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Dr. Elizabeth Outka - Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Elizabeth Outka, Professor of English, discusses her book, Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature, published recently by Columbia University Press. The book investigates how one of the deadliest plagues in history—the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic—silently reshaped the modernist era, infusing everything from T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, to the emergence of viral zombies, to the popularity of séances
Three papers on side effects and modern contraceptive use among women in Ghana
No full textThis thesis investigates the issue of side effects and how they may act as a barrier tothe use of modern contraceptive methods among women in Ghana. Three papers arepresented each addressing the issue using different sources of data and differentmethodologies. The disparate nature of the data sources and techniques usedprovides each paper with its own perspective on the research question and eachpaper gives a unique insight into the topic.The aim of the first paper is to use a qualitative focus group methodology to explorein-depth the way individuals perceive information about family planning. The studyseeks to better define what is meant by the term fear of side effect in this particularsocial context and to determine on what information and from what sources is thisfear constructed. Overall the findings of this study show that fear of side effects doesact as a significant barrier to the use of temporary methods and these fears resultmainly from a large amount of negative information regarding side effects beingpassed through the social network. However the events being recounted cannot bedismissed as myth or rumour as they are most often based in real experiences.The second paper uses monthly data on contraceptive use and the experience of sideeffects from the calendar section of a longitudinal survey of women in SouthernGhana. Using life tables and a multi-level logistic discrete-time hazards model thisstudy analyses contraceptive discontinuation and how it relates to the concurrentself-reported experience of side effects. The results show that experiencing sideeffects is associated with a higher probability of discontinuation of the method andthat counselling from health workers is extremely important in minimizingdiscontinuation rates.The third paper uses a sub-sample of women who are not current contraceptiveusers from the 2003 GDHS. The study uses multiple logistic regression to determinethe association between exposure to family planning information, through massmedia and interpersonal channels, and the probability that a respondent will cite fearof side effects as their main reason for not intending to use a contraceptive method inthe future. The results show that the only family planning communication variablewhich does have a significant effect is receiving a message from a health workerwhich increases the odds of fear of side effects being the main reason for notintending to use a method in the future. Overall the socio-economic characteristics ofthose not intending to use a method in the future due to a fear of side effects is moresimilar to current users than to those who are not intending to use in the future forother reasons
Bailey, Elizabeth M. (Death, 1905-02-02)
No full textAddress: 423 Bank St.Age at death: 46 yrs.Pg 14/1905/0954/F W M/Ind./Dr. P. S. Conner Jr./F. & W. Siefke/WesleyanOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'BAILEY-BALL'
Bloomberg Law interviews Elizabeth Rapaport; Trump’s Pardons Quicker Than Obama’s, But ‘Haphazard’
No full textArticle author, Jordan S. Rubin, interviews Emeritus Professor of Law, Elizabeth Rapaport, about the political nature of President Trump\u27s pardons
RoMEO Studies 6: Rights metadata for open-archiving
No full textThis is the final study in a series of six emanating from the UK JISC-funded RoMEO Project (Rights Metadata for Open-archiving) which investigated the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues relating to academic author self-archiving of research papers. It reports the results of a survey of 542 academic authors showing the level of protection required for their open-access research papers. It then describes the selection of an appropriate means of expressing those rights through metadata and the resulting choice of Creative Commons licences. Finally it outlines proposals for communicating rights metadata via the Open Archives Initiative’s Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
Tudor women writers fashioning masculinity
No full textThis thesis contributes to the growing interest in early modern masculinity and its literary representations by introducing texts by women writers into dialogue with their male-authored counterparts. It argues for a more nuanced approach that recognises that the concepts of masculinity and femininity can only be fully understood when studied in relation with each other.
The first chapter explores how, notwithstanding the wisdom of conduct books and marriage guides, the demands of the state may not always be commensurate with those of the domestic realm and shows that this conflict necessitates a rethinking of existing definitions of masculinity by focusing on selected writings of the Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Jane Fitzalan’s *Tragedie of Iphigeneia*. The second chapter identifies how Elizabeth’s unique discursive strategies were designed to elicit support from her male subjects and subdue the belligerence that simmered under polemic like John Stubbs’ *Gaping Gulf*. In her letters to Anjou, the chapter examines how Elizabeth manoeuvred around her position as a beloved and as a monarch to fashion a husband who would not only be sympathetic but also subordinate to her political authority. This chapter also shows how the fabulous world of John Lyly’s *Galatea* consummates the Queen’s desire for the ideal male subject. The final chapter investigates the construction of martial manhood. It juxtaposes Mary Sidney’s *The Tragedy of Antonie* with William Shakespeare’s *Antony and Cleopatra* to determine how the figure of Cleopatra, common to both plays, challenges and revises the martial code of masculinity as embodied by Antony. By examining the authorial position appropriated by Cleopatra in the plays and its impact on the narrative, this chapter also extends this thesis’ interest in the extent to which female characters within texts compete for diegetic control with male protagonists
An Interview with Elizabeth Grosz: Geopower, Inhumanism and the Biopolitical
No full text© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article is an interview with Elizabeth Grosz by Kathryn Yusoff and Nigel Clark. It primarily addresses Grosz’s approaches to ‘geopower’, and the discussion encompasses an exploration of her ideas on biopolitics, inhuman forces and material experimentation. Grosz describes geopower as a force that subtends the possibility of politics. The interview is accompanied by a brief contextualizing introduction examining the themes of geophilosophy and the inhumanities in Grosz’s work
Early Recollections of Elizabeth Byrtus (nee Sikora)
No full textNotes - One of Elizabeth Byrtus (Sikora)'s children recalls some of her family's history. The family was originally from Poland. Elizabeth was born, raised and schooled in Poland. Although she yearned to join a convent, she was unable to because of financial constraints. At 21, she was convinced to travel to America with her sister. Mrs. Byrtus went on to marry, have nine children, and run a prosperous farm. The farm employed many other immigrants as hired hands. The family was always willing to assist their fellow neighbours and immigrants (2 pages
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Elizabeth Cellier /
No full text"Elizabeth Cellier, the scandalous celebrity known as the 'Popish midwife', became the focus of a large number of pamphlets in 1680: accounts of her two trials, her self-vindication, Malice Defeated, her opponent Thomas Dangerfield's rejoinder, and various anonymous satiric attacks against her. She was tried twice: the first time for the more serious charge of treason, and the second for libel, for publishing Malice Defeated. She was acquitted the first time, but found guilty the second, though her punishment was to be pilloried, not executed. She reemerges as the author of tracts on midwifery, proposing to James II the establishment of a professional guild of midwives. Her writings exhibit her remarkable determination to publish her accusations of judicial torture and her advocacy of the licensing of midwives as professional women, as well as exemplifying the importance of the printing press for enabling women to participate in the political public sphere."--Provided by publisher
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