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Life is too short to be serious all the time: Donald Duck presents unconventional motivations for publishing in academia
No full textIn this food for thought article, we introduce the ‘Donald Duck Phenomenon’ to consider ten unconventional reasons for publishing in academia. These include (i) symbolic immortality, (ii) personal satisfaction, (iii) a sense of pride, (iv) serious leisure, (v) cause credibility, (vi) altruism, (vii) collaboration with a friend or family member, (viii) collaboration with a hero, (ix) conflict or revenge, and (x) for amusement. The article was inspired by the lead author’s social media search for a co-author with the surname ‘Duck’. Through LinkedIn, the lead author, Associate Professor William E. Donald, who is based in the UK and specialises in Sustainable Careers and Human Resource Management, found a collaborator, Dr Nicholas Duck, based in Australia and specialises in Organisational Psychology. While the collaboration may appear somewhat ‘quackers’, per one of Donald Duck’s famous phrases, “Life is too short to be serious all the time, so if you can’t laugh at yourself then call me… I’ll laugh at you, for you”. We hope that this article offers some interesting insights, particularly for academics at the start of their scholarly journey, and acts as a way to stimulate conversation around unconventional reasons for publishing in academia
Author and literary critic Donald Shaw
No full textAuthor and literary critic Donald Shaw, b&w.https://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon_photo_morgue/1399/thumbnail.jp
Donald Elder papers
No full textDonald Elder (1913-1965) was an editor with Doubleday, Doran and Co., which published the English translation of José Joaquín Fernandez de Lizardi's The Itching Parrot in Katherine Anne Porter's name. He was also the author of Ring Lardner, A Biography. The collection consists of correspondence between him and Porter. Important subjects include writers and writing and Porter's personal interests and opinions, as well as The Itching Parrot and Ship of Fools
"Letter with No Address" - Poem by Donald Hall
No full textDonald Hall reads his poem "Letter with No Address," an epistolary poem written for his late wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. Hall is a former U.S. Poet Laureate and the author of 16 books of poetry, as well as fiction.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85036/1/letterwithnoaddress_donalhall.mp
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Letter from [Donald Hata] to Michi Weglyn August 25, 1977
No full textThis letter from Donald Hata to Michi Weglyn thanks her for her time and effort in her response to his student's request for assistance and information about the "Peruvian internees." He also informs her that the review he wrote of her book had just been published in the "Journal of American history," and also updates her on his promotion to full professor at the university.Collection of notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, and term papers collected by Yukio Mochizuki, a student at CSU Dominguez Hills, while researching Japanese American incarceration and Japanese Peruvian internment during World War II
We\u27ll Find the Place: Chapter 3 My Youth
No full textText Document, Chapter 3 My Youth From the Book "We\u27ll Find the Place" By Earl Donald Attridge Recollections of his youth, a smattering of contemporary psychology theory on homosexuality, encounters with religion and with other gay youth (author was same age range as the youth at time of encounters) and gay menConverted from .html to .pdf for compatibilit
SPECIAL ISSUE | Crowd (Mis)Representation: Aerial Photography at Donald Trump's Inauguration and the 2017 Women's March
No full textAuthor: Riley Nisbet Wayne State University Download PDF version In a press conference given on the day following Donald Trump’s inauguration, the administration’s first press secretary, Sean Spicer, circulated the lie that the crowd at his presidential inauguration was the largest ever.[1] This was an early instance of the administration’s use of “alternative facts,” an alarming concept endorsed by its spokespeople to counter claims that the administration was untruthful. Contrary to t..
The iron status of Zimbabwe blood donors
No full textBackground Transfusion medicine is a distinct and expanding discipline with a vital role in the health care system, according to the permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child welfare. In Zimbabwe the number of people who failed the copper sulphate test (haemoglobin screening test) shot up from 1249 in 2011 to 2360 in 2012 (89% increase). Failing this screening test is caused among other things by low haemoglobin levels which in turn are caused by low iron levels in the body. Checking haemoglobin levels alone is not enough to check the status of the donors, but a complete iron profile is necessary to ascertain the actual status of the blood donors. Aim To find out the iron status of blood donors in Zimbabwe. Materials and Methods A cross sectional study was done on 190 blood donors at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ). Left over samples were analysed for serum iron, serum ferritin, TIBC (total iron binding capacity) and transferrin saturation at Premier Clinical Laboratory. Donors recruited into the study ranged from first time donors to donors who had donated up to 8 times in the past two years. Results
A total of 190 (109 males and 81 females) blood donors participated in this study. The median age was 23 years and the inter quartile range was 19.0-27 years. The range of the age was from 16 years to 67 years. The median number of donations was 4 and the interquartile
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range was 5-6 units over the two year period under study. The median serum iron levels was 13 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 10.0-17.8 μmol/L. For ferritin the median value was 30 ng/ml with the inter quartile ranges from 18.0-56.8 ng/ml. The median for TIBC was 74.1 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 63.3-82.3 μmol/L. For transferrin saturation the median was 17.6 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 12.0-26.9 %. The statistical analysis was done by the ANOVA test. As for serum ferritin levels there was statically significant differences in the mean ferritin levels between group 1 and groups 6,7 and 8 (p<0.01) for men. For females there was statistically significant difference in the mean ferritin levels between the control group and group 6 and 7 (p <0.05). The overall prevalence of iron deficiency in the study population was 13.2% and the prevalence of reduced iron stores was 37.4 %. Conclusion These findings suggest that repeated blood donation causes a reduction in the iron stores of the blood donors in Zimbabwe and there is need to include biochemical markers, (serum iron, serum ferritin, TIBC and transferrin saturation) in the screening of blood donors, especially from the fifth unit
The iron status of Zimbabwe blood donors
No full textBackground Transfusion medicine is a distinct and expanding discipline with a vital role in the health care system, according to the permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child welfare. In Zimbabwe the number of people who failed the copper sulphate test (haemoglobin screening test) shot up from 1249 in 2011 to 2360 in 2012 (89% increase). Failing this screening test is caused among other things by low haemoglobin levels which in turn are caused by low iron levels in the body. Checking haemoglobin levels alone is not enough to check the status of the donors, but a complete iron profile is necessary to ascertain the actual status of the blood donors. Aim To find out the iron status of blood donors in Zimbabwe. Materials and Methods A cross sectional study was done on 190 blood donors at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ). Left over samples were analysed for serum iron, serum ferritin, TIBC (total iron binding capacity) and transferrin saturation at Premier Clinical Laboratory. Donors recruited into the study ranged from first time donors to donors who had donated up to 8 times in the past two years. Results
A total of 190 (109 males and 81 females) blood donors participated in this study. The median age was 23 years and the inter quartile range was 19.0-27 years. The range of the age was from 16 years to 67 years. The median number of donations was 4 and the interquartile
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range was 5-6 units over the two year period under study. The median serum iron levels was 13 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 10.0-17.8 μmol/L. For ferritin the median value was 30 ng/ml with the inter quartile ranges from 18.0-56.8 ng/ml. The median for TIBC was 74.1 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 63.3-82.3 μmol/L. For transferrin saturation the median was 17.6 μmol/L with the inter quartile ranges from 12.0-26.9 %. The statistical analysis was done by the ANOVA test. As for serum ferritin levels there was statically significant differences in the mean ferritin levels between group 1 and groups 6,7 and 8 (p<0.01) for men. For females there was statistically significant difference in the mean ferritin levels between the control group and group 6 and 7 (p <0.05). The overall prevalence of iron deficiency in the study population was 13.2% and the prevalence of reduced iron stores was 37.4 %. Conclusion These findings suggest that repeated blood donation causes a reduction in the iron stores of the blood donors in Zimbabwe and there is need to include biochemical markers, (serum iron, serum ferritin, TIBC and transferrin saturation) in the screening of blood donors, especially from the fifth unit
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