19 research outputs found
Service Animals in Training and the Law: An Imperfect System
No full textIt is critically important to provide service animals in training the same protections given to fully trained service animals. To achieve this goal, the ADA, the ACAA, and the FHAA must be amended to provide service animals in training with access to workplaces, transportation, and places of public accommodation equivalent to those already provided to trained service animals
Decolonizing Christianity: grassroots ecumenism in France and Algeria, 1940-1965
No full textThis dissertation, “Grassroots Ecumenism: Christianity and Decolonization in France and Algeria, 1940-1965” is the first major study of how French Protestant and Catholic engagement in the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) reshaped Christianity in the modern world and influenced global religious movements like Ecumenical Movement and Vatican II. The moral questions that surfaced during the Algerian War, including the French military’s use of torture, the repression of civilian populations, and debates about the legitimacy of the Algerian nationalist positions forced Christians across the world to rethink the role of Christianity in imperialism and its future in a postcolonial world. This dissertation examines the shifting dynamics of Christianity’s role in the French empire, from the role that Christianity played in supporting the moral foundations for French colonialism in Algeria, to the ways in which Social Christianity, which emerged in France in the 1930s and 40s, undermined these same moral arguments, including the belief that French colonialism was both benevolent and the only means through which Christian interests could be protected in Algeria. Using private and governmental archives from France, Switzerland, Algeria, and Tunisia, this dissertation argues that the Algerian War, the most brutal and violent conflict over decolonization in the French empire, was a testing ground for the decolonization of Christianity itself. It traces a group of French Christians who used Christian theology and morality to argue for social justice for colonized peoples, and even political independence. Although many of these Christians were arrested and tortured for their support of the Algerian population, they worked toward a decolonization of the church in Algeria by initiating a dialogue with Algerian Muslims and working with them to solve some of the grave social problems that were at the root of Algerian discontent. This project thus traces the transformation of Christianity from its position as the moral foundation of European imperialism to its role as a radical voice of political and social change in the era of decolonization, and the complex tensions that resulted as Christians attempted to renegotiate their place in the emerging Third World.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Darcie S. Fontain
Taking care in child protection: a descriptive account of practices with women who have experienced violence by their domestic partners.
No full textThe aim of this research was to achieve a better understanding of ways to support the safety of women who have experienced violence by their domestic partners. This descriptive study focused on seven cases handled by a mid-island child protection team who had recently been introducing a number of new practice approaches. Case files and interviews from child protection worker/former clients were used as the basis for this case study‘s analysis. The results offer a detailed glimpse into how child protection workers employ a variety of safety inviting practices and how women who have experienced violence perceive these practices. Three overlapping themes represent ways that child protection workers invited greater safety: validation, responding to mother‘s relational needs, and creating space for the mother to take the lead. The impacts of these practices are discussed and recommendations are offered for policy and procedural changes and training and supervision.Graduat
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Lipan Dream Work: Narrative Sovereignty in the Novels of Darcie Little Badger
No full textDarcie Little Badger, a Lipan Apache author, writer, and artist, uses her novels as a means to challenge dominant narratives about Lipan Apache culture, language, and status. Little Badger’s extensive use of Lipan language highlights the importance of language reclamation to the (re)establishment of cultural sovereignty, while her inclusion of Lipan cultural practices have amplified the visibility of Lipan Apaches significantly through the success of her novels. In this project I explore Little Badger’s novels, how they challenge narrative erasure, and their relation to other works of Indigenous Futurism. Lastly, I propose the term dream work, which describes the act of collective dream(ing) for a better future, as one way in which Little Badger’s work can be analyzed as representative of a larger movement of sovereignty for the Lipan Apaches
Exploring the Effectiveness of an Occupation-Based Intervention: An Experimental Study With Calligraphy
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
This research study compared three intervention approaches for learning calligraphy: occupation-based, activity-based, and preparatory tasks. Our study encourages occupational therapy practitioners to center treatments on meaningful occupations for optimal motivation, engagement, and performance.
Primary Author and Speaker: Dragana Krpalek
Additional Authors and Speakers: Alice Hyun, Judy Kim, Amanda Lee, Jessica Lee, Darcie Moningka, Miriam Petersen
Contributing Authors: Heather Javaherian-Dysinger, Heather Roese, Karen Pendleton</jats:p
Assessing Adaptation Strategies for Extreme Heat: A Public Health Evaluation of Cooling Centers in Maricopa County, Arizona
No full textabstract: Preventing heat-associated morbidity and mortality is a public health priority in Maricopa County, Arizona (United States). The objective of this project was to evaluate Maricopa County cooling centers and gain insight into their capacity to provide relief for the public during extreme heat events. During the summer of 2014, 53 cooling centers were evaluated to assess facility and visitor characteristics. Maricopa County staff collected data by directly observing daily operations and by surveying managers and visitors. The cooling centers in Maricopa County were often housed within community, senior, or religious centers, which offered various services for at least 1500 individuals daily. Many visitors were unemployed and/or homeless. Many learned about a cooling center by word of mouth or by having seen the cooling center’s location. The cooling centers provide a valuable service and reach some of the region’s most vulnerable populations. This project is among the first to systematically evaluate cooling centers from a public health perspective and provides helpful insight to community leaders who are implementing or improving their own network of cooling centers.Corresponding Author:
Vjollca Berisha
Maricopa County Department of Public Health
[email protected]
Bibliography on Extension Research, January 1954 Through December 1958
No full textExcerpts from the Preface: This circular contains references to more than 400 studies pertaining to selected aspects of the extension educational function. For the most part, studies mentioned bear publication dates covered by the period 1954 through 1958, or became known to the Federal office during that period. They are arrayed alphabetically by authors according to the major areas and subareas of the outline that serves as the contents page. Included for each study are appropriate bibliographic notations and brief comments on study base and methodology. Included as a separate section is an alphabetical author listing accompanied by numbers to identify the studies with which each is associated
Jacques Ranciere’s Politics of Literature, Writing and Aesthetics in the Letters of John Keats
No full textThrough his numerous works on the philosophy of aesthetics, literature and writing Jacques Rancière has crafted a body of work based on the premise of equality as recognized through aesthetics. In the introduction to the English translation of Rancière’s The Politics of Aesthetics, author Gabriel Rockhill writes Rancière supports abolishing any presupposed inequalities of intelligence . Rancière argues against any privileged position usurped by philosophy in its various attempts to speak for others, be it the proletariat, the poor, or anyone else who is not \u27destined to think\u27 Rancière\u27s political positioning of aesthetics finds those who have no name, who remain invisible and inaudible, can only penetrate the police order [politics] via a mode of subjectivization that transforms the aesthetic coordinators of the community by implementing the universal presupposition of politics: we are all equal . I suggest Rancière\u27s theories on the politics of aesthetics, literature and writing are present in letters written by 19th century Romantic poet John Keats
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No full textUbiquitination by HECT E3 enzymes regulates myriad processes, including tumor suppression, transcription, protein trafficking, and degradation. HECT E3s use a two-step mechanism to ligate ubiquitin to target proteins. The first step is guided by interactions between the catalytic HECT domain and the E2∼ubiquitin intermediate, which promote formation of a transient, thioester-bonded HECT∼ubiquitin intermediate. Here we report that the second step of ligation is mediated by a distinct catalytic architecture established by both the HECT E3 and its covalently linked ubiquitin. The structure of a chemically trapped proxy for an E3∼ubiquitin-substrate intermediate reveals three-way interactions between ubiquitin and the bilobal HECT domain orienting the E3∼ubiquitin thioester bond for ligation, and restricting the location of the substrate-binding domain to prioritize target lysines for ubiquitination. The data allow visualization of an E2-to-E3-to-substrate ubiquitin transfer cascade, and show how HECT-specific ubiquitin interactions driving multiple reactions are repurposed by a major E3 conformational change to promote ligation. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00828.001
