821 research outputs found
Reading acts of narrative appropriation: four instances of fraudulent memoir
No full textPhDThis thesis examines acts of narrative appropriation, the telling of purportedly‘authentic’ life stories by those for whom the stories are not theirs to tell. This
misuse or subversion of genre - the discipline of historical writing and the category
of autobiography - becomes a means for cultural, social and political dissimulation,
and the analysis focuses both on the act: the event, trespass, or ‘theft’ of another’s
life story, and on the cultural meaning that this event reveals. These narrative acts
are approached theoretically through discussions of what it means to be an author, a
reader, and through the consideration of literary and social genre, category and form.
In exploring identities at particular risk of appropriation, this thesis shows how
fraudulent appropriated narratives affect our reading of the world, and in turn
influence our perception of already marginalized social groups. My primary
examples include prostitution ‘narratives’, Native North American ‘memoir,’ and
fraudulent Holocaust survivor ‘testimony,’ with each text providing decoded
evidence of ‘genre-bending’ exhibiting a social and political intent. These works
seek to be read as authentic personal narratives, as autobiography, and that is how
they have been presented to the reader. However, they are imposters – fictional tales
desiring the elevated status of historical authenticity and willing to bend the rules
and contracts of genre to achieve their end. Here the appearance of authenticity is
achieved through the use of cultural and social ‘myth,’ or perceptions of cultural
identity, and as such its fraudulent construction is first and foremost a social act,
with a social and economic motivation. As this thesis concludes, these texts are
most successful when their own political and social ideologies echo and confirm that
of the readership; when their subjects, the fraudulent ‘I’ at the center of the text is
also a performative elaboration of cultural belief
Missing Women: The Crowding Out of Gender Equality Norms in Ugandan Microfinance
No full textMicrofinance relies on a normative set of claims around gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. As such, it would seem to be an ideal place to study gender norms in action. A case study from Uganda looks at the offices of the country’s largest microfinance NGO, BRAC and the lives of microfinance beneficiaries in the field. In both situations discussions of gender were largely absent. The chapter explores the reasons for this absence showing the ways in which gender concerns lost out to other agendas. In the office there was a language of efficiency, scale and growth. In the field there was a concern with fraud and inequality. What links both situations were a set of questions about the legitimacy of microfinance as an approach to development
The productivity effects of decentralized reforms - an analysis of the Chinese industrial reforms
No full textThe empirical literature on the effects of ownership has not distinguished between the effects of ownership and the effects of control. It has also generally ignored the dynamic effects of various ownership and control rights. Using a rich set of panel data about changes in China's state-owned enterprises, the author examines the static and dynamic effects of decentralizing ownership and control rights. He finds that productivity and growth rates improved significantly when reform improved the incentives for managers and employees to learn and to work hard - for example by decentralizing the rights to control wages, make production decisions, and appoint new managers. Increasing profit-retention rates and adopting performance contracts - conventionally viewed as the most important reforms for China's state enterprises - did not improve productivity much. Overall, decentralization accounted for a least 42 percent of productivity growth in Chinese state enterprises in the 1980s. Much of that gain came from improvements in the growth rate of productivity rather than in improved levels of productivity.Labor Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Public Health Promotion,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Banks&Banking Reform,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Municipal Financial Management
Prediction of composition-dependent self-diffusion coefficients in binary liquid mixtures: The missing link for Darken-based models
No full textMutual diffusion coefficients can be successfully predicted with models based on the Darken equation. However, Darken-based models require composition-dependent self-diffusion coefficients which are rarely available. In this work, we present a predictive model for composition-dependent self-diffusion coefficients (also called tracer diffusion coefficients or intradiffusion coefficients) in nonideal binary liquid mixtures. The model is derived from molecular dynamics simulation data of Lennard-Jones systems. A strong correlation between nonideal diffusion effects and the thermodynamic factor is observed. We extend the model by McCarty and Mason (Phys. Fluids 1960, 3, 908-922) for ideal binary gas mixtures to predict the composition-dependent self-diffusion coefficients in nonideal binary liquid mixtures. Our new model is a function of the thermodynamic factor, the self-diffusion coefficients at infinite dilution, and the self-diffusion coefficients of the pure substances, which are readily available. We validate our model with experimental data of 9 systems. For both Lennard-Jones systems and experimental data, the accuracy of the predicted self-diffusion coefficients is improved by a factor of 2 compared to the correlation of McCarty and Mason. Thus, our new model significantly expands the practical applicability of Darken-based models for the prediction of mutual diffusion coefficients.Accepted Author Manuscript (the title slightly differs from the publishers version)Engineering Thermodynamic
'A little easy and modern for the times' : a documentary of productions of Ben Jonson's plays by major professional theatre companies in England, 1977-2000
No full textThis thesis is a collation and discussion of productions of Ben Jonson's plays in
England between 1977 and 2000. It focuses on mainstream theatre productions.
Therefore, amateur and Fringe productions, adaptations and productions by
small-scale theatre companies are not included. It contains previously unreleased
material of interviews with theatre practitioners who have been instrumental in
staging the productions covered.
Whilst scholarship has concentrated on recent productions of
Shakespeares, tudies in Jonsonianp erformanceh ave been neglected.W ith the
recent resurgence in popularity of Jonson's texts in the English theatre repertoire,
it is now pertinent to assessth e methodsu sed to staget he work of this
playwright. This thesis focuses only on the staging of texts presented between the
two dates; this does not cover all of Jonson's texts. Contained in two volumes,
Part One raises issues of performance, whilst in Part Two productions are
considered within chapters on each play. An Afterword (in Volume One)
considers the future of production and the action needed to be taken for future
progression in performance and performance studies. The Appendix (in Volume
One) contains detailed venue information. The thesis is intended as a
documented record of productions, in order to stimulate future research into
Jonsonian performance methods. By examining recent productions the failures
and successeso f the contemporaryt heatre's approacht o Jonsonh ave been noted.
This will contribute to an understanding of how Jonson's texts continue to work
on stage. The title of this thesis comes from Bartholomew Fair, a play that
addressesth e need to assimilatet he presentationo f theatre within contemporary
concerns
Boys of the expedition [music] : hardy sons of Australia /
No full textFor voice and piano.; Caption title.; "Introduced in The babes in the wood, George Willoughby's Ltd., spectacular pantomime"--Cover.; "Produced by Lester Brown. Musical direction, Wynne Jones"--Cover.; Cover bears ports. of Lester Brown and Lola Hunt.; NLA's N copy has cover missing. ANL; NLA's NL copy: 35 cm. high. "Nestle's milk ..."--Sticker at bottom of cover. ANL; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an5433769
A note on the factorization of iterated quadratics over finite fields
No full textLet be a monic quadratic polynomial over a finite field of odd
characteristic. In 2012, Boston and Jones constructed a Markov process based on
the post-critical orbit of , and conjectured that its limiting distribution
explains the factorization of large iterates of . Later on, Xia, Boston, and
the author did extensive Magma computations and found some exceptional families
of quadratics that do not seem to follow the original Markov model conjectured
by Boston and Jones. They did this by empirically observing that certain
factorization patterns predicted by the Boston-Jones model never seem to occur
for these polynomials, and suggested a multi-step Markov model which takes
these missing factorization patterns into account. In this note, we provide
proofs for all these missing factorization patterns. These are the first
provable results that explain why the original conjecture of Boston and Jones
does not hold for all monic quadratic polynomials.Comment: 13 page
Leeland Jones and Claude Clapp: Case Studies of Civil Rights in Western New York
No full textThe Civil Rights Movement, which occurred primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, aimed to acquire justice, equality, and an end to racism and discrimination against Black Americans. In an attempt to do so, Black activists staged protests, walkouts, and boycotts and turned to institutions of education and politics to usher in change. However, the historiography on the Civil Rights Movement focuses on the more prominent events and individuals of the time, for example, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The missing components of the historiography include the contributions made by Northern local leaders to the Civil Rights Movement. In particular, Leeland N. Jones Jr. and Claude Clapp are two case studies from Buffalo, New York, who adapted methodologies utilized by civil rights activists to fight for equality in a Northern location. Gathering information from primary and secondary sources, this author intends to highlight the efforts of two Black Buffalonians that fought for civil rights reform in housing policies, politics, and education. This thesis aims to broaden the understanding and include local leaders in the growing historiography of the Civil Rights Movement. The struggle for justice and equality was not contained to the Southern United States but spread across the nation and globe. Leeland Jones and Claude Clapp are just two examples of local leaders advocating to end racism and discrimination in their communities
Correction:A systematic meta-review of interventions to prevent and manage delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: Part 2 – Non-pharmacological and multicomponent interventions (Critical Care, (2025), 29, 1, (501), 10.1186/s13054-025-05726-8)
No full textFollowing publication of the original article [1], the authors identified errors in the affiliation of three authors, the institutional author list was incomplete in the HTML version, Fig. 1 was incorrect as it should read at Included ‘Full-text studies included in review (n = 32)’. Tables 1 and 2 weren’t the latest version. A reference (citation) to part 1 was not included. Both the incorrect and correct information is given hereafter. Katherine Jones, Andrew Booth and Louise Falzon are affiliated with the University of Sheffield: 1School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. The authors Burak Kundakci, Katherine L Jones, Andrew Booth, Louise Falzon, Maria Pufulete, Ben Gibbison that are also part of the institutional group the OPTIC consortium were missing in HTML version. The incorrect Abstract Conclusions section: Conclusions While some non-pharmacological interventions (multi-component care packages, early mobilization and family-based interventions) show potential to reduce delirium occurrence and duration. Multicomponent strategies, particularly those including early mobilization and family participation, appear more effective. The correct Abstract Conclusions section: Conclusions While some non-pharmacological interventions (multi-component care packages, early mobilization and family-based interventions) show potential to reduce delirium occurrence and duration, multicomponent strategies, particularly those including early mobilization and family participation, appear more effective. The incorrect Fig. 1: Fig. 1 PRISMA flow diagram The correct Fig. 1: PRISMA flow diagram Abbreviations. SR: systematic review; RCT: randomised controlled trial; ICU: intensive care unit; MA: meta-analysis. *The list of excluded articles at the full-text screening stage, together with their exclusion reasons, was provided in the Additional file 1 The incorrect Table 1: Table 1 Characteristics of included studies Author year Review type Included study design(s) N of included studies / N of included non-pharmacological RCTs Countries Inclusion criteria N of participants Review interventions Outcomes RoB Quality/Certainty of the evidence assessment Funding Findings Al Qadheeb 2014 MA RCTs 17/1 NR adults (≥ 19 years or older) admitted to an ICU 49 Early mobilization after daily sedation interruption Duration of delirium, short term mortality Cochrane RoB2; LOW NR National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health A review of current evidence fails to support that ICU interventions that reduce delirium duration reduce short-term mortality
Grounded Theory: some reflections on paradigm, procedures and misconceptions
No full textThis paper is an early version of a chapter for a proposed book on grounded theory. It extends the
discussion of grounded theory published in two academic papers by the author:
Goulding, C. (1998) Grounded Theory: the missing methodology on the interpretivist agenda
Qualitative Market Research: an international journal 1(1)
Goulding, C. (forthcoming) Consumer Research, Interpretive Paradigms, and Methodological
Ambiguities European Journal of Marketing 33(7/8)There has been ongoing debate within the social sciences over the nature of epistemological claims made by both positivist and interpretivist researchers. Within the interpretivist paradigm there are numerous methodologies for constructing knowledge, each of which have their own underlying philosophies, practices, and methods of interpretation. Grounded theory is one such methodology. However, it is a methodology which is sometimes perceived as pseudo positivistic, defiling the canons of humanistic research which emphasises the subjective experience of the other. This paper discusses grounded theory, the missing methodology on the interpretivist agenda, and argues that it is an extension of the methods used by the symbolic interactionists. It discusses the underlying philosophy of the methodology and proceeds to present the key concepts associated with its application. Finally,the paper reviews and addresses some of the major criticisms of grounded theory in order to explicate it as a humanistic and interpretivist method of enquiry. This paper is an early version of a chapter for a proposed book on grounded theory. It extends the discussion of grounded theory published in two academic papers by the author: Goulding, C. (1998) Grounded Theory: the missing methodology on the interpretivist agenda Qualitative Market Research: an international journal 1(1) Goulding, C. (forthcoming) Consumer Research, Interpretive Paradigms, and Methodological Ambiguities European Journal of Marketing 33(7/8
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