410 research outputs found
Story of John Chaisson, the author, taking his first trip at age nine into the
No full textStory of John Chaisson, the author, taking his first trip at age nine into the big woods on Walnut Hill in North Yarmouth to chop wood with his family
Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
No full textProgressive human immunodeficiency virus infection eventually leads to activation and dissemination of a wide variety of microorganisms normally held in check by the cellular immune system. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of these pathogens, and the disease caused by it has become a common presenting infection in the patient with AIDS. Dr. Richard E. Chaisson and Dr. Gary Slutkin have studied tuberculosis in the United States and worldwide, respectively. In this AIDS Commentary they address the unique nature of this infection, its diagnosis, and its treatment in the patient with AID
Epic of evolution: seven ages of the cosmos
No full textIn this enthralling and illuminating book, Eric Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, synthesizes current scientific thinking regarding the origin and evolution of the universe. How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-come to be? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? Drawing on recent breakthroughs in astrophysics and biochemistry, Chaisson explores the development of the most microscopic and the most immense aspects of our universe, including the idea that all objects-from quarks and quasars to microbes and minds-are interrelated. Epic of Evolution is a stunning view of how various changes, operating across almost incomprehensible domains of space and nearly inconceivable stretches of time-all by means of the cosmic evolutionary combination of chance and necessity-have given rise to our galaxy, our star, our planet, and ourselves
Addressing critical needs in the fight to end tuberculosis with innovative tools and strategies.
No full textThis month in PLOS Medicine we launched a Special Issue on New Tools and Strategies for Tuberculosis Diagnosis, Care, and Elimination. In this issue's Editorial, the Guest Editors Claudia Denkinger, Richard Chaisson, and Mark Hatherill highlight some of the research that will publish and how these studies focusing on discovery, clinical trials and implementation research collectively add to the prospects for reaching the EndTB targets of the WHO by 2035
Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos
No full textHow did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These are just some of the grand scientific questions Eric J. Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, explores in his enthralling and illuminating history of the universe. Explaining new discoveries and a range of cutting-edge ideas and theories, Chaisson provides a creative and coherent synthesis of current scientific thinking on the universe\u27s beginnings. He takes us on a tour of the seven ages of the cosmos, from the formless era of radiation through the origins of human culture. Along the way he examines the development of the most microscopic and the most immense aspects of our universe and the complex ways in which they interact. Drawing on recent breakthroughs in astrophysics and biochemistry, Chaisson discusses the contemporary scientific view that all objects-from quarks and quasars to microbes and the human mind-are interrelated. Researchers in all the natural sciences are beginning to identify an underlying pattern penetrating the fabric of existence-a sweepingly encompassing view of the formation, structure, and function of all objects in our multitudinous universe. Moreover, as Chaisson demonstrates, by deciphering the scenario of cosmic evolution, scientists can also determine how living organisms managed to inhabit the land, generate language, and create culture. Epic of Evolution offers a stunning view of how various changes, operating across almost incomprehensible domains of space and nearly inconceivable stretches of time and through the evolutionary combination of necessity and chance, have given rise to our galaxy, our star, our planet, and ourselves.https://scholar.dominican.edu/cynthia-stokes-brown-books-big-history/1010/thumbnail.jp
And Even Dust Can Burst into Flames, Genevieve Robertson—Carbon Studies: Walking in the Dark
No full textAbout the Author: Caitlin Chaisson is an independent curator and critic. Her research-based practices intersect around questions pertaining to cultural production and the environment. She is Founder and Director of Far Afield, an artist-led initiative that supports regionally connected artistic and curatorial practices. Elsewhere, she has held positions and short-term contracts at e-flux (New York), Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson), Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Vancouver), AKA Artist-Run Centre (Saskatoon), and the Anvil Centre (New Westminster). Her writing has appeared inCanadian Art, C Magazine, Espace Magazine, Hyperallergic,andMOMUS, among others. She is currently an MA candidate in Curatorial Studies at CCS Bard
Float School: Pedagogical Experiments and Social Actions
No full textFloat School is the catalyst and culmination of many embodied, affective, and improvisational experiences that create the opportunity to ask, “what can school be?” We find ourselves asking this question, as artists and educators, because we are often drawn to imagining how else we could learn together, and under what other terms, feelings and environments learning could occur. Float School is at once a site, a time, a collective endeavour, and a school. (Justin Langlois and Holly Schmidt)Part 1: Duration/Reflection — When Did You Eat? / Annie Canto — Forests, Fantasy and the Knowledge Industry / Caitlin Chaisson and Liljana Mead Martin — Pulp, Synthesis / Caitlin Chaisson and Liljana Mead Martin — Gratitude Exercise / Rebecca Bair — bargain bin / Rob Budde — Part 2: Immersion/Precipitation — Walking on Snow / Holly Schmidt — Sinking/Floating / Caitlin Chaisson and Holly Schmidt / Float Adrift on Memory Bliss of Dew / Ben Lee — Scent Walk / Holly Schmidt — Empathy Walk / Rebecca Bair — Part 3: Uncertainty/Discomfort — Under Her Eyelids / Romane Bladou — Canoeing Negotiation / Justin Langlois — Line of Site Walk / Justin Langlois — Bone Tapping / Annie Canto — Healing with Water / Reyhan Yazdani — Part 4: Space/Environment — Sound Score Choreography / Annie Canto — Quiet Spaces Erupted in Sound / Justin Langlois — Making Connections with Moss / Twyla Exner —Site Drawings with Metal and Sunscreen / Caitlin Chaisson and Liljana Mead Martin — Portrait of Prince George/Lheidli / Rob Budde — Part 5: Orientation/Coordination — Unexpected Electric Boogie / Annie Canto — Story Ropes / Laura Kozak, Charlotte Falk and Jean Chisholm — Sites of Care and Concern / Laura Kozak, Charlotte Falk and Jean Chisholm — Collaboration in Orientation / A conversation with Holly Schmidt, Justin Langlois, Annie Canto, Laura Kozak, Charlotte Falk and Jean Chisholm — Compass for Uncoordinates / Annie Canto — Technicity / Rob Budde — Closing/Opening — Learning with Float School / Justin Langlois — Float School Timeline — Contributor
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