Rob Drummond; Nell Leyshon; Katie Hims; Tom Wells; Ben Bailey Smith; Lajaune Lincoln; Dawn King; Laura Lomas; Katherine Soper; Benjamin Kuffuor; Luke Barnes
National Theatre Connections is an annual festival which brings new plays for young people to schools and youth theatres across the UK and Ireland. Commissioning exciting work from leading playwrights, the festival exposes actors aged 13-19 to the world of professional theatre-making, giving them full control of a theatrical production - from costume and set design to stage management and marketing campaigns. NT Connections have published over 150 original plays and regularly works with 500 theatre companies and 10,000 young people each year.This anthology brings together 10 new plays by some of the UK's most prolific and current writers and artists alongside notes on each of the texts exploring performance for schools and youth groups. SaltLife is never plain sailing, but when a new government initiative comes into place offering young people the chance to train and learn skills overseas, droves of teens jump at the chance to secure their future. Once on board the transport ship, the promises of the glossy advert seem a far cry from what lies ahead. A play about generations, choices and hope.Class It’s school election time and while most of the school is busy enjoying their lunch break, a deadlock is taking place amongst the members of the school council. Bitter rivalries, secret alliances and false promises are laid bare. As a ruthless battle ensues, who will win and does anyone really care? A play about politics, populism and the ‘ping’ of a text message.The Sad ClubThis is a musical about depression and anxiety. It’s a collection of monologues, songs and duologues from all over time and space exploring what about living in this world stops us from being happy and how we might go about tackling those problems. ChaosA girl is locked in a room. A boy brings another boy flowers. A girl has tied herself to a railing. A boy doesn’t know who he is. A girl worries about impending catastrophe. A woman jumps in front of a train. A boy’s heart falls out his chest. A butterfly has a broken wing.StuffVinny's organising a surprise birthday party for his mate, Anita. It's not going well: his choice of venue is a bit misguided, Anita's not keen on leaving the house, and everyone else has their own stuff going on. Maybe a surprise party wasn’t the best idea? A play about trying (but not really managing) to help.FleshA group of teenagers wake up in a forest with no clue how they got there. They find themselves separated into two different teams but have no idea what game they are expected to play. With no food, no water and seemingly no chance of escape, it’s only a matter of time before things start to get drastic. But whose side are people on and how far will they go to survive?AgelessIn a not too distant future, Temples pharmaceutical corporation has quite literally changed the face of ageing. Their miracle drug keeps its users looking perpetually teenage. With an ever youthful population, how can society support those who are genuinely young?The Small HoursIt’s the middle of the night and Peebs and Epi are the only students left at school over half-term. At the end of their night out, former step-siblings Red and Jazz try to navigate their reunion. With only a couple of hours until morning, Jaffa tries to help Keesh finish an essay. As day breaks, Wolfie is getting up the courage to confess a secret to VJ at a party. Their choices are small yet momentous. The hours are small but feel very, very long. And when the night finally ends, the future is waiting – all of it.terraA group of classmates is torn apart by the opportunity to perform their own dance. As they disagree and bicker, two distinct physical groups emerge and separate into opposing teams. When a strange outsider appears – out of step with everyone else – the divide is disrupted. A contemporary narrative dance piece about individuality, community and heritage.VariationsThirteen-year-old Alice wishes her life was completely different. She wakes up one morning to find that her life is different. In fact, it's so different that all she wants to do is get back to normality. But how does she do that?
La mastite una malattia che causa infiammazione alla ghiandola mammaria e ha generalmente origine infettiva. la principale malattia che colpisce le mandrie da latte, causando perdite economiche dovute alle alterazioni quantitative e qualitative del latte, difficolt nel trattamento degli animali e abbattimento prematuro degli animali malati. Nella mastite infettiva, i batteri sono i microrganismi pi diffusi, con quelli del genere Staphylococcus che sono i principali responsabili della mastite nelle mandrie da latte. Questi microrganismi sono caratterizzati dalla capacit di produrre un'ampia variet di tossine extracellulari e altri fattori di virulenza come la formazione di biofilm, oltre a presentare resistenza agli agenti antimicrobici utilizzati nel trattamento degli animali. La mastite anche un problema di salute pubblica, poich le enterotossine stafilococciche sono responsabili di intossicazioni alimentari e possono essere trasmesse dal latte anche dopo il trattamento termico. Pertanto, questa revisione ha avuto lo scopo di affrontare gli aspetti della virulenza e della resistenza degli stafilococchi isolati nella mastite infettiva nelle mandrie da latte.
WINNER OF THE POPULAR MEDICINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018, BMA BOOK AWARDSRUNNING AWARDS 2019 – TOP BOOK'Juliet talks with you, not at you, and her enthusiasm for the joys of an active lifestyle is bound to inspire millions of women of all ages to lead healthier, fitter and much happier lives.' - Lisa Jackson, author of Your Pace or Mine? What Running Taught Me About Life, Laughter and Coming LastA friendly, accessible handbook that gives you a top-to-toe MOT to help you stay fit and well. From wearing the right bra or exercising during your period, to recovering from illness or keeping active during pregnancy, Juliet's advice will soon have you sorted and on the road to health.
La maggior parte degli attuali trattamenti farmacologici per la malattia di Parkinson (PD) allevia i sintomi senza invertire la progressione della malattia. I fattori patogeni della malattia includono lo stress ossidativo, l'infiammazione e l'eccitotossicit . La manipolazione di questi fattori potrebbe consentire lo sviluppo di strategie terapeutiche modificanti la malattia. L'identificazione di rare forme monogenetiche di PD (PARK1-11) ha permesso la creazione di modelli animali genetici. Il PARK7 causato da mutazioni nel gene DJ-1. L'obiettivo era quello di generare nuovi cloni di Drosophila, descrivere il fenotipo del modello Drosophila-DJ-1 in saggi di neurodegenerazione, durata della vita e resistenza a tossine esogene e utilizzarlo per testare farmaci potenzialmente modificanti la malattia. I risultati supportano l'ipotesi che DJ-1 svolga un ruolo nei meccanismi di protezione e riparazione cellulare. I farmaci che combinano propriet antiossidanti e antinfiammatorie hanno conferito una potente neuroprotezione dopaminergica nel modello di mosca e possono quindi avere un potenziale terapeutico per i trattamenti della PD basati sul meccanismo. Il presente studio convalida la Drosophila come modello utile per la sperimentazione preclinica di farmaci con potenziale terapeutico per le malattie neurodegenerative.
Le complicazioni durante il parto possono portare alla morte o alla disabilit della madre o del bambino. Si stima che la mortalit materna sia superiore a 440.000 casi ogni 1000 nascite vive e che il tasso pi elevato, pari al 99,00%, si registri nei paesi in via di sviluppo (OMS 2004). Il rischio di mortalit materna circa 175 volte superiore in alcune parti del mondo in via di sviluppo rispetto ai paesi industrializzati. (Hill et al., 2001). In Ghana, l'assistenza qualificata al parto rimane ferma intorno al 47,1%, ovvero il 37,9% in meno rispetto all'obiettivo fissato dall'OMS per il 2010, secondo cui entro tale data il 90,0% delle nascite dovrebbe essere assistito da personale qualificato. Il comune di Asante-Akim North, nella regione di Ashanti in Ghana, ha registrato un aumento del 58,8% delle assistenze qualificate nel 2006 rispetto al 53,4% del 2005. Il fatto che l'area comunale ancora al di sotto dell'obiettivo fissato dall'OMS. L'obiettivo principale dello studio era valutare i fattori che influenzano l'assistenza qualificata al parto nel comune di Asante Akim North. Lo studio ha raccomandato la sensibilizzazione dei seguenti membri della societ intervistati sposati, agricoltori e disoccupati, sulla necessit di ricorrere alle strutture sanitarie durante il parto e di farsi assistere da un'ostetrica professionista per aiutare a prevenire la mortalit materna e infantile.
Nine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the debate rolls on. How should we contend with our troubled history as a nation? What is the best way forward?This first book in UGA Press’s History in the Headlines series offers a rich discussion between four leading scholars who have studied the history of Confederate memory and memorialization. Through this dialogue, we see how historians explore contentious topics and provide historical context for students and the broader public. Confederate Statues and Memorialization artfully engages the past and its influence on present racial and social tensions in an accessible format for students and interested general readers.Following the conversation, the book includes a “Top Ten” set of essays and articles that everyone should read to flesh out their understanding of this contentious, sometimes violent topic. The book closes with an extended list of recommended reading, offering readers specific suggestions for pursuing other voices and points of view.
Nine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the debate rolls on. How should we contend with our troubled history as a nation? What is the best way forward?This first book in UGA Press’s History in the Headlines series offers a rich discussion between four leading scholars who have studied the history of Confederate memory and memorialization. Through this dialogue, we see how historians explore contentious topics and provide historical context for students and the broader public. Confederate Statues and Memorialization artfully engages the past and its influence on present racial and social tensions in an accessible format for students and interested general readers.Following the conversation, the book includes a “Top Ten” set of essays and articles that everyone should read to flesh out their understanding of this contentious, sometimes violent topic. The book closes with an extended list of recommended reading, offering readers specific suggestions for pursuing other voices and points of view.
This novel, described by the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review as "nothing short of miraculous," is the story of Zebra Wong, a Chinese girl whose pragmatic mind conflicts with her passionate heart; Lion Head, her classmate, whose penchant for romantic intrigue belies his political ambitions, and Katherine, the seductive American with the red lipstick and the wild laugh who teaches them English and other foreign concepts: individualism, sensuality, the Beatles. In Katherine's classroom, repression and rebellion meet head-on-and the consequences are both tragic and liberating.
"An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels."--Alison Weir"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich," Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history--that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family (Austin Chronicle).Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets--Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II--who rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king's son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. Anya Seton's vivid rendering of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster makes Katherine an unmistakable classic.
