Will the Revolution be Tweeted or Facebooked? Using Digital Communication Tools in Immigrant Activism

Considering the debate over U.S. immigration reform and the way digital communication technologies increasingly are being used to spark protests, this qualitative study examines focus group discourse of immigration activists to explore how digital media are transforming the definitions of “activism” and “activist.” Analysis suggests technologies are perhaps pacifying would‐be activists, convincing them they are contributing more than they actually are. Thus, “slacktivism,” or “clicktivism” that takes just a mouse click is potentially diluting “real” activism.     

A randomized motivational enhancement prevention group reduces drinking and alcohol consequences in first-year college women.

Alcohol consumption among college students has become an increasing problem that requires attention from college administrators, staff, and researchers. Despite the physiological differences between men and women, college women are drinking at increasingly risky rates, placing them at increased risk for negative consequences. The current study tested a group motivational enhancement approach to the prevention of heavy drinking among 1st-year college women. Using a randomized design, the authors assigned participants either to a group that received a single-session motivational enhancement intervention to reduce risky drinking that focused partly on women's specific reasons for drinking (n = 126) or to an assessment-only control group (n =94). Results indicated that, relative to the control group participants, intervention participants drank fewer drinks per week, drank fewer drinks at peak consumption events, and had fewer alcohol-related consequences over a 10-week follow-up. Further, the intervention, which targeted women's reasons for drinking, was more effective in reducing consumption for participants with high social and enhancement motivations for drinking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

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小巧边桌移动方便的小桌子,当成小型的咖啡台或是边桌都很实用,桌底还可以摆故书籍或杂物等等,不占空间,且机动性强, 任何风格的居室都能使用。     

Adenoviral-mediated interferon-gamma gene therapy augments pulmonary host defense of ethanol-treated rats

A case of anuric acute renal failure due to bilateral renal artery obstruction in a 42 year-old man is presented. The obstruction was caused by bilateral thrombosis secondary to arteritis. Autopsy showed granulomatous and necrotizing vasculitis in both main renal arteries. Scarring and also necrotizing vasculitis were found from interlobular to arcuate renal arteries. The present case indicates that vasculitis should be considered when there is renal artery obstruction in young patients.     

深海镜像 泰国芭提雅希尔顿酒店

坐落泰国旅游胜地芭提雅的希尔顿酒店,其中有多个常规空间的室内设计都是由Department of ARCHITECTURE负责的。这间多功能的度假酒店就坐落在芭提雅的市中心,从这里可以眺望到芭提雅的     

Pulmonary stress injury within physiological ranges of airway and vascular pressures

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess the respective role of a small elevation in pulmonary capillary pressure, airway pressure, or both on alveolar capillary barrier permeability in an isolated perfused rat lung model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four groups were studied with low or high airway pressure (LA: 10 mL/kg (tidal volume); HA: 20 mL/kg), low or high pulmonary artery pressure (LP: 9 mm Hg; HP: 12 mm Hg): LALP, HALP, LAHP, and HAHP. The lungs were ventilated and perfused ex vivo for 30 minutes. Quantification of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled (FITC) dextran in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and radiolabeled tracers assessed alveolar capillary barrier permeability. RESULTS: BALF FITC-dextran was similar in the three groups with either one or two low-pressure parameters (LALP, LAHP, HALP), but high amounts were found in the HAHP group (375.2 x 10(-6) mg/mL v, respectively, 21.4, 26.2, and 30 x 10(-6) mg/mL, P = .0001). These results were consistent with the albumin space and extravascular lung water: higher values only in the HAHP group statistically different from the other groups (P < .002). Interalveolar pore examined with scanning electron microscopy showed an increase in diameters between LALP and HAHP (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: We can conclude that elevation of either the pulmonary artery pressure from 8 to 11 mm Hg or the alveolar pressure from 10 to 15 mm Hg alone does not change the permeability of the alveolar capillary membrane; however, there is an additive effect of these pressures.     

Dairy maturation of milk used in the manufacture of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese: effects on physico-chemical characteristics, rennet-coagulation aptitude and rheological properties

The aim of this research was to study the effects of dairy maturation on the physico-chemical characteristics and technological properties of milk used for Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese manufacture. Three different operating conditions (CF1, CF2 and CF3) were considered. Full cream milk from the evening milking was stored on the farm and delivered to the cheese factory in churns (CF1) or in thermoregulated tanks at a temperature not lower than 18 degrees C (CF2 and CF3). The natural creaming (10-12 h overnight) was performed in a traditional large flat vat containing 10-12 hl (CF1 and CF2) or in thermoregulated large flat vats containing 60 hl at about 15 degrees C (CF3). Twenty-four, 24 and 22 maturation trials were performed in CF1, CF2, and CF3, respectively, during 2 consecutive years. A significant increase (P相似文献