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Interview with Dr. Matthew Specter
No full textCENFAD community interview with Dr. Matthew Specter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for European Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, concerning his book The Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States (Stanford University Press, 2022
Book Review - Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980
No full textBook Review authored by Ariel Natalo-Lifton, History PhD candidate at Temple Universit
The Effects of Acute Online Yoga for Anxiety and Mood States: A Pilot Study: Online Yoga for Anxiety
No full textPURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects that an acute bout of online yoga has on anxiety. The secondary purpose was to compare the anxiolytic effects of this study to the effect size reported for the effects of acute in-person yoga (1). METHODS: Eligible participants were randomly assigned to a 30-minute, prerecorded Zoom session of either yoga practice or yoga information. Prior to and following completing the recording, participants completed an online survey assessing anxiety and mood. An effect size (SMD) was calculated and compared to the effect size reported in a meta-analysis (1). RESULTS: Statistically significant group X time interactions were found for anxiety outcomes (intensity, frequency, total) (p<.026) and for POMS tension, fatigue, depression, esteem-related, vigor, and total mood disturbance scores, p<.041. Yoga participants reported a greater reduction in total anxiety and total mood disturbance scores compared to information participants. The SMD anxiety scores in this study was .54 (95% CI, .051-1.034), which is comparable to the effect size previously reported (1) which was .55 (95% CI, .29-.79). CONCLUSION: Acute online yoga was found to reduce anxiety. When compared to in person yoga, online yoga appears to have similar anxiolytic effects
Ending Disparities for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Organ Transplantation Process
Full text linkAt each step of the organ transplantation process, significant disparities exist for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). While some jurisdictions have attempted to stop this discrimination, patients with IDD remain underserved, experiencing reduced access to care and poor health outcomes. Many physicians lack the expertise to determine accurate patient outcomes and are prone to define IDD as a contraindication for transplantation.
In this study, we identify five systematic flaws which encourage discrimination against patients with IDD. In response, we recommend solutions that can be implemented at federal, state, and institutional levels to: (1) improve physician-patient interactions, (2) debunk false assumptions garnered by physicians about the patient population, (3) encourage equitable treatment opportunities for patients, (4) incite better transparency in the patient evaluation process, and (5) foster a sustainable system of donated resources.
Despite empirically similar post-transplantation survival rates between individuals with and without IDD, organ transplantation is not equitably opportune. Physicians can better fulfill their duty to equitably serve their patients through compassionate care and proper education on medical outcomes. Nondiscrimination policies should be adopted at federal, state, and institutional levels to improve access and outcomes for patients with IDD, particularly those in need of organ transplants.  
The (Colonial) History of Sexuality: The Colonial Categorization of Sexuality in Colonized India
No full textThis is a South Asian theory-building paper on the intersection of gender and colonization critiquing western philosophical notions on a history of human sexuality that omits colonialism as a primary factor in the sociological normalization of sexual repression and sexual violence. Using staple texts and foundational authors highlighting the material implications of Post-Modernist theory in the field of gender studies, such as Michel Foucault and Veronique Mottier, this paper identifies the shortcomings of said theories. Then, the paper compares the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial material conditions of the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh grouped by mirrored cultural and geopolitical ties. Pre-colonial historical documentation showed that ancient to medieval cultures held varied but still normalized notions on sexual relations that are non-monogamous, extra-marital, and same-gender. Colonial case studies identified how racialization, Victorian Puritanism, and masculinity identified repressive and sexually violent British administration. Post-colonial analysis on contemporary material conditions showed how colonization was the turning point in Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi sexual attitudes and the concrete implications this research has stigmatized genders and sexual practices in South Asia. This research theorizes the origins of contemporary sexual attitudes as originating from methods of colonization and their greater modern-day connections
News from the CENFAD Community
No full textHighlighting the accomplishments of former and current Temple history graduate students and professors, as well as others from the CENFAD community of scholars
Interview with Dr. Robert "Bob" Vitalis
No full textCENFAD community interview with Dr. Robert "Bob" Vitalis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, concerning his book Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy (Stanford University Press, 2020
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon
No full textCENFAD community interview with Dr. Elizabeth R. Varon, Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, concerning her book Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2019
Interview with Dr. Paul Adler
No full textCENFAD community interview with Dr. Paul Adler, Assistant Professor of History at Colorado College, concerning his book No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021