Content Maps of Health Care Problems in the Pre-clerkship Curriculum: Monitoring Themes, Gaps, Redundancies and Accreditation Requirements

The poster describes the content mapping process that aligned the learning priorities in the problem-based-learning pre-clerkship medical curriculum to accreditation standards and JABSOM’s graduation objectives. The resulting map serves as a resource for course directors to monitor content themes, determine curriculum gaps and redundancies, and address accreditation requirements

The impact of organic certification information on consumer's perceptions of organic products

The Australian organic food industry is extremely dynamic in nature. From a consumer marketing perspective, an important area requiring further research is in the impact of organic certification on consumer product perceptions. This study examined the impact of organic certification, through the use of an experimental design, to measure consumer product perceptions derived from exposure to different levels of organic certification information on product labels. The analysis revealed organic certification information does impact ultimate consumer product perceptions - in particular with regards to the product's impact on the environment and its health benefits. Recommendations from this study include the importance of properly educating Australian consumers about organic certification, and developing consumer confidence in organic certification information

The effects of salinity and sodicity on soil organic carbon stocks and fluxes

...¶ This thesis describes a range of laboratory and field investigations on the effects of salinity and sodicity on SOC dynamics.¶ In this research, the effects of a range of salinity and sodicity levels on C dynamics were determined by subjecting a vegetated soil from Bevendale, New South Wales (NSW) to one of six treatments. A low, mid or high salinity solution (EC 0.5, 10 or 30 dS/m) combined with a low or high sodicity solution (SAR 1 or 30) in a factorial design was leached through a non-degraded soil in a controlled environment. Soil respiration and the SMB were measured over a 12-week experimental period. The greatest increases in SMB occurred in treatments of high-salinity high-sodicity, and high-salinity low-sodicity. This was attributed to solubilisation of SOM which provided additional substrate for decomposition for the microbial population. Thus, as salinity and sodicity increase in the field, soil C is likely to be rapidly lost as a result of increased mineralisation.¶..

Infective endocarditis caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: a case report

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is an organism that commonly causes pharyngitis and wound infections. It does not usually cause systemic invasive disease. The organism presents a difficult diagnostic problem because the Clinical Microbiology laboratory has a propensity to view them as diphtheroid organisms of the Corynebacterium species, thus contaminants or normal flora. We describe a case of a 21-year-old female who had endocarditis with cerebral emboli due to Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. This rare condition is associated with significant mortality and to the best of our knowledge; this is the first successfully treated case of A. haemolyticum endocarditis complicated by embolic phenomenon

The role of executive function in bridging the intention-behaviour gap for binge-drinking in university students

Background: Alcohol consumption contributes to a significant proportion of disease and the high prevalence amongst young adults is a worldwide health concern. Purpose: To determine which aspects of executive function (EF) distinguish binge-drinkers from non binge-drinkers and to establish the role of EF in predicting behaviour. Methods: Self-report questionnaires, four tests of self-regulation and a behaviour measure were administered to 153 students. Results: The Theory of Planned Behaviour model was significant in predicting both intentions and behaviour. Although binge-drinkers and non binge-drinkers were found to differ on three of the four measures of EF,none predicted additional variance in behaviour. Planning ability and inhibition control moderated the relationship between intention and behaviour such that for individuals who intended to binge-drink, those with high planning ability or high inhibitory control were more likely to avoid doing so.Conclusions: Interventions targeting binge-drinking behaviour should aim to develop planning skills and inhibitory control

Early Pollen Sensitization in Children Is Dependent upon Regional Aeroallergen Exposure

Introduction. Aeroallergen sensitization occurs at an earlier age than previously noted. The purpose of this paper was to identify which pollens cause early sensitization in young children presenting with rhinitis symptoms. Methods. This paper was a retrospective analysis of skin test results from 2- to 8-year-old patients presenting with a history consistent with allergic rhinitis. Patients were tested to aeroallergens common to the Great Basin along with a histamine and saline control. Pollen counts were obtained from a Reno, NV-certified counting station. Results. 123 children less than 8 years of age were identified. Over 50% of these children were sensitized to at least one aeroallergen. Chemopodaciae, timothy, alfalfa, black walnut, olive, mountain cedar and willow were predominating sensitizing aeroallergens of the Great Basin Region. Pollen counts were notable for a early spring peak for the tree season, grass season in May and weed season in August. Pollen levels continued to November at low levels. Discussion. Aeroallergens causing early sensitization differed from those which had predominately been reported in other regions of the United States. Pediatric allergists should consider performing a local review of sensitizing aeroallergens in their region to assist with identification and management of allergic rhinitis in their youngest patients. Please make style changes as appropriate

Effects of liming on oxic and anoxic N2O and CO2 production in different horizons of boreal acid sulfate soil and non-acid soil under controlled conditions

In acid sulfate (AS) soils, organic rich topsoil and subsoil horizons with highly variable acidity and moisture conditions and interconnected reactions of sulfur and nitrogen make them potential sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Subsoil liming can reduce the acidification of sulfidic subsoils in the field. However, the mitigation of GHG production in AS subsoils by liming, and the mechanisms involved, are still poorly known. We limed samples from different horizons of AS and non-AS soils to study the effects of liming on the N2O and CO2 production during a 56-day oxic and subsequent 72-h anoxic incubation. Liming to pH >= 7 decreased oxic N2O production by 97-98 % in the Ap1 horizon, 38-50 % in the Bg1 horizon, and 34-36 % in the BC horizon, but increased it by 136-208 % in the C horizon, respectively. Liming decreased anoxic N2O production by 86-94 % and 78-91 % in Ap1 and Bg1 horizons, but increased it by 100-500 % and 50-162 % in BC and C horizons, respectively. Liming decreased N2O/(N2O + N2) in anoxic denitrification in most horizons of both AS and non-AS soils. Liming significantly increased the cumulative oxic and anoxic CO2 production in AS soil, but less so in non-AS soil due to the initial high soil pH. Higher carbon and nitrogen contents in AS soil com-pared to non-AS soil agreed with the respectively higher cumulative oxic N2O production in all horizons, and the higher CO2 production in the subsoil horizons of all lime treatments. Overall, liming reduced the proportion of N2O in the GHGs produced in most soil horizons under oxic and anoxic conditions but reduced the total GHG production (as CO2 equivalents) only in the Ap1 horizon of both soils. The results suggest that liming of subsoils may not always effectively mitigate GHG emissions due to concurrently increased CO2 production and denitrification.Peer reviewe

Catastro moderno para crecimiento adecuado urbano de los ciudadanos de una entidad municipal - Lambayeque

La falta de un sistema de ordenamiento urbano de acuerdo al crecimiento de la población, sirvieron como base para la cimentación de la presente investigación la cual tiene como objetivo general proponer un catastro moderno para el crecimiento adecuado urbano de los ciudadanos de una entidad municipal, con metodología de enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo de investigación básica, diseño de investigación no experimental, transversal, descriptiva simple, se utilizó la técnica de encuesta e instrumento de recolección de datos el cuestionario, los resultados obtenidos de los niveles de conocimiento para las dimensiones de la variable catastro moderno, fueron para la dimensión técnico el cincuenta y dos por ciento de nivel bajo, para la dimensión institucionalidad cincuenta y cinco por ciento de nivel bajo, para la dimensión planeamiento urbano un sesenta y cuatro por ciento de nivel bajo, el nivel de conocimiento para las dimensiones de la variable crecimiento adecuado urbano fueron: para la dimensión población setenta por ciento de nivel medio, para la dimensión uso del suelo cincuenta y ocho por ciento de nivel bajo, y la dimensión infraestructura urbana un cincuenta y siete por ciento de nivel medio de conocimiento, por lo que se concluye en una propuesta de catastro modern

Dekomposisi dan Rekombinasi Pengacakan Citra Digital dengan Logistic Mapping

Beberapa citra digital membutuhkan privasi dan kerahasiaan, seperti citra medis, citra diagnosa medis jarak jauh, citra rahasia melalui komunikasi internet, atau citra rahasia kemiliteran. Salah satu cara untuk mengamankan informasi di dalam citra digital adalah dengan melakukan pengacakan (scrambling). Penelitian ini mengacak nilai piksel citra digital dengan mengubah nilai piksel dari sistem bilangan desimal menjadi bilangan basis empat (kuartener), kemudian mengurai (dekomposisi) keempat bit kuartener dan melakukan pengacakan terhadap keempat posisi bit berdasarkan pada bilangan acak yang dihasilkan oleh algoritma logistic mapping, kemudian bit hasil pengacakan digabungkan kembali (rekombinasi) untuk menghasilkan nilai piksel baru. Logistic mapping merupakan penghasil bilangan acak yang mampu menghasilkan deretan bilangan yang acak berdasarkan nilai kunci µ (3.569945 < µ < 4) dan nilai awal x0 (0 < x0 < 1). Hasil penelitian ini dapat melakukan pengacakan terhadap citra digital dengan dekomposisi dan rekombinasi nilai piksel berdasarkan pada nilai acak yang dihasilkan oleh algoritma logistic mapping. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa pasangan kunci-1 (µ1, x1) memiliki sensitivitas paling tinggi dalam mengacak citra, kemudian diikuti oleh pasangan kunci-2 (µ2, x2), pasangan kunci-3 (µ3, x3) dan pasangan kunci-4 (µ4, x4)