Differential regulation of gonadotropin hormone production in the pituitary is critical for fertility. Activin and progesterone signaling in gonadotrope cells is important for Fshb gene expression. Previously, we reported that synergy between activin and progestins required the binding of SMAD proteins and the progesterone receptor (PR) to the murine Fshb promoter. In this study, we demonstrate...

'Health literacy' refers to accessing, understanding and using information to make health decisions. However, despite its introduction into the World Health Organization's Health Promotion Glossary, the term remains a confusing concept. We consider various definitions and measurements of health literacy in the international and Australian literature, and discuss the distinction between the broa...

Objective: To determine the suicide and depression literacy among healthcare professional students. Methods: Three hundred thirty nine healthcare professional students were assessed with socio-demographic and clinical proforma, depression literacy scale, and suicide literacy scale. Results: There was low score on measure of depression and suicide literacy. Paramedical have lower literacy of sui...

Low health literacy in patients and families has been called a silent epidemic. Although there is a great deal of literature to assist nurses to address health literacy problems, little has focused on overcoming low health literacy in critical care. This article provides a definition of health literacy, explores how Baker's health literacy model can be applied to the critical care environment u...

Paulo Freire is the patron of education in Brazil. His main work the Popular Education pedagogy influences many educators all over the world who believe in education as a way of liberating poor oppressed people. One of the outcomes of Freire's work is a literacy method, developed in the 1960's. In this paper, we propose the adoption of elements of Freire's Literacy Method for use in a pedagogic...

“Literacy is at the heart of world development and human rights,” writes Federico Mayor in the opening line of his foreword to Literacy: An International Handbook.’ Although this quote comes from only one of the texts from which this essay builds, it could actually be the opening line of any of the three books: Literacy as a Moral Imperative, Literacy for the Twenty-First Century, and Literacy:...

background: health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. the aim of this study was to identify the effect of various factors on health literacy in patients with diabetes.   methods: this was a cross-sectional observational study of 407 iranian patients older than 15 years of ...

Ukrainian undergraduate students face challenges in demonstrating high-level proficiency most of their academic writing. As an integral part achievement, writing skills are essential for success at the various levels students’ future career paths. Thus, literacy has raised considerable attention to teaching English as a second language. This study explores competence level 90 first-year Compute...

The recent emphasis on universal prekindergarten programs, coupled with ongoing concern about children’s’ early literacy development in the first years of school, carry significant implications for how preschool educators program for literacy and assess literacy growth. We discuss the evolving role of literacy development in expanded preschool, examine key features of literacy assessments with ...

Recently there has been a renewed interest in characterizing the role of fingerspelling for deaf readers. The present study takes a step back and creates a theoretical foundation for investigating similarities between fingerspelling and print decoding in hearing signers. In this way, we can probe the constraints of temporal processing and memory on L1 orthography and the processing of L2 finger...