1,237 research outputs found
Voyage Illustre dans Les Cinq Parties Du Monde par Adolphe Joanne
No full textFrontispiece depicting images from the travel book, "Voyage Illustre dans Les Cinq Parties Du Monde" by Adolphe Laurent Joanne. At center in front of a large globe, a woman wearing a laurel wreath on her head is seated writing in a book. Various people and animals from around the world are gathered behind her. Books, instruments and weapons lie in front of her, and famous buildings and landscapes are shown in the background. A balloon flies overhead.For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/79
Fashion and Physique Symposium:Dr. Joanne Entwistle “New Models of Diversity”
No full textDr. Joanne Entwistle presenting “New Models of Diversity” at The Museum at FIT's 19th fashion symposium, Fashion and Physique, held on Friday, February 23, 2018.The one-day symposium featured lectures and panels on topics such as the emergence of the plus-size fashion industry in the early twentieth century, the impact of popular culture on how we assess the female body, and fashion accessibility for the disabled in the technological age.Dr. Joanne Entwistle is a reader in culture, media and creative industries at King’s College, London. She is author of "The Fashioned Body: Fashion, Dress and Modern Social Theory.
The global knowledge economy in question
No full textPurpose – The aim of this paper is to bring into question the idea of the global knowledge economy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores the characteristics of the knowledge economy, as elaborated by academics and policy makers concerned with knowledge in the contemporary global business environment. A range of available data is reviewed concerning the global distribution of investments in knowledge, information and communications technologies (ICTs), international transactions in knowledge-intensive services and royalty and licensing fees, employment by sector and literacy rates. Such data provide a basis for an initial critical evaluation of the notion of the global knowledge economy.
Findings – The use of the term “global knowledge economy” fails to acknowledge the uneven distribution of knowledge-based economic activity. Moreover, as currently constituted, the idea of a global knowledge economy, which focuses on knowledge as conceptualised in the commercial activities of advanced countries, overlooks the diversity of knowledges present in the world today.
Originality/value – This paper provides the first attempt to question and critically explore the global knowledge economy
Negotiating motherhood in the works of Laudomia Bonanni
No full textThe purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the notion of the maternal in the works of Laudomia Bonanni. I have focused on three of Bonanni’s texts for this purpose: a collection of three short stories entitled Il fosso, and the novels L'imputata and Le droghe. In my analysis, I demonstrate how her writing provides a voice for women and their struggle to survive as mothers and wives in postwar Italy. While examining these issues, I also consider the influence of patriarchal institutions in shaping the status of motherhood in post-World War II Italy and how these cultural and social constraints are portrayed in her works. My research leads to significant conclusions regarding intertextual relationships in Bonanni’s works and her commitment to social critique. In the end, I claim that Laudomia Bonanni, despite her insistence that she is not affiliated with any feminist movement, emerges as a true champion of women’s rights, particularly those of mothers.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Joanne Frallicciardi Lyo
[Review of the book Qualitative research in occupational therapy : Strategies and experiences (2001), edited by Joanne Valiant Cook]
No full textTownsend reviews Qualitative Research in Occupational Therapy: Strategies and Experience (2001) edited by Joanne Valiant Cook.Source type: Electronic(1
Separating the Books from the Author: My Role as Joanne in Cheat Day
No full textIn Cheat Day, Hale Fishman exposes his audience to difficult situations and problematic themes. The play revolves around Jacob's journey in becoming more comfortable with himself, ironically catalyzed by Joanne's TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists) ideologies. By having the main protagonist overcome transphobia, the play, instead of giving a platform to TERFs, encourages the audience to stand with the trans community and respect the laws that protect them. Although I had never particularly looked up to her, I did look up to the characters she created in the Harry Potter novels, and my childhood was shaped by the world she created. When J.K. Rowling expressed transphobic views, I was not only disappointed, I was also conflicted. Still being a fan of the Harry Potter series, I was unsure how to express my adoration for the story while rescinding my support for the author who created it. Cheat Day's antagonist, Joanne, based on J.K. Rowling and her openly transphobic views, allowed me to come to terms with this contradiction. By playing Joanne and channeling Rowling's world view, I was able to undermine, for myself, her beliefs and platform on social media.Purchase College SUNYTheatre and PerformanceBachelor of ArtsRungoo, Ush
Fryer Lecture in Australian Literature: Frank Moorhouse, 9 Dec 2015
No full textAward-winning Australian author Frank Moorhouse AM delivers the inaugural Fryer Lecture in Australian Literature on the topic 'The survival of Australian writing: the role and authority of the literary imagination.' Introductions by Professor Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University Librarian Bob Gerrty, and Simon Farley, Fryer Library Manager
Genetic studies for selenate and tellurate reduction processes in facultative bacteria
No full textThe bioavailability and toxicity of selenium in the environment is strongly affected by redox transformations. In this study, we conducted spectroscopic, genetic, and macroscopic chemical measurements to investigate the ability of Citrobacter freundii to catalyze the reduction of soluble selenate oxyanions [Se(VI)] to poorly soluble elemental selenium [Se(0)]. The results indicate that C. freundii forms a red precipitate on selenate containing agar after 48 hours of incubation. In liquid culture, bulk chemical measurements show the removal of selenate oxyanions from solution only after oxygen is completely removed from the bacterial media. Selenate reduction by C. freundii is a substrate specific process and does not simply bind or absorb to cells, as it does not reduce arsenic under the same conditions. X-ray absorption near edge spectra analysis of cell pellets collected from selenate incubations after 7 days show the formation of solid-phase elemental selenium. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing revealed that C. freundii carries the ynfEGH operon, a gene cluster in the DMSO reductase family previously shown to be responsible for selenate reduction in other gamma proteobacteria. Sequence analysis of ynfEGH operon possess a FNR binding site (Fumarate nitrate reduction regulator), and twin-arginine translocation (Tat) signal sequence, The environmental implications of selenate reduction by C. freundii for bioremediation purposes are discussed. The genetic identity and co-factor composition of the bacterial tellurate reductase are currently unknown. In this study, we examined the requirement of molybdopterin biosynthesis and molybdate transporter genes for tellurate reduction by Escherichia coli. The results demonstrate that mutants carrying deletions of the moaA, moaB, moaE, or mog gene in molybdopterin biosynthesis pathway lost the ability to reduce tellurate. Deletion of the modB or modC genes in molybdate transport pathway also resulted in complete loss of tellurate reduction activity. Genetic complementation by the wild-type sequences restored tellurate reduction activity in the mutant strains. These findings provide genetic evidence that the tellurate reductase in E. coli is a molybdopterin-containing enzyme.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Joanne Theise
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