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Mo-kaw-ho-ko Band of Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi
No full text52-2Indian AffairsMo-Ka-Ho-Ko Band of Sac and Fox Indians. [3140] Funds claimed due under the treaty of 14 Oct. 1868.1892-29
Religious pathways to coping with personal death anxiety among older adult British Christians and Chinese Buddhists: afterlife beliefs, psychosocial maturity and regret management
No full textReligion was proposed to account for the relatively low personal death anxiety found among older adults. This dissertation sought to examine the influence of religious afterlife beliefs, religiously enhanced psychosocial maturity and religious management of a past major regret on personal death anxiety in later life. Terror Management Theory and Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory were used to describe these three religious pathways to coping with personal death anxiety in later life. The cross-sectional postal survey samples consisted of 143 older adult British Christians and 141 older adult Chinese Buddhists. Structural Equation Modelling results from the British Christian survey study showed that intrinsic religiosity predicted lower personal death anxiety through: (a) fostering more benign afterlife beliefs; (b) enhancing psychosocial maturity; and (c) promoting emotional stability. No significant relationship between belief in reincarnation and personal death anxiety was found in the Chinese Buddhist survey study. Both survey studies failed to support the personal death anxiety buffering power of religious management of a past major life regret, although some religious coping strategies were associated with lower negative emotional appraisal towards the major life regret among older adults. The British survey study has been the first to demonstrate both the personal death anxiety buffering and psychosocial maturity enhancing power of religion in an increasingly secular society. The lack of relationship between Buddhist reincarnation beliefs and personal death anxiety suggests that not all religious afterlife beliefs have death anxiety buffering power as proposed by Terror Management Theory. The development of Buddhist reincarnation belief and Buddhist coping scales is a pioneering step towards developing research on under-explored Eastern non-theistic afterlife beliefs and coping measures. Implications for ways that help religious older adults cope with their personal death anxiety were discussed. Prospective cross cultural and cross-religion studies were recommended to replicate the present survey findings. Finally, self detachment (self negation) was proposed as the basis of an alternative death transcendence theory to be researched in future studies on personal death anxiety
Cerebral atrophy in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: rates and acceleration.
No full textOBJECTIVE: To quantify the regional and global cerebral atrophy rates and assess acceleration rates in healthy controls, subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and subjects with mild Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS: Using 0-, 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, and 36-month MRI scans of controls and subjects with MCI and AD from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database, we calculated volume change of whole brain, hippocampus, and ventricles between all pairs of scans using the boundary shift integral. RESULTS: We found no evidence of acceleration in whole-brain atrophy rates in any group. There was evidence that hippocampal atrophy rates in MCI subjects accelerate by 0.22%/year2 on average (p = 0.037). There was evidence of acceleration in rates of ventricular enlargement in subjects with MCI (p = 0.001) and AD (p < 0.001), with rates estimated to increase by 0.27 mL/year2 (95% confidence interval 0.12, 0.43) and 0.88 mL/year2 (95% confidence interval 0.47, 1.29), respectively. A post hoc analysis suggested that the acceleration of hippocampal loss in MCI subjects was mainly driven by the MCI subjects that were observed to progress to clinical AD within 3 years of baseline, with this group showing hippocampal atrophy rate acceleration of 0.50%/year2 (p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: The small acceleration rates suggest a long period of transition to the pathologic losses seen in clinical AD. The acceleration in hippocampal atrophy rates in MCI subjects in the ADNI seems to be driven by those MCI subjects who concurrently progressed to a clinical diagnosis of AD
Mapping the onset and progression of atrophy in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration
No full textBACKGROUND:
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) may be inherited as an autosomal dominant disease. Studying patients "at risk" for developing FTLD can provide insights into the earliest onset and evolution of the disease.
METHOD:
We carried out approximately annual clinical, MRI, and neuropsychological assessments on an asymptomatic 51 year old "at risk" family member from a family with FTLD associated with ubiquitin-positive and tau-negative inclusion bodies. We used non-linear (fluid) registration of serial MRI to determine areas undergoing significant regional atrophy at different stages of the disease.
RESULTS:
Over the first 26 months of the study, the patient remained asymptomatic, but subsequently developed progressive speech production difficulties, and latterly severe orofacial dyspraxia, dyscalculia, frontal executive impairment, and limb dyspraxia. Regional atrophy was present prior to the onset of symptoms, and was initially centred on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the left middle frontal gyrus. Latterly, there was increasing asymmetric left frontal and parietal atrophy. Imaging revealed excess and increasing global atrophy throughout the study. Neuropsychological evaluation revealed mild intellectual impairment prior to the onset of these clinical symptoms; frontal executive and left parietal impairment subsequently emerged, culminating in widespread cognitive impairment. Fluid registered MRI allowed the emerging atrophy patterns to be delineated.
CONCLUSION:
We have demonstrated the onset and progressive pattern of in vivo atrophy in familial FTLD using fluid registered MRI and correlated this with the clinical features. Fluid registered MRI may be a useful technique in assessing patterns of focal atrophy in vivo and demonstrating the progression of degenerative diseases
Mo-kaw-ho-ko Band of Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi
No full textMo-Ka-Ho-Ko Band of Sac and Fox Indians. [3140] Funds claimed due under the treaty of 14 Oct. 1868
Una interpretación de a-ka-na-jo ( a3-ka-na-jo)
No full textThe author studies the word a-ka-na-jo in the PY Cn 328 tablet and taking into account some factors she proposes αγναιος as the reading of this word.The author studies the word a-ka-na-jo in the PY Cn 328 tablet and taking into account some factors she proposes αγναιος as the reading of this word
Analysis of marketing communication activities in the company "Vegan Fox"
No full textStarptautiskais mārketings un reklāmaVadība, administrēšana un nekustamo īpašumu pārvaldībaInternational Marketing and AdvertisingManagement, Administration and Real Estate ManagementBakalaura darba mērķis ir, pamatojoties uz teorijas un zinātniskās literatūras atziņu analīzi par mārketinga komunikāciju, tās galvenajiem veidiem, izplatīšanas kanāliem un empīrisko pētījumu, analizēt mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitātes uzņēmumā “Vegan Fox”.
Darba tēmas aktualitāte saistīta ar tendenci, ka mūsdienās patērētāji, veicot produktu iegādi, arvien vairāk ņem vērā dzīvnieku labklājības aspektu. Šī tendence ir mainījusi arī patēriņa paradumus – patērētāji arvien vairāk apzinās sava patēriņa ietekmi un uzskata, ka, mainot savus iepirkšanās paradumus, viņi var ietekmēt ētiskās dilemmas un tādējādi mudināt kosmētikas tirgu kļūt ētiskākam. Tā kā kosmētikas nozare Latvijā strauji attīstās, tieši ētikas un vegānisma virzienā, “Vegan Fox” kā salīdzinoši nelielam uzņēmumam, ir svarīgi regulāri izvērtēt ikdienā pielietotās mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitātes un to vai tās sasniedz konkrēto mērķauditoriju un spēj veicināt uzņēmuma atpazīstamību.
Darbā tika izmantotas vairākas pētījuma metodes. Monogrāfiskā metode, lai analizētu mārketinga komunikācijas teorētiskos aspektus. Sekundāro datu analīze, lai novērtētu uzņēmuma “Vegan Fox” darbību. Kontentanalīze, lai analizētu uzņēmuma “Vegan Fox” un tā konkurentu mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitātes. Kvantitatīvā pētījuma metode, lai iegūtu patērētāju viedokli par “Vegan Fox” mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitāšu lietojumu. Un visbeidzot, grafiskā metode, lai kvantitatīvā pētījuma rezultātus atspoguļotu grafiskā veidā.
Pētījuma rezultāti liecina, ka mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitātes, kas veicina uzņēmuma “Vegan Fox” atpazīstamību ir: pārdošanas veicināšana, satura mārketings, personiskā pārdošana, ietekmētāju jeb influenceru mārketings, kā arī ieteikumu jeb word-of-mouth mārketings.
Balstoties uz pētījuma rezultātiem, tika izstrādāti 6 priekšlikumi uzņēmuma “Vegan Fox” īpašniecei saistībā ar mārketinga komunikācijas aktivitāšu lietojumu, kā arī mārketinga komunikācijas procesa pilnveidošanas iespējām.
Bakalaura darba apjoms ir 55 lappuses. Darbā iekļauti 10 attēli, 4.tabulas un pievienoti 8 pielikumi. Darbā izmantots 61 informācijas avots.The aim of the Bachelor's thesis is to analyze the marketing communication activities of the company "Vegan Fox" based on the analysis of theory and scientific literature on marketing communication, its main types, distribution channels, and empirical research.
The relevance of the topic of the thesis is related to the tendency that nowadays when purchasing products, consumers increasingly take into consideration the aspect of animal welfare. This tendency has also changed consumption habits – consumers are increasingly aware of the impact of their consumption and believe that by changing their purchasing habits they can influence ethical dilemmas and thus encourage the cosmetics market to become more ethical. Since the cosmetics industry in Latvia is developing rapidly, specifically in the direction of ethics and veganism, for a relatively small company like “Vegan Fox” it is important to regularly evaluate the marketing communication activities implemented on a daily basis and whether they reach the specific target audience and are capable of promoting company’s recognition.
Various research methods were used in order to collect information and analyze the data. Monographic method to analyze theoretical aspects of marketing communication. Analysis of secondary data to evaluate the performance of “Vegan Fox” company. Content analysis to analyze the marketing communication activities of Vegan Fox and its competitors. A quantitative research method to acquire consumers' opinions on the use of marketing communication activities of the company "Vegan Fox". And at last, the graphical method represents the results of quantitative research in a graphical way.
The results of the Bachelor’s thesis show that the marketing communication activities that contribute to the recognition of the company "Vegan Fox" are: sales promotion, content marketing, personal selling, influencer marketing, as well as word-of-mouth marketing.
Based on the results of the Bachelor’s thesis, 6 proposals were developed and addressed to the owner of the company "Vegan Fox" regarding the use of marketing communication activities, as well as the possibilities of improving the marketing communication process.
The Bachelor’s thesis consists of 55 pages that include 10 images and 4 tables. There are 8 appendices and 61 information sources
Environmental influences over the last 16 ka on compound-specific δ13C variations of leaf wax n-alkanes in the Hani peat deposit from northeast China
No full textCompound-specific carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) of leaf wax n-alkanes (C21-C33 odd carbon numbered n-alkanes) were measured in the Hani peat sequence from northeast China. These data were compared with lipid biomarker compositions to assess changes in local vegetation and paleoclimate for the last 16 ka The δ13C values of n-alkanes range between -36.6 and -30.7‰, showing that the compounds originate from C3 plants. Much larger variations (∼5.4‰) in the n-alkane δ13C values than those of atmospheric CO2 during the last 16 ka (< 0.5‰) indicate that the isotopic values were affected by environmental factors in addition to the postglacial δ13C variations in the atmospheric reservoir. The stratigraphic records of δ13C reveal decoupled fluctuations among the individual n-alkanes, particularly between 15.5 to 11.4 ka. Synchronous excursions in the δ13C offsets among individual n-alkanes (Δδ13C) and lipid biomarker paleoplant proxies (Paq, and C23/C31 and C27/C31) from 14.9 to 13.2 ka and 12.7 to 11.6 ka suggest that vegetational changes are the most likely causes for the decoupled δ13C variations. Parallel fluctuations of the δ13C values of terrestrial higher plant-derived C29 and C31 n-alkanes and the n-alkane average chain-length (ACL) from 11 to 6 ka indicate that the δ13C variations responded to net evaporation changes. Negative shifts in the n-alkane δ13C values coinciding with the ACL decreases at 10.5-9.3 ka and 8.1 ka indicate the short-term onset and fluctuations of the summer monsoon strength in eastern China during the early Holocene
Outcomes with the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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