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Letter From E J Buckingham Ruhe to Eleanor Snell, April 20, 1970
This letter from Elva Jane EJ Buckingham, Ursinus College Class of 1942, congratulates Eleanor Snell on the occasion of her retirement from Ursinus College and remarks on the many friends she has made over the years.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/snell_docs/1038/thumbnail.jp
Rethinking youth cultures in the age of global media: a perspective from British youth studies
"This article provides a critical overview of the contribution of British Cultural Studies to research on contemporary youth cultures, and some indications of how it should develop in the future. While the early work in this tradition has sometimes been unfairly attacked by subsequent researchers, the approach is in need of some careful reappraisal in the light of recent cultural change. The article argues that the category of 'youth' itself has become increasingly fluid and flexible; that the relations between the global and the local dimensions of youth culture have become more complex and dynamic; and that media - not least digital media - have become increasingly central to youth cultural practices. The article refers to examples of research that address these three areas, and concludes by calling for a more reflexive approach to research methods in the field." (author's abstract)"Der Artikel analysiert in einem kritischen Überblick den Beitrag der englischen Cultural Studies für die aktuelle Jugendkulturforschung und zeigt Perspektiven für ihre Weiterentwicklung auf. Während die frühen Arbeiten in dieser Forschungstradition teilweise zu Unrecht kritisiert wurden, muss der Ansatz heute angesichts des jüngsten kulturellen Wandels einer sorgfältigen Überprüfung und Neujustierung unterzogen werden. Der Beitrag stellt dar, dass der Begriff 'Jugend' heute zunehmend unscharf geworden ist, während gleichzeitig die Beziehungen zwischen globalen und lokalen Dimensionen von Jugendkultur komplexer und dynamischer geworden sind und insbesondere die digitalen Medien für jugendkulturelle Praktiken eine zentrale Rolle spielen. Diese Entwicklungen werden anhand ausgewählter Studien dargestellt, wobei der Beitrag abschließend einen stärker reflexiven Umgang mit Forschungsmethoden in der Jugendkulturforschung anmahnt." (Autorenreferat
Detecting human comprehension from nonverbal behaviour using artificial neural networks
Every day, communication between humans is abundant with an array of
nonverbal behaviours. Nonverbal behaviours are signals emitted without using words
such as facial expressions, eye gaze and body movement. Nonverbal behaviours have
been used to identify a person’s emotional state in previous research. With nonverbal
behaviour being continuously available and almost unconscious, it provides a
potentially rich source of knowledge once decoded. Humans are weak decoders of
nonverbal behaviour due to being error prone, susceptible to fatigue and poor at
simultaneously monitoring numerous nonverbal behaviours.
Human comprehension is primarily assessed from written and spoken language.
Existing comprehension assessments tools are inhibited by inconsistencies and are
often time-consuming with feedback delay. Therefore, there is a niche for attempting
to detect human comprehension from nonverbal behaviour using artificially intelligent
computational models such as Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), which are inspired by
the structure and behaviour of biological neural networks such as those found within
the human brain.
This Thesis presents a novel adaptable system known as FATHOM, which has been
developed to detect human comprehension and non-comprehension from monitoring
multiple nonverbal behaviours using ANNs. FATHOM’s Comprehension Classifier ANN
was trained and validated on human comprehension detection using the errorbackpropagation
learning algorithm and cross-validation in a series of experiments
with nonverbal datasets extracted from two independent comprehension studies
where each participant was digitally video recorded: (1) during a mock informed
consent field study and (2) in a learning environment. The Comprehension Classifier
ANN repeatedly achieved averaged testing classification accuracies (CA) above 84% in
the first phase of the mock informed consent field study. In the learning environment
study, the optimised Comprehension Classifier ANN achieved a 91.385% averaged
testing CA. Overall, the findings revealed that human comprehension and noncomprehension
patterns can be automatically detected from multiple nonverbal
behaviours using ANNs
Activism, affect, identification: trans documentary in France and Spain and its reception
This article explores the documentation of trans activism in France and
Spain since the 2000s. The first part addresses questions surrounding the
place of affect and narrative in documentary film, particularly in relation
to trans issues. The second part o
f the article analyses an audience case
study from a screening at the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
in Barcelona of
Valérie Mitteaux's
Girl or Boy, My Sex is not my Gender
(2011), considering how different viewers respond to the representatio
n
of trans identities. The article builds on qualitative research whilst
extending the exploration of sexuality and gender in previous audience
studies to a consideration of documentary film, seeking to provide a more
nuanced understanding of what audience
claims for identification in
politicised contexts mean
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Mechanisms of change in the evolution of jargon aphasia
Background: The evolution of jargon aphasia may reflect recovery in the speech production processes. Alternatively or additionally there may be improved self-monitoring, enabling the person to suppress jargon errors. Previous case reports offer evidence for both mechanisms of change, and suggest that they can co-occur.
Aims: This longitudinal study aimed to uncover mechanisms of change in an individual with jargon aphasia. Four predictions of production processing recovery were examined against test data. The study also looked for evidence of improved error awareness, in both test and connected speech data, and explored the relationship between this improvement and the production gains.
Methods & Procedures: The participant (TK) undertook tests of single word naming, reading and repetition eight times over a 21-month period, with matched sets of nouns and verbs. Analyses of correct responses and errors were conducted, in order to test predictions of processing recovery. Changes in self-monitoring behaviours were also investigated, to uncover evidence of increased error awareness. Finally, longitudinal changes in samples of connected speech were explored.
Outcomes & Results: Two predictions of production processing recovery were upheld: there was a significant increase in the number of correct responses over time, and a significant decrease in the proportion of nonword errors. The error analysis also revealed a trend towards increased target-relatedness and decreased perseveration, but neither was significant. There was an increase in self-monitoring behaviours during testing, in that there were more null responses and attempted self-corrections. This increase correlated very strongly with the production gains. Connected speech showed little evidence of improved production, since the range of vocabulary employed by TK reduced as time progressed. However, self-monitoring behaviours were increasingly evident in this context.
Conclusions: The origin of the production and monitoring gains experienced by TK are discussed. Implications are drawn out for further research
Estimating treatment rates for mental disorders in Australia
Objective. To estimate the percentage of Australians with a mental disorder who received treatment for that disorder each year between 2006-07 and 2009-10
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Parents' Experiences of Receiving the Initial Positive Newborn Screening (NBS) Result for Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Disease
The clinical advantages of the newborn screening programme (NBS) in the UK are well described in the literature. However, there has been little exploration of the psychosocial impact on the family. This study followed the principles of grounded theory to explore parents' experiences of receiving the initial positive NBS result for their child with cystic fibrosis (CF) or sickle cell disease (SCD). Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 22 parents (12 mothers and 10 fathers) whose children had been diagnosed with CF or SCD via NBS and were under the age of 1 year at the time of interview. The main themes that arose from the data were; parents previous knowledge of the condition and the NBS programme, the method of delivery and parental reactions to the result, sharing the results with others, the impact on parental relationships and support strategies. Study conclusions indicate that most parents thought initial positive NBS results should be delivered by a health professional with condition specific knowledge, preferably with both parents present. Genetic counselling needs to include a focus on the impact of NBS results on parental relationships. Careful consideration needs to be given to strategies to support parents of babies who have positive NBS results both in terms of the psychological health and to assist them in sharing the diagnosis
Continuous Glucose Monitors and Automated Insulin Dosing Systems in the Hospital Consensus Guideline.
This article is the work product of the Continuous Glucose Monitor and Automated Insulin Dosing Systems in the Hospital Consensus Guideline Panel, which was organized by Diabetes Technology Society and met virtually on April 23, 2020. The guideline panel consisted of 24 international experts in the use of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and automated insulin dosing (AID) systems representing adult endocrinology, pediatric endocrinology, obstetrics and gynecology, advanced practice nursing, diabetes care and education, clinical chemistry, bioengineering, and product liability law. The panelists reviewed the medical literature pertaining to five topics: (1) continuation of home CGMs after hospitalization, (2) initiation of CGMs in the hospital, (3) continuation of AID systems in the hospital, (4) logistics and hands-on care of hospitalized patients using CGMs and AID systems, and (5) data management of CGMs and AID systems in the hospital. The panelists then developed three types of recommendations for each topic, including clinical practice (to use the technology optimally), research (to improve the safety and effectiveness of the technology), and hospital policies (to build an environment for facilitating use of these devices) for each of the five topics. The panelists voted on 78 proposed recommendations. Based on the panel vote, 77 recommendations were classified as either strong or mild. One recommendation failed to reach consensus. Additional research is needed on CGMs and AID systems in the hospital setting regarding device accuracy, practices for deployment, data management, and achievable outcomes. This guideline is intended to support these technologies for the management of hospitalized patients with diabetes
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