In the realm of the Kob Kings : rethinking knowledges and dialogue in a small-scale fishery

Includes bibliographical references.Emerging from seven months of ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation conducted in the small-scale commercial handline fishery of Stilbaai, this dissertation examines and rethinks knowledges in a bid to open dialogue between experts (academic researchers, fisheries managers and fishers). The field research for this work was conducted in two intensive ethnographic fieldwork trips of four months and three months respectively between early 2010 and 2011. Stilbaai is home to a small-scale commercial handline fishing industry supporting roughly thirty-five permanent boat crews each comprising between three and eight fishers including the skipper. During my time in Stilbaai I worked with a group of fishers, conducting ethnographic interviews and participant observation (which involved fishing trips to sea and 'hanging out' with the fishers)

Return to the realm of the Kob Kings: social capital, learning, resilience and action research in a changing fishery

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the traditional commercial linefishery on South Africa’s southern Cape coast, informed by social-ecological systems (SES) thinking, and directed by a participatory action research approach, the work facilitated the co-development of a series of applied responses to local challenges identified by research participants including commercial linefishers, school learners, teachers, and other local community members. The thesis is presented in four chapters, each focussing on a different challenge: marine water temperatures; school learning for social learning; fishers’ organisations; and branding of linefish. The objectives of the thesis are to explore the processes, constraints, motivators, and lessons learnt in addressing each of the four challenges drawing on four emergent themes: 1) trust and social capital, 2) social learning, 3) resilience and transformation, and 4) participatory action research/co-development. The thesis underlines how participation leads to co-developed strategies to address realworld challenges. The work on water temperatures resulted in the co-development of a novel water temperature measuring device for deployment on commercial linefishing boats. However, despite initial successful deployment, fishers’ time and financial concerns, paired with a short-term focus undermined the participatory process. The social learning and teaching work facilitated the co-development of a series of integrated teaching modules that addressed challenges observed in the school, transforming the approach to teaching, and laying the foundation for future community social learning. The work also raised the challenge of ‘high stakes testing’ which may constrain teacher participation. The work on fishers’ organisations revealed the role of leadership, competing economic and lifestyle foci, competence and political trust, as well as ‘bonding’, ‘bridging’, and ‘linking’ forms of social capital in the formation, maintenance and dissolution of these bodies. The research found that different forms of trust and social capital, paired with leadership, were critical to successful participation and collaboration throughout the fieldwork. Finally, the branding work resulted in an adaptation on the part of the fishers, but one which was constrained by and highlighted the economic influence of inshore trawling that continues to limit the extent of linefishers’ adaptive strategies

Matched sampling of methods to reduce bias in an observational study

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-91).by Mark Gregory Duggan.M.S

Survey of Nutrition Education Among Medical Students

Introduction: The current literature regarding both specific interventions and the current level of nutrition education in the United States is scarce. The purpose of this paper is to provide medical student perspectives on both the degree and necessity of nutrition education during medical school. Methods: Medicine in Motion (MM) is a non-profit student-run organization founded in 2018 that aims to address burnout in medicine through physical activity, community service, and philanthropy. MM issued a survey to nine of its chapters in January 2021 to assess a range of topics including burnout, physical activity, and nutrition education. Results: Of 5500 invited students, 1182 (21.5%) responded. An average of 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education per year was reported across all participants. Students who received any degree of nutritional education reported 2.9 hours per year. Most students (57.6%) had not participated in a medical school course that provided formal education in nutrition. Of those that did participate in a nutrition course (42.4%), the course was required for 84.7% of students and the majority (80.1%) received 0-10 hours of nutrition education. Most respondents (88.7%) reported that requiring formal nutrition education should be a graduation requirement and a similar number of students (89.3%) believe medical students should receive formal training on nutrition counseling for patients. The majority (93.3%) of students either somewhat or strongly agreed that understanding the effects of nutrition/eating decisions on the human body is critical to maximizing patient care. Conclusion: Based on prior studies, physicians feel underprepared to provide nutrition counseling to their patients despite the large role poor diet plays in the burden of disease. Most medical students in this cohort believe that understanding nutrition is vital to maximize patient care. Funding and curricular changes should be allocated towards expanding the nutrition curriculum across U.S. medical schools

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