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Assessment of the Demand for Occupational Therapy Upgrade Programs from Diploma to Degree in Kenya
Full text linkOccupational therapy (OT) education and training in Kenya has been in existence for over 50 years but stagnated at diploma level qualifications until 2012 when two (2) Kenyan universities established the diploma to degree upgrade programs.�This study intended to assess the need, demand, and uptake for OT upgrade programs offered in Kenya.�Quantitative exploratory design was utilized. The target population comprised of practicing OTs with diploma qualifications who have not registered for upgrade degree programs (Group 1 � G1); and OTs who have either graduated from or enrolled in an upgrade degree program in Kenyan University (Group 2 � G2). The national research licensing and Institutional Research Boards (IRB) approved the study. Simple random sampling was conducted on a population of 259 members of a Kenya Occupational Therapy Association (KOTA) online forum to select G1. Census sampling was conducted on 108 ongoing and graduated occupational therapists from two universities to select G2. Two separate structured online questionnaires were administered toG1 and G2.�Only 108 of approximately 2000 diploma holders trained in Kenya have registered for upgrade degree programs (0.054%). The study findings revealed a significant difference between the G1 and G2 groups�t�(23) = -2.769, p = .008 at p < .05 in the knowledge and competency levels. The greatest demand for upgrade programs was in the 21 to 30 years� age group at 52% (G1, n=78). This study provides baseline data to inform further development and strengthening of existing and future OT education curricula in Kenya
Animality and Forgetfulness in the Second Untimely Meditation
No full textThis article investigates the roles of animality and forgetfulness in Nietzsche�s On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life, commonly known as the Second Untimely Meditation. Nietzsche poetically contrasts human historical consciousness with the unhistorical state of animals, which he associates with forgetfulness, immediacy, and happiness. The study explores how these unhistorical elements�especially forgetfulness�are not failures but active forces essential for life and action. It further examines how Nietzsche�s notions of the historical, unhistorical, and suprahistorical evolve in his later works, linking them to his critique of morality and the development of key concepts like the will to power and the overhuman.
The Harder they Fall - End Times Criminology
Full text linkIt is observed that the decline of the empire will be attended by a profile of criminality. That profile may be extrapolated from the causes and conditions of impending collapse. In the case of the US empire, certain expressive and instrumental crime are expected to be observed. In its foreign policy, the US has stood up and sought to withdraw support from rogue proxies and their terrorist violence. This has produced a blowback of delegitimacy and disorder. Domestically, there are crimes associated with the unease of a failing ideological and economic enterprise, including hate crimes and accelerationist violence associated with ethno-nationalistic and settler colonial prejudices. Elites in a failing empire become more insular and besieged, demanding a less democratic and liberal environment for speech and political assembly, thus producing new categories of political crime
Three First Generation College Mexican American Women Life Experiences when Accessing and Completing a Doctoral Program: A Qualitative Study
Full text linkThis scholarly investigation delves into the personal journeys of three remarkable first-generation Mexican American women who pursued a Ph.D. despite the many obstacles they faced. While two of these women have already achieved tenure, the third is currently in her first year of doctoral studies. Throughout the ups and downs of their academic pursuits, these women frequently experienced self-doubt and struggled to compete with peers who had greater access to scholarships and grants. Nevertheless, they chose to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and were unwavering in their determination to make the most of it. Each has a unique story of what motivated them to persevere, but one common thread is the reward of earning a PhD ultimately exceeded any hardships they encountered along the way. Their incredible life experiences can inspire others to aim high and pursue their dreams. By utilizing analytical lenses grounded in ethnography and constructivist theory, this study provides valuable insight into the social dynamics and personal experiences of first-generation college students who aspire to complete a doctoral program
The Role of Art in Conflict Resolution: Insight From the Apoo Festival of the People of Techiman, Ghana
Full text linkThe use of arts to communicate and express values is seen in the cultural life across many African societies; they are symbolic and identify the people by narrating their customs, traditions and history. These arts are featured in the celebration of many festivals and some contribute to the level of reconciling people and resolving conflict. One popular festival� in Ghana that is noted for using the arts as a symbolic role in resolving conflicts is the Apoo Festival, which is celebrated by the people of Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. This study sought to investigate into these arts and how they are used as a symbolical aid during the Apoo Festival in resolving conflicts .Non-participant observation, personal interview, and focus group discussions guided the collection of data from 51 participants consisting of traditional authorities, traditional priests, elderly respondents, and the youth. The findings concludes that the use of arts as a symbolic element in aiding the Apoo Festival to project the message of peace to the community is indispensable.�
The Setting and its Significance in a Few of Anita Desai\u27s Selected Novels
Full text linkAnita Desai is among the most distinguished and well-known Indian writers. Anita Desai was born on June 24, 1937, into a mixed-race family consisting of a Bengali father and a German mother. She was fluent in Hindi, English, Bengali, and German. Anita Desai nevertheless decided to write her children\u27s books, novellas, and novels in English. In the traditional sense, she is not a social realist. Her stories focus on man-woman interactions, marital problems, emotional struggles, loneliness, and a lack of communication. Anita Desai\u27s emphasis on the inner temperament of her characters sets her apart from other female authors. Her main objective is to depict the characters\u27 mental states at a critical exigency
Quantum Mechanics as Structuralist Chimera
Full text linkI argue that properties and relations are in the same boat with respect to quantum mechanics. That just as properties cannot be considered as ``hidden variables" so also neither can the relation of �being correlated with. Nevertheless properties and relations can both be understood as incomplete expressions: they are both contextual, properly understood. �The argument on this leverages a neglected proof by Ad�n Cabello. We show that this latter argument extends and strengthens an argument given by van Fraassen in his (2006). The argument given also considerably strengthens the arguments given previously by Cao (2003) and Psillos (2006). I end by sketching a way of understanding that this contextuality is similar across relativity theory and quantum theory
Campus Media Narrating of Pro-Palestine Protest Movements: Case Study of the Columbia Daily Spectator
Full text linkSince the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict there have been sporadic protests on American campuses calling for a ceasefire and supporting Palestine. The recent protest at Columbia University sparked a wave of similar actions across the nation. On April 17, a pro-Palestinian protest erupted at Columbia University, where students set up tents on campus to call for the university to divest from companies linked to Israel. The Columbia Daily Spectator, the student-run newspaper of Columbia University, stands as a prominent voice within the campus community, providing coverage and commentary on a wide range of social and political issues.
This paper investigates the coverage of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University by The Columbia Daily Spectator from April 17 to May 17, 2024. The paper analyzes 143 reports, focusing on the language, narratives, and perspectives presented to understand how the campus media narrates the protest movement and shapes public discourse. Employing narrative analysis method, the findings reveal that the newspaper primarily adopts a chronological reporting style, vividly depicting the students� commitment and urgency. Various voices are included, offering a balanced perspective on the motivations of all parties involved. However, the coverage reflects an implicit bias, often portraying the students as instigators of conflict while portraying the university�s responses- often involving suppression and police intervention- as necessary measures for safety concerns. The protests embody an anti-establishment sentiment, challenging prevailing political taboos, particularly regarding the US-Israel relationship. Notably, the absence of middle-ground voices in the coverage may lead to a one-sided interpretation of events, emphasizing the voices of influential groups while sidelining neutral or alternative viewpoints. In general, it becomes clear that the student newspaper constructs a story of committed and principled student activists standing up against a rigid and controlling administration
Arboreal Thinking The Obsession with Order in Brexit and Ali Smith’s Autumn
Full text linkAs one of the most influential political events in 21st-century Europe, Brexit was not merely a political, economic, and administrative event but also a cultural phenomenon. In the context of this historical backdrop, Ali Smith�s Autumn (2016) emerged as the first literary work to directly engage with the issue of Brexit, garnering significant critical and public attention upon its publication. Significantly, this study reveals that the �intergenerational desire� in Autumn is not expressed through direct character interactions but rather is mediated through a reconfigured temporality constructed via natural imagery, particularly that of the �thing�- �tree�. Furthermore, the novel exposes the social fragmentation and relational complexities resulting from the Brexit referendum, revealing that while it ostensibly addresses ethnic tensions, its deeper critique centers on issues of class identity. Focusing on the arboreal motif, this paper examines how the novel articulates the intellectual woman-Elisabeth�s distinctive vision of social order through three interrelated dimensions-intergenerational desire, the politics of time, and ethnic discourse-thereby proposing potential pathways for reimagining post-Brexit British society
The History of the Anomalous Verb to be, from Old to Modern English
Full text linkThis article aims to describe the intricate history of the verb to be, focusing on its abundant inflection irregularities, from Old to Modern English. As any other research on historical linguistics, this article�s main goal is not only to point diachronic changes within the language, but also to explain how and why they happened, relying for such purpose on reputed theorists like Campbell (2013) and Bybee (2015), in addition to historical linguists whose works deal specifically with the development of the English language, such as Algeo (2010),Hogg &Fulk (2011), Ringe& Taylor (2014), among others. From a methodological point of view, this text displays each verbal tense on synoptic tables containing inflections from Old, Middle and Modern English, followed by several explanatory comments in order to clarify certain phonetic or morphologic phenomena. In short, one can say that the numerous irregularities found throughout the conjugation of the verb to be derive from the intermixing of two Old English verbs, b?onand wesan, which in turn were already irregular themselves