10 research outputs found
Family Support of Batak Simalungun Towards Elderly Independence in The Working Area of Haranggaol Public Health Center
No full textAging is an inevitable event for everyone blessed with longevity. Biologically, the elderly undergo a continuous aging process marked by a decline in physical resilience against diseases. These various changes often cause the elderly to face challenges in life, necessitating family support. This study aims to analyze the influence of family support from the Balak Simalungun community on the independence of the elderly in the working area of Haranggaol Public Health Center. This research employs a quantitative method with a cross-sectional approach. The population in this study consisted of 237 respondents. The sampling technique used in this study is non-probability sampling, specifically purposive sampling. The instruments used were adopted and modified from existing family support and elderly independence questionnaires, which underwent validity and reliability tests on 30 subjects with an r-table >.361 and a Cronbach's alpha reliability of .761. Univariate analysis results show that the majority of family support in the emotional category is good (68 or 46%), in the appreciation category is good (63 or 43%), in the informational category is adequate (JOO or 67%), and in the instrumental category is good (75 or 50%). The total independence of the elderly is high (96 or 65%). The Pearson product moment analysis results indicate a significant relationship between emotional, appreciation, informational, and instrumental family support and elderly independence.201 PagesTesis Magiste
Simalungun Batak Family Support for Elderly Independence
No full textAging is an event that will be experienced by everyone who is blessed with a long life. Biologically, elderly people experience a continuous aging process characterized by decreased physical resistance to disease. These various changes often cause elderly people to experience problems in facing life, so family support is needed. This study aims to analyze the influence of Simalungun Batak family support on the independence of the elderly in the working area of the Haranggaol Community Health Center. Type of quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach. The subjects were 149 elderly people who lived at home with family members in Harangaol who were selected using purposive sampling. The instrument was adopted and modified from existing family support, and elderly independence questionnaires and validity and reliability tests were carried out on 30 subjects with r-table >.361, with Cronbach's alpha reliability of .761. The results of the univariate analysis show that the majority of emotional family support is in the excellent category 68 (46%), the appreciation family support is good 63 (43%), the informational family support is sufficient 100 (67%) the instrumental family support is good 75 (50%), the total independence of the elderly is 96 (65%). The Pearson product-moment analysis results show a significant relationship between emotional, appreciative, informational, and instrumental family support and the independence of the elderly. There is a significant relationship between emotional family support, appreciation family support, informational family support, and instrumental family support for the independence of the elderly at the Haranggaol Health Center. It is recommended that the family support the elderly in participating in integrated services, elderly activities, and customary activities to maintain the elderly's level of independence in fulfilling daily living activities
Dos penínsulas, dos pueblos. 34 Tercera época (2005) febrero-mayo. Gaceta de Museos
No full text- Planteamientos alternativas, labores conjuntas - Dos penínsulas, dos pueblos, por Blanca González - ¿Qué hay detrás de las máscaras?, por Rosa Katia Teodocio y Alejandro Cortés - Guadalupana del Virreinato, por Mónica Martí - La pedagogía y el museo, por María del Carmen Saldaña - El Museo de la Universidad de Costa Rica, por Félix A. Barboza - Conservación y museos, por María Eugenia Marín Benito y Dora Méndez - Limpieza de fotografías impresas en papel, por Juan Carlos Valdez - Mantenimiento y conservación de extintores, por Eliud Noé García Castillo y Manuel Salazar Torres - La vitrina del mes: Exhibición del colecciones de origen orgánico - La cédula del mes: Exposición Dos penínsulas, dos pueblos - El material educativo del mes: Libros desmontables - Noticias y reseñas
The intimacy which is knowledge : female friendship in the novels of women writers
No full textThe thesis offers a historical account of the
representation of friendship in the novels of English
women writers from the nineteenth century to the
present. Questioning the prevalent understanding of the
history of women's friendship in terms of a single major
rupture, from nineteenth-century 'innocence' to
twentieth-century 'guilt', the thesis identifies
narrative configurations which recur throughout this,
period, and which define friendship as a formative
learning experience integrally related to the
acquisition of gendered identity. It concludes that
there can be no final and 'perfect' representation of
friendship, since the nature of the "knowledge' shared
has continually shifted in relation to changing
understandings of femininity.
Chapter 1 identifies the origins and nature of the
Victorian concept of the "second self", in which the
friend acts as the mirror of, and means of access to, an
idealised female subjectivity. Chapter 2 analyses the
ways in which this concept informs the narrative
patterns and rituals in Victorian fictions of
friendship. Chapter 3 offers a new reading of novels by
Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot and Charlotte Bronte, in
which the conventions identified in Chapter 2 are
adapted to question the existing boundaries of feminine
identity. Chapter 4 examines the impact of changes in
women's education upon the representation of friendship
in turn-of-the-century feminist and anti-feminist
novels, and in a new genre, the school story for girls.
Chapter 5 shows that the scientific construct of
lesbianism produced a new distinction between the
'healthy' and the 'unhealthy' relationship, but that the
terms of this distinction were contested; in
twentieth-century novels of the 'gyriaeceum', the
tradition continues, but is newly eroticised. Chapter 6
looks at friendship as 'revision' in recent English and
American novels, in which earlier configurations are
redeployed in the light of contemporary feminist concern
to recuperate and re-imagine the past
Micropropagation of recalcitrant pine (Pinus pinea L) an overview of the effects of ectomycorrhizal inoculation
No full textOral presentation
Micropropagation of recalcitrant pine (Pinus pinea L.). An overview of the effects of ectomycorrhizal inoculation
Carla Ragonezi1; Ana Teresa Caldeira2 3; Maria do Rosário Martins2,5; Otília Miralto5,6; Luís Silva Dias6; Elsa Ganhão6, Krystyna Klimaszewska4, Amely Zavattieri5,6
1 Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Évora, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Évora, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
3 CQE, University of Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, nº 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
4 Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
5 ICAAM, University of Évora, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
6 Department of Biology, University of Évora, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
Corresponding author: Carla Ragonezi email: [email protected]
Abstract
Stone pine (Pinus pinea L.) is an economically important forest species in some regions of Iberian Peninsula. Portugal and Spain have nearly 500,000 ha of stone pine stands, representing 85% of worldwide distribution. The main utilization of this species is for the production of seeds (pinion) for food industry. In addition to its enormous profitability as a producer of seeds, it has beneficial impact on soil protection, dunes fixation and also it is a pioneer species particularly for cork and holm oaks degraded ecosystems. The stone pine plantations are today a major source of income for forestry holdings. The investments have targeted breeding, reforestation, forest management and harvesting. The maternal inheritance of desirable characteristics such as cone weight, number of seeds per cone and seed length is considerably high in this species thus encouraging the selection of seeds from “plus” trees. The select trees have been propagated by grafting and micropropagation. However, grafting generates high variability due to scion-rootstock interaction that varies production levels. The production of clonal plants from selected seeds by micropropagation techniques has advanced very slowly due to the recalcitrance of this species in tissue culture and particularly to adventitious rooting of microshoots. Due to the tremendous importance of developing a reproducible tissue culture method for clonal propagation, a study has been carried out for over a decade to enhance rooting and acclimation. During this period of time, continuous increments in the multiplication rate and rooting frequency were achieved by introducing variations in culture media composition and conditions. Auxins, carbohydrates, light (both quality and duration) and temperature were used at different concentrations and levels as well as compounds such as coumarine; salicylic acid, polyamines, etc were tested for induction and expression phases of adventitious rooting. Despite these efforts, the microshoots regenerated through organogenesis from mature embryo cotyledons failed to root or to have sustained root growth. At this point, an in vitro co-culture technique of stone pine microshoots with ectomycorrhizal-fungi was introduced to overcome the adventitious root growth cessation in vitro and to improve root development during acclimation phase. An overview of the results showing the positive effect of fungal inoculation in promoting root growth in vitro and on plantlet survival during acclimation will be presented. Preliminary results of biochemical signals detected between Pinus pinea/Pisolithus arhizus during early steps of in vitro culture by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry that might be responsible for the positive effect on root growth will be also presented.
Key words: acclimation, co-culture, ectomycorrhiza, in vitro adventitious rooting, micropropagation, stone pine
a new insect pest of olive trees in Europe
No full textFunding Information: Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Catania within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. Forest Research Centre (CEF) is a research unit funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, grant number UIDB/00239/2020 and Laboratory for Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Services—TERRA (LA/P/0092/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).The presence of the South African Obscure Scale, Melanaspis corticosa (Brain) (Hemiptera, Diaspididae), was detected infesting olive trees, in Portugal. The identity of the scale insect was confirmed based on both morphological and molecular studies. Until now, this species was only known in a few African countries, including Guinea, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This is the first record of this species in Europe and in the Palearctic region. The scale was observed in 15 different locations, in the Algarve, since its first detection at the end of 2016. Samples were collected between 21 December 2016 and 10 March 2022, covering all seasonal periods. Most of the sampling sites resulted from private requests from farmers and proprietaries received by the Plant Protection Division of the Regional Directorate of Agriculture. Although it is considered a polyphagous species, it was not observed in other plant species, besides olive trees. The actual dispersion in the region suggests that M. corticosa became established and has been expanded its distribution since its arrival. This scale insect is a potential injurious pest of olive trees and needs to be studied to clarify its pest status and develop effective pest management strategies.publishersversionpublishe
Iowa History and Culture : A Bibliography of Materials Published Between 1952 and 1986, 1989
No full textThis bibliography was compiled by two reference librarians, Patricia Dawson and David Hudson with the goal of making it easier of tracking down material on Iowa history and culture. This supplements the Iowa History Reference Guide published in 1952 by William Petersen
Deep learning outperformed 136 of 157 dermatologists in a head-to-head dermoscopic melanoma image classification task
No full textBackground: Recent studies have successfully demonstrated the use of deep-learning algorithms for dermatologist-level classification of suspicious lesions by the use of excessive proprietary image databases and limited numbers of dermatologists. For the first time, the performance of a deep-learning algorithm trained by open-source images exclusively is compared to a large number of dermatologists covering all levels within the clinical hierarchy. Methods: We used methods from enhanced deep learning to train a convolutional neural network (CNN) with 12,378 open-source dermoscopic images. We used 100 images to compare the performance of the CNN to that of the 157 dermatologists from 12 university hospitals in Germany. Outperformance of dermatologists by the deep neural network was measured in terms of sensitivity, specificity and receiver operating characteristics. Findings: The mean sensitivity and specificity achieved by the dermatologists with dermoscopic images was 74.1% (range 40.0%-100%) and 60% (range 21.3%-91.3%), respectively. At a mean sensitivity of 74.1%, the CNN exhibited a mean specificity of 86.5% (range 70.8%-91.3%). At a mean specificity of 60%, a mean sensitivity of 87.5% (range 80%-95%) was achieved by our algorithm. Among the dermatologists, the chief physicians showed the highest mean specificity of 69.2% at a mean sensitivity of 73.3%. With the same high specificity of 69.2%, the CNN had a mean sensitivity of 84.5%. Interpretation: A CNN trained by open-source images exclusively outperformed 136 of the 157 dermatologists and all the different levels of experience (from junior to chief physicians) in terms of average specificity and sensitivity. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd
Footsteps and emergences of university youth regarding the intrapersonal conflict
No full textResumen:Se presenta aquí, una construcción ensayística en torno a las dinámicas contemporáneas frente a la socialización del joven en el entorno universitario, y la identificación de necesidades de Desarrollo Humano, para orientar posibles estrategias de acción referidas a la formación en procesos de interacción social. Es producto de la reflexión o análisis situacional en el marco de la investigación: “Expresiones del conflicto intrapersonal en estudiantes universitarios: Aprehendibilidad, Auto-regulación, Autopoiesis” con estudiantes de carreras adscritas a las Ciencias Sociales Aplicadas en Manizales, por un lado, y de las investigaciones de aula en torno a “Perfiles de aprendizaje de estudiantes universitarios” realizadas por la autora, por el otro. Se muestra el ideario de un Desarrollo Humano Autopoiésico, en el marco del pensamiento complejo, para orientar las discusiones en el eje de tres huellas que visibilizan tres emergencias del joven así: ‘Poder ser’, ‘Aprehender’ y ‘Afrontar’, con el fin de definir puntos críticos frente a las necesidades de formación en la educación superior con relación a la dimensión del ser, como funciones que la Conferencia Mundial sobre: “La Educación Superior en el siglo XXI” (París, 1998) delinea. Abstract:This text presents an essay on the contemporary dynamics in regards to the socialization of young people in the university environment, as well as identifying their human development needs, in order to guide potential action strategies relating to the formation in social interaction processes. This text is the product of reflection or situational analysis within the framework of the research entitled “Expressions of intrapersonal conflict in university students: Understandability, Self-regulation, Autopoiesis” with students belonging to Applied Social Sciences programs in Manizales, and from the classroom researches on “Learning profiles of university students” carried out by the author. The article shows the idea of an Autopoiesic Human Development, in the context of complex thought, in order to guide the discussions in the three traces that visibilize three youth emergences: ‘Able to be’, ‘Apprehend’ and ‘Confront’ with the purpose of defining critical points regarding the formative needs inhigher education in relation to the dimension of being, as functions outlined by the World Conference on ‘Higher Education in the 21st Century “(Paris, 1998)
Education and Training in Montserrat:A Partially Annotated Bibliography
No full textThis bibliography on “Education and Training in Montserrat” has been specifically prepared for the UWI School of Continuing Studies’ Montserrat Conference (2002). An attempt has been made to be as comprehensive as possible, but because of the weak bibliographical coverage of the literature of the region, important items may have been omitted. This is especially true for policy documents emanating from official sources
