Letter from Ruth Benedict, American Folk-Lore Society, 1939

Correspondence from Ruth Benedict to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm concerning her publications, which were digitized from Box 1 folder 9, of the Fannie Hardy Eckstorm Papers. Documents from this folder that did not pertain to Native Americans in Maine were not scanned and are not included in this file.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/eckstorm_papers/1002/thumbnail.jp

Antropologija ir anomalumas

Tekstą iš anglų kalbos vertė ir įvadą parašė Mingailė Jurkut

Unselected brain imaging in suspected meningitis delays lumbar puncture, can prolong hospitalisation and may increase antibiotic costs - a pilot study

Background: Antibiotics reduce mortality in bacterial meningitis; a lumbar puncture (LP) will demonstrate that many patients with suspected meningitis do not need them; but delays reduce chances of culture, particularly if N8 h. Guidelines advise a LP without brain imaging unless specific features are present. Objective: We assessed the duration of hospitalisation and inpatient costs incurred with delays in LP in a Northwest of England teaching hospital. Methods: We screened the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) database to identify patients with suspected meningitis over 3 months (07–09/ 2010). Data were recorded from clinical case notes; costs were calculated with established datasets and the British national formulary. Results: 142 patients were screened; 35 had a suspected CNS infection; 10 had a CNS infection proven: 3 bacterial meningitis; 4 aseptic meningitis and 3 viral encephalitis. Brain imaging delayed the LP for 19 (54%), (11.08 vs 5.29 hrs, p= 0.10); ten (53%) did not need imaging. 11 (42%) of those given antibiotics before the LP were delayed N8 h. For patients with aseptic meningitis and those who had a CNS infection excluded, without prior antibiotics, the delay in LP increased duration of hospitalisation (r=0.94, p=0.02 and r=0.96, p=0.01 respectively). Overall there was no trend with LP delays and antibiotic cost. However, 4 patients had antibiotics continued despite negative cultures; 2 of whom had the LP delayed N8 h, with an antibiotic cost of £215.96. Conclusion: Inappropriate brain imaging often delayed the LP; in patients who did not need antibiotics this led to longer hospitalisation

Climate Change and Food Security Challenges: Empirical Investigations in Nigeria

The  baseline  for  the  data  analysis  is  a  decadal  dataset  of  World  Bank,  and  Food  Agricultural Organizations  (FAO)  spanning  2008-2017.  The  dataset captures  all  dimensions  of  food  security index  as:  crop  production,  and  livestock,  cereal  productivity,  food  availability,  population density  while  index  for  annual  normal  rainfall  round  the  years  in  total,  and  annual  normal temperature  degrees  were  extrac ted  from  database  of  Nigerian  Meteorological  Agency  (NMA), with  one  state  each  representing  the  sample  size  drawn  from  six  (6)  geopolitical  zones  in Nigeria.  North  West  (Kano),  North  East  (Gombe),  North  Central  (Benue),  South  West  (Ondo), South  East  (Enugu) , and  SouthSouth  (CrossRiver);  these  states  were  chosen  due  to  their installed  capacity  for  food  production  in  the  country  as  enhanced  by  avalanche  of  arable  lands with  relative  share  of  climate  impacts.  Bivariate  Pearson  Correlation  (BPC)  and  Multiple Regressions  Techniques  (MRT)  were  employed  to  underpin  the  degree  of  interannual  to  intraannual  responsiveness  of  normal  climate  change  distribution  at  a  time.  However,  relative  share of  climate  impacts  (independent  variables)  on  food  security  parameters (dependent  variables)  as applicable  to  each  states  were  determined  using  backward  selection  methods  for  the  regression estimation.  The  result  shows  that  climate  changes  pose  high  impacts  to  food  productivity  and sustainability  in Nigeria

Cups of Clay

An ashtonishing beautiful text founding Cultural Anthropology that reflects on cultural forms and their deep nature

Attention Restoration Theory: A Systematic Review of the Attention Restoration Potential of Exposure to Natural Environments

All authors contributed to the design of this review, critically revised the article, and approved the final versions. HO contributed to all stages of the systematic review (searching, screening, data extraction, quality appraisal and synthesis) and drafted the article. MW and BW contributed to double data extraction and preparation of the article. AB devised the search strategy, ran the literature searches, carried out citation searching, and contributed to double screening. OU and VN provided statistical advice and designed and conducted the meta-analyses. RG conceived the idea for the review, contributed to double screening, double data extraction, quality appraisal, and preparation of the article, and is the guarantor

Argumentum ad misericordiam - the critical intimacies of victimhood

This article discusses the widespread use of victim tropes in contemporary Anglo-American culture by using cultural theory to analyse key social media memes circulating on Facebook in 2015. Since the growth of social media, victim stories have been proliferating, and each demands a response. Victim narratives are rhetorical, they are designed to elicit pity and shame the perpetrator. They are deployed to stimulate political debate and activism, as well as to appeal to an all-purpose humanitarianism. Victimology has its origins in Law and Criminology, but this paper opens up the field more broadly to think about the cultural politics of victimhood, to consider how the victim-figure can be appropriated by/for different purposes, particularly racial and gender politics, including in the case of Rachel Dolezal, and racial passing. In formulating an ethical response to the lived experience of victims, we need to think about the different kinds of critical intimacies elicited by such media

Message from French Prison Camp: Help Now!

Political pamphlet with subtitle: An open letter to Secretary Cordell Hull and the Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers. Addition signees: Walter B. Cannon; Dr. J. McKeen Cattell; Dr. Henry S. Coffin; Robert L. Hale; Dr. Robert S. Lynd; Helen Merrell Lynd; Charles M. McConn; Dr. Kirtley F. Mather; Clyde R. Miller; S.A. Mitchell; Dr. Roscoe Pulliam; Walter Rautenstrauch; Harlow Shapley; L.J. Stadler; Dr. Ordway Tead; Dr. Randall Thompson; Harold C. Urey; Carleton Washburne; Dr. Mary E. Woolley. 4 pages. Student Publications: The Campus Newspaper Collectio

Assessment of the Impacts of Katrina on Mississippi Commercial and Recreational Fisheries

An economic assessment of the commercial harvesting sector, seafood processing and distribution sectors, charter boats for hire, livebait boats and dealer houses, marinas, support facilities, and recreational boats was undertaken in Mississippi to determine the level of damage sustained as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The devastation by this hurricane has created an urgent and compelling need to complete damage assessments in the affected areas in as short a period as possible. An accurate assessment of the damage created by this storm is needed to ensure that federal funds are both adequate and allocated to the appropriate sectors and recipients. The damage assessment included the following information about the boats/vessels, processing plants, dealer houses and support facilities: 1. Inventory of facilities that existed at each port or community; e.g., marinas, processing plants, fish houses, bait and gear shops, ice houses, recreational boats and other support facilities. 2. Original capital investment made in the facility or site. 3. Estimate of physical damage to a facility or site and the dollar value of that damage by community. 4. Estimate of the replacement cost of the capital needed to reestablish that facility or site as an operational entity. 5. The level of insurance presently existing for the entity, the capital debt remaining to be paid off, and whether the plant or some other collateral is used to secure the loan. The adverse social and economic impacts of these hurricanes are reduced if recovery is not prolonged. This is accomplished by providing the necessary aid and assistance as quickly as possible. This assessment will aid in identifying critical relief, support, and rebuilding needs to assist the seafood processing and dealer sector and associated communities in recovering their economic vitality. This assessment is a necessary first step in providing the necessary aid to the affected businesses and communities