Of Illustrators, Narrators, Editors, and Readers : Describing Relations Between Significantly Disabled Students and Their Peers

This paper interweaves several theoretical strands—disability studies, narrative theories, and sociocultural perspectives on learning—both as a means to understand current practice in the education of students with significant disabilities as well as to envisage other forms of participation for them. The aims of the study are derived from the argument made by Ferguson (2003) that the narratives of others in the lives of severely disabled individuals are critical to the formation of their identities. Appropriating this idea to the classroom, this study explores the notion that the narratives of classroom peers are vital to the participation of the severely disabled student. The study was conducted at two separate sites, an elementary classroom and a high school setting, where at least one severely disabled student was included. Data collection at the elementary classroom was accomplished through ethnographic methods. At the high school, the emphasis was on completing interviews with students who were the classmates of the included significantly disabled student. Linde’s (2001) construct of “narrative induction” generated the analytical framework for understanding the data obtained in the study. A theory of the ways in which the participation of the significantly disabled student was linked to the social processes within the classroom emerged. Two distinctive paradigmatic narratives drawn from school and classroom practices surfaced within each setting that set in motion varying forms of student relations with the disabled student. The linkage between peer appropriation of the larger paradigmatic narrative and their own relations with the disabled student was explored. A preliminary examination of the conditions that can best support the participation of the significantly disabled student in general education settings is offered

Fault Tolerant Scheduling of Partitioned and Grouped Jobs in Grid Computing (FTPG)

Computational grids have the potential for solving scientific and large - scale problems using heterogeneous and geographically distributed resources In addition to the challenges of managing and scheduling resources reliable challenges arise because the grid infrastructure is unreliable There are two major problems in Scheduling the Grid 1 Efficient Scheduling of jobs 2 Providing fault tolerance in a reliable manner Most of the existing strategies do not provide fault tolerance There are some algorithms which provide fault tolerance but they do a large amount of redundant computation to provide fault tolerance This paper addresses this issue and minimizes redundant work by using a group level table of data This technique is suitable for partitioning and group scheduling of job

A rare case of fallopian tube lymphangioma

Lymphangioma of the fallopian tube is a very rare lesion, usually present as benign lesions of the lymphatic system. They are generally diagnosed incidentally, may be asymptomatic or present as a palpable abdominal mass. Lymphangiomas are usually seen in the head and neck region, intra-abdominal localisation is rare. A very limited number of cases of fallopian tube lymphangiomas have been reported. We present an extremely rare case of unilateral fallopian tube lymphangioma (right side) in a 32 year old parous lady who was presented to us with right lower abdominal pain. Clinically no significant findings were noted. CECT abdomen reported as a probable endometriotic cyst. On laparoscopy she was found to have a cystic lesion arising from the right fallopian tube. Patient underwent right salphingo-oophorectomy and histopathology reported as lymphangioma of the fallopian tube

A case report of primary ovarian leiomyoma

Primary ovarian Leimyoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumour usually arising from smooth muscle of walls of ovarian blood vessels. It’s mostly discovered incidentally. Here we report a case in which a 24-year-old unmarried woman presented with pain and discomfort in lower abdomen since 10 days. On further evaluation through imaging and blood works, we proceeded with surgical management. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the final diagnosis of ovarian leiomyoma. However, it’s important to keep this entity as a differential diagnosis for solid ovarian tumors