63 research outputs found
Quality principles for cultural Web sites: a Handbook
No full textprinted and on-line versions, co-author with Eelco Bruinsma, Christophe Dessaux, Ciaran Clissman, Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, David Dawson, Isabelle Dujacquier, Axel Ermert, Pierluigi Feliciati, Fedora Filippi, Muriel Foulonneau,
Antonella Fresa, Monika Hagedorn-Saupe, Annette Kelly, Brian Kelly, Daniel Malbert, Andrea Mulrenin, Stefan Rhode-Enslin, Marius Snyders, Gert Van Tittelboom, Frank von Hage
Postpartum depression: a reflective review of a practicum completed with St. Joseph’s Hospital
No full textA Practicum Report Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Social Work, University of Regina. v, 71 p.For every woman, having a baby is a challenging time, both physically and emotionally. It is natural for new mothers to have mood swings after delivery. They may experience feelings of joy one minute and desperation the next. These feelings are sometimes known as the "baby blues", and often go away within 10 days of delivery. However, some women may experience a deep and ongoing depression which lasts much longer. This is called postpartum depression (PPD). This Practicum report is a review of the Practicum I completed, in conjunction with St. Joseph’s Hospital, in Estevan, Saskatchewan. The Practicum took place between the months of August 2010 to April 2011. The goals for this Practicum included the following: to ascertain whether there is a need for a PPD Support Group in Estevan, to facilitate a six week PPD Support Group, to gain an in depth understanding of PPD and its effects on women and their families, to improve my clinical skills, to strengthen my skills in program development, to create a hospital newsletter to help educate staff on PPD, to provide education at prenatal classes offered by Public Health, as well as to provide education at the Baby and Me classes offered at the Family Place. This report is divided into nine sections which include ideology, theory, values, ethics, relationships, strategies, skills and visions. I conclude that, with a combination of education and supportive services, postpartum depression can be de-stigmatized which would, in turn, encourage women to access services rather than living a life of hopelessness and despair.Studentye
Antitrust-based remedies and dumping in international trade
No full textThe authors explore the possibility of government's seeking to agree to apply competition policy based considerations and disciplines in addressing unfair-trade allegations before turning to"standard"antidumping remedies. The premise of proponents of antidumping actions is that the existence of market power in exporter's home markets, or potential market dominance in the importing (host) market, is an important source of perceived"unfairness."But antidumping authorities do not investigate the existence of such situations. The authors propose that allegations of dumping first be investigated by competition authorities to determine the contestability of the relevant markets. Their proposal does not involve harmonization of competition laws. All that would change from the status quo is that a necessary condition for an antidumping action is that competition authorities find that the exporting firm's home market is not contestable, and conclude that no remedial action is possible through the application of competition law. Ideally, agreement along these lines would be sought in the multilateral (GATT) context, but bilateral or regional trade agreements could also be concluded. For example, European Union cooperationor association agreements might be extended along the lines proposed.TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Access to Markets,Markets and Market Access
Assessing the people's navy : gender transformation and the South African Navy
No full textIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 121-133).The South African Navy is required to implement the principle of gender equality as part of its transformation. This forms part of a broader project of transformation in South Africa, the Navy is one aspect of this. The dissertation is located in the field of Civil-Military Relations. The assessment of transformation is done by first, understanding the complex term transformation and its how it has been applied to the military. Second, the policies requiring transformation in the Department of Defence and the military are examined drawing on the Constitution, the White Paper on Defence, the Defence Review Process and numerous Parliamentary resources, including interviews with relevant Members of Parliament. To assess the Navy, three Naval Orders are examined (Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, Social Responsibility, and Gender Transformation), which together constitute the Navy's policies regarding Gender Transformation. The assessment is furthered by the examination of the numbers of women serving in the Navy and the rank distribution. These statistics are then compared with: similar data from 1999; the relative situation to men in the Navy; the racial profile of the Navy; the different service arms; and to other navies. In comparison to the other service arms and international standards, the Navy's transformation has progressed well
Adult dyslexia in New Zealand: The professional development needs of adult literacy educators
No full textThe needs of New Zealand adults with dyslexia are typically not sufficiently catered for in the tertiary education system (Rowan, 2010a; Tunmer & Greaney, 2010). In recent years efforts have been made to increase training opportunities for adult learners with literacy needs and to enhance the quality of teaching (Tertiary Education Commission, 2010b). This challenge can only be met if New Zealand adult literacy educators are adequately prepared in teaching learners with dyslexia. Research suggests they are not (Benseman, Sutton & Lander, 2005b; Dymock & Nicholson, 2012; Leach, Zepke & Haworth; 2010).
The purposes of the study were (a) to investigate the need among adult literacy educators in New Zealand to engage in training or professional development (PD) in order to improve their capability to cater for the needs of adult dyslexic learners; (b) to measure their perceived confidence as well as their perceived and actual knowledge levels in three areas: language, reading development, and dyslexia; and (c) to measure the effectiveness of targeted training and professional development.
An online survey was conducted with 137 staff at tertiary organisations, including PTEs, ITPs and Wānanga. Post-survey, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 adult literacy educators. The online survey included a questionnaire and a knowledge assessment. The questionnaire measured educators’ confidence levels in meeting the needs of dyslexic learners, their perceived training need, and their perceived levels of knowledge in the areas of language, reading development and dyslexia. The knowledge assessment measured the actual levels of knowledge in these three areas.
The results suggested that there is a high need among New Zealand adult literacy educators to engage in training or professional development in dyslexia, that they feel less than confident in meeting the needs of dyslexic learners, and have insufficient knowledge in areas relevant to the teaching of dyslexic learners. Perceived knowledge levels exceeded actual knowledge levels, indicating unrealistic self-evaluations of knowledge. A comparison of the test results of educators who had and those who had not engaged in dyslexia training indicated that targeted training and professional development is effective in raising educators’ awareness and understanding of dyslexia.
Implications support the development and reform of training and PD opportunities in dyslexia to better prepare, inform and educate New Zealand adult literacy educators.
International Energy Technology Transfersfor Climate Change Mitigation - What, who, how, why, when, where, how much … and the Implications for International Institutional Architecture
No full textThe goal of the paper is to expand and refine the international technology transfer negotiating and analytic agendas and to reframe the issues. The paper presents concepts, indicators, illustrations and data that identify and measure international transfers of energy technologies that can be used to mitigate climate change. Among the questions on that agenda are how much technology transfer there has been to date, and how much will be needed in the future, especially to assist non-Annex I developing countries in their efforts to mitigate climate change. Before the how much questions can be answered, however, there are several prior questions, and hence the many other elements of the subtitle of the paper: what, who, how, why, when, where. These aspects of international technology transfer vary significantly among three existing institutional settings and among the associated analytic paradigms: North-South Official Development Assistance, Global Private International Investment and Trade, and International Public-Private Cooperation Agreements. The principal sections of the paper focus on features of international technology transfers in these institutional settings and on illustrations drawn from the biodiesel industry, especially the use of jatropha tree as the source of the feedstock. The conclusions are summarized as follows: (i) Technologies include intangible know-how and services, as well as tangible goods in the form of production process equipment and finished products. (ii) International transfers of some types of technology are much easier to measure than others. (iii) International technology transfers are highly industry-specific. (iv) Even for individual industries, it is necessary to use multiple indicators of technology transfers. (v) Patterns in the types of technology and methods of transfer vary across the three institutional settings examined in the paper. (vi) All three of the institutional arrangements are probably under-performing and inadequa
Author Correction: A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain
No full textAuthor Correction: A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brai
Why bios? : on the relationship between gospel genre and implied audience
No full textThis thesis addresses the gap in the scholarly record pertaining to the explicit relationship between gospel genre and implied audience. This thesis challenges the consensus that the canonical gospels were written to/for individual communities/churches and that these documents (gospels) address the specific historical/social circumstances of each community. It is argued in the thesis that the Evangelists chose the genre of biography because it was the genre that was best suited to present the words and deeds of Jesus to the largest possible audience. The central thesis is supported by four lines of evidence: two external and two internal (Chapters 3-6). Furthermore, the thesis is bolstered by a new typology for Greco-Roman biography that arranges the biographical examples within a relational matrix.
Chapter 2 is integral to the main thesis of this dissertation in that it proposes nuanced language capable of being applied to specific kinds of biographies with the emphasis on the relationship to implied audience. Chapter 2 sets the boundaries of the discussion of genre as a vital factor in potentially determining audience as well as raising the important consideration that genres are representative of authorial choice and intent.
Chapters 3 and 4 take up the discussion of the two lines of external evidence pertinent to placing the Gospels within the relational typology proposed in chapter 2. Chapter 3 supports the main argument of the thesis in that it demonstrates that the earliest Christian interpreters of the Gospels did not understand them to be sectarian documents written specifically to and/or for specific sectarian Christian communities. The second line of external evidence, taken up in chapter 4, deals with the wider context of Jesus literature in the second/third century. We argue that these texts, if any of them are indeed biographies, were part of the wider Christian practice of writing and disseminating literary presentations of Jesus and Jesus traditions.
Chapters 5 and 6 address the lines of internal evidence and chapter 5 deals specifically with the difficulty in reconstructing the various gospel communities that might lie behind the gospel texts. It is argued that the genre of biography does not allow us to reconstruct these communities with any detail. Finally, chapter 6 is concerned with the ‘all nations’ motif present in all four of the canonical gospels. The ‘all nations’ and ‘sending’ motifs in the Gospels suggest an evangelistic tone for the Gospels and further suggest an ideal secondary audience beyond those who could be identified as Christian
"In this moment of alarm and peril": Female Education, Religion and Politics In the Late Eighteenth Century, With special reference to Catharine Macaulay and Hannah More
No full textPhDCatharine Macaulay and Hannah More are conventionally represented as
ideological opposites. Through an analysis which centres on their writings, this
thesis critically examines that representation, and more broadly explores
contemporary perceptions of the roles of women of the middling sort in the late
eighteenth century. It argues that revolution, particularly the French Revolution,
created a climate wherein the duties of women became the subject of increasing
debate. The discussion challenges and builds upon recent work on women's
writing and history, by examining how and why the role of women changed at this
time. This work is concerned with contemporary representations of women, and
concentrates on analysis of primary texts and archival material over a wide range
of genres, including educational treatises, plays, popular tracts, political pamphlets,
historical writing and newspapers - the latter proving a major resource.
Following a critical introduction, the thesis falls into four chapters. Chapter one
discusses the reputation, critical reception and public fame of Macaulay and More,
thereby providing insights into contemporary sexual and social politics. Women
were considered arbiters of morals and manners - believed to play a vital role in
ensuring social stability - and the second chapter examines how the threat of
revolution led to increasing anxiety and debate about the nature of female
education. The third and fourth chapters discuss religion and politics respectively,
and argue that beliefs about the interdependency of Church and State, together with
the feminization of religion, legitimized women's involvement in politics and
enlarged their sphere of influence.
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The conclusion argues that the political and religious climate provided
opportunities for women to reassess and redefine their roles; while often remaining
within parameters defined by commonly held perceptions of femininity, they
politicized the domestic, extended female agency, and elevated the status of
women
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ShelfLife@Texas February 2009 Blog Archive
No full textCONTENTS: What's on Your Nightstand, Jim Magnuson? – Poetry on the Plaza: The Rossetti Circle – David Mamet to Discuss "The Spanish Prisoner" in Harry Ransom Lecture – The Mystery of the "Victorian Blood Book" – Professor Evaluates Israel's Struggle Against Terrorism – Law Professor to Discuss "The Preemption War" at BookPeople – An Interview with Australian Author Peter Carey – Is Narcissism Destroying Your Marriage? – The Dark Side of Love – Pornography: A Mirror of American Culture? – Literary Marriages from Hell – A Philosopher's Treatise on Love – Review: “Diplomats in Blue” by William Braisted – Irish Studies Reading List – New Book Highlights Work of Photographer Fritz Henle – Alumna Chronicles Her South-of-the-Border Identity Quest – Burnt Orange Britannia – Amazing Rare Maps in the Benson Collection – Visualizing Russia’s Kaleidoscopic History – Mayor Picks "The Septembers of Shiraz" for Book Club – Symposium Celebrates Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" – What's on Your Nightstand, Juliet Walker? – Tracing New Orleans’ Creole History || BOOKS MENTIONED IN CONTENTS: “On Chesil Beach” by Ian McEwan – “True History of the Kelly Gang” by Peter Carey – “How Fiction Works” by James Wood – “The Savage Detectives” by Roberto Bolano, translated by Natasha Wimmer – “Victorian Blood Book” by Evelyn Waugh – “The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism” by Ami Pedahzur – “The Preemption War: When Federal Bureaucracies Trump Local Juries” by Tom McGarity – “Conversational Narcissism in Marriage” by Lisa Leit – “The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill” “The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating” “The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy is as Necessary as Love and Sex” by David Buss – “Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity” by Robert Jensen – “About Love: Reinventing Romance For Our Times” by Robert Solomon – “Diplomats in Blue: U.S. Naval Officers in China, 1922-1933” by William R. Braisted – “Women, Press and Politics During the Irish Revival” by Karen Steele – “The Dandy in Irish and American Southern Fiction” by Ellen Crowell – “Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlands” by Stephanie Elizondo Griest – “Burnt Orange Britannia” by William Roger Louis – “Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture” by Joan Neuberger – “The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer – “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family” by Annette Gordon-Reed – “The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family’s Journey to Freedom” by John Baker – “The Militant South, 1800-1861” by John Hope Franklin – “Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching” by Paula Giddings – “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” by Gwen Ifill – “Exiles at Home: The Struggle to Become American in New Orleans” by Shirley ThompsonDivision of Campus and Community Engagemen
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