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'Pilings of Thought Under Spoken': The Poetry of Susan Howe, 1974-1993.
No full textPhDThis thesis discusses the poetry published by contemporary American poet Susan
Howe over a period of almost two decades. The dissertation is chiefly concerned with
articulating the relationship between poetic form, history, and authority in this body
of' work. Howe's poetry dredges the past for the linguistic effects of patriarchy,
colonialism and war. My reading of the work is an exploration of the ways in which a
disjunctive poetics can address such historical trauma. The poems, rather than
attempting to reinstate voices lifted from what Howe has called "the dark side of
history", are a means of reflecting the resistance that the past offers to contemporary
investigation. It is the effacement, and not the recovery, of history's victims, that is
discernible in the contours of these highly opaque texts. Notions of authority are most
often addressed in the poetry through the figure of paternal absence, which has a
threefold function in the work, serving to represent social authority, an aporetic
conception of divinity and an autobiographical narrative. Alongside the antiauthoritarian
currents in the writing - critiques, for example, of the doctrine of
Manifest Destiny or of scapegoating versions of femininity - my thesis stresses Howe's
engagement with negative theology and with a strain of American Protestant
enthusiasm that has its roots in 17th century New England. The dissertation explores
the dissonance caused by the co-existence in the poetry of elements of political dissent
and religious mysticism. Finally, I consider Howe's engagement with literary history
and authors such as Shakespeare, Swift, Thoreau and Melville. The manner in which
Howe deploys the words of others in her work, I argue, allows for a mixture of textual
polyphony and a more conventional notion of authorial 'voice'
Racial limitations of fitzpatrick skin type
No full textFitzpatrick skin type (FST) was developed to assess the propensity of the skin to burn during phototherapy, but it also is commonly used by providers as means of describing constitutive skin color and ethnicity. We conducted an anonymous survey of dermatologists and dermatology trainees to evaluate how providers use FST in their clinical practice. Although providers should be cognizant of conflating race/ethnicity with FST, the original intent of FST also should be emphasized in medical school and resident education
Efficacy of Laser Resurfacing and Facial Plastic Surgery Using Age, Glogau, and Fitzpatrick Rating
No full textBackground:. To assess clinical outcomes based on established rating scales in patients who underwent treatment for rhytids using laser resurfacing with and without facial plastic surgery.
Methods:. Retrospective case review of 48 patients treated by the senior author (J.E.B) between 2009 and 2016. Three reviewers assigned ratings to a total of 48 patients using estimated age and Fitzpatrick, Modified Fitzpatrick, and Glogau scales. Reviewers were blinded to patient demographics and before and after photographs. Patients elected to receive laser-only treatment or combination laser plus facial plastic surgery. Participants included forty-eight patients were selected on the basis that they had either laser treatment alone or laser plus facial plastic surgery and pre- and postoperative photographs.
Results:. Patients with higher Fitzpatrick scores had a greater reduction in Glogau score (ß = 1.66; SE = 0.59; P < 0.01). With respect to modified Fitzpatrick scores after surgery, patients with higher Glogau scores of 3 or 4 before surgery (P < 0.01) had higher scores after surgery ((ß = 0.07; SE = 0.02; P < 0.01). For estimated age, the average change was -1.7 years after laser resurfacing (P = 0.038; 95% CI, 2.96–3.06 years) and -2.07 years when combined with surgery (P = 0.01; 95% CI, 2.89–3.19 years).
Conclusions:. Patients with Fitzpatrick scores of 3, 4, 5, younger patients, and those with less rhytids before surgery tended to have lower Glogau scores after surgery. These findings provide insight on an approach to treating ethnic skin and aging face concerns
Neurological Principles and Rehabilitation of Action Disorders: Common Clinical Deficits
No full textIn this chapter, the authors use the computation, anatomy, and physiology (CAP) principles to consider the impact of common clinical problems on action. They focus on 3 major syndromes: paresis, apraxia, and ataxia. They also review mechanisms that could account for spontaneous recovery, using what is known about the best-studied clinical dysfunction-paresis-and also ataxia. Together, this and the previous chapter lay the groundwork for the third chapter in this series, which reviews the relevant rehabilitative interventions
Neurological principles and rehabilitation of action disorders: Rehabilitation interventions
No full textThis third chapter discusses the evidence for the rehabilitation of the most common movement disorders of the upper extremity. The authors also present a framework, building on the computation, anatomy, and physiology (CAP) model, for incorporating some of the principles discussed in the 2 previous chapters by Frey et al and Sathian et al in the practice of rehabilitation and for discussing potentially helpful interventions based on emergent neuroscience principles
Neurological Principles and Rehabilitation of Action Disorders: Computation, Anatomy, and Physiology (CAP) Model
No full textThis chapter outlines the basic computational, anatomical, and physiological (CAP) principles underlying upper-limb actions, such as reaching for a cup and grasping it or picking up a key, inserting it into a lock, and turning it
Forgetting
No full text© 2007 by Henry L. Roediger III, Yadin Dudai, and Susan M. Fitzpatrick. All rights reserved. This part presents four chapters on the concept of forgetting. The first chapter analyzes the term "forgetting". The second discusses the impact of misinformation on the ability to remember previous event details. The third considers whether forgetting is a useful concept in the science of memory. It argues that it is not an especially useful in terms of what it denotes, but that what it connotes needs to be kept. The fourth presents a synthesis of the chapters in this part
Measuring Prefrontal Hemodynamic Responses Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy During Mobility for a Child With Motor Impairment
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
This study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to identify changes in cognitive workload in a child with motor impairment during experiences with robot-assisted mobility. The study provides preliminary support for using fNIRS to measure cognitive workload in novel motor tasks.
Primary Author and Speaker: Kelly Cusick
Additional Authors and Speakers: Alexandra DiStasi, Stephanie Holowinski, Olivia Fitzpatrick
Contributing Authors: Megan Davis, Melody H. Wallace, Sharon A. Stansfield, Carole Dennis, Hélène M. Larin, Nancy Rader, Judith Pena-Shaff</jats:p
The level of education and loss of earning capacity for Wisconsin worker's compensation claimants
Get PDFPlan BLoss of earning capacity is only one brief component of Worker’s Compensation. There are many factors involved in determining a person’s level of loss of earnings. Level of education is a factor that will affect a person’s lost earning capacity. In this study, the educational level of the individual will be correlated with their estimated loss of earning capacity
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