215 research outputs found
Old Fort Bridger, Wyo.
No full textOLD FORT BRIDGER. What does this monument tell us? What does the lower scene represent? The upper one? Fort Bridger was built as a trading post by Jim Bridger, a famous scout and guide, in 1834. Thousands of emigrants on their way to Oregon and California halted here for days or weeks to rest their weary oxen and horses, to mend their wagons, and to prepare for the long trip over the desert region of Utah and Nevada. One of the old wagons used by the emigrants is standing in front of the general store, which was owned by Judge Carter. We examine the guardhouse and the remains of the old fort, which was built of logs and had a sod roof. Surrounding the buildings is a part of the stockade. This was a heavy fence of pointed timbers eight feet high. It was built as a protection against Indian raids. Here, also, are the ruins of the long, low stables that sheltered the fast and hardy little ponies used on the Pony Express. We try to picture the rough, busy, noisy scene of a hundred years ago--Indians, trappers, scouts, soldiers, covered wagons filled with women and children, with the men and boys riding in front, alongside, and behind
Hot Springs Bath House-Bridger Peak in Distance, Saratoga, Wyo.
No full textHot Springs Bath House-Bridger Peak in Distance, Saratoga, Wyo
Supplemental Material - Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality: Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario presented by COVID-19
No full textSupplemental Material for Public preferences to trade-off gains in total health for health equality: Discrepancies between an abstract scenario versus the real-world scenario presented by COVID-19 by David A Comerford, Angela Tufte-Hewett and Emma Bridger in Rationality and Society</p
Scientists at War: The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research
No full textJoin us to discuss Scientists at War: The Ethics of Cold War Weapons Research, a book by Sarah Bridger, published by Harvard University Press. Shelley Hurt joins the author in conversation.https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/convocpauth/1019/thumbnail.jp
Stressful Politics? Understanding Politics as a Stress Factor for Mental Health
No full textLife stressors are manifold. They may arise from many different events – e.g. divorce or redundancy – and are established causes of mental health problems. The current project focuses on a specific class of stressors: politics-based stressors. We seek to answer three main questions:
1) How does politics as a source of stress, compared to other non-political stressors, affect citizens’ mental health and well-being?
2) What factors influence individual differences in the impact of politics-based stressors on mental health?
3) What psychological strategies can help reduce the mental health impacts of political stressors?
We answer these questions using online survey data from the UK.
One study (hypotheses cannot be preregistered because the data collection took place in 2023) is based on two waves from Luca Bernardi's "Covid-19 Stressors, Mental Health, and Political Engagement" panel study. The two waves have been fielded in June and July 2023 with YouGov and are based on quota samples of British adults (N~1400). The study has been funded by a Research England Public Policy Support Fund. The study has been designed by Luca Bernardi (University of Liverpool) and James Gross (Stanford University).
A second study will be conducted through Prolific in the context of the UK 2024 General Election. The sample is based on young adults (18-27 years old) (N=1200). The study is based on a two-wave panel survey. The first survey will be fielded right after the elections. A follow-up survey will be fielded six months after. This study has been funded by a UCL Mental Health & Wellbeing Pump-priming Fund. PI: Jonathan Roiser (UCL); Co-Is: Luca Bernardi, Emma Bridger (University of Leicester) and Jack Blumenau (UCL). The study has also been funded by a University of Liverpool Policy Quick Response Fund - Election (PI: Luca Bernardi; Co-Is: Jonathan Rosier, Emma Bridger, Jack Blumenau).
The third study has been funded by the same schemes of the second study, but is based on a daily diary approach, fielded a few days before and after the election (N=200)
Fen mapping for the Bridger-Teton National Forest
No full textPrepared for: Bridger-Teton National Forest.November 2018.Includes bibliographical references.The Bridger-Teton National Forest contains a rich resource of fen wetlands. This report and associated dataset provides the BTNF with a critical tool for conservation planning at both a local and Forest-wide scale. These data will be useful for the ongoing BTNF biological assessment required by the 2012 Forest Planning Rule, but can also be used for individual management actions, such as planning for timber sales, grazing allotments, and trail maintenance. Wherever possible, the Forest should avoid direct disturbance to the fens mapped through this project, and should also strive to protect the watersheds surrounding high concentrations of fens, thereby protecting their water sources
Captain Kittredge
No full textPhotograph of Captain Willard Kittredge (1829-1879). He was a first lieutenant in company I Third California Infantry, departing California with Colonel Connor to come to Utah. He was among the troops that established Camp Douglas in October 1862. He was transferred to Fort Bridger in December of 1862 where he was promoted to Captain of his company in July 1864. He arrived back at Camp Douglas in Sept. 1864. His company was consolidated with Company D, with Kittredge as Captain. He was appointed Provost Marshall in Salt Lake City. He was married in Salt Lake City in October 1866 and mustered out of the Army in December 1866. He remained in Salt Lake City through at least the next spring, then returned to California. Kittredge and his wife had one daughter, Charmian, born in California in 1871. In 1905, she married the famed author, Jack London
Does Cognitive Ability Buffer the Link Between Childhood Disadvantage and Adult Health?
No full textObjective: Individual differences in childhood cognitive ability have been neglected in the study of how early life psychosocial factors may buffer the long-term health consequences of social disadvantage. In this study, we drew on rich data from two large British cohorts to test whether high levels of cognitive ability may protect children from experiencing the physical and mental health consequences of early life socioeconomic disadvantage. Method: Participants from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS; N = 11,522) were followed from birth to age 42, and those from the 1958 National Child Development Study (NCDS; N = 13,213) were followed from birth to age 50. Childhood social disadvantage was indexed using 6 indicators gauging parental education, occupational prestige, and housing characteristics (i.e., housing tenure and home crowding). Standardized assessments of cognitive ability were completed at ages 10 (BCS) and 11 (NCDS) years. Psychological distress, self-rated health, and all-cause mortality were examined from early adulthood to midlife in both cohorts. Results: Early social disadvantage predicted elevated levels of psychological distress and lower levels of self-rated health in both cohorts and higher mortality risk in the NCDS. Childhood cognitive ability moderated each of these relationships such that the link between early life social disadvantage and poor health in adulthood was markedly stronger at low (−1 SD) compared to high (+1 SD) levels of childhood cognitive ability. Conclusions: This study provides evidence that high childhood cognitive ability is associated with a decrease in the strength of socioeconomic status–driven health inequalities
Schistosomes and snails: A molecular encounter
No full textCopyright © 2014 Knight, Arican-Goktas, Ittiprasert, Odoemelam, Miller and Bridger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.Copyright © 2014 Knight, Arican-Goktas, Ittiprasert, Odoemelam, Miller and Bridger. Biomphalaria glabrata snails play an integral role in the transmission of Schistosoma mansoni, the causative agent for human schistosomiasis in the Western hemisphere. For the past two decades, tremendous advances have been made in research aimed at elucidating the molecular basis of the snail/parasite interaction. The growing concern that there is no vaccine to prevent schistosomiasis and only one effective drug in existence provides the impetus to develop new control strategies based on eliminating schistosomes at the snail-stage of the life cycle. To elucidate why a given snail is not always compatible to each and every schistosome it encounters, B. glabrata that are either resistant or susceptible to a given strain of S. mansoni have been employed to track molecular mechanisms governing the snail/schistosome relationship. With such snails, genetic markers for resistance and susceptibility were identified. Additionally, differential gene expression studies have led to the identification of genes that underlie these phenotypes. Lately, the role of schistosomes in mediating non-random relocation of gene loci has been identified for the first time, making B. glabrata a model organism where chromatin regulation by changes in nuclear architecture, known as spatial epigenetics, orchestrated by a major human parasite can now be investigated. This review will highlight the progress that has been made in using molecular approaches to describe snail/schistosome compatibility issues. Uncovering the signaling networks triggered by schistosomes that provide the impulse to turn genes on and off in the snail host, thereby controlling the outcome of infection, could also yield new insights into anti-parasite mechanism(s) that operate in the human host as well.NIH-NIAID and the Malacological Society of London
Expanding Imaginations for a Post-2030 Agenda: The Interaction between Christian and Indigenous Spiritualities in the Philippines
No full textEncounters with marginalised spiritualties and religions can assist in the creation of a post-2030 agenda that recognises the limitations of existing ideas of ‘sustainable development’ and ‘progress’, the necessity of which is evidenced by our worsening climate and ecological crisis.The acknowledgement that religion plays an important role in the lives of the majority of the world’s population has led to increased partnerships between religious communities, humanitarian and development practitioners, and policy makers. At best, this has resulted in fruitful partnerships with those whose world views fit into predefined understandings of religion and development. At worst, it has led to the instrumentalisation of religious and spiritual leaders to implement western, individualistic, capitalist, anthropocentric ideas of development. Knowledge flows have remained unidirectional with the aforementioned partnerships yet to see the transformative potential of engaging with a greater diversity of religious and spiritual communities when imagining a post-2030 agenda.This paper draws on ethnographic engagement and interviews with the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and Lumad Indigenous people in the Philippines to highlight how learned ignorance, encounters and horizontal relationships can expand individual and collective imagination – deconstructing imperial imaginations and prioritising people and planetary flourishing above profit. It highlights the potential way in which diverse subaltern, abyssal and decolonial movements can be engaged to support a burgeoning of ecologies of knowledge capable of challenging hegemonic understandings of ‘progress’ and ‘development’, essential to the post-2030 debate
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