CW Is Open to All: Post-Difference Representation and Hegemonic Time-Travel Narratives in DC\u27s Legends of Tomorrow

My thesis examines how a post-difference perspective, where diversity is shallowly embraced, can influence the characters and narratives of a television show, with DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as the prime example. Legends is a great example of this because it is an ensemble show that features characters who are from different races, religions, sexualities, ages, genders and historical time periods. A post-difference lens myopically pushes the narrative that everyone in society is equal, and the discrimination faced by marginalized communities is no longer relevant. This perspective is problematic because it reinforces how whiteness is the norm in society, and the favored perspective, while the characters of color, who are assimilated into white mainstream culture, are seen as secondary and influenced by problematic stereotypes. I focus my analysis on two characters in Legends: Sara Lance and Amaya Jiwe. Sara is a white bisexual woman who is the unquestioned leader of the Legends and has the agency and most screen time out of all the characters. Amaya is an African, heterosexual woman from 1942 who has the same leadership and warrior skills as Sara but has less screen time and is often in a passive, and reactive role to her storyline

The communities within : the integration of muslim immigrants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Bremen from the 1960s to the 1990s

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The role of stress and health behaviour in linking weight discrimination and health: a secondary data analysis in England

Objective: To examine the role of stress and health-risk behaviours in relationships between weight discrimination and health and well-being.// Design: Secondary data analysis of an observational cohort study.// Setting: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.// Participants: Data were from 4341 adults (≥50 years) with overweight/obesity.// Primary outcome measures: We tested associations between perceived weight discrimination at baseline (2010/2011) and self-rated health, limiting long-standing illness, depressive symptoms, quality of life and life satisfaction over 4-year follow-up (2010/2011; 2014/2015). Potential mediation by stress exposure (hair cortisol) and health-risk behaviours (smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption) was assessed.// Results: Cross-sectionally, perceived weight discrimination was associated with higher odds of fair/poor self-rated health (OR=2.05 (95% CI 1.49 to 2.82)), limiting long-standing illness (OR=1.76 (95% CI 1.29 to 2.41)) and depressive symptoms (OR=2.01 (95% CI 1.41 to 2.85)) and lower quality of life (B=−5.82 (95% CI −7.01 to −4.62)) and life satisfaction (B=−2.36 (95% CI −3.25 to −1.47)). Prospectively, weight discrimination was associated with higher odds of fair/poor self-rated health (OR=1.63 (95% CI 1.10 to 2.40)) and depressive symptoms (OR=2.37 (95% CI 1.57 to 3.60)) adjusting for baseline status. Those who reported discrimination had higher hair cortisol concentrations (B=0.14 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.25)) and higher odds of physical inactivity (OR=1.90 (95% CI 1.18 to 3.05)). These variables did not significantly mediate associations between discrimination and health outcomes.// Conclusions: Weight discrimination is associated with poor health and well-being. While this discrimination is associated with stress exposure and physical inactivity, these variables explain little of the association between discrimination and poorer outcomes

Reading the geographies of post-war British film culture through the reception of French film

This paper examines the ways in which British specialist film culture anticipated and received the resumed supply of French films at the end of the Second World War. It finds that in serious film journalism and within the rapidly expanding film society movement, new French cinema was the focus of at least as much British attention as Italian neo-realism – the European cinema more famously associated with the era. The paper posits that a number of factors, including anti-Americanism, combined to position the delayed wartime and immediate post-war French releases as a site of impossible expectations and subsequent interpretative difficulty for British cinephiles. In particular, through a case study of the local mediation of French cinema in the English city of Nottingham, this paper considers the role of published criticism for setting the local viewing frame within the provincial film society movement. By tracing the tensions surrounding the circulation of film prints, information, and opinion relating to these prestigious cultural imports, it becomes possible to gain greater insight into both the range of nationally specific meanings attributed to the imported films and the geographic and cultural inequalities at work within the film culture of the country of reception

Light as a chronobiologic countermeasure for long-duration space operations

Long-duration space missions require adaptation to work-rest schedules which are substantially shifted with respect to earth. Astronauts are expected to work in two-shift operations and the environmental synchronizers (zeitgebers) in a spacecraft differ significantly from those on earth. A study on circadian rhythms, sleep, and performance was conducted by exposing four subjects to 6 deg head-down tilt bedrest (to simulate the effects of the weightless condition) and imposing a 12-h shift (6 h delay per day for two days). Bright light was tested in a cross-over design as a countermeasure for achieving faster resynchronization and regaining stable conditions for sleep and circadian rhythmicity. Data collection included objective sleep recording, temperature, heart rate, and excretion of hormones and electrolytes as well as performance and responses to questionnaires. Even without a shift in the sleep-wake cycle, the sleep quantity, circadian amplitudes and 24 h means decreased in many functions under bedrest conditions. During the shift days, sleepiness and fatigue increased, and alertness decreased. However, sleep quantity was regained, and resynchronization was completed within seven days after the shift for almost all functions, irrespective of whether light was administered during day-time or night-time hours. The time of day of light exposure surprisingly appeared not to have a discriminatory effect on the resynchronization speed under shift and bedrest conditions. The results indicate that simulated weightlessness alters circadian rhythms and sleep, and that schedule changes induce additional physiological disruption with decreased subjective alertness and increased fatigue. Because of their operational implications, these phenomena deserve additional investigation

Choose the Method for Aggregating Religious Identities that Is Most Appropriate for Your Research

Some U.S. surveys measure many religious identities, including detailed Protestant affiliations. Researchers must decide how to aggregate these diverse identities. There are now a variety of options for aggregating religious groups into categories. Depending on the research question, it may be appropriate to use one of the existing options or to develop an aggregation strategy tailored to the project in question

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Risk Factors for Stroke

Background Several studies have assessed the link between psychosocial risk factors and stroke; however, the results are inconsistent. We have conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis of cohort or case-control studies to ascertain the association between psychosocial risk factors (psychological, vocational, behavioral, interpersonal and neuropsychological) and the risk of stroke. Methods Systematic searches were undertaken in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycInfo and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews between 2000 and January 2017. Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts and full texts. One reviewer assessed quality and extracted data, which was checked by a second reviewer. For studies that reported risk estimates, a meta-analysis was performed. Results We identified 41 cohort studies and five case-control studies. No neuropsychological papers were found. Overall pooled adjusted estimates showed that all other psychosocial risk factors were independent risk factors for stroke. Psychological factors increased the risk of stroke by 39% (HR 1.39 95% CI:1.27;1.51), vocational by 35% (HR 1.35 95% CI: 1.20;1.51), and interpersonal by 16% (HR 1.16 95% CI:1.03;1.31). and the effects of behavioral factors were equivocal (HR 0.94 95% CI: 0.20;4.31). The meta-analyses were affected by heterogeneity. Conclusions Psychosocial risk factors are associated with an increased risk of strok

What is the Value of Group Nutrition Education for Older Adults with Diabetes?

Background: • 23.6 million people or 7.8% of the US population have diabetes • Type 2 diabetes can cause many serious problems that affect the heart, nerves, eyes, and kidneys • Lifestyle choices, including dietmanagement, can be used to control or help supplement medical care used in minimizing the risk factors associated with diabeteshttps://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/1009/thumbnail.jp

The Iowa Homemaker vol.27, no.2

Entertain Your Picnic Appetite, Susan Menne, page 3 If I Were a Freshman, Jean Bunge, page 4 Shall I Work, Wed, or Combine Both?, Ruth Hackett, page 5 Hints for Summer Jobs Success, Marjorie Clampitt, page 6 What’s New, June Welch, page 7 Vicky Views Veishea, Shirliann Fortman, page 8 City Living Costs Hit Your Budget, Margaret Buswell, page 10 Tips for Sun Bathers, Ruth Walker, page 12 Keeping Up With Today, Nancy Johnson, page 14 I Saw the Ahea in Action, Mary Elizabeth Lush, page 1