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The Casebooks of William Hey F. R. S. (1736-1819): An Analysis of a Provincial Surgical and Midwifery Practice
No full textUsing the twelve Medical and Surgical Casebooks and ten Midwifery Casebooks as central source material evidence, this thesis seeks to provide an analysis of the Georgian provincial medical practice of William Hey F. R. S. (1736-1819). Hey was both typical of many medical practitioners emerging from British medical training in the middle of the eighteenth century, yet untypical in that he was one of the select few who held an appointment over half a century as a senior surgeon in one of the century's twenty-seven newly founded hospitals and infirmaries. I begin by charting the rise of the special skills of human anatomy, surgery and
midwifery in the first part of the century, and consider how the previous lack of detailed evidence about the actual day-to-day working lives of Georgian practitioners has restricted recent scholarship. In order to fully evaluate Hey's successful career I then provide detail of
his early life, schooldays, apothecary apprenticeship and clinical London training. This is followed by a review of his whole career from his initial relations with the existing medical practitioners, to his domination of the medical stage in Leeds over six decades. Built into this
review are some other aspects of his life that nevertheless had an impact upon the progress of his career, not least the significance of his permanent handicaps. The vast quantity of case histories within the Casebooks can only be selectively treated. My selection provides evidence of the medical variety, surgical innovation and some of the finer and more unusual features of his skilful midwifery technique. Elements of his patient- practitioner relationships, the development of his clinical approach, and the indistinct area between his private and
charitable patients become evident as the discussion of his work proceeds. The thesis concludes with an overview of Hey's life and the ways in which his Casebooks provide vital
new insight for the better understanding of Georgian provincial medical, surgical and midwifery practice
e-Science and its implications
No full textAfter a definition of e-science and the Grid, the paper begins with an overview of the technological context of Grid developments. NASA’s Information Power Grid is described as an early example of a ‘prototype production Grid’. The discussion of e-science and the Grid is then set in the context of the UK e-Science Programme and is illustrated with reference to some UK e-science projects in science, engineering and medicine. The Open Standards approach to Grid middleware adopted by the community in the Global Grid Forum is described and compared with community based standardization processes used for the Internet, MPI, Linux and the Web. Some implications of the imminent data deluge that will arise from the new generation of e-science experiments in terms of archiving and curation are then considered. The paper concludes with remarks about social and technological issues posed by Grid enabled ‘collaboratories’ in both scientific and commercial contexts
“Hey, hey, hey! It’s time to play.” Exploring and mapping children's interactions with ‘smart’ toys
No full textThe chapter is based on findings from an 18-month ESRC/EPSRC-funded study ‘’Exploring and mapping interactivity with digital toy technology’. These words (“Hey, hey, hey! It’s time to play.”) were produced by one of the toys in this study. The toys appear like traditional soft toys, are 60 cm tall and have a vocabulary of about 4000 words, motors to provide movement and a ROM chip so they respond to inputs such as the hand, toe or ear being squeezed. The toys were targeted at children ages four to eight and are based on Arthur and his sister D.W., two aardvark characters from the popular Marc Brown stories. The toys ask questions, suggest games and can also be used in conjunction with compatible CD-ROMs that feature language and number games. Playing with the toy and the software simultaneously requires a ‘PC pack’ accessory consisting of a radio transmitter that looks like a modem and connects to the computer’s game port. This increases the toy’s vocabulary to 10,000 words so that it will ‘talk’ to the child, commenting on their interaction with the software and offering advice and encouragement. Whilst engaged in the software activities, children are able to elicit help and information from the toy by squeezing its ear. If children have difficulty progressing through a game, or persist in making the same mistake, the toy reminds them of this. Used together, the child does not interact solely with the computer but also interacts with the toy (described as an ‘interactive learning partner’ on the box) which, in turn, interacts directly with the computer and mediates the child’s actions. If the child plays with a friend the interaction possibilities are multiplied. These multiple interactions and children’s perceptions of the relationship between the computer screen interface and the toy interface were a focus of the research, particularly the new form of interface presented by the toy. This chapter describes different patterns of interaction and mediation, particularly in the context of children’s homes (12 children, average age of 6:2), although the study also included after school clubs (22 children, average age of 5:5) and a reception classroom (32 children, average age 4:7). We looked at interaction between children, toy and computer and between children and adults and/or peers, with different combinations of toy and/or software and for both individuals and pairs of children. The toys have raised concerns about whether they are too structured for imaginative play, whether children attribute human psychology to the toys and the toys’ role in learning. These concerns, along with the broader issue of whether young children should be using technologies at all, have mainly been prompted by lobbyists rather than illuminated by academic research. This chapter addresses some of these concerns in the light of this empirical study
Hey (John D.) - Uncertainty in Microeconomics.
No full textFontanel Jacques. Hey (John D.) - Uncertainty in Microeconomics.. In: Revue économique, volume 32, n°3, 1981. pp. 590-591
Dynamic decision making: what do people do?
No full textDynamic inconsistency, Sequential choice, Myopic, Naïve, Resolute, Sophisticated, D90, D81,
Building Quality Assurance into Metadata Creation: an Analysis based on the Learning Objects and e-Prints Communities of Practice
No full textThis paper challenges some of the assumptions underlying the metadata creation process in the context of two communities of practice, based around learning object repositories and open e-Print archives. The importance of quality assurance for metadata creation is discussed and evidence from the literature, from the practical experiences of repositories and archives, and from related research and practices within other communities is presented. Issues for debate and further investigation are identified, formulated as a series of key research questions. Although there is much work to be done in the area of quality assurance for metadata creation, this paper represents an important first step towards a fuller understanding of the subject.
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