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Robert H. Fuson oral history interview by Nancy Hewitt, August 8, 1985
Get PDFRobert Fuson, professor of Geography at USF since 1960, discusses the shortcomings of interdisciplinary teaching in the university\u27s early years, relations between students, faculty, staff, and administration, the Johns Committee, the relation between teaching and research over the years, and changes in administration
Quest: A Journal of Undergraduate Student Research
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A staple of medieval English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales remains relevant after so many years due to its discourse on fundamental social issues, its cutting satire, and its striking characters. Perhaps the most memorable of these characters is one whose discourse is particularly relevant today in an era of constantly redefined gender roles: the Wife of Bath. This outspoken dame takes center stage in the marriage cycle of the Tales and is one of the first female characters in English literature to question a woman's place in society and in marriage. Using her wit and her personal experience, the Wife of Bath is able to bring women's issues to the forefront of an otherwise male-dominated discussion, but her contribution to Chaucer's magnum opus does not end there. Through the unusual and often unorthodox debating techniques that the Wife of Bath employs, Chaucer questions the value of traditional, academic
philosophy divorced from experience, and demonstrates that philosophy is of greater value when it draws from and is able to influence one's personal experience-even mundane or base experience-than it is in the ethereal realm of academia where a degenerate scholasticism came to reside.122-33
A construção do número: os modelos de Klahr & Wallace; Von Glasersfeld e K. Fuson
No full textNo âmbito dos estudos sobre o pensamento aritmético, a compreensão do desenvolvimento do conceito de número tem sido alvo de controvérsia, desde a interpretação de que a aprendizagem da matemática se dá, principalmente, através da formação de conexões internas, até o estudo dos processos cognitivos subjacentes ao raciocínio aritmético. Assim, a influência da interpretação construtivista da gênese das estruturas lógicas estende-se não só a Von Glasersfeld (1988), que postula que os conceitos abstratos são construídos a partir de experiências do quotidiano, como também à influência que o social exerce na construção dos processos subjacentes ao raciocínio aritmético (Fuson, 1988; Fuson & Burghardt, 2003). Inversamente a essa interpretação, a perspectiva inatista do desenvolvimento (Gelman & Gallistel, 1978; Klahr & Wallace, 1973) propõe que as crianças nascem com princípios lógicos inerentes à construção do conhecimento aritmético elementar
Long-term quality of life after treatment for locally advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma: surgery and postoperative radiotherapy versus concurrent chemoradiation.
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term quality of life (QoL) in survivors with oropharyngeal carcinoma (OC) treated with surgery and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) versus concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QoL Questionnaires. The study group consisted of 57 patients. The scores for physical (P=0.043) and social (P=0.036) functioning were significantly more favorable in the chemoradiation group. Surgical patients showed statistically higher problems with fatigue (P=0.047), pain (P=0.027), swallowing (P=0.042), social eating (P=0.038) and social contact (P=0.002). CRT group reported significantly greater problems with teeth (P=0.049), open mouth (P=0.036), dry mouth (P=0.022) and sticky saliva (P=0.044). The global QoL score was higher in CRT group (P=0.027). These results support an organ preservation approach with CRT in patients with advanced OC. However, considering the absence of randomized trial comparing outcomes after surgical versus nonsurgical approaches, severe xerostomia following CRT, the higher postoperative morbidity in the setting of salvage surgery, future prospective clinical trials on greater samples of patients are needed to confirm our conclusions
Open Negotiation Education for Academic Libraries – Introducing the ONEAL Project
No full textCAUL welcomes the team from the ONEAL Project who will speak about the valuable work the organisation provides in developing curricula and open educational resources to support negotiation education for academic libraries and Master of Library Science (MLS/MLIS) programs. These resources introduce negotiation theory and practical strategy using academic library context of negotiating vendor agreements.
The open curriculum will include introductions to critical issues in academic libraries as they intersect with contract negotiations such as user privacy, platform governance, emerging publishing models, author rights, and computational collections research. Speaking on behalf of the ONEAL Project will be Katharine V. Macy (Project Director/Principal Investigator), Scarlet Galvan (Co-Principal Investigator. Collection Strategist Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries) and Courtney Fuson (Co-Principal Investigator. Asset Management Librarian and Subject Liaison to Education at Belmont University). This session will be highly useful for library staff experienced with licence negotiations as well as those with less experience, and those likely to be involved in negotiations in future
Response to Fuson, Clements, and Sarama Commentary on Litkowski, Duncan, Logan, and Purpura (2020)
No full textIn response to Fuson et al.’s commentary on Litkowski et al. (2020), we clarify and expand on three areas: (1) the need for prekindergarten standards, (2) the value in developmental survey work, and (3) the importance of understanding curriculum translation and uptake. Specifically, we note that standards need to be appropriate for grade-level and it is time for more aligned prekindergarten standards. Developmental survey work is critical for ensuring that standards and expectations are accurate and adjusted to meet current needs and can be used address equity issues in instruction. Furthermore, we agree that intervention and curriculum work are needed, but there should be explicit emphasis on enhancing uptake and use of high-quality instruction. Ultimately, we need a system of assessment and instruction that is continually updated and improved, that integrates and modifies new evidence over time to ensure that we are striving for—and attaining—the best results for young children
Matched survival analysis in patients with locoregionally advanced resectable oropharyngeal carcinoma: platinum-based induction and concurrent chemoradiotherapy versus primary surgical resection.
No full textThe outcome of a prospective case series of 47 patients with newly diagnosed resectable locoregionally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with platinum-based induction-concurrent chemoradiotherapy (IC/CCRT) was compared with the outcome of 47 matched historical control patients treated with surgery and postoperative RT.
METHODS AND MATERIALS:A total of 47 control patients with locoregionally advanced oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma were identified from review of a prospectively compiled comprehensive computerized head-and-neck cancer database and were matched with a prospective case series of patients undergoing IC/CCRT by disease stage, nodal status, gender, and age (± 5 years). The IC/CCRT regimen consisted of one cycle of induction chemotherapy followed by conventionally fractionated RT to a total dose of 66-70 Gy concomitantly with two cycles of chemotherapy. Each cycle of chemotherapy consisted of cisplatinum, 100 mg/m(2), and a continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil, 1,000 mg/m(2)/d for 5 days. The survival analysis was performed using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Matched-pair survival was compared using the Cox proportional hazards model.
RESULTS:No significant difference was found in the overall survival or progression-free survival rates between the two groups. The matched analysis of survival did not show a statistically significant greater hazard ratio for overall death (hazard ratio, 1.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.65-2.80; p = .415) or progression (hazard ratio, 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 0.72-2.87; p = .301) for patients undergoing IC/CCRT.
CONCLUSION:Although the sample size was small and not randomized, this matched-pair comparison between a prospective case series and a historical cohort treated at the same institution showed that the efficacy of IC/CCRT with salvage surgery is as good as primary surgical resection and postoperative RT
Aerobic capacities in the heart, kidneys, and splanchnic organs of harbor seals: adaptations to diving hypoxia
No full textDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-56).Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.Pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) have an elevated mitochondrial volume density [Vv(mt)] and citrate synthase (CS) and ��-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HOAD) activity in their swimming muscles, to maintain aerobic metabolism, as an adaptation for diving hypoxia. However, little is known about the aerobic capacity of other organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and splanchnic organs. The goal of this study was to determine if any of these organs have an elevated Vv(mt) and CS and HOAD activity as an adaptation for sustaining aerobic metabolism and normal function during hypoxia. Samples of heart, liver, kidney, stomach, and small intestine were taken from ten freshly dead harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and fixed in glutaraldehyde for transmission electron microscopy or frozen in liquid nitrogen for enzymatic analysis. Samples from dogs and rats were used for comparative purposes. Mitochondrial volume density per volume of tissue scaled to mass specific metabolic rate in the heart, liver, kidneys, stomach and small intestine of harbor seals was elevated when compared to that of terrestrial control animals such as dog and rat. The Vv(mt)/RMR (RMR = mass specific resting metabolic rate) of the harbor seal heart was 1.4 and 2.3X greater than the dog and rat, respectively. Vv(mt)/RMR of the harbor seal liver was 2.5 and 5X greater than the dog and rat, respectively. Vv(mt)/RMR of the harbor seal kidney was 2 and 4X greater than the dog and rat, respectively. The Vv(mt)/RMR of the harbor seal stomach was 1.8 and 4.5X greater than the dog and rat, respectively. The Vv(mt)/RMR of the harbor seal intestine was 3 and 3.3X greater than the dog and rat, respectively. CS and HOAD activity scaled to mass specific metabolic rate in the heart and liver of harbor seals was elevated over the dog and rat as well (2.3 and 1.4X in the heart, and 2.5 and 5X in the liver). These data suggest that organs such as the liver, kidneys, and stomach also possess a heightened ability for aerobic, fat-based metabolism during the hypoxia associated with routine diving
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