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Residue-removal methods for pesticides and industrial chemicals ...
No full textRoderick W. Young, O. D. Parr, Jean K. DickinsonProject A-057-V
Assessing young people’s learning needs related to sexuality and relationships on the Maltese Islands
No full textThis research explored young people’s learning needs related to sexuality and relationships withinthe current rapidly changing social, cultural and religious context of the Maltese Islands. It alsoexplored the challenges, opportunities and alternative means by which these needs can be met. Adefinitional matrix for needs assessment that adopts a sociological perspective to people’s needs,which is widely used in health promotion, was employed. This thesis was framed around theunderlying principles of youth involvement, participation and empowerment, and thus emphasisedyoung people’s own perspective of their learning needs.The mixed-methodology approach was adopted in this research. The first stage of investigationsought to achieve an overview of sexual behaviour and knowledge among young Maltese peopleaged 14 - 16 attending secondary schools. A stratified random sample of 1310 pupils (68% responserate) provided a first-ever snapshot of young people’s sexual behaviour in Malta. The second stagesought to explore young people’s felt and expressed learning needs within and outside the schoolsetting by way of sixteen focus groups involving another 166 pupils.Findings suggest a relatively low rate of pupils who would have practiced sexual intercourse byschool-leaving age in Malta (12.3%). Mean age at first intercourse seems similar to that of otherEuropean countries (14 years) for both genders. Only a fifth used condoms every time they had sex.Knowledge of STIs was scant. The pupils were more informed about HIV. Girls were moreknowledgeable. Boys had sex with more sexual partners. No gender differences were noted insubstance abuse with sex. Discussions among pupils revealed a high degree of perceived unmetlearning need. Participants valued highly learning about sexuality but thought it received much lessattention than their other academic learning needs. Disparities between schools were evidenced.Learning was sporadic and uncoordinated with conflicting messages from different teachers. Oftensessions started timely to pupils’ needs, but ended prematurely. Learning from parents was scantyand associated with the overall relationship and bonding between parents and the child. Gaps werenoted between perceived ideal sources (teachers, parents and visiting speakers) and actual /preferred sources (friends and the media). Needs were perceived in relation to the content andtiming of learning, sources of knowledge, learning styles and resources. Maltese pupils had diversevalues and called for a variety of approaches.Recommendations were made for a national sexuality education policy to standardize theframework of sexuality education among Maltese schools; more initial teacher training and inservicetraining in sexuality education to meet the needs of a diverse group of adolescents throughvarious approaches; more collaboration among teachers within schools; parenting skills and lifelonglearning opportunities for parents; more active involvement of adolescents and a widerconsultation with schools and families in the evaluation of sexuality education
Polyphony and the anxiety of influence in the fiction of Henry James
No full textJames's fiction, especially in the Middle Phase, centres
on the figure of the artist and is characterized by, the two
interrelated aspects which previous criticism has largely
overlooked: the Bakhtinian 'polyphonic' -creation of
'author-thinkers'; and the conflict between ephebes and
precursors, for which Harold-Bloom's concept of 'the-anxiety of
influence' is the most illuminating model. Polyphony is the
narrative mode, and influence is the intra-artistic, theme.
These, as the Introduction to the thesis makes clear, are
rehearsed in James's inaugural novel, Roderick Hudson. Rowland
Mallet is an author-thinker, and his failure is caused by
authorial limitations. His monologism -is impaired by his
mistaking empathy for the authorial sympathy. Likewise,
Hudson's failure does not arise from a mercurial temperament,
but from a polyphonic shortcoming: not possessing the power of
fiction to contain the fiction of power in, his mentor. And the
relationships among the three artists - Gloriani, Hudson and
Singleton - perfectly exemplify the Bloomian-theme. It is these
two concepts, polyphony and influence, which are the major
preoccupation in the Middle Phase; as, the works chosen
demonstrate. These are a novella, a novel, and a number of
short stories all of which have been unjustifiably neglected.
Chapter One, on The Aspern Papers, argues that Tina Bordereau,
far from being, the artless victim seen by many critics,
actually challenges and defeats the narrator by the very form
of her narrative. Her 'realist' discourse undermines his
language of 'romance', and shows up its internal unstability.
Chapter Two is an extensive study of the critical reception of
The Tragic Muse. The most common areas of critical attention
have been its contemporary topicality, its relation to previous
novels on similar themes, and the possible genealogy of Gabriel
Nash. Those have all missed the core of the work. - Chapter Three
demonstrates how polyphony and the anxiety of influence make
the novel what it really is. Influence arises from the
juxtaposition of, and the wrestling between, artistic ephebes
and their precursors (Nick and Nash,, Miriam and Madame Carre).
The dialogic quality defined by Bakhtin is crucial to the
proper, and even-handed, characterization of all, the conflicts
in the novel. And since most of James's tales in the eighties
and nineties -are about 'masters - and acolytes, the anxiety of
influence remains central. Chapter Four is a study of 'The
Author of Beltraffiol' and 'The Lesson of the Master'. Again the
characters' manipulations are a crucial focus in a way that
G6rard Genette's terminology helps to illuminate. The fact that
the ephebe is the author-thinker emphasizes the inextricability
of the Bakhtinian and the Bloomian in James. Just as
polyphony offers a different focus for explicating the poetics
of James's fiction; so the ephebal conflict provides the basis
for a fresh perception of James's own artistic struggle
Arthur William Upfield: a biography
No full textThis dissertation is an exhaustive account of the life and work of Arthur William Upfield (1890-1964). It is presented as a critical biography and narrates the life of the writer, in his socio-cultural milieu, from birth. It also positions Upfield as a writer who dealt with issues of Aboriginality at a time when this was a singularly polemical subject. My work is informed by the theory of Zygmunt Bauman and others and is posited in the context of late-modern biography theory.
English-born, Upfield arrived in Australia in 1911 and took work in the bush, serving overseas with the Australian army at the outbreak of World War I and marrying an Australian army nurse in Egypt. Returning with his wife and son to Australia in 1921 he intermittently carried his swag until he was employed patrolling the Western Australian number 1 rabbit-proof fence for three years to 1931. By that time he had published four novels, including two crime novels featuring his fictional creation, the part-Aboriginal, part-European, Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte ('Bony'), arguably the first fully-developed character in Australian popular fiction.
Leaving the fence, Upfield settled with his family in Perth and wrote full-time until joining the Melbourne Herald in 1933. Retrenched, he resumed career writing to be further interrupted by a war-time intelligence posting in 1939. In 1943 the first Bony mysteries were published in America, where Upfield's critical success was maintained until his death. In 1945 he left his wife for Jessica Uren, to whom he remained devoted.
Upfield's in all twenty-nine Bony novels, many of which have been translated across eleven languages, afforded him notable success both at home and abroad, in good part due to his descriptive gifts and the uniqueness of his fictional character, the part-Aboriginal Bony
Sophomore Class Officers, 1985
No full textOutdoor group portriat of young men and women. Written on verso: "McBrown-1985; Sophomore class off: President Tony Griffin; L to Right; Marcus Willims, Dorletha Frazier, Tracy Buchanan, Angela Brown, William Tanks, Roderick Price, Ronald Williams".The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions.</em
A longitudinal study to explore the impact of preservice teacher health training on early career teachers’ roles as health promoters
No full textTeachers play a key role in promoting children and young people’s health and therefore require health training during their initial teacher education (ITE). However, little is known about the impact of such training on teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and competence toward promoting health in school, especially long term. We report on Phase 1 of an 18-month project examining the long-term impact of an innovative health education program, based on socio-constructivist learning and critical reflection, during preservice teacher training at one ITE university in England. It also explored barriers and facilitators to promoting health in school. We sent a questionnaire to 1,014 primary and secondary school teachers from three consecutive cohorts: preservice teachers (N = 334), newly qualified teachers (N = 334), and early careers teachers (N = 346). Of these, 164 (16%) responded (32% of preservice teachers, 8% of in-service teachers). This low response rate presents limitations but is in accordance with other research following up early career teachers. The majority of the respondents found the training useful, felt confident and knowledgeable teaching and dealing with health issues, and held positive attitudes about promoting health. They indicated that practical experience, supportive colleagues, and a positive school ethos toward children’s health and well-being were important facilitators to teaching health education. We conclude the training is associated with a positive, long-term effect in the minority who responded, and we argue that the socio-constructivist nature of the health education training is a contributor. However, school environment factors might mitigate or support the impact of training provided during ITE
The amino acid composition of chinchilla fur in relation to the fur-chewing syndrome
No full textAmino acids were determined in two types of chinchilla fur (chewed and normal), using three methods for analyses The methods included microbiological assays of Barton-Wright(5) and two column chromatography techniques of Moore and Stein (7, 8).
The data obtained from this investigation indicate that of the 16 amino acids analyzed, only one (lysine) was forum to be significantly lower in the chewed fur, as indicated by the "t" test. This difference between the normal and chewed fur was significant at the 2.5% 1evel. Also, arginine was lower and histidine was higher in the chewed fur than in the normal fur, but these difference: were not as conspicuous.
In general, the microbioligical analyses were more time consuming end less reproducible than the chromatographic analysis. With the exception of proline, glycine, and leucine, higher values were obtained fer the mine acids using the microbiological methods than with the column fractions. The greatest difficulty was encountered in analyzing the basic amino acids.Master of Scienc
Behavior-genetic analyses in Japanese quail chicks
No full textThe investigation reported here involved an analysis of some of the biological factors affecting tonic immobility in young Japanese quail. Both duration and incidence of tonic immobility were measured on each bird at six days and again at 12 days of age.
A significant line effect was found at both ages, and rankings of these lines for duration and incidence followed a similar pattern. Number of inductions and duration of immobility were inversely related, while the percentage incidence was positively associated with duration of immobility. A large maternal effect found at six days of age disappeared by 12 days of age. Additive genic effects were low to moderate which is indicative that tonic immobility is associated with fitness.Master of Scienc
The Effect of Lone Motherhood on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Adults
No full textWe provide evidence that living with an unmarried mother during childhood raises smoking propensities for young adults in Germany.smoking, lone parent, childhood family structure, divorce, unobserved heterogeneity
The expedition of Humphry Clinker. /
No full textAuthor of Roderick Random is Smollett. Cf. Halkett & Laing.Mode of access: Internet
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