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King Lear to In the loop : fiction and British politics
No full textOn 11 December 2009, Nottingham University's Centre for British Politics held a conference at the British Academy that drew together politicians, writers and academics to explore the interaction of British politics and fiction.
In addition to the conference several video interviews were conducted with some of the speakers on the day.
In this interview taken at the Fiction and British Politics Conference in London, former MP and writer Joe Ashton reveals how much truth there is in his writing and explains why politicians often turn to writing fiction in order to spill the beans on what goes on behind closed doors.
Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education
Joe Ashton, Former MP and Author (Grassroots, Majority of One)
The Centre for British Politics is based in the University's School of Politics and International Relations. www.nottingham.ac.uk/politics/cb
Should i publish in an open access journal?
No full textAn “author pays” publishing model is the only fair way to make biomedical research findings accessible to all, say Matthew Kurien and David S Sanders, but James J Ashton and R Mark Beattie worry that it can lead to bias in the evidence base towards commercially driven results
Reply to Bench (1973)
No full textThe author is in agreement with Bench 1973 that without specific analysis one cannot be certain that the auditory output from a given loudspeaker matches the input to that speaker. However, issue is taken with Bench concerning the results obtained by Ashton 1971
Clark Ashton Smith short stories - translation and stylistic analysis
No full textThis bachelor thesis contains a translation of two short stories written by the american author of the 20th century Clark Ashton Smith. It consists of a practical and a theoretical part. The practical part is a side by side translation. It is preceeded by a short introduction to the theory of translation and a short characteristic of the source text. The theoretical part contains grammatical and lexical analysis of the translation. Using selected passages from the translation, this part discusses various problems that arised during the translation and translational strategies used to overcome them. Key words: translation, stylistics, grammatical and lexical analysis, Clark Ashton Smith, Abominations of Yondo, The Maker of Gargoyles, weird fiction, functional sentence perspectiv
Clark Ashton Smith povídky - překlad a stylistický rozbor
No full textTato bakalářská práce obsahuje překlad dvou povídek amerického autora 20. století Clarka Ashtona Smithe. Práce se skládá z praktické a teoretické části. Úvod práce obsahuje krátký úvod do teorie překladu a charakteristiku vybraných povídek. Praktickou část tvoří zrcadlený překlad povídek. Teoretická část obsahuje analýzu gramatické a lexikální roviny překladu. Na vybraných příkladech ilustruje řešení rozličných překladatelských situací s ohledem na současné překladatelské postupy. Klíčová slova: překlad, stylistika, gramatická a stylistická analýza, Clark Ashton Smith, Ohavnosti pouště Yondo, Stvořitel Chrličů, weird fiction, aktuální větné členěníThis bachelor thesis contains a translation of two short stories written by the american author of the 20th century Clark Ashton Smith. It consists of a practical and a theoretical part. The practical part is a side by side translation. It is preceeded by a short introduction to the theory of translation and a short characteristic of the source text. The theoretical part contains grammatical and lexical analysis of the translation. Using selected passages from the translation, this part discusses various problems that arised during the translation and translational strategies used to overcome them. Key words: translation, stylistics, grammatical and lexical analysis, Clark Ashton Smith, Abominations of Yondo, The Maker of Gargoyles, weird fiction, functional sentence perspectiveKatedra anglického jazyka a literaturyFaculty of EducationPedagogická fakult
Drama: engaging all learning styles
No full textDrama is highly regarded as an effective and valuable teaching strategy because of its unique ability to engage reflective, constructivist and active learning in the classroom as well as enhancing oral skills development (Di Pietro, 1987; Via, 1976; Heathcote cited in Wagner, 1976; Mezirow, 1990; Schon, 1991; Donato and McCormick, 1994; Lukinsky, 1990; Miccoli, 2003). As teachers, we often search for effective ways to improve our classes, motivate the students that we teach and appeal to a range of learning styles. This paper will discuss some of the benefits of using drama as a teaching strategy, its power to engage all learning styles and offer some practical classroom teaching activities which incorporate various learning styles in English as a foreign or second language. Teachers are encouraged to try some of these strategies and provide a more active and engaging learning experience for students in the classroom
Development of a peripheral nerve cuff for optogenetic stimulation and detection of host encapsulation in rats, chronically
No full textFull Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.Optogenetics is a recent technology which allows neural modulation using light. Optogenetics requires both expression of a light sensitive protein called an opsin and sufficient light to activate it. Tissue encapsulation is a known response of the body to foreign objects, including implantable medical devices. Tissue encapsulation has been widely observed in electrical stimulation systems where it degrades stimulation and recording performance. Optogenetic stimulators are also encapsulated by the body and a reduction in light power is expected due to the strong attenuation characteristics of the encapsulation tissue. This light power reduction could be sufficient to reduce opsin activation and might explain the reduction or loss of optogenetic response reported in some studies. However, as there are currently no studies quantifying the attenuation from encapsulation and the relative contribution to reduction of optogenetic effect are uncertain. Consequently, a peripheral nerve cuff for optogenetic stimulation incorporating a light power detector was developed to evaluate the impact of tissue encapsulation on optogenetic stimulation. This cuff was designed to be placed on the superior cervical ganglion, a promising target for understanding and treating high blood pressure.
A concept was developed of a cuff for a rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) which could deliver sufficient light to activate opsins, and which could also quantify tissue encapsulation based on light transmission. First, the optical properties of fibrous scar tissue and the SCG were determined from tissue samples, as these were not available. A design process was created to predict the measurement sensitivity in terms of tissue thickness resolvable by the system. A Monte-Carlo ray-tracing model was implemented in TracePro to enable simulation of the light transmission though the SCG and scar tissue. Transmission through the SCG was evaluated in the model to determine the sensitivity required to detect tissue encapsulation under varying SCG geometry. This allowed system specifications to be determined such that a cuff and recording electronics could be designed based around a photodiode. It also allowed a suitable LED source for optogenetic stimulation to be chosen which could illuminate the SCG. The photodiode and LED were encapsulated in glass tubes held in place by a titanium nerve saddle and enclosed by a silicone cuff. Leads were attached and routed to a transcutaneous port to allow in vivo measurements in later studies. A signal conditioning system was designed to convert the photo current into a voltage suitable for digitisation. The large range of geometry and tissue properties possible in vivo required the measurement system to handle a range of input photocurrent and demonstrated at least 45 dB signal to noise ratio across the input photocurrent range of 0.752 μA – 17.1 μA. Detection of thin host encapsulation was confirmed through in vitro measurement of a 50 μm change in tissue thickness; the resulting 60.9% change in the full-scale output was easily detectable. Comparison of benchtop measurements to the Monte Carlo model indicate ~10% agreement when considering the initial transmittance. The nerve cuff’s measurement system is evaluated in a saline bath and demonstrated 50 stable measurements over 25 hrs. The lifetime of the nerve cuff was demonstrated to be over 2 weeks. Water ingress was identified as a potential problem and a measurement approach, based on output power variation is suggested to increase robustness to water ingress.
A pilot study of the peripheral nerve cuff was performed in a small number of animals (n=2) allowing the change due to the attenuation of host encapsulation to be estimated as a ~13% (0.05 mm³) reduction in illuminated volume. While a study in a larger number of animals is required to confirm the results, the preliminary study confirms the feasibility of performing tissue encapsulation measurement in vivo. The cuff is also capable of stimulation with the model estimating 78% ii (0.39 mm³) of the SCG volume was exposed to greater than 1mW/mm².This work presents progress in quantification of the host encapsulation attenuation which is an important step toward precisely controlled light delivery for optogenetic investigation of peripheral neural circuits in chronic animal studies
Anonymous Was a Woman:A Museums and Feminism Reader
No full textFeminism is a social justice movement that aims to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression - and to change society for the better, for all.Alongside class and race, gender fundamentally shapes our perceptions and beliefs. But issues of sex and gender are still largely ignored in many museums and galleries: the inequalities that exist in society are replicated in museum practice. And, in turn, these practices reinforce and reaffirm social inequality.Anonymous Was A Woman is a 300-page positive, inspiring, practical reader, focusing on actions being taken within museums (including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museums Liverpool, V&A and the Whitechapel Gallery) to address these issues, as well as new initiatives aiming to impact and change museums from the outside.Featuring carefully selected texts from our two-volume Feminism and Museums, this book has a new Introduction by editor Jenna C Ashton, and each text has been reviewed and updated by the author
Anonymous Was a Woman:A Museums and Feminism Reader
No full textFeminism is a social justice movement that aims to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression - and to change society for the better, for all.Alongside class and race, gender fundamentally shapes our perceptions and beliefs. But issues of sex and gender are still largely ignored in many museums and galleries: the inequalities that exist in society are replicated in museum practice. And, in turn, these practices reinforce and reaffirm social inequality.Anonymous Was A Woman is a 300-page positive, inspiring, practical reader, focusing on actions being taken within museums (including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Detroit Institute of Arts, Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museums Liverpool, V&A and the Whitechapel Gallery) to address these issues, as well as new initiatives aiming to impact and change museums from the outside.Featuring carefully selected texts from our two-volume Feminism and Museums, this book has a new Introduction by editor Jenna C Ashton, and each text has been reviewed and updated by the author
Disability as an Intersectional Social Identity
No full textMilo Obourn, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of English, The College at Brockport Milo Obourn is an associate professor of English, where they teach courses in gender and sexuality, disability studies, critical race theory, and American literature. Dr. Obourn is the author of Reconstituting Americans: Liberal Multiculturalism and Identity Difference in Post-1960s Literature and is currently working on a project entitled Disabled Futures: Disability Theory and the Legacies of Identity Politics. Their work has also appeared in American Literature, MELUS, Twentieth Century Literature, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, and Contemporary Literature.
Jennifer Ashton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Education and Human Development, The College at Brockport Jennifer Ashton is an assistant professor of education, where she teaches courses in inclusive and special education. Dr. Ashton uses a Disability Studies in Education framework to study inclusive education, preservice teacher education, and service learning. Her work has appeared in the International Journal of Inclusive Education, the International Journal of Whole Schooling, Classroom Discourse, and Schools: Studies in Education.Intersectionality, first introduced by Kimberle Crenshaw, has become a widely accepted framework for understating how exclusion and discrimination operate through multiple interlocking systems of oppression including but not limited to racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia that impact individuals in multiple complex ways. As disability emerges as a recognized social identity, it is important to bring the existing understandings of intersectionality to light on the lives of those who identify as disabled. Seeing disability as a part of a shared identity that includes race, class, gender, gender identification, and sexual orientation can expand our understandings of learning, community, accessibility, politics, human interdependence, equity, and access within higher education. Looking at ways that ideologies of ableism have contributed to biases in relation to women, queer people, and people of color can also help us understand how these interlocking systems affect all of us, even if we think of them as being concerns for “someone else. “This session will address how disability studies, critical race theory, queer theory, and feminist theory can help us to better understand how systems that exclude, label, or marginalize some of us, limit the freedoms and full humanity of all of us.
GOAL/OUTCOME #1 Gain a greater understanding of intersectionality.
GOAL/OUTCOME #2 Recognize how disability intersects with race, class, gender, gender identification, and sexual orientation to create complex social identities, and how ableism has helped to construct racial, gender, class, and sexual identities.
GOAL/OUTCOME #3 Become more critically reflective about how you understand disability as a social identity in your interactions in our campus community.SUNY BrockportBrockport’s Annual Diversity Conferenc
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