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Langenbrunner, Mary R. "When Families Divorce." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3490.
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Disque, J. Graham, and Mary R. Langenbrunner. "Families & Divorce: Experiential Methods for Working With Families in Transition." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3491.
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Hedrington, Jones Renata Aloma. "Human Service Professionals' Practice with Families After Parental Incarceration." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1195.
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Social workers and other human services professionals helping families reintegrate after parental incarceration deal with multiple issues without a model of for facilitating family resilience. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to explore the essence of the perceived role, activities, and practices of a sample of social workers and other human service professionals engaged in the use of family group conferences (FGCs). FGCs are also referred to as restorative justice, as they inform and assist human service professionals in developing clinical interventions and best practices to support reintegration, family preservation, and stabilization. The framework for this study was built around restorative justice theory, resiliency theory, and a larger social ecological theory and focused on the use of FGCs as a developing practice within family systems and the community. The primary research questions investigated the practitioners' experiences using FGCs. Data came from interviews of participants (15) drawn from professional associations and included their own case notes and reflections. The data was sorted and analyzed with the assistance of qualitative analysis software (Atlas.Ti7) to search for themes that may assist in identifying the phenomenon. The findings suggest that the FGC model should consist of a training curriculum, consistent practice, and dedicated and committed financial resources to support programs. This study impacts social change by informing human services professionals of current best practices and may provide a model of FGCs that will help implement services to families.
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Langenbrunner, Mary R. "Families of the 90's." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1994. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3511.
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Indap, Amit R. "Discovering rare variants from populations to families." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3927.
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Thesis advisor: Gabor T. MarthPartitioning an individual's phenotype into genetic and environmental components has been a major goal of genetics since the early 20th century. Formally, the proportion of phenotypic variance attributable to genetic variation in the population is known as heritability. Genome wide association studies have explained a modest percentage of variability of complex traits by genotyping common variants. Currently, there is great interest in what role rare variants play in explaining the missing heritability of complex traits. Advances of next generation sequencing and genomic enrichment technologies over the past several years have made it feasible to re-sequence large numbers of individuals, enabling the discovery of the full spectrum of genetic variation segregating in the human population, including rare variants. The four projects that comprise my dissertation all revolve around the discovery of rare variants from next generation sequencing datasets. In my first project, I analyzed data from the exon sequencing pilot of the 1000 Genomes Project, where I discovered variants from exome capture sequencing experiments in a worldwide sample of nearly 700 individuals. My results show that the allele frequency spectrum of the dataset has an excess of rare variants. My next project demonstrated the applicability of using whole-genome amplified DNA (WGA) in capture sequencing. WGA is a method that amplifies DNA from nanogram starting amounts of template. In two separate capture experiments I compared the concordance of call sets, both at the site and genotype level, of variant calls derived from WGA and genomic DNA. WGA derived calls have excellent concordance metrics, both at the site and genotypic level, suggesting that WGA DNA can be used in lieu of genomic DNA. The results of this study have ramifications for medical sequencing experiments, where DNA stocks are a finite quantity and re-collecting samples maybe too expensive or not possible. My third project kept its focus on capture sequencing, but in a different context. Here, I analyzed sequencing data from Mendelian exome study of non-sensorineural hearing loss (NSHL). A subset of 6 individuals (5 affected, 1 unaffected) from a family of European descent were whole exome sequenced in an attempt to uncover the causative mutation responsible for the loss of hearing phenotype in the family. Previous linkage analysis uncovered a linkage region on chr12, but no mutations in previous candidate genes were found, suggesting a novel mutation segregates in the family. Using a discrete filtering approach with a minor allele frequency cutoff, I uncovered a putative causative non-synonymous mutation in a gene that encodes a transmembrane protein. The variant perfectly segregates with the phenotype in the family and is enriched in frequency in an unrelated cohort of individuals. Finally, for my last project I implemented a variant calling method for family sequencing datasets, named Pgmsnp, which incorporates Mendelian relationships of family members using a Bayesian network inference algorithm. My method has similar detection sensitivities compared to other pedigree aware callers, and increases power of detection for non-founder individuals
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Biology
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Langenbrunner, Mary R. "Issues Confronting Families of Today." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1989. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3514.
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Roberton, Cheri Anne. "Fine mapping candidate gene families in human systemic lupus erythematosus." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407144.
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Langenbrunner, Mary R. "Working With Culturally Diverse Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3489.
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Bitter, James Robert. "Working with Difficult Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5237.
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Adlerian family counseling was developed and systematized by Rudolf Dreikurs and carried into the world by his many student/colleagues, including Oscar Christensen and Manford Sonstegard. This is an experiential workshop using Dreikurs’ model in multiple family consultation demonstrations. Interventions include assessments of family constellation, mistaken goals, typical days, goal disclosure, and the use of encouragement and natural and logical consequences.
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Hofmann, Irmgard Maria Rita. "Characterisation of the human Arl4 and Arl8 families of small GTPases." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604140.
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Two closely related human Arls, Arl8a and Arl8b, were found to localise to lysosomes in mammalian cells. conventionally, membrane binding of Arf and Arl proteins is mediated by both an N-terminal myristoyl group and an N-terminal amphipathic helix that are inserted into the lipid bilayer upon activation of the GTPase. Arl8 GPTases lack myristolylation sites, and examination of the N-terminus of Arl8b revealed that it contains an acetyl group instead, and this acetylated methionine is necessary for its lysosomal location. Lysosomes of cells overexpressing Arl8b move more frequently, suggesting a role for Arl8a and Arl8b as positive regulators of lysosomal transport. Arl4a, Arl4c and Arl4d are very similar in sequence and were found to act in a pathway upstream of Arf6, Arf6 is a regulator of key processes at the plasma membrane, such as endocytosis, actin dynamics and cell adhesion. One of the major activators of Arf6 is the exchange factor ARNO (‘Arf nucleotide binding site opener’). In order to activate Arf6, ARNO must translocate from the cytoplasm onto the plasma membrane. ARNO was identified as an interaction partner of Arl4 GTPases in a yeast two hybrid screen, and Arl4 GTPases mediate membrane translocation of ARNO. Thus, Arl4 GTPases represent a novel signal transduction pathway upstream of Arf6. This study provides a characterisation of members of the human Arl family and suggests functions for Arl4 and Arl8 GTPases in membrane traffic related processes.
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Bernard, Julia M. "Families as Catalysts for Change." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/932.
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The Family Focus section of this issue of NCFR Report — "Families as Catalysts" — includes articles that address how families are able to contribute to their own wellbeing and to their communities and the larger world.
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Bitter, James Robert. "Working with Difficult Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5229.
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Bitter, James, Oscar Christensen, Clair Hawes, and Bill Nicoll. "Adlerian Brief Counseling: Individuals, Couples, and Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1997. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6079.
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Bitter, James Robert. "Understanding Families and Their Dynamics." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5240.
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Using Adlerian family counselling, Family mapping, Dreikurs’ four goals of children’s misbehavior, lifestyle assessment, and the mistaken goals of parents, participants will get a chance to understand their own family-of-origin dynamics as well as how to re-orient current family interactions or work with other families. Demonstrations will be used.
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Parkinson, Ann B. "Knowledge of Infant/Toddler Development Among Low-Income Families." DigitalCommons@USU, 1991. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2374.
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Pretest data from a two-year project entitled "An Early Intervention Program for Parents of Young Children at-Risk" were collected and analyzed, in a sample of 2,191 low-income parents, for Head Start participation and baseline information. Respondents participating in the sample were from the states of California, Delaware, Nevada, South Carolina, and Utah. For their participation in the study, respondents received a free subscription to age-paced newsletters, which contained information about appropriate growth expectancies, nutrition, and guidance for their child of 36 months or younger. Newsletters were mailed monthly to parents who had children 12 months and younger and every other month to parents with children older than 12 months.
Knowledge of infant/toddler development among Head Start and non-Head Start parents was measured by i-test comparisons. Univariate analysis of demographic influences on developmental knowledge was computed by a oneway ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficients. Demographic variables measured were state of residence, race, educational level, marital status, employment status, attitude, income level, number of children, supplemental programs, and age of parent.
Findings revealed that Head start parents did not have a significantly greater knowledge of infant/toddler development than non-Head start parents who had more than one child. Developmental knowledge scores were higher for Head start parents than non-Head start first-time parents. All participating Head start parents had at least two children, one in the Head start program and one other child 25 months or younger. There were differences in developmental knowledge scores by state of residence, race, educational level, marital status, and employment status. Demographic variables found to have a positive correlation with developmental knowledge scores were attitude, income level, number of children, and age of parents. There was a negative correlation with the effect of supplemental programs. Programs tested for this effect were AFDC, Food stamps, Medicaid, WIC, Social Security, and Head Start. A greater proportion of Head Start parents participated in these income-assistance programs, which may have influenced their scores for child development knowledge .
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Roudabush, Robert M. "Variants and Polymorphisms of Three Repetitive DNA Families in the Human Genome." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1989. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2779.
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A novel 0.6 kb LINE family in human DNA, designated L2Hs, has been described (Musich and Dykes 1986). Studies employing clone N6.4, containing three 0.6 kb segments of this family, indicate that these sequences are interspersed and moderately repetitive. Two additional variant sequences of the L2Hs family, N6.1 and N6.3, have been identified. Restriction mapping of each cloned segment indicates similarities among N6.4, N6.3 and N6.1. When the cloned DNAs were cleaved with restriction enzymes and subjected to cross-hybridization, each cloned insert produced a pattern indicating that the sequences contained in N6.1 and N6.3 are represented in at least one of the three 0.6 kb segments within the clone N6.4. Hybridization of human genomic DNA digested with KpnI or KpnI+AccI reveals differences in nuclear organization for these segments. For any particular human DNA, the hybridization patterns for each of the three probes overlap. However, these differences indicate that the inserts in N6.1 and N6.3 and one of the N6.4 inserts each represents a subset of the L2Hs LINE family. Sequence analysis of N6.1 indicates that the probability of a functional translation product from N6.1 transcript is not high. The sequence contains stop and nonsense codons in all reading frames. However, the DNA has properties suggesting a structural, non-coding role. The N6.1 sequence contains 11 regions of alternating purine and pyrimidines which can affect the three dimensional structure and, therefore, the structural behavior of the molecule. In addition, putative binding regions for microtubule-associated proteins have been identified. A cloned variant of the XbaI family of repetitive DNAs, PuHu7, was identified. Studies of its genomic organization showed a tandem arrangement similar to other, previously described members of this family. The genomic organization of a previously undescribed repetitive DNA family is also reported. This family descriptor is the clone PuHu26. Hybridization of genomic DNA digested with HindIII showed that sequences homologous to PuHu26 are tandemly organized. Genomic DNA cleaved with EcoRI revealed that a subpopulation of the PuHu26 family contains EcoRI restriction sites spaced at multiples of approximately 172 bp.
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Garris, Bill R., Lindsay Lester, Erin Doran, and Andrea Lowery. "iBusy: Research on children, families, and smartphones." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3142.
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Within the past 10 years, mobile devices have been widely adopted by adults and are now present in the lives of almost all U.S. children. While phones are common, our understanding of what effect this technology has upon children's development is lagging. Bioecological theory and attachment theory suggest that this new technology may be disruptive, especially to the degree to which it interferes with the parent-child relationship. This article reflects a National Organization for Human Services conference presentation and shares preliminary results from semi-structured interviews conducted with 18 youth, ages 7 through 11. Only four of eighteen interviewees voiced any negative thoughts concerning their parents’ use of mobile devices. However, those who reported feeling ignored by their parents experienced the negative emotions deeply. Themes that emerged from analysis of transcripts included devices as tools and boundaries.
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Bitter, James. "Adlerian Interventions with Angry Children and their Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6125.
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Bitter, James, Bill Nicoll, and Clair Hawes. "Adlerian Brief Therapy: Empowering Individuals, Couples, & Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6093.
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Bitter, James, O. Christensen, C. Hawes, and W. Nicoll. "Adlerian Brief Therapy with Individuals, Couples, and Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1998. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6039.
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Hartoyo. "Investing in Children: Study of Rural Families in Indonesia." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29793.
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One of the family's responsibilities is to conduct activities of early childhood education and child care which prepare children for further education and human capital development. This study focused on family behavior in allocation of time and income for investment in children. This study used a pre-existing database with a total sample of 301 rural families with one child aged 2-5 years from three villages of Agam (West Sumatera) and two villages of Wonogiri (Central Java). Interviews and testing were conducted at each sample's home. The data were analyzed using descriptive and statistical analyses. Rich and small families invested significantly more time and money in children than poor and large families. Mother's working time, child's age, and family type had negative and significant influence on the amount of time spent on children. The families that devote more time in children spend and invest less money in children. Javanese families in the study invested less money but more time in children, while Minangese families invested more money but less time. The amount of time spent for children had a positive and significant influence on the child's nutritional status, and an insignificant impact on the child's IQ score. Besides the amount of time devoted to children, the child's nutritional status also was influenced by the child's age and gender. Also, the child's IQ score was significantly and positively influenced by the father's education and negatively by family size, family type, and the child's age. Based on the findings, it was apparent that poor families may be continuously trapped in poverty, because of less ability to invest in children. Parental investment in children may lead to better child quality. This study provides evidence that mother's time spent outside the home may lead to less time investment, and less time investment may negatively influence the child's nutritional status. As policy is formulated, non-economic as well as economic aspects should be considered. Additional research is needed to further explore the most appropriate measure of child quality and the variables which influence child quality.Ph. D.
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Cholewinski, Ryszard I. "The protection of migrant workers and their families in international human rights law." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6645.
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This thesis focuses on the protection in international human rights law of the economic, social, cultural, political and residence rights of migrant workers and their families, broadly defined as long- or short-term immigrants who are or have been employed in countries other than their own, included those who entered illegally. These are the rights of most concern to migrants in the country of employment. Economic and social rights comprise employment rights, trade union rights and rights to social security, health, housing, family reunification and education. Cultural rights of migrants embrace their right to retain and develop cultural identity, including the teaching to their children of the culture and language of the country of origin, and political rights encompass their right to political activity and to participate in the decision-making process concerning their interests, including the right to vote. Residence rights comprise their right to remain in the host country, while in work and immediately after the termination of employment, and their rights to permanent residence and naturalization and to protection against unfair expulsion. The thesis develops a theoretical framework that is justified in terms of both individualist and communitarian liberal principales. These principles provide for conceptions of citizenship which go beyond mere form and which justify the extension of membership of the state to alien migrant workers and their families. These normative models also support the provision of more extensive rights to both legal and illegal migrants. Limiting the rights of migrants already in the territory and controlling the entry of new immigrants is justified by the principle of sovereignty on the basis of socio-economic, cultural and physical state security. This principal, however, is being eroded by the development of international standards for the protection of vulnerable groups. A redefined conception of the liberal-democratic community, which recognizes the participation and contribution of migrant workers and their families, is more responsive to the interdependence of the international community of states and more closely conforms to its own individualist and communitarian precepts. This thesis concludes with the conviction that the adequate realization of the rights of alien migrant workers and their families can only serve to advance the rights of all human beings, including citizen-members of states. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Adams, E., and Jamie Branam Kridler. "Utilizing Civic Engagement as a Tool for Building Resiliency Factors in Youth and Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5877.
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Seo, Jiwon. "Overcoming Economic Hardship: The Effects of Human Capital and Social Capital." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1111646600.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 175 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-175). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Ericson, Katrina J. F. "Predicting Family Strength in Families Caring for Children with Disabilities." DigitalCommons@USU, 1998. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2576.
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This research sought to identify factors that might be useful in helping to predict family strengths in families caring for a child with a disability. Based on the ABCX model designed for families in crisis, this research examined severity of child's disability (A); the family's existing resources of household income, education of the mother, and mother's marital status (B); the family's perception of family resources, family support, and parenting stress (C); and how these influence family strength (X) over time. In relation to the ABCX model, it was hypothesized that the aforementioned constructs would be associated with each other, and would significantly predict family strengths.
Results did not support the overall predictive value of severity of child's disability, household income, education of mother, or mother's marital status toward family strength. However, results indicated that the predictive value of the perception of family resources, family support, and parenting stress did explain variability in family strengths as measured by the Family Functioning Style Scale.
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Galal, Ushma. "The statistical theory underlying human genetic linkage analysis based on quantitative data from extended families." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2684_1361989724.
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Traditionally in human genetic linkage analysis, extended families were only used in the analysis of dichotomous traits, such as Disease/No Disease. For quantitative traits, analyses initially focused on data from family trios (for example, mother, father, and child) or sib-pairs. Recently however, there have been two very important developments in genetics: It became clear that if the disease status of several generations of a family is known and their genetic information is obtained, researchers can pinpoint which pieces of genetic material are linked to the disease or trait. It also became evident that if a trait is quantitative (numerical), as blood pressure or viral loads are, rather than dichotomous, one has much more power for the same sample size. This led to the
development of statistical mixed models which could incorporate all the features of the data, including the degree of relationship between each pair of family members. This is necessary because a parent-child pair definitely shares half their genetic material, whereas a pair of cousins share, on average, only an eighth. The statistical methods involved here have however been developed by geneticists, for their specific studies, so there does not seem to be a unified and general description of the theory underlying the methods. The aim of this dissertation is to explain in a unified and statistically comprehensive manner, the theory involved in the analysis of quantitative trait genetic data from extended families. The focus is on linkage analysis: what it is and what it aims to do.
There is a step-by-step build up to it, starting with an introduction to genetic epidemiology. This includes an explanation of the relevant genetic terminology. There is also an application section where an appropriate human genetic family dataset is analysed, illustrating the methods explained in the theory sections.
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Manzetti, Sergio. "Studies of enzymes from two protease families: Tissue Kallikreins, ADAMs and MMPs." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16088/.
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The human kallikrein family is a family of proteolytic enzymes, classified as serine proteases, that derive from chromosome 19, locus 13.3-13.4. These enzymes are widespread in pathophysiological processes such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases; hence studies of catalytic sites and inhibitors are important in relation to the longer term of design of therapeutic drugs. One member of the family, human kallikrein 4 (hK4) which is thought to carry out crucial functions in the prostate, was expressed in this study as a secreted protein in a baculovirus expression system, bearing a His-tag and V5-epitope that were used for purification and detection respectively. Its mass was estimated to be 35kDa, ~2kDa less than the equivalent product expressed in monkey kidney cells. The protein was purified to 50-90% purity with a yield of 0.93mg/L-4.8mg/L based on methods derived from computational prediction of its properties, such as pI. Computational analysis was extended by applying high-performing computing techniques, such as molecular dynamics, and flexible ligand docking, to predict antigenic regions, the likely substrate specificity and putative inhibitors. These results show that hK4 has a loop, between Leu83-Ser94 that shows promise as a specific segment that can be exploited for generation of antibodies. Preferred substrates were also predicted to bear hydrophobic residues at the P'-region of the scissile bond and amphiphilic residues at the P-region. At the S-region, hK4 potentially involves its unique PLYH-motif in recognizing the P4/P5 position from the substrate. Flexible ligand-docking studies indicate that hK4 can be inhibited by inhibitors that carry a modified bulky hydrophobic sidechain with a guanidinium group at the P1-position and its own putative autoactivation region residues at the P2, P1' and P2' position. The computational study was extended to other members of the kallikrein family, predicting distinctions between these that could be used for future studies. These results show that 8 of the fifteen kallikrein members are very homologous in terms of specificity bearing typical trypsinlike activity and specificity, except for hK2, hK3, hK4, hK5, hK7, hK9, hK15 that retain certain distinct signatures in the binding pocket in terms of secondary specificity. The principles of substrate-specificity analysis that were developed were further applied on three metzincins, MMP-3, ADAM-9 and ADAM-10. These three enzymes are metalloproteases, which are involved in tissue remodeling, intracellular signalling and cell-to-cell mediation. The substrate-specificity analysis was carried out on all three metzincins using the structure of a crystallized complex of the MMP-3 enzyme with the TIMP-1 natural inhibitor as template. In this specific enzyme-substrate complex, the challenge was to model and suggest a possible orientation of the P-region, which is not known. The interactions on the P/S-region are therefore unclear and need to be clarified. In order to suggest the arrangement of the enzyme-substrate complex and the undefined S-subsites, four new residues were added in an extended beta-sheet conformation to the P1' residue (derived originally from the TIMP-1 inhibitor) to create a full-length modeled substrate spanning P4'-P4. This new modeled region, in particular, was bound through backbone H-bonds with the enzyme at position 169 (MMP nomenclature) suggesting a new crucial residue for substrate binding, and satisfied steric and chemical restraints in the S'-region of the enzyme. This modeling approach also indicated a putative presence of an S2/S3-pocket on these metzincins which is composed of different residues for MMP-3, ADAM-9 and ADAM-10, and which could prove useful for future drug design projects. Furthermore, the data argue against the involvement of a polarizable water molecule in catalysis, a mechanism that has been postulated by various groups. A new catalytic mechanism is suggested to involve an oxyanion anhydride transition state. This study is a demonstration of the power of combining bioinformatics with wet-lab biochemistry.
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Dove, Meghan K., Johnnye Rogers, Michael O'Neal, Paul Fisher, Katy Gregg, and Alice Hall. "Family-Centric Model: Building Trust to Educate and Empower Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2018/schedule/4.
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The risk factors associated with intergenerational transmission of poverty have been well established within Family Science literature for decades. Multiple efforts have been extended at the community level to meet needs, however, few have been successful in breaking the cycle of poverty within families. In 2007, local civic leaders spent two years studying and comparing the efforts of surrounding service organizations and their impact on the multigenerational cycle of poverty in a metropolitan city in South Georgia. In 2011, findings lead to the creation of a unique family life education program that engaged families residing in inner-city neighborhoods to help family members with parenting skills. The design of the program focuses on helping families create safe, language-rich, interactive family environments for their children. The intention of this program is to enable family members to effectively serve as their children’s first teachers and prepare their preschool children for entry into kindergarten, however this program has also begun to impacted the community through the creation of leadership tracks for attendees who have shifted from learner to leader. With each year, participants lead the way to adding program elements, such as transportation, baby showers, and vision screening, to reach the needs of the community members and increase enrollment.
This presentation will highlight the family-centric education model and data summary to date. Trust- and rapport-building along with empowering families and ultimately impacting the whole community will be emphasized as agents of change. This presentation will also include an overview of the history of this program and will discuss its unique attributes that has brought together people from across the community. The guiding principles of trust and respect among participants are central to all discussions, which has been found to be critical for the success of a program (Wiley & Ebata, 2004; Ballard & Taylor, 2012). This presentation will provide direction on how to empower participants by strengthening their voice in the program planning process. Insight into how this program can be replicated in areas across the United States will be discussed.
In Fall 2017, an analysis and summary of previously collected data began and additional methodologies were added to better understand the quantifiable impact of the program thus far. Preliminary data analyses on participation revealed that from August 2013 to Summer 2017, which included more than 50 Saturday trainings, totaled 2,890 attendees. Each Saturday training averaged 60 learners with this increasing across time. The data collected in Fall 2017 provided more in-depth demographic information as well as more consistent pre-post evaluations of each training session. Data will be discussed to provide interesting insights into participant learning and the unique population being served. Data from the pilot through Fall 2017 will be presented confirming that through targeted outreach and resources, communities can be empowered.
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Tao, Yijia. "Collaborative Learning of Independet Living : for families with Down syndrome." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-173373.
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Home adpats to different life stages of family members. It provides an envrionment for kids to explore and learn. It balances the private life between adolescent and parents. However, it is different for families with Down syndrome because of their slow life path and demaning for time. This project aims to explore how might we improve the family relationship during the transition of living together in the context of a family with Down syndrome. I concentrate on the family plan for independent living: cooking-related activities. It is a long-term life project which demands time and higher motivation. From the research, parents have control over the learning process, which can influence young adults' confidence in making decisions and parents' building trust in their abilities. How might we support the process of collaborative learning for parents and DS young adult to achieve the long-period life project? Take the food planning as an example, this project explores touchpoints of trust building, learning transfer and decision-making points. "COOKIES" is a platform that connects different learning scenarios and on-going practice together. It helps to transfer the learning from outside home to the home cooking context. It motivates young adults with DS to leveling up missions defined by themselves. Parent's ambition is balanced with DS young adult's exploration. With the ability learned in this process, it can also influence several other domains of life choices.
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Marcondes, Glaucia dos Santos 1974. "Refazendo familias : trajetorias familiares de homens recasados." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/280645.
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Orientador: Maria Coleta F. A. de OliveiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: Este trabalho se insere nos estudos sobre as transformações recentes na família, focalizando arranjos familiares constituídos a partir do recasamento de pessoas separadas ou divorciadas. Tem por objetivo principal apreender os aspectos da conjugalidade e da reprodução ¿ eventos, comportamentos e representações ¿ de homens que passaram pela experiência de ruptura conjugal e recasamento. A pesquisa explora elementos que permitam discutir de que forma a conjugalidade se articula às intenções e comportamentos reprodutivos masculinos. De maneira mais específica, busca apreender em que medida uma nova união conjugal e a existência de filhos de uniões anteriores exercem influência na intenção ou decisão masculina de ampliar a sua prole. Para explorar estas questões, a pesquisa envolveu duas etapas. Uma quantitativa, explorando os dados da amostra masculina da Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde, realizada em 1996, e informações provenientes do Registro Civil sobre divórcios e recasamentos. Outra qualitativa, baseada em 20 entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas com 10 homens recasados e suas respectivas companheiras atuais, de segmentos populares da cidade de Campinas, Estado de São Paulo, que permitiram explorar outros elementos e aprofundar o entendimento das questões propostas. Para o grupo de informantes da pesquisa uma nova união suscita a construção de um novo projeto familiar que no plano ideal levaria em conta apenas a relação do casal, desconsiderando qualquer interferência externa. Porém, como ¿o passado não se apaga¿, a existência de filhos de uniões anteriores e o tipo de contato que os homens estabelecem com os seus filhos - conviventes e não conviventes ¿ e enteados parece afetar as intenções do casal sobre a possibilidade de ampliar a nova família. A partir da análises das entrevistas e nas reflexões sobre a literatura e os dados quantitativos vemos que os homens que teriam maiores chances de encerrar sua carreira reprodutiva com uma prole maior do que desejavam seriam aqueles que; a) recasaram com mulheres que ainda não tinham filhos; b) os filhos dele não viviam com o casal; c) residiam com menos de dois filhos e/ou enteados. Os resistentes a ter mais de um filho no recasamento foram aqueles que; a) a parceira já tinha três filhos ou mais ou b) residiam com mais de dois filhos e enteados
Abstract: This work deals with the recent changes in family life, exploring the social contexts of families following remarriage of separated or divorced men. The aim of this research is to discuss how conjugality is articulated to male reproductive intentions and behavior. In a more specific way, the scope of this PhD thesis is to discuss and evaluate the extent to which a new conjugal union and the existence of children from previous unions influence male decision to have more kids. The research has developed along two stages. In the quantitative one, data from the 1996 DHS sample of the male population, and information from IBGE Vital Statistics on divorces and marriages. The second stage involved a qualitative field research, including 20 semi-structured interviews, conducted with 10 men and their current partner in Campinas, São Paulo (Brazil). For the group of informants ¿ males and females - a new union implies the building up of a family project that ideally takes into account only the relationship of the couple, disregarding any external interference. However - since the past doesn¿t disappear from the subjects¿ experience - the existence of children from previous unions and the kind of relationship men establish with their children - residents and non-residents ¿ seem to affect the intentions of having a child with the new partner. From the analysis of the interviews and the inspiration from the literature about remarriage and stepfamilies, we were able to show that remarried men who have greater chances to have more children were those who: a) have married with women who have not had children yet; b) who have children but these are not living with the new couple, c) those living with less than two children from the first marriage and/or stepchildren. Remarried men tending to reject having more than one child with the new partner are those who: a) the partner already has three or more children; or b) those living with more than two children from the first marriage and stepchildren
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Teter, Rebecca E. "Knowing God as Father case studies of women of faith who overcame difficult relationships with human fathers /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Bitter, James, and Frank Main. "From Couples to Families: Adlerian Interventions for Building Productive Lives Together (pre-conference workshop)." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6095.
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Janoušek, Václav, Christina M. Laukaitis, Alexey Yanchukov, and Robert C. Karn. "The Role of Retrotransposons in Gene Family Expansions in the Human and Mouse Genomes." OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621594.
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Retrotransposons comprise a large portion of mammalian genomes. They contribute to structural changes and more importantly to gene regulation. The expansion and diversification of gene families have been implicated as sources of evolutionary novelties. Given the roles retrotransposons play in genomes, their contribution to the evolution of gene families warrants further exploration. In this study, we found a significant association between two major retrotransposon classes, LINEs and LTRs, and lineage-specific gene family expansions in both the human and mouse genomes. The distribution and diversity differ between LINEs and LTRs, suggesting that each has a distinct involvement in gene family expansion. LTRs are associated with open chromatin sites surrounding the gene families, supporting their involvement in gene regulation, whereas LINEs may play a structural role promoting gene duplication. Our findings also suggest that gene family expansions, especially in the mouse genome, undergo two phases. The first phase is characterized by elevated deposition of LTRs and their utilization in reshaping gene regulatory networks. The second phase is characterized by rapid gene family expansion due to continuous accumulation of LINEs and it appears that, in some instances at least, this could become a runaway process. We provide an example in which this has happened and we present a simulation supporting the possibility of the runaway process. Altogether we provide evidence of the contribution of retrotransposons to the expansion and evolution of gene families. Our findings emphasize the putative importance of these elements in diversification and adaptation in the human and mouse lineages.
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Steyn, Paul. "Cytokine super-families affect adult stem cells : IL-6 and the skeletal muscle niche." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6550.
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Thesis (MSc (Physiological Sciences))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.Includes bibliography.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: IL-6 belongs to a cytokine super-family known to affect cell proliferation, although other family members are better characterized. Proliferation promoting factors (IL-6) compete with differentiation promoting factors (myogenic regulatory factors: MyoD and myogenin) to affect cell cycle. Cell cycle progression is assessed by determining the proportion of cells shifting from arrest to chromatin synthesis and mitosis phases (G0/G1 and S and G2/M respectively). Methods: This study assessed the effects of IL-6 on cell cycle progression and proliferation vs. differentiation of C2C12 skeletal myoblasts. Physiological doses (10 or 100 pg/ml) were compared to a high dose (10 ng/ml), with exposure lasting 48 hours (addition of IL-6 dose to proliferation medium at 0 and 24 hours). Acute signaling downstream of the IL-6 gp130 receptor was assessed after the first exposure. Results: Propidium iodide analysis of nuclear material using flow cytometry indicated shifts in forward scatter. Both Low and Medium doses shifted a greater proportion (p<0.05) of cells from G0/G1 to S and G2M phases at 24 hours and all doses resulted in the same shift (p<0.05) at the 48 hour time point. However, the High dose significantly (p<0.05) increased myogenin expression at the 48 hour time point. Microscopy indicated that confluence was prevented by low seeding density and did not influence the result. Cells harvested at 5 minutes post stimulation indicated that all doses significantly increased STAT3 phosphorylation. 10 minutes post stimulation the High dose group sustained elevated levels of STAT3 phosphorylation. Conclusions: Low and medium doses of IL-6 increase proliferation in a muscle satellite cell line by activating cell division and allowing myoblasts to remain in the active cell cycle. High doses of IL-6 increase differentiation by mediating upregulation of myogenic regulatory factors and this is thought to be due to prolonged STAT3 activation. Physiological control of myoblast behaviour by cytokines is evident and such control would be influenced by the severity of the endogenous cytokine response to various stimuli.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agtergrond: IL-6 behoort aan n sitokien super-familie bekend vir die affektering van sel verspreiding, alhoewel ander familie lede beter gekenmerk is. Bevordering van verspreiding faktore (IL-6) kompeteer met bevordering van differensiasie fatore (myogenic regulatory factors: MyoD en myogenin) om die sel siklus te affekteer. Sel siklus progressie word geassesseer deur die bepaling van die proporsie selle wat verskuif van arrestasie na chromatien sintese en mitose fases (G0/G1 en S en G2/M onderskeidelik). Metodes: Hierdie studie het die effekte van IL-6 op die progressie van die sel siklus geassesseer asook die proliferasie vs. differensiasie van C2C12 skelet spier satelliet selle. Fisiologiese dosisse (10 en 100 pg/ml) was vergelyk tot n hoog dose (10 ng/ml), met blywende blootstelling van 48 uur (byvoeging van IL-6 dose tot verspreidings medium op 0 and 24 uur). Akute sein stroomaf van die IL-6 gp130 reseptor was ook geassesseer na die eerste blootstelling. Resultate: Propidium iodide analise van kern materiaal deur vloei sitometrie het voorwaarts verskuiwing aangedui. Beide Laag and Medium doses het n groter proporsie (p<0.05) selle verskuif van die G0/G1 tot die S en G2M fases na 24 uur en alle dosisse het gelei in die selfde verskuiwing (p<0.05) by die 48 huur tyd punt. Alhoewel die Hoog dose myogenin uitdrukking aansienlik (p<0.05) verhoog het na 48 uur. Mikroskopie het aangedui dat samevloeiing voorkom was deur n lae loting digtheid en dit het nie resultate geaffekteer nie. Selle wat geoes was 5 minute na stimulasie het aangedui dat alle dosisse STAT3 fosforilasie laat toeneem het. 10 minute na stimulasie het die Hoog dose groep volgehoue vlakke van STAT3 fosforilasie besit. Gevolgtrekkings: Laag en Medium dosisse van IL-6 verhoog verspreiding in n spier satelliet sel lyn deur die aktivering van sel deling en deur selle toe te laat om in die aktiewe sel siklus te bly. Hoog dosisse van IL-6 verhoog differensiase deur bemiddelende opstoot van myogenic regulatory factors en die gedagte is dat dit bewerkstellig word deur aanhoudende aktivering van STAT3. Fisiologies beheer van satelliet selle deur sitokiene is duidelik en die beheer sal beinvloed word deur die erns van die endogene sitokien reaksie op verskillende stimuli.
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Lam, Gigi. "How does gender equity affect fertility in Hong Kong? /." View abstract or full-text, 2007. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202007%20LAM.
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Cox, Janet H. "An Impact Study of the Youth and Families with Promise Mentoring Program on Parent and Family Outcomes." DigitalCommons@USU, 2001. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2606.
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This study examined the effects of the Youth and Families with Promise mentoring program on family relationships; specifically, whether aspects of the youth's relationship with parents and siblings changed while he/she was involved in the mentoring program, and whether parent functioning and behavior became more effective and positive. Family systems theory and the social systems model of family stress provided the theoretical frameworks for the analysis.
Several aspects of the mentoring relationship were examined to understand their impact on family outcomes. These factors included the intensity of the mentoring experience, family involvement in program activities, and the unique aspects of the Youth and Families with Promise mentoring program.
Qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were utilized to provide a more complete picture of the program outcomes. Survey data were collected from parents, youth, and mentors approximately eight months after youth were enrolled in the program. Qualitative data were collected through focus group interviews with parents, mentors, and grandmentors to identify specific changes observed in the youth. Additional data were collected through individual youth telephone interviews to understand how the youth perceived the program and its beneficial components.
Data were analyzed using paired t-tests and a content analysis of the qualitative data. Comparisons were also made between youth actively involved in the program with an assigned mentor and youth who were enrolled but had little contact with their mentor or program activities.
Analyses showed that participation in this program had a positive impact on parent-child relationships, parent functioning, and sibling relationships for approximately one third of the youth and their families. This study suggests that the benefits of mentoring programs may extend beyond the mentored youth into the family system. To fully understand the impact of a mentoring program, these changes must be evaluated.
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Bollwinkel, Kristin. "Maternal Responsivity to a Child with a Disability: A Comparison in Single- and Two-Parent Families." DigitalCommons@USU, 1995. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2498.
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The purpose of this research was to examine the differences between mothers in single- and two-parent families as they interact with their child with a disability. The sample consisted of 240 children with developmental disabilities and their mothers. Maternal interaction behaviors were measured using the Maternal Behavior Rating Scale. Demographic information, child characteristic measures, and family functioning variables were also considered. Analyses of covariance indicated that there were no differences between interaction behaviors of mothers in single- and two-parent families. However, relationships between income, education, and family cohesion, and the types of interactions displayed between mother and child were found. The results of this study have implications for intervention specialists who work with children with disabilities. The importance of examining the family context in order to determine how to best tailor a treatment program to fit the need of the family is discussed.
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Bitter, James Robert. "Counseling Children and Their Families Experiencing SSD: Systemic Interventions for Speech-Language Pathologists." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5221.
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Book Summary:
Speaking directly to experienced and novice clinicians, educators and students in speech-language pathology/speech and language therapy via an informative essay-based approach, Children’s Speech Sound Disorders provides concise, easy-to-understand explanations of key aspects of the classification, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of articulation disorders, phonological disorders and childhood apraxia of speech. It also includes a range of searching questions to international experts on their work in the child speech field.
This new edition of Children’s Speech Sound Disorders is meticulously updated and expanded. It includes new material on Apps, assessing and treating two-year-olds, children acquiring languages other than English and working with multilingual children, communities of practice in communication sciences and disorders, distinguishing delay from disorder, linguistic sciences, counselling and managing difficult behaviour, and the neural underpinnings of and new approaches to treating CAS.
This bestselling guide includes: Case vignettes and real-world examples to place topics in context Expert essays by sixty distinguished contributors A companion website for instructors at www.wiley.com/go/bowen/speechlanguagetherapy and a range of supporting materials on the author’s own site at speech-language-therapy.com
Drawing on a range of theoretical, research and clinical perspectives and emphasising quality client care and evidence-based practice, Children’s Speech Sound Disorders is a comprehensive collection of clinical nuggets, hands-on strategies, and inspiration.
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Bernard, Julia M. "Gun Violence Prevention: The Role of the CFLE in the Movement to Save Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5804.
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Bruwer, Zandré. "An investigation into factors which have an impact on access to and utilisation of the genetic and endoscopic surveillance clinic offered to high-risk members of known Lynch families." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12794.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-302).The Genetic and Endoscopic Surveillance Clinic provides predictive testing and life-saving colorectal cancer screening services to individuals with Lynch syndrome in the Western and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. The risk of colorectal cancer is reduced by 50% and mortality is decreased by 65% with regular colonoscopic screening; however, the attendance rate at the clinic has been declining over several years. Concerns exist for those individuals undergoing screening at levels below the desired recommendations. It was thus opportune for a formal evaluation of both the surveillance and predictive testing programmes to be conducted to determine factors affecting the access, utilisation and satisfaction with the service, from the perspective of the service users.
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Paradis, Pascale. "An exploration into the risk and protective factors to school adaptation as experienced by children living in army compared to non-army families." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10018406/.
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Purpose: This study aims to explore the similarities and differences of perceived risk and protective factors to school adaptation as experienced by children living in army compared to non-army families to inform educational psychology practice. Design/Method: This study followed a qualitative design. Parents of 3 and 4 year olds, attending a maintained nursery, in a specific Southern East England area, which is host to an army base and where children experience a relative number of disadvantages were contacted through a research leaflet and a family information questionnaire. 6 parents each from army and non-army families, and 4 practitioners who talked about 3 children in their classes, participated in semi-structured interviews. The transcripts were subjected to a thematic analysis. Findings: Unique risks, such as deployment and parental absence, are experienced by children living in army families, and they emotionally affect children. However, as well as adapting well to difficult situations, unlike children living in non-army families, these children benefit from community cohesion and social and familial support. Children living in army families are also exposed to unique risks such as army culture, possible bereavement and injury, post-deployment reunion, transitions and relocations. Despite experiencing these risks which have the potential to be extreme, proactive systemic planning is at the forethought of familial and school systems, whereas children living in non-army families experience many risks at family and school levels, such as parenting difficulties, parental mental health difficulties, conflict-based familial relationships and divided school systems. Implications for EP practice: EPs are well placed in implementing systemic support strategies at familial and school levels to help parents and practitioners at a crucial time in their children’s educational career, and promote school adaptation. Originality/value: This study uniquely contributes to the limited literature on risk and protective factors experienced by children from army families in the UK. The comparative nature of this study provides suggestions for EP interventions.
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Byrd, Rebekah J., and Emily Donald. "Supporting Gender-Expansive Children, Youth, and Families in Multiple Counseling Settings." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2606.
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Adams, E., and Jamie Branam Kridler. "Stabilizing Families to Strengthen Communities: Using Community Based Action Research to Develop Strategies for Increasing Civic Engagement in Citizens of Rural Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5869.
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Lemieux, William J. "Urban housing tenure choice from an economic and demographic perspective." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24400.
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This thesis evaluates the influence of family life cycle stages as a factor of residential tenure choice. The importance of tenure choice is being more widely recognized through the greater use of housing market and demand models. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of the tenure decision process so that planners, policy makers, and other market participants are more effective in achieving their goals.
In this study an empirical analysis is performed using urban Canadian data for households with head's between the age of 25 and 44. Eight family life cycle stages are used to classify households. A joint tenure choice and mobility model is used to test for ownership probability differences among the life cycle stages. Within the study framework allowances are made for recent and non-recent movers.
The results indicate that family life cycle stages impact on tenure choice, and that this occurs outside of their impact on expected mobility (or holding period). The life cycle stage impact is strong through the effect of household reactions to income and wealth, and weak through just group membership. This suggests that utility preferences for ownership tend to shift as households progress through various life cycle stages. When elasticities are estimated they are found to reflect the different housing consumption and mobility decisions of households at different family life cycle stages. This also
supports the concept of a changing utility preference function.
In general this study finds that tenure choice is affected by consumption and mobility influences that result from different family life cycle stage demands. Further research studies, government and business policies, dealing with residential tenure choice are encouraged to recognize family life cycle stages and the impact of household expected mobility.Business, Sauder School of
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Sniteman, Stephen B. "Perceived Parental Acceptance Related to Self-Esteem, GPA, Sex-Role Identity, and Substance Use of Adolescents From Intact and Reconstituted Families." DigitalCommons@USU, 1993. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2376.
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This investigation assessed the relationship between adolescents of intact families and adolescents in reconstituted families with regard to the effects of perception of parental acceptance on the variables of self-esteem, academic performance, sex role identity, and use o f substances. Observed differences between adolescents of intact and reconstituted families from a structural perspective, eliminating process variables, were also examined. Participants included two hundred fifty-six high school students in grades 9 through 12 in an overseas Department of Defense Dependent School (DoDDs) . Questionnaires incorporated the measures of Perception of Parental Behavior Index; Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Survey; The Bern Sex Role Inventory (BSRI); questions on substance use; and self-reported grade point averages (GPA).
Major findings include (1) Adolescents living in an intact family (process variables excluded) evidenced significantly higher GPA scores than adolescents residing in a reconstituted (step-family) situation. However, with regard to the use of substances, sex role identification, and self-esteem, no differences emerged. (2) When the effects of parental acceptance were assessed, differences among adolescents of intact families and adolescents of reconstituted families emerged among the variables of femininity, self- esteem, and substance . In contrast, sex role identification, masculinity , self-esteem, substance use , and GPA were not found to be mediated by perception of parental acceptance. The lack of significant differences in self- esteem and substance use contrasted sharply with the findings among adolescents within intact families. (3) When positive perception of parental acceptance was evidenced across eight distinct family compositions of intact and reconstituted families , as opposed to negative perception, self- esteem score s were highest , irrespective of family structure.
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徐璐. "人性裂變後的家族末路 : 論張愛玲獨特的親情書寫對家族的拆解 = Deteriorated human nature inducing to the family's terminal : Zhang Ailing's achieving of the families' disintergration by unique families' writings." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2485496.
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Kelsey, Laurel Anne. "Variance In Percent Body Fat Between And Within Families As Measured By Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2004. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd536.pdf.
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Hammerly, Mark D. "Difficulty of learning and generalization as a function of complexity, parity, and abstraction within two primitive Boolean families." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1051802836.
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Barstad, Trenton A. "Lesbian family's developmental processes an extension of Carter and McGoldrick's model." CardinalScholar 1.0, 2009. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1536745.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether current literature on the stages
of family developmental life cycles accurately describes the family and developmental
tasks for lesbian families. Due to the lack of empirical literature on this topic it was
important to examine the experiences of families headed by two women related to
developmental tasks experienced versus those proposed. Several authors have suggested
there may be differences between same-sex and opposite-sex parents in relation to
parenting styles and some child outcomes. However, none of these differences have been
studied within the framework of family developmental tasks. The purpose of the present
investigation was to explore the diversity of family structures, goals, and strategies within
families headed by two women. The present study collected data, explored the themes
related to families headed by two women who have children in the home who have not
yet entered school. The goal was to develop a theory from this data using Grounded
Theory which was compared with existing family developmental tasks theory and
proposed changes to existing theory to take into account expected differences lesbian
families may present.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Quichocho, Davina, Mallory Lucier-Greer, Lucy R. Nichols, Nicky Frye, Catherine Walker O'Neal, and Allie Krumm. "What Human Services and Helping Professionals Need to Know about Employee Retention and Work-Life Balance." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2020/schedule/55.
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The Work-Family Enrichment theory highlights the interrelatedness of professional and personal life and notes that positive work and family experiences can have additive effects on individuals and their families (Greenhaus & Powell, 2006). Through this lens, work satisfaction has implications for family and individual wellbeing. When workplace organizations implement practices that encourage employee retention, they systematically create an environment that fosters employee satisfaction (Griffin et al., 2010; Wells, 2015). Retention, and the relationships between work, family, and individual wellbeing, are particularly salient for certain types of work that are connected to human development and family science because many of these careers are high-demand/lower-pay “labors of love” (e.g., child care providers, social work, child-life specialists). Equipping current and future helping/human service professionals with an understanding of effective retention practices will help them identify satisfying work opportunities for themselves and enhance their ability to advocate for and implement retention practices across the field.