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Designing 21st Century Standard Ware: The Cultural Heritage of Leach and the Potential Applications of Digital Technologies
No full textThis practice-based research investigates the potential applications of digital manufacturing technologies in the design and production of hand-made tableware at the Leach Pottery. The methodology for the research establishes an approach grounded in my previous experience as a maker that is informed by an open, experimental, emergent, and responsive framework based on Naturalistic Inquiry.
A critical contextual review describes the cultural heritage of Leach which, for the purposes of the research, is developed through the Leach Pottery as a significant site, the historical production of the iconic Leach Standard Ware and the contemporary production of Leach Tableware. This is followed by an examination of Potter’s Tools in the Leach production environment, and a review of makers’ digital ceramic practice.
The contextual review is followed by an explication of ‘standards’ presented through visual lineages of Standard Ware and Leach Tableware to define ‘standard’ at a design (macro) level, followed by an examination of how ‘standard’ operates at a making (micro level) level. This chapter presents new knowledge in relation to defining the visual field of Leach Pottery tableware production and its standards of design.
A chapter focussed on practice presents the outcomes and analysis of my engagement with digital manufacturing technologies which resulted in the development of new tools to support Leach Tableware production and the interrogation of Leach forms, in different mediums, which led to the creation of Digital-Analogue Leach forms. The practice culminated in the design and development of new 21st century Standard Ware: a range of 9 forms, called Echo of Leach, that were developed by myself using digital and analogue methods: the designs were realised by myself, the Leach Studio, and a further four makers. The outcomes of the research were presented in a three month exhibition at the Leach Pottery in 2013.
The conclusions of the research draw on the key points raised in the analysis of the practice and relate these to the approaches to making pottery that are highlighted in the cultural heritage of Leach in the contextual review. These are also discussed in relation to ways in which these findings could be taken forward into development of knowledge about Standard Ware, especially in a broader studio pottery context
A comparison of paediatric hypertension clinical practice guidelines and their ability to predict adult hypertension in an African birth cohort
No full textIt remains unclear which paediatric hypertension clinical practice guideline (CPG) should be applied in an African population. We, therefore, aimed to compare commonly used CPG (2017 AAP, 2016 ESH, 2004 Fourth Report) developed in high-income countries for use in South African children at four paediatric ages (children: 5 years, 8 years; adolescents: 13 years, 17 years) to determine which best predicts elevated blood pressure (BP) in adulthood (22 years, 28 years). Moreover, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for each specific paediatric CPG was calculated across the age points. The 2017 AAP definition identified more children and adolescents with hypertension when compared to the 2004 Fourth Report and 2016 ESH guidelines. In computed hazards ratios, ages 8 years to 17 years, all three paediatric CPG significantly predicted the risk of elevated BP in young adulthood (p ≤ 0.032). However, sensitivity to predict elevated BP at age 22 years for all CPG was generally low (17.0%–33.0%) with higher specificity (87.4%–93.1%). Sensitivity increased at age 28 years (51.4%–70.1%), while specificity decreased (52.8%–65.1%). Both PPV and NPV at both adult age points varied widely (17.9%–79.9% and 29.3%–92.5% respectively). The performance of these paediatric CPG in terms of AUC were not optimal at both adult age points, however, the 2017 AAP definition at age 17 years met an acceptable level of performance (AUC = 0.71). Our results, therefore, highlight the need for more research to examine if an African-specific CPG would better identify high-risk children to minimise their trajectory towards adult hypertension
Edward Twichell Ware Records
No full textEdward Twichell Ware, son of Edmund Asa Ware, (first president of Atlanta University 1869-1885) became Atlanta University's third president in 1907 and served until he became seriously ill in 1919. Ware was born in Atlanta in 1874 and attended his father's alma mater, Yale University. After graduation he was designated as Northern Secretary for Atlanta University, a position which mainly involved raising funds for Atlanta University by addressing organizations on the work of the school. In 1901 Ware was appointed Chaplain of Atlanta University. He served in this position while continuing his fund raising efforts until he was elected President in 1907. During the administration of Edward Ware, new courses in industrial arts and education were added to meet the demand for Atlanta University graduates as teachers in the public schools.
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Mary Ware Dennett letter to Lucile Atcherson, April 13, 1914
No full textOn April 13, 1914, Mary Ware Dennett, a women's rights activist, wrote this letter to Lucile Atcherson, a suffragist in central Ohio who served as executive secretary of the Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association. In the letter, Dennett is answering a request from Atcherson for a list of female Labor movement speakers who could have come to Ohio to campaign for women's suffrage. Dennett listed several speakers who could have been available to come to Ohio.
The Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1912, after the Ohio Constitutional Convention elected to bring to a vote the question of removing the words "white male" from the state constitution with regard to voting rights. Headquartered in the Chamber of Commerce building in Columbus, Ohio, the organization put out regular publications, organized public speeches and meetings, distributed literature and held parades in support of the suffrage movement. Women's suffrage in Ohio was defeated in a special election in 1912 and again in 1914 and 1916 before a resolution narrowly passed in 1917 allowing municipal voting by women in Columbus. In 1920, the 19th Amendment passed, extending the vote to women and prohibiting state and federal government from denying suffrage on the basis of sex
Prevalence and socio-structural determinants of tobacco exposure in young women: Data from the Healthy Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study in urban Soweto, South Africa
No full textBackground:Tobacco use is a major public health risk worldwide, which has increased on the African continent over the past 40 years. Socio-economic factors impact tobacco use and exposure, but little is known about the scope of this problem in young women living in an urban, historically disadvantaged township in contemporary South Africa. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of tobacco use in a cohort of young South African women using serum cotinine, and to assess the association between a number of socio-economic and social factors and tobacco use in this setting.MethodsSecondary analysis was conducted on cross-sectional data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study. Serum cotinine was measured and a cut-off of ≥ 10 ng/mL was classified as tobacco use. Household socio-economic, socio-demographic and health information were collected by an interviewer-administered questionnaire.ResultsCotinine data was available for 1508 participants, of whom 29.2% (n = 441) had cotinine levels indicative of tobacco use. In regression analyses, moderate to severe socio-economic vulnerability (score 2–3 OR 1.66, p = 0.008; score ≥4: OR 1.63, p = 0.026) and multiparity (OR 1.74, p = 0.013) were associated with tobacco use. In addition, alcohol dependence (OR 3.07, p < 0.001) and drug use (OR 4.84, p < 0.001) were associated with tobacco use.ConclusionYoung women with multiple children, moderate to severe socio-economic vulnerability, and alcohol and drug use were identified as more likely to use tobacco, indicating the need for targeted anti-tobacco interventions to curb the impact of tobacco on the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases in this setting
Team-based care for hypertensive patients is essential in low- and middle-income countries
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The impact of maternal hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa
No full textBackground: The long-term consequences for offspring born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy (HFDP) are not yet well understood and its influence on childhood blood pressure has not previously been assessed in sub-Saharan Africa.Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between maternal HFDP and offspring blood pressure in 3 to 6-year-old children in Soweto, South Africa.Methods: Oscillometric blood pressure was measured in 189 children born to mothers with and without HFDP diagnosed by 75 g 2-h oral glucose tolerance test. The 2017 AAP Guidelines for Childhood Hypertension were used as reference standard, and the term ‘elevated blood pressure’ referred to blood pressure readings above the 90th percentile for age, height and sex. The association between maternal HFDP and offspring blood pressure was analysed using multivariable linear regression.Results: Elevated blood pressure was identified in 49.7% of children. Maternal hyperglycaemia was not associated with offspring blood pressure when adjusted for offspring age, height and sex (SBP: 0.199, P= 0.888; DBP: 0.185, P= 0.837) or after multivariable adjustment (SBP: –0.286, P = 0.854; DBP: 0.215, P = 0.833). In the full model for SBP, child BMI age z-score was a significant predictor of blood pressure at 3–6years (1.916, P = 0.008).Conclusion: Although maternal HFDP was not associated with childhood blood pressure at 3–6 years, the prevalence of elevated blood pressure in this group of preschool-aged children is concerning. Future research is needed to further evaluate childhood obesity as a modifiable risk factor to reduce hypertension and cardiovascular risk in an African setting
Fluorescence lifetime distributions in homotryptophan derivatives
No full textPT: J; CR: CHANG MC, 1983, J AM CHEM SOC, V105, P3819 ENGH RA, 1986, CHEM PHYS LETT, V126, P365 GUDGINTEMPLETON EF, 1984, J PHYS CHEM-US, V88, P4626 JAMES DR, UNPUB JAMES DR, 1985, CHEM PHYS LETT, V120, P450 JAMES DR, 1986, CHEM PHYS LETT, V126, P7 PETRICH JW, 1983, J AM CHEM SOC, V105, P3824 SIEMIRACZUK A, 1987, IN PRESS SNYDER HR, 1948, J AM CHEM SOC, V70, P1962 WARE WR, 1983, REV SCI INSTRUM, V54, P1148; NR: 10; TC: 18; J9: CHEM PHYS LETT; PG: 4; GA: J3867Source type: Electronic(1
Life of Saint Gregory the Great Written in Four Books by John the Deacon: A Translation and Commentary of Book III
No full textThose interested in St. Gregory and his times find constant reference to the life of that pope written by John the Deacon. Because no translation of that work has hitherto appeared in English, a group of students, at the suggestion of Dr. L.V. Jacks, director of the classical department of The Creighton University, decided to undertake a translation and commentary on the Vita as their piece of research. |Since Books I and II of the Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni were already in process of translation when this work was begun, the original plan was to present a translation and commentary on Books III and IV. However, as the manuscript took shape, it ran into a forbidding length--some three hundred pages of translation alone; hence the first plan was abandoned and the scope of the work was limited to the third book alone. The text used was that of J.P. Migne, Volume LXXV of Patrologlae cursus completus Patrum Latinorum, which in the course of this study will be referred to as the Patrologia Latina. |Through the commentary the author has endeavored to supplement and clarify the text and to present various views on controversial questions. No textual, grammatical, or stylistic problems are handled, herein since these points have already been treated by competent scholars in this field. |This study has the secondary purpose of examining the historiography of John the Deacon in the Vita III. As background material a chapter containing the few known facts about this Roman deacon of the ninth century and his works has been included; also a chapter dealing with the early life and writings of St. Gregory because this material is not included in Book III.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
Just published, the second edition, with additions, of a new general English dictionary; peculiarly calculated for the use and improvement of such as are unacquainted with the learned languages. Wherein the difficult words, and technical terms made use of in anatomy, architecture, arithmetick, algebra, astronomy, botany, chymistry, divinity, gardening, grammar, hawking, heraldry, history, horsemanship, hunting, husbandry, law, logick, mathematicks, mechanicks, milit. affairs, musick, navigation, painting, poetry, rhetorick, sculpture, surgery, &c. Are not only fully explain'd, but accented on their proper syllables, to prevent a vicious pronunciation; and mark'd with initial letters, to denote the part of speech, to which each word peculiarly belongs. To which is prefixed, a compendious English grammar, with general rules for the ready formation of one part of speech from another; by the due application whereof, such as understand English only, may be able to write as correctly and elegantly, as those who have been some years conversant in the Latin, Greek, &c. Languages. Together with a supplement, of the proper names of the most noted kingdoms, provinces, cities, towns, rivers, &c. throughout the known world. As also, of the most celebrated Emperors, Kings, Queens, Priests, Poets, Philosophers, Generals, &c. Whether Jewish, Pagan, Mahometan, or Christian; but more especially such as are mentioned either in the old or New Testament. The whole alphabetically digested, and accented in the same manner, and for the same purpose, as the proceding part; being collected for the use of such, as have but an imperfect idea, of the English orthography. Originally begun by the Late Reverend Mr. Thomas Dyche, school-master at Stratford le Bow, author of The Guide to the English Tongue, The spelling dictionary, &c. And now finish'd by William Pardon, Gent [electronic resource].
No full textBefore the "Just" are three asterisks in a reversed pyramid.In fact a bookseller's catalogue; on p. [2]: 'Books printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible and Sun in Amen-Corner'; first line of text on that page is "1. Dyche's Guide to the English tongue. In two".Price in square brackets: (Price 6s.)Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland
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