The Relationship between Resilience and Body Image in College Women

Possessing a negative body image is associated with unhealthy eating habits and eating disorders in college women and has been linked to depression and negative feelings of self worth. Limited research exists on protective factors that have the potential to mitigate body image dissatisfaction. This paper examines the relationship of resilience to body image dissatisfaction in college women. Female, undergraduate college students were studied using previously validated measures. Results indicate that increased resilience is associated with improved body image

Teaching Population Health: Innovations in the integration of the healthcare and public health systems

Population health is a critical concept in healthcare delivery today. Many healthcare administrators are struggling to adapt their organization from fee-for-service to value delivery. Payers and patients expect healthcare leaders to understand how to deliver care under this new model. Health administration programs play a critical role in training future leaders of healthcare organizations to be adaptable and effective in this dynamic environment. The purpose of this research was to: (a) engage current educators of health administration students in a dialogue about the best practices of integrating the healthcare and public health systems; (b) identify the content and pedagogy for population health in the undergraduate and graduate curricula; and (c) discuss exemplar population health curriculum models, available course materials, and curriculum integration options. Authors conducted focus groups of participants attending this educational session at the 2017 annual AUPHA meeting. Qualitative analysis of the focus group discussions was performed and themes identified by a consensus process. Study findings provide validated recommendations for population health in the health administration curriculum. The identification of key content areas and pedagogical approaches serves to inform health educators as they prepare future health administrators to practice in this new era of population health

Pedagogy: How to best teach population health to future healthcare leaders

Our healthcare system is moving from a fee-for-service reimbursement model to one that provides payment for improvements in three areas related to care: quality, coordination, and cost. Healthcare organizations must use a population health approach when delivering care under this new paradigm. Health administration programs play a critical role in training future leaders of healthcare organizations to be adaptable and effective in this dynamic environment. The purpose of this research was to: (1) engage health administration educators in a dialogue about population health and its relevance to healthcare administration education; (2) describe pedagogical methods appropriate for teaching population health skills and abilities needed for successful careers in our healthcare environment; and (3) identify current student learning outcomes that participants can tailor to utilize in their undergraduate and graduate health management courses. Authors conducted focus groups of participants attending this educational session at the 2018 annual AUPHA meeting. Qualitative analysis of the focus group discussions identified themes by a consensus process. Study findings provide validated recommendations for population health in the health administration curriculum. The identification of pedagogical approaches serves to inform educators as they prepare future health administrators to practice in this new era of healthcare delivery

Sous la poussière suivi de Amour-haine : l'ambiguïté des sentiments dans la relation mère-fille

Le présent mémoire se divise en deux parties. La première présente le volet création du projet soit le récit Sous la poussière. Après avoir quitté la maison familiale, une jeune femme se retrouve seule dans un minuscule appartement et raconte son nouveau quotidien. Dans les gestes qu’elle décrit, la narratrice laisse voir les tourments qu’engendre la relation conflictuelle qu’elle vit avec sa mère. La jeune femme prend conscience de l’urgence de se réconcilier avec celle qui l’a mise au monde. La seconde partie du mémoire comporte trois chapitres qui contiennent respectivement une contextualisation théorique, une analyse et une autocritique. Dans le premier, à partir d’ouvrages théoriques, les concepts retenus sont expliqués. L’étude de la relation mère-fille s’inscrit dès lors à l’intérieur d’une société patriarcale. Le deuxième chapitre présente l’analyse des deux œuvres du corpus à l’étude, soit L’île de la Merci d’Élise Turcotte et L’ingratitude de Ying Chen. À partir de trois lieux de conflit : la question de la distance, la sexualité et l’incommunicabilité, la relation entre les mères et les filles de ces romans est étudiée. Le système patriarcal demeure l’une des pistes de compréhension tout au long de l’analyse. Enfin, le dernier chapitre contient un retour sur le projet de création en présentant la visée première et les différentes stratégies privilégiées. Le récit est aussi abordé en comparaison avec les œuvres du corpus afin de relever leurs similitudes et leurs différences

Fils orthodontiques esthétiques : résistance en fatigue et résistance de la coloration

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal

La religion et les grandes questions de société : l’exemple de la représentation de la peine de mort dans les séries américaines

La religion apparaît de manière courante dans les séries télévisées américaines, y compris dans des épisodes où la question religieuse n’est pas évoquée. Cependant, les épisodes qui traitent de la peine de mort permettent d’analyser le poids de la religion dans ce débat de société. L’étude de la représentation de la peine de mort dans plusieurs séries a permis d’identifier un discours dominant et ses exceptions. Les différents éléments religieux (ou « traces religieuses ») y occupent plusieurs fonctions : construction de « l’effet de réel », soutien moral et consolation, ritualisation voire sacralisation du protocole de l’exécution, arguments d’autorité et enfin, dispositif rhétorique et visuel. Les éléments religieux présents dans la représentation de la mise à mort et les arguments religieux échangés lors des débats sur la peine capitale servent à valider et/ou critiquer cette pratique. La religion apparaît également comme une instance de ritualisation et de légitimation, parmi d’autres. Ces différents indices pointent vers une sécularisation partielle et relative de cette question de société sur les écrans : les abolitionnistes utilisent peu les références religieuses et les valeurs religieuses sont davantage implicites qu’explicites.Religion regularly appears in American TV shows, including in episodes in which the religious question is not raised. However, the episodes that deal with the death penalty permit an analysis the weight of religion in this societal debate. The study of the representation of the death penalty in several shows allowed us to identify a dominant discourse and its exceptions. The different religious elements (or “religious traces”) take on several functions: a construction of “the effect of the real”, moral support and consolation, ritualization or sacralization of the execution protocol, arguments of authority, and finally, a rhetorical and visual system. Religious elements present in the representation of execution and the religious arguments exchanged during debates on capital punishment are used to validate and/or critique this practice. Religion generally appears as an instance of ritualization and legitimization, among others. These different clues point towards a partial and relative secularization of this social question on screen: abolitionists use few religious references and religious values are more implicit than explicit

A DArT marker genetic map of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) integrated with detailed comparative mapping information; comparison with existing DArT marker genetic maps of Lolium perenne, L. multiflorum and Festuca pratensis

BACKGROUND: Ryegrasses and fescues (genera, Lolium and Festuca) are species of forage and turf grasses which are used widely in agricultural and amenity situations. They are classified within the sub-family Pooideae and so are closely related to Brachypodium distachyon, wheat, barley, rye and oats. Recently, a DArT array has been developed which can be used in generating marker and mapping information for ryegrasses and fescues. This represents a potential common marker set for ryegrass and fescue researchers which can be linked through to comparative genomic information for the grasses. RESULTS: A F2 perennial ryegrass genetic map was developed consisting of 7 linkage groups defined by 1316 markers and deriving a total map length of 683 cM. The marker set included 866 DArT and 315 gene sequence-based markers. Comparison with previous DArT mapping studies in perennial and Italian ryegrass (L. multiflorum) identified 87 and 105 DArT markers in common, respectively, of which 94% and 87% mapped to homoeologous linkage groups. A similar comparison with meadow fescue (F. pratensis) identified only 28 DArT markers in common, of which c. 50% mapped to non-homoelogous linkage groups. In L. perenne, the genetic distance spanned by the DArT markers encompassed the majority of the regions that could be described in terms of comparative genomic relationships with rice, Brachypodium distachyon, and Sorghum bicolor. CONCLUSIONS: DArT markers are likely to be a useful common marker resource for ryegrasses and fescues, though the success in aligning different populations through the mapping of common markers will be influenced by degrees of population interrelatedness. The detailed mapping of DArT and gene-based markers in this study potentially allows comparative relationships to be derived in future mapping populations characterised using solely DArT markers

Fracture Healing Analysis

The most prominent fracture to the distal radius is a Colles fracture. 5-10% of Colles fractures experience non-unions, healing defects that hinder healing by preventing the two ends of the fracture from joining to form a callus. Currently, the only way to assess healing is qualitatively through imaging. There is no way to quantify the extent of bone healing. A proof of concept screw-driven device was created that applied a non-damaging bending load to a healing distal radius fracture. However, the device lacked an efficient force application or data retrieval system.The goal of this project was to redesign the force application system to improve ease of use, force application efficiency, and create a digital output to record the force being applied to a patient\u27s wrist in real time

Alz Memory – a mobile app to stimulate memory of Alzheimer’s disease patients

The Alzheimer’s disease is a dementia characterized by cognitive decline, whose main characteristic is memory decline in the first stage of it. It is known that Alzheimer’s does not have a cure, but there are treatments as the memory training to retard the advance of memory loss. This article aims to present the Alz Memory, a game developed for Alzheimer’s patients to memory training in order to minimize the effects of the disease on the memory. To develop the application were used: HTML5 language, style sheet language in CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery library and PhoneGap framework. The results of the preliminary evaluation of usability have identified aspects as the ease of use, size of letters and images, application functionality, navigation, user control, colors and motivation for the use of other technologies which were considered important to the development of the game are good