ktmeng/mec huggingface dataset:
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The practice of lobolo has been a commerce since its very begging. In the long distant past, bride price was paid through a hoe which was expensive by then, hence barely to get. Then it was turned into cattle which was the basis economic order at that time and was an evident sigh of wealth. Now the payments are primarily made in substantial amounts of cash. The average of money for lobolo varies from family to family. Some families beholding the family of the groom exaggerate to the extent of asking for a Merced Benz. Others ask for at least $9000. Considering this amount of money, I think that the practice of lobolo can exclude some people from marrying the people they love. Some put forward that if the girl has money, can stealthy help her lover to pay lobolo for her (Bourdillon 63).
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But even this does not make sense at all. It is equivalent to take her without any payments. On top of that amount of money the groom has to fund for the wedding feast and get appropriate cloths for his bride. The young people in Mozambique are currently passing through a lot of upheavals such as political instability, unemployment, and poverty. The economy of the country has not been stable for the past ten years and there is no hope that it will stabilize in near future. Because of this, many people seldom get $2 per day. The question now is this to the society: where does it expect such individuals to provide very high amount of money for lobolo with this kind of economy? It is quite paradoxical for the young men. Because of the inability of marrying whom they love, they end up engaging with someone they do not, because money is what counts and not love as such.
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Furthermore, bride price is, to some extent, is the source of domestic violence and marital sexual abuses. The payments of lobolo contribute a lot in this regards. Once a set of women lamented saying, “The payment of lobolo seals the deal. It appears as if the woman has to surrender her sexual rights as well as reproductive rights because the men would have paid lobolo” (Matope et al 198). Once the husband completes paying bride price, he understands that he has the right of claiming sexual relationship in the family whenever he feels like and the wife has no saying in this regard. If she argues to be unwilling and or unwell, then things like “punching, hitting, slapping and throwing things at her, among many other disgusting things” (Matope et al 198) are detected in the family. All of these aspects are completely against human rights. Most of these cases, surreptitiously, pass past us, for they are unreported. This is because of the fear that wives have wanting to preserve their marriages. The fear is, if she reports, divorce may take place. In this case, the husband has the right to claim the bride price he paid to the wife’s family.
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In conclusion, this paper first explored the ongoing discussion on cultural practice of lobolo in Mozambique. The discourse fell into two groups: the first discourse is that taking into consideration the importance of bride price, convincingly upholds that it ought to be carried on, the second discourse insists on the loss of the authenticity and originality of the practice, thus becoming irrelevant in contemporary Mozambique. Then it found out that lobolo has now become a source of a lot of awful things in the society such as domestic violence, divorce, marital sexual abuse and premature marriages that bring about a lot of damage on young girls. Above all, due to the changes that the practice is currently passing through, it suggests that the practice has lost its sense. Therefore, the paper suggested that the society should rethink about the relevance of bride price in our time. Further, if possible, the society should unanimously agree on one amount of wealth, affordable by almost every groom, to be bestowed on bride’s family. Of course, those who feel like giving more, they may do so. If this proposal still cannot work, then the practice should be dismissed form the society.
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The movie “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a film adaptation with a comedic role, stimulating the escape of social obligations. There is fictitious portrayal of characters that depicts a real-life scenario, indicating the significance of having a conventional way of dealing with social challenges. The main issue is to prevent social problems that usually affect an individual, affecting their social and psychological welfare. In this position, the reviews from this movie adaptation gained popularity in modern literature for depicting the realistic way of promoting social norms.
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The characters during the play now learning language and gaining a sense of self and greater independence, and is beginning to learn the workings of the physical world. In this stage of human development, a child can also develop his/her characteristics and a lot of factor can affect this development. Being earnest in this stage of human being is still important. Because in this stage, a person should be serious especially with his/her actions since he/ she is still discovering things in the physical world. A child should be earnest with their actions for them to avoid the wrong doings that a person can engage socially with other people, especially to the people at their same age (Walsh, n.p.). In this stage, a child is also developing language as they communicate, a person should be serious with this matter for them to differentiate the proper words that they will be using with their communication and avoiding bad words that are unpleasant to hear. In this stage a parent’s/guardian’s presence is very important to guide a child and always advise them that everything in this world is not just a game and take something seriously as they grow.
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The film then presents the issues on middle childhood stages of an individual. This is now the stage where learning and testing new academic skills and by assessing our abilities and accomplishments, comparisons may occur in this stage between our self and others. Our growth rates slow down and we are able to refine our motor skills at this point in life. The characters begin learning on social relationships. This is beyond the family through interaction with friends and fellow students because at this stage we usually spent more of our time in school. This stage a child is now in their testing period with their academic skills that are important to improve their development in character. It is important in this stage that a child should be earnest for them to determine their areas of strength for them to focus on it and be an expert in the future.
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It is very important for an adolescent to take things seriously since this stage is the make it or break it factor in their adulthood stage. When it comes to love/sexual relationship it is important to be earnest especially in choosing our partner because if we just take things for granted this may lead to teen age pregnancy and affect our studies and in a long run affect our carrier in the near future. Being an adolescent, this is the stage we became adventurous in all things, we should be too serious in our decision making that might affect safety since in this stage the risk of dying in an accident is very high by just taking the adventure that we want in life.
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In the twenties and thirties are often thought of as early adulthood. It is a time when we are at our physiological peak but are most at risk for involvement in violent crimes and substance abuse. It is a time of focusing on the future and putting a lot of energy into making choices that will help one earn the status of a full adult in the eyes of others. Love and work are primary concerns at this stage of life. This is the stage where we should be earnest in the decision that we are making. Since its still about ourselves, and involve our personal life as a human being (Hood, n.p.). It is important to take some of the things too serious because in this stage if we take things for granted the consequence that will be facing are a lot harder and it will surely affect our entire life. That’s why it is very important to be too serious in the decision that we are making in this stage.
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The movie indirectly portrays the self-awareness actions during the middle adulthood. This is a period in which aging, that began earlier, becomes more noticeable and a period at which many people are at their peak of productivity in love and work. It may be a period of gaining expertise in certain fields and being able to understand problems and find solutions with greater efficiency than before. This stage is when we usually have our own family and career. So at this stage, being earnest is very important in all aspects because it is not just affecting ourselves but can also affect our career and mostly our family. So if we take things for granted in this stage just like not taking our partners in life seriously, the family will be compromised also with our career. If we don’t take it seriously, it will be taken away from us and a domino effect the family as well will be affected.
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At the end of the movie, there is a message, making us realize that we should follow the former categorization and make the distinction between the “young old” who are people between 65 and 79 and the “old old” or those who are 80 and older. One of the primary differences between these groups is that the young old are very similar to midlife adults; still working, still relatively healthy, and still interested in being productive and active. The “old old” remain productive and active and the majority continues to live independently, but risks of the diseases of old age such as arteriosclerosis, cancer, and cerebral vascular disease increases substantially for this age group. Issues of housing, healthcare, and extending active life expectancy are only a few of the topics of concern for this age group in the movie (Billiongton, n.p.).
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As a “young old” although is quite similar as the young adulthood category. It is important to be earnest in our life for the reason that we still need to be too serious especially in our career for the reason that we still need to prepare for our retirement. Comparing to the young adulthood, we maybe be now lenient with the decisions for our own family; since our children at this point have their family or they are already living independently. But we still need to be earnest to our job since we are already in our retirement age so we need to focus on our savings for our transition to the “old old” stage. Being in the so called “old old” stage of being in the late adulthood category we may say that we are now enjoying the fruit of our hardship seeing our children living on their own with a successful career also because of your hardship during late adulthood stage. It is still very important to be earnest at this stage of life we should be very serious especially on our health since we are already prone to different diseases brought by our age. Being too serious in the healthy lifestyle as they say is a must together with a proper exercise.
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The learning insight of the film symbolizes the nature of having the idea of reflection from our past activities. The characters in the play emphasized the importance of relating our present and past experiences to our character. The moral of getting away from obligation indicates that we are having a despicable way of determining the social awareness of the society regarding the influence of maintaining a sense of responsibility in our actions. There are rules in life that everyone must have to obey so that we show others how we discipline ourselves with the existing rules to improve our professional standards. I recommend the film to other audiences due to its relative way of presenting how important rules are to our personal and professional lifestyle (Foster, n.p.).
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A tip for getting baby to sleep more at night is to swaddle. I can’t emphasise this enough. Remember that when your baby was growing in your belly there was little room for moving around. So if you place your baby in her cot and watch her, you will notice she jerks often. Unfortunately those jerks can wake newborns up and they end up not sleeping for longer hours. So swaddle them to give them the same cramped up feeling like in the womb, so that they do not wake up suddenly and you too can get some good uninterrupted sleep.
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The daughter in James Joyce’s story “Eveline” sits at a window in her home and looks out onto the street while recalling her childhood. Reminiscing about her memories of playing with the neighborhood children in the field where houses now stand. Eveline is faced with a difficult dilemma: remain at home, or leave Dublin with her lover, Frank. Eveline worries about fulfilling her promise to her dead mother, keeping the house together. Frank is a sailor who wants Eveline to live with him in Buenos Aires.
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Joyce tells us Eveline is sitting by the window and hears a street organ playing and recalls her mother’s voice “saying constantly with foolish insistence: “Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!” meaning the end of pleasure is pain.” Her mother is wanting Eveline to move out of her father’s house and get out and explore the world. Joyce used the window as a symbol to show that Eveline sees the world as an unknown entity, something that she actually fears and that she is not prepared to face.
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Eveline decides it is better to be surrounded by what is familiar than what is not. Three years ago, I had a situation with my dad that reminded me of the daughter in “Eveline.” Like Eveline, I had a parent that was suffering from an illness. I will never forget hearing the most harrowing words when my dad told me he had Ocular Melanoma, cancer in his eye. He got some paint in his right eye and he closed it and then realized he couldn’t see anything at all.
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After hearing this devastating news from my father, I said to myself, what did I do to deserve this? Seven years ago, my mom had open heart surgery replacing her aortic valve with a mechanical valve. I was ten years old and I didn’t know what I would do without my mom. As Joyce noted, “The pitiful vision of her mother’s life laid its spell on the very quick of her being.” Fortunately, everything went well for my mother, and she is now healthy and active. However, I now had thoughts of my father lying in bed, suffering in pain and his life come to an end all too quickly. Everything was going well, then one day it all comes crashing down, my dad has cancer. My life won’t be the same! It was painful knowing that I couldn’t do anything to help him.
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When my daddy was diagnosed with cancer, I was thirteen years old. I was deeply concerned about how my family would be able to survive since my dad made the most income. I was not old enough to drive so I couldn’t go out and get a job. My mom couldn’t get another job as she would need to stay home and take care of my dad or take him to his many doctor’s appointments. I would lay in my bed at night with so many bad thoughts running through my head. I would wonder if we were going to be poor and if we were going to have enough food to eat for the week. What was going to happen to my father? Was he going to lose his hair, would he be able to go back to work? What would he look like with a prosthetic eye?
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With our world turned upside down, my sister and I had to grow up and act like adults. With this type of cancer, my dad had to go to the University of Kansas Cancer Center in Kansas City to see his surgeon, oncologist, and ocularist. An ocularist is a person who specializes in making and fitting the prosthetic eye. My mom would make this trip many times each month for many months leaving my sister and me to take care of the things around the house. As Joyce tells of Eveline “Her promise to her mother to keep the home together as long as she could.” We took on the “mom” role by keeping the house together by preparing meals, keeping the house clean, and doing laundry. My sister, Courtney, and I used to get into fights but with my dads’ illness and the stress everyone was under, Courtney and I decided to quit arguing and came together as a team. Since she was older, she decided what needed to be done and when to do it, and then we completed the tasks together. When I needed help with homework, she would explain to me how she would get the answer. By keeping up with the housework and homework we were able to keep busy and not worry about my dad and his cancer.
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Even after he had his eye removed, wearing a patch over the hole in his head covering his blackened eye socket, he continued to go to my sister’s high school rodeos, her prom, and all our school events, showing support for me and my sister. When people would ask him about the patch he always talked openly about his diagnosis and of course still remained positive of the journey, even though at that time the surgeon wasn’t sure if he’d gotten all cancer out.
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As Joyce stated, “She had shelter and food; she had those whom she had known all her life about her.” Waiting for the results of my dad’s cancer I would wonder how long I would have the dad I’ve known all my life around me. After many intense treatments of radiation, and the outstanding work of the surgeon and oncologist my dad finally received the news we had been waiting to hear, he had no signs of having cancer and he could be fitted for his prosthetic eye. After the eye socket had healed up completely from all the trauma it recently sustained from the surgery, the intense radiation treatments, and getting used to this new device replacing his eye, he would tell people about his cancer journey, oftentimes ending in a joke about his new prosthetic eye. Most people couldn’t tell which eye was real and which eye was was fake. In order to reassure them that he did have a fake eye, he would ask if they wanted him to take it out, of course, no one wanted to see this.
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Cancer has taught me to appreciate life. It showed me not to fear cancer but be courageous for the patient as well as the family members. I have overcome my anxiety and fear of cancer due to my dad’s experience. Being around my father with his courageous and positive attitude made me realize that even though cancer is a deadly disease remaining upbeat makes the experience easier to cope with. Joyce used the window as a symbolize the world as an unknown entity, full of fears and experiences you are not prepared to face. Experience cancer with my dad was like I was looking out the window of my life and realizing that family is the most important thing and you should do your best to take care of them. I did not know what was going to happen to my dad and I was fearful of the outcome. Unlike the mom in the story, the illness did not take my dad’s life, but Eveline and I both stepped up and took care of the family when they were in need.
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Hybridity of culture destabilizes the dominance of particular culture but at the same time creates a dilemma between the citizens of the culture especially in the postcolonial states. Kalpana who wants to lead an independent life in the postcolonial culture characterized by hybridity ends in despair. Dr. Bhaskar is also influenced by cultural hybridity unable to take decision for his marriage because of the influence of their mother’s traditional outlook and Urmi’s boldness in choosing their life partners.
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The protagonist of the novel Urmi is an educated women longs to live up to his own image created by her. The understanding of life according to Urmi is that she is responsible for her own life and she hates the image imposed by others. She proclaims that “it’s been a constant struggle against an image of myself imposed upon me by Vanaa” (1).The trauma in the life of the protagonist is caused by nature. She is frustrated by the death of her infant daughter Anu and she is not able to come out that tragic event. She had her own expectation in life about her daughter despite occasional visits of her husband Kishore to home from ship. The death causes loneliness and she feels trapped by the natural phenomena of life.
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The emotional distress of Urmi would have been minimized if she had been associated herself in mother – in- laws home. Urmi is a woman who wants to live an independent life. Indian society has its own merits of showering care and sharing of burden especially in traditional family structure. Urmi missed the opportunity to access their emotional healing resource in her life which is the main cause of her trauma. J.R. Tripathi opines that “the mother’s emotional distress is relieved by communal sharing and affections and rises above the European concept of existential emotional distress which is isolationistic and individualistic and hence depressing and deadly” (2).
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Women life is depended on the social image. Indian society has a biased outlook on women. The society accepts the errors of the male but always suspicious with the female. Shakutai, the mother of Kalpana, fears for the social image and fails to disclose the reality of her daughter who is raped by Prabakar. Her position and personal image in the society is more important than the pain of her daughter. She refuses when Urmi endeavors to bring justice to Kalpana by bringing the predator to the court.
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The predicament of women in Shashi Despande novels is due to the fact of suppressed emotion within themselves that result in more deceitful condition. She even insists Urmi to recommend to the physician to hide the reality and give false report about the incident. The entire attempt made by Shakutai about the incident does not mean she loves her daughter but she wants to save the image of Kalpana’s sister to be married in a decent family. Burdened by the social image and responsibility to marry her daughter the distress of Shakutai intensifies. Honour is more important than life in the traditional society. The girls are victims in the society.
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Shakutai understands that neither the society nor the police will help her to bring about a resolution to her daughter’s problem. The memories play a major role in human lives to break or mold their life. Urmi attempts to divert her problem by attending another person problem with a humanistic attitude but she often struck with the memories of her deceased infant Anu. Marriage is a bond between two individuals to foster love, care and sustenance becomes a trap for women and imprisons them. The character of Mira, mother-in-law of Urmi, suffers from their imprisonment silently and dies during the child birth. The predicament of Mira is due to irresponsibility of her parents and their adherence to existing traditional norms of
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One of the predicaments of Indian women is the identity crisis that occurs at the time of marriage. Similar to other heroines of Shashi Despande novels like Jaya in The Long Silence, Mira too undergoes a change in her name from Mira to Nirmala which she cannot accept. She feels that she is insecure by the new identity which results in emotional distress which further escalates when her husband shows interest only in her body by forsaking her real emotion through care and consideration. The novelist opines that “she refuses to give up her name and identity and proclaims “I am Mira” (1).
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The conflicts of Mira are not only external but also internal. She hates the touch of her husband which gives her a constant trouble. In the name of ‘Love’, her husband indulges in rape within marriage and she is conceived. Mira has an unconscious drive that the baby to be a boy or not to be. The dilemma makes her to suffer inspite of her awareness of the forthcoming joy after the child birth. The novelist documents her desire in this way I feel the quickening in my womb, he moves – why do I call the child he?” (1) Mira suffers from physical as well as from psychological conflicts coupled with her mother’s lack of concern for Mira.
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Aspirations for human beings are endless. Female who had subjected to long years of interdependence feels elated when they become independent? Shakutai makes her daughter to be an aspiring girl who gets education and leads a duty free life which is contrary with Mira’s mother. But independence in women life ended in disruption of her entire life. She has been brutally raped by Prabakar. She is so fearful that Kalpana’s sister will not get married if their incident is known to the public. It is inferred that the men create problems to augment their distress by the rape and consensual rape within marriage, but sometime like Kalpana’s mother, women tend to be the problem makers by denying truth and maintain silence either for their own or family gain. Altogether, the women suffer the most.
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Urmi predicament is not economical because her husband is working as a navy officer but it is psychological in nature. The occasional visits of Kishore and her parting lift Urmi in a devastated position as she equals it to death. Her interdependence on Kishore emotionally is a trap for Urmi. Kishore contributes his past to argument her suffering by his indifference attitude towards Urmi. Urmi has rights over her body but the female sexual needs in the absence of Kishore make her miserable.
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The author documents the bond of marriage is meaningful only the husband and wife are near and dear to each other in spite of economical and societal challenges. Urmi suffering is due to the death of her daughter Anu along with the shattered dream for her daughter. The death of Anu marks the death of her dream towards her loving daughter. The shattered emotions causes much more pain to the protagonist Urmi. She says: “we dream – much more for our daughter than we do for our sons, we want to give them the world we dreamt of for ourselves (1).
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Pandanus odoratissimus Linn. belongs to the family Pandanaceae. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia including Philippines and Indonesia. It is a small, leafy herb, less than 1 meter tall. Pandanus leaves are mostly used in Southest Asian cooking. In Indian Ayurvedic, P. odoratissimus is recommended for the treatment of headache, rheumatism, spasm, cold, epilepsy, wounds, scabies and ulcer[17]. It is also believed to have medicinal properties including antiviral, anti allergy, anti platelet, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-cancer action. Preliminary screening of this plant indicated the presence of lignan isoflavones, phenol contents, steroid, saponins, glycoside, flavonoids, tannins and phenolic compounds [18].
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Many diseases like heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism are associated with inappropriate blood clot formation [19]. According to the World Health Organization, it kills up to 100,000 people worldwide every year [20]. It is also reported as the number one cause of death worldwide. Research of new anti-platelet agents with limited adverse effect and recognition of herbal medicine as another therapeutic agent begins to be considered an important goal for the pharmaceutical industries [21].
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy is one of the instrumental analysis to be employed in the study. FTIR is a technique that uses an infrared light used to identify organic, polymeric, and inorganic materials in the sample and observe its chemical properties [22]. It has been recognized as a dependable method for finding the functional groups present in the plant extract. Vibrational spectroscopy including FTIR has been proven to be a non-destructive and fast method requiring both minimal sample preparation and minimum amount of analyte compared to traditional chromatographic techniques.
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High Performance Liquid Chromatography is also one of the instrumental analysis to be employed in the study. It is a versatile and chromatographic technique for identifying the secondary metabolites present in the plants. HPLC technique is widely used in pytochemical and analytical chemistry to quantify and qualify the active molecules of the plant. Compared to other chromatographic techniques, HPLC is more quick and efficient to use. Instead of using gravity, HPLC uses pump to force the liquid through a solid adsorbent. The process can be completed within 10 to 30 minutes at it delivers high resolution. It is also accurate and highly reproducible chromatographic techniques. [24]
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Giemsa microplate assay will be the method to be employed in the study. Giemsa microplate assay is a qualitative analysis that has been widely used as an in-vitro test for determination of platelet aggregation inhibition of plant [25][26][27]. This assay has been found out as a simple, inexpensive yet useful preliminary tool to test anti platelet activity. The assay is qualitative method which detects a change in color, from colorless to violet, indication a positive result for anti platelet aggregation. This study about determining anti plaletet activity of ethanolic and aqueous extract of Pandanus odoratissimus could be an additional contribution in the field of medicine [28].
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Throughout history, men and women stand on two different spectra. While, a typical man is described as masculine, aggressive, reliable, and independence. Woman is supposed to be feminine, caring, nurturance, and compassion. Women are viewed as the lower class compared to men. As according to Ridgway, in Western societies, gender status beliefs are widely held cultural beliefs that view one gender as generally superior and obliquely more capable than the other (Ridgway 525). This means that traditionally men would view as superior to women because they are strong and sociality, in turn, favor men as the breadwinner of the family.
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For example, intuitively when we see a baby, we almost always classifying the baby if the baby is a boy or a girl and look at the baby clothing or marker to justify our guest are correct. Also when growing up, I heard statements like “Boys do not Cry” or “Boy do not play with dolls” or “Girl do not play with robots” that is stated from parents and educators. This illustrates Lorber’s view that “social statuses are carefully constructed through prescribed processes of teaching, learning, emulation, and enforcement “(Lorber 2). Which mean at a young age people are conditioned to how to act accordingly to their gender. Gender is a social constructed that is being enforced through our school and work institute. When people, specificity white privilege man, and middle-class women interact with people that are not considered the norm in their circle. They tense to becoming judgemental and intolerant.
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For example in Loretta case, Loretta who is a black butch lesbian, large and has a shaved head. An electrician, who works in a trade that is among the lowest number of minority workers faces discrimination. Tradesmen would make fun of her and people of color, and they would tell her that she should not be here. Thus, they picked on her about her large status and saying that her size is not appropriate for a woman (Denissen and Saguy 391). This example, illustrate that the hardship that women face when they do not fit in a traditionally feminine woman stereotype, which makes other tradesmen uncomfortable because they view it as they are losing their masculinity. Therefore, in order to protect their masculinity and power, the tradesmen insult women or people that do not fit in the stereotype of a traditional man or women. Denissen and Saguy ” argue that the presence of women in male-dominated jobs threatens the perception of this work as inherently masculine” (Denissen and Saguy 384). Loretta’s story perfectly demonstrates intersectional theories. Loretta is discriminated not only because she is black and queer but also because she is a woman who does not fit in the typical female category.
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How individuals identify also play a huge factor in the spectrum between gender and work that they will experiences. Speaking from my own experience as a transman I do experience the hardship that Schilt points out in her article “Just one of the Guys? How Transmen Make Gender Visible at Work”. I started to transition to a male in 2015. At that time I was 20 years old. I started an apprentice program to become a sound installer journeyman. In my workplace, there was only one female, and the guys refer to her as a tattletale who is only got the job because her dad, who is a general.
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Aside from the only women in the group of the tradesman, I was the only Asian person there. Thus, I was the smallest guys in the group, and I chose to still stealth about my identity, I try to be just one of the guys at. However, I find that I would not fit in with the guys. I keep a distance from them. For my own safety because I do not want them to find out that I am a transman. Who knows how they would react? Also, I cannot bring myself to speak disrespectfully toward women or LGBT groups just to fit in. Through my observation, the tradesman would make disrespectful remarks toward women and flamboyant guys in the group.
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Saying things like “you guys better watch it, that guy might be gay or transgender, so watch it.” Which means the trade mean view feminine qualities as a negative demeanor in the workplace. While working there, I also take notice that the foreman, who supervise all the journeymen are what we would call typical white male. Whom is white, tall, and masculine event through I find that many other tradesmen of color are more skilled than the foreman. My personal experience supports Schilt findings that “Coworkers and employers often rely on gender stereotypes to evaluate men’s and women’s achievements and skills” (Schilt 388) Therefore, I make a decision to quit the apprenticeship program because I know the odds of me climbing the ladder to from an apprentice to a journeyman to a foreman is close to 0%. Not only am I physically small is status, look younger than my age, and Asian but also a transman. Everything that I identify with does not fit with the qualities that the foreman at my previous workplace has. Which is why after quitting the apprenticeship program I choose to go back to school to broaden my perspective and to educate myself more.
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In conclusion, individuals experiences with work involving their status, gender, and the identities that they associate themselves with. Gender is a social construct that change through time. However, western societies do not react positively to does changes because it does not fix what they view as typical female or male. They want gender to be black or white, but gender is a spectrum like colors are part of a spectrum; there is no definite answer. A person can both be feminine and masculine. Through education, one can widen their point of view and be more understanding and adaptable towards changes towards the issue of gender in the workplace.
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This assignment is going to provide an accurate explanation of the health and development checks for a mother and baby from conception until the baby is one year old. The first check is a pregnancy test. There are two different types of pregnancy test, a urine test and a blood test. A urine test can be bought from most shops and can be done at home. There are two types of pregnancy test, digital pregnancy tests which will either say pregnant or not pregnant and non-digital pregnancy tests which use lines.
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Once pregnancy has been confirmed an appointment is made for the first routine check. This check will be done between eight and twelve weeks and lots of checks are done for instance the Midwife will do a medical history which includes diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure, a family history which includes inherited disorders, history of multiple births and any serious illnesses that may run in the family and social history which includes the quality of the housing and if there is any support needed at home.
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Over the course of her pregnancy a woman will have two scans one at ten to thirteen weeks which is called a dating scan during which the woman will receive a more accurate due date depending on the size of the baby and a scan at eighteen to twenty two weeks which looks at the baby’s physical development. If the mother is having a high risk pregnancy for example because she is a younger mother, an older mother or has a medical condition then she will have a scan at eight weeks. During the second trimester the mother will have monthly antenatal appointments during which tests will be done such as fundal height, foetal heart rate, weight, urine test and blood pressure. The same checks that were done in the second trimester are now done during the third trimester but are done fortnightly instead of monthly.
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After the baby is born there is a need for prenatal care which carries on throughout the first year of life. Within six weeks of the baby being born the birth must be registered. After the first ten days there will be a routine check done by the Midwife, which will be done at the hospital or at home depending on the birth, and between ten days and six weeks visits will be done by the Health visitor at home. If there were complications during the birth then the mother will be visited for the first ten or twenty eight days following the birth. Between six weeks and eight weeks the baby is checked to ensure that it is growing well and is healthy. At nine months to one year old the baby is reviewed checking for things like diet, language, safety, learning and behaviour and this is usually by a health visitor. To all routine check ups the mother must bring the child’s personal health care record book.
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One role of the early years practitioner in promoting children’s development is providing the children with resources that develop all of the areas of development. Another role is to teach the children how to use the resources that are provided because if the children are not taught how to use them then they will not know how to get the benefit out of them and they will not develop the different areas as effectively as they would if the children were taught. This involves planning appropriate activities. A third role in promoting development is to ensure that all of the children have the opportunities to develop no matter what the circumstances of the child are. This may involve altering the layout of a room to make it easier for a child with a disability to get around and adding ramps for wheelchairs. It may also involve changing how an activity will be carried out, for example if doing a drawing activity on a big piece of paper placing the paper on a table instead of on the floor so that a child in a wheelchair could be pushed under the table and would still be able to participate.
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A fourth role of the practitioner in promoting children’s development is providing opportunities for the children to work and play together in order for the children to be able to develop socially. Another role that ties in with this is that the practitioner should encourage a child that is hesitant to join in to do so, so that they are not left behind by the other, more confident children. Practitioners have a role to play in the hygiene needs of the children. One way in which the practitioner does this is by making the children wash their hands before eating and checking that the children have washed their hands after they have used the toilet. This is important as it helps to stop the spread of germs and helps prevent the children becoming ill.
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It also helps to build good hygiene habits in the children because if they are taught to wash their hands then they are more likely to carry on with good practice when they are older. The practitioner can also help by being a good role model by washing their hands regularly so that the children are more likely to wash their hands. The practitioner could also read the children stories about hand washing and the importance of doing so because if the children are educated in a fun way then they will be more likely to put into practice what they have been taught. Another way is by promoting teeth brushing This can be done by providing toothbrushes and the time for the children to brush their teeth. This will help to build good habits for the future as the children will be used to brushing their teeth so will be more likely to carry on doing so in the future.
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Another way is by asking the children how they are feeling and talking to the children about their emotions. If one of the children was to hurt somebody in the room then the practitioner can sit down with that child and ask them why they hurt the other person and tell the child what they could have done instead and that way the children will learn to better understand and deal with their emotions. A practitioner has a role in making sure that the children in their care form attachments whether that be by making friends with the other children in the group or building a trusting relationship with the adults in the room. This can be done by having the children assigned to one person who is key worker. The child’s key worker would be the one who would do the child’s home visit and that way the child would start to build a relationship with that person before they had even started at the setting.
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One way that the practitioner could encourage the children to build relationships with the other children is by planning activities that require the children to work together in a group. Another way is by steering a child who is alone towards an activity that other children are playing with and then encouraging the other children to let the child who was alone join in. The practitioner has to promote active learning within a setting. One way in which they can do this is by doing activities that involve the children instead of just standing at the front of the classroom and talking at the children. This is important because it has been proven that people learn best when they are physically doing something instead of just being told how to do it and they are more likely to remember it because they were interested and engaged in the subject.
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Active teaching makes a subject more interesting to learn. The views of the children should be taken into consideration by the practitioner. This can be done by thinking about the interests of the children and planning activities based on those for example if the children enjoy playing with dinosaurs then setting up a dinosaur enclosures for the children to have the dinosaurs play in or if the children were pretending to fix cars, setting up a mock garage. The practitioner could also ask older children what activities they would like to do and plan activities based on the feedback they receive. This is important because taking into consideration the views of the children helps the children to feel valued because they know that somebody believes their opinions are important. This could also improve their self-confidence because if the ideas that they put forwards are used then they will know that they can produce good ideas and may be more likely to contribute next time. The practitioner has a role when it comes to promoting physical development. This can be done by planning activities that get the children moving for example hopscotch.
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It can also be done by teaching the children about the benefits of things like exercise and being outside because if they understand how it benefits them and that it is important then they will be more likely to do what they are being taught. The children can be taught these things by means of books and activities that show them how enjoyable these things can be. It is important that physical development is promoted it would have a negative impact on the children if it was not as some childrens only opportunities to develop physically is whilst they are in setting so if it was not promoted in setting the children would fail to reach their physical developmental goals. Promoting physical development may also show the children and their parents what sports for example they are good at and they may begin to do those activities outside of setting because they are good at these. A final role of the practitioner is supporting the speech, language and communication development of the child. This can be done by planning activities that
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One of the factors that could influence a child’s development is the place that they live. This is because if they live in a disadvantaged area then they may not have access to as much as a child who lives in a more advantaged area would. Another factor that could influence a child development is if they have a disability, whether that be a physical disability or a learning disability, as they may not be able to do the same activities or may not be able to learn at the same pace as a child how does not have a disability. A third factor could be having a large number of children in a family. This is because if there are a lot of children in a family who all require attention then each child will be getting less attention than they would be if they had less siblings and this could influence their development for example how they develop emotionally. A fourth factor that could influence a child’s development is if they have experienced abuse. This could influence their emotional development as it could cause them to struggle to trust people, which in turn would affect their social development. Their physical development could also be affected from any injuries that they sustained if the abuse they suffered included physical abuse. A fifth factor that could influence a child’s development is if they have English as an additional language. This is because if they struggle to understand the language then they will struggle to do their work in class and this would in turn affect their development.
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If the child comes from a difficult background then it is going to affect development for example if the child is in a poor or less privileged family then it will affect their development as the house may not be very well maintained as they cannot afford it. The child may get cold at night as there is no heating and as a result become sick and they will not be able to attend school therefore they are missing out on an education which means they cannot get out of the cycle of poverty.
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Children may have medical issues that can affect their development such as severe Asthma which is Asthma but a severe type of it where you have to take additional medication to help cope with it and also have to be careful with the activities you are doing and putting-your body through as you can get easily tired and wheezy. This can affect a child’s development as they may not be bake to partake in the same activities as their friends and they feel isolated and left out therefore lowering their self esteem.
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Children may live in a flat which is on a high floor which means there is no access to outdoors for children to play in. This is not good for children’s development as children should get out and play football and get exercise it’s also a good opportunity to make friends and form good relations with other people. Also if they are not going outside and exercising this is not good for their physical development as they will become unhealthy and could lead to obesity. If the children are in the house all day long then they may become isolated and depressed stuck inside all day with little interaction from the outside world especially if they are living in a dangerous area with a high crime rate where they cannot leave in fear of being attacked or worse. There may be parks nearby but in fear of being hurt they cannot walk to shops or parks close to them.