246 research outputs found
Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Saving the Australian dream
No full textMark and Marija discuss Scott Morrison's exit from politics, before housing affordability campaigner Maiy Azize joins us to propose solutions to Australia's housing crisis.
Will Australia's political leaders have the ambition and ability to sell substantial housing policy changes to the public? What might a fairer system look like? And how will Scott Morrison fashion his career post-parliament? On this episode of Democracy Sausage, Maiy Azize, author of a new report recommending changes to tax and investment policies for housing, joins Professor Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga to discuss the policy and politics of Australia’s housing crisis.
Maiy Azize is the Deputy Director of the Anglicare Australia and spokesperson for Everybody’s Home, a national campaign that aims to fix the housing crisis
ANALISIS PERTANDINGAN MUAYTHAI SAENCHAE (THAILAD) VS AZIZE HLALI (FRANCE) PADA PERTANDINGAN PHOENIX CHAMPIONSHIP DI BERUIT, LEBANON APRIL 29, 2017
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Abstract
Muay Thai or Thai Boxing is a tough martial art from the Thai kingdom. Muay Thai already has an organization at the international level called IMFA (International Federation of Muay Thai Amateur), the organization was founded in 1933 in the city of Bangkok Thailand whose members reunite 128 countries. This study aims to analyze the Muaythai Saenchae (Thailad) vs Azize Hlali (France) matches in Phoenix Champion matches in Beruit. This research is a qualitative descriptive. In the research variable, three variables are used, namely: SWOT, Muay Thai, phoenix championship. The population or sample in this study was saenchae (thailad) vs. azize hlali (france). Based on the results of this study the results of Strengh on saenchi 80.5% and azize hlali 73%, Weakness saenchi 79.5% and azize hlali 60%, Opportunities saenchi 85% and Azize hlali 67% and Threats saenchi 67% and azize hlali 79%. On the average results of saenchi with a percentage of 78% and Azize Hlali with an average result of 69.75%.
Keyword : SWOT, Muay Thai, phoenix championship.
Perceived language proficiency and pain assessment by registered and student nurses in native English-speaking and EAL children aged 4–7 years
No full textAims and objectives: To identify the factors that influence decisions made by health professionals when assessing the pain of native English speaking and children whose English is an additional language. Background: Pain assessment in children is often poorly executed following acute injury. Whilst a range of pain assessment tools have been developed, little guidance is provided for assessing pain in children with English as an additional language. Design: Factorial survey design. Methods: Twenty minor injuries unit nurses and 20 children's nursing students participated in an electronic survey to make judgements on 12 scenarios describing a child attending a minor injuries unit following an incident, accompanied by a parent. Respondents had to decide the most important form of pain assessment, and whether they would ask a parent or an interpreter to assess the pain of the child. An open-ended question asked about the difficulties found in making a judgement. Results: Observation of the child's behaviour was the most common pain assessment reported. The visual analogue scale was significantly associated with children with proficient English. Respondents were significantly more likely to involve parents in the assessment if they could speak English well compared to parents with poor English skills. Moreover, nursing students were significantly more likely than registered nurses to call for support from an interpreter. Thematic analysis identified three themes related to difficulties with pain assessment: contrasting approaches, differing perceptions of pain and overcoming challenges. Conclusions: The reduced ability to communicate between child, parent and healthcare professional highlights the need to identify forms of assessment based on individual cases. Relevance to clinical practice: The number of children with English as an additional language has seen a marked rise over the last decade. In situations where communication ability is reduced, assessment of pain should be tailored to meet the needs of the child. This may require timely access to interpreter services
The impact of language on the expression and assessment of pain in children
No full textThis paper focuses on the importance of language in the expression of pain. Variation in definitions of pain is presented, together with a review of the evidence examining the impact language may have on the way pain is expressed linguistically. The implications for conducting research with children who speak different languages are explored. Strategies such as using non-linguistic methods of communication, additional time required for conducting interviews and the inclusion of research team members from the same ethnic or linguistic background are presented
The effects of acute hyperglycemia on oxidative stress and nitric oxide bioavailability in platelets
No full textObjective: Platelet activation and thrombus formation tendency increase in diabetes mellitus. Nitric oxide (NO) synthesized by platelets plays important role in platelet functions and limits the recruitment of new platelets to the platelet-rich thrombus. However, NO may also be deleterious by elevating oxidative/nitrosative stress in cells. The aim of the present study was to examine effects of acute high glucose in both resting and collagen-stimulated platelets on platelet aggregation, oxidative stress and NO bioavailability. In addition, we investigated the role of superoxide production on NO bioavailability using quercetin as scavengers of superoxide anion. Methods: Washed platelets were incubated with 5mM D-glucose (physiological concentration, n:7) or 25mM D-glucose (pathophysiological concentration, n:7) or quercetin (10 mu M) plus 25 mM D-glucose (n:7) for 1 h. Superoxide production, lipid peroxidation (LPO), NO, nitrotyrosine (NT) levels and advanced glycation end products (AGE) in platelets were measured after incubation. Platelet aggregation was also investigated. Results: Incubation of resting and collagen-activated platelets with high glucose resulted in significant elevations in LPO, NT and AGE levels when compared to 5mM glucose concentration (p<0.05). High glucose significantly increased platelet aggregation, superoxide formation and NO levels in collagen-activated platelets (p<0.05). Quercetin markedly increased production and bioavailability of NO and suppressed oxidative stress in high glucose incubated platelets (p<0.05). Conclusion: High glucose increases oxidative stress and reduces bioavailability of NO in resting and especially collagen activated platelets. Hyperglycemia mediated superoxide production could be taken part on these effects. These findings would be suggested that there might be beneficial effects of quercetin in the prevention of platelet-related complications in diabetes mellitus
Cultural responses to pain in primary school age children: a mixed methods study
No full textPain-measurement tools are often criticized for not addressing the influence of culture and ethnicity on pain.
This study examined how children who speak English as a primary or additional language discuss pain. Two
methods were used in six focus group interviews with 34 children aged 4–7 years: (i) use of drawings from the
Pediatric Pain Inventory to capture the language used by children to describe pain; and (ii) observation of
the children’s placing of pain drawings on red/amber/green paper to denote perceived severity of pain. The
findings demonstrated that children with English as an additional language used less elaborate language when
talking about pain, but tended to talk about the pictures prior to deciding where they should be placed. For
these children, there was a positive significant relationship between language, age, and length of stay in the
UK. The children’s placement of pain drawings varied according to language background, sex, and age. The
findings emphasize the need for sufficient time to assess pain adequately in children who do not speak English
as a first language
Molecular genetic analysis of karayaka, sakız and bafra sheep breeds by RAPD-PCR method
No full textÖZET KARAYAKA, SAKIZ VE BAFRA KOYUN IRKLARININ RAPD-PCR YÖNTEMİ İLE MOLEKÜLER GENETİĞ ANALİZİ BUDAK, F. Azize Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Yüksek Lisans Tezi Danışman : Doç. Dr. Şükran ÇAKIR Eylül 2003, 84 Sayfa Anadolu zengin hayvan gen kaynaklarına sahiptir. Örneğin Türkiye'de on beşten fazla evcil koyun ırkı bulunmaktadır. Bu potansiyel ulusal dikkat gerektirmektedir. Çünkü ileride bunların genetik ıslahı ile ekonomik değeri daha yüksek ırklar elde edilebilir. Bu konuda başarılı olmak için yerli ırklarımızın genetik yapıları ile ilgili yeterli bilgiye ihtiyaç vardır ve bu yalnız çiftlik hayvanlarında DNA analizine dayalı genetik araştırmalar ile mümkündür. Bu çalışmada Türkiye'nin üç yerli koyun ırkından Sakız, Karayâka ve Bafra'nın genetik ayırımında PCR'a dayalı metotlardan Rasgele Çoğaltılmış Polimorfik DNA (RAPD) belirleyicileri kullanıldı. Bu teknik tür veya ırka özgü DNA profilleri oluşturarak genomdaki birçok ayrı lokusun çoğaltılmasına imkan verir. Birçok araştırıcı ekonomik açıdan önemli olan özellikler ilebağlantılı belirleyicilerin tanımlanmasında RAPD tekniğini kullanmıştır. Bunlardan bazıları koyun özellikleri ile ilgilidir. Bu çalışmada daha önceki bir çalışmada kullanılan on sekiz ve rasgele olarak seçilen iki tane primer toplam 160 bireyde tarandı. Bu primerlerden 6'sında 67 polimorfik bant elde edildi. Polimorfizm Karayaka ırkında % 22.39 ve Bafra ırkında % 53.73 değerleri arasında bulundu. Nei'nin genetik mesafesi 0.0432-0.4709 arasında bulundu. Populasyon içi farklılaşma Hs = 0.30 olarak bulundu. Populasyonlar arasındaki farklılaşmanın büyüklüğü ise 0.58'dir. Bu genetik farklılaşmanın % 58 olduğunu belirtmektedir. Bu çalışmadan elde edilen sonuçlar ilerideki yerli koyunların ıslah çalışmalarında kullanılabilir. Anahtar Kelimeler : Koyun, RAPD-PCR, çiftlik hayvanları, DNA polimorfizmiABSTRACT MOLECULAR GENETIC ANALYSIS OF KARAYAKA, SAKIZ AND BAFRA SHEEP BREEDS BY RAPD-PCR METHOD BUDAK, F. Azize Kırıkkale University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences Department of Biology, M. Sc. Thesis Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şükran ÇAKİR September 2003, 84 pages The Anatolia has a rich animal gene resources. For example, more than 15 domestic sheep strains have been found in Turkey. This potantial needs national attention. Because the strains with high economical value can be improvement from these strains in future. Iri order to be successful in this tissue there is need enough knowledge of genetic construction of these strains and this is only possible with genetic resources based on DNA analysis in farm animals. In this study Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) which of the rnethod based on PCR markers Were used to determine the genetic diversity in three sheep that Sakiz, Karayaka and Bafra from Turkish sheep strains. This technique gives an opportunity to amplify several discrete loci in the genome by producing species or strain specific DNA profile. Several 111researchers have used RAPD assay for identification of markers linked to economically important traits, some of them were related to sheep traits. In this study 18 RAPD primers chosen in a previous study and 2 primer chosen arbitrary were screened for overall 160 individuals. 6 of these primers yielded 67 polymorphic markers. Polymorphism (P) revealed varried between 22.39 % in Karayaka and 53.73 % in Bafra. Nei's genetic distance was found between 0.0432 and 0.4709. The diversity within the populations (Hs) was 0.13. The magnitude of differentiation among the populations (Gst) was 0.58 suggesting that 58 % of the genetic diversity. The results obtained from this study can be potentially utilized in improvement of these sheep strains in future. Key Words: Sheep, RAPD-PCR, livestock, DNA polymorphism I
Synthesis of Diflunisal Thiazolidinones as Anticancer Agents
No full textA series of diflunisal 4-thiazolidinones were synthesized. Some selected compounds were determined at one dose towards the full panel of 60 human cancer cell lines by National Cancer Institute. 2',4'-Difluoro-4-hydroxy-N-[4-oxo-2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,3-thiazolidin-3-yl]biphenyl-3-carboxamide (4a) demonstrated the most marked effect on K-562 cancer cell line with 58.59 % growth inhibition at 10 mu M. Compound 4a was evaluated in vitro using the MTT colorimetric method against human leukemia cell line K-562 and mouse embryonic fibroblasts cell line NIH-3T3 at different doses for cell viability and growth inhibition. Compound 4a exhibited anticancer activity with IC50 value of 5.2 mu M against K-562 cells and did not display cytotoxicity towards NIH-3T3 cells compared with diflunisal. In addition, this compound could be an interesting prototype as an antiproliferative agent
The Comparative Study of Married Couples' Marital Adjustment and Depression Levels
No full text#nofulltext# --- Ozan, Azize Gül (Arel Graduate Student)The main purpose of this study is to study the relationship between the depression levels and the marital harmony of the married couples. Studying the effects of demographic variables on on marital harmony and depression is another purpose of this study. The researcher of this study worked with a total of 348 individuals, 178 women and 170 men, gathering demographic and socio-economic variables with survey conducted by the researcher. To examine the harmony of the married couples Marriage Adjustment Scale, to examine for the depression levels of couples Beck Depression Scale applied. The survey is limited with those couples living in orlu, a town within the territory of Tekirdag City, Turkey participants'ages were between 26 to 55. According to the results of the study, gender and education level of participants have a significant effect on their depression level, ages of couples, marriage duration, ages of couples at that they were married, the type of marriage whether marriage after a friendship or an arranged marriage does not have any significant effect on depression levels of couples. Whereas being in a big or an elementary family, the number of child in the family, having a permanent job or not, income level, the frequency of fulfillment of expectations related to care and respect of the couples to each other, the level of the family arguments have a significant effect on the level of depression. The results obtained after those statistical analyses are discussed in relation to the literature and all those studies in the field
Indefinição em definição: um olhar sobre a relação de Ernani Rosas com a tradição literária
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Florianópolis, 2005Este ensaio busca ampliar o conhecimento que temos sobre a poesia de Ernani Rosas, sua técnica e sua ligação com tendências já existentes na tradição literária, principalmente a de língua portuguesa, além das suas contribuições para esta tradição. Não exclui, contudo, o diálogo de sua produção poética com a literatura francófona, à qual os literatos brasileiros se vincularam estreitamente durante muito tempo. Não existindo até o presente momento, no âmbito acadêmico, uma pesquisa abrangente cujo escopo seja a crítica e a análise dos poemas deste autor, este ensaio e a pesquisa materializada nele pretendem divulgar sua poesia e aprofundar as reflexões possíveis sobre ela.This essay attempts to extend our knowledge about the poetry of Ernani Rosas, his techniques and his connection with the trends in literary tradition, chiefly related to the Portuguese language, in addition to his contribution to that tradition. However, this study does not exclude the dialogue between his poetic production and French-language literature, to which Brazilian writers were closely attached. Given that no comprehensive research has been conducted so far, whose aim is the criticism and the analysis of poems of this writer, the purpose of this essay and its research is to disseminate this writer#s poetry and elaborate on possible reflections on it
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