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Prevalence Of Cognitive Impairment And Related Risk Factors Incommunity-Dwelling Elderly In Kayseri, Turkey, Si̇bel Arguvanli, Si̇bel Akin, Eli̇f Deni̇z Şafak, Sali̇me Mucuk, Ahmet Öztürk, Mustafa Mümtaz Mazicioğlu, Hati̇ce Duygu Kizilçay, Şemsi̇nnur Göçer

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: The increased rate of elderly individuals in the general population leads to functional decline because of cognitive impairment (CImp). We aimed to detect the prevalence of CImp and related risk factors in community-dwelling elders living in an urban area (Kayseri, Turkey). Materials and methods: This is a cross-sectional, population-based study conducted in a sample of 900 community-dwelling elders aged 60 years and older. Cognitive status and depressive symptoms were assessed by standardized Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), respectively. Results: The mean age of the participants was 71.6 ± 0.18 years, of whom 47.9% …

Comparative Study Of Virulence Factors Among Esβl-Producing And Nonproducing Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Clinical Isolates, Maha Abd El Fattah Khalil, Fatma Ibrahim Sonbol, Abdelfattah Badr, Samh Samir Ali

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

\beta-Lactamase production is considered one of the most important resistance mechanisms among virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. The aim of this study was to compare the production and antimicrobial resistance patterns of some virulence factors in extended spectrum \beta-lactamase (ES\betaL)-producing and nonproducing P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. Materials and methods: Out of 183 different clinical specimens, 104 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were recovered. The isolates were screened for ESbL production using the double disk diffusion test and phenotypic confirmatory disk diffusion test. All isolates were tested for susceptibility to 25 antimicrobials, as well as for expression of various virulence factors including pigment, hemolysin, …

Is Atar Useful For Predicting The Success Of Australian Students In Initial Teacher Education?, Vince J. Wright

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Quality teaching is the most significant systemic factor contributing to student achievement. Attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers are important goals for Australia as they are for all nations. Debate rages currently about criteria for selection of students into Initial Teacher Education (ITE). The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is promoted by some commentators as a useful selection measure. The data from six cohorts of students from undergraduate degree programmes at a Melbourne university campus were investigated to evaluate the validity of ATAR as a predictor of academic success and performance on school placement. ATAR was positively related to academic …

From Research To Praxis: Empowering Trinidadian Primary School Teachers Via Action Research, Charmaine S. Bissessar

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

An exponential body of extant research illustrates the symbiotic dyad action research, andragogy, reflective praxis, and transformative learning share. This paper contains a narrative review of 83 action research papers submitted to the researcher as part of the fulfilment of the Bachelor of Education degree from April 2011 to May 2013. Additionally, interviews via email and telephone with 42 of the 83 student-teachers on their perceptions of the importance of action research on their instructional practice are examined. The narrative review of student-teachers’ archival research action proposals was thematically coded to reflect challenges confronting primary school, special needs, and early …

Metaphors As Two-Way Mirrors: Illuminating Pre-Service To In-Service Teacher Identity Development, John Buchanan

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

The transition from pre-service to in-service can be difficult for teachers. One means of looking into the minds and hearts of such teachers is to elicit the metaphors they adopt for themselves. Previous studies have indicated that during this transition much of the confidence, idealism and optimism of teacher metaphors is displaced by bleak and defeatist visions. These changes are usually explained by ‘praxis shock’ – a result of unrealistic prior views of teaching and equally unrealistic workloads and challenges. This research project asks if metaphors might reveal more about pre-service teachers’ views and vulnerabilities, and help avert or mitigate …

Effective Teaching Practices For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students: A Review Of The Literature, Natalie J. Lloyd, Brian Ellis Lewthwaite, Barry Osborne, Helen J. Boon

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This paper presents a review of the literature pertaining to the teacher actions that influence Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student learning outcomes. This review investigates two foci: the identification of teacher actions influencing learning outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and the methodological approach to how the influence of teacher behaviours on student learning has been determined. The literature review identifies that published literature in the effective teaching area is predominantly in the ‘good ideas’ category; that is assertions are made by authors with no research-based evidence for supporting such claims, especially through quantitative research which seeks …

Ghrelin Effects On Midgut Tissue Antioxidative Defense And Glutathione S-Transferase Activity In Lymantria Dispar (Lepidoptera), Vesna Peric Mataruga, Milena Vlahovic, Marija Mrdakovic, Dragana Matic, Anja Gavrilovic, Aleksandra Mrkonja, Larisa Ilijin

Turkish Journal of Biology

The aim of the study was to examine changes in Cu?Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), their gel electrophoresis profiles, glutathione reductase (GR) activity, amount of glutathione (GSH), and the activity of glutathione S-transferase (GST) - phase II biotransformation enzyme in the midgut tissue of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)) larvae after ghrelin treatment. Four subpicomolar injections of ghrelin (0.3 pmol) or physiological saline (control) were applied every 24 h. The SOD, CAT, GR, GST activity, and amount of GSH were higher in the ghrelin-treated group than in the control. Electrophoresis gel bands of SOD and CAT had …

Genetic Integrity Assessment Of Cryopreserved Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.) Genotypes, Ana Coste, Dana Suteu, Ioan Bacila, Constantin Deliu, Sergiu Valimareanu, Adela Halmagyi

Turkish Journal of Biology

Shoot tips of five tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes were successfully cryopreserved by droplet vitrification. Recovered plants were studied for genetic stability by two different assays: amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) using 4 primer combinations and sequencing of lycopene $\beta$-cyclase gene (LCY-B) from leaves. The highest shoot regeneration after cryopreservation was 70% (Pontica) following 24 h osmoprotection in 0.5 M sucrose and 30 min dehydration in plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2). The data inferred from AFLP showed no genetic dissimilarities between in vitro regenerants derived from cryopreserved tissues compared with the noncryopreserved controls. Although a single nucleotide polymorphism, a G→T …

The Response To Bacterial Inoculation Is Cultivar-Related In Strawberries, Jelena M. Tomic, Jasminka M. Milivojevic, Marijana I. Pesakovic

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out to evaluate the impact of biofertilizer and cultivar on vegetative potential (height of the plant, number of crowns and leaves per plant, and the area of a single leaf), leaf mineral composition (micro- and macroelements), yield potential (number of inflorescences and fruit set per plant, yield per plant, and yield per square meter), fruit characteristics (mass, length, width, and fruit shape index), and chemical traits (soluble solids content, titratable acidity (TA), vitamin C, total anthocyanins (TACY), total phenolic content (TPC), and total antioxidant capacity (TAC)) in the fruits of Clery, Joly and Dely strawberry plants. …

Growth, Yield, And Calcium And Boron Uptake Of Tomato(Lycopersicon Esculentum L.) And Cucumber (Cucumis Sativus L.) Asaffected By Calcium And Boron Humate Application In Greenhouse Conditions, Melek Eki̇nci̇, Aslihan Esri̇ngü, Ati̇lla Dursun, Ertan Yildirim, Meti̇n Turan, Mehmet Rüştü Karaman, Tuba Arjumend

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of calcium humate, boron humate, and humic acid solutions on growth, yield, quality, and calcium and boron uptake of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), as well as changes in soil nutrient status after crop harvest. Four different concentrations (500, 1000, 3000, and 5000 mg kg-1) of calcium humate (12% CaO, 15% humic and fulvic acid), boron humate (10% BOH4, 15% humic and fulvic acid), and humic acid (15% humic and fulvic acid) were used in this research. The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and …

The Modified Qualities Of Basil Plants By Selenium And/Or Ascorbic Acid, Zahra Oraghi Ardebili, Narges Oraghi Ardebili, Sara Jalili, Somayeh Safiallah

Turkish Journal of Botany

The current research aimed to evaluate the possible impacts of foliar supplementations of selenium (Se) and/or ascorbic acid (AsA) on basil. Seedlings were foliarly treated with 4 concentrations of Se (0, 30, 60, and 120 mg L-1) and/or 2 levels of AsA (0 and 200 mg L-1), 2 times with 2-week intervals. In contrast to Se30, chla contents were significantly decreased by Se120 compared with the control. Se applications had a reducing effect on chlb contents. Se and/or AsA treated plants exhibited higher contents of carotenoid. The antioxidative system was affected by the applied treatments as it was indicated by …

Expanding The Understanding Of A Forest Ectomycorrhizal Community By Combining Root Tips And Fruiting Bodies: A Case Study Of Tuber Magnatum Stands, Giorgio Lalli, Marco Leonardi, Marilena Oddis, Giovanni Pacioni, Elena Salerni, Mirco Iotti, Alessandra Zambonelli

Turkish Journal of Botany

A survey of both ectomycorrhizal (ECM) root tips and fruiting bodies of ECM fungi was carried out during a four-year period (2009-2012) in two similar forest stands in central Italy, previously investigated in detail being habitats of the Italian white truffle Tuber magnatum Pico. This research is one of the few conducted in mixed forest stands and, for the first time, it took into account the cryptic fungi (corticiaceous, hypogeous, and sclerotia). This survey led to an exhaustive description of the ECM community by integrating all the 197 taxa recorded (147 species as fruiting bodies, 65 as ectomycorrhizas, and 15 …

Influence Of Culture Media And Carbon Sources On Biomass Productivity And Oil Content Of The Algae Sirogonium Sticticum, Temnogyra Reflexa, Uronema Elongatum, And Chroococcus Turgidus, Aftab Alam, Saleem Ullah, Sahib Alam, Hamid Ullah Shah, Saadia Aftab, Muhammad Siddiq, Nazish Manzoor

Turkish Journal of Botany

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of nutritional formulations, viz. Bristol's medium (BM), water extract of dairy waste (DW), commercial fertilizers mix (FM), and carbon sources such as NaHCO3, CaCO3, and wheat flour hydrolysate on the biomass productivity and oil content of the algal species Sirogonium sticticum, Temnogyra reflexa, Uronema elongatum, and Chroococcus turgidus. Among the nutritional formulations tested, BM showed the highest average effect, followed by DW, on the biomass and oil contents of the species. As for carbon sources, CaCO3 was more efficient in enhancing algal biomass, while NaHCO3 was proficient in increasing …

Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna As A Method To Screen Metal-Tolerant Barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.) Genotypes, Süleyman Cenkci̇, Nevra Doğan

Turkish Journal of Botany

Differentially responding genotypes are comparatively used to understand mechanisms of metal tolerance in higher plants. The feasibility of the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was evaluated to screen for metal tolerance within plants as an alternative to physiological growth parameters. Eight hydroponically grown barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes were exposed to different concentrations (75, 150, and 225 μM) of cadmium and copper for 7 days and subsequently harvested for determining metal tolerance indices by comparing dry biomass to genomic template stabilities based on their RAPD profiles. Dose- and genotype-dependent reductions in dry weights of shoot and root tissues were …

Annual Reports Of The Selectboard And Other Town Officers Charlestown, N.H. For The Year Ending December 31, 2014., Charlestown Town Representatives

Charlestown, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Kinesiology 288 Exercise Physiology Spring 2015, Toni Burkhalter

Kinesiology Courses

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Kinesiology 181 Health Education Summer 2015, Joe Bails

Kinesiology Courses

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One Environment, One Health, Margaret Baker, Sienna Cipriano, Madeline Clark, Kelli Green, Hope Hemme, Jessica Horn, Jenna Jenkins, Brooke Jindra, Valerie Kesterson, Ashley Maher, Colleene Marriott, Joshua Poore, Kelly Schnoor, Chelsea Taylor

Strategic Discussions for Nebraska

Nebraska’s place as an international agricultural epicenter is important for feeding a hungry world, but the work that makes that position possible is truly incredible. Thanks to research conducted at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln by many of the world’s finest scientists, discoveries are being made that improve the health of all kingdoms–plant, animal, human and the natural environment.

The UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists are Growing a Healthy Future through their work in laboratories on campus and in the laboratories of the world – fields, rivers, pastures, feedlots, swine facilities, hen houses, zoos and public health clinics. …

Nebline, January 2015

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: Extension 2014 Highlights

Food & Health

Family Living

Farm & Acreage

Horticulture

Pests & Wildlife

4-H & Youth

Extension Calendar

and other extension news and events

Across-Ecoregion Analysis Suggests A Hierarchy Of Ecological Filters That Regulate Recruitment Of A Globally Invasive Fish, Przemek G. Bajer, Timothy K. Cross, Joseph D. Lechelt, Christopher J. Chizinski, Michael J. Weber, Peter W. Sorensen

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Aim -- Even successful invaders are abundant only in a fraction of locales they inhabit. One of the main challenges in invasion ecology is explaining processes that drive these patterns. We investigated recruitment of a globally invasive fish, common carp (Cyprinus carpio), across three ecoregions to determine the role of environmental characteristics, predatory communities and propagule pressure on the invasion process at coarse and fine spatial scales.

Location -- Lakes across Northern Forest, Temperate Forest and Great Plains ecoregions of North America.

Methods -- We used data from 567 lakes to model presence or absence of carp recruitment …

Shift Gears, Veronica Vanderbeek, Haylee Carpenter, Sara Slater, Christina Kruse, Jessie Gray, Mollie Sundermeier, Christine Breazier, Garrett Kallhoff, Dexter Mckenzie, Tyler Sells

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Student Advertising Projects

BicycLincoln challenged the advertising and public relations students to develop a campaign to get more people riding bicycles more often safely in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Anticipatory Testimonies: Environmental Disaster In Claudine Jacques's Fictional Prophecies, Julia L. Frengs

French Language and Literature Papers

In Caledonian author Claudine Jacques's 2002 novel L'Âge du perroquet-banane, Parabole païenne, a tribal elder warns a man "from elsewhere": "in our country, if you remove a taboo bone, you disrupt the sea, if you touch it without respect you invite a cyclone, if you toss the bones of our elders you provoke a...tidal wave" (54). Although this work is set in a futuristic world after an ambiguous "Great Disaster" on an unnamed Oceanic island, the author manages to allegorically recount the history of the environmental atrocities attributed to the earth's human occupants that have transformed the present reality of …

Prematurity And Respiratory Outcomes Program (Prop): Study Protocol Of A Prospective Multicenter Study Of Respiratory Outcomes Of Preterm Infants In The United States, Gloria S. Pryhuber, Nathalie L. Maitre, Roberta A. Ballard, Denise Cifelli, Stephanie D. Davis, Jonas H. Ellenberg, James M. Greenberg, James Kemp, Thomas J. Mariani, Howard Panitch, Clement Ren, Pamela Shaw, Lynn M. Taussig, Aaron Hamvas, The Prematurity And Respiratory Outcomes Program Investigators

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Current Perspectives, Cherise Meyerson, Greg Van Stavern, Collin Mcclelland

Open Access Publications

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Reduction Of Parathyroid Hormone With Vitamin D Supplementation In Blacks: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Paulette D. Chandler, Foluso Agboola, Kimmie Ng, Jamil B. Scott, Bettina F. Drake, Gary G. Bennett, Andrew T. Chan, Bruce W. Hollis, Karen M. Emmons, Charles S. Fuchs, Edward L. Giovannucci

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Extending Injury- And Disease-Resistant Cns Phenotypes By Repetitive Epigenetic Conditioning, Jeffrey M. Gidday

Open Access Publications

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Scientific And Regulatory Policy Committee (Srpc) Review*: Interpretation And Use Of Cell Proliferation Data In Cancer Risk Assessment, Charles E. Wood, Renee R. Hukkanen, Radhakrisha Sura, David Jacobson-Kram, Thomas Nolte, Marielle Odin, Samuel M. Cohen

United States Food and Drug Administration: Publications

Increased cell proliferation is a central key event in the mode of action for many non-genotoxic carcinogens, and quantitative cell proliferation data play an important role in the cancer risk assessment of many pharmaceutical and environmental compounds. Currently, there is limited unified information on assay standards, reference values, targeted applications, study design issues, and quality control considerations for proliferation data. Here, we review issues in measuring cell proliferation indices, considerations for targeted studies, and applications within current risk assessment frameworks. As the regulatory environment moves toward more prospective evaluations based on quantitative pathway-based models, standardiza- tion of proliferation assays will …

Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, And Behaviors Of Diabetes Among Afro-Caribbeans Near Brooklyn, Sophia I. Allen

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Literature has found that some minority groups with diabetes have a negative perception of medical professionals when a health problem occurs. This trend is particularly problematic with the diabetes epidemic in the United States. African Americans are more than 2 times as likely to die from diabetes than are Whites, and diabetes prevalence has increased exponentially in New York City where a majority of Afro-Caribbeans live. To address this problem, a cross-sectional design was used to recruit Afro-Caribbeans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes across 7 churches to examine whether shared knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors about diabetes screening and its …

Geog 4530, Peter Yaukey

University of New Orleans Syllabi

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Geog 5530, Peter Yaukey

University of New Orleans Syllabi

No abstract provided.