The problem in this study was to investigate the effect that home recreational activities have on the attitudes of family members toward a family home evening program. A questionnaire was constructed to gather data regarding these attitudes. The questionnaire was then administered randomly to 250 families residing in Sharon East, Sharon West, Provo, and Provo East Stakes in Provo, Utah. All of the families were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were families of one or more children and held regular family home evening.The findings indicate that the children had a more positive attitude toward family home evening when recreational activities were prevalent. The study also indicates that the participation of family members will be greater if recreational activities are a part of family home evening.

The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to attitudes of teenagers toward the Family Home Evening Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hypotheses involving the relationships of certain factors to attitudes toward home evening were tested. A cluster sample of twenty-three ninth grade classes was selected and data were gathered through use of a questionnaire. Statistics used in analysis of data included the Pearsonian product moment correlation coefficient, and analysis of variance. Responses to open-end questions were content analyzed by three independent judges. Findings suggest that perceived participation by teenagers in planning and presenting home evening lessons is related to positive attitudes toward the program. Teenagers' perception of their family as discussing questions or problems of importance to them during home evening also seems to be related to positive attitudes. No significant relationship was found between teenagers' perception of relative differences in task-maintenance orientations of their parents and teenagers' attitudes toward home evening.

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My dissertation, "Covering Suburbia: Newspapers, Suburbanization, and Social Change in the Postwar Philadelphia Region, 1945-1982," uses the Philadelphia metropolitan area as a representative case study of the ways in which suburban daily newspapers influenced suburbanites' attitudes and actions during the post-World War II era. It argues that the demographic and economic changes that swept through the United States during the second half of the twentieth century made it nearly impossible for urban daily newspapers to maintain their hegemony over local news and made possible the rise of numerous profitable and competitive suburban dailies. More importantly, the dissertation argues that, serving as suburbanites' preferred source for local news during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, enabled the suburban newspapers to directly influence the social, cultural, and physical development of the suburbs. Their emergence also altered the manner in which urban newspapers covered the news and played an instrumental role in the demise of several of the nation's most prominent evening papers during the 1970s and early 1980s, including Philadelphia's Evening Bulletin. This dissertation contributes to the growing body of innovative scholarly studies examining the development of America's suburbs during the post-World War II era; works which have placed suburbanites at the center of national debates regarding public housing, integration, and urban sprawl, but, to this point, have ignored the central role that suburban newspapers played in influencing how people who had only recently moved to the rapidly growing suburbs understood and reacted to these issues through their coverage of local events. In its totality, my dissertation provides a counter to the prevailing scholarly emphasis on the mass media's power and argues that local suburban newspapers played a primary role in shaping suburbanites' ideals, attitudes, and actions during the postwar era. / History

La température ambiante joue un rôle direct dans le fonctionnement et le développement de la plante. L'augmentation des températures ambiantes mondiales pose un défi important aux espèces de plantes sauvages et cultivées. La plupart des espèces de plantes ajustent leur cycle de reproduction et leur développement pour optimiser leur survie et leur forme par temps ambiant élevé (Barnabás et al., 2008; Fitter et Fitter, 2002; Willis et al., 2008). Ces adaptations conduisent généralement à des hypocotyles allongés, à une réduction du nombre de feuilles au moment de la floraison, à une transition accélérée des phases de croissance végétative à reproductive, à une réduction du nombre de graines, à des gousses plus petites et à une diminution de la surface foliaire. Face au changement climatique rapide, en particulier à l'augmentation de la température permissive à la croissance ambiante, il est urgent de régler la thermoréponse des usines pour adapter les installations aux changements climatiques et garantir la production alimentaire future.L'expression de PIF4 est contrôlée par le complexe du soir (EC), un complexe à 3 protéines comprenant ELF3, ELF4 et LUX, en fonction de la température. La CE est capable de réprimer l'expression de PIF4 en se liant à des motifs spécifiques sur le promoteur de PIF4 à une température de croissance ambiante inférieure. Cependant, cette répression de l'expression de PIF4 est éliminée à une température ambiante de croissance plus élevée, ce qui entraîne un vieillissement prématuré des plantes.RésultatsLes trois protéines de la CE ont été produites en utilisant une stratégie d’expression différente, ELF4 et LUX dans E. coli, et ELF3 dans des cellules d’insecte. Les méthodes de purification des protéines et les tampons ont été optimisés pour obtenir des ELF3 et LUX stables. Une chromatographie d'exclusion de taille a été réalisée pour vérifier les états oligomères des protéines. LUX étant la seule protéine de la CE à posséder un domaine de liaison à l'ADN connu, elle a été utilisée pour effectuer des tests de déplacement de la mobilité afin de comprendre l'affinité de liaison de LUX pour ses motifs ADN cibles obtenus à partir de tests de puces de liaison de protéines. D'après les tests de décalage de mobilité, il a été observé que le domaine de liaison à l'ADN (DBD) seul pouvait se lier aux motifs d'ADN de son substrat à des concentrations molaires nano alors qu'une quantité de protéine excédentaire de 10 fois était nécessaire pour que la longueur totale de LUX obtienne la même quantité de liaison. Des pistes de cristallisation à haut débit ont été réalisées pour LUX et LUX-DBD pleine longueur avec deux motifs de liaison différents. Aucun cristal n'a été obtenu pour le LUX complet, alors que des cristaux ont été obtenus pour le LUX DBD avec les deux motifs d'ADN. La structure de LUX DBD en complexe avec ses motifs cibles a été résolue par diffraction aux rayons X. À partir de la structure Crystal, il a été constaté que LUX DBD avait adopté une structure à 3 hélices, la seconde hélice étant responsable de la lecture de la base. Fait intéressant, il a été observé qu'un résidu d'arginine présent au niveau de l'hélice n-terminale servait de pince pour interagir avec le motif ADN cible.En utilisant les tests de mutagenèse dirigée et de décalage de mobilité, il a été confirmé que cette arginine présente à la position 146 de la protéine est essentielle pour déterminer l'affinité. Il a été constaté que l'affinité de liaison était réduite d'un facteur 5 lorsque cet acide aminé était modifié. En outre pour comprendre son effet in planta. Les lignes de lux mutantes ont été complétées par une longueur totale de type sauvage et une version substituée par Arg14Ala de la longueur totale de LUX. Grâce à ces expériences, nous avons pu montrer que la complémentation complète du mutant R146A n’était pas observée, alors que la version de type sauvage était capable de compléter complètement le phénotype du mutant / Ambient temperature plays a direct role in plant functioning and development. Increase in global ambient temperatures poses a significant challenge to wild and cultivated plant species. Most plant species adjust reproductive timing and development to optimize survival and fitness in higher ambient temperatures (Barnabás et al., 2008; Fitter and Fitter, 2002; Willis et al., 2008). These adaptations generally lead to elongated hypocotyls, fewer leaves at time of flowering, accelerated transition from vegetative to reproductive growth phases, fewer seeds, smaller seed pods and decreased leaf area. In the face of rapid climate change, specifically increased ambient growth permissive temperatures, tuning plant thermoresponse is urgently needed to engineer plants for adaptation to climate change and for securing future food production.PIF4 expression is controlled by evening complex (EC), a 3 protein complex comprising of ELF3, ELF4 and LUX, in a temperature dependent manner. The EC is able to repress PIF4 expression by binding to specific motifs at the promoter of PIF4 at lower ambient growth temperature. However this repression of PIF4 expression is removed at higher ambient growth temperature leading to premature ageing of plantsResultsAll three proteins of EC were produced using different expression strategy, ELF4 and LUX in E. coli while ELF3 in insect cells. Protein purification methods and buffers were optimized to obtain stable ELF3 ELF4 and LUX. Size exclusion chromatography was done to verify oligomeric states of the proteins. Since LUX is the only protein in the EC which has known DNA binding domain, it was used for doing mobility shift assays to understand the binding affinity of LUX for its target DNA Motifs which were obtained from protein binding microarrays assays. From the mobility shift assays, it was observed that the DNA binding domain (DBD) alone could bind to its substrate DNA motifs at Nano molar concentrations while 10 fold excesses amount of protein was required for the full length LUX to obtain same amount of binding. High throughput crystallization trails were carried out for full length LUX and LUX- DBD with two different binding motifs. No crystals were obtained for full length LUX while Crystals were obtained for LUX DBD with both the DNA Motifs. Structure for LUX DBD in complex with its target motifs were solved through X-Ray diffraction. Using site directed mutagenesis and Mobility shift assays it was confirmed that this Arginine present at the 146 position of the protein is critical for determining affinity. It was found that the binding affinity was reduced by a factor of 5 when this amino acid was changed. Further to understand its effect in planta.. With this experiments we were able to show that with the R146A mutant full complementation wasn’t observed while the wildtype version was able to completely complement the mutant phenotype.To understand temperature based dynamics of the complex, ELF3, which is the most intrinsically disordered protein of the three proteins that constitute the complex, was studied for structural variation through CD spectroscopy and DLS experiments. From these experiments it was found that ELF3 attains a β-sheet like confirmation at higher temperature while a more globular confirmation at lower temperatures. It was found that this activity of ELF is reversible allowing for flexibility of the whole complex. We found that there were prion like domains in ELF3 protein which were primarily responsible for transition to β-sheet structure at higher temperature.In Order to engineer plants that could survive at higher ambient temperature, we decided to mutate promoter elements of PIF4 through CRISPR/Cas9 to obtain plants that can survive higher temperature.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka huruvida kvällspressens rapportering om sexbrott reproducerar stereotypa könsroller. Det är också att granska hur genusmedveten kvällstidningsjournalistiken är. Då medier besitter en maktposition och har inverkan på människor är det relevant att kritiskt undersöka hur könsrollerna gestaltas och genom det främja både demokrati och den feministiska forskningen. Uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk består av Yvonne Hirdmans genusteori samt gestaltningsteori som den förklaras av Jesper Strömbäck och Robert Entman. Vidare förklaras nyhetsvärdering och nyhetsurval som ett komplement till förståelse om vad som blir nyheter. Undersökningen har begränsats till två kvällstidningar, Aftonbladet och Expressen, då de är de två största rikstäckande kvällstidningarna i Sverige. I uppsatsen representerar dessa två tidningar kvällspressen överlag. Den tidsperiod som har undersökts är 1 juni 2016 till 31 augusti 2016. Uppsatsen bygger på en kvantitativ innehållsanalys där ett kodschema har utformats och variabler har arbetats fram för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. Variablerna är baserade på tidigare forskning inom fältet för brottsjournalistik. Artiklarna som har undersökts faller inom bestämda urvalskriterier. Resultaten visar att artiklar om sexbrott får lite utrymme jämfört med den totala rapporteringen, trots att ämnen som berör brott och sex ofta prioriteras på kvällstidningsredaktioner. Vidare visar resultaten att offret i de flesta fall är en kvinna och att männen vanligtvis är förövare, och att offret – kvinnan, är den som får störst utrymme och främst får komma till tals. Detta bidrar till att kvinnor får uttala sig mer i sexbrottsrapporteringen, vilket genererar i att sexbrott ses som ett kvinnoproblem. Etnicitet var främst förekommande i beskrivningen av förövaren och gör att hen porträtteras som en stereotyp förövare, i linje med tidigare forskning. Slutsatsen är dock att kvällspressen i vissa aspekter bedriver en någorlunda genusmedveten journalistik, vilket sett till tidigare forskning är en förbättring. Samtidigt måste varje enskild journalist ta ansvar för att inte reproducera en stereotyp bild av sexbrott.

Drawing upon rhetorical evidence of three art education activities in Worcester, Massachusetts at the close of the 19th century−The Public School Art League, evening drawing classes, and School Arts magazine−it is argued through this research that the many active facets of art education that occurred in Worcester at this time were constructed in great part as response to the economic climate of the city. This thesis argues that the activities were representative of art education for the improvement of public taste, patience, and the recognition of beauty. In this study, parallels are drawn between these three organizations and activities in Worcester, demonstrating many common initiators and motivations. Exploring art education motivations in Worcester at the turn of the 19th century, this investigation also advocates the need for the study of Japanese influence on art education activities in New England during this same period. / text

Navrhovaná štúdia sa zaoberá výkonom jedinca v kognitívnych testoch, ktoré sú bežnou súčasťou kognitívneho vyšetrenia a sú kľúčové pre stanovenie kognitívneho deficitu neurologických a neuropsychiatrických ochorení ako sú Alzheime schizofrénia a ďalšie poruchy kognitívnych funkcií. Keďže k vyšetrovaniu pacientov môže dochádzať v rôznom čase v priebehu dňa, je nesmierne dôležité stanoviť, či môže čas testovania chronotyp testovaného ovplyvniť kognitívny výkon klinicky významnou mierou. Cieľom tejto štúdie je stanoviť, či chronotyp ovplyvňuje kognitívne funkcie, hlavne pracovnú pamäť, pozornosť a psychomotorické tempo v súvislosti s časom testovania u zdravých dobrovoľníkov. Taktiež u vybraných testových metód stanoviť, či sú ich výsledky závislé na ohľadom na subjektívnu preferenciu participanta a dentifikovať batériu testov vhodnú pre vyšetrovanie kognitívneho deficitu nezávisle na chronotype jedinca a čase testovania. Najskôr boli participantom zadané dotazníky MEQ na určenie chronotypu. Cieľom bolo identifikovať skupinu dobrovoľníkov dvoch extrémne vyhranených chronotypov, u ktorých druhej fáze experimentu sledovali výkon v kognitívnych testoch testech ( ich preferovanú a nepreferovanú dobu. Použitím neparametrických testových metód boli nájdené signifikantné rozdiely medzi sovami vtáčatami a tiež medzi...

In an effort to cope with forces which would remove the home from its place of influence, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently inaugurated the Family Home Evening Program. Emerging out of a fifty year history of efforts to institute the home evening practice, it is one of the most systematic and comprehensive efforts to date to implement change within the structure of its member families.Such a deliberate and predetermined effort toward improving the family system constitutes what applied social scientists call "planned change." Home evening, when adopted, has many of the elements of a behavior known as "family ritual." Inasmuch as the church has attempted to institute a ritual practice which the family itself would normally initiate, the Family Home Evening Program becomes, to the social scientists, an interesting social experiment.The family itself must ultimately make the decision as to what extent it will adopt any advocated innovation. Factors within the culture of individual families will play a prominent role in determining to what extent they will be susceptible to the influence of a change agent. This then, becomes a starting place for the investigation of the family home evening. Within this context, the present investigation had two objectives: (1) to explore patterns of family home evening acceptance and adoption, and (2) to explore the relationships between acceptance and adoption of family home evening and certain selected variables.