Company Of Friends Research Articles

Características del policonsumo simultáneo de drogas en estudiantes de pregrado de carreras de ciencias de la salud de una universidad, Santiago - Chile

Estudio transversal cuyo objetivo fue establecer los patrones de policonsumo simultáneo de drogas en estudiantes universitarios de pregrado de carreras de medicina y enfermería, en una universidad de la ciudad de Santiago - Chile. Contó con una muestra de 188 estudiantes. Resultados: 42.3% de los estudiantes refirieron policonsumo simultáneo; edad promedio de inicio 16 años; combinaciones más comunes fueron alcohol + tabaco + marihuana y tabaco + alcohol + drogas de prescripción. Aprenden de las combinaciones de drogas a través de amigos, consumen en grupos mixtos, fuera de la universidad (clubes nocturnos) y lo hacen para relajarse o disfrutar de la compañía de amigos. Es fundamental desarrollar estrategias integrales si se desea contribuir a mejorar la salud de esta población de jóvenes, quienes estarán a cargo de la salud de las generaciones futuras.

Conceptions of Urban Space in Duan Chengshi's "Record of Monasteries and Stupas"

This article explores different ways in which Duan Chengshi (?–863) conceptualized the spaces of Chang'an's urban monasteries within his 853 "Record of Monasteries and Stupas" (Sita ji). To begin with, Duan thought of places as occupying set coordinates in Chang'an's urban grid which adjoin or overlook neighboring wards and residences and whose contents transformed over time. Duan also portrayed these locations as settings for tales of mysterious or unusual events and as sites of visual spectacle and public display where urban residents watched ritual performances and imperial processions or viewed displays of relics, religious objects, and art. Finally, Duan showed how monasteries could serve as retreats where visitors might escape the stresses of urban life and enjoy the company of friends and resident monks. The essay concludes by examining how in Duan's "Record" these places also served as sites of memory, as Duan used his account of them to correct earlier depictions, to celebrate the memory of deceased friends, and to offer a testament to the former magnificence of the Buddhist monasteries of Chang'an and the important roles they played in the geography, history, and social life of the city.

Spatial practices and the home as hospice

The modern hospice movement emerged in the late 1960s largely as a reaction to the way in which death and dying were dealt with in the hospital building. From the early development of the hospice movement, setting was considered to be very important. Hospice buildings were more residential and "homely" than their hospital counterparts. However, with the widespread development of "hospice home-care" programmes in the 1980s, this emphasis on place and setting changed, and along with it the meaning of the term "hospice" has changed. The current claim of the hospice movement is that "hospice" is a philosophy of care not a building or place.Home is now widely considered to be the best place to die, a place of familiar surroundings and the company of family and friends. The modern preference to die at home relies on traditional models of home, family and community. Dying at home was at one time commonplace and envisioned within the design of the home, and caring was a normal expectation of key family members. In modern society, however, dying is generally not a considered function within the design brief of the home and families may be unable, through economic, geographical or other reasons, to be carers. Thus, for some, home may not be the best place to die and family may not be the best carer. As a result, many people, despite their preference for home, still end up dying in the hospital building. This paper discusses the spatial issues surrounding the concept of home as hospice and questions the universal suitability of the contemporary home as a hospice.

Biology Open (BiO) – making life easier for us all

Proud as I am to be introducing this first issue of the newest journal from the Company of Biologists, many friends and colleagues said that I was crazy when I told them I had agreed to become its Editor‐in‐Chief — ‘why do we need another journal?’ they asked. This is a good question, but

An Additional Desengaño in ‘La esclava de su amante' by María de Zayas

While María de Zayas's ‘La esclava de su amante’ from her novella collection, Desengaños amorosos, appears to be a simple story about the evils of men, told in the company of friends, a story that by all appearances could be termed Baroque ‘chick-lit’, a closer examination of the structure of the story reveals that Zayas has crafted a complex Baroque intellectual exercise. The central deceit in ‘La esclava de su amante’ is not the work of Don Manuel but rather of the narrator and protagonist, Doña Isabel. She deceives her fictional audience through narrative ambushes, but a careful reader cognisant of the Baroque obsession with deceit and disillusion can elude Isabel's traps. The current critical consensus avers that Zayas’ stories serve primarily to warn women of the deceitful and often violent nature of all men, however this essay argues that Zayas also warns women to beware of the deceptions of other women, and more generally, to be suspicious of self-justifying narratives, whether they are told by men or women.

In-Depth Investigation of Interpersonal Discussions in Response to a Safer Sex Mass Media Campaign

We know from theory and limited research that people talk about campaign messages—and that these conversations may play an important role in campaign reach and possibly even efficacy. We know very little, however, about what individuals talk about and with whom they talk. The current study seeks to fill this gap by reporting qualitative and descriptive quantitative data from interviews conducted with 139 young adults about conversations that took place in the context of a large, televised safer sex mass media campaign. Results indicated that public service announcements (PSAs) were often viewed in the company of friends and significant others, and that it was not uncommon for conversations about the PSAs to take place. Three broad categories of conversations that took place involved discussions about PSA realism, the seriousness of the message, and humor. While in some cases conversations seemed to advance the goal of the campaign (e.g., participants discussed sexually transmitted disease [STD] risk and condom use), in other cases they did not (e.g., participants discussed the lack of realism in a particular PSA). Implications for campaign theory, design, and implementation are discussed.

The holiday meal: eating out alone and mobile emotional geographies

In this paper I explore the power imbued in ‘in situ bonding social capital’ when on vacation by investigating midlife single women's experiences of eating out alone on holiday. In contrast to much tourism research which envisions eating out together on holiday as carefree and sociable experiences, I consider the company of family and friends as an asset or as in situ bonding social capital. Drawing upon poststructural feminism, emotional geographies and tourism mobilities I demonstrate, on the one hand, the value of this capital by pointing to how lack of the same makes the women feel lonely and socially excluded and, hence, dislike eating out alone on holiday. I argue that this capital is incorporated and affected by the ‘normalised discourse’ of the vacation. On the other hand, I also identify times and spaces within which this capital is less powerful. On holiday some of the women enjoy eating out at lunchtime and in cities. I thus also argue that the women's emotional reactions to eating places are mobile and that in situ bonding social capital is a temporal–spatial asset. The findings are based on focus group pre‐ and post‐trip interviews and solicited on‐trip diaries. Thirty‐two Norwegian single women aged 35–55 years participated in the study.

Food deprivation is integral to the ‘hand to mouth’ existence of homeless youths in Toronto

To describe homeless youths' experiences of food insecurity and examine the relation between chronic food deprivation and food acquisition practices. A cross-sectional survey of homeless youths was conducted in 2003 to assess their nutritional vulnerability and describe their food acquisition practices. Toronto, Canada. Two hundred and sixty-one youths, aged 16-24 years, who had spent ten or more of the past thirty nights sleeping in a temporary shelter, public space or friend's place, because they had no place of their own. Most participant recruitment (70%) occurred outdoors, but 30% were recruited in drop-in centres. Over the past 30 d, 28% of males and 43% of females experienced chronic food deprivation (i.e. reduced food intake for > or =10 d), and 32% of females and 48% of males reported problems obtaining water to drink. Most youths routinely obtained meals at charitable programmes and panhandled for money for food, and many routinely stole food or ate day-old food obtained from restaurants. In contrast, eating food discarded by others and postponing debt payments were strategies of desperation, more common among youths experiencing chronic food deprivation. Additionally, for males, deliberately seeking the company of friends, relatives or acquaintances to obtain food, and for females, borrowing money or trading sex for food, were associated with chronic food deprivation. The pervasiveness and severity of food insecurity experienced by the youths and their desperate means of food acquisition highlight the need for more effective responses to the plight of homeless youths in Canadian cities.

A Nearly Forgotten Classic Study in Public Administration: Edward C. Banfield's Government Project

To summarize, Building the Local Economy: Cases in Economic Development will interest students, local officials, or anyone who seeks detailed descriptions of economic development initiatives from across the country. The individual chapters report interesting studies about the diverse organizational forms and strategies employed to advance local economic development. Readers interested in larger lessons about the causes and consequences of cooperation and competition in local economic development will be disappointed by the lack of integration across cases and the omission of a conclusion discussing the collective lessons of all 15 cases. To understand the value and limits of cooperation for local economic development, future volumes should develop a more rigorous comparative case framework.

Highlights in DD

“Highlights” calls attention to exciting advances in developmental biology that have recently been reported in Developmental Dynamics. Development is a broad field encompassing many important areas. To reflect this fact, the section spotlights significant discoveries that occur across the entire spectrum of developmental events and problems: from new experimental approaches, to novel interpretations of results, to noteworthy findings utilizing different developmental organisms. Finding a niche (Dev Dyn 237:592–601) Some need to be in just the right environment, perhaps in the company of cocktails and good friends, before they can be themselves. Blentic and colleagues set out to find just what makes ectomesenchymal neural crest, precursors to bone, cartilage, connective tissue, and dentine, who they are. They find that upon entry to phyaryngeal arches, ectomesenchymal creast cease to transcribe Sox10, as assayed by reorter expression. Unlike other types of migratory crest, they also fail to express Foxd3, but upon entry to pharyngeal arches, crest cease to transcribe Sox10, as assayed by reporter expression. They also fail to express Foxd3, but initiate expression of the ectomesenchymal marker Dlx2. What is it about the arch environment that makes crest enter the ectomesenchymal lineage? Pharyngeal epithelia are a rich source of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), prompting the authors to test the effect of blocking FGF signaling using pharmacological reagents in zebrafish, and ectopic expression of dominant negative FGF receptors in chick. In both cases, Sox10 and Foxd3 expression are activated, and Dlx2 diminished, suggesting entry into the ectomesenchymal fate is inhibited. Oddly, other sources of FGF encountered by newly emergent crest do not activate downstream FGF effectors nor do they launch Dlx2 expression. This means there must be additional components to a pharyngeal arch elixir that enable ectomesenchymal crest to feel at ease. The versatile vertebrate (Dev Dyn 237:861–882) Twenty years ago, who could have guessed that an aquarium favorite, the zebrafish, would wriggle its way into the research limelight? Originally hailed as a valuable resource for vertebrate forward genetics, its usefulness in reverse genetics is also rapidly coming to the fore. This review is a compendium of reverse genetics techniques that has something for everyone. The zebrafish novice will value thorough coverage of commonly used methods, including procedural overview, advantages and limitations, technical tips, and research applications. The established fish researcher will appreciate reports of obscure techniques, including those that should be easily transferable to the model system. Finally, the simply curious will gain new admiration for the aquatic wonder, and may be tempted to find ways to incorporate it into their work. History comes alive (Dev Dyn 237:953–961) Over 2,000 years ago Aristotle described the developing chicken embryo as seen by the naked eye, “After three days and a night…the heart…beats and moves as if it were alive”. If he thought this sight was impressive, he would be absolutely floored by the beautiful detail depicted in the movies presented here. In the chick, blood is pumped through an endocardial tube: a lumen surrounded by inner endothelium and outer myocardium walls between which lies an extracellular matrix, called cardiac jelly. The authors imaged the pumping heart in cross-section using optical coherence tomography (OCT), which makes possible real-time, high-resolution visualization of small structures in vivo. At diastole (dilation), the tube in cross-section resembles a thick “O”: the myocardium encircles a smaller endothelium circle. At systole (contraction), a smaller myocardial “o” is nearly bisected by a slit-shaped endothelium that closes off the lumen. The observed “eccentric” deformation of the endocardial tube challenges the prevailing 60-year-old model that documents “concentric” deformation, where both walls remain circular. The potential implications of this finding are described. They also note an uneven distribution of cardiac jelly, suggesting it could be the driving force behind the shape change. Within this study, is impressive documentation of the history of this field of research, making it easy to see why this contribution is important.

One-Third of a Campus: Ruth Crawford Mitchell and Second-Generation Americans at the University of Pittsburgh

It was confusing to him. He was in a world which had a set of rules all its own. He knew the other rules—the rules of his own world. But these were different. Men actually lived their four years away at the University, and sent children after them. It was a wild, improbable thing to have fallen into, and the day student looked at his fellows, could distinguish them no differences among them at first, and felt lost. His evenings were spent in the company of old friends and in the old places; his days at the college. And he plunged from past to present; present to past. They told him about loyalty, and he went home to think about it. But at home it became dim and unreal. Then he went back, the next morning, and they told him of loyalty again, of the mighty traditions. If he took it to heart he could only do so above the sickening realization that at four o'clock he must be on Trolley 13 again. And it was hard to take the traditions over the river.Samuel Lipschutz, B.A.University of Pennsylvania, 1929Many of our alumni and some of our students, supported by more than a few of our faculty and corporation, have seriously queried whether or no Brown, in common with other institutions located in a like environment, has in her student body too large a proportion of socially undesirable students. We are most emphatically not concerned with Jew-baiting. I am proud to say that race and creed are still not valid causes for concern in the liberal community founded by Roger Williams. But some of us are worried by the influx of alien blood into what was not so long ago a homogeneous group of students prevailingly Baptist and Anglo-Saxon. Says one alumnus, “A certain type of student is far below the standard we should like to see. I refer to those called carpet-baggers! They live in or near Providence, arrive at the University in the morning in time for their first class, park themselves, their books, and their lunch in the Union, leave the college the minute their last class is over, take no part in college life, absorb all they can, give back nothing of benefit, and probably will prove no credit to the University as alumni.” Surely some of you have heard the same tale.—Kenneth O. MasonDean of Freshmen, Brown University, 1927Were colleges obliged to address the dilemmas faced by the many firstand second-generation Americans who enrolled after World War I? No, replied many administrators who espoused exclusion or assimilation, or who expressed indifference. These attitudes meant that many students would never learn to navigate the turbulent waters of campus social life. Dropout rates were significant even before the Great Crash created insurmountable financial difficulties for numerous undergraduates. The testimony of peers who remained suggested that success often came despite institutional hostility.

Heather Middleton.

The things the older people I have known value most are the company of family and friends, being seen as a person (or even just 'being seen'), and being able to maintain their independence. The challenge for nurses and carers is to see the person, not their age, and to find ways to enable them to keep their independence in whatever way they can.

Etiologia Del Trauma De Extremidades En Pacientes Que Consultaron Al Hospital Infantil Universitario Rafael Henao Toro De Manizales Del 1 De Septiembre De 2004 A Marzo Del 2005

Introducción: Los accidentes constituyen uno de los problemas de salud pública más importantes en todo el mundo, porque ocasionan una elevada mortalidad y discapacidadespermanentes. Generalmente los accidentes ocurren a causa de hechos, circunstancias y condiciones ambientales que los facilitan y que, sin excepción, son prevenibles.Objetivo: Determinar las causas más frecuentes de trauma en extremidades en menores de edad.Materiales y métodos: Se revisaron 658 historias de pacientes que consultaron en el Hospital Infantil Universitario Rafael Henao Toro de Manizales, en un período comprendidoentre Septiembre 2004 a Marzo del 2005, se obtuvo información sobre edad, sexo, barrio, comuna, lugar, compañía y actividad realizada en el momento del accidente, mecanismo y tipo de lesión, lugar anatómico afectado y patologías asociadas.Resultados: La edad promedio de incidencia en los pacientes fue 8,7 años con mayor frecuencia a los 12 años, el número más significativo de consultas fue en el sexo masculino (66.9%), cuando se encontraban en compañía de amigos (42.5%). Ellugar de mayor ocurrencia fue la calle (54.3%) y el principal mecanismo de accidente fue la caída (64.3%), la fractura fue el tipo de lesión principal con un 55.4% y el lugar anatómico mas afectado fue el miembro superior (70.5 %).Conclusión: Las principales causas de trauma en extremidades son modificables, evitando así secuelas motoras en los pequeños, además de disminuir el trauma psicológicoen los padres e infantes y los gastos hospitalarios.

Experimentação e uso regular de bebidas alcoólicas, cigarros e outras substâncias psicoativas/SPA na adolescência

To analyze the use of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, other psychoactive substances - PAS , among adolescents of public schools of Feira de Santana, Bahia/Brazil. Cross sectional study with random samples, stratified in terms of conglomerate units (schools and students). The sample of the study totalled 1,409 adolescents between 14 and 19 years old from 10 public schools; 30% of the total of schools of the municipality with 500,000/inhabitants. The representation of schools and students was respected. The self-report instrument was elaborated according to OMS recommendations and as used in others studies. The data were collected according to guaranteed the anonymity of the subjects investigated. 86,5% of the adolescents were considered well informed on PAS; 57,0% reported alcoholic beverage consumption, mainly beers and wines; 23,3% used cigarettes and 5.2% other PAS (marijuana, solvents and cocaine); 29,3% reported drinking alcoholic beverages one to three times/month and 13% every weekend. Among subjects 10 to 14 years old, 47% reported drinking alcohol and 16.7% using other PAS. The statistics analysis showed that consumption of alcohol, cigarettes and other PAS is significantly higher among 17-19 years males. Interestingly, the main motivation for drug use is the company of friends and parents. implement of a drug prevention program's in schools.

Customer friendly: the organizational architecture of service

Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Customer Service Problem in Six Cases: Uncle Arthur's Bad Day Chapter 3 Organizational Architecture of Customer Friendly Companies: The Case of Westside Hospital Chapter 4 The Product System: The Case of Autocoach Chapter 5 The Structure of Customer Friendly: The Case of Intercoast Air Chapter 6 Psychology of Customer Friendly: The case of the Royal Court Hotel Chapter 7 Managing for Customer Friendliness: The Case of the Federalist Bank Chapter 8 Creating a Customer Friendly Culture: The Case of Eastern University Chapter 9 The Process of Becoming Customer Friendly: The Case of Mapletree Library Part 10 Endnotes Part 11 Index Part 12 About the Author

Studying Islam Abroad

Acquire knowledge, because he who acquires it in the way of the Lord performs an act of piety; who speaks of it, praises the Lord; who seeks it, adores God; who dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting objects performs an act of devotion to God. Knowledge enables its possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from what is not; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when bereft of friends; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our ornament in the company of friends; it serves as an amour against our enemies. With knowledge, the obedient servant of God rises to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, associates with sovereigns in this world, and attains to the perfection of happiness in the next.

Studying Islam Abroad

Acquire knowledge, because he who acquires it in the way of the Lord performs an act of piety; who speaks of it, praises the Lord; who seeks it, adores God; who dispenses instruction in it, bestows alms; and who imparts it to its fitting objects performs an act of devotion to God. Knowledge enables its possessor to distinguish what is forbidden from what is not; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when bereft of friends; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is our ornament in the company of friends; it serves as an amour against our enemies. With knowledge, the obedient servant of God rises to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, associates with sovereigns in this world, and attains to the perfection of happiness in the next.

Making space for experiences

Leisure and retail providers need to understand the elements of the visitor experience and the way in which they evaluate their satisfaction. This article suggests a holistic prism model of the interaction between the management and the visitor in a leisure space. This is applied to a netnographic study of visitors to a folk festival to illustrate the interconnectiveness of the different attributes causing dissatisfaction. It found that the physical and operational attributes were evaluated not through a checklist of individual features but as hindrances to the visitor's desire to make best use of the time. Visitors also evaluated the experience in the light of their own values and concerns, passing judgement on the values communicated by the management. At the heart of the experience was the enjoyment of choosing from an abundant offer and discovering something new. The main attraction is often only the pretext for enjoying the company of friends so places to meet before and chill-out afterwards are vital to the experience. The distinctiveness of the setting, the food and drink can become the sensory cues which give the event or location its uniqueness. The challenge to retail and leisure organisations is to design these elements of a memorable experience into their offerings.

Sonographers’ communication: In the Company of Friends

As cardiovascular sonographers, we all would like to be recognized for the skills and knowledge that we apply to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. So many times we hear our patients, as well as other healthcare industry individuals, question our educational and technical backgrounds and skills. They do not recognize how much goes into the work we do on a daily basis. To them, it appears we just “chest surf” with our transducers, grab snapshot views of what’s inside, and then the physician interprets that information.

Sonographers’ communication: In the Company of Friends

Sonographers’ communication: In the Company of Friends