4,158 research outputs found
DNA proves the Warrah was a wolf : and got to the Falklands unaided
No full textThe Falkland Islands hit the headlines at the beginning of November 2009, and for a
rather unusual reason. The DNA of the warrah, the extinct Falklands wolf, had been
sequenced and the results published in the scientific journal Current Biology. The
story clearly appealed to the UK Media and most newspapers ran it; typical was ‘How
scientists cracked puzzle of the Falklands wolf’ in The Independent for November 2nd
Writers Talk featuring authors Troy Hicks and Elaine Wolf
No full textElaine Wolf, author of Camp, talks to OSU students Erin Reilly-Sanders and Allison Fetzer. Author and teacher Troy Hicks talks to OSU employee Kevin Cordi about the impact of technology on the teaching of writing.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/WritersTalk-Audio/WT_2013-3-18-Hicks_Wolf.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein : eine Postkartenserie von Oskar Herrfurth und zwei Illustrationen von Ludwig Richter
No full textZu dem Volksmärchen "Der Wolf und die sieben Geislein" publiziert das Goethezeitportal die Postkartenserie des populären Malers Oskar Herrfurth (1862-1934) sowie Illustrationen von Ludwig Richter. Zur Lektüre laden ein die Texte des Volksmärchens in den Fassungen der Brüder Grimm und von Ludwig Bechstein
Translating the Author-Function: The (Re)Narration of Christa Wolf
No full textNarrative theory continues to offer new perspectives on the intercultural transfer of texts. Embedded in new narratives, the text opens up to new interpretations, resulting in the loss and acquisition of meaning. The writer’s persona or author-function (Foucault 1977) is also renegotiated by cultural transfer, as it is cumulatively and dynamically constructed through readings of an author’s texts and literary or biographical contexts. The translated author-function may differ considerably from the domestic, and may also interact with it as in the case of the East German writer Christa Wolf, whose international author-function has served for contrast (if not conflict) with her reception in the German Democratic Republic and united Germany. This was particularly marked during the 1990s, when revelations about Wolf’s political activity led to censure by the German media and literati. This paper demonstrates how the translation of Wolf’s texts and the construction of her international author-function have renegotiated her position within her domestic literary field
Identifying risk profiles in liver transplant candidates and implications for induction immunosuppression
No full textChanges in recipient and donor characteristics are redefining the role of induction in liver transplant recipients. Older recipients are more common, with greater concomitant comorbidity. Moderate or severe renal dysfunction is now estimated to affect 40% of liver transplant recipients. Donors are also becoming older, and other factors such as more frequent non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) compromise the quality of some grafts. Rejection rates are now relatively low (-10%) but some patients have a markedly increased risk such as younger recipients and those undergoing re-transplantation. Induction immunosuppression is associated with a significant reduction in rejection risk but due to various factors universal induction is not justified. Steroid-free therapy without induction increases the risk of biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) but randomized trials have shown that induction with an interleukin-2 antagonist receptor (IL-2RA) agent or with rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) maintains immunosuppressive efficacy in steroid-free regimens. Delayed calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) initiation (e.g. to days 4-5 post transplant) can prevent deterioration of renal function during the first year post-transplant, but requires induction with an IL-2RA agent or rATG to maintain early immunosuppressive efficacy.IL-2RA induction may be inadequate to ensure a low risk of rejection in a steroid-free regimen combined with delayed tacrolimus. Randomized trials of CNI withdrawal at month 1 post-transplant have only achieved an acceptable rate of BPAR when induction is administered. In terms of safety, an increased rate of infection does not seem to be a concern. The most recent large-scale analyses have not indicated any evidence for an increased risk of malignancy, or specifically post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease. In summary, the place of induction in the management of liver transplant patients is becoming established. Selective use in high-risk individuals to avoid graft rejection is still relevant, but the key rationale for induction is to facilitate steroid-sparing and CNI-sparing regimens to reduce long-term complications. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc
Naomi Wolf: Ethical Leadership for the 21st Century
No full textNaomi R. Wolf (born November 12, 1962) is an American liberal progressive feminist author, journalist, and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton.
Via Wolf\u27s first book The Beauty Myth (1991),she became a leading spokeswoman of what has been described as the third wave of the feminist movement. Such leading feminists as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan praised the work; others, including Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Sommers, criticized it. Her later books include the bestseller The End of America in 2007 and Vagina: A New Biography. Critics have challenged the quality and veracity of the scholarship in her books, including Outrages (2019). In this case, her serious misreading of court records led to its publication in the U.S. being cancelled.
Her career in journalism began in 1995 and has included topics such as abortion, the Occupy Wall Street movement, Edward Snowden and ISIS. She has written for media outlets such as The Nation, The New Republic, The Guardian and The Huffington Post
In pursuit of the lone wolf terrorist: investigative economics and new horizons for the economic analysis of terrorism
No full textThis book explores new horizons for the economic analysis of terrorism with an innovative combination of economics and offender profiling. The book is aimed at contributing to law enforcement efforts to pre-empt and pursue the lone wolf terrorist. By taking the economic analysis of terrorism back to its core concepts of 'opportunities' and 'choices' and by insisting that all results be both computable and relevant to the investigative process, the author examines lone wolf terrorism from a unique perspective that yields new insights into the nature of the lone wolf terrorist's opportunities and choices to inflict human tragedy. Not content with the task of delineating opportunities and choices, the author shows how the frameworks he has developed may be inverted and deployed in the pursuit of the lone wolf terrorist if efforts to pre-empt the lone wolf terrorist have failed. This book is groundbreaking for both the type of economics analysis it presents and its conscious break with several long-held traditions of terrorism studies. Both academics and law enforcement practitioners will find the author's analysis stimulating, confronting and, above all, applicable to the investigative processes designed to pre-empt or pursue a single violent offender who aims to etch a graphic biography of violence into the public consciousness
Mexican wolf reintroduction project Interagency Field Team annual report
No full textThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is the lead agency responsible for recovery of the Mexican wolf, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program essentially is separated into two, interrelated components: 1) Recovery – includes aspects of the program administered primarily by the Service that pertain to the overall goal of Mexican wolf recovery and delisting from the list of threatened and endangered species, and 2) Reintroduction – includes aspects of the program implemented by the Service and cooperating States, Tribes, and other Federal agencies that pertain to management of the reintroduced Mexican wolf population in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, which consists of the entire Apache and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico. This report
details all aspects of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program
Mexican wolf recovery program progress report
No full textabstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the lead agency responsible for recovery of the Mexican wolf, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. The Mexican Wolf Recovery Program essentially is separated into two, interrelated components: 1) Recovery – includes aspects of the program administered primarily by the Service that pertain to the overall goal of Mexican wolf recovery and delisting from the list of threatened and endangered species, and 2) Reintroduction – includes aspects of the program implemented by the Service and cooperating States, Tribes, and other Federal agencies that pertain to management of the reintroduced Mexican wolf population in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, which consists of the entire Apache and Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico. This report
details all aspects of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Progra
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