Making space for Wollstonecraft: Mary Barker's A Welsh Story

As Jane Aaron observes, as a setting for novels of sensibility and domestic fiction, Wales ‘could prove attractive to the Romantic radical, disillusioned by the restrictions and artifice of contemporary English culture.’ This certainly appears to be true of Mary Barker (1774–1853) who published the almost forgotten A Welsh Story in 1798. As its title suggests, Barker’s text is an example of ‘Wales-related fiction’, Andrew Davies’s umbrella term for the fashionable Romantic novels which set some part of their narrative in Wales and which contain ‘a degree of Welsh interest sufficient to draw meaningful and workable conclusions about how Wales, its people and culture were viewed by the author and received by contemporary readers.’ Jane Austen’s burlesque of the genre in ‘Love and Freindship’ demonstrates its popularity and notable examples include Anna Maria Bennett’s Anna; or, Memoirs of a Welch Heiress (1785) and Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel (1794), Charlotte Smith’s Emmeline; or, The Orphan of the Castle (1788) and Elizabeth Hervey’s The History of Ned Evans (1796). Throughout her novel, Barker focuses on female education and its effects on young women, and on the necessity of sincerity and integrity rather than artifice and deception in men’s and women’s dealings with each other, themes which are key also to Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Here, I read A Welsh Story alongside the Vindication as I argue that Barker utilised the radical potential which the imagined space of Wales offered her in order to create a fictionalised vision ofWollstonecraft’s depictions of, and idealistic hopes for, British society

Very high energy cosmic gamma rays from radio and x-ray pulsars

This thesis is concerned with the detection of very high energy cosmic gamma-rays from isolated pulsars and X-ray binary sources using the atmospheric Cerenkov technique. A general introduction to gamma ray detection techniques is followed by adscription of the properties of atmospheric Cerenkov radiation and a discussion of the principles of the atmospheric Cerenkov technique. The Mark I and Mark II gamma-ray telescopes operated in Dugway, Utah by the University of Durham between 1981 and 1984 are briefly described. There follows a discussion of the results from observations at many different wavelengths of Cygnus X-3. This object was observed by the Durham group between 1981 and 1983 in Dugway Utah and also in Durham during autumn 1985. The detection in the Dugway data of the 4.8 hr X-ray period and the possible detection of a19.2 day intensity variation are considered. The discovery of a 12.59 ms pulsar in data taken on Cygnus X-3 in 1983 is described. Evidence is presented which suggests this periodicity is also present at a weaker level in earlier data and also in the data taken in Durham in 1985.Results from observations of PSR1937+21 , PSR1953+29and six radio pulsars , are presented. The design and construction of the Mark III telescope, now operating in Narrabri , N.S.W. , is described in detail. Preliminary results from observations with the Mark III telescope of three objects, LMC X-4, the Vela pulsar and CentaurusX-3, are presented, with particular reference to periodicities inherent in the sources. An observation of the supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud is discussed. A brief discussion of the mechanisms by which V.H.E. gamma-rays may be produced in isolated pulsars and X-ray binary pulsars is given, followed by a description of the future prospects for the Mark III and Mark IV telescopes

SB 201 - Sick Leave

The Act amends Georgia’s general provisions relating to labor and industrial relations by adding a new provision that requires qualifying employers to allow their employees to use sick leave to care for immediate family members

Neutral Zone: The Writing Center and the Classroom

At the forefront of current educational discourse is a call for a more relevant relationship between what is taught in the classroom and what is practiced in the workplace. In order to meaningfully prepare students to participate in today’s rapidly changing global economy, academia must transform its outmoded theoretical approach to educating students by replacing it with a pragmatic model suited to the current socio-political reality of globalization. With the interconnectivity and interdependence characteristic of globalization, come the need for versatile, practical communication skills, making Writing across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines movements critical in bridging the gap between the abstract and the concrete. In order to better assist our students in navigating today’s marketplace, we at the University of Houston (UH) Writing Center have recognized the necessity of implementing an integrated, heterogeneous approach to teaching writing, one which provides students with a toolbox of strategies and techniques to handle the contingencies inherent in writing for today’s wide-ranging audiences. Importantly, the UH Writing Center exists as an autonomous neutral zone, an in-between site with no political agenda belonging to everyone. It is the UH Writing Center’s neutrality and integrated approach to writing that facilitates what Jonathan Monroe identifies as “the development of multiple literacies and a capacity for discursive mobility.”University Writing Cente

Successful strategies for including adults with an intellectual disability into a research study using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)

This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by RCN in Nurse Researcher on 5 August 2021. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities are not regularly recruited as participants in health research which may be due to perceptions regarding their inability to participate meaningfully with or without significant support and anticipated difficulty in gaining ethical approval because of issues around consent and mental capacity. This means that the voices of people with an intellectual disability are often missing within health research and their experiences and views are unexplored. Aim: To share successful strategies for accessing, recruiting and collecting data from a purposive sample of adults with an intellectual disability using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Discussion: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was a person-centred, flexible and creative approach to adopt. Meaningful collaboration with people with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers, advocacy group managers, specialists within intellectual disability services and research supervisors was vital to the success of conducting this study. Practical strategies for including people with an intellectual disability in a study from the perspective of a novice researcher, an outsider to the field of intellectual disability, have been shared. A limitation is that participants were not included in all stages of the research process. Conclusion: Inclusion of participants with an intellectual disability in research studies is important and achievable for healthcare researchers. A framework to support researchers outside of the specialist field of intellectual disabilities has been presented. Implications for practice: Adults with intellectual disabilities often receive poor healthcare and have poorer outcomes which is perpetuated if their input into research is not facilitated. People with intellectual disabilities make valuable contributions to the evidence base; personal views and perceptions of healthcare are important if health services are to meet individual needs

A cross-case comparison of the trauma and orthopaedic hospital experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities using interpretative phenomenological analysis

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.693Aim: To present the cross-case comparison component of a qualitative study exploring and describing the experiences of adults with an intellectual disability who have received trauma and orthopaedic hospital care for musculoskeletal conditions or injuries in the United Kingdom. Design A qualitative, exploratory study was conducted using 1:1 semi-structured interviews to describe the lived experiences of trauma and orthopaedic hospital care from the perspectives of people with intellectual disabilities and a carer of a person with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities. The data was analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines were applied. Results: There were common and interconnected experiences across the five participants: Communication challenges; lack of person-centred care; issues related to pain management; lack of confidence in hospital care; the valuable support and expertise of carers; incompetence of hospital staff and isolation and loneliness. Discussion: Although adults with intellectual disabilities are seldom included as participants in health research studies, their unique experiences provided valuable insights and informs the evidence base in relation to trauma and orthopaedic hospital care. Conclusions: This study revealed poor quality and unsafe trauma and orthopaedic hospital experiences as described by people with intellectual disabilities and a carer. Health care providers, commissioners and staff require urgent education and training to ensure that a person-centred approach, incorporating reasonable and achievable adjustments, is implemented to meet the currently unmet needs of adults with intellectual disabilities

An integrative review of the hospital experiences of people with an intellectual disability: Lack of orthopaedic and trauma perspectives.

This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing on 29/07/2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2020.100795 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.Aims To review the empirical literature relating to the orthopaedic and trauma hospital experiences of people with intellectual disabilities (PWID). Design: An integrative review was conducted following the steps advocated by Whittemore and Knafl (2005). Primary research studies from 2007- 2020 which included the hospital experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities were reviewed. Data sources: The literature searches were undertaken in 2014, 2015, 2018 and May 2020. Review Methods: The following electronic databases were searched: Academic Search Complete, Nursing and Allied Health, British Nursing Index and RCN Library archive, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) Psychological Information Database (PsychINFO), the Cochrane Collaboration Database and Google Scholar. Results: Despite the high prevalence of musculoskeletal problems for adults with intellectual disabilities, the review found no specific literature related to orthopaedic or trauma hospital experiences. Nine studies related to PWIDs’ experiences of general hospital care were included. Conclusion: There is a gap in the empirical literature relating to orthopaedic or trauma hospital experiences of PWID. General hospital experiences of adults with an intellectual disability were poor overall

The voices of people with an intellectual disability and a carer about orthopaedic and trauma hospital care in the UK: An interpretative phenomenological study

This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing on 07/11/2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2020.100831 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.Introduction People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) have a greater prevalence ofmusculoskeletal conditions and injuries than the general population. Orthopaedic andtrauma hospital care has not been investigated with this group who seldom have theirvoices heard or their experiences valued and interpreted. Aim To understand theorthopaedic and trauma hospital experiences from the perspective of PWID. Methods A qualitative approach, focusing on peoples’ lived experiences, was utilised. Apurposive sample of five participants was recruited and one-to-one, semi-structuredinterviews were undertaken. Analysis of the interviews employed an interpretative phenomenological analytical framework. Findings There were communicationchallenges, a lack of person-centred care, issues with pain management, a lack ofconfidence in hospital care, valuable support and expertise of carers, incompetence ofhospital staff and isolation and loneliness. Discussion and conclusions There weresignificant shortcomings as PWID and a carer perceived they were unsupported andreceived poor care. Recommendations for practice: Person-centred care is neededalong with specific education and training, including close liaison with the experts byexperience – PWID, their carers as well as the specialists in intellectual disability

Reproductive governance and the affective economy

The governance of reproductive practices, processes, decision-making, experiences, desires, subjectivities, and bodies has received and continues to receive significant attention in feminist efforts to name and resist reproductive oppression. And over the last 30 years, articles published in Feminism & Psychology have made significant contributions to the visibilisation and critique of this form of oppression. In this Virtual Special Issue on Reproductive Governance and the Affective Economy, we apply repronormativity and affect to our reading of 20 articles published in Feminism & Psychology. Collectively, these articles provide a glimpse of the wide-ranging scope of reproductive regulation (including that which is re-produced by/within feminism itself), and the various work that repronormativity and affect do in this governance. The challenging of reproductive governance notwithstanding, we conclude by arguing that the centring and circulation of certain reproductive subjects and their experiences within feminist knowledge production is itself a part of and upholds repronormativity and forecloses the possibility of reproductive freedom for all.http://fap.sagepub.comhj2023Sociolog