2,100 research outputs found
Back to the Future: Constance Woolson\u27s \u27The Old Stone House\u27
No full textSharon L. Dean writes on author Constance Woolson’s personal and professional experiences and struggles after the publication of her work, “The Old Stone House”. Conference Paper; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (15th:2000 : Cleveland, Ohio
Mystery Author Stan Jones and Sepculative Fiction Authors Sterling Emmal and L. S. Goulet
No full textSterling Emmal is author of the sci-fi fantasy The Executioner of Rawule and L. S. Goulet is author of the fantasy book Sword of Dragonblood. Tundra Kill is Stan Jones' latest Nathan Active mystery. His other books include White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass, Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears, and the nonfiction classic, The Spill: Personal Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster, coauthored with Sharon Bushell
Supplemental Material - “Take a Mental Break”: Examining the Coping Efforts of Black College Students Exposed to Police Killings
No full textSupplemental Material for “Take a Mental Break”: Examining the Coping Efforts of Black College Students Exposed to Police Killings by Betty L. Wilson, Terry A. Wolfer, Nikki R. Wooten, Ronald Pitner, Sharon E. Moore, and Allison Daniel Anders in Journal of Black Psychology</p
Reclaiming rural character: conservation, conflict, and the nostalgic landscapes of Orcas Island, Washington
No full textThis dissertation takes an ethnographic approach to examining the meanings of rural character on Orcas Island, in San Juan County, Washington. In spite of the challenges facing productive agriculture in the county, achieving rural character remains the stated goal of county planning efforts, environmental groups, affordable housing advocates, and private landowners. Drawing from the anthropology of landscape, political ecology, and critical readings of memory and history, this project examines the definitions of rurality in a place where farming and other types of labor have been overshadowed by real estate speculation and tourism. More broadly, this work argues that land management is a highly subjective process that engages aesthetic preferences, popular ecological models, cultural conceptions of property, and concerns with labor and affordability. In particular, looking at conservation easements can highlight the ways in which nostalgic longings for particular landscapes can be elevated to the level of political economic conflict, in which only certain individuals are able to shape the land according to personally or culturally shared visions.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-284)by Sharon L. Baskind-Win
“This is your life you have to live with the memories”: Older migrant women’s reflections on living with the past
No full textMemories collected across the life-course often inform our sense of who we are and what is important to us, as we grow older. This article draws on the findings of two qualitative life-history research projects that set out to explore older UK migrant women’s quality of life across the life course. It has two main aims. One aim is to contribute to existing theorizations of social memory. Another aim is to show the extent to which migrant women’s memories of life-altering events influence their satisfaction with life as they grow older. The article concludes by arguing for an approach to the study of ageing that is sensitive to the impact of memories on our experiences of growing older
Effect of changes in testing parameters on the cost-effectiveness of two pooled test methods to classify infection status of animals in a herd
No full textMonte Carlo simulation was used to determine optimal fecal pool sizes for identification of all Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP)-infected cows in a dairy herd. Two pooling protocols were compared: a halving protocol involving a single retest of negative pools followed by halving of positive pools and a simple protocol involving single retest of negative pools but no halving of positive pools. For both protocols, all component samples in positive pools were then tested individually. In the simulations, the distributions of number of tests required to classify all individuals in an infected herd were generated for various combinations of prevalence (0.01, 0.05 and 0.1), herd size (300, 1000 and 3000), pool size (5, 10, 20 and 50) and test sensitivity (0.5–0.9). Test specificity was fixed at 1.0 because fecal culture for MAP yields no or rare false-positive results. Optimal performance was determined primarily on the basis of a comparison of the distributions of numbers of tests needed to detect MAP-infected cows using the Mann–Whitney U test statistic. Optimal pool size was independent of both herd size and test characteristics, regardless of protocol. When sensitivity was the same for each pool size, pool sizes of 20 and 10 performed best for both protocols for prevalences of 0.01 and 0.1, respectively, while for prevalences of 0.05, pool sizes of 10 and 20 were optimal for the simple and halving protocols, respectively. When sensitivity decreased with increasing pool size, the results changed for prevalences of 0.05 and 0.1 with pool sizes of 50 being optimal especially at a prevalence of 0.1. Overall, the halving protocol was more cost effective than the simple protocol especially at higher prevalences. For detection of MAP using fecal culture, we recommend use of the halving protocol and pool sizes of 10 or 20 when the prevalence is suspected to range from 0.01 to 0.1 and there is no expected loss of sensitivity with increasing pool size. If loss in sensitivity is expected and the prevalence is thought to be between 0.05 and 0.1, the halving protocol and a pool size of 50 is recommended. Our findings are broadly applicable to other infectious diseases under comparable testing conditions.ID: S0167587710000085; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0167587710000085; Author: Locksley L. McV. Messam (a, b); Author: Joshua M. O’Brien (c); Author: Sharon K. Hietala (d); Author: Ian A. Gardner (e, ⁎); Affiliation: St. Georges University, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 7, True Blue, St. Georges, Grenada, West Indies; Affiliation: St. Georges University, Office of the Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 7, True Blue, St. George's, Grenada, West Indies; Affiliation: Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Affiliation: California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Affiliation: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Keyword: Cost-effectiveness; Keyword: Pooled testing; Keyword: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Keyword: Retesting; Number of Pages: 11; Language: English
sj-docx-2-pmj-10.1177_02692163241234579 – Supplemental material for A palliative care goals model for people with dementia and their family: Consensus achieved in an international Delphi study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-2-pmj-10.1177_02692163241234579 for A palliative care goals model for people with dementia and their family: Consensus achieved in an international Delphi study by Mayumi Nishimura, Karen Harrison Dening, Elizabeth L Sampson, Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal, Miharu Nakanishi, Nathan Davies, Wilson Abreu, Sharon Kaasalainen, Yvonne Eisenmann, Laura Dempsey, Kirsten J Moore, Sascha R Bolt, Judith MM Meijers, Natashe Lemos Dekker, Mitsunori Miyashita, Takeo Nakayama and Jenny T van der Steen in Palliative Medicine</p
sj-docx-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163241234579 – Supplemental material for A palliative care goals model for people with dementia and their family: Consensus achieved in an international Delphi study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-pmj-10.1177_02692163241234579 for A palliative care goals model for people with dementia and their family: Consensus achieved in an international Delphi study by Mayumi Nishimura, Karen Harrison Dening, Elizabeth L Sampson, Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal, Miharu Nakanishi, Nathan Davies, Wilson Abreu, Sharon Kaasalainen, Yvonne Eisenmann, Laura Dempsey, Kirsten J Moore, Sascha R Bolt, Judith MM Meijers, Natashe Lemos Dekker, Mitsunori Miyashita, Takeo Nakayama and Jenny T van der Steen in Palliative Medicine</p
Carbon monoxide
No full textChemical manager(s)/author(s): Sharon Wilbur, Malcolm Williams, Robert Williams, Franco Scinicariello, Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences (proposed), Atlanta, GA; Julie M. Klotzbach, Gary L. Diamond, Mario Citra, SRC, Inc., North Syracuse, NY.Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-301)
Trans-generational exposure to low levels of rhodamine B does not adversely affect litter size or liver function in murine mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA
No full textMPS IIIA is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the sulphamidase gene, resulting in the accumulation of heparan sulphate glycosaminoglycans (HS GAGs). Symptoms predominantly manifest in the CNS and there is no current therapy that effectively addresses neuropathology in MPS IIIA patients. Recent studies in MPS IIIA mice have shown that rhodamine B substrate deprivation therapy (SDT) (also termed substrate reduction therapy/SRT) inhibits GAG biosynthesis and, improves both somatic and CNS disease pathology. Acute overexposure to high doses of rhodamine B results in liver toxicity and is detrimental to reproductive ability. However, the long-term effects of decreasing GAG synthesis, at the low dose sufficient to alter neurological function are unknown. A trans-generational study was therefore initiated to evaluate the continuous exposure of rhodamine B treatment in MPS IIIA mice over 4 generations, including treatment during pregnancy. No alterations in litter size, liver histology or liver function were observed. Overall, there are no long-term issues with the administration of rhodamine B at the low dose tested and no adverse effects were noted during pregnancy in mice.Ainslie L. K. Roberts, Janice M. Fletcher, Lynette Moore and Sharon Byer
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