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Antioxidants/adverse effects , Benzoquinones/adverse effects , Cosmetics/adverse effects , Dermatitis, Allergic Contact/etiology , Dermatologic Agents/adverse effects , Administration, Cutaneous , Antioxidants/chemistry , Benzoquinones/chemistry , Dermatologic Agents/chemistry , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Patch Tests , Skin Aging , Ubiquinone/analogs & derivativesSubject(s)
Gene Expression Regulation/physiology , Integrin beta3/genetics , Integrin beta3/physiology , NFATC Transcription Factors/genetics , NFATC Transcription Factors/physiology , Osteoclasts/physiology , Animals , Carrier Proteins/genetics , Carrier Proteins/physiology , Cell Differentiation/genetics , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Humans , Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics , Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology , Mice , RANK Ligand , Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa BABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to discuss a fieldwork Level II model developed by the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota for psychosocial practice. Fieldwork, especially psychosocial fieldwork, is undergoing significant change due to the shifting of occupational therapy practice and the demand for sites. This nontraditional group process model was developed in a shelter for the homeless and poor in downtown Minneapolis. The authors will trace the development of the model, its organization and requirements. Program results will be discussed including advantages and disadvantages as seen by students and faculty supervisors who participated in the experience. The authors believe that this collaborative model can develop effective student therapists who are able to work from a client-centered approach and are able to be flexible within a team.
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The authors describe the development of specific teaching modules, methods, and techniques with which to raise student consciousness and generate awareness of ethical issues in occupational therapy practice as well as to develop the ethical decision-making process through the use of three ethical decision-making and thinking models. This focus on ethics has been integrated into the entire 2-year occupational therapy curriculum at a liberal arts college as part of the college's larger institutional mission and objectives. The results obtained from informal faculty and student contacts and students' feedback after completion of clinical fieldwork demonstrate increased student sensitivity and ability to identify and discern ethical issues as well as increased awareness of the many professional complexities involved in the determination of decisive proactive responses.
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Curriculum , Decision Making , Ethics, Medical , Models, Psychological , Occupational Therapy/education , Humans , Minnesota , Schools, Health Occupations , Teaching/methodsABSTRACT
After several weeks of cold acclimation, the swimming performance of some fish is increased at low temperatures and decreased at high temperatures. The temperature compensation of locomotory activity involves changes in central patterns of muscle fiber recruitment and in the properties of the peripheral nervous system and muscle tissues. In some freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, including the goldfish (Carassius auratus), the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), and the roach (Rutilus rutilus), the intrinsic contractile properties of muscles are modified by thermal acclimation. Parameters that can be altered by temperature acclimation in both fast and slow muscle fibers include isometric twitch contraction time, maximum force production, and unloaded shortening speed. The molecular mechanisms responsible for these changes in contractility are discussed.
