THE IMPACT OF INCENTIVE-BASED EDUCATION ON MOTHERS’ UNDERSTANDING AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THEIR PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCES: A REFLECTIVE STUDY

Incentive-based education has a clear purpose and vision for the populations served. It is important for these organizations to demonstrate that their impact is positive, and that resources from the community are utilized efficiently. The purpose of this study is to identify the impacts of incentive-based education on the understanding and preparedness of a mother’s prenatal and postpartum experiences. Baby Steps, a non-profit incentive-based education program, was used as the research site. Clients of Baby Steps who have been involved in the program since a time during their pregnancy and who have had their baby between 3-12 months ago participated in this study. The mothers who participated in this survey reported needing financial, emotional, and/or educational support during and following their pregnancy. Survey participants’ ages ranged from 18 years to 34 years old, and came from a variety of ethnic backgrounds and countries of origin. The educational background of participants ranged from elementary school being the highest grade finished, to the completion a college degree. The findings of this study were able support the research hypothesis as these mothers were able to find at least some of the support they needed by participating in the Baby Steps program, thus yielding positive prenatal and postpartum outcomes

Marine Protected Areas in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Defining Success for Conservation and Management

With growing attention to and use of marine protected areas [MPAs], there are an increasing number of policy goals ascribed to these area-based management tools [ABMT]. One expectation is that an MPA can increase system “resilience”, yet oftentimes resilience – including whether we are considering social, economic or ecological resilience – stays unspecified. In recent years, there has also been a specific focus on MPAs as tools to promote climate change resilient ocean systems. Through a meta-analysis of the scientific literature and an analysis of over one thousand three hundred voluntary commitments made at the United Nation Ocean Conference, this work presents a typology of how the concept of resilience is beyond deployed in MPA science and policy-making. Further analysis, supplemented by semi- structure interviews and surveys highlights the diversity of ways in which practitioners define MPA success. These analyses reveal that – in contemporary international ocean governance – different stakeholders are connecting MPAs to different forms of resilience. This work also highlights a disconnect between expressed goals of MPAs, such as cultural effectiveness, and what is deemed important in practice (ecological factors)

Plant sulfate transporters in the low phytic acid network : some educated guesses

A few new papers report that mutations in some genes belonging to the group 3 of plant sulfate transporter family result in low phytic acid phenotypes, drawing novel strategies and approaches for engineering the low-phytate trait in cereal grains. Here, we shortly review the current knowledge on phosphorus/sulfur interplay and sulfate transport regulation in plants, to critically discuss some hypotheses that could help in unveiling the physiological links between sulfate transport and phosphorus accumulation in seeds

Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of Main Group Pyridyl Ligands

The bis(2-pyridyl) ligands [Me2Al(6-Me-2-py)2Li·2THF] (40) and [Me2Al(5-Me-2-py)2Li·2THF] (44) were synthesized by reacting 2-bromo-6-methylpyridine and 2-bromo-5-methylpyridine, respectively, with nBuLi at ─78 °C (1:1 equiv), followed by reaction with Me2AlCl (2:1 equiv). Reaction with 2-bromo-3-methylpyridine was attempted (45), but the crystalline material [BrLi(6-Me-py)3] was obtained. Further experiments were tried, with different R-bridgehead groups (R = Et (41), Ph (42), tBu (43)) trying to be introduced. Although some of the reactions were believed to be successful, the isolation of the products was extremely difficult, given the oily nature of most of the obtained compounds, presumably by the presence of hydrolysed material. Substitution of the Li+ cation in 40 by Na+ (46) and K+ (47) by the reaction of 40 with NaOtBu or KOtBu (1:1 equiv), respectively, was also attempted, although neither of the reactions showed successful results. Transmetallation reactions between 40 and various metals (Fe, Ca, Mn, Nb, Eu, Yb or Sm) did not yield any crystal structures. However, the reaction between the in situ ligand 41 and FeCl2 appeared to be successful. Unfortunately, no characterization analysis could be performed on it.The synthesis of the already reported [Bi(4-py)3] ligand (48) by reaction of 4-bromopyridine with nBuLi (1:1 equiv), followed by reaction with BiCl3 (3:1 equiv) is described. Further reactions with Ni(BF4)2, NiBr2, Co(BF4)2 and CoBr2 are also mentioned, although the layering of the 48 solution and the different metal solutions did not yield any crystalline material that could be observed.The NMR-scale reaction of 48 with [Bi(6-Me-2-py)3] (1:2 equiv) in d6-benzene and d8-THF was also attempted, although no change in the 1H NMR spectra could be observed, indicating that both reactions were unsuccessful. <br /

Passion Pit: On the Right Track

Fresh off the release of the critically-acclaimed second LP, indie-pop royalty Passion Pit brings the dance-ready sound of Gossamer to the stage. Bro’d out druggies snorted unidentifiable powders from tin cans and were guided to another world by Michael Angelakos’ soaring voice and band of bouncing synths. The sweat weighed down Angelakos’ Greek mop of curls and turned his shirt a deeper shade of purple as he amped the sea of hands a few thousand deep. Then relatively under the radar, Passion Pit made its Lollapalooza debut in an easily overlooked afternoon slot on a side stage with an unmastered EP and freshly released label full-length under its belt

Der Ileus - ein Findling in der modernen Medizin?

Zusammenfassung: Kaum einem Krankheitsbild liegt ein so breites differenzialdiagnostisches Spektrum zugrunde wie dem Ileus. Insbesondere die hochgradige Obstruktion und der komplette Ileus können über eine bakterielle Translokation und Mikroperfusionsstörungen des dilatierten Darmes zu intestinalen Perforationen und einer Kreislaufinstabilität führen. Klare Algorithmen zur schnellen Kategorisierung des Ileus sind deshalb unabdingbar. Dabei sind insbesondere die Lokalisation des Kalibersprungs beim mechanischen Ileus als auch der Grad der Obstruktion wichtige Kriterien. Die Anamnese, klinische Untersuchung und das konventionelle Röntgenbild des Abdomens sind elementare Bestandteile der Basisdiagnostik. Als Goldstandard der erweiterten bildgebenden Diagnostik hat sich die Computertomographie etabliert. Während für die meisten hochgradigen mechanischen Obstruktionen des Dünndarms, die in drei Vierteln der Fälle durch Adhäsionen und Briden bedingt sind, eine explorative Laparotomie indiziert ist, stehen beim obstruierenden Dickdarmileus auch endoskopische Optionen zur Verfügung. Das Stenting von malignen kolorektalen Tumoren aboral der linken Flexur als überbrückende oder palliative Intervention hat sich ebenso wie die koloskopische Detorquierung des Volvulus etablier

La conservazione e il riuso degli edifici per spettacolo antichi.

Nella presente tesi vengono analizzati i casi di edifici per spettacolo antichi ancora presenti nel continente europeo la cui conservazione e musealizzazione in situ hanno permesso loro di essere riutilizzati anche in epoca moderna come sedi di eventi e spettacoli

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originalFil: Green, David E.. Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Leloir, Luis Federico. Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Nocito, V. Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia University; Estados UnidosBlanco y negro24 páginas en pdfLFL-PI-O-ART. Artículos científicosUnidad documental simpleAR-HYL-201