The Effect of Bereavement Counseling On Women with Psychological Problems Associated with Late Pregnancy Loss

Pregnancy is most often a joyful experience and a woman’s plans and dreams are shattered when the death of an unborn or newborn infant occurs. Studies have reported that these women experience psychological problems such as grief, depression, and anxiety which can be minimized by counselling. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess the effect of bereavement counseling on women with psychological problems associated with pregnancy, focusing on Roy’s adaptation theory. An experimental design, with pre-test and post-test, was used with randomly allocated experimental and control groups. Women were randomly allocated to the experimental and control groups with 45 women in each group. As pre assessment, grief, depression, and anxiety were measured using the Perinatal Bereavement Grief Scale and the Hamilton Depression and Hamilton Anxiety Scale, respectively. Women in the experimental group were given the counselling intervention and those in the control group were given the standard care, after pre-assessment. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The reduction in the level of grief, depression, and anxiety were significantly better in the experimental group as compared to the control group (all P value

« Premier de la classe » : discours sur l’équité liés aux nominations des directeurs de département dans une école de médecine canadienne

Purpose: Equitable appointments of departmental leaders in medical schools have lagged behind other Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) advancements. The purpose of this research was to 1) analyze how policy documents communicate changing ideas of EDI, employment equity, and departmental leadership; and 2) investigate department heads’ perspectives on EDI policies and practices. Methods: We conducted a critical discourse analysis to examine underlying assumptions shaping EDI and departmental leadership in one Canadian medical school. We created and analyzed a textual archive of EDI documents (n = 17, 107 pages) and in-depth interviews with past (n = 6) and current (n = 12) department heads (830 minutes; 177 pages). Results: Documents framed EDI as: a legal requirement; an aspiration; and historical reparation. In interviews, participants framed EDI as: affirmative action; relationships; numerical representation; and relinquishing privilege. We noted inconsistent definitions of equity-deserving groups. Conclusions: Change is slowly happening, with emerging awareness of white privilege, allyship, co-conspiracy, and the minority tax. However, there is more urgent work to be done. This work requires an intersectional lens. Centering the voices, and taking cues from, equity-deserving leaders and scholars, will help ensure that EDI pathways, such as those used to cultivate department leaders, are more inclusive, effective, and aligned with intentions.Objectif : La nomination des directeurs de département dans les facultés de médecine n’a pas connu les mêmes avancements en matière d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion (EDI) que d’autres domaines. L’objectif de cette recherche était 1) d’analyser dans quelle mesure les documents de politique reflètent l’évolution des idées liées à l’EDI, à l’équité en matière d’emploi et au leadership départemental; et 2) de sonder le point de vue des directeurs de département sur les politiques et les pratiques en matière d’EDI. Méthodes : Empruntant le cadre d’analyse critique du discours, nous avons examiné les conceptions sous-jacentes qui façonnent l’EDI et le leadership des DD dans une faculté de médecine canadienne. Nous avons créé et analysé un corpus de documents relatifs à l’EDI (n=17, 107 pages) et d’entrevues approfondies avec des directeurs de département anciens (n=6) et actuels (n=12) (830 minutes; 177 pages). Résultats : Les documents décrivent l’EDI comme une obligation légale, une aspiration et une réparation historique. Lors des entretiens, pour définir l’EDI, les participants ont évoqué l’action positive, les relations, la représentation numérique et l’abandon des privilèges. Nous avons noté des incohérences quant à la définition de « groupe privé d’équité ». Conclusions : Le changement s’opère lentement, avec une prise de conscience des notions de privilège blanc, d’allié, de complicité et de fardeau – celui assumé par les groupes minoritaires pour mener le changement (« taxe pour les minorités »). Cependant, il y a un travail plus urgent à accomplir. Ce travail nécessite une perspective intersectionnelle. Le fait d’écouter les leaders et les universitaires en quête d’équité et de leur accorder une place centrale fera en sorte que les voies de l’EDI, comme celles empruntées pour cultiver le leadership dans les départements, soient plus inclusives, plus efficaces et plus en adéquation avec les objectifs

Imaging of polarization-sensitive meta surfaces with quantum entanglement

Quantum entanglement is a key resource that can be exploited for a range of applications such as quantum teleportation, quantum computation, and quantum cryptography. However, efforts to exploit entanglement in imaging systems have so far led to solutions such as ghost imaging, that have since found classical implementations. Here, we demonstrate an optical imaging protocol that relies uniquely on entanglement: Two polarizing patterns imprinted and superimposed on a metasurface are separately imaged only when using entangled photons. Unentangled light is not able to distinguish between the two patterns. Entangled single-photon imaging of functional metasurfaces promises advances towards the use of nanostructured subwavelength thin devices in quantum information protocols and a route to efficient quantum state tomography

Accountability and pediatric physician-researchers: are theoretical models compatible with Canadian lived experience?

Physician-researchers are bound by professional obligations stemming from both the role of the physician and the role of the researcher. Currently, the dominant models for understanding the relationship between physician-researchers' clinical duties and research duties fit into three categories: the similarity position, the difference position and the middle ground. The law may be said to offer a fourth "model" that is independent from these three categories

Observed 1970-2005 cooling of summer daytime temperatures in coastal California

This study evaluated 1950–2005 summer [June–August (JJA)] mean monthly air temperatures for two California air basins: the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB) and the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA). The study focuses on the more rapid post-1970 warming period, and its daily minima temperature Tmin and maxima temperature Tmax values were used to produce average monthly values and spatial distributions of trends for each air basin. Additional analyses included concurrent SSTs, 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-40) sea level coastal pressure gradients, and GCM-downscaled average temperature Tave values. Results for all 253 California National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) sites together showed increased Tave values (0.23°C decade−1); asymmetric warming, as Tmin values increase faster than Tmax values (0.27° versus 0.04°C decade−1) and thus decreased daily temperature range (DTR) values (0.15°C decade−1). The spatial distribution of observed SoCAB and SFBA Tmax values exhibited a complex pattern, with cooling (−0.30°C decade−1) in low-elevation coastal areas open to marine air penetration and warming (0.32°C decade−1) in inland areas. Results also showed that decreased DTR values in the basins arose from small increases at inland sites (0.16°C decade−1) combined with large decreases (−0.58°C decade−1) at coastal sites. It is also possible that some of the current observed temperature trends could be associated with low-frequency decadal variability, expected even with a constant radiative forcing. Previous studies suggest that cooling JJA Tmax values in coastal California were a result of increased irrigation, coastal upwelling, or cloud cover. The current hypothesis is that they arise (as a possible “reverse reaction”) from the global warming of inland areas, which results in increased sea-breeze flow activity. GCM model Tave warming decreased from 0.13°C decade−1 at inland sites to 0.08°C decade−1 in coastal areas. Sea level pressure increased in the Pacific high and decreased in the thermal low. The corresponding gradient thus showed a trend of 0.04 hPa 100 km−1 decade−1, supportive of the hypothesis of increased sea-breeze activity

Prospectus, December 3, 1990

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Cardiotrophin-1 activates a distinct form of cardiac muscle cell hypertrophy. Assembly of sarcomeric units in series VIA gp130/leukemia inhibitory factor receptor-dependent pathways

Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) was recently isolated by expression cloning based on its ability to induce an increase in cell size in neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes. Sequence similarity data suggested that CT-1 is a novel member of a family of structurally related cytokines sharing the receptor component gp130. The present study documents that gp130 is required for CT-1 signaling in cardiomyocytes, by demonstrating that a monoclonal anti-gp130 antibody completely inhibits c-fos induction by CT-1. Similarly, a leukemia inhibitory factor receptor subunit beta (LIFRbeta) antagonist effectively blocks the CT-1 induction of c-fos, indicating a requirement for LIFRbeta in the hypertrophic response, as well. Upon stimulation with CT-1, both gpl30 and the LIFRbeta are tyrosine-phosphorylated, providing further evidence that CT-1 signals through the gp130/LIFRbeta heterodimer in cardiomyocytes. CT-1 induces a hypertrophic response in cardiomyocytes that is distinct from the phenotype seen after alpha-adrenergic stimulation, both with regard to cell morphology and gene expression pattern. Stimulation with CT-1 results in an increase in cardiac cell size that is characterized by an increase in cell length but no significant change in cell width. Confocal laser microscopy of CT-1 stimulated cells reveals the assembly of sarcomeric units in series rather than in parallel, as seen after alpha-adrenergic stimulation. CT-1 induces a distinct pattern of immediate early genes, and up-regulates the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene, but does not affect skeletal alpha-actin or myosin light chain-2v expression. As evidenced by nuclear run-on transcription assays, both CT-1 and alpha-adrenergic stimulation lead to an increase in ANF gene transcription. Transient transfection analyses document that, in contrast to alpha-adrenergic stimulation, the CT-1 responsive cis-regulatory elements are located outside of the proximal 3 kilobase pairs of the ANF 5'-flanking region. These studies indicate that CT-1 can activate a distinct form of myocardial cell hypertrophy, characterized by the promotion of sarcomere assembly in series, via gpl30/LIFRbeta-dependent signaling pathways

The Vehicle, Fall 1986

Table of Contents Selling Poetry: Honesty with the InvestorPatrick Peterspage 2 Father\u27s Book, Jan. 1984 (A Fictional Autobiography)James T. Finneganpage 3 Pet Day in Afternoon KindergartenDan Von Holtenpage 7 Dental Dreams in the Bathroom MirrorDan Von Holtenpage 7 PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 8 SilenceJoe Hortonpage 8 SkullMichael Salempage 9 The TunnelJim Harrispage 10 Lindenwood CemeteryJean Chandlerpage 12 Into the SeaDan Seltzerpage 13 PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 13 WindowsJim Harrispage 14 Little Pieces of YouStuart Albertpage 18 Slicing the AppleAmy Callpage 19 Winter WalkLarry Mitchellpage 19 Komical KellyJohn Fehrmannpage 20 Thermal SueJohn Fehrmannpage 20 Death PoemBob Zordanipage 21 Venice, ItalySherry L. Clinepage 22 RoadkillPhil Simpsonpage 24 I Hate CowsLori Delzer, Joe Crites, Becky Michaelpage 32 Telephone Operators: 1942Jim Harrispage 33 Expiration Date 3/8/65Edward Schellpage 34 Desert FloorPatrick Peterspage 35 PhotographLawrence McGownpage 36 PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 37 Coping with NightStuart Albertpage 38 PhotographDan Mountpage 38 One On OnePatrick Peterspage 39 An Acquired TasteTina Wrightpage 40 PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 40 PhotographStephanie Eihlpage 41 When Children Are Alone, The Devil SpeaksTom Greenpage 41 BobChristy Denphypage 42 Gut & ScissorsDane Buczkowskipage 42 This Old HouseAmy Callpage 43 MortgageTina Wrightpage 43https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1048/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, Fall 1985

Vol. 27, No. 1 Table of Contents Satchel AssMichael D. Smithpage 3 PhotoDoug Andersonpage 7 CounselingChristy Dunphypage 8 Grave SiteJay D. Fiskpage 8 Sight-Seeing Outside PhoenixBob Zordanipage 9 PerformanceDan Von Holtenpage 10 NightmareKandy Bellpage 10 Photo (The Loft)Lawrence McGownpage 11 LaboringJanet Gracepage 12 Blood DonorDan Von Holtenpage 13 Photo (Pier)Lawrence McGownpage 14 ExamplesChristopher Albinpage 14 Three PoemsPatrick Peterspage 15 Sometimes I Dream in Cotton CandyKathy Graypage 16 One Day While BoatingF. Link Rapierpage 17 DepartureBob Zordanipage 17 140 Print That\u27s Life Peter Dowlingpage 18 Photo (Around the Bend)Mike Freckerpage 20 Light ConversationDan Hintzpage 22 She Waits For the WorldJim Harrispage 22 HoneyKathy Graypage 23 Photo AlbumPatrick Peterspage 24 Photo (Stairs)Lawrence McGownpage 25 Fallen From Grace to SaturdayF. Link Rapierpage 26 Post MortemF. Link Rapierpage 27 ConfessionJohn Kayserpage 27 Child\u27s PlayChristopher Albinpage 27 Seeking A Friend\u27s Advice on DietingKathy Graypage 28 PhotoDoug Andersonpage 28 She Came Back to MeJim Harrispage 29 Farm BoyDiana Winsonpage 30 DilemmaJanet Wilhelmpage 31 In a Rock or StoneRichard Donnellypage 32 In November He Came To MeJean Kover Chandlerpage 33 EndingChristy Dunphypage 34 The Honor GradEddie Simpsonpage 35 Photo (Thirst)Mike Freckerpage 40https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1046/thumbnail.jp