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The support experiences of older people who have been abused in Ireland

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the support experiences of older people who have been abused in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach – Recruited through dedicated elder abuse services, nine older people who had experienced elder abuse participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Findings – The study highlighted the help-seeking pathways of abused older people and revealed that few older people sought help for themselves and most were unaware of the services available to support and protect older people. Data analysis identified the range and type of help received from family, friends, voluntary and statutory services, as well as the perceived barriers to accessing help and support. Research limitations/implications – The research did not include abused older people who lacked mental capacity or who had experienced self-neglect, criminal victimisation by strangers or who had not received statutory support services. This fiel.
Chest reconstructive surgeries in transmasculine youth: Experience from one pediatric center

ABSTRACT Background: For many trans males, having chest reconstruction is a very important part of the transitioning process. Guidelines from WPATH and the Endocrine Society suggest 16 to 18 years old as an acceptable age for this surgical intervention. In clinical practice, the decision depends on factors such as a person's desires, insurance coverage, and availability of local surgical experts. We present data about chest reconstructive surgeries in transgender youth from a Pediatric Gender Management (GeM) clinic. Methods: For this retrospective, observational study, data were collected from GeM clinic patients seen from 10/1/2011 to 1/31/2017. All subjects consented or assented to being included in an IRB-approved clinical database. Results: Of 210 patients from our clinic, 167 consented to being added to an institutional review board–approved database and followed prospectively. The average age at the initial visit was 15.2 years (range, 4.7–20.9). Among consenting subjects, 55 were trans females, 108 were trans males, and four identified as nonbinary. Fourteen subjects had chest reconstruction with the mean age being 17.2 years (range, 13.4–19.7); three subjects were under age 16. For five subjects, including the youngest one, insurance paid for the procedure. All participants but one were receiving testosterone treatment. Per the surgeons' preferences, testosterone was usually not temporarily stopped prior to the procedure. Six subjects had the procedure done locally; others sought surgical care out of the town, state, or country. All subjects were very satisfied with the aesthetics of the surgical outcome. The self-reported complication rate was low. Many more GeM clinic patients wish to have breast/chest surgery but lack of insurance coverage makes the surgery cost prohibitive. Conclusion: For many trans males, chest reconstructive surgery is an integral part of the transition process. Patients' age at the time of surgical procedure varies greatly; some have chest surgery before age 16. In the United States, chest reconstruction surgery is usually not covered by insurance. Therefore, many patients seeking surgical care are forced to pay out of pocket.
The Relationship Among Pharmacy Students' Basic Math Scores, Traditional Preadmission Indicators, and Performance in a Pharmaceutical Calculations Course

ABSTRACTBasic mathematical skills are needed for both success in pharmacy school and success in pharmacy practice. Most pharmaceutical calculations require a requisite basic mathematics skill set. Examples include individualized patient dosing, extemporaneous compounding of new formulations, and an assurance that the precise supply of drug is dispensed in accordance with its directions for use.The present investigation had three objectives. The first objective was to assess the relationship between the basic math skills (BMS) of two classes of first-year pharmacy students at a small Southeastern school of pharmacy and their performance in a pharmaceutical calculations course (PCC) taken during the students' first professional year. The second objective was to evaluate the convergent validity of the Basic Math Skills Test (BMST) with traditional measures of success in pharmacy school. The final objective was to assess the predictive ability of the BMST and traditional measures of academic performance on st.
Efficacy of closed internal sphincterotomy using von grafae knife in the management of chronic anal fissures

Background: Fissure in ano is one of the commonest benign and painful proctologic diseases causing considerable morbidity and reduction in quality of life. There are medical as well as surgical treatment options for anal fissure. The present study was conducted to find out the efficacy of closed internal sphincterotomy using von grafae knife for the management of chronic anal fissures. Methods: This was a study conducted at Department of surgery, KR hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India from June 2016 to November 2016 for a period of six months. 70 patients with chronic anal fissure were randomly assigned into group A (35 patients) and group B (35 patients). Group A patients underwent open sphincterotomy, group B closed sphincterotomy using VON grafae knife. After matching the baseline characteristics; post op pain, wound infection, hematoma, fecal and flatus incontinence were compared. Data was analysed using SPSS-16. Results: 3 out of 35 patients had wound infection in group A, none had infection in group B. 10 out of 35 (28%) developed flatus incontinence temporarily in group A, 6 out of 35 (17%) in group B. 2 out of 35 (5.7%) had fecal continence in group A, none had it in group B but incontinence was temporary. Pain (VAS>6) was more in group A (24) than group B (15). One patient had hematoma as a complication in group B. Conclusions: Closed internal sphincterotomy using von grafae knife is a better technique compared to open technique in terms of pain, wound infection, incontinence.
Réformer les baisses de cotisations sociales ultramarines

Afin de simuler les effets d’une reforme permettant, selon eux, d’optimiser la « depense sociale », les auteurs utilisent une maquette chiffree construite pour evaluer ex ante le dispositif « Girardin », un dispositif de reduction des cotisations sociales employeurs en vigueur dans les departements d’outre-mer francais de 2003 a 2009. Ils recherchent un nouveau bareme d’allegements, a cout budgetaire ex ante inchange, qui permet de maximiser l’effet total sur l’emploi sans penaliser les hausses de salaires. Leur proposition consiste a redeployer l’aide en direction du travail peu qualifie et des secteurs les plus exposes a la concurrence internationale. Cette proposition s’ecarte assez sensiblement de la reforme qui s’est appliquee en 2009. Le chiffrage de ces effets conduit a une hausse de l’emploi de plus de 2 %.
« Les contributions de la pédagogie comportementale à l'éducation spécialisée »

La pedagogie comportementale est apparue au debut du 20e siecle avec les travaux d’Edward Lee Thorndike, Frederick Lister Burk et Sidney Pressey. Il faudra cependant attendre l’ouvrage de B.F. Skinner, The technology of teaching, publie en 1968, pour que cette conception de l’enseignement trouve une place appreciable parmi les modeles pedagogiques disponibles dans les ecoles. Combine a l’emergence de nombreuses techniques d’analyse de tâche, d’orientation comportementale ou cognitive, l’enseignement programme et ses variantes se sont developpes de maniere importante au cours des annees 60 et 70. La technologie de l’instruction est alors devenue un domaine de recherche et une orientation pedagogique legitimes. Dix ans plus tard, l’arrivee d’une conception cognitive « globaliste » de l’apprentissage a rapidement domine la pensee didactique. Quinze ans plus tard, cette orientation s’est transformee en didactique socioconstructivisme, la version pedagogique du postmodernisme qui se situe aux antipodes de la tradition empirique et du doute rationaliste en attribuant, dans sa version radicale, comme celle de von Glasersfeld (2009), la meme valeur epistemologique a toutes les formes de connaissances, qu’elles soient scientifiques, intuitives ou mythiques. L’approche soutient aussi que toutes les competences d’un enfant, qu’elles soient disciplinaires ou transversales, ne peuvent provenir que de sa propre construction subjective. Mais au-dela de ces transformations, l’enseignement programme a masque l’apport de nombreux travaux de recherche qui furent developpes dans le contexte de l’education specialisee et de projets d’integration scolaire et qui donnerent lieu au developpement de modeles et de methodes d’enseignement s’appuyant sur la psychologie comportementale. Le present article vise a faire un survol de ces principaux modeles. A la fin de ce panorama, quelques experiences realisees au Canada francais au cours des 50 dernieres annees sont brievement presentees.
The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in the Republic of Ireland: Descriptives of childhood obesity risk factors

The prevalence of obesity in children has been rising rapidly, leading to many serious health consequences worldwide. It is important in trying to combat childhood obesity, to investigate factors that might contribute to this epidemic. These factors include amongst others, diet, physical activity, family’s socioeconomic characteristics, birth weight and breastfeeding. In 2008, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe issued recommendations and guidelines for regular collection of data on weight, height, and waist and hip circumference in children worldwide in order to monitor prevalence trends of growth, overweight and obesity. Furthermore, data collection on possible risk factors contributing to childhood obesity was also encouraged. The Department of Health and the Health Service Executive commissioned the National Nutrition Surveillance Centre, based at the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science in University College Dublin, to carry out this surveillance work in the Republic of Ireland. This Irish survey is affiliated with the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative, which was set up in 2006 by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, with an initial 13 Member States participating. In two previous reports, the data on anthropometric measurements of this Irish surveillance work, collected over three time points in primary schoolchildren, was described. The current report presents findings of possible risk factors contributing to childhood obesity. These were collected during the second data collection round in 2010 for first class and third class children and during the third round of data collection in 2012 for first class children only. This data was collected through the Family Questionnaire completed by the parents of the children who had been measured. First, we investigated whether there were differences between both first class cohorts. Secondly, we investigated whether there were differences between children who attended the Department of Education and Skills designated disadvantaged schools (the so called DEIS schools) and children in other schools.
Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists' Perceptions of Bullying and its Impact on Learning

Background: Bullying is a form of violence and is described as unwelcome aggressive behavior(s) by unrelated individuals. The prevalence of bullying in the nursing profession has been reported to be as high as 31% in the United States, and has been studied extensively in undergraduate nursing, midwifery, medical school residencies, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) professional roles. There is a significant gap in the literature and paucity of evidence about the extent of Student Registered Nurse Anesthesia (SRNA) bullying underscored that this topic required further investigation. Purpose: To investigate whether bullying behaviors occur among anesthesia preceptors, and if so, how SRNAs perceive bullying has affected their educational experience. Methods: The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) disseminated an online survey based on an existing tool to SRNAs for this study. The study used a quantitative descriptive methodology consisting of a survey of nine demographic questions, eight 5-point Likert scale questions, and two multiple-choice questions. Setting and sample: A nationwide online survey sent to 1500 SRNAs yielded (N=133) participants, who were predominantly female (67.67%), in front-loaded programs (52.63%) with an average age of 24-29 years old. Results: Results revealed SRNAs entering clinical rotations in 2015 and 2016 were bullied more than those entering in 2017. The majority of the respondents (89.26%) reported that they couldn't think clearly when they were bullied. More than half of SRNAs agreed (74.62%) that bullying impedes learning. Overall, CRNA preceptors (85.48%) were reported as the most frequent bullies, with MD/DO anesthesiologists reported as the second most frequent (68.55%) followed by non-CRNA nursing staff (41.94%).
Infantilization as Elder Mistreatment: Evidence from Five Adult Day Centers

ABSTRACT To prevent maltreatment, aging services must be age appropriate even as consumers suffer from physical and cognitive disabilities. In this paper, it is argued that exposing older persons to child-oriented settings, activities and speech patterns in aging service environments represent a form of psychological mistreatment. Ethnographic evidence from 220 hours of field observations in five “social model” adult day centers revealed infantilization of service users in the form of confinement, baby-talk, nicknames, child-oriented decor, teacher-student learning format, reprimands, use of toys, as well as a loss of privacy regulation, autonomy, choice, and adult status. All centers exhibited some mistreatment, but severe examples were present in two of the five centers studied. Negative influences on behavior, well-being, self-identity, relationship formation, and social interaction were detected, which distinguished mistreatment from poor quality of care. Insider interviews (23) revealed resentment and adaptive strategies employed to distance themselves from infantilization.
Animals in Celtic life and myth

List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Natural World of the Celts 2. Food and Farming: Animals in the Celtic Economy 3. Prey and Predator The Celtic Hunter 4. Animals at War 5. Sacrifice and Ritual 6. The Artist's Menagerie 7. Animals in the Earliest Celtic Stories 8. God and Beast 9. Changing Attitudes to the Animal World Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index.
The effects of Tai Chi, resistance training, and diet on physical function in obese older women

BACKGROUND: The increased prevalence of obesity and function limitations associated with aging are major public health problems in the U.S. The risk of developing obesity and functional limitations is higher in minority populations living in urban settings and previous research has shown that Tai Chi, resistance training, and diet individually result in increased levels of physical function and facilitate healthy weight loss. However, the combination of these specific interventions has yet to be examined in obese older women in an urban setting. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to examine a combined resistance training (RT), Tai Chi, and a behaviorally-based dietary intervention on physical function. METHODS: Using a non-randomized design, 28 obese women (65.2 ± 8.1 yr) completed a 12-week intervention; participants were assigned to an intervention group (EXD, BMI = 38.83 ± 5.06) or a control group (CON, BMI = 36.57 ± 3.39). The EXD group (n = 19) participated in Tai Chi three times per week for 45 minutes, RT twice per week for 45 minutes (2-3 sets, 10-15 reps), and a dietary session using a modified Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet once per week for 45 minutes. The CON group (n = 9) was asked to continue their normal lifestyle. Outcomes measured were the short physical performance battery (SPPB), the timed up and go (TUG), chair-sit and reach to measure flexibility, and leg and grip strength. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for between-group comparisons adjusted for baseline values. RESULTS: TUG time was significantly reduced by 0.64 ± 2.1 sec (p = 0.04) in the EXD group while the CON group saw a significant increase of 0.71 sec (p = 0.051). Flexibility measurements improved by 2.31 ± 5.4 cm in the EXD group (p = 0.08), however, the CON group saw no significant changes from baseline (1.69 cm ± 6.97; p = 0.51). CONCLUSION: Tai Chi, RT, and dietary changes helped improve performance on TUG time and flexibility, but there were no statistically significant increases in muscle strength measures or SPPB scores. Further research should be conducted using this combination of interventions with a larger sample size to verify these findings.
Measurement of speech in noise abilities in laboratory and real-world noise

Aim: The present study aimed to investigate speech in noise perception abilities in normal-hearing adults using different types of noise (i.e., speech babble, traffic noise, and speech spectrum noise) and at different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) (i.e., +5 dB, 0 dB, −5 dB, and −10 dB). Methods: A total of 109 individuals with mean age of 23 years were participated in the study. All participants had English as second language and Telugu as native and first language. English disyllabic words (Hrish et al.) were used as speech stimuli under different noises and different SNRs. Results: Results have shown that for any type of noise the speech perception scores changed with the variance in SNRs, the scores have decreased when the SNRs were decreased from 0 dB to −10 dB SNR, and the scores have increased when SNRs increased from 0 dB to +5 dB SNR. Conclusion: From this study, it can be concluded that speech perception score in noise depends on the type of noise used in testing the speech in noise abilities. This factor is very important in the selection of the noise type when measuring speech perception in the presence of noise. It was also seen that change in noise level also had a different impact on speech perception in noise abilities.
Continuity and Change in a Domestic Industry: Santa María Atzompa, a Pottery Making Town in Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract The potters of Santa María Atzompa, a town in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, have been making pottery for at least 500 years, and the town has been widely known for its production of green lead-glazed cookware and ornamental pottery. This study, conducted in the 1990s, looks at how Atzompa pottery production changed since studies made in the 1950s and 1960s. Beginning in the mid-1990s, to a large extent as a result of public concern, publicity, and legislation about the lead glaze, the potters changed the style, distribution, and social context of their ceramic production. Also examined was the dynamics of household production and the choices that the potters made. A third element of the study was compositional analysis of the various ceramic materials and pastes used by the potters.
Feed appetence in pigs: an oronasal sensing perspective.

Peripheral chemosensing functions as a decoding system that interprets among other stimuli those relevant to the nutritional value of feedstuffs. Food ingestion simultaneously evokes odor, taste and thermo-mechanical (somatosensing) sensations that stimulates appetite for appropriate ingredients that ensure self-nourishment. This chapter reviews our current understanding of these three main oronasal sensing systems in pigs with emphasis in the physiological principles. Recent discoveries in the porcine smell, taste and somatosensing biology drives a comparative study with other animal species particularly human and farm animals. Deeper discussions relevant to our current knowledge on the swine taste receptor biology and structural functionalities are outlined including a description of the two main taste receptor families (T1R-for sweet and umami taste, T2R-for bitter taste) and other tastes sensed by pigs (salty, acid and new taste candidates). Finally the links between the sensing biology and the in vivo ingredient preference data in pigs are discussed.
Causes of Wastage of Blood and Blood Components: A Retrospective Analysis

Blood transfusion is an integral part of medical practice and is required in many surgical procedures. Human blood till date has no substitute. This emphasizes the very judicious use of blood and its components and minimal or no wastage. Total 10012 (voluntary and replacement) donors were included from August 2011 to Feb. 2014 and screened for transfusion transmissible disease. A total of 10012 blood units were collected but 446 (4.46%) of whole blood bags were discarded either because of seroreactivity, expiry or low volume. One thousand and nine(8.69%) component were discarded out of the 19648 blood components prepared . The commonest cause was expiry of the components 915(54.5%) especially the platelets because of short self life and non utilization, followed by leakage /damage which constituted 428(25.5%) of the discarded components. Three hundred and thirty seven (20.0%) the components were discarded because of seropositivity for Transfusion transmissible diseases(TTI). Strict adherence to the WHO selection and deferral criteria of donors along with proper phlebotomy technique will help to reduce the number of discarding bags because of TTI and low quantity from total collected units. Proper implementation of blood transfusion policy will helps to reduce the wastage due to non utilization of components.
Identity Performance in British Rock and Indie Music : Authenticity, Stylization, and Glocalization

This master’s thesis, departing from the work done by Peter Trudgill and Paul Simpson, aims at widening the scope of research on the identity performance of British rock and indie musicians by taking into account the influences and intersections of local and global social contexts. It not only analyzes the musicians’ accents but also focuses on their lyrics, music videos and statements in interviews. The different types of data are analyzed for references of place in relation to theories of discourse, stylization and authenticity. The thesis applies the concept of glocalization, which has been widely used in studies of hip hop music, to the genres rock and indie in order to explain how local and global forces influence discursive identity production, particularly in relation to popular culture. The first phase of the study is a lyrical analysis of five British bands. Based on the results of the first phase, three bands were chosen for in-depth multimodal discourse analysis in a second phase. Results show how the bands' identity performances were changed and (re)shaped over the course of their careers. The study reveals three different profiles of the approach to and the development of identity performance, highlighting the importance of individuality in the face of mass media. In all, with respect to methodology, the study illustrates the benefit of discourse-analytic case study for the investigation of identity performance by musical artists.
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