934 research outputs found
Koos Kombuis: Ikonoklas na ikoon
No full textDie Afrikaanse skrywer en musikant Koos Kombuis word vandag wyd as \u27n ikoon beskou. In die 1980\u27s was hy egter \u27n randfiguur van die Afrikaner-establishment. Hoe het hierdie transformasie van ikonoklas na ikoon oor tyd plaasgevind? Kombuis het sy loopbaan as digter en skrywer in die 1980\u27s begin. Hy het homself aan die spits van die sogenaamde Tagtigerbeweging in die letterkunde bevind, en in 1989 het hy aan die berugte Voëlvry-toer deelgeneem wat sy status as dwarstrekker verskans het. Sy letterkunde en musiek van dié dekade het gepoog om die waardes en norme van die heersende Afrikaner-establishment omver te gooi. Die vroeë 1990\u27s het bepaalde veranderinge in sowel die breër sosio-politieke konteks van Suid-Afrika as Kombuis persoonlik gesien. Sy beeld onder Afrikaners het stelselmatig begin verander, en soos sy loopbaan in die jare sedertdien ontwikkel het, het hy algaande ikoonstatus bekom. Hierdie artikel stel ondersoek in na Koos Kombuis se transformasie van ikonoklas na ikoon binne Afrikaner geledere.
The Afrikaans author and musician, Koos Kombuis, is widely regarded as an icon today. In the 1980s, however, he was a fringe figure, arguably even an iconoclast of the Afrikaner establishment. How did this transformation from iconoclast to icon happen over time? Kombuis began his career as poet and author in the 1980s. He found himself as a leading figure of the so-called Tagtiger movement in Afrikaans literature, and in 1989 he participated in the Voëlvry tour which entrenched his image as an Afrikaner iconoclast. His literature and music of this particular decade attempted to overthrow the accepted norms and values of the reigning Afrikaner establishment. The early 1990s saw certain changes in the broader South African socio-political context as well as in Kombuis personally. His image among Afrikaners started changing and as his career developed in the years since, he gradually obtained icon status. This article investigates Koos Kombuis\u27s transformation from iconoclast to icon within Afrikaner society
Comparison of KOOS scores of middle-aged patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty to the general Dutch population using KOOS percentile curves: the LOAS study
No full textBackground: We aimed to investigate the application of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) percentile curves, using preoperative and postoperative data of patients with knee osteoarthritis undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods: We used Longitudinal Leiden Orthopedics Outcomes of Osteo-Arthritis study data of patients between 45 and 65 years and undergoing primary TKA. KOOS scores (0-100) were obtained preoperatively and 6, 12, and 24 months after TKA. Preoperative knee radiographs were assessed according to Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) in a subset (37%) of patients. Comorbidities were self-reported using a standardized questionnaire. The median (interquartile range) population-level KOOS scores were plotted on previously developed population-based KOOS percentile curves. In addition, we assessed the application of the curves on patient level and investigated differences in scores between patients with preoperative KL scores = 3 and presence (vs absence) of comorbidities.Results: The study population consisted of 853 patients (62% women, mean age 59 years, body mass index 30 kg/m(2)) with knee osteoarthritis undergoing primary TKA. Preoperatively, median KOOS scores of all subscales were at or below the 2.5th percentile. Scores increased to approximately the 25th percentile 12 months postoperatively. Greater improvements were observed in pain and less improvements in sport and recreational function and quality of life. Patients with higher preoperative KL scores and without comorbidities showed greater improvements.Conclusion: The KOOS percentile curves provided visual insights in knee complaints of patients relative to the general population. Furthermore, the KOOS percentile curves give insight in how preoperative patient characteristics are correlated with postoperative results. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.Clinical epidemiolog
Du nouveau sur la mystérieuse mission de Batavia à Saïgon en 1890
No full textThis note in part solves the mystery of the Chinese travelogue of 1890 published with a translation and introduction by Claudine Salmon and Ta Trong Hiêp in Archipel 47 (1994). The emissary Qu Molin is the Dutch sinologist and then member of the Council of the Indies W. P. Groeneveldt, and the interpreter Yang is the Dutch sinologist A. A. de Jongh. The purpose of this mission to French Indo-China was to study the advantages and disadvantages of the opium monopoly there, in view of its possible introduction in the Netherlands Indies. The identity of the author can be tentatively established. His name is Tan Siu Eng (1833-1906), he was a xiucai from Xiamen, who was brought to the Indies by Groeneveldt in 1874 as his personal teacher/ clerk and remained his assistant afterwards.Kuiper Koos. Du nouveau sur la mystérieuse mission de Batavia à Saïgon en 1890. In: Archipel, volume 77, 2009. pp. 27-44
Longitudinal Invariance Testing Of The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score For Joint Replacement Scale (KOOS-JR)
No full text# Background
The Knee Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Joint Replacement (KOOS-JR) is a seven-item patient reported outcome measure used to assess perceived knee health. Though commonly used, the longitudinal psychometric properties of the KOOS-JR have not been established and further characterization of its structural validity and multi-group invariance properties is warranted.
# Purpose
The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the KOOS-JR in a large sample of patients who received care for knee pathology.
# Study Design
Original research.
# Methods
Longitudinal data extracted from the Surgical Outcome System (SOS) database of 13,470 knee pathology patients who completed the KOOS-JR at baseline, three-months, six- months, and one-year. Scale structure was assessed with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), while multi-group and longitudinal invariance properties were assessed with CFA-based procedures. Latent group means were compared with statistical significance set at α ≤ .05 and Cohen’s d effect size as d = 0.2 (small), d = 0.5 (medium), and d = 0.8 (large).
# Results
CFA results exceeded goodness-of-fit indices at all timepoints. Multi-group invariance properties passed test requirements. Longitudinal analysis identified a biased item resulting in removal of item #1; the retained six-item model (KOOS-JR-6) passed longitudinal invariance requirements. KOOS-JR-6 scores significantly changed over time (p ≤ .001, Mdiff = 1.08, Cohen’s d = 0.57): the highest scores were at baseline examination and the lowest at 12-month assessment.
# Conclusions
The KOOS-JR can be used to assess baseline differences between males and females, middle and older aged adults, and patients receiving total knee arthroplasty or non-operative care. Caution is warranted if the KOOS-JR is used longitudinally due to potential measurement error associated with item #1. The KOOS-JR-6 may be a more viable option to assess change over time; however, more research is warranted.
# Level of Evidence
3
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Replication Data for: Mobilizing Domestic Support for International Vaccine Solidarity – Recommendations for Health Crisis Communication
No full textReplication data and code for Leuffen, D, Mounchid, PM, Heermann, M & Koos, S. (2023). Mobilizing Domestic Support for International Vaccine Solidarity – Recommendations for Health Crisis Communication. npj:Vaccine
Die struktuur van die tekskode: die strukturele organisasie van 'Die jonkmanskas' van Koos Prinsloo
No full textA unique quality of literature is that the text system is not just an instrument for conveying a literary message; the structure of the system is in itself meaningful. This article will closely examine the structural organisation and the functional significance of Koos Prinsloo’s short story “Die Jonkmanskas” . “Die jonkmanskas” is a story with a complex structure, written in the postmodernist idiom, and originated from three distinct stories. These embedded stories simultaneously work as commentaries, parodies and corrective devices, so that the ultimate interpretation of “Die jonkmanskas” is also determined through its structural code. An important aspect of this short story, which is highlighted by the structural code, is the interaction between the author’s text, the narrator’s text and the character’s text. In this [pseudo] autobiography the distinction between the actual author, the abstract author and the narrator is gradually erased, because time and again the narrator changes his role from character to narrator to author
Joel M. Podolny: Networks as the pipes and prisms of markets
No full textIn dem Aufsatz Networks as the pipes and prisms of markets stellt Joel M. Podolny zwei etablierte Prinzipien der Netzwerkbildung – Netzwerke als „Kanäle“ und als „Prismen“ – gegenüber und verbindet deren Wirksamkeit auf Märkten mit verschiedenen Formen von Marktunsicherheit. Soziale Netzwerke können dabei als Geflecht an Verbindungen (ties) zwischen Akteuren (nodes), beispielsweise Personen oder Unternehmen, verstanden werden, die eine bestimmte Struktur an direkten und indirekten Verbindungen oder auch unverbundenen Akteuren einer bestimmten Population aufweisen.publishe
Social Responsibility in the Economy
No full textIn recent decades affluent capitalist democracies have faced far reaching economic, political, and social changes and grand challenges. These developments have heralded an age of responsibilization of the economy, where economic actors are increasingly called upon to assume responsibility for common goods. In this chapter I first discuss how responsible economic action can be defined. Second, I present both actor and context centered theoretical approaches to explaining responsible economic action. Finally, after reviewing the empirical literature focusing on consumer and corporate responsibility, I conclude by discussing implications of the social responsibility perspective for economic sociology in the twenty-first century.publishe
Varieties of Environmental Labelling, Market Structures, and Sustainable Consumption Across Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Organizational and Market Supply Determinants of Environmental-Labelled Goods
No full textSustainable consumption, Organic food, Eco-label, Labelling, Europe,
What drives political consumption in Europe? : A multi-level analysis on individual characteristics, opportunity structures and globalization
No full textPolitical consumption is an individualized form of collective action that varies considerably across Europe. Citizens as consumers participate in boycotts and ‘positive’ buying of goods based on ethical, political and environmental considerations. Overcoming the individualistic bias of past research, the comparative analysis extends actor-centred explanations by focusing on political, cultural and economic opportunity structures and on globalization as contextual factors. Economic opportunities for political consumption are provided by national affluence, retailing structures and the supply of environmental and fair-labelled goods. Political and cultural opportunities are facilitated by ‘statist’ institutions, social movement organizations as well as trust and post-materialist culture. The impact of globalization is measured by international economic exchange. Logistic multi-level models on the first wave of the European Social Survey for 19 countries reveal that economic opportunity structures and political institutions best explain variations, while globalization does not affect citizens’ decisions to voice their interest in consumption. Finally, the effect of individual value orientations is increased by a low-cost context.publishe
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