Professional experience programme report: Women\u27s health promotion, an international perspective

Between August 1988 and January 1989 I visited niQe countries in the Western Pacific, North America and Europe to survey women\u27s health promotion from the perspective of the women\u27s health movement. The experience was facilitated by study leave (Professional Experience Programme) from the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (now Edith Cowan University). The main purpose of the study was to exchange ideas with selected academics and experts in women\u27s health. The information acquired will be applied in courses in women\u27s health offered by Edith Cowan University and in the ongoing development of a series of videotape productions on women\u27s health issues..

Proceedings of the women\u27s health: women\u27s lives conference: May 3rd 1998

The Women\u27s Health: Women\u27s Lives Conference was held on 3 May 1998, at Joondalup Campus, Edith Cowan University. The principal aim of the Conference was to celebrate 10 years of the teaching of Women\u27s Health and Women\u27s Studies at ECU, by drawing together past and present students, university staff and members of the Western Australian community interested in women\u27s issues

Claremont cameos: women teachers and the building of social capital in Australia

The centenary of Edith Cowan University is a significant event in the history of Western Australia: it celebrates the opening of the State\u27s first tertiary institution, Claremont Teachers\u27 College, in 1902. Being a primary teachers\u27 college, most of its students were young women. This book, Claremont Cameos, tells their story. It is a storyline that stretches from the \u27Stolen Generation\u27 of Aboriginal children to Freud; it touches on the discovery of rare orchids and recounts the development of a fashion empire. Environmentalism, feminism, discrimination, resistance and commitment form part of the fabric of the book. The women\u27s stories are powerful, whimsical, intelligent and funny. Together they make a good read that traverses the history of education in this State. In so doing, the stories encompass important themes in twentieth century history including rural expansion, the Great Depression, World War II, and post-war migration. Most importantly, in ECU\u27s centenary year, Claremont Cameos highlights the contribution its graduates have made to the social capital of Australia. These women started special education, secured equal pay for women teachers, wrote internationally recognised novels, poems and plays, initiated child psychology, started alternative schools, worked with migrant groups, developed domestic violence refuges, and became leaders in local government. This dynamic patchwork of achievement is the century-old foundation of cultural capital on which ECU\u27s contemporary mission of service, professionalism and enterprise stands. Since 1902, ECU has been Western Australia\u27s major provider of teacher education. There would be few people in the State whose lives have not in some way been influenced by a teacher who trained at ECU. This is your story, as well as theirs

Diabetes, Abdominal Adiposity, and Atherogenic Dyslipoproteinemia in Women Compared With Men

OBJECTIVE—To understand why atherogenic risk differs more between diabetic and nondiabetic women than between diabetic and nondiabetic men

Diabetes, Abdominal Adiposity, and Atherogenic Dyslipoproteinemia in Women Compared With Men

OBJECTIVE—To understand why atherogenic risk differs more between diabetic and nondiabetic women than between diabetic and nondiabetic men

The Impact of Trajectory Prediction Uncertainty on Air Traffic Controller Performance and Acceptability

A Human-In-The-Loop air traffic control simulation investigated the impact of uncertainties in trajectory predictions on NextGen Trajectory-Based Operations concepts, seeking to understand when the automation would become unacceptable to controllers or when performance targets could no longer be met. Retired air traffic controllers staffed two en route transition sectors, delivering arrival traffic to the northwest corner-post of Atlanta approach control under time-based metering operations. Using trajectory-based decision-support tools, the participants worked the traffic under varying levels of wind forecast error and aircraft performance model error, impacting the ground automations ability to make accurate predictions. Results suggest that the controllers were able to maintain high levels of performance, despite even the highest levels of trajectory prediction errors

Implementation of clinical decision support to manage acute kidney injury in secondary care: an ethnographic study

Background: Over the past decade, acute kidney injury (AKI) has become a global priority for improving patient safety and health outcomes. In the UK, a confidential inquiry into AKI led to the publication of clinical guidance and a range of policy initiatives. National patient safety directives have focused on the mandatory establishment of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) within all acute National Health Service (NHS) trusts to improve the detection, alerting and response to AKI. We studied the organisational work of implementing the AKI CDSSs within routine hospital care. Methods: An ethnographic study comprising non-participant observation and interviews was conducted in two NHS hospitals, delivering AKI quality improvement programmes, located in one region of England. Three researchers conducted a total of 49 interviews and 150 hours of observation over an 18-month period. Analysis was conducted collaboratively and iteratively around emergent themes, relating to the organisational work of technology adoption. Results: The two hospitals developed and implemented AKI CDSSs using very different approaches. Nevertheless, both resulted in adaptive work and trade-offs relating to the technology, the users, the organisation, and the wider system of care. A common tension was associated with attempts to maximise benefit whilst minimise additional burden. In both hospitals, resource pressures exacerbated the tensions of translating AKI recommendations into routine practice. Conclusions Our analysis highlights a conflicted relationship between external context (policy and resources), and organisational structure and culture (e.g. digital capability, attitudes to quality improvement). Greater consideration is required to the long-term effectiveness of the approaches taken, particularly in light of the ongoing need for adaptation to incorporate new practices into routine work

Architectures of the Text: An Inquiry Into the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

Architectures of the Text: An Inquiry Into the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili A symposium to celebrate the acquisition of the second edition of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1545) by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Website To download podcasts of the lectures, select the additional files below. Files in .mp4 format include images; files in .mp3 format are audio only. To download the symposium program, select download button at right. In April 2011, the University of Pennsylvania Libraries acquired a copy of the uncommon second edition of Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Venice 1545). Since the appearance of the first edition in 1499, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili has been heralded as the most beautiful book to appear in the Italian Renaissance. Printed in Venice by Aldus Manutius, “The Dream of Poliphily” was admired by Aldus’s contemporaries for its scholarship and value as an architectural treatise. Forty-six years after the publication of the first edition, Aldus’s heirs printed a second edition in 1545. This second edition suggests a renewed interest in the work, within Italy and beyond, for within a year a French translation appeared, followed by an English translation in 1592. Celebrated for its typographical design and illustrations, the Hypnerotomachia continues to attract the interest of scholars, typophiles, and collectors; it remains available in modern scholarly editions in both print and electronic format. The University of Pennsylvania Libraries\u27 acquisition came at the suggestion of John Dixon Hunt, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University. Funds for its purchase came from the G. Holmes Perkins Books and Archives Fund, established by G. Holmes Perkins, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and former dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts (now the School of Design). The Libraries and the School of Design administer this fund jointly. On February 11, 2012, the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library, the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the School of Design collaborated on a one-day symposium to celebrate the acquisition of the Hypnerotomachia. Presentations took place in the Class of \u2755 room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Program: 10:30am-11:30am Movement 1: Books and Histories Welcome: David McKnight William B. Keller, Hypnerotomachia Joins the Perkins Library: Collecting to Support Persuasion in Architectural Design and History Eric Pumroy, Remarks on the 1499 Hypnerotomachia Poliphili at Bryn Mawr Special Collections John Dixon Hunt, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: A Child\u27s Guide to the Story Line and a Look at its Afterlives Lynne Farrington, \u27Though I could lead a quiet and peaceful life, I have chosen one full of toil and trouble\u27: Aldus Manutius and the Printing History of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 11:30am-1:00pm Movement 2: Words and Interpretations Victoria Kirkham, Hypno What? A Dreamer\u27s Vision and the Reader\u27s Nightmare Ann Moyer, The Wanderings of Poliphilo through Renaissance Studies Ian White, Multiple Words, Multiple Meanings in the Hypnerotomachia 2:00pm-3:00pm Movement 3: Art and Illustration Chris Nygren, The Hypnerotomachia and Italian Art Circa 1500 Larry Silver, Not Hypnerotomachia: Venice\u27s Other Early Woodcut Illustrations 3:00pm-4:30pm Movement 4: Imagined Architectures Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto, \u27Not before either known or dreamt of\u27: The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and the Craft of Wonder David Leatherbarrow, What Fragments are to Desire, Elements are to Design Ian White, Mathematical Design in Poliphilo\u27s Imaginary Building, The Temple of Venus 4:30pm-5:00pm Break and Interlude Shushi Yoshinaga, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: A Modern Heritage : a display of objects and images 5:00pm-6:00pm Movement 5: Contemporary Resonances and Final Observation