This is a longitudinal work aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, ... more This is a longitudinal work aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, social network, coping strategies, English language proficiency, self rating of health and demographic variables on levels of acculturative stress and overall distress experienced by international students. Students from China and Indonesia completed measures on the above constructs at the entry level and four and eight months after entering Australia and University. A similar group of Local Australian students was recruited to participate for comparison purposes. This study supported the stress and coping model, confirming that sojourners experienced moderate to high levels of stress from their initial interaction with the host society. These findings refuted the traditional U-curve assumption of culture shock which argues that sojourners go through honeymoon, depression and readjustment phases of adjustment. Overall, high daily hassles and acculturative stress were the strongest predictors of high levels of distress. Higher avoidance and self-blame coping strategies were strong predictors of high distress across the three waves of assessment
Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Psychosis is an encumbering cluster of mental illnesses which has a significant impact on the dai... more Psychosis is an encumbering cluster of mental illnesses which has a significant impact on the daily life of individuals. Recovery from psychosis is a personalised process due to the unique nature of the lived experiences of these individuals. Although numerous research have been conducted, there exists a research gap in taking into consideration the perspectives of practitioners in treating the illness. This study aimed to identify the perspectives of psychologists on the impact of interpersonal and intrapersonal factors that impact recovery from psychosis. Five participants were interviewed to qualitatively explore this utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings suggested that recovery from psychosis can occur on four different dimensions; Behavioural, Insight, Cognitive, and Social Recovery. There are several interpersonal and intrapersonal factors impacting these dimensions collaboratively. An Integrated Recovery Model was generated to summarise these find...
Hugo Gonzales’s comprehensive book taps into the broad range of psychological and practical stres... more Hugo Gonzales’s comprehensive book taps into the broad range of psychological and practical stresses and coping strategies experienced by international students. His research is undertaken in a number of tertiary institutions in Australia and deals primarily, although not exclusively, with undergraduate and pre-university students. Gonzales’s study focuses on Indonesian and Chinese students – students who come from two of the most populous countries in the world. With the study divided into both a quantitative and qualitative analysis, the reader will no doubt have met many international (and local) students whose lives reflect aspects of the stress and coping strategies Gonzales describes. Studying is stressful for most students, but the stress is compounded when the person comes from a very different education system and has a range of other stresses in their lives. The tendency to respect the teacher, learn the correct answer and not inject their own ideas in class can be very st...
Gonzales, H. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Gonzales, Hugo.html>ORCID: 0000-0002-5480-1802 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5480-1802> (1998) Somatization in primary care. In: British Psychological Society Conference, 3-5 July 1998, Bangor, Wales, 1998
Die ZBW räumt Ihnen als Nutzerin/Nutzer das unentgeltliche, räumlich unbeschränkte und zeitlich a... more Die ZBW räumt Ihnen als Nutzerin/Nutzer das unentgeltliche, räumlich unbeschränkte und zeitlich auf die Dauer des Schutzrechts beschränkte einfache Recht ein, das ausgewählte Werk im Rahmen der unter
At time of formulating monetary policy, central banks take into account the main aspects that inf... more At time of formulating monetary policy, central banks take into account the main aspects that influence the achievement of their targets, among them the route of fiscal policy. Evidence in the last decades in emerging economies, shows that public sector had a predominant role in the course of monetary and exchange rate policies. The objective of this document is to analyze the interaction between fiscal policy and monetary policy in the context of MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and associated countries (Chile, Peru and Bolivia), using the results of a questionnaire sent to the central banks of these countries. At the institutional level, the main target of central banks of the region is the inflation control, in line with the legal reforms, that granted more independence to the issuing entities, at the beginning of the decade of the nineties. It is also important the effective independence in the control of monetary and exchange rate instruments, aspect that wou...
Inanimate surfaces of hospitals and veterinary clinics can be a source of infection by microorgan... more Inanimate surfaces of hospitals and veterinary clinics can be a source of infection by microorganisms, many potentially pathogenic common between animals and humans, promoting the health risks of both patients and veterinary professionals. The aims of the Avancini CAM, Gonzales NH. Micro-organismos isolados em superficies de mesas de exames e procedimentos descontaminadas de hospital veterinario e a inativacao in vitro por desinfetantes. Vet. e Zootec. 2014 set.; 21(3): 440-450. 441 present study were to isolate and identify the microbiota found on stainless steel surfaces of exam and procedure tables of the small animal ward of a veterinary teaching hospital, on which decontamination (disinfection without prior cleaning) is carried out on a routine basis, and to check in vitro inactivation by chemical disinfectants. Fifteen collections in three days of different months, we proceeded with swabs rolled over the surfaces of which were isolated coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., Sphingomonas paucimobilis, (non-group D) Streptococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Acinetobacter Iwoffii, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas spp., Micrococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., non-fermenting coccobacilli, Bacillus spp., Citrobacter spp. and Candida guilliermondii. The inactivation capacity of peracetic acid, iodophor, sodium hypochlorite, quaternary ammonium, synthetic phenol, chlorhexidine and alcohol was assessed. The dilution method by microbial suspension test was performed using an experimental design consisting of three pools of bacteria (one per collection day) and a yeast culture at three disinfectant concentrations at 1, 5 and 10 minutes. All disinfectants inactivate all microorganisms, with quaternary ammonium, synthetic phenol, chlorhexidine and alcohol inactivated at lower concentration and contact times. It may be concluded that microorganisms – many of them deleterious to human and animal health – could be isolated from all of the sampled surfaces; the in vitro tests showed that all of the assessed chemicals can be used to inactivate the isolates; decontamination, as a unique hygiene routine procedure used on surfaces in direct contact with health professionals and patients, did not seem to safely protect the health of animals and health professionals.
The development of a methodology to assist in the evaluation of alternative highway projects is d... more The development of a methodology to assist in the evaluation of alternative highway projects is described. The methodology selected is based on a multiple objective decision making approach and uses a goal programming technique as the evaluation mechanism. To examine the ...
Resumo: Entre las causas menos frecuentes de ictericia obstructiva se encuentran los tumores de l... more Resumo: Entre las causas menos frecuentes de ictericia obstructiva se encuentran los tumores de la papila de Vater. Por tratarse de una patologia rara, los autores presentan dos casos de tumores benignos de estas localizacion, cuyo diagnostico etiologico fue ...
This is a longitudinal work aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, ... more This is a longitudinal work aiming to ascertain the influence of ethnic identity, daily hassles, social network, coping strategies, English language proficiency, self rating of health and demographic variables on levels of acculturative stress and overall distress experienced by international students. Students from China and Indonesia completed measures on the above constructs at the entry level and four and eight months after entering Australia and University. A similar group of Local Australian students was recruited to participate for comparison purposes. This study supported the stress and coping model, confirming that sojourners experienced moderate to high levels of stress from their initial interaction with the host society. These findings refuted the traditional U-curve assumption of culture shock which argues that sojourners go through honeymoon, depression and readjustment phases of adjustment. Overall, high daily hassles and acculturative stress were the strongest predictors of high levels of distress. Higher avoidance and self-blame coping strategies were strong predictors of high distress across the three waves of assessment
Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Psychosis is an encumbering cluster of mental illnesses which has a significant impact on the dai... more Psychosis is an encumbering cluster of mental illnesses which has a significant impact on the daily life of individuals. Recovery from psychosis is a personalised process due to the unique nature of the lived experiences of these individuals. Although numerous research have been conducted, there exists a research gap in taking into consideration the perspectives of practitioners in treating the illness. This study aimed to identify the perspectives of psychologists on the impact of interpersonal and intrapersonal factors that impact recovery from psychosis. Five participants were interviewed to qualitatively explore this utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings suggested that recovery from psychosis can occur on four different dimensions; Behavioural, Insight, Cognitive, and Social Recovery. There are several interpersonal and intrapersonal factors impacting these dimensions collaboratively. An Integrated Recovery Model was generated to summarise these find...
Hugo Gonzales’s comprehensive book taps into the broad range of psychological and practical stres... more Hugo Gonzales’s comprehensive book taps into the broad range of psychological and practical stresses and coping strategies experienced by international students. His research is undertaken in a number of tertiary institutions in Australia and deals primarily, although not exclusively, with undergraduate and pre-university students. Gonzales’s study focuses on Indonesian and Chinese students – students who come from two of the most populous countries in the world. With the study divided into both a quantitative and qualitative analysis, the reader will no doubt have met many international (and local) students whose lives reflect aspects of the stress and coping strategies Gonzales describes. Studying is stressful for most students, but the stress is compounded when the person comes from a very different education system and has a range of other stresses in their lives. The tendency to respect the teacher, learn the correct answer and not inject their own ideas in class can be very st...
Gonzales, H. <https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/view/author/Gonzales, Hugo.html>ORCID: 0000-0002-5480-1802 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5480-1802> (1998) Somatization in primary care. In: British Psychological Society Conference, 3-5 July 1998, Bangor, Wales, 1998
Die ZBW räumt Ihnen als Nutzerin/Nutzer das unentgeltliche, räumlich unbeschränkte und zeitlich a... more Die ZBW räumt Ihnen als Nutzerin/Nutzer das unentgeltliche, räumlich unbeschränkte und zeitlich auf die Dauer des Schutzrechts beschränkte einfache Recht ein, das ausgewählte Werk im Rahmen der unter
At time of formulating monetary policy, central banks take into account the main aspects that inf... more At time of formulating monetary policy, central banks take into account the main aspects that influence the achievement of their targets, among them the route of fiscal policy. Evidence in the last decades in emerging economies, shows that public sector had a predominant role in the course of monetary and exchange rate policies. The objective of this document is to analyze the interaction between fiscal policy and monetary policy in the context of MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and associated countries (Chile, Peru and Bolivia), using the results of a questionnaire sent to the central banks of these countries. At the institutional level, the main target of central banks of the region is the inflation control, in line with the legal reforms, that granted more independence to the issuing entities, at the beginning of the decade of the nineties. It is also important the effective independence in the control of monetary and exchange rate instruments, aspect that wou...
Inanimate surfaces of hospitals and veterinary clinics can be a source of infection by microorgan... more Inanimate surfaces of hospitals and veterinary clinics can be a source of infection by microorganisms, many potentially pathogenic common between animals and humans, promoting the health risks of both patients and veterinary professionals. The aims of the Avancini CAM, Gonzales NH. Micro-organismos isolados em superficies de mesas de exames e procedimentos descontaminadas de hospital veterinario e a inativacao in vitro por desinfetantes. Vet. e Zootec. 2014 set.; 21(3): 440-450. 441 present study were to isolate and identify the microbiota found on stainless steel surfaces of exam and procedure tables of the small animal ward of a veterinary teaching hospital, on which decontamination (disinfection without prior cleaning) is carried out on a routine basis, and to check in vitro inactivation by chemical disinfectants. Fifteen collections in three days of different months, we proceeded with swabs rolled over the surfaces of which were isolated coagulase-positive and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., Sphingomonas paucimobilis, (non-group D) Streptococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Acinetobacter Iwoffii, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas spp., Micrococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., non-fermenting coccobacilli, Bacillus spp., Citrobacter spp. and Candida guilliermondii. The inactivation capacity of peracetic acid, iodophor, sodium hypochlorite, quaternary ammonium, synthetic phenol, chlorhexidine and alcohol was assessed. The dilution method by microbial suspension test was performed using an experimental design consisting of three pools of bacteria (one per collection day) and a yeast culture at three disinfectant concentrations at 1, 5 and 10 minutes. All disinfectants inactivate all microorganisms, with quaternary ammonium, synthetic phenol, chlorhexidine and alcohol inactivated at lower concentration and contact times. It may be concluded that microorganisms – many of them deleterious to human and animal health – could be isolated from all of the sampled surfaces; the in vitro tests showed that all of the assessed chemicals can be used to inactivate the isolates; decontamination, as a unique hygiene routine procedure used on surfaces in direct contact with health professionals and patients, did not seem to safely protect the health of animals and health professionals.
The development of a methodology to assist in the evaluation of alternative highway projects is d... more The development of a methodology to assist in the evaluation of alternative highway projects is described. The methodology selected is based on a multiple objective decision making approach and uses a goal programming technique as the evaluation mechanism. To examine the ...
Resumo: Entre las causas menos frecuentes de ictericia obstructiva se encuentran los tumores de l... more Resumo: Entre las causas menos frecuentes de ictericia obstructiva se encuentran los tumores de la papila de Vater. Por tratarse de una patologia rara, los autores presentan dos casos de tumores benignos de estas localizacion, cuyo diagnostico etiologico fue ...
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