395 research outputs found
Homegoing Celebration and Life's Blessed Memory of Bro. Lester Dennis Thompson
No full textFuneral program for Bro. Lester Dennis Thompson, born January 14, 1947 and died April 28, 2006. The funeral was held May 4, 2006 at West End Missionary Baptist Church, officiated by Dr. A. B. Devers. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home, and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas
Quasi-market irrationaltiy in welfare servicing: The case of remote indigenous housing
No full textThough economically-rationalist belief systems seem less invasive than they were in the 1990s, market and quasi-market ideology is still being applied as a strategy for improving the outcomes of welfare programs. The following discussion examines remote Northern Territory (NT) Indigenous housing provision as a case study of the potential irrationality of using quasi-markets within social intervention strategy. This case study is a generalizeable example of ideology-based quasi-market provision. Thus the discussion concludes by considering implications associated with private sector participation in social intervention, and explores a better way to conceptualize and deal with problematic policies. The study incorporates a brief historical foray into the terminology and quasi-market assumptions which underpin the logic of NT social intervention strategy. The examination reflects on the nature of Indigenous living conditions; the intentions of government intervention; the interpretation and logic of these intentions and the consequent processes of intervention. It is assumed that such reflections are essential to the formation of good policy and that insights into existing policy are possible if this logical process is used. Thus the discussion commences with an examination of Indigenous living conditions intervention in its historical context, and then it reflects on the intentions of this intervention. It hinges on a re-examination of human need as the focus of existing and future policy development
Episode 21: Day 1 of the 2022 FHS Annual Symposium Event
No full textThe Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia attended this year’s annual FHS symposium event which is hosted every October at the University of Central Florida. Being one of the most significant historical events of the year for Florida history and culture, Sebastian wanted to capture the essence of this unique and imperative event by doing on-the-spot, raw, “quick chat” interviews with as many people that were involved with this event—from directors to panelists—as possible. This episode of Knights Historycast is composed of the several quick chat interviews that Sebastian was able to do from day 1 of this incredible and significant event. The following are timestamps to each of the individual interviews that Sebastian conducted during this event: Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, Executive Director of the Florida Historical Society (4:56) Dr. Connie Lester, Associate Professor of History at UCF, Director of the RICHES Digital Archiving Program, Editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly, and Program Chair of the 2022 FHS Annual Symposium Event (8:09) Dr. Christine Ardalan, Author, and Adjunct Professor of History at Florida International University. Presented in Session 1, Panel 2: “Florida’s Indigenous People: Tribal Origins and Tribal Health” (10:00) Dr. Jacob Ivey, Assistant Professor of History at Florida Memorial University. Presented in Session 1, Panel 3 “Activism, Difficult History, and Challenging Times” (19:59) John Venecek, from UCF Libraries Research and Information Services. Presented in “Brown Bag ‘Lunch and Learn’” (29:09) Dr. Cecilia Rodriguez-Milanes, Associate Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Literature at UCF. Presented in Session III, Panel 6: “Puerto Rican Arts, Culture, and Politics: Five Years After Maria” (38:19)
Links from Dr. Rodriguez-Milanes interview: https://www.raimundiart.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25cuxybVwVQ https://www.jaquiradiaz.com/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/11/puerto-rico-independence-not-statehood/671482/ https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05/1127047867/what-independence-for-puerto-rico-could-look-like-following-natural-disasters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1IBXE2G6zw www.oyechica.nethttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/knightshistorycast/1020/thumbnail.jp
Ingestion of Amniotic Fluid Enhances\ud Opiate Analgesia in Rats
No full textPlacenta ingestion has recently been shown to enhance opiate-mediated analgesia produced by morphine injection, footshock, or vaginal/cervical stimulation. The enhancement of the effect of endogenous opiates (especially analgesia) may be one of the principal benefits to mammalian mothers of placentophagia at delivery. During labor and delivery, however, mothers also ingest amniotic fluid (AF) which, unlike placenta, becomes available during, or even before expulsion of the infant. The present experiments were undertaken to determine (a) whether AF ingestion, too, enhances analgesia; if so, (b) whether the effect requires ingestion of, or merely exposure to, AF; (c) whether the effect can be produced by AF delivered directly to the stomach by tube; and (d) whether the enhancement, if it exists, can be blocked by administering an opiate antagonist. Nulliparous Long-Evans rats were tested for analgesia using tail-flick latency. We found that (a) rats that ingested AF after receiving a morphine injection showed significantly more analgesia than did rats that ingested a control substance;' (b) AF ingestion, alone, did not produce analgesia; (c) ingestion of AF, rather than just smelling and seeing it, was necessary to produce analgesia enhancement; (d) AF produced enhancement\ud
when oropharyngeal factors were eliminated by delivering it through an orogastric tube; and (e) treatment of the rats with naltrexone blocked the enhancement of morphine-induced analgesia that results from AF ingestion
Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features: a review for pathologists
No full textThe rising incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma is linked in part to inclusion of noninvasive follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Despite its designation as carcinoma, noninvasive follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma appears to be exceptionally indolent, often over treated by current treatment practices. Additionally, criteria for diagnosis have historically been subjective and challenging. Recently, an international multidisciplinary collaborative group performed a clinicopathologic survey of such cases with extended follow-up and concluded based on the outcome data that a revision in nomenclature was warranted, proposing 'Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features (NIFTP).' This monograph is a synopsis and guide for pathologists on NIFTP and focuses on histologic features, including inclusion and exclusion criteria used to define NIFTP, as well as grossing guidelines, reporting practices, and potential diagnostic limitations.Modern Pathology advance online publication, 20 October 2017; doi:10.1038/modpathol.2017.130
Dr. Lester M. Emans: The Educational Transformation of Teachers in Eau Claire in the 1950s and 60s
No full textThe education of teachers is a study that does not receive enough attention in terms of historical and philosophical studies. Thus, in this paper the author will identify the shaping of pre-service education for teachers and note the large transformation of education in the 1950s and 1960s. The author will focus on Lester Emans, who was a crucial supporter and promoter of advancing education for teachers in training. Emans effort helped to transform the educational department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Emans enhanced the standards within the curriculum taught at the University by implementing a lab school on campus, improving Wisconsin's values of teaching, restructuring the secondary education department and enhancing the student teaching program at Eau Claire. His determinations to develop the educational system for future teachers has proven, in more ways than one, beneficial to the education department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and still resonates today
Ninety-four cases of encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: A name change to Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-like Nuclear Features would help prevent overtreatment
No full textHenry Hugh Proctor: the Atlanta years, 1894-1920, 1992
No full textThis study is an historical examination of the contributions made by Dr. Henry H. Proctor, the first African American pastor of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta, Georgia from 1894 to 1920. The study emphasizes Dr. Proctor's multifaceted career as pastor of First Congregational Church, as community developer, church administrator, church builder, army chaplain, civil rights activist, educator, and author of religious publications. Preliminary chapters examine Proctor's early life and development in the backwoods of Tennessee, his early education, and his conversion to the ministry. Separate chapters are devoted to his contributions, within a hostile southern society, as an instrument cultivating harmony between the races in Atlanta. Attention is given to his role as a model for Black leadership for his church and its surrounding community. The focus, however, is on his major achievements as a missionary to the South, community builder in Atlanta, and church administrator. His flexibility on racial and educational issues; impressive oratory; energetic advocacy of civil rights; discreet negotiations demeanor; and charismatic appeals to African Americans and whites; his sensitivities to the social, spiritual, and cultural needs of African Americans In Atlanta won him a considerable following within the city of Atlanta and the world as well. His successes are analyzed in relation to his impact on the Atlanta community and African Americans throughout the nation. The effects of his growing power within the Congregational Church bring to light some interesting parallels between his mission to the South and his missionary work throughout the nation. This study suggests that Proctor played a central role in sustaining the efforts of the institutional church in Atlanta. His church became the cornerstone of social and spiritual development for African Americans in Atlanta. His legacy spanned some twenty-five years and embraced a philosophy that was geared to solving the great racial problems in the South
INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ROADS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY KENYA URBAN ROADS AUTHORITY IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
No full textAbstract: Numerous factors, all connected to an organizational system, can contribute to a project's failure. These include improperly setting objectives, inadequate project plans, numerous changes, and insufficient control measures, among other things. Projects frequently fail because of a lack of skills or subpar implementation due to poor performance. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the influence of communication on implementation of roads construction projects by Kenya Urban Roads Authority in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The type of research design that was used in this study was descriptive research design. The target population in this study was 5 projects being implemented by KURA from the year 2018 to 2022. The target respondents consisted of 75 respondents including 5 Project Managers and 70 Project Team members. A sample of 75 respondents formed the sample size of the study. Primary data collection was through questionnaires which were sent to all sampled respondents. Validity of the tool was measured through content, criteria and construct validity testing. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (i.e. mean and standard deviation) and presented in tables. The study used inferential statistics, i.e. correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, to identify the relationship between variables. According to the study, communication had a considerable positive impact on the Kenya Urban Roads Authority's road development projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study concluded that efficient communication is critical to project management since it allows projects to progress smoothly and on time. The study suggests that for efficient communication during project implementation, the organization should be aware of its team's location, its members' origins, whether or not they have taken any personality tests, and the kind of resource each team member is.
Keywords: Communication, Project Implementation.
Title: INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ROADS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY KENYA URBAN ROADS AUTHORITY IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Lester Musyoka Nzuki, Dr. Morrison Mutuku
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2023 - September 2023
Page No: 158-163
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 25-August-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8282798
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