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Collected Works of Florence Nightingale An Introduction to Her Life and Family
No full textFlorence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family introduces the Collected Works by giving an overview of Nightingale's life and the faith that guided it and by outlining the main social reform concerns on which she worked from her "call to service'' at age sixteen to old age. This volume reports correspondence (selected from the thousands of surviving letters) with her mother, father and sister and a wide extended family. There is material on Nightingale's "domestic arrangements,'' from recipes, cat care and relations with servants to her contributions to charities, church and social reform causes. Much new and original material comes to light, and a remarkably different portrait of Nightingale, one with a more nuanced view of her family relationships, emerges. Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary. The Series In the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale all the surviving writing of Florence Nightingale will be published, much of it for the first time. Known as the heroine of the Crimean War and the major founder of the modern profession of nursing, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) will be revealed also as a scholar, theorist and social reformer of enormous scope and importance. Original material has been obtained from over 150 archives and private collections worldwide. This abundance of material will be reflected in the series, revealing a significant amount of new material on her philosophy, theology and personal spiritual journey, as well as on her vision of a public health care system, her activism to achieve the difficult early steps of nursing for the sick poor in workhouse infirmaries and her views on health promotion and women's controlover midwifery. Nightingale's more than forty years of work for public health in India, particularly in famine prevention and for broader social reform, will be reported in detail. The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and reports on her extensive correspondence with royalty, viceroys, cabinet ministers and international leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W.E. Gladstone. Much new material on Nightingale's family is reported, including some that will challenge her standard portrayal in the secondary literature. Sixteen printed volumes are scheduled and will record her enormous and largely unpublished correspondence, previously published books, articles and pamphlets, many of which have long been out of print. There will be full publication in electronic form, permitting readers to easily pursue their particular interests. Extensive databases, notably a chronology and a names index, will also be published in electronic form, again permitting convenient access to persons interested not only in Nightingale but in other figures of the time.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis Personae -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction to the Collected Works -- Thematic Organization -- Electronic and Print Publication -- An Outline of Florence Nightingale's Life -- Faith and Church -- Early Writing: Suggestions for Thought (1852-60) -- Celibacy and Suitors -- First Work in Nursing: Harley Street (1853-54) -- The Crimean War (1854-56) -- First Royal Commission, on the Army (1856-59) -- Illness and Invalidism -- Second Royal Commission, on India (1858-63) -- Working Style (1859-99) -- Opposition to Registration of Nurses (1887-94) -- Domestic Arrangements and Expenditures -- Friends -- The Arts -- Love of Nature and Companion Animals -- Death Rituals -- Last Days, Will and Death -- Themes -- Law, Probability and Application -- Positivism and Idealism -- Theology/Theodikè -- Natural Science -- The Italian Connection -- Government and Politics -- The Family and Individuals -- Social Class and Caste -- Gender Roles and Status of Women -- Empire and Imperialism -- War and Militarism -- Approach to Health Care -- Conclusion -- Key to Editing -- Family Life -- Nightingale's "Lebenslauf" for Kaiserswerth -- Notes on Her Parents and Sister -- Letters to, from and about Nightingale's Immediate Family -- Mother, Frances "Fanny" Nightingale -- Father, W.E. Nightingale -- Sister, Parthenope, Lady Verney -- Letters to, from and about Nightingale's Extended Family -- Grandmother, Mary Shore -- The Bonham Carter Family -- The Nicholson Family -- The Smith Family -- The Verney Family -- Godchildren and Namesakes -- Domestic Arrangements -- Food Orders and Recipes -- Expenditures and Donations -- Cat Care -- Letters to, for and about Domestic Employees -- Waifs and Strays -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches -- The Nightingale Family -- The Shore Family -- The Smith FamilyFather: William Edward Nightingale (1794-1874) -- Mother: Frances (Fanny) Nightingale (1788-1880) -- Sister: Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney (1819-90) -- Uncle Samuel and Aunt Mary Shore Smith -- (Sir) Harry Verney (1801-94) -- Edmund Hope Verney (1838-1910) and Margaret Verney (1844-1930) -- Blanche Smith, Arthur Hugh Clough and Arthur Clough -- Appendix B: The Rise and Fall of Florence Nightingale's Reputation -- Appendix C: Florence Nightingale's Family Tree -- Appendix D: Florence Nightingale's Last Will and Codicils -- Appendix E: Research Methods and Sources -- Electronic Data Bases -- Annotations -- Archives -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ZFlorence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family introduces the Collected Works by giving an overview of Nightingale's life and the faith that guided it and by outlining the main social reform concerns on which she worked from her "call to service'' at age sixteen to old age. This volume reports correspondence (selected from the thousands of surviving letters) with her mother, father and sister and a wide extended family. There is material on Nightingale's "domestic arrangements,'' from recipes, cat care and relations with servants to her contributions to charities, church and social reform causes. Much new and original material comes to light, and a remarkably different portrait of Nightingale, one with a more nuanced view of her family relationships, emerges. Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary. The Series In the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale all the surviving writing of Florence Nightingale will be published, much of it for the first time. Known as the heroine of the Crimean War and the major founder of the modern profession of nursing, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) will be revealed also as a scholar, theorist and social reformer of enormous scope and importance. Original material has been obtained from over 150 archives and private collections worldwide. This abundance of material will be reflected in the series, revealing a significant amount of new material on her philosophy, theology and personal spiritual journey, as well as on her vision of a public health care system, her activism to achieve the difficult early steps of nursing for the sick poor in workhouse infirmaries and her views on health promotion and women's controlover midwifery. Nightingale's more than forty years of work for public health in India, particularly in famine prevention and for broader social reform, will be reported in detail. The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale demonstrates Nightingale's astute use of the political process and reports on her extensive correspondence with royalty, viceroys, cabinet ministers and international leaders, including such notables as Queen Victoria and W.E. Gladstone. Much new material on Nightingale's family is reported, including some that will challenge her standard portrayal in the secondary literature. Sixteen printed volumes are scheduled and will record her enormous and largely unpublished correspondence, previously published books, articles and pamphlets, many of which have long been out of print. There will be full publication in electronic form, permitting readers to easily pursue their particular interests. Extensive databases, notably a chronology and a names index, will also be published in electronic form, again permitting convenient access to persons interested not only in Nightingale but in other figures of the time.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Singing activity and spatial behaviour as sexually selected traits in the nightingale "Luscinia megarhynchos"
No full textI examined singing activity and spatial behaviour of male nightingales with regard to possible functions in mate attraction, territory defence, and sperm competition. Male nightingales sang at night before pair formation. They stopped nocturnal song upon pairing, but resumed it if their mate deserted. In contrast, unmated males sang nocturnal song throughout the breeding season. These findings suggest that nocturnal song plays a role in mate attraction. Diurnal singing activity was highest in the hour before sunrise. This pattern was consistent throughout the breeding cycle and was hardly influenced by mating status, indicating that mate attraction is not the main function of the “dawn chorus” in the nightingale. I tested the alternative hypothesis that territorial males sing at dawn to defend their territory against non-territorial males: I translocated unpaired males to the study site (the „Petite Camargue Alsacienne“) and found that the radio-tagged males made extensive excursions visiting several singing males at dawn, but after dawn remained stationary outside occupied territories. These results suggest that non-territorial males use the dawn chorus to assess singing residents or territory occupancy. It also appears that dawn singing of territorial males is important to announce territory occupancy to non-territorial males and thus to defend the territory. In contrast to the hour before sunrise, singing activity later in morning was strongly influenced by the reproductive state of females and peaked during the egg-laying period. This elevated singing activity may not serve primarily to repel cuckolder males pursuing extrapair copulations, since during the morning hours when egg-laying takes place, copulations are thought to less likely result in fertilization than in the days before egg-laying. Accordingly, male nightingales showed the greatest distances to their mates in the morning hours during the egglaying period. Furthermore, extrapair fertilization may not play a major role in influencing singing and spatial behaviour in the nightingale: the rate of extrapair fertilization was relatively low (7.5% of the young as indicated by microsatellite genotyping), and males showed no distinct mate guarding activity. In contrast, the probability for a male to stay unpaired was, on average, 33% per year. I suggest that the high singing activity as well as frequent extra-territorial excursions of males after the fertile period of females serve to maintain the own territory and to gather information on other territories and territory occupancy. This information may be vital for defending a good territory and attracting a mate in the current and subsequent breeding seasons. As only unpaired males sing regularly at night, the proportion of unpaired males can be assessed by comparing the number of nocturnally and diurnally singing males. In an extended study area of 18 km2, I found that about half of 200 – 240 singing males were unpaired. The male-biased adult sex ratio thus may be a general pattern and play an important role in sexual selection of singing activity and spatial behaviour in the nightingale
O cuidado às mulheres no puerpério de alto risco: aplicando o modelo de cuidado de Carraro, fundamentado em Florence Nightingale
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem.Este estudo caracteriza-se por uma abordagem qualitativa, do tipo convergente assistencial, objetivando cuidar as mulheres que vivenciam o puerpério de alto-risco e analisar a ampliação do cuidado com a aplicação do Modelo de Cuidado de Carraro, fundamentado nos escritos de Florence Nightingale. Considerando a mulher como um ser humano integral, reforçou-se a atenção à mulher puérpera. Procurou-se conhecer as mulheres e deixar-se conhecer; reconhecer a situação de puerpério de alto risco vivenciada por estas mulheres, as situações de educação em saúde e a reação do poder vital; selecionar e implementar estratégias para as ações da enfermagem quanto à mulher e à sua família, de acordo com o trajeto desenhado; acompanhar a trajetória, observando e comparando as informações, buscando subsídios para a seqüência do caminho e introduzir inovações para ampliar o cuidado. A partir do cuidado prestado, emergiram os temas da pesquisa convergente assistencial: atenção da mulher voltada para o bebê e a atenção da mulher voltada para o cuidado de si. Considerando a mulher como um ser humano indivisível, utilizou-se a arte e ciência para um cuidado integral à mulher no puerpério de alto risco, buscando reforçar suas energias, potencializando o seu poder vital e direcionando-o para um viver saudável. Foi possível gerar uma tomada de consciência da realidade vivida e o desejo de mudança, através da reflexão da prática do cuidado e do cuidar de si, em relação à mulher puérpera de alto risco, sua família e à equipe de enfermagem. This study is characterized by a qualitative approach of the convergent-care type, which aims to care for women who experience high-risk puerperium, and to analyze the extended care with the use of Carraro's Care Model, based on the writings by Florence Nightingale. Considering the integrality of the woman as a human being, attention to the puerperal woman was reinforced. During the study, we sought to achieve a number of goals, such as: to get to know these women and let ourselves be known, to gain awareness of the high-risk puerperium experienced by them, to learn about the situations involving health education and the reaction of the vital power, to select and implement strategies for the nursing care actions intended for the women and their families pursuant to the designed plan. In addition, we set out to follow up all the developments, observing and comparing information, seeking elements to help in the continuation of the project and in the introduction of innovations to enhance the care. From the care provided, the themes for the convergent-care research emerged, namely: attention to the woman targeted at her baby, as well as attention to the woman targeted at the care of herself. Considering the woman as an indivisible human being, art and science were used for the integral care of the women who experience high-risk puerperium, seeking to reinforce their energies, thus enhancing their vital power and directing it towards a healthy life. Through a reflection on the practice of care and care of oneself, it was possible to raise awareness concerning the existing reality and the desire for changes, as regards the woman in high-risk puerperium, her family , and the nursing team
Dealing With Flanking Transmission in Wood Framed
No full textthis document is published in / Une version de ce document se trouve dans: Canadian Acoustics, v. 31, no. 3, Sept. 2003, pp. 52-53 http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ircpubs DEALING WITH FLANKING TRANSMISSION IN WOOD FRAMED CONSTRUCTION J. D. Quirt, T. R. T. Nightingale, and R. E. Halliwell, National Research Council Canada, Institute for Research in Construction Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada 1
William T. Nightingale Memorial Library
No full textA photograph of the W.T. Nightingale Memorial Library (now W.T. Nightingale Hall). The main entrance to the library is shown with two trees visible on both the far left and right sides of the photograph. Six people are seen walking too, from, or past the library. In the foreground is a lawn and implanted in the middle of that lawn is a cinderblock walkway.The photograph is in good condition. There are no marks, stains or blemishes. However, there are some minor creases due to handling. The W.T. Nightingale Memorial Library was erected in commemoration of William T. Nightingale, a major contributor to Westminster College who served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Mountain Fuel Company. The library was dedicated on December 7th 1964 and served as the campus library until the completion and dedication of the Giovale Library in September of 1997. The building was renamed the W.T. Nightingale Hall and now serves as a computer classroom, classroom, offices for faculty, and the photography lab. For information on the W.T. Nightingale Memorial Library, refer to the following source: Brackenridge, R. Douglas. Westminster College of Salt Lake City. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1998, pp. 195. Biographical information about William T. Nightingale is available in: Hamphsire, David. No Western Parallel
Resgatando Florence Nightingale a trajetoria da enfermagem junto ao ser humano e sua familia na prevenção de infecções
No full textOn predicting structure borne sound transmission from wood studs to direct-attached gypsum board
No full textA number of assumptions and simplifications are introduced when applying the mobility approach to predict structure borne transmission from wood studs to gypsum board that is directly attached by screws or nails. This paper examines the error introduced by three of the many simplifications. It is shown that studs do deform volumetrically, and there is a strong dependence on contact area between the studs and gypsum board. Also transmission at ill-defined contact points between the fastening points becomes important when there are few fasteners. Assumptions that ignore these factors may introduce bias errors but these oppose each other so that it is possible to achieve reasonable agreement between measured and predicted results despite incorrect theoretical foundations.On introduit un certain nombre d'hypoth\ue8ses et de simplifications lorsqu'on utilise l'approche ax\ue9e sur la mobilit\ue9 pour pr\ue9dire la transmission par conduction des poteaux d'ossature murale en bois au placopl\ue2tre fix\ue9 directement \ue0 ces poteaux au moyen de vis ou de clous. On montre que les poteaux se d\ue9forment effectivement de fa\ue7on volum\ue9trique et il existe une forte d\ue9pendance \ue0 l'\ue9gard de la zone de contact entre eux et le placopl\ue2tre. De plus, la transmission au niveau de points de contact mal d\ue9finis entre les points de fixation devient importante lorsqu'il y a peu de fixations. Les hypoth\ue8ses qui ne tiennent pas compte de ces facteurs risquent d'introduire des erreurs non centr\ue9es, mais celles-ci s'opposent et il est donc possible d'obtenir une concordance raisonnable entre les r\ue9sultats mesur\ue9s et les r\ue9sultats pr\ue9vus, malgr\ue9 des fondements th\ue9oriques erron\ue9s.Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye
Puerpério de alto risco e cuidado de enfermagem: influência no poder vital das mulheres
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Florianópolis, 2013.O objetivo desta tese foi compreender como as mulheres percebem a vivência do puerpério de alto risco. Trata-se de um estudo narrativo com abordagem qualitativa que pesquisou junto de puérperas que estavam com seus bebês na unidade neonatal, configurando esta fase como puerpério de alto risco. A revisão de literatura consistiu no artigo 1, uma revisão integrativa com o objetivo de delinear a relação entre a equipe de enfermagem as mães com bebês internados em unidade neonatal, apresentada em artigos entre 2005 e 2010. O referencial teórico de Florence Nightingale embasou teoricamente o estudo assim como a construção do marco conceitual composto pelos conceitos: ser humano, puerpério de alto risco, poder vital, processo restaurador, ambiente de cuidado e cuidados de enfermagem. A fim de aprofundar conhecimentos sobre a teórica desenvolveu-se uma revisão integrativa no artigo 2 cujo objetivo foi identificar a contribuição de Florence Nightingale nos artigos publicados entre os anos de 2004 e 2011 na percepção de seus autores. Metodologicamente, a entrevista narrativa de Schütze (1977) foi utilizada no tratamento e análise dos dados. A coleta de dados foi realizada em uma instituição pública da região sul do Brasil, no período de janeiro a março de 2010. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa sete puérperas acima de 18 anos cujos bebês estavam na Unidade Neonatal, que desejaram participar do estudo e assinaram o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, sendo aprovado pelo CEP nº1132/2010. A análise de dados foi apresentada na forma de manuscritos. O manuscrito 1 teve como objetivo conhecer a experiência de ser puérpera de alto risco. A análise dos dados ocorreu sob a perspectiva da vivência da puérpera de alto risco, buscando-se conhecer sua narrativa frente a esta fase de sua vida. A busca de laços e apoio entre as puérperas de alto risco destacou-se como positivo no fortalecimento do seu poder vital. No manuscrito 2, o objetivo foi identificar como as mulheres que vivenciam o puerpério de alto risco percebem o cuidado de enfermagem. Nele o cuidado de enfermagem é narrado pelas puérperas de alto risco. A necessidade da enfermagem estar presente e cuidar da mulher é ressaltada nas narrativas, destacando o puerpério de alto risco como uma possibilidade da atuação da enfermeira em fortalecer o poder vital da puérpera. O manuscrito 3, teve por objetivo reconhecer o poder vital expresso nas narrativas das puérperas de alto risco. Destaca-se que o puerpério de alto risco enfraquece o poder vital das mulheres, influenciando no processo restaurador nesta fase. O manuscrito 4, teve por objetivo entender a influência do ambiente hospitalar no puerpério de alto risco. Foi possível perceber o impacto da internação neonatal em suas vidas, na permanência no hospital, um ambiente distante do seu lar. A puérpera de alto risco sente-se cuidada ao compreender que seu filho está sendo cuidado, assim como esquece do seu cuidado ao perceber-se apenas como acompanhante. A pesquisa conclui que é premente que se compreenda o processo restaurador vivenciado e sua influência no poder vital da mulher de forma que os cuidados de enfermagem no puerpério de alto risco possam intervir neste ambiente e torná-lo cuidativo.<br
Interaction of bleomycin with a bent DNA fragment
No full textThe interaction of bleomycin with a kinetoplast DNA fragment has been examined using various footprinting techniques. This DNA adopts a bent structure and displays an unusually low gel mobility on account of its phased runs of adenines. The bleomycin-cobalt complex increases the mobility of this DNA fragment, in contrast with other DNAs which show a decreased rate of gel migration, suggesting that the antibiotic removes DNA bending, possibly via an unwinding mechanism. Removal of the bending is confirmed by hydroxy-radical footprinting which produces a more even ladder of bands in the presence of the ligand. Cleavage by bleomycin is at the sequence G-pyrimidine, though not all such sites are affected to the same extent and some cutting is found at GA and GG. DNAase I footprinting confirms the antibiotic-binding sites but reveals that some strong cleavage sites do not yield footprints. Bleomycin renders adenines on the 3' side of its cleavage sites (GT, GC and GA) hyper-reactive to diethyl pyrocarbonate.</p
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