Did you know that cash transfer (CT) programmes in countries of the sub-Saharan Africa actually have a significant impact? In Malawi, these programmes helped families invest in agricultural equipment and livestock to produce their own food and reduce levels of negative coping strategies, like begging and school drop-outs. In Kenya, secondary school attendance rose by 9 percent and access to [...]

Cash transfer programmes – regular money payments to poor households - aim to reduce poverty, promote sustainable livelihoods and increase production in the developing world. During the past decade, an increasing number of governments in sub-Saharan Africa have launched cash transfer programmes that target the most vulnerable groups, including subsistence farmers, people with disabilities and HIV/AIDS, as well as families [...]

  We can’t really talk about the planet’s most pressing environmental problems without talking about food systems. And by food systems, we also mean the agriculture that it takes to support them: farming, fisheries, forestry and the value chains that provide food and fiber for our daily lives. 

The most commonly used method for production of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAVs) in research laboratories is by transient triple transfection of 293 cells with AAV cis and trans plasmids and an adenovirus helper plasmid. This protocol describes the processes required to prepare the transfected cell suspension for virus purification.

Artists from Michigan and around the world are painting 50 murals in Flint to refocus the city's image on art rather than the lead-tainted water crisis.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

A woman and her husband accept the Lord after hearing the gospel from an OM team visiting the island of Sante Marie.

Despite knowing very little about the Androy region, OMers Fara and Herimanina went willingly and have seen God at work.

The impact of baseball as an outreach tool is growing far beyond the first teams that began nine years ago in Érd.

Over an eight-day period, 18 Ride2Transform cyclists travelled 690 kilometers, participating in a personal journey with the Lord and praying for the country of Malawi.

Read about how a short term missions trip to a Muslim country changed a US pastor's life! Click to read more!

God not only rescued Kamil and Klaudia's marriage but also transformed their relationships with Him.

It's an unforgettable experience!” OM Mexico’s missions training impacts one participant’s life, who then returns to the training as a staff member.

A worker becomes friends with twin sisters and sees God transform both lives.

A remarkable story which came to a climax on February 23 this year when OM Ireland took possession of the deeds to Lacken House as their new headquarters and ministry centre.

One Irish family experienced the transforming love of God...one woman at a time.

Turning organic waste into bio-fuel and French-fry oil into bio-diesel; all these are innovative ways of building sustainable income for the church in Kaharlyk.

Lighthouse Ministries builds a kitchen to transform a community in Panama.

Crave pragmatic, honest, clear-eyed conversation about the realities of ed tech? Here's a reading list from Education Week, as presented at ISTE 2019.

Fewer than one-third of America's teachers say ed-tech innovations have changed their beliefs about what school should look like, according to a new Education Week survey.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Although many children are treated in general emergency departments, many such facilities have limited pediatric capabilities. Transfer to academic centers improves outcomes for critically ill patients, but transfers of noncritically ill children have not been well studied.

Although more than half of these patients are seriously ill, many transferred patients are discharged directly from the emergency department or are admitted for less than 24 hours. Orthopedic problems, gastrointestinal conditions, and traumatic head injury are the most common complaints. (Read the full article)

The CPT1A p.P479L variant is common to northern aboriginal populations, leads to reduced enzyme activity, and may be associated with increased infant mortality rates.

The p.P479L variant is common in British Columbia First Nations with a coastal distribution correlated with regions of high infant mortality. Homozygotes display an altered acylcarnitine profile and are overrepresented in cases of sudden unexpected infant death in these areas. (Read the full article)

The period of transition from childhood to adulthood and the period immediately after transfer of care is a challenging time for young people with kidney failure.

Young patients with kidney failure cared for exclusively in adult-oriented facilities experience increased rates of avoidable hospitalizations during late adolescence and young adulthood. Avoidable hospitalizations increased among pediatric kidney failure patients during the years immediately after transfer to adult care. (Read the full article)

High bilirubin levels are associated with sensorineural hearing loss. Exchange transfusions are recommended when bilirubin levels reach certain thresholds. However, the relative and excess risks of hearing loss in infants with bilirubin levels at/above exchange transfusion thresholds are unknown.

In this Northern California population of term and late preterm infants, elevated bilirubin levels were not associated with an increased risk of sensorineural hearing loss unless the levels were at least 10 mg/dL above exchange transfusion thresholds. (Read the full article)

Participate in a chat about how multimedia tools are transforming teaching and learning in core academic subjects.

Two things are true as I sort through my reflections on transformative learning experiences: We need intensive, immersive opportunities for learning (such as a trip to Kenya) and we also need to build in mini-opportunities for transformative learning every day.

Malaria parasites invade and replicate within red blood cells (RBCs), extensively modifying their structure and gaining access to the extracellular environment by placing the plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC) into the RBC membrane. Expression of members of the cytoadherence linked antigen gene 3 (clag3) family is required for PSAC activity, a process that is regulated epigenetically. PSAC is a well-established route of uptake for large, hydrophilic antimalarial compounds and parasites can acquire resistance by silencing clag3 gene expression, thereby reducing drug uptake. We found that exposure to sub-IC50 concentrations of the histone methyltransferase inhibitor chaetocin caused substantial changes in both clag3 gene expression and RBC permeability, reversing acquired resistance to the antimalarial compound blasticidin S that is transported through PSAC. Chaetocin treatment also altered progression of parasites through their replicative cycle, presumably by changing their ability to modify chromatin appropriately to enable DNA replication. These results indicate that targeting histone modifiers could represent a novel tool for reversing epigenetically acquired drug resistance in P. falciparum.

OptrA is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC)-F protein that confers resistance to oxazolidinones and phenicols, and can be either plasmid or chromosomally encoded. We isolated 13 Enterococcus faecalis strains possessing linezolid MIC ≥ 4 mg/L from nursery pigs in swine herds located across Brazil. Genome sequence comparison showed that these strains possess optrA in different genetic contexts occurring in 5 different E. faecalis sequence type backgrounds. The optrA gene invariably occurred in association with an araC regulator and a gene encoding a hypothetical protein. In some contexts, this genetic island was able to excise and form a covalently closed circle within the cell which appeared to occur in high abundance, and to be transmissible by co-resident plasmids.

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Annual incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) including postoperative VTE in hospitalized children is rising significantly. A growing body of evidence supports the role of red blood cells (RBCs) in pathologic thrombosis. In this study, we examined the association of perioperative RBC transfusion with postoperative VTE in pediatric patients.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Prospective transfer students can explore the Lehigh Valley Campus virtually during the Transfer Thursday events

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Penn State Schuylkill biology student Eric Thompson will graduate with honors on May 9. After surviving pediatric cancer in his early teens, Thompson has transformed a tragic situation into a passion to help people. This fall, he will embark on a new academic journey at Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College, where he will commit himself to earning his M.D. and delivering medical expertise to underserved communities.

In 2019 alone, Corner LaunchBox had 10 accelerator program graduates, supported five new startups anchored in Pennsylvania, and helped create 20 new jobs. More than 900 individuals utilized the facility for a variety of free and low-cost activities, including the 10-week Corner Opportunity accelerator program, an Idea TestLab, small business and entrepreneurship workshops, free legal clinics, weekly information sessions, and networking events.

Penn State faculty are going beyond using traditional video in their courses by incorporating virtual-reality immersive experiences. They are discovering how those experiences help enhance active learning and focus students' attention on critical lessons in their courses.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

A group of 12 came to France through the Transform conference, to partner with a church and establish connections in the local refugee camp.

Transform mission conference one year, outreach team in France the following year, the sisters from Mexico are eager to share the love of Christ, realising the audience was different from what they expected.

A partnership works to create and implement a district-wide NGSS-aligned science curriculum and instructional model.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

Two young Bangladeshi women experienced great joy and release from the OM tailoring courses, bringing dignity, honour and financial gain to their communities and families.

Two adults were significantly impacted by learning to read and write in recent adult literacy classes run by OM in Bangladesh.

An Albanian man's heart is forever changed after suffering a heart attack and meeting Jesus in his recuperation.

During a Transform outreach in Germany, a short-term team enjoys God’s provision of good weather as they facilitated outdoor children’s programmes for refugees.

Just 16 states require incoming teachers to provide evidence of successful prior job performance, a National Council on Teacher Quality analysis found.

A new concession means there's a more flexible way of transferring a residence from your company, trust and CC.