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Disciples of a crazy saint: The Buchen of Spiti
No full textThe Buchen are specialist religious performers from Spiti, a culturally Tibetan valley in North India. They are widely known for performing an elaborate exorcism ritual that culminates in a slab of stone, marked with images of demons, being smashed on a man’s belly. In winter groups of Buchen perform their religious theatre, a localised form of Ache Lhamo, the Tibetan Opera. This book, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford is the result of a research project and substantial fieldtrip funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, with project partnership from the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Patrick Sutherland has been photographing in Spiti for nearly two decades and working with the Buchen for several years.
The book consists of a self-reflexive essay by Patrick Sutherland illustrated with historical photographs and his own photographs, followed by four sections of photographs and captions by Patrick Sutherland. It concludes with a substantial essay, placing the Buchen into a wider cultural and historical context, by Tashi Tsering, founding Director of the Amnye Machen Institute (Tibetan Centre for Advanced Studies) in Dharamsala. This essay is also illustrated with historical photographs
Art, Biography, Sexuality: Patrick Procktor and Keith Vaughan
No full textThis critical review forms a reflection on the research published within the following publications:
Patrick Procktor: Art and Life (Unicorn Press, 2010)
Keith Vaughan: The Mature Oils 1946-1977, (Sansom & Co., 2012)
The research is on two artists, Patrick Procktor (1936-2003), and Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). The monograph on Procktor – previously one of the least documented of the generation of artists who came to prominence in London in the Sixties – positions him in a history of art from which he had been notably absent. The research on Vaughan asserts a new reading of his work, one that is both deeper and more nuanced in its analysis of the ways in which personal experience and sexuality are encoded autobiographically within his work. Crucially, in both artists biography and work are symbiotically linked; the research therefore examines the links between life and art.
Revisionary in intent, the work examines trajectories of experience of gay British (or rather, English) artists in the twentieth century, artists who sought to express themselves and forge careers within the constraints of a heteronormative society, albeit one in which attitudes to sexuality were undergoing change. As gay men, both were constrained by the social mores of their times, and each used painting as a means to affirm personal and sexual identities. A key research interest is in the ways in which sexuality and persona are reflected in critical responses to the artist’s work: in Vaughan, Procktor and other gay male artists of the period. The writing on both Procktor and Vaughan examines the relationship between their personal and professional/artistic lives, framed within a broader socio-political and art historical context. It asserts the place of biography as a means to understand and form new readings of the work. The work adds substantially to the literature and wider discourse on post-war British painting and social history
Guidelines for inland waterways in rivers
No full textThe Dutch Rijkswaterstaat is responsible for the design, construction, management and maintenance of the main infrastructure in the Netherlands. This includes the main inland waterway network and water systems. To support the design from a traffic point of view Rijkswaterstaat developed the Waterways Guidelines in 1996, which evolved into the latest 2017 edition (RVW2017) [Ref. 1]. The RVW2017 are restricted to waterways without current or with a limited longitudinal flow velocity (less than 0.5 m/s). However, it is evident that in almost all free-flowing rivers this longitudinal flow velocity is exceeded. That is why the Rijkswaterstaat decided in 2015 to develop integral guidelines for inland waterways, including rivers. These guidelines will consist of design guidelines, of tables and rules of thumb for dimensioning the waterway in a free-flowing river, as an extension of the existing RVW2017.The extension of the RVW2017 to rivers started in 2015 by following the same design scheme as in the existing guidelines, identifying all aspects that would change when considering flowing waters. Only these aspects were dealt with. In the next sections some aspects of straight river sections and bends are discussed.Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineerin
aboriginal service plan
No full textThompson Rivers University is located in traditional Shuswap and Cariboo territories and serves the constituent bands as well as neighbouring Nlaka'pamux, St'at'imc, Tsilhgot'in, and Metis nations in addition to many urban Aboriginals. As a consequence, the university has had a long history of involvement with First Nations' tribal councils, bands, and cultural and educational organizations. First as Cariboo College and later as the University College of the Cariboo, the institution has provided education and training services to thousands of both on-and off-campus First Nations and Aboriginal students over the past three decades. However, given its new status as a university, TRU has an opportunity - and an obligation - to forge yet closer links with its urban and rural Aboriginal communities and to develop its existing partnerships, programs, and services to better serve First Nations' communities, Aboriginal organizations and individuals as they work to meet their economic, educational and social goals.Not peer reviewedPlanning documen
The importance of examining movements within the US health care system: sequential logit modeling
No full textAbstract Background Utilization of specialty care may not be a discrete, isolated behavior but rather, a behavior of sequential movements within the health care system. Although patients may often visit their primary care physician and receive a referral before utilizing specialty care, prior studies have underestimated the importance of accounting for these sequential movements. Methods The sample included 6,772 adults aged 18 years and older who participated in the 2001 Survey on Disparities in Quality of Care, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund. A sequential logit model was used to account for movement in all stages of utilization: use of any health services (i.e., first stage), having a perceived need for specialty care (i.e., second stage), and utilization of specialty care (i.e., third stage). In the sequential logit model, all stages are nested within the previous stage. Results Gender, race/ethnicity, education and poor health had significant explanatory effects with regard to use of any health services and having a perceived need for specialty care, however racial/ethnic, gender, and educational disparities were not present in utilization of specialty care. After controlling for use of any health services and having a perceived need for specialty care, inability to pay for specialty care via income (AOR = 1.334, CI = 1.10 to 1.62) or health insurance (unstable insurance: AOR = 0.26, CI = 0.14 to 0.48; no insurance: AOR = 0.12, CI = 0.07 to 0.20) were significant barriers to utilization of specialty care. Conclusions Use of a sequential logit model to examine utilization of specialty care resulted in a detailed representation of utilization behaviors and patient characteristics that impact these behaviors at all stages within the health care system. After controlling for sequential movements within the health care system, the biggest barrier to utilizing specialty care is the inability to pay, while racial, gender, and educational disparities diminish to non-significance. Findings from this study represent how Americans use the health care system and more precisely reveals the disparities and inequalities in the U.S. health care system.</p
aboriginal service plan
No full textThompson Rivers University is located in traditional Shuswap and Cariboo territories and serves the constituent bands as well as neighbouring Nlaka'pamux, St'at'imc, Tsilhgot'in, and Metis nations in addition to many urban Aboriginals. As a consequence, the university has had a long history of involvement with First Nations' tribal councils, bands, and cultural and educational organizations. First as Cariboo College and later as the University College of the Cariboo, the institution has provided education and training services to thousands of both on-and off-campus First Nations and Aboriginal students over the past three decades. However, given its new status as a university, TRU has an opportunity - and an obligation - to forge yet closer links with its urban and rural Aboriginal communities and to develop its existing partnerships, programs, and services to better serve First Nations' communities, Aboriginal organizations and individuals as they work to meet their economic, educational and social goals.Not peer reviewedPlanning documen
Exploring the relationship between eDNA and eRNA to advance biomonitoring techniques in rivers
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Sustainable Management of the Navigability of Natural Rivers (PIANC WG 236)
No full textThe PIANC InCom/EnviCom Working Group 236 was established in early 2021 to develop PIANC guidelines for improving navigability conditions on natural or quasi-natural rivers, while maintaining morphological processesa nd natural river form and function. Its key objectives include: 1)development of guidelines to improve and maintain the navigability in natural rivers; 2) assess the sustainability of river training works designed to improve the navigability; 3) assess the sustainability of dynamic river management (monitoring and shifting of navigation aids to adapt the navigation channel to the river dynamics); 4) highlight the technical, operational, economic and environmental considerations for navigation in natural rivers compared to that in regulated rivers and canals; and 5) improve the understanding of the physical processes in natural rivers, developed with or without river training works. The developed guidance includes a planning framework for developing a navigability improvement masterplan for a natural or quasi-natural river system, and the integrated and adaptive management strategies that can be applied at as ystem scale. Specific interventions and measures have been identified to meet the dual goals of maintaining morphological river function and improving navigability conditions. These measures include dynamic charting; morphological dredging and disposal management; Temporary, Adaptable, and Flexible Training Structures (TAFTS); riverbed armoring and sediment nourishment; rock excavation; meander cutoffs and oxbow development; localized traditional river training structures; and channel closure structures. The impacts and strategies for mitigation associated with some of the measures are analyzed and discussed. Finally, the continual monitoring, management, and operational tools available for improving navigability in a morphologically active river system is presented. It is recognized that natural and quasi-natural rivers will typically be more fluvially active and dynamic than systems that have used traditional methods for navigability improvements including heavily trained rivers or systems with locks and dams. These unrestricted and unconfined river systems, therefore, will require new and innovative strategies to monitor the fluvial and geomorphic changes of the system in order to inform managers and navigators of the river. Case studies are presented that include the Madeira River (Brazil); Magdalena River (Colombia); Niger Delta (Nigeria); Yangtze River (China); the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River (India); and the Red River (Vietnam).Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineerin
Effect of dissolved iron on CDOM and other optical properties for dissolved organic matter in lakes and rivers of the Upper Great Lakes states
No full textThree data files are included. The first contains the 2014-2016 field and lab data for 450 sets of measurements on 280 lakes across the NLF, NCHF and NMW ecoregions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. In addition to site names, location information (latitude/longitude), ecoregion, and sampling date, the file contains data on Secchi depth, CDOM measured as a(440), DOC, dissolved iron, chlorophyll-a, specific UV absorbance at 254 nm, SUVA(254), and spectral slopes. The second contains data on concentrations of total, dissolved and particulate iron fractions in 2018 samples from 19 high-CDOM sites (lakes and rivers) in the NLF ecoregion of northern Minnesota plus vertical profile information on a(440), dissolved iron, light penetration, and basic limnological parameters in three NLF lakes with widely varying a(440) levels. The third file contains a(440) and dissolved iron concentrations for six lakes from a laboratory experiment in which known amounts of dissolved iron were added to water samples from six water bodies with a wide range of a(440) levels plus additional spectral absorbance information from the samples.These files contain the raw field and lab data collected during sampling of lakes and a few rivers in 2014-2016 to evaluate the importance of dissolved iron concentrations in affecting apparent levels of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), as measured spectrophotometrically by light absorption coefficient at 440 nm, a(440), with additional sampling in 2018 for more specific purposes. Approximately 450 sets of measurements were made on 280 lakes/rivers during the field seasons of 2014-2016, with most of the sampling in two ecoregions of Minnesota -- the Northern Lakes and Forests (NLF) and the North Central Hardwood Forests (NCHF). Additional samples collected in these two ecoregions in neighboring Wisconsin and Michigan in 2016 and in the Northern Minnesota Wetlands (NMW) ecoregion of Minnesota also are in the database. Data collected in 2018 included depth profiles of a(440), iron, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and basic water quality parameters on three NLF lakes and samples on about 20 colored lakes and rivers to evaluate the importance of particulate iron as a component of total iron. Experimental data for addition of dissolved iron (Fe(III)) to six lakes also is included.National Science Foundation, Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, University of MinnesotaBrezonik, Patrick L; Finlay, Jacques C; Hozalski, Raymond M. (2019). Effect of dissolved iron on CDOM and other optical properties for dissolved organic matter in lakes and rivers of the Upper Great Lakes states. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/kk4m-zx88
Humayun Kabir, Men and Rivers, and Faridpur
No full textIn the history of South Asian literature in English, Men and Rivers is the third fictional work written by a Muslim author after Rokeya's Sultana's Dream and Ahmed Ali's Twilight in Delhi (1940). Men and Rivers is a literary work of great merit though more research needs to be conducted on the work to appreciate its value by examining various thematic and stylistic features. Through Men and Rivers, Hamayun Kabir conferred on Faridpur literary immortality. I believe the novel will continue to make the district memorable and special to its readers for a very long time
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