participants’ in depth stories when analysed, produced clear thematic content as well as unique accounts of personal learning journeys. Analysis involved rewriting each interview as a core narrative, structured to show each participant’s position when they began learning, the essence of the story line, their unique voice, the plot direction, the story’s climax, including the impact on their identity and finally, their core message. These narratives are represented by six short pieces of prose and a poem. The narrators and cognitive therapy are central characters in all stories. Thematic content was depicted as steps in a learning process. All core narratives were sent to each participant for checking that it captured their original story and its meaning. The findings were that adult counselling students found brief introductory training courses in Cognitive Therapy to be very effective for enabling them to learn the cognitive therapy model, to refine their cognitive therapy skills and to enhance their own personal development. Self case study has the potential to provide a complex, multi-dimensional learning opportunity facilitating deep learning. Self case study can result in transformative learning and the development of new stories of identity for the writer (and subject) of the case study. Individual student accounts suggest that Cognitive Therapy can be usefully adapted for some Maori and self case study can be a means of strengthening cultural identity. In addition, for some counselling student trainees, the process of doing a self case study may provide a means of working through childhood trauma. The findings provide some preliminary support for including use of self case study within the counselling curriculum. Self case study can provide opportunities for deepening learning about theory and practice, which is all the more potent when related to students’ own selves. Given support, students might be encouraged to complete self case study as a means of gaining significant personal development. Such curriculum changes would require additional expertise on the part of counselling educators. The narratives analysed in this study suggest that particular support may be needed to enable the safe self development of students from ethnic minority groups and also to provide well for those who had experienced childhood trauma. This is recommended as an area for further research. Given that Counselling education has the task of developing and preparing students for the Counselling profession, students’ perspectives on this experience, are an important and relatively underdeveloped area of research. There is a need for further research specifically on students’ learning experiences in Cognitive Therapy. Ongoing research is needed about the use of self case study as a learning opportunity for student learning and personal development

DNA DETECTION OF FOXES TO PREVENT ESTABLISHMENT IN TASMANIA

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has wreaked havoc on mainland Australia’s environment and agricultural production since its introduction in the 1870s. Over the same period, the southern Australian island State of Tasmania has remained virtually fox-free, allowing its unique biodiversity to remain relatively pristine. Recently, an unknown number of foxes were deliberately or accidentally introduced to Tasmania. Some of those animals and possibly their progeny now live in the wild in Tasmania. Finding foxes in a state the size of Tasmania presents special problems for wildlife managers, but is essential to prevent their establishment in this stronghold for Australian marsupials. To assist in finding foxes in Tasmania, we have developed DNA detection approaches specifically for foxes that utilize the ubiquitous mitochondrial DNA found on the surface of mammal scats. Using these approaches, fox DNA has been detected in three different regions in Tasmania and have provided the basis for intense control efforts in those areas. We are now expanding our approach to include other predatory mammals of interest (including both native marsupials and other introduced mammals) and increasing the breadth and scope of our surveys

Mentoring in the career-long professional learning phase of teacher education

This chapter focuses on mentors and mentees in the career-long professional learning phase of teacher education. Benefits of mentoring for experienced teachers are shared as well as benefits for mentees who are experienced teachers. Experiences are shared through a series of case studies written by mentors who were in the career-long professional learning phase and were working with both beginning teachers and experienced teachers. The case studies provide opportunities to reflect on the roles of mentors working with teachers with different professional learning needs at different stages of their careers and on the benefits of mentoring for mentors. They also aim to stimulate reflection on the conditions needed in school to encourage, support and develop mentoring for all teachers, and consider the balance of mentoring for individual teacher development and school development in the career-long professional learning phase