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Emergence of collaborative adjustment for human services in the 1990s
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-242).by Stephen Bennett Page.Ph.D
Ramona Bennett, Tacoma, October 1976
No full textRamona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978. Bennett is also a pioneer of fishing rights advocacy, co-founding the Survival of American Indians Association in 1964, and helping to bring “fish-in” protests to national prominence.
Much of Bennett’s work focuses on social welfare issues, mainly fighting for the rights of women, children and families. She began her social service work in the 1950s, with the Seattle’s American Indian Women’s Service League. In 1972, she co-founded the Local Indian Child Welfare Act Committee, where she developed a model for childhood and family services that she used to co-author and secure the national Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, a Federal law that governs the removal and out-of-home placement of indigenous children. In the 1980s, she co-founded the Rainbow Youth and Family Services in Tacoma, a non-profit which she ran for many years.
This photo of Ramona Bennett was taken for a profile of her run by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in October 1976. At the time, Bennett was chairwoman of the Puyallup Tribal Council.Caption information source: “Ramona Bennett,” The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project, University of Washington, https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/bennett.htm
Caption information source: "Ramona Bennett - a Cool, Witty, Charming Leader" by Jack Wilkins, Seattle Post=Intelligencer, October 28, 1976, p. A71 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in
The doomsday lobby: hype and panic from sputniks, martians, and marauding meteors
No full textFrom the race-to-space in the 1950s to the current furor over global warming, James Bennett traces the subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which government has co-opted scientific research and reinforced a culture in which challengers to proscribed wisdom are frozen out. Ripped from the headlines, Bennett offers a compelling, entertaining, and thought-provoking perspective on political influence in scientific research and its implications for a democratic society. Praise for The Doomsday Lobby "During the Nineteenth Century, almost entirely on private funding, American science grew from practically nothing to world class. Now, however, over fifty percent of American science is funded by the federal government. Dr. Bennett traces the path, "crisis" after "crisis," by which American science became practically an arm of the federal government. His tale is a cautionary one, warning against future "crisis mongers" who would extend the government's already majority control of American science even further. His warning is a timely one, and it should be heeded." Joseph P. Martino, author of Science Funding: Politics and Porkbarrel "Bennett's latest book offers a challenging interpretation of the rise of the American federal science establishment since World War II. Focusing primarily on the growth of the space program, Bennett argues that crisis, real or imagined, is the source of state power and state funding for science. The Doomsday Lobby offers what no doubt will be viewed as a controversial contribution to the history of American science policy, and more broadly to an understanding of the role of the state in society." James D. Savage, Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, and author of Funding Science in America James T. Bennett is Eminent Scholar and William P. Snavely Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at George Mason University, and Director of The John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Unhealthy Charities, The Politics of American Feminism, Stifling Political Competition, and Not Invited to the Party
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No full textLDS Church Tweleve Apostles and their wives at the home of Apostle Stephen L. Richards.J.F. Bennett Collectio
sj-docx-1-jic-10.1177_08850666231186947 - Supplemental material for Discordance Between Invasive and NonInvasive Oxygen Saturation in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jic-10.1177_08850666231186947 for Discordance Between Invasive and NonInvasive Oxygen Saturation
in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients by Thomas H. Fox, MD, William R. Mazalewski, DO, Hai S. Tran, MD, Travis Lindsey, MD, Amita Krishnan, MD, Stephen P. Kantrow, MD, Kyle I. Happel, MD, FCCP, David R. Janz, MD, Bennett P. deBoisblanc, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, and Matthew R. Lammi, MD, MSCR in Journal of Intensive Care Medicine</p
State Mineral Resources Board members and local mining men
No full textDonor: Colorado Mining Association.Photographed by Richard Bennett Morris.Members of the State Mineral Resources Board and local mining men around a banquet table.Caption reads: "State Mineral Resources Board meets with local mining men in Leadville, July 19th, 1941; Seated: Elias N. Bell, John G. Clark, Gov. Jesse F. McDonald, Don. B. Lotta, John Cortellini, F.J. Willoughby, Arthur McNair, John Harvey, Clarence Withrow. Standing: Eugene Bond, [blank], Jos. W. Clarke, R.S. Palmer, Walter E. Scott, Jr., Dr. Stephen R. Copps, M.F. Coolbaugh, J.M. Kleff, Galloway, Lawrence P. Brown, [blank].
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
Optical cavities defined by SU-8 photoresist on photonic crystal waveguides
No full textA novel photonic crystal (PhC) cavity design is presented, for which the location of the cavity mode is determined by laser patterning of SU-8 â a commercially-available negative photoresist â on top of a conventionally-fabricated PhC waveguide. This method aims towards the goal of achieving deterministic coupling between a self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) and a PhC cavity mode using in situ all-optical techniques. The experimental and theoretical work presented in this thesis focus on developing the technique to a stage at which it is ready for this intended application. The devices are designed to operate at a wavelength λ0 ~ 1.3 μm to be suitable for integration with telecommunications systems using commercially available optical fibres.
Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations are performed to investigate key attributes of the SU-8 PhC cavities, which are believed to operate via a mode gap confinement mechanism, due to an alteration of the modes supported by the PhC waveguide beneath the SU-8 structure. Real devices are fabricated with high yields (generally exceeding 80%) and characterised predominantly using micro-photoluminescence (μPL) mapping techniques. The viability of the design is first demonstrated experimentally for cavities defined by exposing a disk of SU-8 on the waveguide, which yields fundamental cavity modes with a quality factor (Q) in the range 2300-7400 and a predicted mode volume V0 ~ 1.44 (λ0/n)3. The Q of the cavity mode is found to be critically depend upon the thickness of the SU-8: in general, a thickness of ~ 100 nm or less is preferable for optimal Q factors.
An improved cavity design is devised which defines the cavity by a strip of SU-8 written perpendicular to the PhC waveguide. Higher Q factors up to 8700 are measured from fabricated devices and analysis suggests that cavity parameters are achieved which would be suitable for observing the strong coupling regime with a QD. The increase in Q factor is attributed primarily to the less stringent alignment requirements of the SU-8 strip cavity design. An investigation is also conducted into the effects of altering the width of the SU-8 strip, which allows the Q to be increased beyond 104 and also enables some control over λ0. However, it is expected that these results are ultimately limited by e-beam fabrication imperfections of the PhC waveguides.
Finally, coupled cavities (known as photonic molecules) formed from two SU-8 strips written on the same waveguide are investigated through FDTD simulations and experiments. It is shown that the coupling strength between the two cavities can be tuned by controlling the separation between them. The coupled supermodes of the system are characterised and the coupling strength is estimated from measurements of the coupling-induced mode splitting and delocalization of the modes. Confocal μPL measurements are used to explicitly show optical coupling between two cavities.</p
Impaired uptake of serotonin by platelets from patients with irritable bowel syndrome correlates with duodenal immune activation
No full textBackground & AimsPatients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) have increased mucosal serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) availability, possibly because immune activation reduces activity of the 5-HT transporter (SERT). We investigated the relationship between mucosal and platelet SERT and immune activation of the duodenal mucosa in patients with IBS-D.MethodsWe quantified mucosal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), mast cells, and enterochromaffin cells in blood samples, measured levels of SERT messenger RNA (mRNA) in mucosal samples, and assessed platelet uptake of 5-HT and platelet membrane binding of 3H-paroxetine in samples from 29 healthy volunteers (HVs), 20 patients with IBS-D, and 20 untreated patients with celiac disease.ResultsPatients with IBS-D or celiac disease had increased numbers of IELs and mast cells compared with HVs (both P < .001). Levels of SERT mRNA were reduced in the mucosa of patients with IBS-D or celiac disease and were inversely correlated with numbers of IELs (r = ?0.72, P < .0001). Uptake of 5-HT by platelets from patients with IBS-D or celiac disease was reduced (mean, 17.1 ± 3.5 and 28.3 ± 4.1 nmol • min?1 • mg?1, respectively) compared with HVs (50.8 ± 8.0 nmol • min?1 • mg?1, P < .01 and P = .05, respectively). Binding of paroxetine to membranes of platelets from patients with IBS-D (median [interquartile range], 226 [92–405] fmol/mg protein) was significantly greater than that from HVs (109 [69–175] fmol/mg protein) and correlated inversely with platelet uptake of 5-HT (r = ?0.62, P = .03). Tryptase release from incubated biopsy samples was significantly increased in patients with IBS-D (2.2 [0.42–3.5] vs 0.50 [0.25–0.86] ng • mL?1 • mg?1 for HVs; P = .03).ConclusionsPlatelet SERT is reduced in IBS-D and associated with reduced levels of SERT mRNA and duodenal immune activation.<br/
sj-jpg-1-gsj-10.1177_21925682211068410 – Supplemental Material for Anatomical and Technical Considerations of Robot-Assisted Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement: A Cadaveric Study
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-jpg-1-gsj-10.1177_21925682211068410 for Anatomical and Technical Considerations of Robot-Assisted Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement: A Cadaveric Study by Jennifer Z. Mao, Mohamed A.R. Soliman, Brian A. Karamian, Asham Khan, Alexander G. Fritz, Naval Avasthi, Stephen DiMaria, Bennett R. Levy, Timothy E. O’Connor, Gregory Schroeder, John Pollina, Alexander R. Vaccaro and Jeffrey P. Mullin in Global Spine Journal</p
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