scholarly journals Towards a New Ethnology

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ullrich Kockel
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
The University

The previous issue of AJEC had ‘Ethnological Approaches to Cultural Heritages’ as its theme. As that issue was being produced, the Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) held its 9th Congress, entitled ‘Transcending European Heritages: Liberating the Ethnological Imagination’, at the University of Ulster during the week 16–20 June, 2008 (see Fenske 2008 for details). This offered an opportunity to explore our theme further, and therefore the plenary speakers at that congress, representing a broad spectrum of backgrounds and approaches, nationalities and intellectual biographies, were invited to submit their texts for the present issue.

‘High-Engender'd Battles’: Gender and Power in ‘Queen Lear’

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (54) ◽  
pp. 139-145
Author(s):  
Teresa Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
King Lear ◽  
Open University ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
End Products ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
The University

As a companion piece to the foregoing study of Ophelia and /, Hamlet, there follows a full appraisal of a project discussed in the previous issue (NTQ53) as part of our feature on the Open University/BBC experiments in ‘multimedia Shakespeare’. For King Lear: Text and Performance – one of the pilot CD-ROMS which were the end-products of the experiment – three teams of performers were commissioned, in collaboration with the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, to create over a two-day period their own variations on the Heath Scene in Lear. The most innovative of these, in Teresa Dobson's judgement, was conceived and directed by the Canadian performance artist and writer Beau Coleman, who envisioned a female Lear – a woman who, having found success in a male-dominated world, comes to confront the nature of that power in the process of relinquishing it. Teresa Dobson, who teaches in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, witnessed and here records the development of the project, also assessing how far it succeeded in its intention to ‘raise questions about the gender and power relations in King Lear, as well as questions about what happens when Lear himself is cast against gender’.

The Interweaving of Foreign and Domestic Policy‐Making

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraint Parry
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Domestic Policy ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester ◽  
Domestic Level

These Words Spoken By President Clinton At His Inauguration on 20 January 1993 can usefully serve as a leitmotif for the present issue of the journal Government and Opposition. The issue is itself the outcome of a conference organized by the journal and the Department of Government of the University of Manchester. The theme was the ‘Influences of Domestic and International Factors on Processes of Policy-Making’. However, this title does not quite catch the interactive quality of the phenomenon which the group was seeking to examine. Increasingly, it has been contended, policies at the domestic level whether in what we once called the first, second or third worlds are being profoundly influenced by international or ‘global’ considerations. But it is also the case that international agreements are being accommodated to the sensitivities of the domestic politics of the partners.

Abstracts from Dietetic Research Event – June 14-15, 2012

2012 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. e267-e297
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Review Committee ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Poster Sessions ◽  
Support Of Research ◽  
The University

Welcome to Toronto! On behalf of the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2012 Dietitians of Canada Annual Conference Research Event. This preeminent event represents the breadth and depth of dietetic research in Canada. This year we had a record-breaking number of almost 100 abstract submissions! This exemplifies the strong and significant role dietitians are playing in the research community to support all areas of dietetic practice. To date, we already have over 950 delegates attending the conference with 36 oral presentations and over 50 research posters. The abstracts cover topics including clinical nutrition, communitybased nutritional care, nutrition needs of vulnerable groups, wellness and public health, dietetic practice and education, and food safety and policy. The broad spectrum of topics is one of the exciting aspects of our profession. This will surely be a great opportunity to reacquaint yourself with old friends and to meet new colleagues through your common research interests and practice. I wish to acknowledge and congratulate all the presenters and co-authors for all their hard work and for sharing their research. New to this year’s event will be the electronic poster sessions, which is based on the popular Poster Tours from previous years. Each presenter will speak about the highlights of his/her research while the presenter’s poster is projected on to a large LCD screen. On behalf of the membership of Dietitians of Canada, I would like to thank the Abstracts Review Committee members who took time out of their busy schedules to volunteer their expertise in reviewing the abstracts. Our Abstracts Review Committee represented a broad spectrum of dietetic expertise and professional practice. I wish to thank them for their tremendous effort and contribution. Thank you to: Beth Armour from PEN of Dietitians of Canada, Dr. Pauline Darling from St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, Dr. Alison Duncan from the University of Guelph, Mahsa Jessri from the University of Alberta, Christine Mehling from EatRight Ontario, and Dawna Royall from the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. I would also like to acknowledge the following individuals who will assist with moderating the oral and poster sessions in conjunction with the Committee members. Thank you to: Barb Anderson, Isla Horvath, Jane Thirsk, and Pat Vanderkooy. A special thank you also goes to Isla Horvath from the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research and Diana Sheh from Dietitians of Canada in supporting the Committee in the abstracts review process. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research and Dietitians of Canada for their ongoing support of research in dietetics and nutrition in Canada and for their mission to foster and support new researchers and dietetic interns in this important area of practice. Please join me in celebrating this exciting event and the research of your fellow colleagues.

scholarly journals Editorial: Articles, perspectives, and TPDP

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Vilhuber
Keyword(s):  
False Discovery Rate ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
False Discovery Rate Control ◽  
Data Centre ◽  
False Discovery ◽  
Selection Of

The present issue provides a diverse selection of articles. We introduced a new typeof article, “Perspectives,” in the previous issue, and continue with two such articles in thecurrent issue, both drawn again from presentations made at the October 2020 CanadianResearch Data Centre Network (CRDCN) conference. We also have a new article on the topic of “Privacy Challenges,” as well as  the first of several journal versions of contributions to TPDP 2020. We open with a regular article on the topic of  "Differentiallyprivate false discovery rate control."

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of narrow-spectrum versus broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of childhood pneumonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 205031212110443
Author(s):  
Chilot Abiyu Demeke ◽  
Getnet Mequanent Adinew ◽  
Tamrat Befekadu Abebe ◽  
Abebech Tewabe Gelaye ◽  
Sisay G/Hana Gemeda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Community Acquired Pneumonia ◽  
Referral Hospital ◽  
P Value ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Treatment Regimens ◽  
Narrow Spectrum ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The University

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of empiric treatment with narrow-spectrum therapy versus broad-spectrum therapy for children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia. Methods: Institutional-based retrospective chart review was conducted at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital (GURH) pediatrics ward from 1 February 2016 to 30 April 2016. The collected data were entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Descriptive statistics were done to present the basic features and summary of the data set. In addition, binary logistics and multivariable logistic regression analysis were conducted to test for an association between the dependent and independent variables. A P value of <0.05 was taken to declare statistical significance at a 95% confidence interval. Result: A total of 147 patients with CAP were included in the study. Seven different treatment regimens were employed for the 147 children hospitalized. About 63 (42.9%) of the study participants received a narrow-spectrum antibiotic and 84 (57.1%) received a broad-spectrum antibiotic. There was no significant difference between the broad and narrow spectrum treatment groups in main treatment outcomes. The median length of stay (LOS) for the study population was 3 days. The median LOS was shorter among those receiving narrow-spectrum therapy compared with those receiving broad-spectrum therapy. Treatment dose and duration of therapy were significantly associated with treatment outcome (P < 0.0001 and P = 0.003), respectively. Conclusion: The effectiveness of narrow-spectrum therapy is similar to that of broad-spectrum therapy for children hospitalized with CAP. Treatment regimens for children with community-acquired pneumonia should be selected based on their safety profile and their tendency for antibiotic resistance.

scholarly journals Notes from the Editors

2011 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. iii-ix ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
North Texas ◽  
University Of North Texas ◽  
Committee Chair ◽  
The University ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

We mentioned in the previous issue the approaching end of our term as editors, and the American Political Science Association (APSA) Council—acting on recommendations of a search committee (chair: Joan Tronto) and President Carole Pateman—has now chosen our successors: another editorial team, based at the University of North Texas, and consisting of Professors Val Martinez-Ebers, John Ishiyama, Marijke Breuning, and Steve Forde. We look forward to passing the baton to this next group and will work, as Professor Lee Sigelman did with our group, to make the transition as seamless as possible. We expect them, following past practice, to offer a statement of editorial policy in the May 2012 issue of this journal.

scholarly journals COVID19: Dexamethasone; death or deliverer therefrom?

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Jared Robinson ◽  
Indrajit Banerjee ◽  
Amarendra Annavarapu ◽  
Alexandra Leclézio
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Inflammatory Reaction ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Cytokine Storm ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
Autoimmune Destruction ◽  
Long Acting ◽  
The University

Background: A multitude and wide array of various drugs have been postulated and some even attempted to be used as effective treatments against the virus.  The drugs have ranged from antimalarials used in India as a prophylaxis to the disease; namely chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, to the use of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs such as Remdesivir. Dexamethasone, a cheap, widely available, long acting corticosteroid has been gaining popularity and to some extent fame in the treatment of COVID19 patients. The benefits and use thereof were made apparent after very successful research conducted by the University of Oxford. The Recovery trial, which is one of the world’s largest clinical trials. This trial reported on June 16, 2020 that patients on Dexamethasone at a dosage of 6 mg per day for 10 days have a dramatically reduced mortality particularly in the COVID patients on ventilators. The dexamethasone proved very beneficial in the milder cases of the disease as well and reduced death by 20% in those cases. The proposed mechanism of action by which the dexamethasone drug acts is via impeding the dangerous cytokine storm, an intense immune response that severely renders the lungs damaged. This intense cytokine storm is attributed to the severe complications and respiratory failure noted in COVID19 patients. The long acting dexamethasone would suppress this autoimmune destruction and intense inflammatory reaction, thereby sparing the lungs and the patient’s life. Conclusion: It is therefore of paramount importance that the use of dexamethasone in COVID19 cases is further studied and understood. The benefits of the use of dexamethasone are undeniable and therefore the drug should be implemented into the treatment regime with a guarded approach. 

The New Politics of European Integration

1971 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-421
Author(s):  
Ghiţa Ionescu
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
New Politics ◽  
British Labour ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Near Future

EXACTLY FIVE YEARS AGO THIS JOURNAL PUBLISHED A SPECIAL ISSUE devoted to ‘The Politics of European Integration’. British-European relations were then at one of their lowest ebbs and our endeavour might have seemed singularly untimely. Yet the issue has been exhausted, and the demand for it continues. But, when faced with the decision to reprint, we thought that the subject matter had evolved so much that we preferred to prepare a new collection of studies. Hence this issue on the new politics of European integration.But there is continuity between the two numbers of the journal. Our subscribers will not fail to notice that many of the articles which appeared in 1966 on basic historical and political aspects of European integration have not been superseded. Indeed the historical articles from the previous issue, together with the political articles of the present issue, supplemented by two historical surveys of British, and British Labour attitudes to the EEC, by Stephen Holt and Michael Wheaton respectively, are to be published in book form in the near future by Messrs Macmillan.

scholarly journals The 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (415-417) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Athens Center Of Ekistics
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
World Society ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Council Meeting ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Previous Issue ◽  
Present Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
Do So

The contents of the present issue come as a continuation of the previous issue of Ekistics, vol. 69, no.412/413/414, January/February-March/April-May/June 2002, with the same theme. As is explained in the table of contents (pages 2 and 3) of that issue and also reproduced in the table of contents (pages 178 and 179) of the present issue, the material used is classified as follows: The 2001 Meetings of the World Society for Ekistics, Berlin, 24-28 October Executive Council Meeting The C.A. Doxiadis Lecture Symposion: Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century General Assembly Apart from the C.A. Doxiadis Lecture, the main contents of both issues refer to the material collected before, during and, in some cases, after the Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century". More specifically, the issues contain: Papers reflecting the presentations made during the Symposion and these concern papers delivered before and during the Symposion or documents that were prepared by the presenters after the Symposion. Papers that were made available at the Symposion by members who intended to attend but finally were totally unable to do so. These documents were made available to all participants but were never presented or discussed. Some were revised and edited by the authors. Papers that were prepared after the Symposion by members who could not attend.

Bridging the Gaps

2011 ◽  
pp. 319-328
Author(s):  
Caroline Collins ◽  
Olga. A. Vásquez ◽  
James Bliesner
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
University Of California ◽  
The Past ◽  
Employment Gaps ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
The University

The following case study chronicles the activities of a community-university partnership that supports the University of California, San Diego’s threefold mission of teaching, research, and service while directing educational resources to underrepresented communities. This partnership, instantiated in a research project widely known as La Clase Mágica, involves a broad spectrum of institutional units seeking to bridge the digital, cognitive, and employment gaps that exist between middle-class mainstream communities and those at the margins. The case study examines the project’s history and philosophy, theoretical framework, commitment to collaboration, assessment, and impact over the past two decades.

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