Daniel Albright. Putting Modernism Together. Literature, Music, and Painting, 1872–1927. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 2015.

Review of Daniel Albright. Putting Modernism Together. Literature, Music, and Painting, 1872–1927. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 2015

Fruits From the Higher Branches of Learning: The Future of Bringing Research Into the Classroom

Connecting esoteric research to mundane classroom material seems daunting. Yet, it is a myth that diligent scholars cannot be effective teachers, or that students will not be interested in what professors are working on. On the contrary, students will be engaged with professors who share when it is done with élan. Showing the practical application of research in the classroom is a significant way to energize both the students and the curriculum. However, it is a myth that scholars cannot be effective teachers. Students engage with professors’ research as long as it is done with élan. The practical application of research in the classroom energizes students and curricula. Over two millennia ago, Socrates chastised Phaedrus for being bewitched by the new learning technology of the text. The argument over this issue is driven by contradictory evidence. The controversy mirrors the overstated claims of big data enthusiasts and reflects the industrial model’s threat to education. This paper argues that a future integrated scholarly and teaching community must be fostered by universities

Toxic Shock-like Syndrome Associated with Necrotizing Streptococcus Pyogenes Infection

Two patients with toxic shock-like syndrome are presented. Both patients had necrotizing cellulitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes, and both patients required extensive surgical debridement. The association of Streptococcus pyogenes infection and toxic shock-like syndrome is discussed

Learning Analytics in Higher Education Development: A Roadmap

The increase in education data and advance in technology are bringing about enhanced teaching and learning methodology. The emerging field of Learning Analytics (LA) continues to seek ways to improve the different methods of gathering, analysing, managing and presenting learners’ data with the sole aim of using it to improve the student learning experience and the study environment. In this paper, we try to explore the concept and salient features of LA potential in higher education and suggest strategies on how this emerging field can make use of data mining techniques alongside learners’ data to produce useful and informed decision making. Using the Technology-Organisation–Human frameworks, the paper investigates the roadmap for successful implementation of LA in higher Educational Institutions. Keywords: Learning Analytics, Learning Management System, Higher education, Roadma

Long-term development of experimental mixtures of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) in northern Britain

The Caledonian pinewoods of northern Scotland are a priority conservation habitat in Europe which are dominated by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), but varying proportions of a number of broadleaved species such as silver birch (Betula pendula) can occur in these forests. Better understanding of the dynamics of mixed Scots pine-birch stands would be helpful in informing current initiatives to restore and increase the area of the pinewood ecosystem. Some evidence is provided by two experiments established in the 1960s which compared plots of pure Scots pine and pure birch with two treatments where the two species were mixed in 3:1 and 1:1 ratios. Some fifty years later, Scots pine was the more vigorous of the two species in these experiments, being both taller and significantly larger in diameter. The highest basal area was generally found in the pure Scots pine plots and the values in the mixed plots tended to be intermediate between those of the two component species. Examination of the growth in the mixed plots showed a slight, but non-significant, tendency towards overyielding. This appeared to be due to Scots pine growth being better than predicted, while that of birch was slightly less than predicted. These results suggest that in these mixtures, which are composed of two light demanding species, the main mechanism driving long-term performance is competition for light and there is little evidence of any complementary effect. These results suggest that any strategy seeking to increase the long-term representation of broadleaves such as birch in the Caledonian pinewoods will need to create discrete blocks that are large enough to withstand the competitive pressures exerted by the pine

Cadaveric simulation for improving surgical training in dermatology.

Simulation models are rapidly changing medical education, especially the training of dermatology residents. Various models are available, including cadaveric simulations. Our study evaluates the impact of a cadaveric simulation on the training of dermatology residents. Over a period of three years, cadaveric simulation was shown to increase the surgical knowledge of residents. Residents were more confident in their knowledge of surgical anatomy and also surgical skills. Cadaveric simulation may offer a positive impact on resident training in dermatology

High-resolution observations of subsurface fronts and alongshore bottom temperature variability over the inner shelf

Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 53(3), (2019): 1639-1649, doi:10.1029/2018JC014454.Circulation patterns over the inner continental shelf can be spatially complex and highly variable in time. However, few studies have examined alongshore variability over short scales of kilometers or less. To observe inner‐shelf bottom temperatures with high (5‐m) horizontal resolution, a fiber‐optic distributed temperature sensing system was deployed along a 5‐km‐long portion of the 15‐m isobath within a larger‐scale mooring array south of Martha's Vineyard, MA. Over the span of 4 months, variability at a range of scales was observed along the cable over time periods of less than a day. Notably, rapid cooling events propagated down the cable away from a tidal mixing front, showing that propagating fronts on the inner shelf can be generated locally near shallow bathymetric features in addition to remote offshore locations. Propagation velocities of observed fronts were influenced by background tidal currents in the alongshore component and show a weak correlation with theoretical gravity current speeds in the cross‐shore component. These events provide a source of cold, dense water into the inner shelf. However, differences in the magnitude and frequency of cooling events at sites separated by a few kilometers in the alongshore direction suggest that the characteristics of small‐scale variability can vary dramatically and can result in differential fluxes of water, heat, and other tracers. Thus, under stratified conditions, prolonged subsurface observations with high spatial and temporal resolution are needed to characterize the implications of three‐dimensional circulation patterns on exchange, especially in regions where the coastline and isobaths are not straight.Deployment of the DTS system was made possible by the Center for Transformative Environmental Monitoring Programs (CTEMPS), with input, assistance, and software provided by John Selker, Scott Tyler, Paul Wetzel, Mark Hausner, and Scott Kobs. The authors thank Hugh Popenoe, Jared Schwartz, and Brian Guest for their technical expertise and effort with setup, deployment, and recovery of the DTS system, as well as the captains and crew of the R/V Discovery and R/V Tioga. Janet Fredericks assisted with integrating the DTS measurements with Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory infrastructure. Steve Lentz was instrumental in the design and deployment of the ISLE mooring array. Craig Marquette provided invaluable expertise and effort in the deployment of the ISLE mooring array. The authors thank Greg Gerbi for providing velocity data at site H and Malcolm Scully for providing velocity and near‐bottom temperature data at site E. Kenneth Brink and two anonymous reviewers provided valuable comments on the manuscript. DTS measurements were supported by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The ISLE project is supported by NSF (OCE‐83264600). T. Connolly acknowledges support from NSF (OCE‐1433716) and a WHOI postdoctoral scholarship funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the WHOI Coastal Ocean Institute. DTS data are available on Zenodo (Connolly & Kirincich, 2018, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1136113). ISLE mooring data are available on the WHOI Open Access Data Server (Kirincich & Lentz, 2017b, https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/8740).2019-06-2