11 research outputs found
On the Brilliance of Black Children: A Response to a Clarion Call
No full textIn this editorial, three dotoral students in Mathematics Education reflect on their experiences as conference organizers and co-editors of the Proceedings of the 2010 Philadelphia and 2011 Atlanta Bejamin Banneker Associaton Conferences.This editorial was originally published in the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education and is posted here with the permission of the author and publisher.</p
Brooch: Beneath the Surface
No full textPhotographs of the front and back of the enamel and steel brooch "Beneath the surface".This is an ongoing exploration utilizing Ai to develop asemic storying narrative structures as alternatives and embodied methods of undermining the sense-making properties of Large Language Models (key contexts: Deleuze and Guatarri, Khan, Bejamin, Golding, Barad, Schwenger)These pieces of jewellery by J. Boyd were showed at the following exhibition project ‘Is Jewellery-Making Research? Jewellery as a form of art, social and cultural impact’ curated by Roberta Bernabei at Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University, 12-24 January 2024© the author, shared with permission</p
Violence in the school space. Study it in the body key?
No full textEl presente artículo está elaborado con el fin de presentar un panorama sobre el estado de la producción de conocimiento sobre violencia escolar y justificar la necesidad de emprender su estudio desde las teorías del cuerpo. Metodológicamente se trata de una investigación documental, atendiendo a ello, en primer lugar, se presentan los resultados de un análisis cualitativo desarrollado con distintas tesis de maestría y doctorado que han abordado el tema destacando aspecto como los enfoques epistemológicos, campos disciplinares empleados, cómo se ha abordado en tanto objeto de estudio, qué técnicas y resultados se han empleado. En segundo lugar, se argumenta por qué los enfoques corporales pueden generar acercamientos al fenómeno desde una mirada que integre la relación actor-estructura.This article is prepared in order to present an overview of the state of knowledge production on school violence and justify the need to undertake its study from the theories of the body. Methodologically it is a documentary research, attending to this, in the first place, the results of a qualitative analysis developed with different master's and doctoral theses that have addressed the subject are presented, highlighting aspects such as epistemological approaches, disciplinary fields used, how it is As an object of study, it has addressed what techniques and results have been used. Second, it is argued why body approaches can generate approaches to the phenomenon from a perspective that integrates the actor-structure relationshi
Violencia en el espacio escolar. ¿Estudiarla en la clave corporal?
No full textThis article is prepared in order to present an overview of the state of knowledge production on school violence and justify the need to undertake its study from the theories of the body. Methodologically it is a documentary research, attending to this, in the first place, the results of a qualitative analysis developed with different master's and doctoral theses that have addressed the subject are presented, highlighting aspects such as epistemological approaches, disciplinary fields used, how it is As an object of study, it has addressed what techniques and results have been used. Second, it is argued why body approaches can generate approaches to the phenomenon from a perspective that integrates the actor-structure relationshipEl presente artículo está elaborado con el fin de presentar un panorama sobre el estado de la producción de conocimiento sobre violencia escolar y justificar la necesidad de emprender su estudio desde las teorías del cuerpo. Metodológicamente se trata de una investigación documental, atendiendo a ello, en primer lugar, se presentan los resultados de un análisis cualitativo desarrollado con distintas tesis de maestría y doctorado que han abordado el tema destacando aspecto como los enfoques epistemológicos, campos disciplinares empleados, cómo se ha abordado en tanto objeto de estudio, qué técnicas y resultados se han empleado. En segundo lugar, se argumenta por qué los enfoques corporales pueden generar acercamientos al fenómeno desde una mirada que integre la relación actor-estructura
Heart Failure Education in A VA Outpatient Clinic Delivered as Part of a Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Management Team
No full textabstract: There is an estimated 6.2 million people Americans over the age of 20 suffering from Heart Failure (HF) (Bejamin et. al., 2019). It is essential that HF patients have sufficient knowledge about the disease and self-management (Abbasi, Ghezeljeh, & Farahani, 2018; Dinh, Bonner, Ramsbotham & Clark, 2018). Lack of self-management is largely to blame for many HF exacerbations. Current evidence supports utilizing both verbal and written education with an emphasis on self-care and education delivered in a group setting or individual setting showed equal impact on self-care and HF knowledge ( Hoover, et. al., 2017; Ross et. al., 2015; Tawalbeh, 2018). An outpatient VA clinic located in a suburb of the large metropolitan identified there was no consistency on how a HF patient was educated, managed, or tracked and the registered nurses (RNs) lacked knowledge of HF. As a results of these findings this Evidence Based Project (EBP) was implemented. RNs were educated on HF and completed a self-assessment questionnaire evaluating their knowledge pre and post education. The RNs, as part of a multidisciplinary team, educated HF patients on signs and symptoms of HF as well as on how to manage the disease. Patients completed, the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) to assess quality of life and the Self Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) to assess knowledge of HF and self-management skills. These questionnaires were completed initially and at 30 and 60 day intervals. The RNs self-assessment of their knowledge and ability to educate patients increased in all areas. The patient’s KCCQ and SCHFI score improved at 30 days and 60 days when compared to their initial score. Larger EBPs are needed over a longer period of time to assess the impact on hospital readmissions and same day clinic visits for HF exhibitions
Imaging Predictors of 4q12 Amplified and RB1 Mutated Glioblastoma IDH-Wildtype
No full textIntroduction: Recent studies have identified that glioblastoma IDH-wildtype consists of different molecular subgroups with distinct prognoses. In order to accurately describe and classify gliomas, the Visually AcceSAble Rembrandt Images (VASARI) system was developed. The goal of this study was to evaluate the VASARI characteristics in molecular subgroups of IDH-wildtype glioblastoma.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of glioblastoma IDH- wildtype with comprehensive next-generation sequencing and pre-operative and post-operative MRI was performed. VASARI characteristics and 205 genes were evaluated. Multiple comparison adjustment by the Bejamin-Hochberg false discovery rate (BH-FDR) was performed. A 1:3 propensity score match (PSM) with a Caliper of 0.2 was done.
Results: 178 patients with GBM IDH-WT met the inclusion criteria. 4q12 amplified patients (n = 20) were associated with cyst presence (30% vs. 12%, p = 0.042), decreased hemorrhage (35% vs. 62%, p = 0.028), and non-restricting/mixed (35%/60%) rather than restricting diffusion pattern (5%), meanwhile, 4q12 non-amplified patients had mostly restricting (47.4%) rather than a non-restricting/mixed diffusion pattern (28.4%/23.4%). This remained statistically significant after BH-FDR adjustment (p = 0.002). PSM by 4q12 amplification showed that diffusion characteristics continued to be significantly different. Among RB1-mutant patients, 96% had well-defined enhancing margins vs. 70.6% of RB1-WT (p = 0.018), however, this was not significant after BH-FDR or PSM.
Conclusions: Patients with glioblastoma IDH-wildtype harboring 4q12 amplification rarely have restricting DWI patterns compared to their wildtype counterparts, in which this DWI pattern is present in ~ 50% of patients. This suggests that some phenotypic imaging characteristics can be identified among molecular subtypes of IDH-wildtype glioblastoma
Así se ve el cooperativismo colombiano en 2017
No full textEn Colombia, las primeras personas que usaron la modalidad de asociación cooperativa fueron los indígenas, quienes cultivaban en comunidad sobre una misma longa de tierra ignorando la propiedad individual. Luego de varias décadas se conoce el primer proyecto sobre cooperativismo de Benjamín Herrera en 1916. En la década de los 60 se evidenció un gran crecimiento en este sector de la economía, pues alcanzaron a existir 2.347 cooperativa con 1’620.000 asociados, pero en la década de los 90 tuvieron una gran crisis, las cooperativas de trabajo asociado se han visto perjudicadas por falta de actualización en su normatividad acorde a las necesidades de la sociedad, porque la ley que las regula tiene vacíos que pueden generar vulneración a los derechos de sus asociados. Hoy existen en Colombia 187 cooperativas y 3’327.185 asociados, pese a su normatividad casi que obsoleta, el tercer sector de la economía sigue creciendo.In Colombia, the first people who used the cooperative association were the indigenous people who cultivated in community on the same land, ignoring the individual property. After several decades the first project on cooperativism of Bejamin Herrera was known in 1916. In the decade of the 60 a great growth in this sector of the economy was evidenced, as they reached to exist 2,347 cooperative with 1'620,000 associates, but in the decade of the 90 had a great crisis, the cooperatives of associated work were harmed thanks to the regulation in which they were empty and this so that they faced with the companies of temporary services, today exist in Colombia 187 cooperatives and 3'327.185 associates, Despite its almost obsolete regulations, the third sector of the economy continues to [email protected]
Processos Coletivos para a tutela do risco ecológico abusivo: a construção de um patrimônio comum coletivo
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito,Florianópolis, 2012A presente pesquisa versa sobre a tutela jurisdicional do risco ecológico abusivo. Sustenta a criação e o aprimoramento de Processos jurisdicionais efetivamente Coletivos i.e., pautados na construção democrático-participativa de decisões quanto ao limite de tolerabilidade do risco ecológico, bem como no exercício de uma titularidade coletiva procedimental sobre o ambiente enquanto patrimônio comum. Tendo como ponto de partida a análise crítica do atual paradigma processual coletivo de tutela do ambiente, identificadas algumas de suas principais deficiências estruturais, propõe a teorização de um modelo outro, mais condizente com os desafios propostos por uma sociedade de risco. Conclui pela possibilidade de caracterização do risco ecológico social e/ou cientificamente intolerável como "abuso de direito"; pela necessidade de personalização do "Coletivo", titular de uma propriedade procedimental sobre o patrimônio comum ecológico e, portanto, apto a defendê-la em face de seu uso privado e estatal; pela necessidade da construção processual, participativa e inclusiva da noção de risco ecológico abusivo no caso concreto, na busca da melhor forma de composição das variáveis científicas e axiológicas em tela.This research presents a discussion on the jurisdictional protection of the abusive ecological risk. It supports the creation and development of actually Collective jurisdictional Processes that is, based on participatory democratic decision-making concerning the ecological risk tolerability as well as the practice of a procedural collective title on the environment as a public property. After offering a critical analysis of the current collective procedural paradigm of environmental protection, in order to identify some of its major structural deficiencies, this dissertation proposes the theorizing of a model more suited to face the challenges presented by a risk society. The conclusion argues for the possibility of characterizing the social and/or scientifically intolerable ecological risk as "abuse of right"; for the need of personifying the "Collective" into the holder of a procedural property over the ecological public property, and as such able to defend it in face of its private and state use; for the need of a procedural, participatory and inclusive making of the notion of abusive ecological risk in the real case, while seeking the best way of creating the scientific and axiological variables at issue
FINCH: A Blueprint for Accessible and Scientifically Valuable Remote Sensing Satellite Missions
No full textSatellite remote sensing missions have grown in popularity over the past fifteen years due to their ability to cover large swaths of land at regular time intervals, making them suitable for monitoring environmental trends such as greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural practices. As environmental monitoring becomes central in global efforts to combat climate change, accessible platforms for contributing to this research are critical. Many remote sensing missions demand high performance of payloads, restricting research and development to organizations with sufficient resources to address these challenges. Atmospheric remote sensing missions, for example, require extremely high spatial and spectral resolutions to generate scientifically useful results. As an undergraduate-led design team, the University of Toronto Aerospace Team’s Space Systems Division has performed an extensive mission selection process to find a feasible and impactful mission focusing on crop residue mapping. This mission profile provides the data needed to improve crop residue retention practices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from soil, while relaxing performance requirements relative to many active atmospheric sensing missions. This is accompanied by the design of FINCH, a 3U CubeSat with a hyperspectral camera composed of custom and commercial off-the-shelf components. The team’s custom composite payload, the FINCH Eye, strives to advance performance achieved at this form factor by leveraging novel technologies while keeping design feasibility for a student team a priority. Optical and mechanical design decisions and performance are detailed, as well as assembly, integration, and testing considerations. Beyond its design, the FINCH Eye is examined from operational, timeline, and financial perspectives, and a discussion of the supporting firmware, data processing, and attitude control systems is included. Insight is provided into open-source tools that the team has developed to aid in the design process, including a linear error analysis tool for assessing scientific performance, an optical system tradeoff analysis tool, and data processing algorithms. Ultimately, the team presents a comprehensive case study of an accessible and impactful satellite optical payload design process, in hopes of serving as a blueprint for future design teams seeking to contribute to remote sensing research
