Although not always named, grief is central to the experience of mental illness — for people diagnosed, their families and their friends. Yet grief is almost absent from the literature and practice of mainstream psychiatry. This curious fact led to the writing of this article by two workers and a carer, with editorial and political advice from a consumer, as a small step in the direction of integrating perspectives of workers, carers and consumers. It examines the nature of grief associated with mental illness, its impact on family members, and why mainstream mental health services do not directly address it, with suggestions for some therapeutic ways to conceptualise and work with it.

Topical administration of the promoter, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), is accompanied by an increased incorporation of [3H]arachidonic acid into mouse skin and a very significant activation of epidermal cell membrane phospholipase A2 without affecting intracellular acid phospholipase. Similar enhancement in epidermal cell phospholipase A2 was observed after application of phorbol-12,13-didecanoate or 3-methylcholanthrene to mouse skin. A small but significant increase in phospholipase A2 activity is also seen after application of the nonpromoter irritant, acetic acid. The elevated levels of the prostaglandins observed in mouse skin after topical application of promoters are probably triggered by the activation of this membrane enzyme.

Applying a modified-Delphi technique, this research study sought consensus from business education mentor teachers regarding the top three areas in which business education student teachers were prepared as well as underprepared for their roles as teachers. Further, the mentor teachers provided recommendations for business education teacher preparation programs to implement to better prepare their teacher candidates for the student teaching internship. To that end, the mentor teachers did not gain consensus on the top three areas their student teachers were most prepared. However, they did agree classroom management and working with special needs’ students were among the top three areas their student teachers were least prepared. The mentor teachers agreed business education teacher preparation programs could provide more experiences with classroom management in public schools and provide their teacher candidates with more information about the workload and commitment needed to be effective teachers.

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The C49 to C54 TiSi2 transformation temperature is shown to be reduced by increasing the ramp rate during rapid thermal processing and this effect is more pronounced for thinner initial Ti and Ti(Ta) films. Experiments were performed on blanket wafers and on wafers that had patterned