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New Ways of Working Reveal Old Errors in Medicine Management
No full textBackground and Aims
New Ways of Working (NWW) encourages extension of traditional caring roles. This paper discusses the impact of one of those extended roles: mental health nurse prescribing, in order to assess to what extent it meets the principles of NWW.
Method
Primary data was presented to two conferences on mental health nurse prescribing in 2008. The primary data constituted a grounded theory of the impact of mental health nurse prescribing in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. This paper reports on verification of this theory from practising mental health nurse prescribers in England and Scotland.
Results
Thirty two practising nurse prescribers completed a questionnaire on the credibility of the theory. This feedback showed that the theory is a coherent representation of how nurses develop competence in prescribing.
Analysis
The process nurses go through to become competent closely mirror the principles of NWW. This offers practical support for the principles inherent in NWW and raises specific issues for the wider workforce.
Discussion
A consequence of analysing how high level nurses operate is to consider what happens to those nurses who do not operate at this level. In this instance deficits in medicine management can be seen as a function of old ways of working. Recommendations are made regarding structured education in medicines management from pre to post registration mental health nursing to address these deficits
Ethical Implications of the Snowden Revelations
No full textThe revolution in digital surveillance and exploitation technologies continues to roil the world. Edward Snowden was a rare, pivotal moment. Before we heard his name, we could pretend that spies were not hovering over every call or email. Not thereafter. It's a heck of a story, actually, and it is far, far from over.abstract
This paper addresses a number of ethical dilemmas and practical consequences of the revelations of Edward Snowden about massive electronic surveillance of telephone calls, emails, social media posts and other “Signals Intelligence” (or SIGINT) across the entire world, but especially including domestic American communications formerly thought immune to such surveillance unless authorized by judicial warrant. Practical consequences matter for all “utilitarian” ethical judgments. The author concludes that by far the largest issue is whether US intelligence professionals regard the US Constitution as supreme law in America, or non-disclosure contracts with individual agencies or the US government. Reactions to Snowden follow this pattern, with security cleared insiders generally considering him a traitor, and ordinary people generally considering him a hero for telling the public about illegal activity within the National Security agency directed against fundamental, and constitutionally protected civil liberties like freedom of speech.Andregg, Michael M.. (2016). Ethical Implications of the Snowden Revelations. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/208855
Investigating the ‘empire of secrecy’ — three decades of reporting on the secret state
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University LondonIt has often been argued that journalism has been the most effective means of holding the intelligence services to account in western democracies. This thesis examines whether that proposition holds true in the United Kingdom and if so, whether such oversight has been consistent. Accountability by the news media is compared with the expanding range of UK official oversight mechanisms. The author utilises a body or work from over three decades of reporting on the intelligence services and further research on accountability to examine these questions. The author suggests this work is timely, given the controversy prompted by the former National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, who leaked a substantial archive of secret intelligence documents. This thesis concludes that the news media were often effective, if not consistent, in bringing intelligence to account in the second half of the 20th century. Since the start of the 21st century monitoring the secret state has become more challenging as a result of a changing economic, global and national political environment. Government legislation and technology makes it increasingly difficult for journalists to obtain confidential sources and then undertake their Fourth Estate role. Finding new methodologies is an urgent task for journalists, as history reveals that if intelligence agencies operate without scrutiny from outside government, abuses take place. Never before has government and its intelligence services had such powers and techniques of invasive mass surveillance available, and thus the potential to control the population and particularly those who dissent
Alerting and orienting in Alzheimer's disease - are they independent? Reply to Festa et al
No full textThe area of contention between E. Festa-Martino, B. R. Ott, and W. C. Heindel (2004; see record 2004-12990-007) and A. Tales and colleagues (A. Tales, J. L. Muir, A. Bayer, R. Jones, & R. J. Snowden, 2002; A. Tales, J. L. Muir, A. Bayer, & R. J. Snowden, 2002; see record 2002-06031-015) is whether the Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related increased spatial orienting effect is attributable directly to the decreased phasic alerting effect or whether they are two separate effects. In a subsequent study, A. Tales, R. J. Snowden, M. Brown, and G. Wilcock (2006; see record 2006-20657-014) have provided evidence to suggest that the increased spatial orienting effect in AD is not necessarily the result of a decreased phasic alerting effect, as an AD-related increase in spatial orienting effect occurred under conditions in which the phasic alerting effect was the same for both groups. In a commentary to this article, E. K. Festa, B. R. Ott, and W. C. Heindel (2006; see record 2006-20657-015) discuss what they suggest may be potential confounding factors within the authors' study. In this reply, further data in support of the authors' interpretation are provided, and the authors address the points highlighted by Festa et al. (2006). In addition, the authors request that if Festa et al. (2006) are to account for the changes in spatial orienting effects in AD in terms of the shifts in the phasic alerting effects, then how do they postulate how so small a change in one can produce so large a change in the other? (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reservedThe area of contention between E. Festa-Martino, B. R. Ott, and W. C. Heindel (2004; see record 2004-12990-007) and A. Tales and colleagues (A. Tales, J. L. Muir, A. Bayer, R. Jones, & R. J. Snowden, 2002; A. Tales, J. L. Muir, A. Bayer, & R. J. Snowden, 2002; see record 2002-06031-015) is whether the Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related increased spatial orienting effect is attributable directly to the decreased phasic alerting effect or whether they are two separate effects. In a subsequent study, A. Tales, R. J. Snowden, M. Brown, and G. Wilcock (2006; see record 2006-20657-014) have provided evidence to suggest that the increased spatial orienting effect in AD is not necessarily the result of a decreased phasic alerting effect, as an AD-related increase in spatial orienting effect occurred under conditions in which the phasic alerting effect was the same for both groups. In a commentary to this article, E. K. Festa, B. R. Ott, and W. C. Heindel (2006; see record 2006-20657-015) discuss what they suggest may be potential confounding factors within the authors' study. In this reply, further data in support of the authors' interpretation are provided, and the authors address the points highlighted by Festa et al. (2006). In addition, the authors request that if Festa et al. (2006) are to account for the changes in spatial orienting effects in AD in terms of the shifts in the phasic alerting effects, then how do they postulate how so small a change in one can produce so large a change in the other? (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserve
Sacciolepis africana C. E. Hubb. & Snowden
No full text<p> <b> <i>Sacciolepis africana</i> C.E.Hubb. & Snowden</b> —</p> <p>Habit: Herb.</p> <p>Habitat: LMDF; up to 1 600 m. Distribution: II.</p> <p>Voucher: N/A.</p> <p>Reference: Agnew (2013).</p>Published as part of <i>Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, pp. 1-108 in Phytotaxa 546 (1)</i> on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6550464">http://zenodo.org/record/6550464</a>
Molecular and in vitro growth comparisons of Encephalitozoon hellem isolates from human and bird hosts
No full textMolecular and in vitro comparisons were performed using two isolates of Encephalitozoon hellem, one from an avian host and one from a human host, and one isolate of Encephalitozoon cuniculi from a rabbit. The molecular comparisons were performed by amplifying and sequencing the gene coding for a zinc metallo-aminopeptidase from cDNA and gDNA obtained from each of the isolates. The E. hellem sequences shared >99 % identity between each other and 70% identity with the E. cuniculi sequences. Conserved HEXXH and GXMEN motifs located within the sequences classify the protein as an aminopeptidase of the M1 family, with at least one zinc atom required for catalytic activity.
In vitro growth comparisons of the isolates described above were performed under simulated "mammalian and avian conditions". The models utilized mammalian and avian cell lines and sera at incubation temperatures of 37 ��C and 40 ��C, respectively. Three separate experiments were performed. E. cuniculi grew best under the mammalian model and significantly better than both E. hellem isolates under this model. The E. hellem isolates were able to infect and replicate under both the mammalian and avian models, which reflects the zoonotic potential of these isolates
¡Abajo el secreto, viva la privacidad! Dilemas mediáticos en el asunto Snowden
No full textThis article is an analysis of three journalistic accounts of the leaking of documents from the United States National Security Agency, done by Edward Snowden: a book, a movie, and an interview. The goal is to bring to light some ethical and political dilemmas underlying the case. First, a paradoxical tension between the demand for transparency versus the state’s secrecy and the need of personal secrecy for the right to privacy, which nowadays reflects the publicity versus secrecy dialectic in early modernity. Second, the hack-activist ethic facing the conflicts between anonymity and visibility. Third, the journalists trusted by Snowden confront the dilemma between the obligations of information and the protection of source confidentiality. The Snowden affair is thus an opportunity to learn some lessons about the ethics of communication in the digital age.Este artículo es un análisis de tres relatos periodísticos de la filtración de documentos de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad (NSA) de Estados Unidos, llevada a cabo por Edward Snowden: un libro, una película y una entrevista. El objetivo es sacar a la luz algunos dilemas éticos y políticos que subyacen al caso. Primero, una tensión paradójica entre la exigencia de transparencia frente al secreto estatal y la necesidad del secreto personal para el derecho a la privacidad, que refleja en nuestros tiempos la dialéctica publicidad / secreto en la modernidad temprana. Segundo, la ética hack-activista enfrenta los conflictos entre anonimato y visibilidad. Tercero, los periodistas en que Snowden confía afrontan el dilema entre los deberes de la información y la protección de la confidencialidad de las fuentes. El asunto Snowden es, pues, una oportunidad para extraer algunas lecciones sobre la ética de la comunicación en la era digital
Statement by grand jurors that John Snowden, slave, willfully burned barn of Elias Delashmutt, October 28, 1864
No full textStatement by grand jurors that John Snowden, slave, willfully burned barn of Elias Delashmutt, [Frederick County], October 28, 1864
Party invitation, to Mary Snowden, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN, 1872 December 27
No full textInvitation to the Second Annual Revel of the Bally-Hoos , for Mary Snowden (Cairns), Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN, 1872 December 27.
Under the Auspices of... Mrs. Robert C. Brinkley, Mrs. T. W. Hunt, Mrs. A. O. Harris, Mrs. Wm. A. Goodwyn, Mrs. Chas. B. Church, Mrs. Jacob Thompson, Mrs. Jno. Overton, Jr., Mrs. Wm. M. Farrington, Mrs. Walter A. Goodman, Mrs. C. P. Hunt, Mrs. Luke E. Wright, Mrs. W. P. Proufit.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-rbsnowdenfamily1/1043/thumbnail.jp
El caso Snowden
No full textEste trabajo analiza las implicaciones de la información desvelada por E. Snowden sobre el alcance de los programas de vigilancia masiva desarrollados por la NSA estadounidense, en colaboración con otros servicios y agencias de inteligencia.
Colaboración solicitada por el editor de la revista para el nº 4 (marzo-abril 2014), 86-91. Disponible en:
https://lamaletadeportbou.com/numeros/4-marzo-abril-2014/Esta publicación se integra en una línea de trabajo que incluye las aportaciones siguientes: (A) Moreno Muñoz, M. (dic. 2018): "Mediación tecnológica de la interacción social y riesgos de su instrumentalización: el caso de la plataforma Facebook". Gazeta de Antropología, 34/2, art. 08, pp. 1-18. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/54720 | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2563250 | (B) Moreno Muñoz, M. (2018): "Virtualización del espacio público y concepto débil de privacidad. Lecciones del caso Facebook-Cambridge Analytica", Ensayos de Filosofía, nº 8, 2018, semestre 2, artículo 3. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2535703 | (C) Moreno Muñoz, M. (2017): "Privacidad y procesado automático de datos personales mediante aplicaciones y bots". Dilémata: revista internacional de éticas aplicadas, año 9, nº 24: 1-23. | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256125
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