Prospectus, May 7, 1980

STAERKEL ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS, CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE FALL; Inflation plan announced; Interest-gathering accounts: big financial changes for U.S.; Walsh, Wienke to be 1980-81 co-editors; Resolution is just a suggestion; Youngersters voicing opinions on candidates; Trikes: the new mode of transportation; Special Olympics teaches student; Spring fever in college; Krannert events are listed; Letters to the Editor; REO still favorite in the Midwest; Dates to live by; Movie tells of anti-war movement in \u2760s; Rec students provide overnight camp-out; The sky\u27s the limit; Classifieds; C-U \u27turned upside down\u27 by punch of Journey and Ramones; Training for women; Trackmen win Region, smash state records; Parkland bows out of Section, prepares for conference tourney; Cobras lose at State; Complete Parkland Statisticshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1980/1027/thumbnail.jp

Calculation, qualculation, calqulation: shopping cart arithmetic, equipped cognition and the clustered consumer

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Service quality and consumers' experience: Towards an interpretive approach

As marketers and researchers we understand quality from the consumer's perspective, and throughout contemporary service quality literature there is an emphasis on what the consumer is looking for, or at least that is the intention. Through examining the underlying assumptions of dominant service quality theories, an implicit dualistic ontology is highlighted (where subject and object are considered independent) and argued to effectively negate the said necessary consumer orientation. This fundamental assumption is discussed, as are the implications, following a critical review of dominant service quality models. Consequently, we propose an alternative approach to service quality research that aims towards a more genuine understanding of the consumer's perspective on quality experienced within a service context. Essentially, contemporary service quality research is suggested to be limited in its inherent third-person perspective and the interpretive, specifically phenomenographic, approach put forward here is suggested as a means of achieving a first-person perspective on service quality

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells derived from grand multigravidae display a distinct cytokine profile in response to P. falciparum infected erythrocytes

Immunopathology of placental malaria is most significant in women in their first pregnancy especially in endemic areas, due to a lack of protective immunity to Plasmodium falciparum, which is acquired in successive pregnancies. In some studies (but not all), grand multigravidae (defined as 5 or more pregnancies, G5–7) are more susceptible to poor birth outcomes associated with malaria compared to earlier gravidities. By comparing peripheral cellular responses in primigravidae (G1), women in their second to fourth pregnancy (G2–4) and grand multigravidae we sought to identify key components of the dysregulated immune response. PBMC were exposed to CS2-infected erythrocytes (IE) opsonised with autologous plasma or unopsonised IE, and cytokine and chemokine secretion was measured. Higher levels of opsonising antibody were present in plasma derived from multigravid compared to primigravid women. Significant differences in the levels of cytokines and chemokines secreted in response to IE were observed. Less IL-10, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF but more CXCL8, CCL8, IFNγ and CXCL10 were detected in G5–7 compared to G2–4 women. Our study provides fresh insight into the modulation of peripheral blood cell function and effects on the balance between host protection and immunopathology during placental malaria infection