312 research outputs found
Texas Genealogical Records, Ellis County
No full textGenealogical Records of Ellis County, Texas contain various lists of records (births, deaths, marriages, etc.) taken from family Bibles, cemetery and church records, wills, and other relevant sources. Index starts on page 153
Wayside flowers, /
No full textOn cover: Wayside flowers.The author is identified as Maggie McNinch. Cf. Newspaper notices (p. [113]-116)Mostly poems.Mode of access: Internet
Food and eating in fiction since 1950 with particular reference to the writing of Angela Carter, Doris Lessing, Michele Roberts and Alice Thomas Ellis.
No full textPhDEating is a fundamental activity. What people eat, how and with whom, what
they feel about food, what they do or do not want to eat and why - even who
they eat - are of crucial significance in any reading of human behaviour.
In this thesis, I consider the diverse and complex uses of food and eating
in fiction since 1950, especially that written by women. I argue both that food
and eating carry much of the meaning of a novel or story and that the acts of
cooking, feeding and eating depicted are inseparable from issues of power and
control: individually, interpersonally, culturally, politically.
My discussion centres on the writing of Angela Carter, Doris Lessing,
Michele Roberts and Alice Thomas Ellis. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory,
sociology, anthropology, Foucault, Bakhtin and others, the thesis aims to
construct an interdisciplinary perspective which both resists reductive
interpretations and emphasises the centrality, complexity and diversity of food
and eating in literature in our culture.
I begin with an examination of the ambiguities of maternal feeding and
nurturing, moving on to explore the links between appetite, eating and sexuality.
I explore cannibalism and vampirism as manifestations of oppression, but also as
indicating insatiable emptiness and transgressive appetite. The body itself is
crucial, and my argument considers the paradox of not eating as
control/enslavement, also tracing self-starvation as a positive route towards
wholeness and connection. The last part of my argument focuses on social
eating, examining conventions, rituals and food itself in connection with power
relations, and finally considers how we might truly speak of food and eating in
the context of society as a whole
Maintaining personhood and self-image in dementia : an exploration of collaborative communication
No full textThe main aim of this thesis was to explore the maintenance of personhood and
self-image in dementia by way of facilitating collaborative communication between
people with dementia and their caregivers/interaction partners. As such, the roles of
the person with dementia and the interaction partner were examined in each study
within the realms of the ‘Collaborative Personhood Model’.
Findings of the first study highlighted strategies used by people with mild to
severe dementia to maintain social interactions, to save-face and to maintain and
project a sense of self-image in a reminiscence situation. The impact of introducing a
family member as the interaction partner in a similar reminiscence-based situation
using personal photographs was then explored. The findings of this study indicated
that the personal nature of the photographs can create conflict between the person with
dementia and her family member. Crucially, these studies illuminated the supportive
role that the communication partner must adopt in order to successfully facilitate
people with dementia to maximise their retained communication skills.
Communication and sense of self was then examined in an individual with very severe
dementia with some retained speech. The findings of this study illuminated the
potential of imitation in communicating with people at this stage of the illness. These
findings were then built upon by exploring the use of Intensive Interaction (II) in a
person with very advanced dementia with no retained speech. Findings of this study
indicated retained awareness of self and functional communication skills at very late
stages of dementia. Finally, this study was expanded using a modified version of II
(Adaptive Interaction) in a small group of individuals with very severe dementia with
very little or no retained speech. These findings indicated an unprecedented desire and
ability to communicate in people with such severe dementia.
Taken as a whole, these studies highlighted the adaptive and collaborative role
that the interaction partner must adopt in order to facilitate the maintenance of
personhood and self-image in people with dementia. More specifically, the interaction
partner must adjust to the communicative repertoire that is maintained at each stage of
dementia and in each individual. The ‘Collaborative Personhood Model’ represents an
attempt to explain how this might be achieved
Exploring positive adjustment in people with spinal cord injury.
No full textThis study explored adjustment in people with spinal cord injury; data from four focus groups are presented. Thematic analysis revealed four themes, managing goals and expectations, comparison with others, feeling useful and acceptance, showing participants positively engaged in life, positively interpreted social comparison information and set realistic goals and expectations. These positive strategies show support for adjustment theories, such as the Cognitive Adaptation Theory, the Control Process Theory and Response Shift Theory. These results also provide insight into the adjustment process of a person with spinal cord injury and may be useful in tailoring support during rehabilitation
ON BEING A GOOD-ENOUGH READER OF MAGGIE NELSON'S THE ARGONAUTS
No full textThis article explores what might constitute the good-enough reader of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts. Prompted by Nelson's use of D.W. Winnicott's theory of the good-enough mother whose insufficiencies generate the infant's capacity to tolerate ordinary frustration and move beyond both idealizations and denigrations, I argue that the good-enough reader here would be the one who resists the temptation to idealize both the book and its author. This argument is presented as an attempt to open up some spaces for the discussion of ambivalent responses to this book, beyond the rather deferential fandom that has characterized the psychic life of its reception.</p
Power Through Partnership How Women Lead Better Together
No full textBetsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, accountability, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships. Drawing on their own twelve-year partnership and from interviews with 125 women business partners, Polk and Chotas demolish the myths that keep women from collaborating and offer advice for handling a host of potential challenges. This groundbreaking book shows that when women team up-combining complementary skills, channeling their egos into the partnership, and encouraging each other-they can work as full equals to achieve something that's exponentially greater than each woman alone.Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction Out from Under the Radar -- Chapter 1 Why Partnership Works for Women -- Chapter 2 What Does Being a Woman Have to Do with It? -- Chapter 3 Debunking the Myths -- Chapter 4 Searching for Partners -- Chapter 5 Preparing for Risks -- Chapter 6 Leveraging Conflict -- Chapter 7 The Rubber Band Theory Moving Forward -- Moving Forward -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Contributing Partners -- About the Authors -- About the Mulberry Partners -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- YBetsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, accountability, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships. Drawing on their own twelve-year partnership and from interviews with 125 women business partners, Polk and Chotas demolish the myths that keep women from collaborating and offer advice for handling a host of potential challenges. This groundbreaking book shows that when women team up-combining complementary skills, channeling their egos into the partnership, and encouraging each other-they can work as full equals to achieve something that's exponentially greater than each woman alone.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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Using adaptive interaction to simplify caregiver’s communication with people with dementia who cannot speak
No full textCaregivers find it difficult to interact with people with dementia who have lost the capacity for speech. Adaptive Interaction is a simplified approach that uses the nonverbal fundamentals of communication to connect with people who can no longer speak. Here we present Adaptive Interaction as a method for equipping caregivers with these nonverbal skills to increase communication with the people they care for. Six caregivers were each paired with one individual with dementia and trained in Adaptive Interaction. After receiving training in Adaptive Interaction, caregivers identified more communicative behaviours in their interactions partners and engaged in more frequent positive social behaviours and meaningful actions during interactions. These findings suggest that it is possible to equip staff to use simplified communication based on nonverbal fundamentals to connect with people with dementia who can no longer speak
The effect of gibberellic acid on mycelial growth on toxin formation in ceratocystis ulmi isolates, 1967
No full textThis study was undertaken to determine the effect 5 con�centrations of gibberellic acid (10, 50, 100, 400 and 1000 ppm) would have on radial mycelial growth, mycelial yield, and toxin formation of six isolates of �. ulmi. To determine the effect of GA on the radial growth of the mycelia, the isolates were grown on a synthetic nutrient agar medium containing the GA concentrations. For some iso�lates it was found that low GA concentrations slightly stimulated growth, while higher concentrations generally in�hibited growth. At 1000 ppm, mycelial growth of all isolates was strongly inhibited. Mycelial yield was determined by culturing isolates in liquid shake culture, containing the different GA concentrations. Mycelia were separated from the culture medium by filtration. Mycelial yield was found to generally decrease as GA concentrations increased. Filtrates from liquid cultures were used for toxin titre assays. On the basis of the extent of wilting induced in tomato cuttings, treated with filtrates from the GA-defi- cient medium, isolates were classified as moderately patho�genic and highly pathogenic. When tomato cuttings were treated with filtrates from isolates grown in GA-supplemented media higher wilting percentages were found at lower GA concentrations and generally lower wilting percentages were found at higher GA concentrations. The greatest reduction in wilting occurred in isolates that were moderately patho�genic
Light and ultrastrucural observations on vascular dysfunction induced by ceratocystis ulmi in leaf and petiole traces of Ulmus Americana, 1976
No full textLight and ultrastructural observations on vascular dysfunction induced by Ceratocystis ulmi in leaf and petiole traces of Ulmus americana were conducted to determine the nature and extent of occurrence of vascular dysfunction at various stages of disease development in naturally infected twigs and in cuttings of American elm treated with sterile culture filtrates.Ultrastructural studies on anatomical changes in leaf and petiole traces of naturally infected and culture-filtrate treated elm twigs are lacking. It appears as if vascular dysfunction at these anatomical sites in elm may be critical in the water balance problem associated with wilting in Dutch elm disease. Observations at the levels of light and electron microscopy have revealed that vascular dysfunction is similar in leaf and petiole traces of naturally infected branches and in culture filtrate-treated cuttings. In both types of material vessel lumina were found to be occluded with granular or gum-like substances, vessel wall surfaces and middle lamellae were deteriorated, and intertracheary pit membranes were markedly darkened. In some instances, tylose-like bodies and bubble-like formations from the vessel wall occluded vessel lumina. Occasionally, hyphal segments were observed in vessel lumina in some traces from naturally infected twigs. Except for the presence of hyphal segments, vascular dysfunction in vessels in leaf and petiole traces from culture filtrate-treated cuttings, was indistinguishable from that in naturally infected material. The results of this study reveal the extent to which vascular dysfunction occurs in petiolar and leaf traces of elm infected by the Dutch elm disease fungus. Since these sites represent the only passageways for water to move to the leaf lamina extensive dysfunction in these areas should result in a critical water balance in the leaf blade. It appears likely, therefore, that leaf wilt in Dutch elm disease may be the direct result of vascular dysfunction at these anatomical sites
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