Improving Care for Individuals With Limited English Proficiency: Facilitators and Barriers to Providing Language Services in California Public Hospitals

Evaluates twelve public hospitals' efforts to improve language services for patients with limited English proficiency: policies and procedures, organizational commitment, strategies for change, training, effectiveness, and facilitators and barriers

Children\u27s perceptions of the role of police: a qualitative study

A qualitative methodology, using open-ended questions, was employed to explore the perceptions of 112 children regarding the role of police. The children, aged 5 to 6 and 7 to 8 years, were asked to comment on what police officers do when they go to work, what direct and indirect experiences they have had with the police, and the positive and negative aspects of being a police officer. The findings revealed that children emphasise the punitive role of police; very few children identified with non-punitive roles. This punitive theme was evident irrespective of the children\u27s experiences, age, and whether they could recall television shows involving police. The practical implications of our findings for police relations with children, particularly in a forensic interview context, are discussed.<br /

Getting the story from child witnesses : exploring the application of a story grammar framework

Investigative interviews with children about alleged abuse were analysed to determine the degree to which the child\u27s responses adhered to a story grammar framework, and whether the presence of story grammar elements was associated with interviewers\u27 adherence to best-practice (i.e. open-ended) questioning. The sample included 51 interviews with child witnesses from across Australia. The interviews were administered by a police officer with children (37 girls and 14 boys) aged 3-16 years (M age = 103.82 months, SD = 34.21 months). The interviewers\u27 questions were categorised as open-ended or specific and the children\u27s responses were classified as a story grammar element, context/background information, or \u27don\u27t know\u27 responses. The majority of interviewer questions were specific in nature and the majority of children\u27s responses were context/background details. Open-ended questions were more successful in eliciting story grammar from children. Of the story grammar elements, the interviewers\u27 specific questions usually targeted setting and attempt details. These findings suggest that improvement in the narrative coherence of children\u27s reports of abusive events can potentially be achieved by increasing interviewers\u27 use of open-ended questions.<br /

100%-Biofütterung mit Rapskuchen und heimischen Körnerleguminosen bei der Fütterung von Legehennen verschiedener Herkünfte

Rations of 100% organic and local origin were tested. Up to 18% of thermally proc-essed rape cake was fed in different rations to two groups of laying hens. Faba beans, Vicia sativa and blue lupines were used as protein supplements to create a feeding ration. High vicine and covicine contents, especially in Vicia sativa, led to a refusal of some food rations. No ration has been found suitable for daily use. Chicken fed with a rape cake ration laid eggs with a positive fatty acid pattern, which is favourable for human diets

Expanding the therapeutic potential of Statins by means of nanotechnology enabled drug delivery systems

Statins are effective lipid lowering agents traditionally used for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Statins also exert a range of pleiotropic effects that make them attractive candidates for use in a wide range of disorders, in particular inflammatory and immune mediated conditions. However, the exploitation of such pleiotropic effects has been greatly hindered by poor bioavailability and adverse effects on muscles and the liver at higher doses. Nanotechnology is often suggested as the solution to this problem, as it enables an increased bioavailability of statins. Moreover, colloidal carriers can offer targeted drug delivery approaches that enable localised biological effects of statins, further reducing their potential for unwanted toxicity and adverse effects. This article reviews the available evidences for the increased potential of statin therapy when administered in nano-formulations such as nanocrystals, nanoparticles, liposomes, micelles and various nano-enabled devices. © 2014 Bentham Science Publishers

Peran Orangtua Terhadap Persepsi dan Pengetahuan Remaja Putri Tentang Menarche di Desa Kuanheun

Latar Belakang. Masa remaja merupakan masa peralihan dari masa kanak-kanak menuju dewasa. Salah satu tanda kematangan fisik dan seksual pada perempuan adalah terjadinya menarche. Peristiwa terpenting yang terjadi pada masa pubertas remaja putri adalah datangnya menstruasi pertama yang dinamakan menarche yang menjadi pertanda biologis dari kematangan seksual. Idealnya seorang remaja putri belajar atau mengetahui tentang&nbsp; menstruasi dari ibunya. Tidak selamanya ibu dapat memberikan informasi tentang menstruasi karena terhalang tradisi yang menganggap tabu untuk membicarakan tentang menstruasi, sehingga mempengaruhi kualitas kesehatan selama menstruasi pada remaja. Tujuan Penelitian. Mengetahui hubungan antara peran orangtua dengan persepsi remaja putri tentang menarche di desa Kuanheun Kecamatan Kupang Barat Kabupaten Kupang. Metode Penelitian Deskriptif non-eksperimental dengan pendekatan Cross-Sectional, pada 40 remaja di desa Kuanheun, pengumpulan data menggunakan kuisioner. Analisis deskriptif dan uji Chi-Square. Hasil Penelitian: peran orang tua dengan pengetahuan remaja tentang menarche termasuk dalam kategori&nbsp; baik (68,8%), uji statistik menggunakan uji Chi-Square antara peran orangtua dengan pengetahuan remaja tentang menarche tidak ada pengaruh secara signifikan dengan nilai p=0,416 (p&gt;0,05) dan peran orang tua dengan persepsi remaja tentang menarche termasuk dalam kategori&nbsp; kurang (87,5%), uji Chi-Square antara peran orangtua dengan persepsi remaja tentang menarche ada pengaruh secara signifikan dengan nilai p=0,046 (p&lt;0,05). Kesimpulan: Peran orang tua dalam mempersiapkan menarche bagi remaja putri di desa Kuanheun termasuk dalam kategori baik, dan peran orang tua mempunyai hubungan yang bermakna dengan persepsi remaja putri tentang menarche

The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) is the fourth and final facility in the Great Observatories Program, joining Hubble Space Telescope (1990), the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (1991–2000), and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (1999). Spitzer, with a sensitivity that is almost three orders of magnitude greater than that of any previous ground-based and space-based infrared observatory, is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the creation of the universe, the formation and evolution of primitive galaxies, the origin of stars and planets, and the chemical evolution of the universe. This review presents a brief overview of the scientific objectives and history of infrared astronomy. We discuss Spitzer's expected role in infrared astronomy for the new millennium. We describe pertinent details of the design, construction, launch, in-orbit checkout, and operations of the observatory and summarize some science highlights from the first two and a half years of Spitzer operations. More information about Spitzer can be found at http://spitzer.caltech.edu/