Hispanic Women, Prophetic Voice in the Church: Toward a Hispanic Women\u27s Liberation Theology (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: HIspanic Women, Prophetic Voice in the Church: Toward a Hispanic Women\u27s Liberation Theology. Ada Maria Isasi-Diax and Yolanda Tarango (San Francisco: Harper and Row) 1988. 123 pages

Muscle performance during slow isokinetic speeds

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible mechanism responsible for the decrease in force during the 5°/sec velocity compared to the isometric velocity. Subjects (n = 9) completed MVC knee extension exercises during eccentric speeds of 5, 10, and 15°/sec, as well as isometric contractions. Extensor force and average EMG (aEMG) of the vastus lateralis (VL) and biceps femoris (BF) were quantified at knee angles of 55° and 65°. Six ANOVA (alpha = 0.05) tests determined a decrease in FT (p \u3c 0.05) at both knee angles and a decrease in VL aEMG (p \u3c 0.05) at 55° during 5°/sec condition compared to the isometric condition. No change in BF aEMG was observed across speeds (p \u3e 0.05). It was concluded that there is a controlling mechanism which is neurological in nature which reduces F T during slow eccentric conditions

Conservation and diversification of MIKC* MADS-domain transcription factors during the evolution of vascular land plants

The morphological diversity of land plants is astounding. However, what we see mostly is the sporophytic phase that is dominant in the majority of land plants. In contrast, the diversity of the secret gametophytic phase is unseen and rather uninvestigated. Recently, evidence has accumulated that the so-called MIKC* group of MADS-domain transcription factors is important for the proper functioning of the Arabidopsis male gametophyte (pollen). Already earlier, MIKC* genes were identified in the moss Physcomitrella patens, which has a dominant gametophytic phase. MADS-domain proteins are well known for the roles they have in flower development and thus for the establishment of the sporophytic body plan. That MIKC* genes have a similar role in the gametophytic phase is not granted, but a tempting hypothesis. To study the function of MIKC* genes and their possible role in land plant gametophyte development and its evolution, they were isolated from a broad variety of vascular land plants, namely, the lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii, the fern Ceratopteris richardii, the basal eudicot Eschscholzia californica, the monocot Oryza sativa and the basal angiosperm Aristolochia fimbriata. Sequence comparison showed that MIKC* MADS-box genes probably evolved from classical MIKCc genes by a duplication event in the Keratin-like domain. Further phylogenetic analysis revealed that 2 phylogenetic subclades emerged early in the evolution of vascular plants and indications were found for a recent subfunctionalization of one of the subclades in angiosperms. MIKC* genes from different, remote, plant lineages were heterologously expressed in an Arabidopsis MIKC* mutant and it could be shown that they were able to perform the same function as Arabidopsis MIKC* genes. This information plus the results that were gathered by performing expression and yeast-2-hybrid interaction studies, were unified in a hypothesis concerning the function of MIKC* genes during land plant evolution

Buddhism: The Path to Nirvana (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: Buddhism: The Path to Nirvana. Robert C. Lester, Religious Traditions of the World Series. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1987. 160 pages

Concise Encyclopedia of Islam (Book Review)

Reviewed Title: The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam. Cyril Glasse. (San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., March 1989). Introduction by Huston Smith. 472 pp

Testing predictive models of positive and negative affect with psychosocial, acculturation, and coping variables in a multiethnic undergraduate sample

Despite the prevalence and popularity of research on positive and negative affect within the field of psychology, there is currently little research on affect involving the examination of cultural variables and with participants of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. To the authors’ knowledge, currently no empirical studies have comprehensively examined predictive models of positive and negative affect based specifically on multiple psychosocial, acculturation, and coping variables as predictors with any sample populations. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to test the predictive power of perceived stress, social support, bidirectional acculturation (i.e., Canadian acculturation and heritage acculturation), religious coping and cultural coping (i.e., collective, avoidance, and engagement coping) in explaining positive and negative affect in a multiethnic sample of 301 undergraduate students in Canada. Two hierarchal multiple regressions were conducted, one for each affect as the dependent variable, with the above described predictors. The results supported the hypotheses and showed the two overall models to be significant in predicting affect of both kinds. Specifically, a higher level of positive affect was predicted by a lower level of perceived stress, less use of religious coping, and more use of engagement coping in dealing with stress by the participants. Higher level of negative affect, however, was predicted by a higher level of perceived stress and more use of avoidance coping in responding to stress. The current findings highlight the value and relevance of empirically examining the stress-coping-adaptation experiences of diverse populations from an affective conceptual framework, particularly with the inclusion of positive affect. Implications and recommendations for advancing future research and theoretical works in this area are considered and presented

Cultivating the macroalgal holobiont: effects of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture on the microbiome of Ulva rigida (chlorophyta)

Ulva is a ubiquitous macroalgal genus of commercial interest. Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) systems promise large-scale production of macroalgae due to their high productivity and environmental sustainability. Complex host-microbiome interactions play a decisive role in macroalgal development, especially in Ulva spp. due to algal growth- and morphogenesis-promoting factors released by associated bacteria. However, our current understanding of the microbial community assembly and structure in cultivated macroalgae is scant. We aimed to determine (i) to what extent IMTA settings influence the microbiome associated with U. rigida and its rearing water, (ii) to explore the dynamics of beneficial microbes to algal growth and development under IMTA settings, and (iii) to improve current knowledge of host-microbiome interactions. We examined the diversity and taxonomic composition of the prokaryotic communities associated with wild versus IMTA-grown Ulva rigida and surrounding seawater by using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. With 3141 Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs), the prokaryotic richness was, overall, higher in water than in association with U. rigida. Bacterial ASVs were more abundant in aquaculture water samples than water collected from the lagoon. The beta diversity analysis revealed distinct prokaryotic communities associated with Ulva collected in both aquacultures and coastal waters. Aquaculture samples (water and algae) shared 22% of ASVs, whereas natural, coastal lagoon samples only 9%. While cultivated Ulva selected 239 (8%) host-specific ASVs, wild specimens possessed more than twice host-specific ASVs (17%). Cultivated U. rigida specimens enriched the phyla Cyanobacteria, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Proteobacteria. Within the Gammaproteobacteria, while Glaciecola mostly dominated the microbiome in cultivated algae, the genus Granulosicoccus characterized both Ulva microbiomes. In both wild and IMTA settings, the phylum Bacteroidetes was more abundant in the bacterioplankton than in direct association with U. rigida. However, we observed that the Saprospiraceae family within this phylum was barely present in lagoon water but very abundant in aquaculture water. Aquaculture promoted the presence of known morphogenesis-inducing bacteria in water samples. Our study suggests that IMTA significantly shaped the structure and composition of the microbial community of the rearing water and cultivated U. rigida. Detailed analysis revealed the presence of previously undetected taxa associated with Ulva, possessing potentially unknown functional traits.European Union (EU)642575; German Research Foundation (DFG) CRC 1127 ChemBioSys;COST Action "Phycomorph" FA1406info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Money Attitudes Among Iranians: A Test of Yamauchi and Templer’s Money Attitudes Scale

The factor structure of Yamauchi and Templer’s (1982) attitudes toward money scale was explored in Iran. While some items loaded on the same factors as found in western contexts, some unique factors were also found, reflecting particular cultural and economic impacts on money attitudes in Iran. Both etic and emic factors emerged. Saving was the only factor that emerged with the original scale items found in western cultures. Two of the original Anxiety items loaded onto a single factor, labelled Bargain-Conscious consistent with a small number of previous studies. Some of the Anxiety and Distrust items together loaded on the same factor in this research, as has been found in some existing studies in non-western cultures. Three sub-dimensions of Power were found in this sample, as opposed to one major Power dimension in the original scale, which may reflect specific contextual factors. Further, and contrary to previous findings, no significant correlations were found between any of the scale factors and gender, age, education, job level or salary