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The Illuminated Lyric of Lafracoth
No full textA medieval historical fiction in dramatic form for older adolescents and adults, this verse play depicts a person of conscience in early 12th century Ireland. This work is intended for late adolescents and adults who have either acquired or are engaged in higher education. The author envisions uses in classrooms, drama and book clubs in which conscience sensitive character analyses and discussions of moral life in and out of religious contexts are deemed worthy of pursuit.
The original 2008 version of The Lyric of Lafracoth without illustrations can be found at: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/16779
In this illustrated version, artist Deborah C. Galvin was asked to create five illuminations for the letters P, A, C, E and M which figure prominently in the conflicted story of Lafracoth and her father. Deborah obliged but was not satisfied with just five. Over the two years 2008-2010, she completed sixteen times that many. In 2012, these were exhibited in a crafted parchment paper version of the manuscript at The Helen Beiser MD Art Show during the 59th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in San Francisco and again that same year at the Fourth Annual Indiana University School of Medicine Art Exhibition in Indianapolis
The Song of Deborah (Judges Chapter 5) : studies in the versions and the poetic account of the battle against Sisera
No full textA large part of this thesis consists of an
examination of Judges ch. 5 in the light of the
Versions, Rashi and Kimchi. In addition, the tribal
situation, religious cohesiveness of Israel, as well as
the historical context and date of the battle against
Sisera, are examined. The Song of Deborah presents a
unique situation in the period of the Judges in which
an alliance of many tribes participated in a concerted
action. These tribes are designated by the name
'Israel'. The God of Israel is known as Yahweh, Israel
is the people of Yahweh, and the religious unity of
Israel is based upon a common religious faith in
Yahweh. The Song does not represent Israel as a system
of twelve tribes or as having its cohesiveness in an
amphictyony. This historical battle against Sisera
depicted in the Song probably occurred at a time late
in the period of the Judges, at the end of the 12th
century B.C. or early in the 11th century B.C
The role of prolactin in the regulation of brood care in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher
No full textThe hormone prolactin (PRL) is important for the regulation of parental care in
many species of mammals, birds and fish, and for alloparental care (care directed at nondescendant
young) in some mammals and birds. Its significance in alloparental brood care of cooperatively
breeding fish has not yet been assessed. Here, we test the role of PRL in brood care behavior of the
cooperatively breeding cichlid Neolamprologus pulcher. The expression of PRL mRNA was
determined in the pituitary glands of breeders of both sexes, helpers that showed brood care
behavior and nonbreeding fish as controls. In addition, PRL levels were experimentally manipulated
in male breeders and helpers by intraperitoneal injections of ovine PRL, and the behavior of these
test fish was recorded toward standardized clutches. Adult females had higher levels of PRL mRNA
than adult males, which was true both for breeders and nonbreeders. Contrary to expectation, there
was no positive correlation between PRL and brood care behavior in any category of test fish, and the
experimental application of PRL did not change brood care propensity. Interestingly, brood-caring
adult females had significantly lower levels of PRL mRNA than adult female nonbreeders, whereas
there was no difference between helpers and similar-sized nonbreeding group members. PRL mRNA
levels increased with body mass in juveniles, but decreased with body mass in adults. In conclusion,
we found no evidence that elevated levels of PRL are directly involved in the regulation of brood care
behavior in this species.We thank R. Eggler, P. Stettler and E. Zwygart
for their technical assistance, and our colleagues
from the Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary
Ecology Departments, University of Bern, for the
feedback on experimental design. We thank R.
Teodosio and O. Mu¨hlemann for their technical
assistance during the hormonal analyses and
S. Geiser, T. Ott and E. Jutzeler for their
assistance during fish observations. I. M. Hamilton
helped with data analyses and provided useful
comments on the manuscript. The project was
supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation
(SNSF grants 3100-064396 and 3100A0-
105626 to M. T. and SNSF grants 3234-
069260.02/1 and PIOIA-103213 to N. B.), by the
Hochschulstiftung der Burgergemeinde Bern to N.B. and by the pluriannual funding program of the
Centro de Cieˆncias de Mar from the Portuguese
Foundation of Science and Technology to D. M. P
Learning theories and interprofessional education: a user's guide
No full textThere is increasing interest in the theoretical underpinning of interprofessional education (IPE) and writers in this field are drawing on a wide range of disciplines for theories that have utility in IPE. While this has undoubtedly enriched the research literature, for the educational practitioner, whose aim is to develop and deliver an IPE curriculum that has sound theoretical underpinnings, this plethora of theories has become a confusing, and un-navigable quagmire. This article aims to provide a compass for those educational practitioners by presenting a framework that summarizes key learning theories used in IPE and the relationship between them. The study reviews key contemporary learning theories from the wider field of education used in IPE and the explicit applications of these theories in the IPE literature to either curriculum design or programme evaluation. Through presenting a broad overview and summary framework, the study clarifies the way in which learning theories can aid IPE curriculum development and evaluation. It also highlights areas where future theoretical development in the IPE field is required
\u3cem\u3eLiving Wages, Equal Wage: Gender and Labor Market Policies in the United States\u3c/em\u3e, by Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power
No full textA review of Living Wages, Equal Wage: Gender and Labor Market Policies in the United States, by Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Powe
Negotiating the Spaces: Relational Pedagogy and Power in Drama Teaching
No full textWhile there is a growing body of literature on relational pedagogy as a concept, less attention is given to the details of just how relational pedagogy manifests in classroom practice. Similarly, while issues of power, democracy and co-constructed learning feature in contemporary research, the details of how power relationships can be effectively altered between teachers and children warrants closer scrutiny. This paper explores how pedagogy is enhanced when spaces are negotiated between teachers and children in the real and fictional worlds of drama. The findings emerge from a two year collaborative research project between generalist elementary teachers and university researchers. Salient issues of trust, power sharing, and metaxis, which are part of relational pedagogy in the drama classroom, are explored. In particular, the paper discusses how traditional power and knowledge positions are 'disrupted' through the drama strategy of 'teacher-in-role' - a strategy with both political significance and pedagogical force
An investigation of the influence of gender and relative position of strength on power strategy use
No full textVitaMajor subject: PsychologyPrevious studies have suggested that gender plays a significant role in determining the type of power strategies individuals use. It has been suggested, however, that the issue of gender in such studies may be confounded with one's relative position of strength, based on the belief that females assume a lower-status position in society than males. In the present series of studies, it was predicted that both gender and relative position of strength would influence power strategy use in undergraduate students who attempt to "get their way" with an imagined partner on choice of an academic project topic. In Study 1, the 2 X 2 MANOVA, with the independent variables being sex of actor and sex of target, was not significant. Univariate analyses revealed few significant findings in support of the hypothesis that gender influences power strategy use. In Study 2, the 2 X 2 MANOVA, with the independent variables being resources of actor and resources of target, was not significant. Univariate analyses revealed limited support for the hypothesis that relative position of strength influences power strategy use. In Study 3, the 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 MANOVA, with the independent variables being sex of actor, sex of target, resource level of actor, and resource level of target, was not significant. Univariate analyses revealed partial support for the hypothesis that gender and relative position of strength together influence power strategy use. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficients performed on data from all three studies revealed significant relationships between assertive behavior and power strategy use, and between self-concept and power strategy use. Lack of significant findings in the present study may be due in part to the artificial quality of the participants' task. Future studies should address this research question through the use of behavioral measures
sj-pdf-2-jhs-10.1177_17531934221105225 - Supplemental material for Management of conflict injuries to the upper limb. Part 2: reconstruction and managing complications
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-jhs-10.1177_17531934221105225 for Management of conflict injuries to the upper limb. Part 2: reconstruction and managing complications by Darren C. Roberts, Rajive M. Jose, Liron S. Duraku, Matthew Wordsworth, Mark Foster, Deborah Mortiboy, Edward Sellon, Sarah A. Stapley and Dominic M. Power in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)</p
Power and the pill : mid-life women negotiating contraception
No full textContraception is often a taken-for-granted element of actively heterosexual women’s lives. Yet while modern contraceptives have technically enhanced women’s ability to control their fertility, the history of women’s struggles to achieve this control shows the importance of understanding the social context within which women’s contraceptive decisions are situated. Previous feminist studies of contraception in the UK have tended to concentrate either on aspects of medicine or on heterosexuality. Whilst both areas have highlighted the need to understand how power relationships structure women’s contraceptive experiences, these two aspects have not been integrated adequately. There has also been a tendency to focus research on younger women, and mature women’s ongoing use of contraception has generally been overlooked.
This thesis is based on qualitative interviews with twenty-two mid-life British women aged between 30 and 40, as well as observations at a family planning clinic. It demonstrates that only by giving full consideration to the extent and complexity of the power relationships surrounding contraception can an understanding of women’s decisions and everyday practices be achieved. The concept of ‘subjective power’ is developed to explore how these women make strategic and creative use of circulating discourses, interact with disciplinary regimes, and situate themselves within multi-faceted webs of power relationships, such as in relation to the institutions of medicine, the media, and heterosexuality. The embodied nature of both the risk of pregnancy and the use of contraceptive technologies is argued to lead the women to assert a right of bodily autonomy. Yet this assertion conflicts with their expectation of equitable coupledom within heterosexuality and their routine consideration of men’s preferences. In addition, this thesis will show that taking ‘proper’ responsibility for preventing pregnancy constructs women as respectable, yet may increase their risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections
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