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C A Corbett

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PubMed1998

Parent characteristics and educational program involvement.

Researchers have noted the apparently contradictory phenomenon of parents highly supportive of their deaf or hard of hearing child but apparently uninvolved with their child s school program (e.g., Bennet, 1988; Boone, 1992; Harry, 1993). This study explored this phenomenon by asking: What are the characteristics of these children s care providers? What is the nature of involvement? Is there a relationship between involvement or noninvolvement and parents characteristics? One hundred and five parents of deaf children ages 2 to 8 years in five U.S. cities were interviewed to ascertain the characteristics of those providing care for these children and their ability to respond to educational program initiatives requiring a specific set of values as well as certain personal resources. The authors found that (1) there are distinct subgroups of parents with distinct capabilities for responding to their children s educational needs; (2) there are different forms of response to a child s educational needs; (3) there is an interaction between parent type and nature of the response.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Glycogen metabolism and signal transduction in mammals and yeast.

Mammalian glycogen synthase, with its complex multisite phosphorylation mechanisms, continues to provide interesting and novel examples of the regulation of protein function. The mammalian enzyme is phosphorylated in a hierarchal manner such that modification of certain sites requires the prior phosphorylation of other sites. Yeast contains two glycogen synthases that have extensive similarities to their mammalian counterpart but the greatest divergence in amino acid sequence is seen precisely in the regions likely to be involved in covalent control. We hope that examination of the control of the yeast glycogen synthase will be as informative as study of the mammalian enzymes, whether by revealing important parallels with the mammalian system or by uncovering major differences in mechanism.

Amino Acid Sequence↗