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Buchanan, Roderick Keith, [No Service Number]
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/374456Surname: BUCHANAN
Given Name(s) or Initials: RODERICK KEITH
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APPENDIX_-_UNSAFE_LIST_26_11_19_suppl_material – Supplemental material for King’s College London’s enquiry into Hans J Eysenck’s ‘Unsafe’ publications must be properly completed
No full textSupplemental material, APPENDIX_-_UNSAFE_LIST_26_11_19_suppl_material for King’s College London’s enquiry into Hans J Eysenck’s ‘Unsafe’ publications must be properly completed by David F Marks and Roderick D Buchanan in Journal of Health Psychology</p
Understanding versus Sympathy
No full textA film by Artist Roddy Buchanan. Johnny Rodger interviewed on camera Owen Dudley Edwards on the life and history of James Connolly the prominent Scots born figure in the Irish 1916 Easter Rising. Buchanan describes the work as 'a video portrait of the Irish historian Owen Dudley Edwards explored through the prism of Owen's lifelong engagement with the ideas of James Connolly
Systematic review of the impact of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease
No full textObjectives To investigate if non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) impacts mortality and adverse outcomes for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Design Systematic review. Data sources PubMed, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched up to 1 February 2020 with no restriction on the earliest date. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Observational cohort studies that reported either the risk of all-cause mortality, incidence of non-fatal cardiovascular events (CVE) or progression of kidney disease among adults with established CKD who have NAFLD compared with those without. Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers extracted data and assessed bias independently. Results Of 2604 records identified, 3 studies were included (UK (n=852), South Korea (n=1525) and USA (n=1413)). All were judged to have a low or moderate risk of bias. Data were insufficient for meta-analysis. Two studies examined the influence of NAFLD on all-cause mortality. One reported a significant positive association for NAFLD with all-cause mortality for individuals with CKD (p<0.05) (cardiovascular-related mortality p=ns), which was lost following adjustment for metabolic risk factors; the second reported no effect in adjusted and unadjusted models. The latter was the only study to report outcomes for non-fatal CVEs and observed NAFLD to be an independent risk factor for this (propensity-matched HR=2.00, p=0.02). Two studies examined CKD progression; in one adjusted rate of percentage decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate per year was found to be increased in those with NAFLD (p=0.002), whereas the other found no significant difference. Conclusions Few studies have examined the influence of NAFLD on prognosis and major adverse clinical outcomes within the CKD population. The studies identified were diverse in design and results were conflicting. This should be a focus for future research as both conditions continue to rise in prevalence and have end-stage events associated with significant health and economic costs. PROSPERO registration number CRD42020166508.</p
2007 Colin Roderick Lecture
No full textLet me thank my audience for coming to listen to me today: let me thank the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies for inviting me to give this year’s Colin Roderick Lectures.<br />I like to think that Professor Roderick would have looked kindly on the choice of a lecturer drawn from the bleak, ambiguous demi-monde where journalism and literary endeavours meet - for he was involved, as many of you will know, during his days as an editor at Angus and Robertson, in the celebrated libel case in 1961 over “The Bandar-Log,” a novel, still unpublished, by the distinguished Canberra press gallery journalist, Alan Reid. Roderick’s own writings had a strong influence on me at a particular point in my path as an author: but the one act of his that resonates most strongly in my thoughts is the decision he made, 40 years ago, to establish a centre for the study of Australian writing here in the North.</jats:p
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
No full textJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
The combined effect of alcohol and body mass index on risk of chronic liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
No full textBackground & Aims: Increasingly populations are both overweight/obese and consume alcohol. The risk of liver disease from the combination of these factors is unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to address this important gap in evidence. Protocol registered with PROSPERO(CRD42016046508). Methods: We performed electronic searches of Ovid Medline, Embase Classic + Embase, until 17th June 2020 for cohort studies of adults without pre-existing liver disease. Primary outcome was morbidity/mortality from chronic liver disease. Exposures were alcohol consumption categorised as within or above UK recommended limits (14 units/112 g per week) and BMI categorised as normal, overweight or obese. Non-drinkers were excluded. A Poisson regression log-linear model was used to test for statistical interaction between alcohol and BMI and to conduct a one-stage meta-analysis. Results: Searches identified 3129 studies—16 were eligible. Of these, nine cohorts (1,121,514 participants) had data available and were included in the analysis. The Poisson model showed no significant statistical interaction between alcohol consumption and BMI on the risk of chronic liver disease. Compared to normal weight participants drinking alcohol within UK recommended limits, relative risk of chronic liver disease in overweight participants drinking above limits was 3.32 (95% CI 2.88 to 3.83) and relative risk in obese participants drinking above limits was 5.39 (95% CI 4.62 to 6.29). Conclusions: This meta-analysis demonstrated a significantly increased risk of chronic liver disease in participants who were both overweight/obese and consumed alcohol above UK recommended limits. This evidence should inform advice given to patients and risk stratification by healthcare professionals.</p
Systematic review with meta-analysis: coffee consumption and the risk of cirrhosis
No full textBackground: Liver cirrhosis is a large burden on global health, causing over one million deaths per year. Observational studies have reported an inverse association between coffee and cirrhosis.Aims: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to characterise the relationship between coffee consumption and cirrhosis.Methods: We searched for studies published until July 2015 that reported odds ratios, relative risks (RR) or hazard ratios for cirrhosis stratified by coffee consumption. We calculated RRs of cirrhosis for an increase in daily coffee consumption of two cups for each study and overall. We performed analyses by study design, type of cirrhosis and mortality. We assessed the risk of bias in each study and the overall quality of evidence for the effect of coffee on cirrhosis.Results: We identified five cohort studies and four case–control studies involving 1990 cases and 432 133 participants. We observed a dose–response in most studies and overall. The pooled RR of cirrhosis for a daily increase in coffee consumption of two cups was 0.56 (95% CI 0.44–0.68; I2 83.3%). The RR pooled from cohort studies for a daily increase of two cups was 0.58 (95% CI 0.41–0.76; I2 91.1%) and from case–control studies it was 0.52 (95% CI 0.40–0.63; I2 0.0%). The pooled RR of alcoholic cirrhosis for a daily increase of two cups was 0.62 (95% CI 0.51–0.73; I2 0%) and of death from cirrhosis it was 0.55 (95% CI 0.35–0.74; I2 90.3%).Conclusion: This meta-analysis suggests that increasing coffee consumption may substantially reduce the risk of cirrhosis
The combined effect of alcohol and obesity on risk of liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textBackground: liver disease caused by alcohol and obesity is preventable by risk factor modification. Evidence from individual studies on risk in patients who have both risk factors is inconsistent. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the risk of liver disease associated with combinations of BMI and alcohol consumption. Methods: the full study protocol is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42016046508). Inclusion criteria were: English language publications in peer-reviewed journals; adults from general population cohorts without pre-existing liver disease; BMI and alcohol quantifiably measured; follow-up at least 10 years duration. Outcomes were incident morbidity/mortality from cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. A one-stage meta-analysis was performed on original count data, using a Poisson regression log-linear model. The log-linear model has the property that joint effects are multiplicative. Reference categories were normal weight (BMI<25) and alcohol consumption above zero but within UK limits (<112 g/wk). Results: the search identified 2589 studies. 50 underwent full text review. Eight cohorts (Two from the USA, six from Europe) were included in the meta-analysis, totalling 1,029,962 participants. There was no interaction between alcohol and obesity in the model. Risks of liver disease in those with both increased BMI and alcohol consumption were significantly increased and were multiplicative, as per the properties of the log-linear model (figure 1). Compared to normal weight participants drinking <112 g/wk (UK recommended limit), the relative risk of liver disease in those who were overweight and drinking above limits was 3.60 (95%CI 3.22-4.02) and the relative risk in those who were obese and drinking above limits was 5.84 (95%CI 5.09–6.70). Conclusion: overweight and obese patients drinking >112 g/wk are at significantly increased risk of liver disease. This risk should inform lifestyle advice given to patients and risk stratification by healthcare professionals. Alcohol thresholds imposed in NAFLD criteria and pathways may mean that patients with both increased BMI and alcohol risk factors, at risk of Both Alcohol and Fatty Liver Disease (BAFLD), are not receiving appropriate risk assessment or clinical care. The current guidelines for alcohol consumption may not be appropriate for obese patient
Rescate y conservación del Acervo Histórico del Palacio de Minería: Informe de las labores de conservación preventiva e intervenciones menores en material Bibliohemerográfico y actividades en apoyo al Acervo Histórico : octubre 2011 - febrero 2012
No full textEl presente informe tiene como finalidad dar constancia de los trabajos realizados en el Acervo Histórico del Palacio de Minería, por los restauradores Roderick Palacios, Isabel Ritter y Eleonora Cruz, pasantes de la Licenciatura en Restauración de Bienes Culturales como prestación de su servicio social.</p
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