title: Did primitive microorganisms use nonhem iron proteins in place of NAD/P?

authors: Daniel, Roy M.

subjects: archaebacteria

abstract: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) are of universal occurrence in living organisms and play a central role in coupling oxidative with reductive reactions. However, the evidence that the origin and early evolution of life occurred at high temperatures (>95°C) is now strong, and at these temperatures some modern metabolites, including both the reduced and oxidized forms of these coenzymes, are unstable. We believe there is good evidence that indicates that in the most primitive organisms nonhem iron proteins carried out many or all of the functions of NAD/P(H). This has important implications for the way in which investigations of archaebacterial metabolism are conducted.

text: Did primitive microorganisms use nonhem iron proteins in place of NAD/P? Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) are of universal occurrence in living organisms and play a central role in coupling oxidative with reductive reactions. However, the evidence that the origin and early evolution of life occurred at high temperatures (>95°C) is now strong, and at these temperatures some modern metabolites, including both the reduced and oxidized forms of these coenzymes, are unstable. We believe there is good evidence that indicates that in the most primitive organisms nonhem iron proteins carried out many or all of the functions of NAD/P(H). This has important implications for the way in which investigations of archaebacterial metabolism are conducted.

year: 1995

title: Book Review: Sexuality, Health and Human Rights by Sonia Corrêa, Rosalind Petchesky and Richard Parker

authors: Simon-Kumar, Rachel

subjects: book review

abstract: This article reviews the book “Sexuality, Health and Human Rights”, by Sonia Corrêa, Rosalind Petchesky and Richard Parker.

text: Book Review: Sexuality, Health and Human Rights by Sonia Corrêa, Rosalind Petchesky and Richard Parker This article reviews the book “Sexuality, Health and Human Rights”, by Sonia Corrêa, Rosalind Petchesky and Richard Parker.

year: 2009

title: Culture is our business: Issues and challenges for forensic and correctional psychologists

authors: Tamatea, Armon J.

subjects: Science & Technology

abstract: Psychology has made significant advances in the development of more empirical, standardized, and consistent approaches to the prediction, assessment, and treatment of offending behaviour. However, crime occurs in a cultural context. Similarly, forensic and correctional psychology derive from a cultural basis that privileges certain types of knowledge and promotes certain forms of practice that are incommensurate with the outlook and realities of some offenders and their communities. While there is an emerging literature on ethnicity and race in criminal justice psychology, very little research that addresses culture is published. The reasons for this knowledge gap are complex, not least because the worldviews of indigenous and diverse communities do not superimpose neatly onto current best-practice models of risk assessment or offender rehabilitation. Given Australia and New Zealand’s commitment to the involvement and wellbeing of indigenous peoples as well as the shared experience of progressively more pluralistic societies, it is argued that there is a critical need to bring the somewhat disparate domains of forensic psychology and culture into conversation with a view to informing policy and practice. The example of risk assessment is used to illustrate some of the complexities of working with cultural difference. Central to this article is a call for a culturally-engaged and proactive philosophy of practice that embraces the needs of diverse offenders, victims and communities.

text: Culture is our business: Issues and challenges for forensic and correctional psychologists Psychology has made significant advances in the development of more empirical, standardized, and consistent approaches to the prediction, assessment, and treatment of offending behaviour. However, crime occurs in a cultural context. Similarly, forensic and correctional psychology derive from a cultural basis that privileges certain types of knowledge and promotes certain forms of practice that are incommensurate with the outlook and realities of some offenders and their communities. While there is an emerging literature on ethnicity and race in criminal justice psychology, very little research that addresses culture is published. The reasons for this knowledge gap are complex, not least because the worldviews of indigenous and diverse communities do not superimpose neatly onto current best-practice models of risk assessment or offender rehabilitation. Given Australia and New Zealand’s commitment to the involvement and wellbeing of indigenous peoples as well as the shared experience of progressively more pluralistic societies, it is argued that there is a critical need to bring the somewhat disparate domains of forensic psychology and culture into conversation with a view to informing policy and practice. The example of risk assessment is used to illustrate some of the complexities of working with cultural difference. Central to this article is a call for a culturally-engaged and proactive philosophy of practice that embraces the needs of diverse offenders, victims and communities.

year: 2017