Archaeological investigations at the Ross Hammock site, Florida.

Describes the excavations of the Ross Hammock Site, located a little southeast of Oak Hill, Florida. The excavations were made in 1963 to evaluate the site\u27s archaeological potential. The authors believed that the site was probably occupied about 2000 years ago. Includes a brief account of an investigation of a nearby 19th century salt evaporation works site.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/floridaheritage/1007/thumbnail.jp

Engaging men with penile cancer in qualitative research: reflections from an interview-based study.

To explore the challenges of engaging men with penile cancer in qualitative interview research

THE IMPACT OF PENILE CANCER TREATMENT ON SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS: A QUALITATIVE ENQUIRY

Background: Penile cancer is a rare but highly treatable condition. Current guidance recommends the use of a surgical procedure to excise the primary tumour (and a margin of normal penile tissue). Whilst treatment can be effective, treatment often has a significant impact on a patient's sexual and urinary function, and physical and mental wellbeing. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of treatment for penile cancer on sexual function and relationships. Methods: Qualitative data was collected via narrative video interviews. Maximum variation sampling was used to acquire the widest possible range of experiences. All interviews were recorded using either a digital video recorder or digital audio recorder, transcribed. A method of constant comparison analysis was used to illicit themes and outliers. Results: Twenty seven men were interviewed; mean age at diagnosis = 63 (range = 41-82); Mean number of years post-surgery = 3 (range = 0-15 years) 15 men were married, a further two were in a committed relationship, the remaining 10 were single/widowed. All men had received surgical treatment ranging from circumcision to total penectomy. Just two men had attended any form of psychological therapy. The impact of treatment varied considerably. The majority of men talked about still being able to experience arousal and sexual pleasure in some way. However, for many, penetrative sex was awkward and less gratifying than before treatment. One man who had received a total penectomy was surprised to experience a form of orgasm after surgery. For a number of men, the impact of treatment on their ability to satisfy their sexual partners was a key concern. Men who were able to openly talk with their partners about sex and the impact of the treatment on sexual practice found this a great comfort. Conclusion: The significance of sex for a man can differ considerably between individuals; relationship status, age and life stage are all likely to have a bearing on the role that sex plays in a man life. A diagnosis of cancer can also affect how a man (and his partner) views sex and the level of importance which he attaches to it. For men who are sexually active prior to treatment, surgery will undoubtedly result in changes to sexual practice, however, treatment does not have to result in sexual abstinence

Do farmers adopt new management strategies developed by researchers? Do researchers communicate their results effectively?

Recent research in relation to herbicide resistance has focused on the science of herbicide resistance. From the knowledge gained, management strategies for herbicide resistance have been developed. Currently, in relation to herbicide management strategies, there is little documented knowledge of the rate and process by which farmers adopt such strategies. Few studies relate outcomes to a particular learning or communication process and the capacity of technical information to meet individual farmers’ needs for fine tuning and system management is not known. Understanding what is necessary for successful adoption is important for achieving on-farm management to contain or avoid herbicide resistance problems. This paper reviews existing knowledge on farmers’ processes when adopting new management strategies. This sets the scene for identifying future research priorities

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of electronic cigarettes versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation

PMCID: PMC3602285This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Do farmers adopt new management strategies developed by researchers? Do researchers communicate their results effectively?

Recent research in relation to herbicide resistance has focused on the science of herbicide resistance. From the knowledge gained, management strategies for herbicide resistance have been developed. Currently, in relation to herbicide management strategies, there is little documented knowledge of the rate and process by which farmers adopt such strategies. Few studies relate outcomes to a particular learning or communication process and the capacity of technical information to meet individual farmers’ needs for fine tuning and system management is not known. Understanding what is necessary for successful adoption is important for achieving on-farm management to contain or avoid herbicide resistance problems. This paper reviews existing knowledge on farmers’ processes when adopting new management strategies. This sets the scene for identifying future research priorities

Geophysical aspects of very long baseline neutrino experiments

Several proposed experiments will send beams of neutrinos through the Earth along paths with a source-receiver distance of hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Knowledge of the physical properties of the medium traversed by these beams, in particular the density, will be necessary in order to properly interpret the experimental data. Present geophysical knowledge allows the average density along a path with a length of several thousand km to be estimated with an accuracy of about $\pm 5$ per cent. Physicists planning neutrino beam experiments should decide whether or not this level of uncertainty is acceptable. If greater accuracy is required, intensive geophysical research on the Earth structure along the beam path should be conducted as part of the preparatory work on the experiments.Comment: 8 pages, uses elsart.cls. Talk given at 3rd International Workshop on Neutrino Factory based on Muon Storage Rings (NuFACT'01), Tsukuba, Japan, 24-30 May 200

Accentuate the negative

A survey of mean inequalities with real weights is given.Comment: 16 pages 3 figure

The intersection of social capital and power: An application to rural communities

The central aim of the article is to examine the relationship between power and social capital within the cultural, historical and spatial contingencies of three rural communities in Australia. These communities are West Wyalong NSW, Broken Hill NSW and Maleny Qld. Each has variously experienced the threats of deindustrialisation, revitalisation, and commercial development pressures (Beaver and Cohen, 2004). To understand how these communities have addressed their circumstances we examine each in turn within the overriding analytical framework of social capital. We find that social capital is used in different ways in each community. The article is prefaced by an exploration of the core theoretical concepts: Social capital, bonding bridging and linking and power, followed by a brief analysis of each of the three cases. © 2007 eContent Management Pty Ltd