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GWM Reynolds Reimagined: Studies in Authorship, Radicalism, and Genre, 1830-1870
No full textI have co-edited this new essay collection with a US colleague, and written a critical introduction and a chapter
Social supermarkets as food support innovations::exploring their nutritional implications and members
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Beyond the psychedelic hype:Beyond the psychedelic hype: Exploring the persistence of the neoliberal paradigm
No full textHistochemical and biochemical analysis of collagen content in formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded colonic samples:Laboratory protocol for analysis of collagen content in paraffin-embedded tissues
No full textCollagen is the most abundant structural protein and extracellular matrix component in mammals. In the human colon, collagen fibres reside in all the major functional sublayers; namely, the mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa and the serosa. Methods to quantify collagen content in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) stained sections are required and image analysis offers a technique by which the spatial distribution and localisation of collagen fibres can be easily measured. This laboratory protocol was developed from established techniques using FFPE colon. Human colonic samples embedded transversally in paraffin wax were serially sectioned and stained with either Masson’s trichrome (MT) or Picrosirius red (PSR) staining. Quantitation estimation of collagen content in each sublayers were performed via ImageJ processing. Hydroxyproline content was quantified using a rapid and sensitive assay in sectioned colonic tissue. Either MT or PSR staining followed by morphometric image analysis via ImageJ provided equally appreciable quantitative results. Moreso, analysis of hydroxyproline content in the samples indicate that this protocol could be useful in retrospective studies for FFPE samples. This laboratory protocol provides a systematic and reproducible method that can be utilised to accurately assess collagen content in individual functional sublayers of the colonic wall as well as detection of overall hydroxyproline content in FFPE specimens.<br/
Developing Rigor and Reducing Prejudices in a Grounded Theory Studies
No full textThe aim of this paper is to discuss issues associated with the rigor and credibility of grounded theory studies. Grounded theory methodology which is widely used in the business and management studies has been criticised for its presumed prejudices and credibility issues when it comes to consideration of pre- & post-study literature. This paper addresses all those key issues and provide an effective review to overcome such partisan views, and enhance rigor when conducting a grounded theory study. The authors provide a critical evaluation of their recently conducted empirical study with practical examples to highlight the key issues including commentary on the significance of theoretical sensitivity and reflexivity in grounded theory study. The authors also discussed the types of prejudices expected, and how building up rapport could support during data collection process. The paper aims to guide potential grounded theorists and doctoral researchers to improve rigor in their work and meet academic requirements satisfactorily. The paper will contribute theoretically by highlighting various issues in practice which have not been highlighted extensively in the literature previously
Lancashire hearth tax assessment 1664
No full textLancashire hearth tax assessment 1664 on Hearth Tax Digital, published in 7 parts. This is the first occasion that an assessment or return has been published for Lancashire in its entirety. Earlier publications have comprised a partial selection of data for West Derby hundred (TNA E 179/250/6: 1662 Michaelmas return) and Liverpool (TNA E 179/132/355: 1673 Michaelmas return). Details of these publications are in in Jeremy Gibson’s The Hearth Tax and other later Stuart tax lists and the Association Oath Rolls (2nd edn., Birmingham and Roehampton, 1996), p. 36. Neither of these extracts contain data on the non-chargeable and hence are incomplete records. The assessment is divided into seven parts, of which six relate to the hundreds of Amounderness (part 2), Blackburn (part 3), Leyland (part 4), Lonsdale (part 1), Salford (part 6) and West Derby (part 5), while part 7 contains data on walled up hearths. In parts 1-6 there are data on 31,941 households, divided between 21,694 chargeable households with 35,337 hearths and 10,247 non-chargebable households with 10,754 hearths. The assessment was the work of county justice of the peace, Richard Whithead, and eight officials, whose individual signatures record the completion of their work between 19th and 30th of April at the end of parts 1-4 and 6. All seven parts are in good condition, although, part 5 had to be put back into its correct order by C.A.F. Meekings, whose comparison with audit records identified the absence of data on Great Crosby, Little Crosby, Ince Blundell and Litherland. Parts 1 to 6 are identical in format. Each has a two-panel format, with the left-hand panel for the chargeable and the right-hand for the non-chargeable. This pattern is retained across all rotulets, varying in length between 60 and 80 cm, but with a consistent width of 19 cm. The importance of adhering to this model is demonstrated, firstly, by the opening rubric in each part explaining the columns, and, secondly, by a header at the top of each rotulet setting out the distinction between chargeable and non-chargeable, sometimes using an additional header of "the second column" (e.g. part 3, rot. 1). The diligence of Whithead and his colleagues means that readers at each opening can cast their eyes down data from head to foot on the recto and the dorse to read data on chargeable and/or non-chargeable. Readability is further enhanced by personal and place names written in English and hearth numbers in Arabic numbers. The layout of the 1664 Lady Day assessment, with the exception of the addition of the non-chargeable and part 7 on walled up hearths, follows the pattern of the Lady Day 1663 assessment (TNA E 179/250/8). Both assessments have the same dimensions, each part relating to a hundred, use Arabic numbers and English for personal and place names, and columns are generally unencumbered by extraneous data. Hence the clarity and neatness of the work of Whithead and his team arose from following the template first apparent from a year earlier. A minor improvement arose from taking care to include an explanatory rubric above each hundredal title in the 1664 assessment, in contrast to their absence in parts 3 (Blackburn) and 5 (West Derby) from the 1663 assessment. Part 7 comprises six rotulets and although undated, layout and the rubrication suggest that it is contemporary to the 1664 Lady Day assessment. Here the use of column headers on "Hearths walled up" above both the left and the right-hand columns, in addition to the opening rubric, are noteworthy evidence in favour of the connection between part 7 and parts 1-6. Part 7 is an unusual record. There are only single rotulets for Leyland (rot. 1), Lonsdale (rot. 2) and West Derby (rot. 6). As each begins with a rubric and there is space at the bottom for continuation of each list, it seems likely that the walling up of hearths was limited in these three hundreds, in contrast to Blackburn hundred (rots. 2-5). One reading of part 7 would be that this was an effort by householders to evade the tax, mostly by blocking up one or two surplus hearths in each property, but in some places there was more wide scale walling up, as at Dutton (rot. 4), where 13 of the 21 walled up hearths relate to three or four hearths. The data for part 7 are categorised as non-chargeable in the database, with 706 entries relating to 924 hearths, including four illegible entries
On Andante:A Collection of Responses to the performance Andante by Igor x Moreno
No full textA visual essay as a spectatorial response to Igor x Moreno's 2017 performance of Andante. The book collection includes other artists' responses, including Simon Ellis, Paul Paschal, Rosemary Lee, Sara Ortolani, Simon Bowes and others