Mass Media, Criminal Violence, and Territorial Stigma in Venezuela

Through category territorial stigma the possible convergence in Venezuela media when reporting on criminal violence and public policies on citizen security was studied. To do this, Correo del Orinoco (public) and El Universal (private) newspapers were considered because they have apparently antagonistic editorial lines on this issue.A través de la categoría estigma territorial se estudió la posible convergencia que se encuentra en medios de comunicación de Venezuela cuando se informa sobre violencia delictiva y políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana. Para ello, se consideró a los medios Correo del Orinoco (público) y El Universal (privado), dado que presentan líneas editoriales aparentemente antagónicas en este tema

Из опыта работы кафедры по организации учебной и воспитательной работы с иностранными студентами

Одна из ярких черт современного высшего образования - его интернационализация. Для Брестского государственного университета имени А.С. Пушкина в процессе интернационализации одним из новых, но перспективных её направлений является экспорт образовательных услуг. Появление в университете данной категории обучающихся (с 2007 г.) внесло коррективы и в организацию учебного процесса, и во внеучебную деятельность

Cultura Within : designing workshops and transitional objects that empower young Latina women to persevere in higher education

Latinos are one of the fastest-growing ethnic minority groups in the United States. Yet they have the lowest college graduation rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. This report documents self-reflective, participatory processes I used, based on my personal experience as a Latina in higher education, to design engaging workshops and transitional objects to support the Latina community at the University of Texas at Austin. I propose that workshops promoting awareness of structural barriers, coaching in self-reflective techniques, and the co-creation of totemic objects that serve as transitional objects and aides-mémoires can empower young Latina women to persevere in higher education. The workshops were designed to use group storytelling, self-reflection and sharing methods to educate and empower young Latinas to create an on-going sense of agency and build stronger communities within higher education.Desig

Supreme Court Case Study: The Variation in Rates of Miscarriage Management Care and Post-Abortion Care Across the Us Before and After the Supreme Court Decision

The paper examines abortion care and the management of miscarriages following the Roe v. Wade decision in restrictive states that do not allow medical intervention due to the vague legal terms. This research evaluates the need to establish protocols for providers when faced with nonviable pregnancies requiring medical intervention. Additionally, the paper highlights the impact across the US on women’s health outcomes by emphasizing the care for miscarriage management. This multi-method paper reviews the current literature on miscarriage management and spontaneous abortion MarketScan® data from commercially insured individuals with an age range of 18-50 years old by regions across the United States for the years of 2018, 2019 and 2022 that was analyzed to study miscarriage data and the variation in rates of abortion care and miscarriage management care. Overall, 31% of commercially insured individuals across the US had the procedure. Women aged 35-44 are statistically more likely to undergo a procedure compared to their younger or older counterparts, and rural women were more likely to have a surgical procedure for miscarriage management. Patients who live in states with restrictive abortion bans, including miscarriage management care, have worsening reproductive health outcomes

Design, synthesis, and applications of bio-derived crosslinking monomers for molecular imprinting

Most of the research in the field of molecular imprinting has been focused on the development of new functional monomers, in order to improve the molecular recognition properties afforded by these materials. The role of the crosslinking monomer has often been overlooked, since it is considered an inert component that only provides a scaffold to support the binding sites. However, the crosslinking monomer represents a high percent (80-90%) of the composition of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), which can have a large influence on the MIPs properties. This research addresses the design, synthesis, and applications of new crosslinking monomers for molecular imprinting. Crosslinking monomers containing different polymerizable groups (methacrylate/methacrylamide, methacrylamide/vinylketone, and methacrylate/vinyl ketone) were synthesized and used to prepare MIPs. Key steps in the synthesis of these monomers involved the use enzymatic methodologies to selectively deprotect methyl esters. To avoid an undesirable intramolecular Michael addition, N-methyl-N-methoxy amides derivatives were used as electrophiles to introduce the vinylketone functionality via nucleophilic addition of a Grignard reagent. Enhancement in molecular recognition properties exhibited by MIPs prepared with crosslinking monomers incorporating the amide functionality was attributed to cooperative interactions within the crosslinking with the template molecule, as well as an improved morphology that arises from the reactivity differential of the polymerizable groups. Incorporation of the binding functionality in a crosslinking format allowed to maximize the degree of crosslinking without imposing restrictions on functional group concentrations. An important breakthrough for the simplification of the molecular imprinting process was achieved by the use of a one single monomer, which incorporates an amide functionality for binding the template molecule and the polymerizable groups to form the polymeric network. The advantage of using this single monomer is that there is not need to optimize the functional/crosslinking monomer ratio. The strategy of using functionalized crosslinking monomers derived from natural amino acids, to provide the functional groups for catalytic activity was investigated using a combinatorial approach for fast screening. Finally, modification of biological matrices using bioimprinting methodologies was explored by imprinting a Class I aldolase antibody with an aldol reaction product in order to improve its catalytic activity in organic solvents

Seminaphthofluorones are a family of water-soluble, low molecular weight, NIR-emitting fluorophores

A readily accessible new class of near infrared (NIR) molecular probes has been synthesized and evaluated. Specific fluorophores in this unique xanthene based regioisomeric seminaphthofluorone dye series exhibit a combination of desirable characteristics including (i) low molecular weight (339 amu), (ii) aqueous solubility, and (iii) dual excitation and emission from their fluorescent neutral and anionic forms. Importantly, systematic changes in the regiochemistry of benzannulation and the ionizable moieties afford (iv) tunable deep-red to NIR emission from anionic species and (v) enhanced Stokes shifts. Anionic SNAFR-6, exhibiting an unusually large Stokes shift of ≈200 nm (5,014 cm−1) in aqueous buffer, embodies an unprecedented fluorophore that emits NIR fluorescence when excited in the blue/green wavelength region. The successful use of SNAFR-6 in cellular imaging studies demonstrates proof-of-concept that this class of dyes possesses photophysical characteristics that allow their use in practical applications. Notably, each of the new fluorophores described is a minimal template structure for evaluation of their basic spectral properties, which may be further functionalized and optimized yielding concomitant improvements in their photophysical properties