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ABSTRACT FIRST YEAR COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT: THE ROLE OF COPING, EGO-RESILIENCY, OPTIMISM AND GENDER Yalim, Desen M. S. Department of Educational Sciences Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Oya Yerin G&uuml / neri June 2007, 68 pages This study investigated the relationship between ways of coping, ego-resiliency, optimism, gender and adjustment of first year students. Participants of the study were 420 Department of Basic English students (173 female, 247 male) from Middle East Technical University in Ankara. The results of multiple regression analysis for the total sample indicated that all the predictor variables (ways of coping, ego resiliency and optimism) were found to be significant predictors of college adjustment. The study found that participants who reported high resilience, optimism and fatalistic and helplessness/self blaming coping scores had better adjustment to college. In addition, the results of the multiple regression analyses conducted for female and male students showed that whereas ego resiliency, optimism, and seeking social support coping, helplessness/self-blaming coping predicted adjustment of female students / ego resiliency, problem solving coping, seeking social support coping, fatalistic coping and helplessness/self-blaming coping were significant predictors of male students&rsquo / college adjustment.

This study aims to find out teachers&rsquo / and learners&rsquo / perception of language learning strategies (LLSs). Three psycho-social variables regarding the teachers&rsquo / use of strategy instruction at BaSkent University were considered: 1. Level of awareness of language learning strategies 2. Beliefs in the effectiveness of language learning strategies 3. Ease of strategy instruction. These results were compared with the students&rsquo / reported use of LLSs to increase our awareness of students&rsquo / strategy use and needs so that teachers would be able to help learners facing problems in learning English. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative research tools. The relevant data were obtained by means of two questionnaires: a teacher and a student version of Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL, Oxford, 1990), and a semistructured interview. A total of 70 teachers teaching at the English language department of BaSkent University and 100 students studying in the same department were involved in the study. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively by employing descriptive statistics, such as frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Content analysis was performed to analyze the interview data. v The results of the study suggest that for most of the items in the strategy inventory, if the teachers are aware of learning strategies, believe in the effectiveness of LLSs instruction and find them easy to apply in the classroom, they may use them more often in their classes. Furthermore, in variance analysis, the only variable that made a difference in teachers&rsquo / perceptions of LLSs was found to be the level of education, Finally, when the teachers&rsquo / and students&rsquo / frequency of LLSs use was compared, it was found out that teachers reported a higher frequency of LLSs use than their learners. However, there was a great similarity between the two parties in terms of frequency of strategy use in the most and least preferred strategy categories. It is essential to find the reasons for the difference in the frequency of LLSs among the two parties before planning a LLSs training.

Pancreatic cancer kills over 1700 people each year in Australia. In 2000, there were 1908 new cases diagnosed and it remains one of the least treatable malignancies. In the USA, it was the fourth leading cause of cancer death in 2004, with 31,860 new cases and 31,270 recorded deaths. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a novel, potentially useful treatment for locally advanced pancreatic cancer with only limited research and clinical work addressing this until now. PDT induces non-thermal, cytotoxic and ischaemic injury to a targeted volume of tissue. During PDT, a photosensitizer is activated by non-thermal light in the presence of oxygen, generating cytotoxic oxygen species and inducing cellular injury and microvascular occlusion. The aim of this thesis was to conduct an animal safety study using two second generation photosensitizers, talaporfin sodium and verteporfin, to assess the risks of pancreatic PDT by looking at injury to organs adjacent to the pancreas and assessing recovery from PDT treatment of the pancreas. The Syrian Golden hamster animal model was used to compare the results of this research to previous work by other authors. The study design incorporated a number of additional experiments, including quantitative tissue fluorescence techniques, plasma level analysis and histopathology techniques. The methods for the animal safety study were similar to the approach used in the clinical setting and provided vital data on the likely risks and side effects of phototherapy in humans. The first study, looking at talaporfin sodium, found likely risks of duodenal injury, gastric injury and death with a limited effect on normal pancreas at photosensitizer doses likely to be employed for pancreatic cancer PDT. The second study, using verteporfin, found similar results with a more potent effect on the normal pancreas at studied drug doses. Both agents had short drug-light intervals, ranging from 15 minutes to 2 hours, reducing the need for pre-treatment hospitalization and short photosensitivity periods of about one to two weeks. Some animals suffered minor cutaneous photosensitivity injuries. A human pancreatic cancer PDT pilot study is feasible and the risks and complications should be acceptable.

This research has as theme The Pallottine Educational Congresses as a Political Pedagogic an Instrument of Integration (1994 2007) , and it presents a study of the Congregation of Pallottine priests and brothers, during the Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education conducted by the educational institutions, between 1994 and 2007. The Pallottine Pedagogy arose from the need to revive the faith and the charity, between 1795 and 1850, with Vicente Pallotti in Rome, Italy. The Pallottine priests arrived in Argentina and Brazil in 1888, brought by the Italian immigrants to provide pastoral and educational aid. Due to expansion of the Pallottine Schools, arose the need to deepen and strengthen the pallottine political pedagogic identity of these educational institutions. Therefore, in 1994, it took place the First Latin American Congress of Pallottine Education, with the objective to bring educators together from Pallottine Schools. Thus, this research sought to understand how the Pallottine Pedagogy as institutional pedagogic policy of education got organized in Argentina and Brazil, between 1994 and 2007, from the analysis of the Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education, documents (letters) and a questionnaire applied to principals and teachers of Pallottine Schools. The study is divided into three chapters, dealing respectively with: the Pallottine Pedagogy: considerations about the principles of this pedagogy; Latin American Congresses of Pallottine Education: development of the Congresses, analysis of the letters and questionnaires; Antonio Alves Ramos Sshool and its Educational practice: pedagogic practice. It was concluded that the pallottine pedagogic educational policy got organized through the guidelines of education from their own countries, church and congregation, adapting according to the need of the school community. / Esta pesquisa que tem como tema Os Congressos Educacionais Palotinos como um Instrumento político-pedagógico de integração (1994-2007) , apresenta um estudo da Congregação dos Padres e Irmãos Palotinos, através dos Congressos Latino-Americanos de Educação Palotina realizados pelas instituições educacionais desde 1994 a 2007. A Pedagogia Palotina surgiu da necessidade de reavivar a fé e reacender a caridade entre os anos de 1795 a 1850 com Vicente Pallotti em Roma/Itália. Na Argentina e no Brasil, em 1885, chegaram padres palotinos trazidos pelos imigrantes Italianos, para prestarem auxílio pastoral e educacional. Devido à expansão dos Colégios palotinos, surgiu à necessidade de aprofundar e fortalecer a identidade política pedagógica palotina destas instituições educacionais. Por isso, no ano de 1994, realizou-se o I Congresso Latino- Americano de Educação Palotina com o objetivo de reunir educadores provenientes de Colégios Palotinos. Diante disso, buscou-se nesta pesquisa, entender de que forma a Pedagogia Palotina enquanto política pedagógica institucional de educação se organiza na Argentina e no Brasil, no período de 1994 2007, a partir da análise dos Congressos Latino-Americanos de Educação Palotina, documentos (cartas) e um questionário aplicado a diretores e professores de Colégios Palotinos. O estudo está divido em três capítulos, tratando respectivamente de: a Pedagogia Palotina: considerações sobre os princípios dessa pedagogia; Congressos Latino-americanos de Educação Palotina: desenvolvimento dos Congressos, análise das cartas e dos questionários; O Colégio Antonio Alves Ramos e sua vivência Educacional: a prática pedagógica. A partir da pesquisa concluiu-se que a política pedagógica educacional palotina se organiza através das diretrizes de educação dos próprios países, da Igreja e da Congregação adaptando-se conforme a necessidade da comunidade escolar.

Submitted by Luciana Sebin (lusebin@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-13T13:21:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissSSI.pdf: 2546141 bytes, checksum: c22960c4b46f58b9ba421f71ce737524 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-14T18:50:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissSSI.pdf: 2546141 bytes, checksum: c22960c4b46f58b9ba421f71ce737524 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2016-10-14T18:50:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissSSI.pdf: 2546141 bytes, checksum: c22960c4b46f58b9ba421f71ce737524 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-14T18:59:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissSSI.pdf: 2546141 bytes, checksum: c22960c4b46f58b9ba421f71ce737524 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-18 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / The sexual division of work brings the forms of unequal as if establish relations of organization, production and conduct of choices in the forms of land use. The presence of women in the scenario of agriculture is still marginalized and amended as aid to work of the men, which are considered the main force of productive unit, and in extension activities to domestic work - as vegetable gardens, small livestock and other activities that involve the backyard. From addition, in rural studies, is a great challenge to incorporate the woman as the subject and focus of research. This article understands the importance of giving continuity and visibility to the studies and research that involve the theme of women and gender in agriculture, in particular in the area of knowledge of agroecology. This way, it was proposed a bibliometric analysis of the studies presented in the Brazilian Congresses of Agroecology (CBAs). Whereas the various contributions of different areas of knowledge in agroecology, bibliometrics can provide important information on the directions of studies and research in this area in Brazil. To analyze the data and the content of the abstracts expanded with the theme of women and gender, it was chosen to organize them through a filter with the following terms: gender, women, peasant, rural women, workers, women, farmers, producers, the ospreys, seated and garbage collectors. The summaries selected from the filter were organized through the following metadata: Title, Authorship, Affiliation, Year of publication, Abstract and Keyword. In this article we managed to analyze the authorship and affiliation, showing how each state/region of Brazil has influenced on publications during the twelve years of CBA. Was perceived also as the theme was growing during the editions of the event and, at this moment, it was studied the trajectory of groups and institutions in the various spaces of agroecology, and as v influenced the universities, technical assistance and rural extension and nongovernmental organizations with the theme. / A divisão sexual do trabalho traz as formas desiguais de como se estabelecem as relações de organização, produção e condução das escolhas nas formas de uso da terra. A presença das mulheres no cenário da agricultura ainda é marginalizada e dada como “ajuda” aos trabalhos masculinos, que são considerados “carros–chefe” da unidade produtiva, e se encontram em atividades de extensão aos trabalhos domésticos - como hortas, pequenas criações e outras atividades que envolvem os quintais. A partir disso, nos estudos rurais, é grande o desafio de se incorporar a mulher como sujeito e foco de pesquisas. Estes artigos entendem a importância de dar continuidade e visibilidade aos estudos e pesquisas que envolvem o tema de mulheres e gênero na agricultura, em especial na área do conhecimento da agroecologia. Desta forma, foi proposta uma análise bibliométrica dos trabalhos apresentados nos Congressos Brasileiros de Agroecologia (CBAs). Considerando as diversas contribuições de diferentes áreas do conhecimento na agroecologia, a bibliometria pode fornecer informações importantes sobre os rumos de estudos e pesquisas desta área no Brasil. Para analisar os dados e o conteúdo dos resumos expandidos com o tema de mulheres e gênero, optou-se em organizá-los através de um filtro com os seguintes termos: gênero, mulheres, camponesas, mulheres rurais, trabalhadoras, feminino, agricultoras, produtoras, pescadoras, assentadas e catadoras. Os resumos selecionados a partir do filtro foram organizados através dos seguintes metadados: Título, Autoria, Afiliação, Ano de Publicação, Resumo e Palavra-chave. O primeiro artigo conseguiu-se analisar as autorias e afiliação, mostrando como cada estado/região do Brasil influenciou nas publicações durante os doze anos de CBA. Foi percebido também como o tema foi crescente durante as edições do evento e, neste momento, foi estudado a trajetória de grupos e instituições, nos diversos espaços da agroecologia, e como influenciaram as universidades, instituições de assistência técnica e extensão rural e organizações não governamentais com o tema. Já no segundo artigo, a leitura do corpus de textos possibilitou inserir as publicações em categorias de acordo com a complexidade de informações apresentadas e a diversidade de atividades rurais que estão inseridas as iv mulheres. As categorias permitiram trazer as questões e os debates das mulheres na agroecologia, e como as autorias têm apresentado a realidade das mulheres nos espaços rurais. Para reforçar a visibilidade do tema, uma tabela com a identificação das autorias foi construída, além de mapas que permitiram a visualização dos locais e regiões que apontam os projetos, pesquisas, coletivos e grupos com mulheres.

Fujinami sarcoma virus encodes a 140/000 m.w. polypeptide (P140) which has been correlated as the agent of transformation in host chicken fibroblasts and mammalian fibroblasts. To conclusively identify the role of P140 in the transformation process it will be necessary to obtain intact/ purified P140. The availability of an antibody monoclonally specific to the N-terminal gag encoded portion of P140 suggested a one-step immunoaffinity purification of P140. After purification of the antibody out of mouse ascites fluid, by 50% ammonium sulfate fractionation and ion exchange chromatography, antibody was linked to a Sepharose 4-B matrix activated with cyanogen bromide. The anti-pl9 affinity matrix bound intact P140 as a doublet relative to a polyclonal anti-pl9. Chaotropic agents, high pH and low pH treatments all failed to elute the bound P140 from the affinity matrix. Failing the purification of intact P140 a method of partial proteolysis was used to produce varying sized fragments of P140/ with the goal of purifying these fragments for further work on the role of P140. Trypsin alone in a limited proteolysis produced small, unstable peptides too close in size distribution to be effectively purified. Chymotrypsin alone produced a broad range of more stable peptides, with a predominance of a 45,000 m.w. peptide. Chymotrypsin-trypsin consecutive proteolysis produced a very stable 35,000 m.w. peptide. Gel filtration of the chymotryptic peptides was ineffective as the peptides coraplexed and were not fractionated. Ion exchange chromatography fractionated the complexing chymotryptic peptides, making possible the purification of these peptides. The stable 45,000 m.w. peptide retained some kinase activity, as it phosphorylated the substrate enolase, similar to but less intense than intact P140. A 30,000 m.w. peptide only phosphorylating after ion exchange did not phosphorylate enolase. / Science, Faculty of / Microbiology and Immunology, Department of / Graduate

This diploma thesis analyses the influence of fairs and congresses on destination image. Marketing knowledge in field of branding and image is used as well as theory of tourism and destination marketing. As interdisciplinary approach proposes, fairs and congresses are understood as factors influencing the destination image through various agents. Not only general direct benefits but also variables participating on image transfer of congresses and fairs to destination image are described. Target group performing the strongest influence is identified. Review of contemporary fair and congress industry together with real situation examples demonstrate the transfer of associations. The diploma thesis suggests measures on the base of gained theoretical and practical knowledge, which could help in development of fairs and congresses to strengthen the positive influences on destination image.

Individuals have personal and occupational needs that are satisfied to some degree by attending professional meetings. The primary purpose of this study was to identify the attributes of professional society meetings that have value for attendees. Three meeting attributes were identified from a review of the literature: education, networking and leadership. The second purpose was to explain why individuals preferred certain meeting attributes. Career theories were used to provide an explanatory schema for interpreting individual differences. The findings of this study support four meeting attributes; the three hypothesized-education, networking and leadership, plus a fourth, named professional savvy. Based on the means education was the most frequently recognized attribute, networking the second, professional savvy was third, and leadership the least recognized. Career stages were shown to predict the attribute that would be valued most highly by an individual attendee. The three career stages and respective survey items shown to it be significant were {1) biological or life-span theories represented by the survey item age; (2) social class theories represented by salary, and (3) transition-based theories represented by the number of years a person has been in their profession, the number of years with the current employer and the individuals perception of changes in their job responsibilities. The data show that education is the most important attribute to three fourths of the sample and for these individuals career stages are normally distributed. For those who prefer leadership, savvy and networking more descriptive profiles can be drawn from the career stage variables. The results of this study are particularly useful to individuals who plan meetings. The data show that meeting organizers and planners can identify critical items that link the individuals to a particular career stage, and because meeting attributes are linked to career stages, programs can be designed to provide the selected or range of attributes depending on the particular make-up of the audience. / Ph. D.

Thesis (MBA.) -- University of Limpopo, 2021 / Agriculture is an important sector that promotes food security in every country, and it contributes significantly to the economy of South Africa. There will be no food or clothing if agriculture does not exist. Agriculture accounts for 2.2% of Limpopo Province's economy. According to studies, it also contributed a large proportion to job creation. South Africa exports some of its produce to other countries, increasing the country's export level and, as a result, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Therefore, there is a need to adapt to new ways of conducting agriculture in order to operate it as a profitable business. Agripreneurship, as entrepreneurship in agriculture, encompasses both primary and secondary agriculture. Ploughing, farming, and mixed agriculture are examples of primary agricultural activities, while secondary agricultural activities include agro-processing and tertiary agricultural business such as agricultural marketing and agro-transportation. The study examines the role of youth in agripreneurship in creating employment opportunities in the Sekhukhune District Municipality. The unemployment rate in the Sekhukhune region and in South Africa is rising. This is a significant concern for the government; thus, the study examines the extent to which agripreneurship can help to reduce or alleviate unemployment. The challenges that youth in agripreneurship face in creating employment through agripreneurship, as well as the benefits, are also investigated. The qualitative research method was used to investigate youth perceptions of agripreneurship and the role of youth in agripreneurship in creating employment. Since the study's target population was small, census sampling was used; that is, fifteen (15) agripreneurs within the boundaries of the Sekhukhune District. This study reports on the findings of the study about the role of youth agripreneurship in job creation and the perception of youth towards agripreneurship in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo. The study discovered that youth engaged in agripreneurship in the Sekhukhune District Municipality played a substantial role in creating employment ranging from casual to permanent, and that youth perceived agripreneurship to have high employment prospects. The study also revealed challenges associated with youth in agripreneurship, such as a lack of capital, market, and extension officer support, as well as environmental factors such as storms.