146 research outputs found
Headlong he runs into Circe's snares: representation and the restoration royal mistress
No full textHeadlong he runs into Circe’s snares: Representation and the Restoration Royal Mistress is an interdisciplinary study of the Restoration royal mistress. During the Restoration and for generations thereafter, the mistresses of Charles II (reigned 1660-1685) came to symbolize the court both for its apologizers and its critics. In becoming such symbols, the figures of these women were made to play a role within the many social, religious, and political concerns during this tumultuous period. In focusing upon representation, this dissertation does not look to recover the actual actions (political or otherwise) of royal mistresses such as Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland, Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth, or Nell Gwyn – arguably the three most important and well-known of Charles’s many mistresses – but rather to see how the figures of these women were used to ‘think through’ contemporary issues. Bringing in various sources including poetry, libels, novels, histories, and medical books, this project examines how women were made to play central roles within political comment and rhetoric. In appropriating the faces and voices of women, the authors of these works demonstrate not only their opinions on English society and politics, but also the important underpinning gendered assumptions which informed their uses of royal mistresses within their works, allowing this study to bring together political history, women’s and gender history, history of medicine, and the history of the body. This dissertation is structured thematically, and the hermeneutic nature of its analysis is not meant to be a definitive account of the meaning of its sources, but instead to investigate common themes among clusters of sources including the Ottoman ‘Turk’ and harem politics, diseased and reproductive female bodies, and the uses of the memory of royal mistresses into the early Hanoverian period. Such themes allow for the insertion of women onto the early modern English political stage.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Meagan Ryan Schenkelber
Community Land Trusts And Limited Equity Cooperatives: A Marriage Of Affordable Homeownership Models?
No full textabstract: Since 2008, many have questioned the efficacy of conventional homeownership, particularly for low-income households. Advocates champion shared equity homeownership as an alternative, including community land trusts (CLTs) and limited equity cooperatives (LECs); yet, they too have limitations. CLTs offer ongoing homeownership support, but require conventionally “bankable” households. LECs can offer low-income households autonomy and limited asset building, but often require fiscal and organizational support to succeed. This paper explores an innovation in shared equity—the merger of CLTs and LECs to address challenges and maximize collective strengths. Set within the context of the benefits and limits of CLTs and LECs as independent organizations, the paper examines five CLTs with LEC projects. It considers the CLTs’ motivations for pursuing LECs and appraises the characteristics of hybrid projects. While CLT-LEC projects are small in number, they illustrate an emergent practice in the field and speak to the organizational adaptability of the broader shared equity model
Are university revitalization efforts changing neighborhoods?
No full textabstract: Problem
Universities are pursuing place-making beyond the campus. In the 21st century, many universities have invested in revitalization, reconceiving of urban neighborhoods as assets, rather than detriments. But what does this mean for the neighborhood?
Research Strategy
This study uses Census data and a survey of universities, pursuing neighborhood revitalization in nineteen cities, to examine place-based outcomes. I rely on median home values and rents to evaluate market change (1990 to 2010), testing how the rate of change in target tracts compares to areas without university investments. To account for contextual variation, I employ a multi-dimensional typology to analyze changes by city markets and revitalization approach.
Findings
The findings illustrate how extending the university brand into neighborhoods, achieved through bricks-and-mortar projects, is an effective strategy for revitalization. University initiatives, regardless of their intensity or place-based focus, meaningfully impacted neighborhood housing markets. However, market appreciation was substantially greater for target areas located in strong-market cities and/or with high-intensity investment from a university.
Takeaway for Practice
The findings contribute to an understanding of university revitalization outcomes and offer insight into the importance of context. For instance, strong market cities, on their own, are an indicator of success. University investment, in any form, appears to close gaps and boost lower-value neighborhoods back into an otherwise strong marketplace. For moderate and weak cities, the university’s approach is the defining characteristic—investment in place-based projects is critical for an improved market. Thus, the key to revitalization “success” is two-fold. Either the city is strong, enabling the university invest at any level of intensity, or the university pursues a place-based approach that increases the likelihood of growth regardless of city context. These outcomes highlight the potential for market-boosting effects, but also demonstrate the unique opportunity for planners to moderate housing market pressures alongside anchor institution investments
Can gown revitalize town? An analysis of neighborhood change in university revitalization areas, 1990-2010
No full textabstract: University investments are expanding to incorporate neighborhood revitalization. Yet, there is an inadequate understanding of how “town” is impacted by “gown” initiatives. This study combines institutional data with 1990 and 2010 Census metrics to assess outcomes of university-led revitalization in twenty-two neighborhoods. It explores market and socioeconomic change for target tracts relative to others. While the literature hypothesizes that anchor institution initiatives improve communities, the findings complication that notion. Median home values increased substantially and were no longer statistically different from other tracts; median rents nearly closed the gap as well. However, socioeconomic indicators did not suggest fundamental change
Factors influencing climate change adaptation research uptake by Yukon communities: Using adaptation planning to evaluate mechanisms for research uptake
No full text"There are more and more researchers in the North who want their work to benefit northerners, and wonder if their results are relevant to the communities they work near or with. With the impacts of climate change being felt by those who live in the North year-round, it is important that information which could help people adapt is being absorbed. We did an exploratory study on the uptake of research by communities through the lens of climate change adaptation plans to inform a potential larger study around the North." -- p. 3
‘Can you imagine what’s happened in Durham?’ Duke University and a new university-community engagement model
No full textabstract: As Durham’s economy collapsed in the mid-1990s, Duke established a plan to intervene. Its actions aligned with anchor institution models at many universities; its approach, however, was unique: In a city where Duke was a fixture, university leadership understood a top-down approach was not viable. Instead, administrators launched a community-led model intended to change the “story [from] look at what Duke did,” to “can you imagine what’s happened in Durham?”. I use a longitudinal case study to examine Duke’s anchor institution model in 12 Durham neighborhoods. The research considers Duke’s approach from the mid-1990s to present, drawing from: interviews with Duke administrators, community organizations, and neighborhood representatives; newspaper articles and reports; and a descriptive analysis of neighborhood change. This case explores an anchor model that engages non-profit partners and community development strategies. Findings show the potential for a multi-partner anchor model that cultivates neighborhood improvement and minimizes (to an extent) gentrification pressures that can arise from anchor investment. Duke’s anchor model offers a unique perspective on university-community engagement, partnerships and neighborhood investment.
Duke’s case offers insights for how major institutions—from university anchors to local government—can recast their roles in communities; it also offers a roadmap for how institutions can engage (and benefit) neighborhoods in meaningful ways. Informed by a collaborative anchor model, Duke empowered residents to identify their own neighborhood priorities and partnered with local community organizations to meet those aims. This anchor model reveals a powerful role for intermediaries, including planners and community organizers, to connect institutional resources with neighborhood priorities. Supported by a participatory planning process, there are opportunities to realign anchor institution strategies and tools with neighborhood priorities to move towards mutually beneficial outcomes.This article is a pre-print of a recently published article in the Journal of the American Planning Associatio
Phosphorylation of lipin 1 beta phosphatidate phosphatase by casein kinase II
No full textLipin is a phosphatidate phosphatase enzyme that catalyzes the penultimate step in triacylglycerol synthesis, the conversion of phosphatidic acid to diacylglycerol. By controlling this step, lipin regulates both triacylglycerol and phospholipid synthesis, and it also acts as a transcriptional regulator. It is known that phosphorylation controls the subcellular localization of lipin, and its activity as both a phosphatidate phosphatase and a transcriptional regulator. Multiple phosphorylation sites within lipin have been identified, but the identity of the protein kinases involved is largely unknown. In this work, we sought to identify and characterize kinases that play a role in lipin’s regulation.
Using bioinformatics, we found that lipin 1 beta has a high probability of being phosphorylated by casein kinase II. Using purified lipin 1 beta, we showed that casein kinase II catalyzed the incorporation of the gamma-phosphate of [gamma-32P]ATP into the protein. We then focused on the serine-rich domain of lipin 1 beta, which in lipin 1 beta has been shown to be important in subcellular localization through interaction with 14-3-3 protein. We generated a 22-residue peptide that included 7 putative serine/threonine phosphorylation sites, and found that this peptide was phosphorylated by casein kinase II. Phosphorylation analysis of the peptide with alanine substitutions for the putative sites indicated that Ser-285 and Ser-287 were the targets of the kinase. In full-length lipin 1 beta, the S285A mutation caused a greater degree of phosphorylation, whereas the extent of phosphorylation of the S285A/S287A mutant was about the same as that of the control wild type protein. In phosphopeptide mapping analysis, two phosphopeptides present in the wild type protein were absent in both mutant proteins, but one phosphopeptide present in the mutants was absent in the wild type protein. These observations indicate that the phosphorylation by casein kinase II is complex. This work increases our understanding of the posttranslational modification of lipin 1 beta by phosphorylation.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Meagan L. Henness
Shared Equity Homeownership in the United States: A Literature Review
No full textabstract: This article reviews the concept of shared equity homeownership (SEH) in the United States. The review examines the origins of the SEH model and its historic precedents. It considers the impetus for SEH, setting the discourse within the context of US housing policy and, specifically, low-income homeownership research. Subsequently, the review assesses the current state of SEH research, including the evidence associated with SEH as an affordable housing strategy, its application and challenges in the field, and gaps in the scholarly discourse
Supporting Indigenous Studies Programs Through Sustainable Budget Allocation
No full textThis study assesses acquisitions budget allocation for sustainable support of Indigenous Studies (IS) and the challenge of addressing the needs of an emergent subject area. A survey of collections librarians provided context for library allocation practices of other Canadian institutions offering IS programs. An analysis of titles purchased before and after creating an IS subject fund was performed; results reveal that there was an increase in the number of IS titles purchased annually after the fund was created. A defined subject fund allowed flexibility beyond conventional library collections structures to address the unique needs of IS as an academic discipline
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