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Author, Philosopher Alexandra Stoddard to Speak March 2 at Williams Library
No full textOXFORD, Miss. – Contemporary philosopher, author, interior designer and speaker Alexandra Stoddard gives an inspirational lecture and reading March 2 at the University of Mississippi
Stages for the More Sustainable Farm
Full text linkCurrently, agricultural farm units are faced with a double and most times contradictory challenge, in order to be successful: on the one hand the invested capital has to be profitable and the economic performance has to be maximised. On the other hand, given the socio-environmental situation, it is necessary to preserve and to protect the environment and natural resources. Given the potential conflict of the two aims, since the satisfaction of one implies the underperformance of the other (and vice versa), the question then is: which is the solution to choose? We intend, in this work, to formulate a farm plan with the purpose of reconciling the criteria of environmental sustainability with that of economic competitiveness. For this achievement we proceed to the comparative study of sustainability of different groups of farms identified in the study area (first evaluation cycle) through MESMIS (“Marco para la Evaluación de Sistemas de Manejo de Recursos Naturales Mediante Indicadores de Sustentabilidad” - Framework for Evaluation of Natural-Resource Systems Handling through Sustainability Indicators) methodology, that allowed to select the more sustainable group of farms. Based on the found potentialities and weakness on these production systems, we stepped to the planning of a production unit of bovine meat, which obeys simultaneously to economic and environmental objectives, using Multicriteria Decision. We finished the work with the sustainability evaluation between groups of farms identified previously and the planned farms (second evaluation cycle), based, again, in the MESMIS methodology, to confirm (or not) the greatest sustainability of the last ones. Analyses of the results allow us to confirm the greatest relative sustainability of the planned farm, for the diverse traced scenarios.Decision taking, planning, sustainability, Environmental Economics and Policy, Farm Management,
Leaving lone parenthood: analysis of the repartnering patterns of lone mothers in the U.K.
No full textDespite a wealth of research in the U.K. on the stock of lone parents, in recent years there has
been a lack of research on the dynamics of lone parenthood, particularly leaving lone
parenthood. In an attempt to fill this gap, this thesis provides a detailed study of repartnering
patterns of lone mothers in the U.K. This study uses the first 14 waves of the British
Household Panel Survey (BHPS), a nationally representative survey conducted annually which
interviews every adult member of a sample of around 5,000 households amounting to around
10,000 individual interviews. This data is particularly advantageous for this study due to its
prospective longitudinal nature, allowing lone mothers to be captured at the point of entry into
lone motherhood and their repartnering patterns to be analysed over subsequent waves. In
addition the data enabled the construction of marital and cohabitation histories for lone
mothers in order to control for any effect of prior union history on the probability of
repartnering.Employing discrete time event history analysis techniques, the first part of this research
examines repartnering among two distinct groups of lone mothers; those entering through the
breakdown of a cohabiting or marital union and those entering through the birth of a child
whilst single and never-married. Of particular interest is the effect of these different routes of
entry into lone motherhood on the timing and determinants of repartnering and the types of
new unions formed. The second part of the study seeks to identify if repartnering is associated
with improved well-being for lone mothers. Using a series of pooled logistic regression models
this thesis explores the association of repartnering with transitions in three domains: economic,
demographic and health.Amongst those entering lone motherhood through the breakdown of a previous partnership the
most important determinant of repartnering is found to be age at entry into lone motherhood.
However, the economic situation of a lone mother, in particular whether or not she was
receiving Income Support, has a much stronger influence on repartnering among single never
married lone mothers than age. The duration of lone motherhood is found to be similar for both
types of lone mother, -estimated at around five years, however controlling for a number of
demographic and socio-economic factors suggests the probability of repartnering is lower for
those entering through the breakdown of a cohabitation compared with those entering through
the dissolution of a marriage. There appears to be a preference for cohabitation over marriage
with nearly three quarters of those who repartnered moving into a cohabiting union. However,
the higher chance of moving into a marriage for those who were previously married appears to
result from a high proportion reconciling with a former partner.Examining the relationship between repartnering and other transitions occurring in three
domains reveals that repartnering is likely to occur against a backdrop of other changes.
Repartnering is strongly associated with an improvement in financial situation, residential
mobility and an increase in the number of resident dependent children. Although no direct link
is found between repartnering and improved mental health outcomes, the strong association
between improved financial well-being and an improvement in mental health indicates
repartnering may be indirectly related to better mental health. However, the finding of a direct
association between poorer mental health and repartnering warrants further investigatio
Exhibiting Fashion Symposium: Dr. Alexandra Palmer “Fashion Exhibitions: The Good, the Bad, and the Pointless”
No full textThe Museum at FIT presented Exhibiting Fashion, its twenty-first academic symposium on Friday, March 8, 2019. This symposium explored the history of fashion curating, the different ways fashion is displayed in museum settings, and how national and regional identities influence fashion exhibitions. The symposium was organized in conjunction with Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT, which commemorated the rich history of the museum, the site of more than 200 exhibitions since the 1970s.Dr. Alexandra Palmer is the Nora E. Vaughan Senior Curator at the Royal Ontario Museum. She has curated numerous exhibitions including Christian Dior, and she is the author of the book Christian Dior: History and Modernity, 1947–1957
The Influence of Parent Alcohol Use During Adolescence on Adult Antisocial Behavior
No full textUniversity of Minnesota M.A. thesis. April 2023. Major: Family Social Science. Advisor: Timothy Piehler. 1 computer file (PDF); vii, 41 pages.Antisocial behavior in adolescents and young adults is a serious and prevalent problem, making research into prevention of antisocial behavior critical. Parenting interventions have been identified as a promising avenue for intervention for antisocial behavior development. In this study, I use data from Project Alliance, a longitudinal study of families in the United States, to examine whether parent alcohol use frequency while their child is an adolescent (ages 16-17) is associated with the development of antisocial behavior into adulthood (ages 26-30). In addition, I examine whether parental monitoring behaviors and family conflict during adolescence mediate the relationship between parent alcohol use and future antisocial behavior. I also examine whether parental messaging about substance use abstinence moderates the relationship. Results indicated that above-average parent alcohol use during adolescence explains a small but significant proportion of variance in child antisocial behavior 10 years later. Neither parental monitoring nor family conflict mediated the relationship, and parental messaging about substance use abstinence did not moderate the relationship. This study presents preliminary evidence that parent alcohol use while their child is an adolescent may impact child development of antisocial behavior into adulthood.Hanson, Alexandra. (2023). The Influence of Parent Alcohol Use During Adolescence on Adult Antisocial Behavior. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/256967
Reescrita de si pelo outro: identidade portuguesa e paródia em Deus-dará, de Alexandra Lucas Coelho / Rewriting oneself through the other: Portuguese identity and parody in Deus-dará, by Alexandra Lucas Coelho
No full textResumo: O artigo aponta o modo como o romance Deus-dará de Alexandra Lucas Coelho, escritora portuguesa contemporânea, pode ser compreendido como um exercício de renegociação da identidade portuguesa em relação a questões referentes à colonização no Brasil. Mais do que isso, problematiza-se como, por meio da estratégia da paródia no texto ficcional, a autora consegue expressar uma necessidade e possibilidade de se redefinir pelo outro em um movimento contrário ao do discurso colonial – o que também ocorre em suas entrevistas e em suas narrativas de viagens, tais como em Vai, Brasil e Cinco Voltas na Bahia e um beijo para Caetano Veloso. Palavras-chave: identidade portuguesa; paródia; pós-modernismo; escrita portuguesa contemporânea; Alexandra Lucas Coelho. Abstract: The article observes how the novel Deus-dará, by Alexandra Lucas Coelho, a Portuguese contemporary writer consists in an exercise of renegotiation for the Portuguese identity in relation to issues that refer to the colonization process in Brazil. Moreover, this text seeks to show how parody as a fictional literary strategy helps the author in expressing a necessity and a possibility of redefining oneself through the other, in a direction that goes in the opposite way of the colonial speech. This necessity and this possibility also appear in the author’s interviews and travel books, such as Vai, Brasil and Cinco Voltas na Bahia e um beijo para Caetano Veloso, which will also be mentioned in this article.Keywords: Portuguese identity; parody; post-modernism; Portuguese contemporary writing; Alexandra Lucas Coelho
Atelier du 7 mars 2019 : Alexandra Piesen (chercheure associée au CERLIS) - Être parent solo : un exercice d’équilibriste au quotidien ?
No full textAlexandra Piesen (chercheuse associée au CERLIS) présentra une partie de sa thèse intitulée (Re)définition du rôle parental au regard de la parentalité solo contemporaine Résumé : Être parent solo : un exercice d’équilibriste au quotidien ? Alors que l’accroissement du nombre de recherches sur le thème de la conciliation travail/famille s’explique par la hausse de la participation des femmes, et plus particulièrement des mères au marché du travail dans les pays industrialisés (St-Amour et Bou..
Author Rights Workshop
Full text linkLearning material associated with Alexandra Kohn's presentation as a part of the ABC Copyright 2020 Fall Speaker Series, hosted by the University of Alberta Copyright Office
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Guided parent-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for children with anxiety disorders: outcomes at 3- to 5-year follow-up
Full text linkObjectives: Brief Guided Parent-delivered CBT has been developed to meet the demand for non-intensive interventions for children with anxiety disorders, and initial trials have shown it to be effective for children with a range of anxiety disorders. The current study examined outcomes three to five years post-treatment.
Design: A long-term follow-up cohort study
Methods: Families who (i) received active treatment of guided parent-delivered CBT for childhood anxiety as part of an RCT, (ii) completed at least 50% of allocated treatment sessions, (iii) provided consent to be re-contacted, (iv) had not received further mental health interventions, and (v) were contactable were invited to take part. 57 families (29% of the original sample) , completed structured diagnostic interviews on average 50 months after treatment (39-61 months).
Results: At long-term follow-up, 79% of the assessed children who had received the treatment no longer met criteria for their primary diagnosis, 63% did not meet criteria for any anxiety disorder, and 61% did not meet criteria for any DSM-IV disorder. Treatment gains were mostly maintained (60%), and some children went on to recover during the follow-up period without additional input from mental health services (19%). Few young people had relapsed since their last assessment (12%). Mean scores on standardised symptom questionnaires were within the normal range.
Conclusions: Children who recovered from anxiety disorders following Brief Guided Parent delivered- CBT typically maintained good outcomes and few relapsed. These findings suggest that this is a viable first line, low intensity treatment approach. This study only included a small subsample of those in the original RCT (29%) and more information is required about those who dropped out of treatment and those that required further intervention immediately after treatment
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