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This study forms part of a major longitudinal research project collaboration between the Anna Freud Centre, Coram and Great Ormond Street Hospital, which set out to explore adopted children’s and adoptive parents’ outcomes and experiences from middle childhood through to adolescence. In this paper, 17 adoptive mothers of late adopted children, currently in early adolescence (aged 12 to 15 years), were interviewed. The focus of the study draws upon their worries and fears regarding their children during adolescence and as they approach adulthood. The Parent Development Interviews (PDI) were analysed using thematic analysis and generated five overarching themes: Vulnerability, Violence, Derailing opportunities, Autonomyand Anxieties about the birth family.This qualitative exploration provides strong evidence for how these parents reflected upon very concrete challenges and anxieties about their child’s journey, including both their current context and anticipated outcomes. The overwhelming majority of research to date on this population examines negative outcomes quantitatively; this study adds an important qualitative layer of the parents’ own perspectives.

The article from Motor Boat & Yachting discusses various topics related to boating and yachting. It includes a photo contest, advice on towing boats, tips for buying a motoryacht for charter, a preview of the next issue, and a discussion on powercats. The article provides practical information and addresses reader questions. It also acknowledges different perspectives on powercats, highlighting their growing popularity and the diversity of opinions on their aesthetics and performance. [Extracted from the article]

* The number of corporate super funds are dwindling, as more companies decide to outsource their fund to a specialist superannuation provider * Benefits and residual risks of outsourcing * [...]

Adoption and fostering charity CoramBAAF celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2020. As another year gets under way key figures from the organisation reflect on past achievements and priorities for 2021

This paper identifies some of the key debates about the evidence from outcomes for children placed in foster care, the challenging issues in the design of the system, how it operates and what the outcomes for children look like. The paper explores foster care as being based in the evolution of the human species in its capacity to adapt, problem-solve and identify resources through cooperative effort between individuals and social groupings with the family as key. An essential attribute of families and parenting is the ability to form close, meaningful and sustained relationships that provide security, stability and opportunity, including connectedness to the community and the resources that are a part of this. Family forms the basis for the child being able to access personal, social, cultural and economic capital both in the present and into the future. One of the serious issues for foster care is the short-term basis of that commitment and, even when it lasts over the longer term, the care arrangement typically ends as the child reaches adulthood. These issues are explored through the concept of resilience and place foster care within an ecological framework that evolves over time.

New practice standards aim to support social care organisations to develop early permanence

The Adoption Support Fund in England, which was rolled out on 1 May 2015, seeks to improve the lives of adopted children and their families by providing resources to fund therapeutic interventions for the child. Accessing the Fund requires that the needs of the child and family are fully assessed and the expected outcomes are identified. This raises questions about the use of standardised and validated assessment tools as a part of the process. This article reviews the benefits and challenges of using established instruments, such as the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and considers the relevance of the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) for adoption situations. It is argued that given the legal requirements to link need, services and outcomes, the importance of using validated assessment tools is strong. However, social workers need training to administer them and interpret the results. While using the SDQ should be firmly embedded in practice, the contribution of the DAWBA, although promising, requires further exploration. Social workers will also need training on how best to use it, and how to interpret the results and integrate these into a comprehensive assessment of the child and family.

The article looks at several yoga studios in Los Angeles, California. The Tryoga studio is one of the first green yoga studios, designed and built entirely with eco-friendly and sustainable materials. The Hollywood YMCA offers several yoga styles including Kundalini, Vinyasa or Foundation yoga while Karuna Yoga provides services such as Hatha, flow, lyengar and Ashtanga.

Although cytochrome ffrom the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensisUWO 241, exhibits a lower apparent molecular mass (34 kD) than that of the mesophile C. reinhardtii(41 kD) based on SDS-PAGE, both proteins are comparable in calculated molecular mass and show 79% identity in amino acid sequence. The difference in apparent molecular mass was maintained after expression of petAfrom both Chlamydomonasspecies in either E. colior a C. reinhardtiiΔpetAmutant and after substitution of a unique third cysteine-292 to phenylalanine in the psychrophilic cytochrome f. Moreover, the heme of the psychrophilic form of cytochrome fwas less stable upon heating than that of the mesophile. In contrast to C. raudensis, a C. reinhardtiiΔpetAmutant transformed with petAfrom C. raudensisexhibited the ability to undergo state transitions and a capacity for intersystem electron transport comparable to that of C. reinhardtiiwild type. However, the C. reinhardtiipetAtransformants accumulated lower levels of cytochrome b6/fcomplexes and exhibited lower light saturated rates of O2evolution than C. reinhardtiiwild type. We show that the presence of an altered form of cytochrome fin C. raudensisdoes not account for its inability to undergo state transitions or its impaired capacity for intersystem electron transport as previously suggested. A combined survey of the apparent molecular mass, thermal stability and amino acid sequences of cytochrome ffrom a broad range of mesophilic species shows unequivocally that the observed differences in cytochrome f structure are not related to psychrophilly. Thus, caution must be exercised in relating differences in amino acid sequence and thermal stability to adaptation to cold environments.Although cytochrome ffrom the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensisUWO 241, exhibits a lower apparent molecular mass (34 kD) than that of the mesophile C. reinhardtii(41 kD) based on SDS-PAGE, both proteins are comparable in calculated molecular mass and show 79% identity in amino acid sequence. The difference in apparent molecular mass was maintained after expression of petAfrom both Chlamydomonasspecies in either E. colior a C. reinhardtiiΔpetAmutant and after substitution of a unique third cysteine-292 to phenylalanine in the psychrophilic cytochrome f. Moreover, the heme of the psychrophilic form of cytochrome fwas less stable upon heating than that of the mesophile. In contrast to C. raudensis, a C. reinhardtiiΔpetAmutant transformed with petAfrom C. raudensisexhibited the ability to undergo state transitions and a capacity for intersystem electron transport comparable to that of C. reinhardtiiwild type. However, the C. reinhardtiipetAtransformants accumulated lower levels of cytochrome b6/fcomplexes and exhibited lower light saturated rates of O2evolution than C. reinhardtiiwild type. We show that the presence of an altered form of cytochrome fin C. raudensisdoes not account for its inability to undergo state transitions or its impaired capacity for intersystem electron transport as previously suggested. A combined survey of the apparent molecular mass, thermal stability and amino acid sequences of cytochrome ffrom a broad range of mesophilic species shows unequivocally that the observed differences in cytochrome f structure are not related to psychrophilly. Thus, caution must be exercised in relating differences in amino acid sequence and thermal stability to adaptation to cold environments.

The following paper by John Simmonds was first presented at a Tavistock Clinic Social Policy and Human Relationships seminar in February 2004. A prologue and references have been added; otherwise the paper is printed here in the style in which it was delivered, as a lecture rather than an article for publication.

Almost two-thirds of children and young people looked after by local authorities in England are placed in foster care. Recent studies suggest that the looked after population is significantly different from the general child and young people population in terms of mental and physical health and educational attainment. Failure to recognise and acknowledge the reality of the nature and needs of this population contributes to the current difficulties in providing sufficient and appropriate foster carers. Methods of recruitment, retention and support of foster carers still, in many cases, reflect a historical, now inaccurate, perception of the fostering task. Recent government initiatives have placed a welcome spotlight on the fostering service and are likely to result in improved services. However, the Choice Protects focus on effective commissioning of fostering resources, while necessary, may not be sufficient. In this article, which arises from the observations and conclusions of BAAF social work staff engaged in extensive consultancy with a large number of fostering agencies, Barbara Hutchinson analyses the current situation and proposes key features for the development of an effective fostering service. Her paper was written with support from Jane Asquith and John Simmonds

Summary: Cell autonomous anthocyanin pigmentation, produced by the anthocyanin regulatory genes B and C1 controlled by the constitutive CaMV35s promoter (pBC1-7), was used to optimize biolistic gene delivery into embryogenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv ‘Chris’) scutellum cultures. Intensely pigmented callus cells were observed 24 h postbombardment but these cells did not continue to divide and were developmentally terminal. A population of nonexpressing cells generated transgenic sectors which showed light-dependent anthocyanin pigmentation. Anthocyanin pigmentation was suppressed in regenerating shoot cultures but reverted to light-dependent production in the pericarp of developing seeds. Similarly, following microtargeted gene delivery into apical meristems, anthocyanin production was developmentally suppressed in leaf base meristems but prominent anthocyanin sectors developed in mature tissues beyond this region and persisted throughout leaf growth. In three developmental situations, callus proliferation, plant regeneration, and leaf growth, perpetuation of cells with anthocyanin regulator genes under the control of constitutive promoters was dependent on a higher level of regulation to suppress pigmentation at developmentally sensitive stages of meristematic activity. These findings provide additional evidence that the anthocyanin regulatory genes may be responsive to a variety of developmental and environmental stimuli.

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Auduc, J.-L., and Bayard-Pierlot, J., Le système éducatif français (CRDP de l'Académie de Créteil, 1993), 95pp., 50F., ISBN 2 86918 053 5Baczko, B., Ending the Terror: The French Revolution after Robespierre, translated by M. Pethersham (Cambridge University Press, 1994), 288pp., £35, ISBN 0 521 441056Bendjebbar, A., Libérations rêvées, libérations vécues, 1940-1945 (Hachette, 1994), 238pp., 95F., ISBN 2 01 235091 7Bonnaud, C., Herter, P., and Maniquant, R., Maastricht ou pas Maastricht?, le Pour et le Contre en 20 questions (Auto-edition: R. Maniquant, 53 rue d'Anjou, 78000 Versailles, 1992), 97pp., 50F.Brossat, A., Libération, fête folle, 6 juin 44-8 mai 45: mythes et rites ou le grand théâtre des passions populaires (Autrement, 1994), 235pp., 120F., ISBN 2 86260 481 XCahm, E., L'Affaire Dreyfus: Histoire, politique et société (Le Livre de Poche, 1994), 244pp., 40F., ISBN 2 253 90512 7De Maistre, J., Considerations on France, translated and edited by Richard A. Lebrun; introduction by Isaiah Berlin (Cambridge University Press, 1994), xlii + 132pp., £30 hbk, £12.95 pbk, ISBN 0 521 46628 8Dex, S., Walters, P., and Alden, D.M., French and British Mothers at Work (Macmillan, 1993), 213pp., £42.50, ISBN 0 333 582 33 0Dunn, S., The Deaths of Louis XVI: Regicide and the French Political Imagination (Princeton University Press, 1994), xi + 178pp., £23.50, ISBN 0 691 03429 XDunoyer, C., Marguerite Long: a Life in French Music (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993), 240pp., £25.00, ISBN 0 253 31839 4Guillebaud, J.C., La Trahison des Lumières (Seuil, 1995), 253pp., 120F., ISBN 2 02 023447 7Halls, W., Politics, Society and Christianity in Vichy France (Berg, 1995), 419pp., £17.95, ISBN 1 85973 081 7Krakovitch, R., Le Pouvoir et la rigueur. Pierre Mendès France/François Mitterrand (Publisud, 1994), 349pp., 148F., ISBN 2 86600 689 5Lepetit, B., The pre-industrial urban system: France, 1740-1840 (Cambridge University Press, 1994), 482pp., £50.00, ISBN 0 521 41734 1Lorcin, P.M.E., Imperial Identities: Stereotyping, prejudice and race in colonial Algeria (I.B. Tauris, 1995), 323pp., £39.50, ISBN 1 85043 909 5Lukacher, M., Maternal Fictions: Stendhal, Sand, Rachilde and Bataille (Duke University Press, 1994), 219pp., £14.95 pbk, ISBN 0 8223 1436 3Mayeur, J.-M., and Hilaire, Y.-M., eds., Dictionnaire du monde religieux dans la France contemporaine, vol. 6 Lyon: le Lyonnais-le Beaujolais (Beauchesne, 1994), 456pp., 300F., ISBN 2 7010 1305 4Ory, P., La Belle Illusion: culture et politique sous le signe du Front populaire 1935-1938 (Pion, 1994), 1033pp., 240F., ISBN 2 259 02683 4Pickering, W., and Martins, H., eds., Debating Durkheim (Routledge, 1994), 220pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 415 07720 6Pilbeam, P.M., Republicanism in Nineteenth-Century France, 1814-1871 (Macmillan, 1995), 370pp., £45.00 hbk, ISBN 0 333 56671 8, £14.99 pbk, ISBN 0 333 56672 6Ricoeur P., Éthique et responsabilité (Éditions de la Baconnière, 1994), 195pp., 45F., ISBN 2 8252 0216 9Riffaud, M., On l'appelait Rainer (Julliard, 1995), 141pp., 69F., ISBN 2 260 01162 4Rockmore, T., Heidegger and French Philosophy (Routledge, 1995), 250pp., £14.99, ISBN 0 415 11181 1Rojek, C., and Turner, B.S., eds., Forget Baudrillard? (Routledge, 1993), 170pp., £37.50 hbk, ISBN 0 415 05988 7, £12.99 pbk, ISBN 0 415 05989 5Ross, K., Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonisation and the Reordering of French Culture (MIT Press, 1995), 261pp., £19.95, ISBN 0 262 18161 4Silverman, W.Z., The Notorious Life of Gyp, Right-wing Anarchist in Fin-de-siècle France (OUP, 1995), 325pp., £35Sirinelli, J.-F., ed., Dictionnaire historique de la vie politique française au XXe siècle (PUF, 1995), 1067pp., 480F., ISBN 2 13 046 784 9Vidal de la Blache, P., Tableau de la géographie de la France (La Table Ronde, 1994), 560pp., 55F., ISBN 2 7103 0642 5Vimont, J.-C., La Prison politique en France. Gènese d'un mode d'incarcération spécifique XVIIIe-XXe siècles (Anthropos, 1993), 503PP., 250F., ISBN 2 7 178 2405 7Vinen, R., Bourgeois Politics in France, 1945-1951 (CUP, 1995), 300pp., £35, ISBN 0 521 47451 5Walker, D., ed., Albert Camus: les extrêmes et l'équilibre (Amsterdam, Atlanta GA/Rodopi, 1994), x + 259pp., $46.50

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The article explores the experience of students entering social work practice upon qualification. Using concepts drawn from the socio-technical theory of Miller and Rice, the experience is analysed in terms of 'crossing a boundary' and 'taking up a role'.Illustrative material is drawn from a two-day conference of ex-Goldsmiths' students together with an extended case study drawn from the caseload of one of those students.

Student demands on social work courses for greater integration of issues of race and culture into every part of the curriculum put staff in danger of feeling guilty and reacting defensively. As a result, hasty and inappropriate changes can be introduced or inaction result from the paralysis that guilt induces. In this article we argue that the demands themselves need to be understood and thought about as a means of 'learning about' the nature of 'difference' and its consequences for and impact on individual and group identity. Attention to the group process is at the heart of creating a facilitating environment that enables painful and powerful issues to be addressed and understood. Change is fundamental to learning and cannot be addressed by formal teaching methods alone.

A partial cDNA clone, Pis 63, corresponding to a mRNA highly expressed in Brassica napus pistils, was isolated by differential screening. PCR was used to complete the Pis 63 sequence (Pis 63-1) and to obtain the sequence of another related cDNA (Pis 63-2). Northern blot and in situ analyses demonstrated that these transcripts are expressed in the stigma throughout flower development. Pis 63-1 and Pis 63-2 display similarity to a cotton fibre cDNA clone.

A cDNA clone, Sta 44-4, corresponding to a mRNA highly expressed in Brassica napus cv. Westar stamens, was isolated by differential screening and characterized. Northern blot and in situ analyses demonstrated that Sta 44-4 is synthesized in pollen beginning at the late uninucleate stage and reaches a maximum in trinucleate microspores. Sta 44-4 displayed significant sequence similarity to known pollen polygalacturonase genes. The B. napus pollen polygalacturonase gene was shown to be part of a small gene family and to display some polymorphism among different cultivars.

The article discusses marathon running and offers information on preparing for and participating in a physically demanding event. It is stated that a marathon places significant stress on the body and a physical checkup with a medical professional before starting marathon training is highly recommended. According to the article, marathoners need wicking shirts which are constructed from a material that allows sweat to be pulled through and absorbed into the air. Training involves the gradual increase of the distance run by about 10% per week.

The article discusses the problems in adoption and fostering of mixed children in Great Britain in relation to existing policies on adoption in 2007. It says that social workers need to reconcile conflicting perspectives when placing children in foster care. It refers to a circular issued by the Department of Health which states that no child should be deprived of a home simply because of the lack of a racial match.