Second Growth by Fabienne Calvert Filteau

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How History Shaped Women\u27s Healthcare

At the beginnings of civilizations around the world, many of these inhabitants worshipped goddesses that connected them to the world and earth. However, invaders from male-dominated civilizations worked diligently to eliminate the faces and ideas of a woman in power. As time progressed, other events like the witch craze continued to minimize the influence of midwives and healers, creating a medical dynamic where only men “knew” the ways of a woman’s body. Thus, the birth of gynecology and American medicine put notions into place that did not allow women to pursue medical careers, further eradicating the possibility for a woman to understand her body and use it for her power. Industrialization during the turn of the twentieth century created a socioeconomic divide that left two different classes of women with different access to medical treatments. Overall, the constant exclusion and dehumanization of women throughout history affected the future of women’s healthcare in society

Constructing continuum many countable, primitive, unbalanced digraphs

AbstractWe construct continuum many non-isomorphic countable digraphs which are highly arc transitive, have finite out-valency and infinite in-valency, and whose automorphism groups are primitive

The Long and the Short End of the Term Structure of Policy Rules

We first document a large secular shift in the estimated response of the entire term structure of interest rates to inflation and output in the United States. The shift occurred in the early 1980s. We then derive an equation that links these responses to the coefficients of the central bank's monetary policy rule for the short-term interest rate. The equation reveals two countervailing forces that help explain and understand the nature of the link and how its sign is determined. Using this equation, we show that a shift in the policy rule in the early 1980s provides an explanation for the observed shift in the term structure. We also explore a shift in the policy rule in the 2002-2005 period and its possible effect on long-term rates.

Decision-making and ante-natal screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia disorders : To what extent do faith and religious identity mediate choice?

When making decisions about prenatal diagnosis, couples not only draw on their understanding of the condition but also broader aspects of their cultural identity. This article looks at how faith and religion mediate attitudes towards screening, prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy for sickle cell and thalassaemia disorders. The article specifically reports on a qualitative study, which used focus groups from a variety of faith communities (Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Christian), at risk of haemoglobin disorders, living in England. Our findings suggest that the decision about whether or not to have diagnostic testing generally related to attitudes towards the termination of pregnancy. The consequences of the condition were as important as religious beliefs to most people. More generally, faith beliefs emerged as negotiable and contingent: realized within a broader moral framework. Religion was felt not to be prescriptive and reproductive decisions were seen as personal. When making decisions, people utilize faith within a broader context of individual, family and social relationships

Effect of Increased Activity on Metabolic Markers in Captive Black Rhinos: A Pilot Study

Ex situ (captive) black rhinoceros populations exhibit higher rates of disease than free-ranging counterparts. Preliminary data from an ongoing study supports the association between excessive adipose tissue, iron overload, insulin resistance and increased inflammatory markers in captive animals. This study hypothesizes that an increase in activity level by 30 minutes daily at a moderate activity level for 8 weeks will result in improvement in insulin sensitivity (measured by a decrease in the serum insulin to glucose ratio) and decreased inflammation (measured by TNF-alpha and serum amyloid A). Serum markers of body condition (leptin), inflammation (TNF-alpha, serum amyloid A), insulin sensitivity (insulin, glucose), phosphate and iron stores (ferritin) will further be measured. An adult male and female at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo are the subjects for this pilot study. ELISA assays have been validated for measuring serum insulin, ferritin, TNF-α, and serum amyloid A in black rhino. These assays were used to assess changes in markers of metabolic status from weekly serum samples collected during 2 weeks of baseline and 10 weeks of increased activity. Methods to increase activity include delaying feeding times by 30 minutes when the subject is already in motion, a call and reward system, playing fetch, and jogging in the yard. The GT1 Actigraph, an accelerometer commonly used in field research, has been used to establish baseline activity levels and measured activity levels during the ten week interval of increased exercise. Our studies demonstrated a significant (P<0.001) increase in activity level above baseline in both the male and female black rhino. Serum metabolic markers indicate decreases in inflammation and iron stores, with no significant changes in insulin sensitivity.Ohio State small grants competitionNo embarg

Attitudes to old age and ageing in medieval society

The thesis begins by exploring the threshold of old age in the Middle Ages. The subjectivity of ageing is rehearsed and the difficulties of identifying the elderly by physical or mental traits. A discussion on fixing the starting point of old age using the aetates hominis and relevant medical and legislative sources follows. The thesis continues with an examination of attitudes towards biological ageing. Chapter Two adopts the physiology of Galen (129-199) in relation to ageing as a starting point and follows its development in the Middle Ages. Ancient and medieval attitudes to the fundamental question of whether ageing is natural or pathological are also considered. The pathologies which were associated with old age in the medieval period are identified and the various lines of treatment which were prescribed for them are assessed. The theological view on ageing in relation to sin is determined next. The attitude of spiritual physicians to elderly penitents is explored by examining the libri poenitentiales. Theological and physiological attitudes are then compared. The theme of wholeness and disintegration which is highlighted by that comparison is carried into the following chapter which considers images of old age in medieval literature. In particular, the old person's proximity to physical corruption is explored against the background of medieval society's fascination with death and the cadaver. Chapter Five attempts to mitigate the harsh view of life in old age in the literary sources by analysing notions of the debt which children owed to aged parents and considering the means of social security which were available to the elderly when the family failed to support them. The ultimate purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge of medieval society's understanding of how and why humans aged and the attitude of that society to its liminal members