131 research outputs found
The Role of Christianity in Hobbes’s Political Project
No full textFor Hobbes, religion is not inherently beneficial for society. Instead, good theology is required in order to make religion useful.
Author information: David Soper is a recent graduate from Carleton College where he studied political science. He hopes to continue his studies in political theory at the Ph.D. level
Lessons from the evaluation of the UK's NHS R&D Implementation Methods Programme
No full textBackground: Concern about the effective use of research was a major factor behind the creation
of the NHS R&D Programme in 1991. In 1994, an advisory group was established to identify
research priorities in research implementation. The Implementation Methods Programme (IMP)
flowed from this, and its commissioning group funded 36 projects. In 2000 responsibility for the
programme passed to the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and
Organisation R&D, which asked the Health Economics Research Group (HERG), Brunel University,
to conduct an evaluation in 2002. By then most projects had been completed. This evaluation was
intended to cover: the quality of outputs, lessons to be learnt about the communication strategy
and the commissioning process, and the benefits from the projects.
Methods: We adopted a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods. They included:
documentary analysis, interviews with key actors, questionnaires to the funded lead researchers,
questionnaires to potential users, and desk analysis.
Results: Quantitative assessment of outputs and dissemination revealed that the IMP funded useful
research projects, some of which had considerable impact against the various categories in the
HERG payback model, such as publications, further research, research training, impact on health
policy, and clinical practice.
Qualitative findings from interviews with advisory and commissioning group members indicated
that when the IMP was established, implementation research was a relatively unexplored field. This
was reflected in the understanding brought to their roles by members of the advisory and
commissioning groups, in the way priorities for research were chosen and developed, and in how
the research projects were commissioned. The ideological and methodological debates associated
with these decisions have continued among those working in this field. The need for an effective
communication strategy for the programme as a whole was particularly important. However, such
a strategy was never developed, making it difficult to establish the general influence of the IMP as a
programme.
Conclusion: Our findings about the impact of the work funded, and the difficulties faced by those
developing the IMP, have implications for the development of strategic programmes of research in
general, as well as for the development of more effective research in this field
Alternative Hedonism and the Critique of Consumption in the Philosophical Thought of Kate Soper
No full textThe focus of this paper is on the philosopher Kate Soper, author of at least a dozen books on feminism and continental philosophy. She has been involved in numerous environmental and peace movements in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, and her work on ecological issues is partly influenced by this. She has published numerous articles in Radical Philosophy, New Left Review and Capitalism Nature Socialism. This paper attempts to summarise her theory of \u27alternative hedonism\u27
Early Memories 1917 to 1919 (Florence Roberts)
No full textNotes - This is a detailed collection of events written as a story about the extended Soper family. The author uses her aunt's diary as well as her own excellent memory to detail life in Athabasca from 1910 onwards. Some of the chapters in this story are titled, "The Learning Process at Home," "Immigration Hall," "A Long Love Affair," "A Strange Phenomenon," and "Anecdotes and Friends and Neighbours." Homesteads, neighbours, and locations are discussed in great detail. Settlers are mentioned by name, temperament and occupation. Details from the diary such as the weather on April 9, 1922 'snow all gone' to June 5 'Froze-thin ice' to June 6 'hard frost' are an example of the lists and richness of daily life included in this personal history (127 pages)Soper famil
Frank Lawley's Tin Lizzie
No full textPhotograph - Mrs. George Soper on the running board, with the vehicle decorated for Canada's 60th birthday, Athabasca, AlbertaSoper, Mrs. Georg
Scrap-book recitation series : a miscellaneous collection of prose and poetry for recitation and reading, designed for schools, home, and literary circles /
No full textOn cover: Denison's series.No. 13 & 14 edited by Henry M. Soper and Dora S. Soper.Titles vary slightly.No. 8 entitled Soper's patriotic speaker. Washington centennial number.No. 15 edited by Goodwal Dickerman.Mode of access: Internet.OSU's no. 3 copy 1 lacks wrappers.OSU's nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, and 13 copy 1, no.3 copy 2: Information relating to the provenance or history of the item available in Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.OSU's nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, and 13 copy 1, no. 3 copy 2 gift of Jerry Tarver.OSU's nos. 1, 3, 4, 6,11, and 13 copy 1, no.3 copy 2 part of the Jerry Tarver Elocution, Rhetoric and Oratory Collection
Athabasca Jubilee Celebration Parade - 04
No full textPhotograph - The Athabasca Music and Sports Ltd. Float, Athabasca, Alberta. Left to right: Jean Korbick, Jean Soper, Margo DeLancy. The High School building is visible in the backgroun
Who needs what from a national health research system: Lessons from reforms to the English Department of Health's R&D system
No full textThis article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Health research systems consist of diverse groups who have some role in health research, but the boundaries around such a system are not clear-cut. To explore what various stakeholders need we reviewed the literature including that on the history of English health R&D reforms, and we also applied some relevant conceptual frameworks.
We first describe the needs and capabilities of the main groups of stakeholders in health research systems, and explain key features of policymaking systems within which these stakeholders operate in the UK. The five groups are policymakers (and health care managers), health professionals, patients and the general public, industry, and researchers. As individuals and as organisations they have a range of needs from the health research system, but should also develop specific capabilities in order to contribute effectively to the system and benefit from it.
Second, we discuss key phases of reform in the development of the English health research system over four decades -
especially that of the English Department of Health's R&D system - and identify how far legitimate demands of key stakeholder interests were addressed.
Third, in drawing lessons we highlight points emerging from contemporary reports, but also attempt to identify issues through application of relevant conceptual frameworks. The main lessons are: the importance of comprehensively addressing the diverse needs of various interacting institutions and stakeholders; the desirability of developing facilitating mechanisms at interfaces between the health research system and its various stakeholders; and the importance of additional money in being able to expand the scope of the health research system whilst maintaining support for basic science.
We conclude that the latest health R&D strategy in England builds on recent progress and tackles acknowledged weaknesses. The strategy goes a considerable way to identifying and more effectively meeting the needs of key groups such as medical academics, patients and industry, and has been remarkably successful in increasing the funding for health research. There are still areas that might benefit from further recognition and resourcing, but the lessons identified, and progress made by the reforms are relevant for the design and coordination of national health research systems beyond England.This article is available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund
Lathrolestes thomsoni Reshchikov, sp. nov.
No full textLathrolestes thomsoni Reshchikov sp. nov. Description. Female. Body length 5.0 mm. Antennal flagellum with 24–27 articles. Width to length ratio of scapus 0.47. Head narrowed behind the eyes, mat. Maximal length of temple to transverse eye diameter ratio 0.63; minimal length of temple to transverse eye diameter ratio 0.26. The ratio of the width of the face to the longitudinal diameter of the eye 0.82; convex, without bulge. Clypeus separated from face by impression; at apex projecting slightly anteriorly; apical margin of clypeus moderately thick. Clypeal foveae small. Malar space as wide as 0.36 of basal mandible width (Fig. 56 a). Occipital carina complete, not interrupted above. Lower mandible tooth longer than upper. Mesosoma. Notaulus slightly impressed. Lower part of mesopleuron without punctures, mat, rugose. Tarsi with apical article very slightly enlarged. Tarsal claws short, strongly curved at apex (Fig. 44). Hind tarsus almost as long as hind tibia; each article length ratio 10: 5: 4: 2: 4. Forewing with areolet petiolate. Second recurrent vein with a single bulla. Nervellus intercepted below middle. Nervulus interstitial. Propodeal carinae complete (Fig. 34). Metasoma. Mat, with sparse white hairs. First metasomal tergum width to length ratio 0.62; without shallow median longitudinal impression; bordered by lateral longitudinal carinae; median longitudinal carinae defined at base; with projections at spiracles (Fig. 38). Second metasomal tergum transverse. Ovipositor straight, thin, very gradually tapered from base to apex, without notch (Fig. 4). Male genitalia with parameres slightly surpassing apex of metasoma. Color. Female. Body black; Face, malar space and temple reddish-yellow; base of antennae, tegulae, legs (except base and apex of hind tibia and tarsi); base and apex of hind tibia, 5 th article of fore tarsi, middle and hind tarsi brownish; metasomal tergum brown with reddish-yellow maculae on sides. Male. Face, clypeus, malar space, lower part of temple, base of antennae, edge of propleuron entirely, fore and hind edges pronotum, prepectus partly or entirely and tegulae yellow. Otherwise as in female (Fig. 56 a, b). Comments. The species differs from the closely related L. fissus Reshchikov sp. nov. by coloration: mesosoma in female entirely black, propleuron of male yellow; costula present (Fig. 34); face without bulge; lower part of mesopleuron rugose; first metasomal tergum with projections at spiracles. Hind tibia uniformly colored as distinct from European L. albicinctus (Habermehl, 1922). From other species differ by tarsal claws short, strongly curved at apex, with basal lobe (Fig. 44) Variation. Several individuals with very weak shallow median longitudinal impression of first metasomal tergum. Etymology. Named in honor of Carl Gustaf Thomson, Sweden researcher, author of many works on Hymenoptera, who described more than thousand species of the family Ichneumonidae including 6 species of the genus Lathrolestes. Host. Reared from Profenusa thomsoni (Konow, 1886) on Betula papyrifera Distribution. Canada: AB, NB, NT; USA: AK, MA Type material examined. Holotype, female, AB, Edson, Canada, 8.vii.- 6.viii. 2007, ex. from Profenusa thomsoni, A. Soper, (USNM); Paratypes: 4 females, 3 males, AB, Edson, Canada, 8.vii.- 6.viii. 2007, ex. from Profenusa thomsoni, A. Soper, (USNM); 2 females, 2 males, AB, Edson, Canada, 8.vii.- 6.viii. 2007, ex. from Profenusa thomsoni, A. Soper, (AEI); 2 females, 2 males, AB, Edson, Canada, 8.vii.- 6.viii. 2007, ex. from Profenusa thomsoni, A. Soper, (CNC); 2 females, 2 males, AB, Edson, Canada, 8.vii.- 6.viii. 2007, ex. from Profenusa thomsoni, A. Soper, (ZIN RAS); 2 females, AB, Edmonton, Bearspaw, Canada 19.vii. 2007, A. Soper (CNC); 2 males, NT, Hay River, Canada, on Betula sp., 17–20.vii. 2007, S. Digweed, (CNC); 4 males, AB, Edmonton, Canada, 11.vii. 1994, S. Digweed, (CNC); 2 females, NB, Kouchibouguac National Park, 30.viii. 1977, S.J. Miller, (CNC).Published as part of Reshchikov, Alexey V., Soper, Anna & Van, Roy G., 2010, Review and key to Nearctic Lathrolestes Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with special reference to species attacking leaf mining tenthredinid sawflies in Betula Linnaeus (Betulaceae), pp. 1-17 in Zootaxa 2614 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19787
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