Re-Imagining Artistic Subjectivities within Community Projects

In this article an artist and an academic consider how the idea of subjectivities manifests itself in community projects. Taking an example of an ‘artist-in-residence’ on a co-produced research project, the authors experientially consider how their work has been articulated and presented. We draw on a dialogue, jointly written on a research blog, to discuss this. We consider collective forms of theory building and whether it is possible to re-imagine theory within a future-oriented process. The approach is necessarily fragmented and, as within any co-produced enquiry, poly-vocal. We aim to open a window on an iterative thinking process moving between and across domains. We do not desire consensus or agreement; nothing is settled or sedimented within this text

Doing Research-Creation in School: Keeping an Eye on the Ball

This article explores the potential of the idea of ‘research-creation’ when working with children making films in the context of a project that explored children’s experience of school. The proposition of the article is that rather than see children’s work as something to be discussed or extracted from, if it is seen as ‘the work’ it is differently situated. In the article, an artist and an ethnographer explore the potential of artistic methodologies in working collaboratively with children. The article describes this process, and engages with an interdisciplinary lens to explore the nature of this kind of work. The results of the art-making activities included a series of short films made by children on their experience of feeling Odd in school. Within these films, ideas surfaced such as the idea of the uncanny. In the conclusion the implications for artistic research with children are explored

The impact of collection tube fill volume on international normalized ratio

INTRODUCTION: Pre-analytical variability currently represents the most important source of errors that can lead to inaccurate patient results in monitoring of patients being treated with oral anticoagulant therapy. The volume of blood collected is critical for accurate coagulation results. The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) recommends a ratio of blood to anticoagulant volume of 9:1. However, investigators have published reports which suggest that a lower ratio may be acceptable. Unfortunately the recommendations of these reports are inconsistent. AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of tube fill volume on INR values both in healthy subjects and patients receiving oral anticoagulation therapy. METHODS: INR values were obtained by processing coagulation specimens containing different volumes of whole blood. The study group included 30 patients taking oral anticoagulation therapy and 15 healthy volunteers. Respectively 2.5ml, 3 ml, 3.5 ml, 4 ml and 4.5 ml of whole blood was drawn into tubes containing a fixed volume of 3.2% (0.109M) sodium citrate. RESULTS: The INR values increased as total tube fill volumes decreased for both groups but this finding did not reach statistical significance in either group for the tube fill volumes studied. CONCLUSION: For blood specimens collected in 3.2% citrate anticoagulant, a total tube fill volume of greater than 56% yielded reliable INR resultshttp://www.smltsa.org.z

Occupational medical and clinical profile in professional drivers of an occupational health center in Lima Metropolitana, 2014 - 2018

Indexado en ScopusObjetivos: Describir las características médicas ocupacionales de los conductores profesionales y los resultados toxicológicos presentes en accidentes de tránsito en un centro de salud ocupacional de Lima Metropolitana. 2014-2018. Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de análisis de datos de fuente secundaria. El tamaño de muestra analizado fue 11520 conductores profesionales de la ciudad de Lima metropolitana durante 2014 al 2018, seleccionado de base de datos innominada mediante un muestreo probabilístico de aleatorización simple. Se utilizó estadística descriptiva univariadas usando valores de frecuencias absolutas y relativas, cálculo de intervalos de confianza al 95% y diagramas de error para cada una de las variables, identificando las diferencias existentes en cada una de las categorías o niveles de la variable. El procesamiento de la información fue realizado en el programa estadístico R versión 3.6. Resultados: El 64% de conductores sufren de sobrepeso u obesidad, el 58% de los conductores sufren alguna enfermedad de visión, el 67% siempre estuvieron en vigilia en cada conducción, el 73% de los conductores estuvieron actos para la conducción automovilística y un 13.3% de los conductores que sufrieron un accidente de tránsito estuvieron bajo efecto de las drogas. Conclusiones: Los conductores profesionales atendidos en salud ocupacional presentan con frecuencia obesidad y presbicia como defecto visual; mientras que el 27% fueron calificados como aptos para sus funciones, pero con restricciones. Las drogas detectadas con mayor frecuencia en conductores con accidentes de tránsito fue el alcohol y la marihuana.Objetives: Tode scribe the occupationa lmedical characteristics of professional drivers and the toxicological results present in traffic accidents in an occupational health center in Metropolitan Lima. 2014-2018. Material and methods: Retrospective descriptive study of secondary source data analysis. The sample size analyzed was 11520 professional drivers from the city of metropolitan Lima during 2014 to 2018, selected from an unnamed database using a probabilistic simple randomization sample. Univariate descriptive statistics were used using absolute and relative frequency values, calculation of 95% confidence intervals and error diagrams for each of the variables, identifying the differences in each of the categories or levels of the variable. The information processing was performed in the statistical program R version 3.6. Results:64% of drivers suffer from overweight or obesity, 58% of drivers suffer from some vision illness, 67% were always on the lookout in each driving, 73% of drivers were acts for car driving and a 13.3% of drivers who suffered a traffic accidentwereundertheinfluenceofdrugs. Conclusions: Professional driver streated in occupational health frequently have obesity and presbyopia as a visual defect; while 27% were qualified as fit for their functions, but with restrictions. The drugs most frequently detected in drivers with traffic accidents were alcohol and marijuana.Revisión por pare

The Vehicle, Fall 1970

Vol. 13, No. 1 Table of Contents A Thought Written in a Locked RoomJudy Huntpage 1 The Eggshell MoonWilliam Probeckpage 2 PoemBarb Parkerpage 3 4/5, May, 1970J. Michael Sainpage 5 A TreeRichard Stickannpage 6 both or noneMichelle Hallpage 6 The TrainSteve Sestinapage 8 Attempted DiscoveryDonald R. Johnsonpage 16 Island of SmokeVerna L. Jonespage 18 AwakeRobert Bladepage 19 PoemMary Klinkerpage 19 In ChurchMuriel Poolpage 21 PoemBarb Parkerpage 21 PoemMichelle Hallpage 22 Pod\u27nerVerna L. Jonespage 23 Rain and Other ThingsCarol Staniecpage 24 PoemAnn Graffpage 24 Examination of StudentdomMelvin Zaloudekpage 26 Women\u27s LiberationTonya Mortonpage 27 Morning Reflections on the Evening NewsPrudence Herberpage 29 Art and Photography Credits Jim Diaspage 4 Mike Dorseypages 7, 20 David Griffithpages 8, 17, 25 Cover PhotographyMark McKinneyhttps://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1024/thumbnail.jp

Action heritage: research, communities, social justice

Societies are unequal and unjust to varying degrees and heritage practitioners unavoidably work with, perpetuate and have the potential to change these inequalities. This article proposes a new framework for undertaking heritage research that can be applied widely and purposefully to achieve social justice, and which we refer to as action heritage. Our primary sources are semi-structured conversations we held with some of the participants in three heritage projects in South Yorkshire, UK: members of a hostel for homeless young people, a primary school, and a local history group. We examine ‘disruptions’ in the projects to understand the repositioning of the participants as researchers. The disruptions include introducing a scrapbook for personal stories in the homeless youth project and giving the school children opportunities to excavate alongside professional archaeologists. These disruptions reveal material and social inequalities through perceptible changes in how the projects were oriented and how the participants thought about the research. We draw on this empirical research and theorisations of social justice to develop a new framework for undertaking co-produced research. Action heritage is ‘undisciplinary’ research that privileges process over outcomes, and which achieves parity of participation between academic and community-based researchers through sustained recognition and redistribution

Knowledge and Perceptions of Couples' Voluntary Counseling and Testing in Urban Rwanda and Zambia: A Cross-Sectional Household Survey

Most incident HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur between cohabiting, discordant, heterosexual couples. Though couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT) is an effective, well-studied intervention in Africa, <1% of couples have been jointly tested.We conducted cross-sectional household surveys in Kigali, Rwanda (n = 600) and Lusaka, Zambia (n = 603) to ascertain knowledge, perceptions, and barriers to use of CVCT.Compared to Lusaka, Kigali respondents were significantly more aware of HIV testing sites (79% vs. 56%); had greater knowledge of HIV serodiscordance between couples (83% vs. 43%); believed CVCT is good (96% vs. 72%); and were willing to test jointly (91% vs. 47%). Stigma, fear of partner reaction, and distance/cost/logistics were CVCT barriers.Though most respondents had positive attitudes toward CVCT, the majority were unaware that serodiscordance between cohabiting couples is possible. Future messages should target gaps in knowledge about serodiscordance, provide logistical information about CVCT services, and aim to reduce stigma and fear

In amongst the glitter and the squashed blueberries: Crafting a collaborative lens for children’s literacy pedagogy in a community setting

In this article, we bring together relational arts practice (Kester, 2004) with collaborative ethnography (Campbell and Lassiter, 2015) in order to propose art not as a way of teaching children literacy, but as a lens to enable researchers and practitioners to view children’s literacies differently. Both relational arts practice and collaborative ethnography decentre researcher/artist expertise, providing an understanding that “knowing” is embodied, material and tacit (Ingold, 2013). This has led us to extend understandings of multimodal literacy to stress the embodied and situated nature of meaning making, viewed through a collaborative lens (Hackett, 2014a; Heydon and Rowsell, 2015; Kuby et al, 2015; Pahl and Pool, 2011). We illustrate this approach to researching literacy pedagogy by offering a series of “little” (Olsson, 2013) moments of place/body memory (Somerville, 2013), which emerged from our collaborative dialogic research at a series of den building events for families and their young children. Within our study, an arts practice lens offered a more situated, and entwined way of working that led to joint and blurred outcomes in relation to literacy pedagogy

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection