19 research outputs found
Jacob Gitlin Library : overview of functions
Get PDFDigital copies were created from a selection of items in the original hard copy Fay Singer South African Jewish Music Centre collection held in DOMUS in the Music Library, Stellenbosch University.Overview of events in the Jacob Gitlin Library from October 1999 to January 2010, organized by Dr Ute Ben Yosef
The banality of banality: [book review of Inside Prime Time by Todd Gitlin. Pantheon, 1986.]
No full textBook review published in: Village Voice, Oct. 25, 1983
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Conditional knockout of the Menkes disease copper transporter demonstrates its critical role in embryogenesis
Get PDF© The Author(s), 2012. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in PLoS ONE 7 (2012): e43039, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043039.The transition metal, copper (Cu), is an enzymatic cofactor required for a wide range of biochemical processes. Its
essentiality is demonstrated by Menkes disease, an X-linked copper deficiency disorder characterized by defects in nervous-,
cardiovascular- and skeletal systems, and is caused by mutations in the ATP7A copper transporter. Certain ATP7A mutations
also cause X-linked Spinal Muscular Atrophy type 3 (SMAX3), which is characterized by neuromuscular defects absent an
underlying systemic copper deficiency. While an understanding of these ATP7A-related disorders would clearly benefit from
an animal model that permits tissue-specific deletion of the ATP7A gene, no such model currently exists. In this study, we
generated a floxed mouse model allowing the conditional deletion of the Atp7a gene using Cre recombinase. Global
deletion of Atp7a resulted in morphological and vascular defects in hemizygous male embryos and death in utero.
Heterozygous deletion in females resulted in a 50% reduction in live births and a high postnatal lethality. These studies
demonstrate the essential role of the Atp7a gene in mouse embryonic development and establish a powerful model for
understanding the tissue-specific roles of ATP7A in copper metabolism and disease.This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants DK59893 and DK093386 to M.J.P., and DK44464 to J.D.G
The socio-cultural milieux of the left in post-war Britain
Get PDFThis thesis examines the relationship between activist subjectivities and the shaping of Britain’s late
sixties extra-parliamentary left cultures. Based on the oral narratives of ninety men and women, it
traces the activist trajectory from child to adulthood to understand the social, psychological, and
cultural processes informing the political and personal transformation of young adults within the
new left cultures that emerged in the wake of Britain’s anti-war movement, the Vietnam Solidarity
Campaign (VSC). To this end the study charts the development of the political and cultural shifts on
the left over the decade from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. It shows how throughout this
period dialogue between inner and outer activist life occurred against a background of ongoing
realignment on the left from a fluid, eclectic cultural network around the VSC to a demarcated post-
VSC left after 1969, that saw increasing divergence between a non-aligned libertarian New Left on
the one hand and a Trotskyist far left milieu on the other.
The study seeks to claim a valid space for Britain’s left activist landscape within the political,
social and cultural framework of ‘1968’ and British post-war historiography. Privileging individual
and collective subjectivities, the thesis examines ways of belonging inside Trotskyist and non-aligned
left milieux by situating the respondents, their radical histories and activist cultures within the
changing post-war fabric. It shows that investigating individual and collective memories provides
deeper understanding of the ‘cognitive maps’ that young men and women created, as they
attempted to situate themselves as radical, global beings as well as local, gendered social citizens.
As micro-studies the individual stories reveal how the experience of social, emotional and
political maturation from child to adult intersected with a specific social and political moment – the
formation of a new and distinctive left culture that came to full fruition only in the aftermath of 1968
with the arrival of Women’s Liberation and the new personal politics. Exploring the social and
psychological impact of post-war childhood and youth, the study engages with the political and
emotional impact of Women’s Liberation on the men and women within the cultural context of the different left milieux.
Overall, the thesis questions how, from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, the variant
cultures of the milieux penetrated public and private spaces, and shaped early life experiences of
work, political activity, family, and political and personal relations in order to understand how
activism shaped social patterns and psychic being
Factors Influencing Relapse Among Patients with Schizophrenia in Muhimbili National Hospital: The Perspectives of Patients and their Caregivers
Get PDFRelapse in patients with schizophrenia is a major challenge for mental health service providers in Tanzania and other countries. Approximately 10% of patients with schizophrenia are re-admitted due to relapse at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) Psychiatric Unit each month. Relapse brings about negative effects and it results in a huge burden to patients, their families and mental health sector and country economy as well. So far no study has been done to address relapse in Tanzania. That is why there is a need to find out as to why individuals with schizophrenia experience relapse. This study aimed to explore perspectives on factors influencing relapse to patients with schizophrenia and their caregivers attended at Muhimbili National Hospital Psychiatric Out-patient Department, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methodology A qualitative study was conducted, involving in-depth interviews of 7 schizophrenic out-patients and their 7 caregivers at MNH Psychiatric Out-patient Department in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select participants for the study. Audio recorded in-depth interviews in Swahili language were conducted with all participants in the study. The recorded information was transcribed to text in computer files and analyzed by using NVivo 9 computer assisted qualitative data analysis software. Findings Personal and environmental factors for relapse were the main themes that emerged from this study. Patients and their caregivers perceived non adherence to antipsychotic medication as a leading factor to relapse. Other factors included poor family support, stressful life events and substance use. Family support, adherence to antipsychotic medication, employment and religion were viewed as protectors of relapse. Participants suggested strengthening mental health psychoeducation sessions and community home visits conducted by mental health nurses to help reduce relapse. Other suggestions included strengthening of nurse-patient therapeutic relationship in provision of mental health care. It is important for mental health nurses to strengthen their therapeutic relationships with patients and their caregivers. Regular individual psychoeducation sessions and community based interventions would help reduce relapse and mental health service ix costs. Further larger studies with more diverse sample of people with schizophrenia and their caregivers are necessary to understand the issue of relapse in patients with schizophrenia
Цифровизация, пандемия, экология языка, рынок информационных и образовательных услуг и библиотеки: курс на выживание и устойчивое развитие. Ежегодный доклад Шестого Международного профессионального форума «Крым–2021»
Get PDFAbstract: The author starts with two key topics, i. e. digitalization and COVID-19 pandemic that makes impact on every sphere of human life and activity worldwide. The digitalization explosive development to change information, educational and library infrastructure has been not equal to expectations due to the pandemic and turned out to be different. However, the pandemic has stimulated digitization systems, Open access and open science. The author considers stable interest to ward reading, and printed books especially, to be “adigital era paradox”. He also points to stabilizing market of printed and electronic books. The no-less important topic is language ecology, or ecology of language, which cannot be interpreted exclusively as the fight for languagepurity; the author provides several examples of borrowings (Anglicisms) in the Russian language, which is increasingly evident due to digitalization. The modern digitalization facilitates targeted transition toward “the libraries of the future”, drives mainstream trends and goals on this way. The library collections, premises and working conditions during the pandemic are characterized. The pandemic also has exacerbated the problem of copyright transformation in the digital era. The author provides examples of legislative solutions in copyright in several countries and characterizes the Russia’s trends in copyright transformation in the digital world. The author concludes that, in the conditions of expanding digitalization and sustainable development, the libraries find themselves in the avant-garde as they support and effectually implement many sustainable development goals within the nation.Аннотация: Прежде всего автор рассматривает две главные темы – цифровизация и пандемия COVID-19, обращая внимание на то, как пандемия повлияла на все сферы жизни и деятельности людей во всём мире. Ожидания от бурного развития цифровизации и её воздействия на информационную, образовательную и библиотечную инфраструктуру, столкнувшись с пандемией, не оправдались, в ернее, о казались и ными. В тоже в ремя пандемия я вилась с тимулом к более активному развитию систем оцифровки, Открытого доступа и Открытой науки. Одним из парадоксов «цифрового времени» назван устойчивый интерес к чтению, причём прежде всего печатных книг. Отмечена стабилизация рынка печатных и электронных книг. Автор обратился к ещё одной важной теме – к языковой экологии, или экологии языка, что не следует понимать как только борьбу за чистоту речи; на нескольких примерах рассмотрена проблема заимствований (англицизмов) в русском языке, которая становится всё более очевидной в связи с развитием цифровизации. Современная цифровизация содействует целенаправленному переходу к библиотеке будущего, обусловливает основные тенденции и задачи развития библиотек на этом пути. При этом обращено внимание на состояние библиотечных фондов, помещений библиотек и условий их работы в период пандемии. Вместе с тем пандемия обострила ещё одну проблему – трансформацию авторского права в цифровую эпоху. Приведены примеры решения отдельных вопросов законодательства в сфере авторского права в разных странах; рассмотрены российские тенденции преобразования авторского права в цифровом мире. В заключение автор подчёркивает, что сегодня – с позиций нарастающей цифровизации и целей устойчивого развития общества – библиотеки находятся на передовом фланге: они не только поддерживают, но и реально обеспечивают многие цели устойчивого развития государства
Pulse
No full textVolume5/2001_February12February 12, 2001 PULSE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER First Navajo Woman Surgeon, Author To Present Surgery Grand Rounds Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., the first Navajo woman surgeon and well- known author of The Scalpel and the Silver Bear, will visit the U Health Sciences Center and the Indian Walk- in Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 14. She will present a Surgery Grand Rounds entitled " Ceremony Medicine: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times" in Classroom C of the School of Medicine at 7: 30 a. m. That evening at 5: 30 p. m., she will discuss her experiences as a Navajo physician at the Indian Walk- in Center ( 120 West 1300 South). Both events are open to the public. Alvord\u27s visit is sponsored by the Committee for Medicine and Culture, the University Women\u27s Health Information Network, the Salt Lake Surgical Society, the Indian Walk- in Center, the U Department of Surgery and the Utah Humanities Council. For more information call x5- 0555. U Hospital Valentine Classifieds Watch the Pulse boxes on Valentine\u27s Day for the Valentine Classifieds that employees sent to show appreciation to those who make work enjoyable. UH\u27s AirMed flight crews trained for winter survival at Solitude Ski Resort last week. See back for more details. Saffle Will Receive U Teaching Award Jeffrey R. Saffle, M. D., professor of surgery and director of the Intermoun-tain Burn Center, is among six faculty members who will receive the university\u27s Distinguished Teaching Award this year at the May 4 commencement ceremo-nies. Recipients, who are selected by the U\u27s Teach-ing Committee and the Jeffrey R. Saffle Vice President for Academic Affairs, receive a $ 5,000 base salary increase. Saffle teaches primarily in a clinical setting, provid-ing learning experiences for a wide range of health- care providers and students, including medical students, especially during surgery and burn center rotations; interns, residents, and fellows; nursing students and nurses; physician assistant students; and other physi-cians. He also lectures in a variety of settings, includ-ing conferences and seminars at the state, regional and national levels; hospital and departmental grand rounds; and various classes in the School of Medicine, College of Nursing and Physician Assistant Program curricula. Saffle was named Best Clinical Teacher by the medical school Class of 2000, and was presented the Teaching Award and Bedside Mentor Teaching Award by the School of Medicine graduating chief residents in 1999. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Chicago. He was an intern, resident and chief resident in surgery, and a burn research fellow at the U School of Medicine before joining the faculty in 1982. Other U faculty members receiving the Distin-guished Teaching Award this year are John Bowman, professor of geology and geophysics; Alan Fogel, professor of psychology; Andrew Gitlin, professor of education, culture and society; Robert Kessler, profes-sor of computer science; and Sidney Rudolph, research professor of physics. Library, Info Technology Forum Features HSC Web Development Teri Olsen, director of the new Web Resource Center, will present the program at Wednesday\u27s Library and Information Technology Forum at 12: 05 p. m. in Classroom C. She will talk about several initiatives under way, including efforts to network HSC Web developers, installation of a content management system ( Interwoven) and consumer clinical information database ( Greystone), and a major redesign of the HSC\u27s home pages. For more information go to http:// medlib. med. utah. Thefts Create Hospital Crime Alert Several hospital employees have recently re-ported thefts of purses and personal belongings. University Police Officer Kevin Nollenberg reminds employees to lock offices and keep valu-ables secure. If you see suspicious behavior or suspicious people in the area, call Hospital Security at xl- 2294. Also, be aware of recent car burglaries in the terrace parking lot. Remember to lock your vehicle and keep belongings out of sight. Call University Police at x5- 2677 to report suspicious activity in the terrace. Which School Will Give the Most Blood on Valentine\u27s Day? The Utah Lions Eye Bank, located in the Moran Eye Center, is coordinating donations at the U for the National Donor Day Blood Drive on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Nationwide, Saturn automobiles hosts donor day from their retail locations and works with a variety of health- related organizations. U faculty, staff and students are invited to give blood at the drive, which has become a competition among university students to give more blood than their BYU and Weber State rivals. The U is looking to take the " trophy of life" award this year, after BYU students received it last year for donating more blood than the U and Weber State students combined. The drive will be held in the Union Ballroom from 10 a. m. - 2 p. m. Sign up to participate at www. eyebank. med. utah. edu/ donorday_ signup. htm. Moran Now Offers Evening and Weekend Clinic Appointments The Moran Eye Center is now open for extended hours. The clinic on the UH campus will be open Thursday evenings and the office at the Old Mill Medical Center, 6360 South 3000 East will be open Saturday mornings. For more information or to schedule an appointment at UH, call xl- 2352. To schedule at the Old Mill center, call x5- 3937. AirMed Trains for Winter Survival The U AirMed staff held a day- long winter survival workshop Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Solitude Ski Resort involving the Park City Fire Department, Solitude ski patrol, Provo and Salt Lake County Search and Rescue teams. Brian Simpson, R. N., AirMed\u27s Safety Committee chair, organized the training that involved nearly 70 participants. Simpson said the goal of the event is to train the flight crews on survival techniques in the event of a crash or emergency landing. Training included crash survival, avalanche awareness, mountain navigation, signaling, fire starting and snow- shelter building. AirMed pilot Jason Brown demonstrates the art of Flight paramedic Howard Fait points AirMed staff to snow- shelter building. the fire- starting demonstration. C PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPE
Towards cultural democracy : contradiction and crisis in British and U.S. cultural policy 1870-1990
Get PDFThis study examines the theoretical contradictions of 'cultural democracy' in
Britain and the United States. Cultural democracy here refers to the claim
that community participation in cultural activities (artistic production and
consumption) leads to participation in a democratic society. In Britain
'cultural democracy' has been associated especially with the 'community arts'
movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
Using Gramsci's theory of 'hegemony' as a framework for analysis, I will
argue that the theoretical inconsistencies of 'cultural democracy' in the 1970s
and 1980s can be traced back to a fundamental contradiction in British and
U.S. cultural policy, between 'materialist' and 'idealist' conceptions of
culture. This contradiction has resulted in moments of crisis in British and
U.S. cultural policy, followed by periods of 'unstable equilibrium'. In
support of this argument I will focus on four of these moments of
contradiction and crisis. First I will develop my hypothetical model of
contradiction, crisis and equilibrium in relation to the British community arts
movement in the 1970s and 1980s. Then I will apply this model to three
successive 'moments of crisis' in British and U.S. cultural policy: the
'civilising mission' of the late nineteenth century public cultural institutions
in Britain and the U.S., particularly the settlement house; the U.S. federal
arts projects of the 1930s; dilemmas of access and accountability in recent
media policy. I will conclude by exploring some alternative theoretical
formulations of the relationship between 'culture' and 'community' and their
possible application to cultural policy and cultural democracy
Problematised History Pedagogy as Narrative Research: Self-Fashioning, Dismantled Voices and Reimaginings in History Education
No full textA growing disturbance with history’s identity in the New Zealand schooling curriculum disrupted my educational socialisation (curriculum, professional, academic) and inheritance of educational policy decisions. In turn, this disturbance shaped a critical stance in my research and practitioner work. Accordingly, problematised history pedagogy [PHP] emerged as the phenomenon and method of my doctoral study and was activated as a counterpoint to my experiences of normalised discourses of history curriculum and pedagogy. The PHP as narrative research was situated in my history curriculum programme in a postgraduate year of secondary teacher education. The research aimed to engage my history class (research participants as preservice teachers) in pedagogy that involved critique of and reflection on the things we do as history teachers in the secondary curriculum. The PHP was nested within my historicising and theorising of educational experience. Conceptualised as a reciprocal research process, the PHP involved the participants and me in theorising pedagogies, fashioning pedagogic identities, and engaging critically with curriculum conceptions of history. The PHP sought to reimagine history curriculum and pedagogy and identify pedagogic spaces of possibility.
The narrative research was layered as a bricolage of storying that reflected the interdisciplinary nature of my educational socialisation. Experiences as a teacher educator, curriculum and assessment developer and researcher, meant many voices, discourses, and theories were woven into the narrative. This complex conceptual work focused on understandings of narrative; policy, curriculum and pedagogy; critical pedagogy; history; history education, and notions of space. The narrative research was constructed in three parts. Firstly, my narrative selves and shifts to a critical pedagogy stance were historicised and theorised through an autobiographical approach. An original dimension of this storying has been the use of vignettes that illuminate the convergence of educational experience, theorising, and reimaginings as an aesthetic and critical narrative device. The second part of the research narrative arrives at the point of praxis whereby experience and theory came together to activate the PHP. The PHP was placed in the context of the national history curriculum, a review of history education literature, and situated in my teacher education work. The PHP has been represented as a system of meaning through its distinctive research processes of phenomenological inquiry, genealogical disclosure, and discursive self-fashioning. An original form of analysis was conceptualised to deconstruct the participants’ history thinking and their experiences of the cultural politics of the history curriculum. This was conceptualised as a dismantling analysis [DA]. The third part of the narrative recounts the history class’s year of reflexive engagement with PHP. Participants’ pedagogic identities, historical thinking and critique of history curriculum and pedagogy as PHP ‘cases’ in secondary classrooms were dismantled and discussed.
Emergent PHP findings of the participants’ thinking as beginning history teachers include such features as: discourses of embodiment (fears, failure and fraud) prior to practicum; uncertainties about historical knowledge that includes doubt and discomfort about dealing with ‘difficult’ knowledge; disillusionment with familiar historical narratives; scant exposure to Aotearoa New Zealand histories and limited engagement with historical research methods in school and university study; observations of uncritical teacher modelling of history pedagogy; questioning of a strong masculine focus in historical contexts and a recurrent theme of history as violent; history practicum experienced through the dominant orientation of history as inquiry. These findings illustrate the public, accountable and discursive production of the national history curriculum. Reimagined history curricula are glimpsed in the participants’ seeking of counter-orientations of history’s purpose and desired history pedagogy as inclusive and democratic, as social reconstruction, and as an evolving critical project. A reflective critique of the narrative research brings the writing to a close
