The relationship between adolescent rumination and maternal rumination, criticism and positivity

Rumination predicts depression in adults and adolescents. The development of rumination has been linked to parenting practices, but only limited research has investigated this and research has tended to rely on self-report parenting measures. To investigate the relationship between female adolescent rumination and maternal modelling, criticism and positivity using an observational measure of parental behaviour. A cross-sectional design was used. Daughters aged 16-18 years and their mothers (n = 154 dyads) completed questionnaire measures of rumination and affect. Mothers of girls with rumination scores in the upper and lower quartile (both n = 26) also completed the Five Minute Speech Sample, which was used to measure maternal criticism and positivity. Mothers of low rumination girls made significantly more positive comments about their daughters than the mothers of high ruminators. Mothers made very few critical comments. Self-reported rumination was not correlated in mothers and daughters, suggesting a lack of support for the potential role of modelling. Overall, low maternal positivity was associated with rumination in female adolescents. There was no evidence that maternal rumination or criticism were associated with adolescent rumination. The results suggest a number of implications for future research, including the need for prospective longitudinal studies using observational parenting measures

Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia

Anatolia was home to some of the earliest farming communities. It has been long debated whether a migration of farming groups introduced agriculture to central Anatolia. Here, we report the first genome-wide data from a 15,000-year-old Anatolian hunter-gatherer and from seven Anatolian and Levantine early farmers. We find high genetic continuity (~80–90%) between the hunter-gatherers and early farmers of Anatolia and detect two distinct incoming ancestries: an early Iranian/Caucasus related one and a later one linked to the ancient Levant. Finally, we observe a genetic link between southern Europe and the Near East predating 15,000 years ago. Our results suggest a limited role of human migration in the emergence of agriculture in central Anatolia

Examining multiracial youth in context: ethnic identity development and mental health outcomes

Although multiracial individuals are the fastest growing population in the United States, research on the identity development of multiracial adolescents remains scant. This study explores the relationship between ethnic identity, its components (affirmation, exploration), and mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression) within the contexts of schools for multiracial adolescents. Participants were multiracial and monoracial minority and majority high school students (n=4,766). Using Analysis of Variance and Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) models, results indicated that multiracial youth experience more exploration and less affirmation than African Americans, but more than Caucasians. In addition, multiracial youth were found to have higher levels of mental health issues than their monoracial minority and majority peers. Specifically, multiracial youth had higher levels of depression than their African American and Caucasian counterparts. Multiracial and Caucasian youth had similar levels of anxiety but these levels were significantly higher than African Americans. Results also show that school diversity can mitigate mental health outcomes finding that multiracial youth in more diverse schools are at lower risk for mental health issues

Loop corrections for Kaluza-Klein AdS amplitudes

Recently we conjectured the four-point amplitude of graviton multiplets in ${\rm AdS}_5 \times {\rm S}^5$ at one loop by exploiting the operator product expansion of $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. Here we give the first extension of those results to include Kaluza-Klein modes, obtaining the amplitude for two graviton multiplets and two states of the first KK mode. Our method again relies on resolving the large N degeneracy among a family of long double-trace operators, for which we obtain explicit formulas for the leading anomalous dimensions. Having constructed the one-loop amplitude we are able to obtain a formula for the one-loop corrections to the anomalous dimensions of all twist five double-trace operators.Comment: 37 pages. One ancillary file containing data on the correlator

'A true partner around the table?' Perceptions of how to strengthen public health's contributions to the alcohol licensing process

Introduction: There are increased opportunities for public health practitioners (PHPs) in England to shape alcohol availability and reduce harms through a statutory role in licensing processes in local government. However, how public health can effectively influence alcohol licence decision-making is little understood. Methods: A mixed methods study was conducted to identify challenges faced by PHPs and mechanisms to strengthen their role. This involved a survey of practitioners across London local authorities (n = 18) and four focus group discussions with a range of licensing stakeholders (n = 36). Results: Survey results indicated a varied picture of workload, capacity to respond to licence applications and levels of influence over decision-making among PHPs in London. Practitioners described a felt lack of status within the licence process, and difficulties using and communicating public health evidence effectively, without a health licensing objective. Strategies considered supportive included engaging with other responsible authorities and developing understanding and relationships over time. Conclusions: Against political and resource constraints at local and national government levels, pragmatic approaches for strengthening public health influence over alcohol licensing are required, including promoting relationships between stakeholders and offering opportunities for PHPs to share best practice about making effective contributions to licensing

Academic partnering program : "Viña Balduzzi".

214 p.La presente tesis consiste en el desarrollo de un plan de entrada al mercado canadiense para los productos de Villa Balduizzi. El objetivo central es entregar a Villa Balduzzi información relevante de la industria vitivinícola canadiense en general, y mas específicamente de las Provincias de Ontario, Québec y New Brunswick. Se pretende orientar las decisiones que el empresario debe tomar en el proceso exportador, con la entrega de estrategias de marketing que son posibles de llevar a cabo tanto en el corto como en el largo plazo. Para lograr lo anteriormente descrito, se recopilo información tanto a nivel primario como secundario. Es importante señalar que los datos primarios fueron recogidos directamente en Canadá, a través de la misión comercial que realizaron alumnos, profesores y empresarios. Para lo cual se llevaron a cabo una serie de entrevistas con agentes, distribuidores, villas y comisiones del licor. La tesis consta de nueve capítulos en los que se estudiaron distintos tópicos según la importancia que reportaran al estudio, este se limito a la investigación de mercados en las tres provincias de Canadá anteriormente mencionadas. El capitulo dos describe en su totalidad a la empresa para saber el objeto en estudio, sus fortalezas y debilidades para enfrentar él desafió. El capitulo tres describe el macroentorno en el cual Villa Balduzzi podría desarrollarse, y se muestra objetivamente el país Canadá. El capitulo cuatro hace una descripcion genérica de la industria de las bebidas alcohólicas en Canadá, específicamente la Industria del Vino, se caracteriza del mercado canadiense, sus canales de distribución, las regulaciones establecidas para hacer venta y publicidad en cada provincia en estudio. El capitulo cinco describe la Industria del Vino en Chile, mostrando el alcance competitivo, las expectativas que proyecta esta, este análisis permite formarse una idea de como esta posicionada Villa Balduzzi en Chile. En el capitulo seis se realiza el análisis FODA tanto nacional como internacional para la villa en estudio. En el capitulo siete se efectúa el plan de entrada al mercado canadiense, especificando los objetivos que tiene la empresa y las expectativas que esta tiene con respecto a dicho mercado

Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of NGC 7469: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations

We present simultaneous X-ray, far-ultraviolet, and near-ultraviolet spectra of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 7469 obtained with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, and the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. Previous non-simultaneous observations of this galaxy found two distinct UV absorption components, at -560 and -1900 km/s, with the former as the likely counterpart of the X-ray absorber. We confirm these two absorption components in our new UV observations, in which we detect prominent O VI, Ly alpha, N V, and C IV absorption. In our Chandra spectrum we detect O VIII emission, but no significant O VIII or O VII absorption. We also detect a prominent Fe K alpha emission line in the Chandra spectrum, as well as absorption due to hydrogen-like and helium-like neon, magnesium, and silicon at velocities consistent with the -560 km/s UV absorber. The FUSE and STIS data reveal that the H I and C IV column densities in this UV- and X-ray- absorbing component have increased over time, as the UV continuum flux decreased. We use measured H I, N V, C IV, and O VI column densities to model the photoionization state of both absorbers self-consistently. We confirm the general physical picture of the outflow in which the low velocity component is a highly ionized, high density absorber with a total column density of 10^20 cm^-2, located near the broad emission line region, although due to measurable columns of N V and C IV, we assign it a somewhat smaller ionization parameter than found previously, U~1. The high velocity UV component is of lower density, log N=18.6, and likely resides farther from the central engine as we find its ionization parameter to be U=0.08.Comment: Minor correction to abstract; STScI eprint #1683; 50 pages, incl. 19 figures, 4 tables; Accepted to Ap

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Design and Implementation of a Studio-Based General Chemistry Course

Most students taking general chemistry courses do not intend to pursue careers in chemistry; in fact, they are more likely to end up in positions where they fund, write, or vote for chemical research and policies. Our profession continues to ask how we can teach students scientific reasoning skills and chemical understanding in general chemistry that they are able to take beyond the classroom into their everyday lives. The emerging answer at this university is the studio teaching method, which incorporates the “best teaching and learning practices†recommended by chemical education research within an integrated lecture–lab technology-intensive environment. The design, implementation, and pedagogical rationale of studio general chemistry are described

Monkey and the Little One

Monkey likes the lonely life he lives in the jungle—until the Little One shows up. The Little One copies everything Monkey does, and Monkey becomes very annoyed, especially at night when the Little One plays loud music. Monkey hopes to find some peace at a cool lake, but the Little One still shows up. Monkey gets so frustrated that he tells the Little One to leave him alone. Soon, Monkey finds that he is lonely, and searches for the Little One, hoping to win his friend back with some bread and jam