1,045 research outputs found
An Evening with Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory, Civil Rights Activist, Nutritionist, Comedian, and Author
No full textGregory, Richard Claxton “Dick” (Born, October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Mo.), African American comedian and civil rights activist whose social satire changed the way white Americans perceived African American comedians since he first performed in public. Gregory’s autobiography, Nigger, was published in 1963 prior to The assassination of President Kennedy, and became the number one best-selling book in America. Over the decades it has sold in excess of seven million copies. His choice for the title was explained in the forward, where Dick Gregory wrote a note to his mother. “Whenever you hear the word ‘Nigger’,” he said, “you’ll know their advertising my book.” In 1984 he founded Health Enterprises, Inc., a company that distributed weight loss products. In 1987 Gregory introduced the Slim-Safe Bahamian Diet, a powdered diet mix, which was immensely profitable. Economic losses caused in part by conflicts with his business partners led to his eviction from his home in 1992. Gregory remained active, however, and in 1996 returned to the stage in his critically acclaimed one-man show, Dick Gregory Live! The reviews of Gregory’s show compared him to the greatest stand-ups in the history of Broadway
58451: Army Form B 449A - Ernest Claxton
No full textErnest Claxton (31/3/1886 " 24/10/1956):Served in the Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A.) mainly in India (1905-17) and Mesopotamia (1917-19). Additional material has been enclosed on the following pages .</p
On the value of Digital Traces for commercial strategy and public policy: Telecommunications data as a case study
No full textJust as information and communication technologies (ICT) and the digital economy are transforming everyday life, so they are transforming our ways of knowing about everyday life. The breadth of social practices that are mediated by digital infrastructure, and thus recorded by digital traces, has not gone unnoticed in the social sciences.1 Coupled with technological and methodologi- cal advances in large-scale data capture, storage, and analysis, transactional data on communication, con- sumption, leisure, health, work, and education are now routinely collected and can, in principle, be employed for a wide range of analyses. Clearly, the increased traceability of social networks can enhance our ability to extract actionable insight by analyzing their form, distribution, and structure through digital media. Consequently, an enormous potential to generate important insights and innovation exists within the social sciences through an improved understand- ing of spatialized social networks (i.e., place-based analyses of social network structures over time). As we will show, these networks have applications in—at the very least—regional development, market research, and infrastructure planning because the structure and spatial distribution of social networks underpins demand (and, consequently, supply or provisioning) as well as provides indicators of well-being, integration, and cohesion
Fort Worth Opera Guild: Mrs. Fred B. Dickey, Mrs. G. Karl Alexander, Jr., and Mrs. Claxton E. Lovin
No full textTrying on earrings they plan on wearing for the buffet supper honoring the stars of The Gypsy Baron , March 6, 1966 when hosts appear in gypsy costume, are Mrs. Fred B. Dickey, seated left, who gets a helping hand from Mrs. G. Karl Alexander Jr., and Mrs. Claxton E. Lovin, right. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning edition February 27, 1966.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/3161/thumbnail.jp
On identifying long and short term predictors for the development of AIDS using nonparametric hazard regression with time-dependent coefficients
No full textGrund B, Krämer A, Claxton A. On identifying long and short term predictors for the development of AIDS using nonparametric hazard regression with time-dependent coefficients. In: Krämer A, Stock C, eds. HIV-Ausbreitung und Prävention : epidemiologische Trends und präventive Strategien. Gesundheitsforschung. Weinheim: Juventa-Verl.; 1996: 55-69
Minibiotus furcatus
No full textMinibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859) Macrobiotus jurcatus Ehrenberg, 1859: 452, fig. Ill. [Type locality: Monte Rosa, Italy] Minibiotusjurcatus.- Binda & Pilato, 1992: 113-115, figs. 1A,B. Material examined. None Emended diagnosis. Yellow body cells, smooth cuticle with variably shaped pores arranged in rows; long ventral reinforcing bar and long macroplacoid row, small indistinct microplacoid; long slender claws with short, high accessory claws and lightly toothed lunules on fourth pair of legs.Published as part of Claxton, Sandra K., 1998, A revision of the genus Minibiotus (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) with descriptions of eleven new species from Australia, pp. 125-160 in Records of the Australian Museum 50 (2) on page 158, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1276, http://zenodo.org/record/465293
CLAXTON by Mark Cocker:Natural history, location, environmental subjects, conservation
No full textEditor: Dan Franklin; Senior art editor: Suzanne DeanCo-ordinated by the Central Illustration Agency, LondonSixteen wood engravings for cover-art, chapter headings and spine illustrations.Two-colour cover-art, and black & white full-page illustrationsThe conceptual approach to this series of illustrations was based upon the spirit of nature and landscape, as well as the actual appearance of animals, birds, insects, and plants. This was not to be a realistic representation of particular species, although detailed field-work, visual and literary exploration were necessary during the research process. All twelve subjects required to be immediately recognisable, whether abstracted, fragmented, or distorted. Conversations with the author enhanced the appropriate visual interpretation of his text. Having illustrated two previous books by Mark Cocker, (Tiger in the Sand and Crow Country), as well as his journalism for BBC Wildlife Magazine, there was an established affinity between author and illustrator. A short walk on the Claxton marshes, and the search for a bush cricket gave insight into the subject. Also, this was a prime example of the four-way collaboration that personifies book illustration, at least in some quarters. Throughout the genesis of the illustrations, there was an essential connection between author, artist, designer and editor. All four need to be in agreement within the timescale of the brief, towards resolving the work. This was enhanced by the constraints of print deadlines and the final publishing date. A series of rough visuals in pencil showed my intended compositions, at which stage all decisions were made about the final illustrations. This is an entirely creative process, depending upon direct conversation, email correspondence, and the exchange of imagery between all parties, and their associated comments. Thus an illustrator must maintain his or her integrity and vision, whilst responding in a positive manner to advice and criticism from those who have commissioned the work. In this kind of project, there is a unity of purpose between the four collaborators which gives the work its momentum and focus
Segmented Cox models can distinguish long and short term progression markers for AIDS
No full textClaxton A, Krämer A, Grund B, Hannan PJ, Jacobs DR. Segmented Cox models can distinguish long and short term progression markers for AIDS. In: Kunath H, Lochmann U, Straube R, Jöckel KH, Köhler CO, eds. Medizin und Information. Tagung Epidemiologie der Deutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Epidemiologie (DAE), Dresden, 21.-22. September 1994. München: MMV Medizin Verlag; 1995: 516-520
Dimensions of design space: a decision-theoretic approach to optimal research design
No full textBayesian decision theory can be used not only to establish the optimal sample size and its allocation in a single clinical study, but also to identify an optimal portfolio of research combining different types of study design. Within a single study, the highest societal pay-off to proposed research is achieved when its sample sizes, and allocation between available treatment options, are chosen to maximise the Expected Net Benefit of Sampling (ENBS). Where a number of different types of study informing different parameters in the decision problem could be conducted, the simultaneous estimation of ENBS across all dimensions of the design space is required to identify the optimal sample sizes and allocations within such a research portfolio. This is illustrated through a simple example of a decision model of zanamivir for the treatment of influenza. The possible study designs include: i) a single trial of all the parameters; ii) a clinical trial providing evidence only on clinical endpoints; iii) an epidemiological study of natural history of disease and iv) a survey of quality of life. The possible combinations, samples sizes and allocation between trial arms are evaluated over a range of costeffectiveness thresholds. The computational challenges are addressed by implementing optimisation algorithms to search the ENBS surface more efficiently over such large dimensions.Bayesian decision theory; expected value of information; research design; costeffectiveness analysis
Budget allocation and the revealed social rate of time preference for health
No full textAppropriate decisions based on cost-effectiveness evaluations of health care technologies depend upon the cost-effectiveness threshold and its rate of growth as well as some social rate of time preference for health. The concept of the cost-effectiveness threshold, social rate of time preference for consumption and social opportunity cost of capital are briefly explored before the question of how a social rate of time preference for health might be established is addressed. A more traditional approach to this problem is outlined before a social decision making approach is developed which demonstrates that social time preference for health is revealed through the budget allocations made by a socially legitimate higher authority. The relationship between the social time preference rate for health, the growth rate of the cost-effectiveness threshold and the rate at which the higher authority can borrow or invest is then examined. We establish that the social time preference rate for health is implied by the budget allocation and the health production functions in each period. As such, the social time preference rate for health depends not on the social time preference rate for consumption or growth in the consumption value of health but on growth in the cost-effectiveness threshold and the rate at which the higher authority can save or borrow between periods. The implications for discounting and the policies of bodies such as NICE are then discussed.Economic evaluation. Discounting. Cost-effectiveness analysis
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