Influence of Parents\u27 Marital Status on College Students\u27 Expectations for Marriage

This study examined the differences between college students from divorced and intact families with respect to their expectations for marriage, division of household labor, and childcare. A divorced family was defined as one in which the parents have divorced and includes those who remain single after the divorce and those where one or both parents have remarried. An intact family was defined as one in which the parents were currently married to each other and had never been divorced from each other. Participants included 102 Southern Illinois University undergraduate students enrolled in a introductory psychology course who participated for course credit. It was hypothesized that participants from divorced families would have higher expectations for an egalitarian marriage, more negative attitudes toward divorce, higher expectations for the husband\u27s role in performing household labor, and higher expectations for the husband\u27s role in taking care of the children than those participants from intact families. Results suggest that women have higher expectations for an egalitarian marriage and more positive attitudes toward marriage than men do, women expect to do more household tasks than men whereas men expect household tasks to be shared equally, and women from intact families expect husbands to do more childcare than what men expect to do whereas women from divorced families expect husbands to do less than what men expect to do

Religion and transnationalism : exploring knowledge acquisition about African traditional religion among international semester abroad students at UKZN.

Master of Arts in Religion and Social Transformation. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2016.The mobility of students is a phenomenon which is rapidly growing globally. This study is located at the intersection of migration studies and religion, with a specific consideration of how semester-abroad learn about other cultures and religions. The internationalisation of universities, and appetite for international education have made the mobility of students an increasingly engaging area of study. With the end of Apartheid, South Africa and its universities have become a desirable destination for students from all over the world. International education is a major contributor for student mobility and it is premised on the idea that once a student leaves their country of origin to study abroad amongst different cultures they develop a better way of reflecting on their own country, their education and that they also develop a better perspective concerning the host country. Most semester abroad students travelling to South Africa are interested in the country’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity, while many other wish to be part of the development of the country’s emerging democracy. It is precisely in the light of this focus on diversity and development that this study seeks to establish the kind of contact international students have with indigenous religions and practices, and how such experiences shape their orientation towards African Traditional Religion. This will be achieved through interviewing undergraduate semester abroad students who are a part of campus at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Firstly, inquiry focused on the role of religion in international programmes that the students were a part off. Secondly, it interrogated what kind of contact did the students encounter with African traditional religion and how did it reflect on their religious literacy. Considering the pervasiveness of religion in South Africa, religion does not feature enough within semester abroad programmes. It does not go beyond a ‘tourist’ visit which means that students learn about African traditional religion in very stereotypical ideas

Plk1 overexpression induces chromosomal instability and suppresses tumor development

Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is overexpressed in a wide spectrum of human tumors, being frequently considered as an oncogene and an attractive cancer target. However, its contribution to tumor development is unclear. Using a new inducible knock-in mouse model we report here that Plk1 overexpression results in abnormal chromosome segregation and cytokinesis, generating polyploid cells with reduced proliferative potential. Mechanistically, these cytokinesis defects correlate with defective loading of Cep55 and ESCRT complexes to the abscission bridge, in a Plk1 kinase-dependent manner. In vivo, Plk1 overexpression prevents the development of Kras-induced and Her2-induced mammary gland tumors, in the presence of increased rates of chromosome instability. In patients, Plk1 overexpression correlates with improved survival in specific breast cancer subtypes. Therefore, despite the therapeutic benefits of inhibiting Plk1 due to its essential role in tumor cell cycles, Plk1 overexpression has tumor-suppressive properties by perturbing mitotic progression and cytokinesis.We are indebted to Stephen Taylor for the Sgo1 antibody. We thank Simone Kraut, Jessica Steiner, and the DKFZ light microscopy unit for excellent technical assistance. The results published here are in part based on data generated by TCGA pilot project (https://cancergenome.nih.gov/established by the NCI and the National Human Gen- ome Research Institute. The data were retrieved through dbGaP authorization (accession no. phs000178.v9.p8). S.V.V. was supported by the Marie Curie Network Ploidynet, funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Grant Agreement #316964. L.S. is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from Funda- cion Ramon Areces. Work in the R.S. laboratory was supported by an ERC starting grant (#281614), Marie Curie PCIG09-GA-2011 –293745 and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. G.d.C. is funded by AECC Scientific Foundation (LABAE16017DECA). Work in the M.M. laboratory was supported by grants from the MINECO (SAF2015 –69920-R cofunded by ERDF-EU), Worldwide Cancer Research (WCR no. 150278), and Comunidad de Madrid (iLUNG-CM; B2017/BMD3884). The CNIO is a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence (MINECO award SEV-2015-0510).S

Electrical spinal cord stimulation must preserve proprioception to enable locomotion in humans with spinal cord injury

Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) of the spinal cord restores locomotion in animal models of spinal cord injury but is less effective in humans. Here we hypothesized that this interspecies discrepancy is due to interference between EES and proprioceptive information in humans. Computational simulations and preclinical and clinical experiments reveal that EES blocks a significant amount of proprioceptive input in humans, but not in rats. This transient deafferentation prevents modulation of reciprocal inhibitory networks involved in locomotion and reduces or abolishes the conscious perception of leg position. Consequently, continuous EES can only facilitate locomotion within a narrow range of stimulation parameters and is unable to provide meaningful locomotor improvements in humans without rehabilitation. Simulations showed that burst stimulation and spatiotemporal stimulation profiles mitigate the cancellation of proprioceptive information, enabling robust control over motor neuron activity. This demonstrates the importance of stimulation protocols that preserve proprioceptive information to facilitate walking with EES

The coming decade of digital brain research: a vision for neuroscience at the intersection of technology and computing

In recent years, brain research has indisputably entered a new epoch, driven by substantial methodological advances and digitally enabled data integration and modelling at multiple scales— from molecules to the whole brain. Major advances are emerging at the intersection of neuroscience with technology and computing. This new science of the brain combines high-quality research, data integration across multiple scales, a new culture of multidisciplinary large-scale collaboration and translation into applications. As pioneered in Europe’s Human Brain Project (HBP), a systematic approach will be essential for meeting the coming decade’s pressing medical and technological challenges. The aims of this paper are to: develop a concept for the coming decade of digital brain research, discuss this new concept with the research community at large, to identify points of convergence, and derive therefrom scientific common goals; provide a scientific framework for the current and future development of EBRAINS, a research infrastructure resulting from the HBP’s work; inform and engage stakeholders, funding organisations and research institutions regarding future digital brain research; identify and address the transformational potential of comprehensive brain models for artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning; outline a collaborative approach that integrates reflection, dialogues and societal engagement on ethical and societal opportunities and challenges as part of future neuroscience research

040. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17

Chapel Sermon by Henry Rowald from 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17 on Monday, November 11, 2019

A Word of Hope for a Hopeless World

Dr. Rowald discusses hope and how it springs up in people even when they are in hopeless situations

What Do you Say ..When a Twin Towers or Tsunami Happens

Dr. Rowald presents: What to Say when there is a major disaster