475 research outputs found
Suffer the Little Children: Elective Abortion as a Sign of Diminished Societal Compassion
No full textAn article on abortion shows the very wide scale of this phenomenon. Abortions are shown in a historical perspective and through the prism of jurisprudence. The author presents its categorization – describing therapeutic and elective abortions. In this context he refers to the welfare of [email protected] Young University, USALynn D. Wardle & Mary Anne Q. wood, A Lawyer Looks at Abortion, (BYU Press, 1982)Lynn D. Wardle, The Abortion Privacy Doctrine (Wm. S. Hein & Co., 1981)Lynn D. Wardle, Rights of Conscience vs. Peer-Driven Medical Ethics: ACOG and Abortion, has been published in Life & Learning XVIII, Proceedings of the Eighteenth University Faculty for Life Conference at Marquette University 2008 at 23-55 (Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., ed. 2011).Lynn D. Wardle, Crying Stones: A Comparison of Abortion in Japan and the United States, 14 N.Y.L. Sch. J. Int=l & Compar. L. 183-259 (1994).Lynn D. Wardle, The Gap Between Law and Moral Order: An Examination of the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Abortion Decisions, 1980 B.Y.U.Law Rev. 911-35.293-30015129330
Same Difference? Translating ‘sensitive texts’
No full textJust like ideas of ‘equivalence’, the concept of ‘sameness’ in translation is not a neutral, univocal
one: its interpretation can shift both diachronically and synchronically, with a variety of factors,
be they individual or collective, influencing the outcome. This paper intends to investigate a specific
example from one author’s work in translation with a view to highlighting the role played by
social norms and ideological beliefs in the production and reception of translated texts.
Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990) was an English writer, close to the Bloomsbury Set and
author of several popular, critically acclaimed novels. However, her ‘scandalous’ narratives – including
extra-marital affairs, gay and lesbian characters and abortion – perhaps rather predictably,
provoked some strong reactions in Britain. Although all her books were translated with great
success in France, it is perhaps surprising that four of her novels were published in Italy during
the years of the Fascist regime. This paper outlines the French and Italian versions of The Weather
in the Streets, published in 1936 and 1938 respectively, within their historical context
Reply to the letter to the editor: ‘Systematic review of comparative effectiveness and health economics research relating to osteopathic manipulative treatment’
No full textExamining the relationship between complementary and integrative medicine and rural general practice: a focus upon health services research
No full textChinese Herbal Medicine (“3 medicines and 3 formulations”) for COVID-19: rapid systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textBackground: to evaluate the evidence behind claims that Chinese Herbal Medicine, specifically “three medicines and three formulations” (3M3F, comprising Jinhua Qinggan, Lianhua Qingwen, Xuebijing, Qingfei Paidu, Huashi Baidu and Xuanfei Baidu), is an effective treatment for COVID-19.Methods: we searched PubMed, MEDLINE and CNKI databases, preprint servers, clinical trial registries and supplementary sources for Chinese- or English-language randomised trials or non-randomised studies with comparator groups, which tested the constituents of 3M3F in the treatment of COVID-19 up to September 2020. Primary outcome was change in disease severity. Secondary outcomes included various symptoms. Meta-analysis (using generic inverse variance random effects model) was performed when there were two or more studies reporting on the same symptom.Results: of 607 articles identified, thirteen primary studies (six RCTs and seven retrospective non-randomised comparative studies) with 1467 participants met our final inclusion criteria. Studies were small and had significant methodological limitations, most notably potential bias in assessment of outcomes. No study convincingly demonstrated a statistically significant impact on change in disease severity. Eight studies reported sufficiently similar secondary outcomes to be included in a meta-analysis. Some statistically significant impacts on symptoms, chest CT manifestations, laboratory variables and length of stay were demonstrated, but such findings were sparse and many remain unreplicated.Conclusions: these findings neither support nor refute the claim that 3M3F alters the severity of COVID-19 or alleviates symptoms. More rigorous studies are required to properly ascertain the potential role of Chinese Herbal Medicine in COVID-19.Systematic review registration: this review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020187502) prior to data collection and analysis
Plus ça change? Struwwelpeter's 21st Century Cousins
No full textFollowing in the tradition of the hugely popular cautionary tales of Dr Heinrich
Hoffmann, and most notably Shock-Headed Peter or Slovenly Peter, the English-speaking
world continues to produce stories where children who dare to contravene societal norms suffer
calamitous consequences. This chapter offers a contrastive analysis between the tales from
Hoffmann’s collection and the ten stories in the first volume of David Walliams’ trilogy The
World’s Worst Children (2016) – with particular reference to the woes of Nigel, Nit-Boy, who
collects a fantastic quantity of lice in his hair. In both cases, humour is born from the juxtaposition
of moralizing attitudes and grotesque flouting of the rules but the “lesson”imparted in the
two texts appears very different. Although remarkably similar in some respects, this chapter
will argue that the two collections of cautionary tales are each very much the product of their
respective periods and that each author addresses their fiction to very different audiences
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