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The characterisation of heritage vegetables

A collection of heritage variety accessions were characterised using Amplified Fragment length Polymorphisms (AFLPs) (200 accessions ) and multivariate analysis of morphological characters (366 accessions); key features of interest for the conservation of Plant Genetic Resources were the identification of diversity within and between accessions. Motivations and practices of heritage variety growers were explored using questionnaires. Heritage varieties are herein defined as traditional crop varieties that have a historical origin of over 40 years, are non-hybrid and non-GMO and are of cultural/heritage value to their users; they are part of the suite of plant genetic resources currently utilised by growers and of potential use to plant breeders in the future. A large range of morphological and genetic diversity was present between accessions in all crops; in addition, diversity was found within accessions, particularly in Vicia faba, Daucus carota and Cucumis sativum. Comparisons between data sets were made for diversity, relationships, comparisons with commercial standards and identifying potential duplicates. The synthesis of both data sets highlighted the three potential duplicates for further investigation by HSL (all in Pisum sativum). The findings highlight the importance of heritage varieties and the Heritage Seed Library, both culturally and in terms of conservation for present and future use

Racial Extractivism: Neoliberal White Settler Colonialism and Tar Sands Extraction

This dissertation traces the reoccurrence of logics which attempt to justify white settler occupation and the extraction, theft and harm of Indigenous lands and life in the Athabasca region and in relation to the extraction, transportation and marketing of bitumen. By tracing the entrenchment of notions of white entitlement to land and life in this context, the repetitiveness of normalized epistemic and ontological colonial violence comes into view as just as much a part of the contemporary neoliberal moment as it was during the founding of the nation-state. The Athabasca region is home to the worlds second largest deposit of oil and is being aggressively extracted despite being an unconventional oil source that requires massive amounts of energy, water, toxic chemicals and irreversible environmental damage to extract. Herein, historical narratives of empire and nation-building are examined and linked to extractive industries over time, first within a colonial mercantilist economy, then within a capitalist economic structure and finally within the contemporary neoliberal context. The relationships between private capital and the white settler government are explored as deeply interconnected and as mutually involved in the creation and maintenance of normalized white settler colonialism. Furthermore, the dissertation examines the extractive practices of white settler colonialism as always already informed by logics of white supremacy, and develops the concept of racial extractivism as a theoretical lens through which race, racism and racialization as well as colonialism may be centered in studies of resource extraction and nation-state building. Influenced by Cedric Robinsons (1983) theorization of racial capitalism, racial extractivism contributes to studies of political economy, settler colonialism, and to cultural studies and is utilized in analyzing the more regionally specific context of tar sands extraction and the contemporary discursive strategies supporting it and marketing it domestically and internationally. Lastly, the project examines neoliberalism and the securitization of the industry and attempts to think about racial extractivism intersectionally, as white settler state power combines with the forces of private oil and gas companies to discursively and affectively normalize ongoing colonial violence

The Fertility Problem Inventory and Infertility-Related Stress: A Case Study

More than seven million people of childbearing age in the United States experience infertility. Oftentimes, for women, the experience of infertility is stressful. The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) has been used to quantitatively measure women’s experience of infertility-related stress. However, the construct of infertility-related stress is poorly described in existing literature. The purpose of this case study was to understand how women experience the FPI as a measure of infertility-related stress. To address this issue, women who were undergoing infertility treatment completed the FPI and participated in unstructured interviews. Archival documents were also retrieved to corroborate findings and satisfy saturation. Results indicated that the FPI is lacking in structure and organization to describe women’s experiences of infertility-related stress. Specifically, women described feeling infertility having an influence upon their identity and their coping

Evaluating the extent and impact of young people's involvement in National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies : an assessment of feasibility

A report on Generation R, a national Young Person’s Advisory Group (YPAG) (GenerationR, 2014), identified the need “to develop a systematic way to measure the impact of [young people’s] involvement activities” (Recommendation 10, GenerationR, 2014). Following previous unsuccessful attempts to address this issue, the James Lind Initiative commissioned this project to investigate the feasibility of measuring young people’s involvement in National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies. The project sought to identify data currently collected on the nature and impact of young people’s involvement by the NIHR Clinical Research Network: Children (CRN Children), and consider the scope for future data collection across NIHR. Stage 1 of this work assessed the availability, quality and reliability of existing data in the CRN Children portfolio through analysis of data available through the CRN Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS), the CRN Closed Study Evaluation Survey and the GenerationR YPAGs. A significant finding is that there is currently no way of identifying through existing CRN data collections or via GenerationR YPAGs which studies have involved young people, or indeed whether studies have involved young people in addition to parents, let alone assessing what form that involvement may have taken, who was involved or any impacts of involvement. Stage 2 involved a qualitative exploration of the issues and questions which had emerged from Stage 1 through conversations with key stakeholders from across NIHR. This work identified a need to better collate, understand and disseminate data on the nature and impact of young people's involvement in research using both existing systems and processes and the possible development of new metrics and measures. We found that NIHR data collection systems currently provide little scope to do more than identify whether or not there has been any public involvement. But there is potential within existing systems and processes to collect comparable data across studies on the nature, impact and influence of public involvement. This includes the suggested addition of a demographic measure on public involvement in the CPMS and the Integrated Research Application System which informs it, and in monitoring information including ResearchFish. NIHR funding applications, monitoring and reports also offer potential for secondary qualitative analysis of ‘free text’ information on the nature and impact of public involvement. A study recording form developed as part of an evaluation of the GenerationR YPAGs could be used to collect comparable information on the nature and impact of researchers’ work with YPAGs. Further research could address many of the issues raised and have wider applicability across NIHR public involvement, as well as generating specific learning on the nature, extent and impact of young people’s involvement in research

Improving living and dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a realist review of Namaste Care and other multisensory interventions

© The Author(s). 2018Background: Seventy percent of people with advanced dementia live and die in care homes. Multisensory approaches, such as Namaste Care, have been developed to improve the quality of life and dying for people with advanced dementia but little is known about effectiveness or optimum delivery. The aim of this review was to develop an explanatory account of how the Namaste Care intervention might work, on what outcomes, and in what circumstances. Methods: This is a realist review involving scoping of the literature and stakeholder interviews to develop theoretical explanations of how interventions might work, systematic searches of the evidence to test and develop the theories, and their validation with a purposive sample of stakeholders. Twenty stakeholders - user/patient representatives, dementia care providers, care home staff, researchers -took part in interviews and/or workshops. Results: We included 85 papers. Eight focused on Namaste Care and the remainder on other types of sensory interventions such as music therapy or massage. We identified three context-mechanism-outcome configurations which together provide an explanatory account of what needs to be in place for Namaste Care to work for people living with advanced dementia. This includes: providing structured access to social and physical stimulation, equipping care home staff to cope effectively with complex behaviours and variable responses, and providing a framework for person-centred care. A key overarching theme concerned the importance of activities that enabled the development of moments of connection for people with advanced dementia. Conclusions: This realist review provides a coherent account of how Namaste Care, and other multisensory interventions might work. It provides practitioners and researchers with a framework to judge the feasibility and likely success of Namaste Care in long term settings. Key for staff and residents is that the intervention triggers feelings of familiarity, reassurance, engagement and connection.Peer reviewe

性愛のアレゴリー

It is widely acknowledged that early modern European pornography was a political medium. In Japan, however, partly on account of the artistic merit of much of its early modern pornographic production, the possibility that representations of sex could have circulated as political signifiers has been overlooked. This article takes the pornographic works of the early eighteenth century Kyoto artist Nishikawa Sukenobu as a case in point. Between 1710 and 1721, Sukenobu produced in the region of 50 erotic works. These differed from earlier pornographic works in that the accompanying narratives--supplied largely by the author Ejima Kiseki--dwelt not on the blissful comedy of sex that had hitherto dominated the medium, but on stories of thwarted love and the sexual desolation of the brothels. This is significant, for discussions of consensuality and affective marriage were not confined to pornography. The popular Shinto preacher Masuho Zanko, for example, was at the same time attributing the demise of affective relations to the imposition of Confucianist social norms. The same opposition between sexual love and Confucian constraint is echoed in Sukenobu\u27s pornographic works and versions thereof emerge in his later illustrated books (ehon). Given that the metaphorical possibilities of romantic love as a political signifier were being discussed at the same time in Shintoist and Kimon circles in relation to the political writings of Chinese heroes of the Warring States period, we should not overlook the possibility that the early modern pornographic endeavour was, in part, a sophisticated rhetorical strategy

Mechanism and timing effects on the kinematics and kinetics of the running and cutting motion

This study examines the lower extremity biomechanics, kinematics and kinetics during cutting maneuvers performed by recreational athletes by comparing the effects of anticipation, gender and training on the biomechanics of the cutting maneuver. Ankle, knee and hip injuries are thought to most likely to occur when performing such cutting maneuver. Understanding the dynamics of motions during cutting is the first step to prevent such injuries. Previous studies have compared the cutting maneuver to a straight-ahead run, however a more typical situation is an abrupt unanticipated change of direction. The hypothesis of this study is that decreasing the time between when an athlete is given a signal to the direction of a cutting maneuver and the performance of that cutting maneuver changes the motion dynamic which would lead to the increased risk of injury, specifically at the knee. Thirty-three recreational athletes (16 women and 17 men) participated in this study. Each of the subjects performed the three timing conditions (preplanned, planned and unplanned) for cutting in both the left and right directions and the straight-ahead run. A total of 46 dependent variables were examined for this study including: peak moments and angles at the ankle, knee and hip joints along with GRF, and trunk movement. There were significant difference found between the cutting maneuver compared to the straight-ahead run at the ankle, knee and hip joints. For the timing condition only the trunk rotation was found to be significantly different between unplanned and preplanned timing conditions for both the left and right cutting maneuvers (p<.005). Leg dominance significantly effected moments at the ankle and knee joints. The non-dominant leg was found to be potentially more susceptible to injury than the dominant leg. A significant difference in hip movement between men and women was identified with women showing more hip adduction than men (p<.039). Experience or training was found to have a significant effect on maximum dorsiflexion angle with the less experienced subjects having larger dorsiflexion angles

Ageism And The Baby Boomers: Issues, Challenges And The TEAM Approach

This paper considers the issues and challenges associated with ageism relating to the Baby Boomer generation in Corporate America.&nbsp; Stereotypes about older workers are examined along with types of discrimination facing Boomers.&nbsp; The TEAM approach is proposed to combat ageism in the workplace.&nbsp; The strategy includes using intergenerational teams, education and training, awareness, accountability, and accommodation and mentoring as key components