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Land Rights at Risk? Evaluations of the Reeves Report
No full textBuilding on Land Rights for the Next Generation: Report of the Review of the Aboriginal
Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 was completed in August 1998, and became
publicly available in September. Now commonly called the Reeves Review or the Reeves
Report, after its author, John Reeves QC, it is the product of an expansive (and expensive)
review of the federal Land Rights Act that began in October 1997. The main report is 617
pages and a second volume of appendices is 413 pages. It contains many controversial
recommendations that, if implemented, would fundamentally change the nature and
functioning of land rights legislation in the Northern Territory. There has been a strong
and broadly negative reaction by indigenous stakeholders to the review’s public policy
and constitutional recommendations.
The controversial nature of the Reeves Review has been recognised by the Federal
Government. In January 1999 the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
formally instructed the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Affairs to undertake an inquiry into the Reeves Review. It is anticipated that the Standing Committee will complete its deliberations by late August
1999.1. The Reeves Report as public policy / Brian Galligan -- 2. Reeves in the context of the history of land rights legislation: anthropological aspects / Nicolas Peterson -- 3. The Reeves Report and the idea of the ‘region’ / Howard Morphy -- 4. The Reeves Report and the idea of the ‘community’ / Peter Sutton -- 5. The nature of ‘permission’ / Nancy Williams -- 6. Legal issues in implementation of the Reeves Report / Ernst Willheim -- 7. Statehood, land rights and Aboriginal law / Garth Nettheim -- 8. The social, cultural and economic costs and benefits of land rights: an assessment of the Reeves analysis / John Taylor -- 9. The proposed restructure of the financial framework of the Land Rights Act: a critique of Reeves / Jon Altman -- 10. Local organisations and the purpose of money / Robert Levitus -- 11. Delays and uncertainties in the negotiations for mining on Aboriginal land / John Quiggin -- 12. Smaller land councils: value for money? / David Pollack -- 13. The Reeves Report’s assumptions on regionalism and socioeconomic advancement
/ David Martin -- 14. Municipalising land councils: land rights and local governance / Martin Mowbray -- 15. The Reeves Review and the prospects of a Northern Territory ‘partnership’ / Tim Rowse -- 16. Land rights at risk / Ian Viner -- Contributing authors -- Inde
How Can Models of Motor Control Be Useful for Understanding Low Back Pain?
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The purpose of this chapter is to address the question raised in the chapter title. Specifically, how can models of motor control help us understand low back pain (LBP)? There are several classes of models that have been used in the past for studying spinal loading, stability, and risk of injury (see Reeves and Cholewicki (2003) for a review of past modeling approaches), but for the purpose of this chapter we will focus primarily on models used to assess motor control and its effect on spine behavior.\ud
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This chapter consists of 4 sections. The first section discusses why a shift in modeling approaches is needed to study motor control issues. We will argue that the current approach for studying the spine system is limited and not well-suited for assessing motor control issues related to spine function and dysfunction. The second section will explore how models can be used to gain insight into how the central nervous system (CNS) controls the spine. This segues segue nicely into the next section that will address how models of motor control can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of LBP. Finally, the last section will deal with the issue of model verification and validity. This issue is important since modelling accuracy is critical for obtaining useful insight into the behavior of the system being studied.\ud
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This chapter is not intended to be a critical review of the literature, but instead intended to capture some of the discussion raised during the 2009 Spinal Control Symposium, with some elaboration on certain issues. Readers interested in more details are referred to the cited publications
The quality and outcomes framework and self-management dialogue in primary care consultations: a qualitative study
No full textBackground: Two key elements to improve the quality of care for people with long-term conditions in primary care are improved clinical information systems to support delivery of evidence-based care, and enhanced self-management support. Although both elements are viewed as necessary, their interaction is not well understood. Aim: To explore the use of computer-based 'disease management' templates and their relevance to self-management dialogue within clinical encounters. Design and setting: Qualitative study of general practices located in three primary care trusts in the north of England. Method: A qualitative mixed methods study was conducted that included comparative analysis of (1) observations of general practice consultations (n = 86); and (2) interviews with health professionals in general practice (n = 17). Results: The analysis suggested that use of the computer templates reinforced a checklist approach to consultations, which included professionals working through several self-management topics framed as discrete behaviours. As a consequence, conversation tended to become focused on the maintenance of the professional-patient relationship at the expense of expansion in self-management dialogue. The computer templates also shaped how patient-initiated self-management dialogue was managed when it arose, with a shift towards discussion around medical agendas. Conclusion: In order to enhance the management of longterm conditions in primary care, the design and implementation of clinical information systems to improve evidence-based care need to take into account their potential impact on supporting self-management. ©British Journal of General Practice
Combined resistance and stretching exercise training benefits stair descent biomechanics in older adults
No full textIntroduction: Stair descent is a physically demanding activity of daily life and common risk for falls. Age-related deteriorations in ankle joint capacities make stair descent particularly challenging for older adults in built environments, where larger rise steps are encountered. Exercise training may allow older adults to safely cope with the high biomechanical demands of stair descent. However, little is known about the demands of increased rise stairs for older adults, nor the impact of exercise.
Aim: We investigated whether the effects of lower-limb resistance training would alter joint kinetics and movement strategies for older adults when descending standard rise, and increased rise stairs.
Methods: Fifteen older adults descended a four-step stair adjusted to standard rise (170 mm), and increased rise (255 mm) on separate visits. Between these two visits, randomly allocated participants underwent 16 weeks of either: resistance exercise training (n = 8) or habitual activity (n = 7). Kinetic data were measured from step-mounted force plates, and kinematic data from motion-capture cameras. Training involved twice-weekly sessions of lower-limb resistance exercises (three sets of ∼8 repetitions at ∼80% three-repetition maximum), and static plantarflexor stretching (three, 45 s holds per leg).
Results: Standard stairs – Peak ankle joint moments increased (p < 0.002) and knee joint moments decreased (p < 0.01) during descent after exercise training. Peak centre of pressure-centre of mass (CoP-CoM) separations increased in posterior (p = 0.005) and medio-lateral directions (p = 0.04) after exercise training. Exercise training did not affect CoM descent velocity or acceleration. Increased rise stairs – Required greater ankle, knee, and hip moments (p < 0.001), peak downward CoM velocity and acceleration (p = 0.0001), and anterior-posterior CoP-CoM separation (p = 0.0001), but lower medial-lateral CoP-CoM separation (p < 0.05), when compared to standard stair descent. Exercise training did not affect joint kinetics or movement strategies.
Discussion: Exercise training increased the maximum joint ROM, strength and force production of the ankle, and enabled a greater ankle joint moment to be produced in single-leg support (lowering phase) during standard stair descent. Descending increased rise stairs raised the task demand; exercise training could not overcome this. Future research should prioritize the ankle joint in stair descent, particularly targeting plantarflexor torque development across stairs of varying riser heights
From Platonism and the Farnese Hercules to Steve Reeves and the Peplum Hercules via a Radical Ohio Hegelian and his Socialist German Acrobats
No full textIn Jane Campion’s recent film version of Thomas Savage’s Power of the Dog, young Peter comes across his, and his mother’s tormentor, Phil’s secret hiding place. There he discovers in a lean-to the cowboy homophobic Phil’s copies of Physical Culture. As he leafs through the magazines, he sees the famous pictures of Eugen Sandow and his fig leaf posed as the Farnese Hercules. The scene does not appear in Savage’s novel. Flash backward or forwards a few years depending on whether you place Peter and Phil in 1925 or 2021 and you have Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-n-Furter belting out the invitation to guests to “take in an old Steve Reeves movie” in the introductory musical number “Sweet Transvestite” in the musical extravaganza The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Effect of information and telephone-guided access to community support for people with chronic kidney disease: randomised controlled trial
No full textBackgroundImplementation of self-management support in traditional primary care settings has proved difficult, encouraging the development of alternative models which actively link to community resources. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common condition usually diagnosed in the presence of other co-morbidities. This trial aimed to determine the effectiveness of an intervention to provide information and telephone-guided access to community support versus usual care for patients with stage 3 CKD.Methods and FindingsIn a pragmatic, two-arm, patient level randomised controlled trial 436 patients with a diagnosis of stage 3 CKD were recruited from 24 general practices in Greater Manchester. Patients were randomised to intervention (215) or usual care (221). Primary outcome measures were health related quality of life (EQ-5D health questionnaire), blood pressure control, and positive and active engagement in life (heiQ) at 6 months. At 6 months, mean health related quality of life was significantly higher for the intervention group (adjusted mean difference = 0.05; 95% CI = 0.01, 0.08) and blood pressure was controlled for a significantly greater proportion of patients in the intervention group (adjusted odds-ratio = 1.85; 95% CI = 1.25, 2.72). Patients did not differ significantly in positive and active engagement in life. The intervention group reported a reduction in costs compared with control.ConclusionsAn intervention to provide tailored information and telephone-guided access to community resources was associated with modest but significant improvements in health related quality of life and better maintenance of blood pressure control for patients with stage 3 CKD compared with usual care. However, further research is required to identify the mechanisms of action of the intervention
Five Poems
No full text[26] pages : illus. ... published in a signed edition of 399 numbered and 26 lettered copies. The book was designed by Peter Rutledge Koch, and printed letterpress from digital imaging and photo-polymer plates at Peter Koch, Printers in Berkeley, California ... cover papers are Fabriano Ingres. Binding and housing by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio in Austin, Texas. --Colophon. CONTENTS: Eve remembering -- The perfect ease of grain -- Someone leans near -- It comes unadorned -- I am not seaworthy. In slipcase, paper sides with linen fabric top and bottom, mounted paper title label. Cover is decorated paper with linen spine with mounted paper label. Library has copy no. 182. Signed by the author, artist, and printer. Kara Walker, RISD Alumna. Bookplate in recognition of Joan Ress Reeves for continued support of the College Annual Fund. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_printmaking/1002/thumbnail.jp
Absence of xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus in UK patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
No full textBackground: Detection of a retrovirus, xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV), has recently been reported in 67% of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. We have studied a total of 170 samples from chronic fatigue syndrome patients from two UK cohorts and 395 controls for evidence of XMRV infection by looking either for the presence of viral nucleic acids using quantitative PCR (limit of detection <16 viral copies) or for the presence of serological responses using a virus neutralisation assay.
Results: We have not identified XMRV DNA in any samples by PCR (0/299). Some serum samples showed XMRV neutralising activity (26/565) but only one of these positive sera came from a CFS patient. Most of the positive sera were also able to neutralise MLV particles pseudotyped with envelope proteins from other viruses, including vesicular stomatitis virus, indicating significant cross-reactivity in serological responses. Four positive samples were specific for XMRV.
Conclusions: No association between XMRV infection and CFS was observed in the samples tested, either by PCR or serological methodologies. The non-specific neutralisation observed in multiple serum samples suggests that it is unlikely that these responses were elicited by XMRV and highlights the danger of over-estimating XMRV frequency based on serological assays. In spite of this, we believe that the detection of neutralising activity that did not inhibit VSV-G pseudotyped MLV in at least four human serum samples indicates that XMRV infection may occur in the general population, although with currently uncertain outcomes
Robust analysis and control design of the head-neck system
No full textNeck pain is the one of the most frequently reported musculoskeletal complaints. A systematic evaluation of a neck condition may allow clinicians to diagnose possible problems that a subject might have in an objective manner. In this dissertation, we propose a systematic methodology for measuring robustness of the head-neck system that can be used as an objective measure of the head-neck system characteristics. Our method builds on computing the structured singular value μ as a measure of robustness for a particular subject. The μ value is computed under the consideration that the variability of head-neck system model parameters for a tested subject comes from the estimation errors as well as from the natural variation of biological parameters. Both sources of subject's variability determine uncertainty levels that are within some physiologically reasonable ranges. In addition, we analyzed worst-case scenarios of the head-neck system model. The worst-case analysis can provide us with a possible tool to predict what would be the combination of parameters that may cause the worst-case performance. Finally, the design of the robust controller for the head-neck system is also discussed in this dissertation.Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Mechanical Engineering - Master of Science, 2013Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42
Supporting skill development through flexible task based design
No full textTertiary institutions are motivated to offer greater flexibility in the delivery of their courses in order to increase student enrolments, retention and outcomes. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) provide a means of delivering course content to learners who cannot be present on campus at specific class times. This poster will graphically demonstrate how the design of blended task-based learning environments offers flexibility of time, place, student learning style, and teaching and learning approach, all of which is more suitable to the needs of today’s learners
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