A sequential direct arylation/Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling transformation of unprotected 2 '-deoxyadenosine affords a novel class of fluorescent analogues

Novel rigid 8-biaryl-2'-deoxyadenosines with tuneable fluorescent properties can be accessed by an efficient sequential catalytic Pd-0-coupling approach

ECP divisional training: plan 1996

The divisional training plan is produced each year at the request of the Joint Training Board (JTB) following a recommendation in the 1991 CERN Training Plan which states that divisions should produce a plan setting out training priorities. This plan presents a review of training activities. a report on ECP progress in implementing the recommendations of the 1995 CERN training plan, a discussion of divisional training objectives, and a summary of training requests generated by the 1996 periodic interview exercise

It takes three to breastfeed : uncovering the role of the father

Experiential accounts of fathers of breastfed babies have received little attention in the literature. The aim of this interpretative study was to explore the nature of the everyday experience of being the father of a breastfed baby. The study is a longitudinal hermeneutical phenomenological one using philosophical tenets of Schleiermacher and Gadamer's hermeneutics. Volunteer first-time fathers enrolled in the study. Individual interviews were completed during the prenatal period and throughout the first six months after birth. Group interviews with the men were conducted when the baby was approximately one year old. The interpretation developed from movement back and forth between varied layers of text following van Manen's method of interpretation as textual writing. Readers are invited to accompany the researcher on her journey uncovering the role of fathers and in learning about hermeneutical phenomenology. Everyday experience of fathers of breastfed babies appeared more complex and fluid than that suggested by the scant empirical literature. Experience was found to be closely linked to the external reality of disembodiment characterised as, it's her body and our baby. This external reality is interpreted in view of three varying belief systems about breastfeeding - Breast is Best and Formula is Acceptable, Breast is Best and it's Her Decision and Breast is Best and it's Our Baby. The fathers' activities are aimed at making breastfeeding work and underlying these activities a desire to be recognised as an important part of decisions surrounding breastfeeding could be discerned. Fathers of breastfed babies are attuned to the mother and baby's experience and nurture their partners so they can nourish their babies. Concomitantly, fathers interpret their relationship with a breastfed baby as being a product of time spent with baby rather than feeding. This thesis calls into question the taken-for-granted nature of our knowledge of fathers of breastfed babies. Implications for clinicians, managers, policy makers, educators and researchers are discussed. It is suggested that hermeneutical phenomenology offers a rewarding way for nurses to study everyday lived experiences while maintaining the sense of wholeness integral to the nursing discipline

Environmental Equity and the Cosmetics Industry: The Effect of Class Upon Toxic Exposure

Cosmetic products in the United States are unregulated and oftentimes toxic. It is well established that the threats that cosmetics pose disproportionately harm women and women of color. However, when the hazards of the cosmetic industry have been analyzed, the relationship between toxic exposure and financial means has been largely omitted. In this study I evaluate the link between poverty and toxic burden through cosmetic products through literature review and a data analysis of pre-existing online databases. Through the use of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ Red List and the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database, I investigate whether cosmetic products that are more expensive are less toxic than less expensive products. Products that are more expensive are less likely to be purchased by poor individuals due to their financial constraints. Products that were categorized as low hazard were found to be, on average, 72.86% more expensive than products that were categorized as high hazard. This price difference presents a clear financial barrier for low-income individuals attempting to purchase less toxic cosmetic products. Further, due to the intersectionality of class, race, and gender affecting toxic exposure through personal care products, poor women of color are at the greatest risk for elevated levels of toxic exposure

The management of the chronic asthmatic patient

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‘I guess it’s kind of elitist’: the formation and mobilisation of cultural, social and physical capital in youth sport volunteering

Policy and research portray sport volunteering as a means by which young people can develop skills and perform active citizenship. This paper draws on qualitative research with participants in a UK sport volunteering programme to critically examine young people’s volunteering journeys and how these are shaped by their formation and mobilisation of capital. The results show how programme structures and practices, such as selection criteria, privilege young people with higher levels of cultural and physical capital, and afford these youth additional opportunities to accumulate and mobilise cultural and social capital. The paper argues for a more critical understanding of youth sport volunteering; one that recognises that sport volunteering can reserve the practice of active citizenship for privileged youth