Otra vez : hierarchy as designer

Methods of hierarchy are often represented in graphic forms. They shape our world into subjective places/spaces of belonging or oppression. The need for order is a human condition. There is constant tension between the utility of ordered systems against the manipulative and ultimately subjective manner in which they are created. Where there is a system, there is a story. The narrative the hierarchy tells is just as crucial to me as the mechanics. I position myself within various hierarchal systems as a way to understand the logistics of their becoming, but also, to manipulate (or justify) my cultural and ethnic status in relation to them. My work often deals with multiples of a system—copying, transferring, and detaching the pieces into abstract, void, or reconfigured images. This self-reflexive method of undoing order—of viewing the neatly bound as a whole or into the smallest fractions, takes my subjectivity (and relationship to narrative) and reinterprets methods of hierarchy that are historically viewed as objective. This book demonstrates my disruption, compliance, and/or fabrication of order in pursuit of creating a cosmos of my own making

Outreach as Dialogue: Lessons from University Forests

University and school forests are managed for a unique set of multiple uses from research and teaching to recreation and forestry. Understanding how outreach is employed in these settings as a component of their land management strategy can offer insights to school forests generally as well as other complex land management efforts. Using outreach, a forest can facilitate communication as a dialogue, connecting to forest participants and stakeholders. This qualitative research study uses a multi-scale case study approach to examine a recent harvest and outreach efforts at the Clemson Experimental Forest, as well the outreach efforts at eight other university forests in the United States, in order to understand the nuances of outreach in a university forest system. The primary objective of this research was to gain specific knowledge regarding what is considered outreach, current evidence-based practices being used at university forests, and outcomes or perceived benefits of outreach experienced by forest representatives. Findings of this research study suggest that outreach is the connection of university forest with community, neighbors, stakeholders and forest participants. The four most commonly practiced connection activities found to facilitate effective outreach within a university forest are clear communication, signage, engagement and planning. From our data sample, we determined that outreach has perceived benefits across many university forest systems. We have learned that five perceived benefits are an increase in funding, advocacy, partnerships, understanding and influence. Finally, outreach can be an effective strategy for managers to create positive relationships through community collaboration, by partnering with forest participants, government agencies, NGOs, and private businesses, in order to achieve a forest’s mission

Cyclorama: a collection of short fiction and poetry about the lives of women

Cyclorama is a compilation of poems and short stories, ranging from short-shorts to the more traditional short story form, all dealing with the issues facing women from early childhood through old age. Happy endings are for the most part missing, but this is a part of the American female experience-lives filled with and formed by a vast range of experiences that dictate the difference between right and wrong, disappointments that paralyze the human spirit for days or even lifetimes, life lessons that teach women the rules of being the daughters, mothers, and wives our society expects. Some women love their roles, but many others are bitter, or resigned, or lost in a fog of denial that clears only when it seems too late to change anything. These stories attempt to address the complex issues facing women today as well as the strength of character women must have in order to face each day in spite of overwhelming odds that the day will bring with it more disappointments. Women are the strong ones, the ones who nurture and build those around us, and because of that they often settle for less than they really want and need. They have learned to content ourselves with the happy middles of life, those fleeting moments of pleasure that inevitably come their way

Notas de energías mecánica y eléctrica

1 archivo PDF (110 páginas); 1a ed. 2000, 6a reimpresión 2007.La generación de energía eléctrica se lleva a cabo mediante técnicas muy diferentes. Las que suministran las mayores cantidades y potencias de electricidad aprovechan un movimiento rotatorio para generar corriente continua en una dinamo o corriente alterna en un alternador. El movimiento rotatorio resulta a su vez de una fuente de energía mecánica directa, como puede ser la corriente de un salto de agua o la producida por el viento, o de un ciclo termodinámico. En este último caso se calienta un fluido, al que se hace recorrer un circuito en el que mueve un motor o una turbina. El calor de este proceso se obtiene mediante la quema de combustibles fósiles, reacciones nucleares y otros procesos

Interventions designed to improve therapeutic communications between black and minority ethnic people and professionals working in psychiatric services: a systematic review of the evidence for their effectiveness

BACKGROUND: Black and minority ethnic (BME) people using psychiatric services are at greater risk of non-engagement, dropout from care and not receiving evidence-based interventions than white British people. OBJECTIVES: To identify effective interventions designed to improve therapeutic communications (TCs) for BME patients using psychiatric services in the UK, to identify gaps in the research literature and to recommend future research. PARTICIPANTS: Black African, black Caribbean, black British, white British, Pakistani and Bangladeshi patients in psychiatric services in the UK, or recruited from the community to enter psychiatric care. Some studies from the USA included Hispanic, Latino, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian and African American people. INTERVENTIONS: Any that improve TCs between BME patients and staff in psychiatric services. DATA SOURCES: The published literature, 'grey' literature, an expert survey, and patients' and carers' perspectives on the evidence base. Databases were searched from their inception to 4 February 2013. Databases included MEDLINE, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, The Cochrane Library, Social Science Citation Index, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, The Campbell Collaboration and ProQuest for dissertations. REVIEW METHODS: Studies were included if they reported evaluation data about interventions designed to improve therapeutic outcomes by improving communication between BME patients and psychiatric professionals. Qualitative studies and reports in the grey literature were included only if they gave a critical evaluative statement. Two members of the team selected studies against pre-established criteria and any differences were resolved by consensus or by a third reviewer, if necessary. Data were extracted independently by two people and summarised in tables by specific study designs. Studies were subjected to a narrative synthesis that included a thematic analysis contrasting populations, countries and the strength of evidence for any intervention. The components of the interventions were compared. Patient perspectives on acceptability were considered alongside quality scores and methodological strengths and weaknesses. RESULTS: Twenty-one studies (19 from the published literature and two from the grey literature) met the inclusion criteria. There were 12 trials, two observational quantitative studies, three case series, a qualitative study and three descriptive case studies. Only two studies, one a pilot trial and one a case series, included economic data; in both, a favourable but weak economic case could be made for the intervention. The trials tested interventions to prepare patients for therapeutic interventions, variable levels of ethnic matching (of professional to patient), cultural adaptation of therapies, and interventions that included social community systems in order to facilitate access to services. Empowering interventions favoured by patients and carers included adapted cognitive-behavioural therapy, assessments of explanatory models, cultural consultation, ethnographic and motivational interviews, and a telepsychiatry intervention. LIMITATIONS: Studies tended to have small sample sizes or to be pilot studies, and to use proxy rather than direct measures for TCs. CONCLUSIONS: Empowering interventions should be further researched and brought to the attention of commissioners. Several promising interventions need further evaluative research and economic evaluations are needed. STUDY REGISTRATION: The study is registered as PROSPERO CRD42011001661. FUNDING: The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment programme