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    A chapter of early medical africana

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    Mention is made of the early treatment utilized by the indigenous population of South Africa, as described in general terms by an intelligent caller and observer Willem ten Rhyne in 1673, who recorded his observations some 13 years later. Reference is also made to an interestino original medical volume to which Ten Rhyne contributed the use of acupuncture and scarification for the treatment of podagra (gout). A description of the physical methods used by the Hottentots of that period is illustrated from original engravings contained in the famous Kolbe 'Beschryving' of 1727. It is interesting to note the mention of dacha (dagga) by the Hottentots in Ten Rhyne's description 'of their physick' and this is possibly the first men/ion made of this drug in South African literature

    The Marginal Propensity Out of After-Tax Income and Implications for Tax Policy

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    From the Washington University Senior Honors Thesis Abstracts (WUSHTA), 2017. Published by the Office of Undergraduate Research. Joy Zalis Kiefer, Director of Undergraduate Research and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences; Lindsey Paunovich, Editor; Helen Human, Programs Manager and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences Mentors: Steven Fazzari, Bruce Petersen, and Maria Cano

    From the Warnock Report (1978) to an Education Framework Commission: a novel contemporary approach to educational policy making for pupils with special educational needs /disabilities

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    This is the final version. Available on open access from Frontiers Media via the DOI in this recordThis paper argues that the significance of the Warnock Report after 40 years goes beyond the impact of its deliberations and recommendations on UK policy and practice and its wider international influence. The Report’s significance also highlights the nature of provision for pupils with SEN and disabilities and the changing context of policy making in contemporary liberal democratic society. This paper shows the strong inter-connection between SEN and inclusion with other aspects of educational provision as the basis for proposing that future policy directions depend on general policy processes. It then argues that policy for pupils with SEN illustrates the democratic deficits in educational and policy-making processes in general. It uses this analysis to conclude that without grappling with these bigger policy issues we cannot expect some crucial questions in the field to be addressed more coherently and convincingly either conceptually or practically. Drawing on a post-democracy political analysis (Crouch, 2000). and contemporary ideas about deliberative democracy (Fishkin, 2018), with a recognition of the plural values that underlie policy tensions (Dahl, 1982). it proposes an Education Framework Commission (EFC). The Commission would set policy priorities as a settlement that has the potential to reconcile plural and sometimes contrary value positions. It would aim to design a ten-year consensual educational policy framework, within which political parties and governments will work; a framework that could be renewed after this period. An EFC would cover all key aspects of education including designs for including the diversity of learners. Finding common ground between different social and political value perspectives involves deliberative democratic principles and approaches that could influence representative democratic policy making. Though this proposal arises in an English context it has international relevance to the project of renewing ideas and values about the nature of schooling in a way that takes genuine account of SEN and disabilities

    Editorial: The role of evidence in developing effective educational inclusion

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    Goldacre (2013) somewhat provocatively laid down the claim that education lags behind other disciplines in terms of its use of research evidence. Given Schon's (1983) critique of technical rationalism across the professions, whether Goldacre's claim is true or not remains open to question, but nevertheless the question of how education is anchored to evidence is very much on the agenda. A range of policy initiatives internationally have focused on how schools and teachers can be supported to engage with research evidence, such as the What Works Clearing House initiative (NCEE, n.d.)

    Amoebiasis of the anterior abdominal wall

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    Interpreting RCT, process evaluation and case study evidence in evaluating the Integrated Group Reading (IGR) programme: a teacher-led, classroom-based intervention for Year 2 and 3 pupils struggling to read

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    This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record.Almost 20% of English pupils still experience difficulties in reading despite a predominantly phonics approach that works well for most children, but not for all; so other approaches need to be explored. The IGR programme involves an inclusive approach to targeted teaching led by class teachers using a group-based class organisation and the integration of diverse research-based approaches (language and phonics-based). IGR has been evaluated in thirty-four English schools in five varied local authority areas using a cluster randomised design and a process evaluation. IGR was found to support enjoyment of reading with as much reading gains as the more phonics-oriented programmes used in control classes. Following its use, there were gains in teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching reading, and no negative effects on the class pupils’ reading. This study shows what a more inclusive approach to targeted reading intervention can achieve with a well-resourced programme. Questions can be about the interpretation of RCT findings when it comes to classroom-based educational interventions, and about teacher choice in opting for alternate teaching approaches.Nuffield Foundatio

    An innovative classroom reading intervention for Year 2 and 3 pupils who are struggling to learn to read: Evaluating the Integrated Group Reading Programme

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    Executive summary and project report - May 2018Nuffield Foundatio

    Beyond the Death of Linear Response: 1/f optimal information transport

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    Non-ergodic renewal processes have recently been shown by several authors to be insensitive to periodic perturbations, thereby apparently sanctioning the death of linear response, a building block of nonequilibrium statistical physics. We show that it is possible to go beyond the ``death of linear response" and establish a permanent correlation between an external stimulus and the response of a complex network generating non-ergodic renewal processes, by taking as stimulus a similar non-ergodic process. The ideal condition of 1/f-noise corresponds to a singularity that is expected to be relevant in several experimental conditions.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, in press on Phys. Rev. Let
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