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Where Participatory Approaches Meet Pragmatism in Funded (Health) Research: The Challenge of Finding Meaningful Spaces
Get PDFThe term participatory research is now widely used as a way of categorising research that has moved beyond researching "on" to researching "with" participants. This paper draws attention to some confusions that lie behind such categorisation and the potential impact of those confusions on qualitative participatory research in practice. It illuminates some of the negative effects of "fitting in" to spaces devised by other types of research and highlights the importance of forging spaces for presenting participatory research designs that suit a discursive approach and that allow the quality and impact of such research to be recognised. The main contention is that the adoption of a variety of approaches and purposes is part of the strength of participatory research but that to date the paradigm has not been sufficiently articulated. Clarifying the unifying features of the participatory paradigm and shaping appropriate ways for critique could support the embedding of participatory research into research environments, funding schemes and administration in a way that better reflects the nature and purpose of authentic involvement
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The Lane to My House, Joan L. Lea 4;
The Water Angel, Alex Lobdell 5;
Forgive Me Lord, John Buckley 9;
The Bridge, John Amoroso 10;
Reason Enough, Bill Monroe 12;
Unrestricted Exploration, Colin C. Irvine 13;
"Wrote, Write, Writing, Wrought", Bridget Moylan 16;
Solace of Internal Spaces, Alicia Felstead 17;
Renewed by Quietness, Joan L. Lea 19;
Tiffany Marie Two Teeth 1985-1989, Mark A. Meister 20;
Veterans Day, Julien Gariepy 22;
You Taught Me Meaning, Bill Monroe 24;
The "Lost" Cemetery, Lenore Puhek 25;
My Dad, Jackie Carr 26;
Homework to Do, Tina Devena-Price 29;
"... ever after," The End, Bridget Moylan 30;
Flies and Paisley-Print, Joan L. Lea 33;
A Student Re-Orientation, Alex Lobdell 34;
Mathew, John Buckley 35;
Cares of Yesterday, Angie Glammons and Elizabeth Barrett Browning 36;
Changes, Michael Madden 38;
My Prayer, Dorothy Loughridge 40
Author Correction: Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts
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Correción errata.In the version of this Article originally published, the surname of author Tina Parkhurst was incorrectly written as Schroeder. This has now been corrected.Peer reviewe
International Governance of Oil Spills from Upstream Petroleum Activities in the Arctic : Response over Prevention?
Get PDFThe paper is partly based on the author’s PhD thesis submitted to the University of Aberdeen in 2017. The author is grateful to her supervisors Professor Tina Hunter and Dr Catherine Ng, and her examiners Professor Elizabeth Kirk and Professor Timo Koivurova for their time and comments.Peer reviewe
Reading with the Author's Sex: Α Comparison of Two Seventeenth-Century Texts
No full textΗ διαφορά μεταξύ γυναικείας και ανδρικής γραφής είναι τελικά διαφορά στην ανάγνωση του ανδρικού και του γυναικείου κειμένου. Εφόσον ιστορικά οι γυναίκες και οι άνδρες δεν καταλαμβάνουν ίση θέση ως κοινωνικά υποκείμενα, η συγγραφική τους θέση είναι εξίσου άνιση και τα κείμενά τους δεν μπορούν να αναγνωστούν με τον ίδιο τρόπο. Ίδια "σημαίνοντα" αντιστοιχούν σε διαφορετικά "σημαινόμενα". Επομένως το φύλο του/της συγγραφέα θα πρέπει να αποτελεί σημείο αναφοράς στην κατασκευή εννοιών από τον αναγνώστη—αντίθετα με την άποψη των μεταδομιστών ότι ο/η ομιλών/ούσα είναι θέμα αδιάφορο. Η σύγκριση μεταξύ των έργων της Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedie of Mariam, και του Philip Massinger, The Duke of Milan, δείχνει ότι οι ελευθερίες τις οποίες παίρνει ο άνδρας συγγραφέας σε θέματα γλώσσας, κατασκευής χαρακτήρων και δραματικής μορφής βρίσκονται εκτός της κλίμακας επιλογών για την γυναίκα συγγραφέα, η οποία γράφει σε μια κουλτούρα που θεωρεί την συγγραφικότητα αποκλειστικά ανδρικό προνόμιο, αποσιωπά την γυναίκα, και συσχετίζει την δική της πνευματική φωνή στο δημόσιο χώρο με τη σεξουαλική διαφθορά.The difference in the writing of men and women is actually a difference in reading their texts. Since men and women have occupied greatly unequal subject positions in history, their texts cannot be read the same way. The same “signifiers” correspond to different “signifieds” in the male and the female text. Thus the sex of the author-or the gender of the speaking voice-should be a point of reference in constructing meaning, contrary to the post-structuralist view that the author-function is a matter of indifference. The comparison between Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedie of Mariam and Philip Massinger’s The Duke of Milan illustrates that liberties taken by the male author in language, characterization and dramatic form are outside the range of options for the female author, who is writing in a culture that considered authorship an exclusively male prerogatiνe, confined woman to silence and linked her voicing of ideas in public to sexual promiscuity
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
Get PDFJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
A Cost Sensitive SVM and Neural Network Ensemble Model for Breast Cancer Classification
Get PDFBreast Cancer has surpassed all categories of cancer in incidence and is the most prevalent form of cancer in women worldwide. The global incidence rate is seen to be highest in the country of Belgium as per statistics of WHO. In the case of developing countries specifically, India, it has overtaken other cancers and stands first in incidence and mortality. Major factors identified as impacting the prognosis and survival in the country is chiefly the late diagnosis of the disease and diverse situations prevailing in different parts of the country including lack of diagnostic facilities, lack of awareness, fear of undergoing existing procedures and so on. This is also true for many other countries in the world. Early diagnosis is a vital factor for survival. The implementation of machine learning techniques in cancer prediction, diagnosis and classification can assist medical practitioners as a supplementary diagnostic tool. In this work, an ensemble model of a polynomial kernel-based Support Vector machines and Gradient Descent with Momentum Back Propagation Artificial Neural Networks for Breast Cancer Classification is proposed. Feature selection is applied using Genetic Search for identifying the best feature set and data sampling techniques such as combination of oversampling and undersampling and cost senstivke learning are applied on the individual Neural Network and Support Vector Machine classifiers to deal with issues related with class imbalance. The ensemble model is seen to show superior performance in comparison with other models producing an accuracy of 99.12%
University of Nebraska College of Medicine Class of 1995
No full textJay Robert Allison, Nahia Jean Mahmoud Amoura, Paul Wade Bauer, Elizabeth Anne Bauer-Marsh, Debra Lynne Carter Bavari, Richard Joseph Paul Ciaran Bean, Jay B. Bender, Nicole Joel Bergerson, Monte L. Bernhagen, Jason Lane Bespalec, Kathryn Lynn Binfield-Lynch, Robert Charles Bossert, V. Richard Bowen, Mary Allison Bowles, Nancy Ann Snyder Burt, Michelle Marie McTee Cassidy, Christopher Clemens Caudill, II, Paige Suzanne Charleston, Thomas John Clinch, Kim Lynette Coleman, Brian Patrick Conroy, Jill Alice Considine, Julie Ann Considine, Patrick Timothy Costello, Eric Joseph Crimmins, Amy Eden Daley, Suzanne Davey, Alfredo Diaz, Douglas Arthur Dilly, Robert Charles Drvol, Jr., Timothy Francis Ebel, Karen Ann Endacott, Edward Vincent Fehringer, David Allan Finken, Laura Elizabeth Fleckten, Suzanne Mary Furesz, Timothy Andrew Gardner, Ken Marcus Gatter, Allen Arthur George, Matthew Michael Glenn, Mathew Charles Gordon, Joel Anthony Greisen, Anthony Joseph Griess, Timothy Bruce Grossman, Kristen Lynn Guy, Michael Joseph Halferty, Mary Ellen Hayden, Jeffre D. Helmink, Andrea Marcia Herman, Vicki Anne Crossland Herrman, Julie Dawn Hester-Diaz, Craig Edward Hinkle, Cheryl Kay Hinners, Darin Jay Hoffman, Deborah Renee Hoffmann, Michael Lamkee Hubner, Jimmy Dee Huebert, Tuan Anh Huynh, Barry Javadzadeh, Christine Marie Chonis Jeffrey, Veronica Lynn Johnson, Carolee Vehilia Hernandez Jones, Gina Renee Jones, Robinlyn Kagaruki, Fernando Enrique Karst, Pamela S. Kohlmeier, Lynette D. Landrigan Kramer, James Russell Lairmore, Steven G. Lapke, Catherine Anne Curtis Leadabrand, Cynthia Peterson Lloyd, Marty Lynn Luedke, Joseph David Magee, III, Thomas Michael Magnuson, James Mathew Malone, III, Mary Michaela Manning, Edward M. Mantler, Joseph Michael McClain, Lorrie L., McGill, Charles Todd McMinn, Kristin R. Melton, Jeffrey T. Merz, Ted Richard Mikuls, Patricia Ellen Murdock-Langan, James Michael Neid, Jr., J. Scott Neumeister, Lorance Henry Newburn, III, David Allen Nickel, Anna Belinda O\u27Grady, Ifeanyi Samuel Orizu, James Enoch Partridge, II, Shailesh J. Patel, Kenneth O. Phillips, Lewis Wayne Plachy, Mary Carol Plank, Harry Person Pocras, Mark J. Puccioni, Clifford Charles Quintana, Arnie Lynn Rath, Robert Raymond Rauner, Sheila Mary Reefe, Eric Charles Rice, Deanna Lee Rison, Charles Patrick Rogers, Carl Frank Schanbacher, Stacey A. Schmidt, Tina Rae Scott-Mordhorst, Wade N. Sears, Patricia Anne Seivert, Scott Allen Shipman, Tracy Lee Slocum, Patrick James Steinauer, Mark Edward Tafoya, Stephen Thomas Thew, Michael Charles Thompson, Stephen Randolph Tibbels, Kynan Charles Trail, De Quang Tran, Barry Michael Uhl, Heather Anne Vahle, Sharee Anne Valencia, Scott Allen Vosik, Kathryn Ann Vuper, Avis Diane Walters, Joan M. Warner, Kirk Grant Watkins, Tamara Sue Wendt, Jason Corwin Wills, Renee Lynn Wimpfheimer, Leslie Carol Graham Winter, Michael Lynn Zaruba, David Kent Zettermanhttps://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/comclass/1076/thumbnail.jp
'A local habitation and a name A Kristevan reading of human growth in religion, with a reference to John and Charles Wesley'
Get PDFThis study is concerned with the concept of human growth and change: it juxtaposes processes of growth and change in psychoanalytic therapy and those in a religious context. In both situations the relationship between growth and development and the idea of becoming 'good' is considered. Kleinian, Post-Kleinian and particularly Kristevan theory is used to elucidate facilitators of change in psychoanalytic therapy and in the context of Christian faith. The emphases in the theory used here differ from those of more traditional developmental theorists in the study of religion, which rely heavily on ego-psychology and self-psychology, and focus on the autonomous ego and the degree of maturity of forms of religion. By contrast, the emphases here are on the split self, on unconscious drives, phantasies and affects, and on the non-cognitive apprehension of truth. Through an examination of the lives of John and Charles Wesley, the thesis examines the possibility of growth occurring in the context of so-called 'immature’ forms of religion, the means by which this might occur, and the extent to which change is governed by an individual's mental structure and psychological defences. The Kristevan reading allows a less cognitive, 'ego-driven' study of the growth to 'goodness' than does that of the developmental theorists. It thus questions the validity of traditional classifications of forms of religion. It elicits differences between the historical subjects, which demonstrate the importance of personality factors in facilitating or hindering growth. Finally, it enables an exploration of Charles Wesley’s hymns which reveals evidence of erotic and imaginary elements, and the possibility of triadic openness in what some would see as an 'immature' form of belief. This examination also questions Kristeva's own assertion that religious symbolism cannot adequately 'sublimate' the 'abject'
Access Revolution: The Birth, Growth, and Supremacy of Electronic Journals as an Information Medium [author version]
No full textThe tremendous growth of e-journals in the marketplace has forced libraries to rethink their means of providing access to these coveted resources. Over the past 20 years, methods to connect users to e-journals have taken different shapes, fluctuating among a plethora of theories, ideologies, and technologies. This chapter attempts to synthesize the methods employed by academic libraries during this period to provide seamless e-journal access to users
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