Local factors have the potential to generate genetic structure within species if populations respond differently to varying environmental conditions across their geographic range. In this project, spatial genetic structure was examined in the legume, Chamaecrista fasciculata, its symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria, and rhizosphere microbiomes. In the first chapter, the aim was to test for genetic structure among populations of C. fasciculata in the Southeast and to evaluate whether phenotypic variation in leaf pubescence is associated with genetic divergence among populations, which would be consistent with local adaptation. My results did not detect a significant association between genetic structure and phenotypic variation in leaf pubescence, but the role of environmental variables in generating the observed patterns of spatial genetic variation in C. fasciculata was demonstrated. In the second project, I analyzed genetic structure within a single population to test for the presence of fine-scale genetic structure of the host plant and to determine if genetic structure of symbiotic nitrogenixing rhizobia is influenced by host plants. Neighboring plants are expected to be more genetically similar than distant plants. If this expectation is supported and genotype x genotype interactions are important in this system, then I anticipated that spatially close host plants would show more genetically similar microbiota in their nodules and rhizospheric soil than distant host plants. The results indicated fine-scale genetic structure for both host plants and nodulating rhizobia, suggesting that the both organisms are influenced by similar mechanisms structuring genetic diversity or shared habitat preferences. In the third project, I characterized fine-scale structure and diversity of microbial communities of the rhizosphere of host plants within a single population. The results revealed significant differences in bacterial and fungal communities among host plants and a significant association between genetic distance of both microbial communities and spatial and plant genetic distances. These data confirm the importance of plant genotype and physical distance in shaping the genetic structure and diversity of bacterial and fungal communities of the rhizosphere. Overall, this study enhances our understanding of the degree to which intraspecific genetic variation in plants influences the diversity and structure of soil microbial communities.

Background: Depression is a common condition that affects the life of the person suffering from depression as well as their surroundings. Relatives of the person suffering from depression are affected by the condition and among these the partner is one of the most affected. The partner can be affected both physically and mentally from living with a person suffering from depression. Aim: The aim of the study was to explore partners’ experiences of living with a person suffering from depression. Method: The chosen method for this study was a literature review. The data was collected through both systematic and unsystematic searches. Eight articles were included, both qualitative and quantitative. The analysis was conducted according to a model made for literature reviews, where the data was compiled and sorted into descriptive themes. Results: The results of this study yielded three themes of experiences, including one with two subthemes. (1) Experience of how the daily life is affected (subthemes: experience of living on another person’s terms, and experience of how the situation affects the mental and physical health). (2) Experience of the need for knowledge. (3) Experience of being able to cope with the situation. Conclusion: The study shows that partners of people with depression need to be more included in the patient’s care. They also need to be offered information and support to make it easier to cope with the situation. The results of the study also shows that more research is needed on the subject.

Increasingly, school-based partnerships have been tied to education reform and the entrance of new private capital into the PK-12 sector. As a result, what may have been an at-will school-business partnership in the 1980s may today resemble an embedded multi-partner arrangement around professional development, teacher evaluation, or turnaround support. From curriculum to practice, and from human resources to operations, the notion of a simple YMCA after school partnership is being replaced by a new wave of collaborations focused on school improvement, integration, and scalability. The purpose of this investigation is to consider the historical context of public-private PK-12 partnerships and elucidate how recent policies emphasizing—sometimes mandating—collaboration between schools and outside agencies can lead to benefits and challenges for PK-12 leaders at the site level. A major challenge to school leaders is that they are relatively unfamiliar with managing partnerships in general, which leaves them even more unprepared to deal with new arrangements that are complex and reform-driven (Bennett & Thompson, 2011). This investigation introduces a new conceptual framework for understanding the environment in which school partnerships exist today. By coupling sources from a multitude of cross-disciplinary fields, such as urban studies, business, nonprofit management, and organizational theory, an effort is made to explain the emergence of this new system from both a historical and theoretical perspective. Further we introduce a proposed PK-12 Blended Capital Typology and methodology for analyzing how decision-making and accountability is shared between partners in these arrangements. Through a single sample case, our goal is to emerge with themes that will support additional research using this framework.

Traditionally, men are expected to arrange their lifestyle in a way that allows them to obtain the “package deal” of a career, becoming a husband, and fatherhood. This study quantitatively studies the effects of partnering on gay and straight men as mediated through the bar scene, aiming to explore how bar participation alters their social networks and their perceptions of social expectations. The ultimate goal is to determine if gay and straight men report differing social expectations such as becoming a husband and father. This investigation explores their beliefs on commitment, monogamy, and parenthood and seeks to determine whether these beliefs differ due to sexuality. Collecting data about how the men participate in the bar scene and if their participation differs after partnering will help reveal differences in social network composition, social expectations, and commitment. The data were collected from people 18 and older through a web-based survey linked directly to particular bars and other community sites within one urban region of Kentucky. Bar participation between gay men and straight men, particularly when partnered, did not differ significantly, suggesting similarities in social network composition. Social expectations did not vary much between gay and single men, but the commitment each group reported was conceptually different. Ultimately, the study both supported and opposed previous literature concerning traditional gendered social expectation

Syfte: Syftet med denna studievar att beskriva pappor/partners kunskaper och känslor gällande amning samt hurde resonerar kring jämställdhet och delaktighet när det gäller amning. Metod: En kvalitativ studie där niohalvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes. Insamlad data analyserades med enfenomenologisk analysmetod utformad av Giorgi. Resultat: Tre huvudteman utkristalliserades under analysprocessen;Varje huvudtema byggde på ett antal centrala teman. Under huvudtemat Vilja att barnet ska ammas/få bröstmjölkbeskrevs, med hjälp av centrala teman, informanternas vilja att deras barnskulle ammas och/eller få bröstmjölk samt vad denna vilja grundade sig på.Vidare beskrevs under huvudtemat Amningensinverkan på pappor/medmammor, med hjälp av centrala teman, hur amningenpåverkat informanterna känslomässigt på olika sätt. Under huvudtemat Anpassning och acceptans beskrevs, medhjälp av centrala teman, hur informanterna accepterade amningens känslomässigainverkan på dem och/eller anpassade sig efter detta. Slutsats: Informanterna hade en vilja att deras barn skulleammas/få bröstmjölk. Amningen påverkade informanterna känslomässigt på olika sättoch denna inverkan hanterade informanterna genom anpassning och/eller acceptansoch uttryckte en fortsatt vilja att deras barn skulle ammas/få bröstmjölk.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-09-01T13:53:31Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação Biblioteca Central.pdf: 640355 bytes, checksum: ab7c428a444bd41995538edb1f138189 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-01T13:53:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação Biblioteca Central.pdf: 640355 bytes, checksum: ab7c428a444bd41995538edb1f138189 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-25 / Considerando as mudanças que a literatura acadêmica tem apontado no que concerne à atuação do controller, a presente pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar o perfil deste profissional no contexto brasileiro. Partindo de dois perfis específicos (bean counters e business partners), o estudo se revestiu de uma tríplice missão: primeiro, relacionar quais as principais atividades desempenhadas por controllers atuantes no Brasil; segundo, discernir qual destes perfis destacados é predominante; e terceiro, entender como determinadas variáveis contingenciais (Tamanho da Organização, Desenvolvimento Regional e Descentralização) afetam este profissional no que diz respeito à sua autonomia e envolvimento com o negócio. O método empregado para a coleta de dados consistiu na aplicação de um questionário, disponível na plataforma Survey Monkey e respondido por controllers listados, principalmente, nas bases de dados da Associação Nacional dos Executivos de Finanças (Anefac) e da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). Os respondentes foram convidados por e-mail a participar da pesquisa e suas respostas sugerem a predominância de bean counters, sendo suas principais atividades: contabilizar, gerir, atender o fisco e cuidar das finanças. Tendo em conta as particularidades de cada variável, múltiplas ferramentas econométricas foram utilizadas para efetuar a análise: regressão linear, regressão logística binária, ANOVA e teste de Wald. Contudo, apenas a relação entre descentralização e envolvimento se mostrou positiva e significante. O fator idade – que, embora não previsto entre as hipóteses, emergiu dos dados – também se mostrou relevante: quanto mais idoso é o controller, maior a sua autonomia e mais inclinado a exercer o perfil business partner. / Considering the changes that academic literature has shown regarding the performance of the controller, the present study aimed to investigate the profile of this professional in the Brazilian context. Starting from two specific profiles (“bean counters” and “business partners"), the study was clothed in a threefold mission: first, to relate what the main activities performed by controllers operating in Brazil; second, to discern which of these outstanding profiles is predominant; and third, to understand how certain contingent variables (Organization Size, Regional Development and Decentralization) affect these professionals with regard to their autonomy and involvement with the business. The method used for data collection consisted of a questionnaire, available on the Survey Monkey platform and answered by listed controllers, mainly, in the National Association of Finance Executives and Federal University of Pernambuco databases. Respondents were invited via email to take the survey and their answers suggest the predominance of bean counters, being their main activities: accounting, management, attend the tax authorities and take care of the finances. Taking into account the particularities of each variable, multiple econometric tools were used to conduct the analysis: linear regression, binary logistic regression, ANOVA and Wald test. However, only the relationship between decentralization and involvement was positive and significant. The age factor – which, although not provided between the hypotheses emerged from the data – was also relevant: the oldestis the controller, the more autonomy and more inclined to exercise business partner profile.

Bakgrund: I dag lever 3,4 miljoner människor världen över med en tidigt debuterande demenssjukdom, vilket avser personer under 65 år. Sjukdomen påverkar inte bara den demenssjuke, utan även personens partner då denna fas i livet innefattas av ett socialt sammanhang av familje- och arbetsliv. Rollen ändras från att vara partner till att bli anhörigvårdare vilket resulterar i en stor förändring i livet. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa partners upplevelser av att leva med en anhörig som drabbats av tidigt debuterande demens. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie med induktiv ansats där 10 kvalitativa artiklar har granskats. Resultat: Utifrån anhörigvårdares erfarenheter framkom fyra kategorier. Anhörigvårdare beskriver en känsla av ovisshet, förändrade roller och relationer, social avskildhet och bristfälligt stöd. Konklusion: Slutsatsen visar på att livet för anhörigvårdare påverkas från första symptom vidare genom förändrade relationer och roller som uppstår och det bristande stöd som samhället erbjuder. Sjuksköterskor behöver ökad kunskap om anhörigvårdares upplevelser av tidigt debuterande demens för att tillgodose upplevelsen av hälsa och välbefinnande. / Background: Today 3,4 million people worldwide are living with young onset dementia which refers to people under the age of 65. The disease affects not only the person with dementia, but also the person's partner as this phase of life is embedded in a social context of family and work life. The role changes from being a partner to being a caregiver which results in major change in life. Aim: The purpose of the study was to illustrate the partners' experiences of living with a relative affected by early onset dementia. Method: A general literature review with an inductive approach where 10 qualitative articles have been reviewed. Results: Based on the caregivers' experiences, four categories emerged. Caregivers describe a sense of uncertainty, changing roles and relationships, social isolation and lack of support. Conclusion/implication: The conclusion shows that the life of the caregivers' changes from the symptoms, throughout the changing of the relations and roles to the lack of support that the society provides. Nurses need increased knowledge about caregivers' experience of early onset dementia in order to provide accommodate the experience of health and well-being.

Bakgrund Globalt sett är stroke den ledande orsaken till dödsfall och funktionsnedsättningar. De fysiska och kognitiva funktionerna efter en stroke är välstuderade, men desto mindre är känt om dessa patienters sexuella hälsa och tillfredsställelse i sviterna av en stroke. Under rehabiliteringsfasen är sexualiteten ofta en förbisedd domän efter en stroke. Det föreligger flera hinder på vägen som förhindrar patienterna och deras partners att få adekvat rehabilitering vad beträffar den sexuella hälsan. En av dessa hinder är att det råder en brist på ett biopsykosocialt tillvägagångssätt i den kliniska praxisen och forskningen som adresserar frågor om sexualiteten efter en stroke. Syfte Syftet var att belysa patienters och deras partners upplevelser av att leva med sexuell dysfunktion relaterat till stroke.  Metod En icke-systematisk litteraturöversikt bestående av tio originalartiklar med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ metodansats. Sökningar efter artiklar gjordes i databaserna PubMed och CINAHL. De utvalda artiklarna genomgick en kvalitetsgranskning utifrån Sophiahemmet Högskolas bedömningsunderlag för vetenskaplig klassificering och kvalitet, vilket dokumenterades i en matris. En integrerad analys användes för att sammanställa och analysera resultaten. Resultat I sammanställningen av resultatet identifierades tre huvudkategorier: Psykologiska faktorer relaterat till stroke och sexuell hälsa, Fysiska faktorer relaterat till stroke och sexuell hälsa och Sociala relationer och nätverk relaterat till stroke och sexuell hälsa. I resultatet framkom att stroke hade en omfattande påverkan på den sexuella hälsan och medförde vanligtvis negativa förändringar både för patienten och dennes partner. Detta ledde till emotionella prövningar och påfrestningar i relationen. Patienter upplevde att befintligt stöd från sjukvården inte mötte deras uttalade behov för att hantera den sexuella hälsan efter stroke. Slutsats Resultatet talar sitt tydliga språk om att sexuell hälsa onekligen är en viktig del att beakta för en människas allmänna hälsa. Resultatet framhäver att sexuell dysfunktion är vanligt förekommande, men tillräckliga insatser och stöd saknas från hälso- och sjukvården beträffande den sexuella hälsan i strokerehabiliteringen. Detta betonar vikten av fortsatt forskning och en ökad prioritering av sexuella hälsa inom strokerehabiliteringen. / Background Stroke is a prevalent cause of both mortality and disability on a global scale. Despite this, the sexual well-being and contentment of patients in the aftermath of a stroke are frequently disregarded during the rehabilitation process. Several obstacles exist that prevent patients and their partners from obtaining sufficient rehabilitation, including the absence of a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach in both clinical practice and research. Aim The aim was to illuminate the experiences of patients and their partners living with sexual dysfunction related to stroke. Method A non-systematic literature review consisting of ten research articles with both a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach. The searches for articles were made in the databases PubMed and CINAHL. The selected articles underwent a quality review based on Sophiahemmet University's assessment document for scientific classification and quality, which was documented in a matrix. An integrated analysis was used to compile and analyze the results. Results Three main categories were identified in the results: Psychological factors related to stroke and sexual health, Physical factors related to stroke and sexual health, and Social relationships and networks related to stroke and sexual health. The results concluded that stroke had a substantial impact on sexual health, leading to negative changes for both the patients and their partner. The consequences often resulted in emotional distress and strains in the relationship. Furthermore, the patients expressed dissatisfaction with the existing healthcare support, as it did not adequately meet their needs for managing sexual health after stroke.  Conclusions Sexual health is undeniably an important part of a person's general health. The results highlight that sexual dysfunction is common, but there is a lack of sufficient efforts and support from the health care system regarding sexual health in stroke rehabilitation. Therefore, it is critical to pursue further research in this field and prioritize sexual health in stroke rehabilitation to meet the unfulfilled requirements of patients and their significant others.

1 online resource ([8], 326 leaves) / Criminal and Procedural Law / LLD

1 online resource ([8], 326 leaves) / Criminal and Procedural Law / LLD