Sticks and stones will break my bones -- and words will harm too: Australia's provision of education for asylum seeker children in detention

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Student stress and quality of education

Today, managers are increasingly interested in knowing how the work in organizations aftects employees' health. Less common is the interest in stress erupting in the academic community - among students, faculty and administrators. The authors present a reflection paper focused on student stress. In this paper, they first examine McLean 's model of context, vulnerability and stressors. This model provides the framework for the student surveys and for the entire paper. Based on the students surveys, an assessment is made of how asma" group of students are coping with stress. The paper fina"y suggests what can be done by students, faculty, and administrators to insta" and/or improve social support systems that might reduce the harmful eftects of stress on students and thus impact the quality of education.

A missão Summer Institute of Linguistics e o indigenismo latino-americano: história de uma aliança (décadas de 1930 a 1970)

O trabalho aborda a história da aliança entre a missão evangélica Summer Institute of Linguistics e os intelectuais latino-americanos entre as décadas de 1930 e 1970. A proposta é reconstruir o contexto político e intelectual em que essa aliança ocorreu no México, Peru e Brasil. Em particular, será focalizado o papel do Instituto Indigenista Interamericano como espaço de contato da missão com os governos latino-americanos.

Neutralization of bitis parviocula (Ethiopian mountain adder) venom by the south african institute of medical research (SAIMR) antivenom

BACKGROUND: The Ethiopian mountain adder (Bitis parviocula) is a viperid known only from a few locations in southwestern Ethiopia. METHODS: a total of 30 µg of B. arietans and B. parviocula venoms were run on a 10-20% Tricine gel. To assay lethality dose fifty (LD50), five groups of eight mice for each venom were used. Hemorrhagic activity for crude venom was tested. Fibrinogenolytic activity of crude venom was measured using (2.5 mg/mL) of fibrinogen solution and (0.03 mg/mL) of crude venom. Gelatinase activity of the venom was tested on a Kodak X-OMAT TM film. Crude venoms of B. parviocula and B. arietans were tested for their abilities to affect clotting time, clotting rate and platelet function on whole human blood. RESULTS: The (SAIMR) antivenom was confirmed in this study to neutralize the lethal activity of venom from Bitis parviocula. The ED50s of SAIMR antivenom on B. parviocula and B. arietans neutralized half of 18.2 and 66.7 mg of venom, respectively. The hemorrhagic activities (MHDs) of B. parviocula and B. arietans were 0.88 and 1.7 µg, respectively. Bitis arietans and B. parviocula venoms degradated α and β chains at different times. The γ chains remained unaffected. Bitis parviocula venom did not exhibit gelatinase activity, while B. arietans had a MGD of 6.9 µg. At 3 mg/mL, the crude venoms of B. parviocula and B. arietans did not significantly affect clotting time or clotting rate. CONCLUSIONS: The SAIMR antivenom is very effective in neutralizing the venom of B. parviocula and should be considered in treating envenomations by these snakes.

The bounds of education in the human brain connectome

Inter-individual heterogeneity is evident in aging; education level is known to contribute for this heterogeneity. Using a cross-sectional study design and network inference applied to resting-state fMRI data, we show that aging was associated with decreased functional connectivity in a large cortical network. On the other hand, education level, as measured by years of formal education, produced an opposite effect on the long-term. These results demonstrate the increased brain efficiency in individuals with higher education level that may mitigate the impact of age on brain functional connectivity.

Memoirs of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 11 (1920)

Memoirs of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 6, Rev. ed. ((1924)

Memoirs of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 9 (1919)

The American anatomical memoirs / Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 8 (1918)

The American anatomical memoirs / Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 13 (1927)

Memoirs of the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 5 (1915)

The American anatomical memoirs / Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 19 (1941)

The American anatomical memoirs / Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.

no. 17 (1939)