209 research outputs found
Profile: Marilyn Simon Rothstein
No full textMarilyn Simon Rothstein is the author of Lift and Separate, winner of the Star Award presented by the Women\u27s Fiction Writers Association for Outstanding Debut. It\u27s currently an Amazon Best Seller in Fiction Satire
JUST ACTION: HOW TO CHALLENGE SEGREGATION ENACTED UNDER THE COLOR OF LAW
No full textRemarks given by Author Richard Rothstein ahead of Western New England Law Review\u27s symposium The Color of Law: The Intersection of Race and the Law, which discussed his 2017 book, The Color of Law
Journeys Beyond the Horizon
No full textJules M Rothstein, clinician, researcher, educator, author, and speaker, entered into the field of physical therapy in 1975 following graduation from the Department of Physical Therapy at New York University. He completed his Master of Arts Degree in Kinesiology in 1979 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Therapy in 1983, also at New York University. During his training, he worked as Staff Physical Therapist at Peninsula Hospital Center in Queens, as Research Fellow with the Arthritis Foundation, and in private practice in Cedarhurst, New York.
From 1977 to 1980, Dr Rothstein was Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy at New York University. From 1980 to 1983, he was Instructor and Coordinator of Clinical Research and Training Programs at Washington University School of Medicine, and from 1984 to 1990, he was Associate Professor at the Medical College of Virginia. A tenured professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1990, Dr Rothstein also served as Head of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as Chief of Physical Therapy Services at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago until 1999. During that period, the department obtained more than $6 million in research funding and received APTA's 1997 Minority Initiative Award for consistently recruiting and maintaining ethnic and racial diversity among its students. He continues to serve as Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and remains active in all areas of physical therapy, practice, research, and service.
Dr Rothstein's expertise in measurement and research design has been used by many professionals—across disciplines—in the allied health community. He is in great demand as an invited guest speaker, having given professional presentations and keynote speeches on the topic of rehabilitation sciences at numerous national and international forums, including Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. He has also served as a consultant and visiting professor in South Africa, the Netherlands, and Poland.
Dr Rothstein has made extensive contributions to the physical therapy profession's body of knowledge, including the publication of more than 60 refereed articles and abstracts. In 1985, he edited the text Measurement in Physical Therapy. He chaired the APTA Task Force on Standards for Measurement in Physical Therapy that produced the first APTA Standards for Tests and Measurements in Physical Therapy Practice in 1993. As part of that task force, he co-authored the Primer on Measurement: An Introductory Guide to Measurements Issues. Since 1989, Dr Rothstein has served as Editor of Physical Therapy and has been appointed to that position for three 5-year terms by the APTA Board of Directors.
Dr Rothstein is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Golden Pen Award, the Outstanding Service Award for Research, the Outstanding Service Award for Continuing Education, and the Outstanding Therapist Award in the State of Illinois.
[Rothstein JM. Thirty-Second Mary McMillan Lecture: Journeys beyond the horizon. Phys Ther. 2001;81:1817–1829.]</jats:p
L'organisation du commerce des soieries en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle d'après un livre de commissions lyonnais conservé au Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres
No full textRothstein (Natalie). — The organisation of the silk fabric commerce in France and in England in the Eighteenth Century, taken from a book of commissions in Lyon, conserved in Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Analyzing an anonymous book of commissions from Lyon, conserved in the Victoria & Albert Muséum Collections in London, allows a comparison of French and English methods of commerce in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. The author's main thrust is to explore the paths that he provides, in order to fully understand the reality of working methods in Lyon, known essentially, until then, through payments. By identifying, in the album, a sample of a silk fabric woven in Lyon, the author is able to attribute other silk fragments to firms in Lyon. He is also led to ask a certain number of questions : were silk fabrics in Lyon specialized fabrics as certain indications seem to suggest ? Were the weavers specialized weavers also ? What were their relations with the commission agents ?...
Le Monde alpin et rhodanien, 2-3e trimestres 1991, Les filières de
la soie lyonnaise, pp. 85 à 92.Rothstein (Natalie). — L'organisation du commerce des soiries en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle d'après un livre de commissions lyonnais conservé au Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres.
L'analyse d'un livre de commissions anonyme d'origine lyonnaise, conservé dans les collections du Victoria & Albert Muséum de Londres, permet une comparaison des méthodes de vente françaises et anglaises au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. L'auteur s'attache plus particulièrement à explorer les pistes qu'il fournit pour appréhender la réalité des méthodes de travail à Lyon, connues jusqu'alors essentiellement à travers les règlements. A partir de l'identification, dans l'album, de l'échantillon d'une soierie tissée à Lyon, l'auteur attribue d'autres fragments de tissu à des maisons lyonnaises et est amenée à poser un certain nombre de questions : les maisons de soieries lyonnaises étaient-elles spécialisées, comme certains indices permettent de le croire ? Les tisseurs l'étaient-ils aussi ? Quelles étaient leurs relations avec les commissionnaires ? ...
Le Monde alpin et rhodanien, 2-3e trimestres 1991, Les filières de
la soie lyonnaise, pp. 85 à 92.Rothstein Natalie. L'organisation du commerce des soieries en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle d'après un livre de commissions lyonnais conservé au Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres. In: Le Monde alpin et rhodanien. Revue régionale d'ethnologie, n°2-3/1991. Les filières de la soie lyonnaise, sous la direction de Florence Charpigny . pp. 85-92
L'organisation du commerce des soieries en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle d'après un livre de commissions lyonnais conservé au Victoria & Albert Museum de Londres
No full textRothstein (Natalie). — The organisation of the silk fabric commerce in France and in England in the Eighteenth Century, taken from a book of commissions in Lyon, conserved in Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Analyzing an anonymous book of commissions from Lyon, conserved in the Victoria & Albert Muséum Collections in London, allows a comparison of French and English methods of commerce in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. The author's main thrust is to explore the paths that he provides, in order to fully understand the reality of working methods in Lyon, known essentially, until then, through payments. By identifying, in the album, a sample of a silk fabric woven in Lyon, the author is able to attribute other silk fragments to firms in Lyon. He is also led to ask a certain number of questions : were silk fabrics in Lyon specialized fabrics as certain indications seem to suggest ? Were the weavers specialized weavers also ? What were their relations with the commission agents ?...
Le Monde alpin et rhodanien, 2-3e trimestres 1991, Les filières de
la soie lyonnaise, pp. 85 à 92.</jats:p
Can density management improve marketability of jack pine stands managed for Kirtland's warbler habitat?
No full textMultiple land-management agencies have implemented a management program in which ca. 1,550 hectares of high-density jack pine (Pinus banksiana) plantations are established annually to provide a continuous supply of breeding habitat for the conservation-reliant Kirtland's warbler (KW; Setophaga kirtlandii). These KW habitat plantations are established at a much higher density than a traditional forestry plantation, resulting in increased competition that results in slower individual tree growth and delayed attainment of merchantable size. Pre-commercial thinning (PCT) after stands age out of KW breeding habitat is an option to reduce densities and increase individual tree vigor and growth for the remaining years of the rotation. I initiated a small plot-level thinning experiment to assess the growth response to PCT of high-density jack pine plantations planted for KW habitat. In addition, two stands of KW jack pine plantations were put out for commercial bid to assess the costs and residual stand characteristics of operational scale PCT. The increase in diameter growth response was 16% for the 11-14 year age class, 30% for the 19-26 year age class, and 55% for the 27-35 year age class. After 25 years of age, there was a sharp drop in live crown ratio (LCR), indicating that increased competition for light results in lifting of the live crowns. Therefore, thinning as soon as possible after KW occupancy ends, and before 25 years when LCRs drop rapidly, would have the greatest impact on growth of the residual trees. Under my most optimistic scenario (2% rate of return), PCT would need to increase final harvest volume by 139% for mechanical thinning and 233% for hand thinning to break-even financially. I conclude that PCT does not appear to be financially feasible at any rate of return. Even though PCT of KW plantations may never break-even financially, the practice may be justified on public lands if it can accelerate attainment of marketability while increasing resilience to climatic warming.Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Forestry, 2023Includes bibliographical reference
Managing Boundaries: The Role of Narratives at a 9-1-1 Call Center
No full textDispatchers and calltakers who work at 9-1-1 call centers are confronted with memories of emergencies they must address at work even though they are not physically present at the event. The language they use to talk about their work thus always references a potentially traumatic experience processed second-hand. These telecommunicators use personal messaging through the dispatch platform, verbal communication, and texting in cellphones to tell stories about their work and manage emergency response. Often two to three mediums are used in order to communicate different aspects of the same narrative. Through storytelling, dispatchers manage an environment influenced by social hierarchies, workplace command structures, gender dynamics, and the emotional stress of the calls they must process. The fragmented experiences of dispatchers are reflected in the disjointed methods and narrative structures of their storytelling. This study offers an approach to multi-modal communication and presents an analysis of an occupational folk group not previously studied by folklorists.2015-07-1
Epigenetic control of neural crest development and evolution
No full text170 pagesEmbryogenesis is characterized by the formation of a complex multicellular organism from a single pluripotent cell. My thesis research has explored this phenomenon through the lens of an embryonic cell population called the neural crest. Neural crest cells are a vertebrate-specific cell type that gives rise to a diverse cell lineage in the developing embryo. The neural crest is postulated to serve as a key driver of vertebrate evolution, contributing to a number of structures in the adult body plan, including the peripheral nervous system, the pigmentation of the skin, and the craniofacial skeleton. Neural crest cell fate commitment requires not only shifts in gene expression, but also an extensive remodeling of the epigenomic landscape. Even so, we still have a superficial understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms which promote neural crest identity. To examine the cis-regulatory landscape of neural crest development, I have coupled both classical embryology approaches and genomic techniques to explore cell state changes underlying neural crest identity. To determine how chromatin states are reorganized during neural crest formation, I examined the function of pioneer factor TFAP2A at discrete stages of development. Through this work, I characterized a mechanism by which TFAP2A remodels the epigenome to allow for progressive cell fate commitment within the neural crest lineage. Next, I aimed to understand the epigenetic basis of neural crest developmental plasticity by performing a cis-regulatory comparison between two neural crest subpopulations, the cranial and trunk neural crest. This allowed me to identify TGF-_ signaling as a potent regulator of cranial neural crest identity. Lastly, I sought to determine how the cis-regulatory landscape is modulated in neural crest cells of different species to give rise to evolutionary novelty. As the craniofacial skeleton is largely derived from the neural crest, I investigated the epigenetic mechanisms driving interspecific variation in beak morphology during avian embryonic development. By performing single-cell ATAC-seq in neural crest cells isolated from three avian species, chicken, quail and duck, I identified conserved cis-regulatory regions displaying species-specific accessibility and discovered a potential role for homeodomain transcription factors in modulating the neural crest epigenetic landscape across species. Together, these studies highlight how the epigenome shapes various aspects of cellular identity throughout development and evolution
Nostalgisk elegi eller idylliserende reminiscens af tanken om den ædle vilde. Review-artikel af Michael Rothstein, Regnskovens religion
No full textEnglish Abstract: Rothstein’s extensive monograph on Penan religion in Sarawak is by virtue of its topic paying remedy for the scarce literature on foragers-and-hunters’ religion in contemporary Danish scholarship, wherefore it deserves a thorough discussion. Despite its laudable subject and the author’s catching enthusiasm, the book falls short on a number of accounts. In terms of philosophy of science the monograph reflects a rather uncritical stance according to which theory not only emerges from the sources studied but also rests on idiosyncrasy: “Every man his theory.” The author adopts a biosemiotic perspective – never extensively elaborated − on the Penans whose religion is claimed to mirror an almost natural relationship to the environment they inhabit. Strangely enough, this obvious perspective is not applied in the examination of Christian missionaries who are considered an invasive species. The significant question – featuring prevalently in contemporary studies on the subject − on gatherers-and-hunters’ religion and modernity is eclipsed from the examination. Ultimately, this element in concert with the demonization of the Christian missionaries is conducive to the reappearance of tribal idyllisation and romanticism of nature. One can hardly disagree with Rothstein’s dislike of the arrogance, racism, and xenophobia entertained by the Christian missionaries with respect to the Penans; but the discussion becomes naïve when the whole question of modernity and foragers-and-hunters’ religion is left out of scope. This is even more so, when the castigation leads to a concomitant plea to maintain the traditional Penan lifestyle at the cost of Penans’ share in modernity. All culture comes at a cost, but should Penans be excluded from obtaining a share in those elements that have enabled us to reduce the rate of infant deaths, to enhance the average lifespan, and to acquire a relatively stable social security throughout life? I think such a view is untenable ethically. Rothstein’s almost obsessive aversion towards the Christian missionaries impedes the cool analysis and seriously disqualifies the scholarly soberness called for in the examination of both Penan religion and the Christian mission following in the wake of multinational timber felling companies and modernity. Dansk resume: Mikael Rothsteins bog om penanreligion i Sarawak på Borneo er ikke alene et omfattende studie af penaners religion, men også et kærkomment bidrag til den sparsomme danske litteratur om samler-jæger-religion i dag. Skønt Rothsteins arbejde er imponerende både i omfang og i henseende til det engagement, han har lagt for dagen i selve undersøgelsen med adskillige feltstudier over en næsten tiårig periode blandt penanerne, skuffer bogen i flere henseender. Frem for brug af klar teori og dertil hørende metode(r) forfalder forfatteren til en form for naiv intuitivisme, hvor teori dels er noget, som læses frem af kilderne selv, dels kendetegnes ved idiosynkrasi: ”Every man his theory!” Hvor Rothstein opfatter penanernes religion som en, der naturligt modsvarer det miljø, i hvilket de lever, gælder det anderledes for de kristne missionærer, som er fulgt i kølvandet på de store internationale tømmerfirmaers skovhugst i Sarawaks regnskov. Her er der tale om en invasiv art, der lige så lidt, ”som det er muligt at tale tysk med engelsk grammatik,” passer til miljøet. Argumentationen er sært inkonsekvent. Hvor Rothstein anlægger et biosemiotisk perspektiv på penanerne, gælder det ikke studiet af den kristne mission. Her hopper kæden af. Mange vil som jeg selv dele Rothsteins ubehag over for de kristne missionærers arrogance, racisme og xenofobi i forhold penanerne; men dæmoniseringen og essentialiseringen af kristen mission bliver i længden trættende, for den er del af en større problemstilling, som Rothstein helt forbigår: nutidige samler-jæger-religioner og moderniteten, et emne som der ellers er skrevet betydelig litteratur om. Det er svært ikke at sidde tilbage med et indtryk af, at Rothstein forfalder til en form for bedaget tribalidyllisering og naturromantik, hvor penanerne skal fastholdes i deres naturlighed, medens vi andre så i øvrigt nyder godt af modernitetens herligheder som f.eks. lav spædbørnsdødelighed, lang levetid og social sikkerhed livet igennem. Alt sammen forhold, Rothstein ikke berører. For religionshistorikeren er det naivt og ahistorisk, at Rothstein ikke ser forbindelsen mellem basale socio-materielle forhold og religionstype. Hans forståelige aversion mod kristne missionærers optræden i Sarawak blænder den religionshistoriske analyse og videnskabelige nøgternhed. </jats:p
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