168 research outputs found
1994. A MODEST COLLECTION OF CATS FOR A HAPPY OCCASION
No full textLetterpress book. 18 p. 24 x 17 cm. With five poems: 'In a shop window,' 'Sport,' 'Cat hunting,' 'Instance: cat drinking,' and 'Cat in moonlight.' The entire book is printed in black. Only recto pages are printed on; verso pages are left blank. Title page gives the full title as: ’A MODEST COLLECTION OF CATS for A HAPPY OCCASION’. Beneath the title is a quotation from Christopher Smart’s poem ‘Jubilate Agno’. At the bottom of the page is: ‘RICHARD OUTRAM’. The title, the quotation and the author statement are each situated directly above a five-pointed star. The binding is brown, yellow, gold and purple marbled paper. Colophon, including the additional poem '[Igor]': "A modest collection is hereby produced by Barbara and Richard Outram for a happy occasion: the seventieth birthday of Frances Gage 22 August 1994 and in fond memory of Igor.
1993. AROUND & ABOUT THE TORONTO ISLANDS
No full text19 p., 22 x 14 cm. With fourteen poems: 'Hanlan's as Lunatic Venue', 'Together on Gibraltar Point', 'Picnic Table', 'Time and Again on Olympic', 'Halfway Along', 'Vessel [Aboard the Cayuga]', 'Sojourn on Snake Island', 'Tutelary Abroad on the Boardwalk', 'Island Residents', 'Bank Swallow on Algonquin (In Memory of F.L.B.)', 'Shade on Ward's (for Arrow)', 'Tower Across the Water', 'Meet Stance at the Eastern Gap', and 'Trillium'. With a compass rose, in black, printed between the title and author on the title page, before the title of each poem, and above the colophon. Beige, blue and dark rust wrappers. Rust free endpapers. Forty-five numbered copies of which this is number 14.Printed and bound by Richard Outram and Barbara Howard
Simon Sainsbury Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School
No full text[EN] The Simon Sainsbury Centre is an extension to the Cambridge Judge Business School, which is part of the University of Cambridge in England. The project is originated from a masterplan to complement and update a complex architectural setting made by the juxtaposition and amalgamation of buildings and architectural interventions from different periods, some of these having a particular architectural character.
The site was originally occupied by the Addenbrooke’s Hospital, which main structures have undergone several transformations since its construction. The most notable changes to the building have been the adaptation of the façade in the 1860s, example of characteristic Victorian eclectic revival by Matthew Digby Wyatt, and the extension to accommodate the Cambridge Judge Business School in the 1990s, styled in a flamboyant English postmodern by John Outram.[ES] El Simon Sainsbury Centre es una extensión del Cambridge Judge Business School, perteneciente a la Universidad de Cambridge en Inglaterra. El proyecto se origina a partir de un plan director para complementar y actualizar un escenario arquitectónico complejo, creado por la yuxtaposición y combinación de edificios e intervenciones arquitectónicas de diferentes períodos, algunos de los cuales tienen un carácter arquitectónico particular.
El sitio fue originalmente ocupado por el Hospital Addenbrooke, cuyas estructuras principales han sufrido varias transformaciones desde su construcción. Los cambios más notables del edificio han sido, en primer lugar, la adaptación de su fachada en la década de 1860, ejemplo del característico resurgimiento ecléctico victoriano de Matthew Digby Wyatt, y, en segundo lugar, la ampliación para alojar el Cambridge Judge Business School en la década de 1990, a partir de un estilo inglés postmoderno y extravagante propio de John Outram.Architects, SW. (2018). Simon Sainsbury Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School. EN BLANCO. Revista de Arquitectura. 10(24):66-81. https://doi.org/10.4995/eb.2018.9937SWORD6681102
Book review: Crazy like us: the globalization of the American psyche, by Ethan Watters, New York, Free Press, 2010, 320 pp., $26, ISBN 10: 141658708X
No full textBook review: White coat, black hat, by Carl Elliott, Boston, MA, Beacon Press, 2010, 224 pp., ISBN 978-0-8070-6142-8
No full textEpidemiology and bioethics : a plea for reconnecting with the public
No full textThe author takes the position that both epidemiology and bioethics, as practiced within academic establishments, have largely a
lthough not entirely
abstracted the public context of health and well-being from their respective disciplines. It is argued that by and large both d
isciplines have been highly
successful at what they do. However, this success can in part be attributed to each limiting its ability to look beyond its res
pective academic niche and
thus embrace challenges which are socially challenging, politically charged, and academically messy. This narrow focus has beco
me self-serving and
ultimately detracts from fundamental remits of both disciplines in protecting the public from harm. Furthermore, it may re-enfo
rce the inequalities of
research into health overall, whereby the greatest concentration of effort remains firmly focused upon those who already have t
he most. Currently
marginalized approaches to each of these disciplines – such as social epidemiology, global bioethics, and critical bioethics –
provide us with platforms
that challenge mainstream academic epidemiologists and bioethicists to seek out and reconnect their expertise with questions th
at are more relevant to
real-world situations
Racial categories in medicine: a failure of evidence-based practice?
No full textThis Perspective discusses the
following new Essay published in
PLoS
Medicine:
Braun L, Fausto-Sterling A, Fullwiley
D, Hammonds EM, Nelson A, et al. (2007)
Racial categories in medical practice:
How useful are they? PLoS Med 4(9):
e271. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040271
In this Essay, the authors address the
question of whether it is good medical
practice for physicians to “eyeball” a
patient’s race when assessing their
medical status
Ethical considerations in the framing of the cognitive enhancement debate
No full textOver the past few years the use of stimulants such as methylphenidate and modafinil among the student population has attracted considerable debate in the pages of bioethics journals. Under the rubric of cognitive enhancement, bioethicists have discussed this use of stimulants—along with future technologies of enhancement—and have launched a sometimes forceful debate of such practices. In the following paper, it is argued that even if we focus solely upon current practices, the term cognitive enhancement encompasses a wide range of ethical considerations that can usefully be addressed without the need for speculation. In taking this position it is suggested that we divide cognitive enhancement into a series of empirically-constructed frameworks—medical risks and benefits, self-medication and under-prescription, prescription drug abuse and over-medication, and finally, the intention to cognitively enhance. These are not mutually exclusive frameworks, but provide a way in which to identify the scope of the issue at hand and particular ethical and medical questions that may be relevant to enhancement. By a process of elimination it is suggested that we can indeed talk of cognitive enhancement as an observable set of practices. However, in doing so we should be aware of how academic commentaries and discussion may be seen as both capturing reality and reifying cognitive enhancement as an entity
Science communication in Sub-Saharan AFrica: The case of GMOs
No full textThe following paper discusses the importance of establishing communication channels between academia, the media, and the public with respect to the development of biotechnology within Sub-Saharan Africa. Citing evidence from interviews with specialists in genetic science, science journalism and public education, the paper reflects on the problems associated with developing multidisciplinary discussion within academic circles, communication between natural scientists and the media, and ultimately the exchange of knowledge between science and society. The major findings from these interviews is that while there is a shared objective and realisation that science communication is important for the development of the region, this objective is hampered by a lack of understanding and trust between scientists and the scientific media. A pattern of mistrust has developed whereby local experts tend to talk to journalists from outside the region rather than from Africa. As a result, there is little opportunity for scientists and the media to communicate the relevance of genetics and biotechnology for the region's development. By way of conclusion, the paper discusses the positive indicators for science communication across the region, based on demand for knowledge, empowerment of scientists and the public, and the urgency of the regional food crisis. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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