109 research outputs found
Student Subjectivity in the Marketised University
We present data from an exploratory qualitative interview-based pedagogical research project on the development of student agency in higher education. Our aim was to respond to Nick Zepkeâs claim that what is often missing from the current neoliberal discourse of higher education âis students having a voice in what and how they learn and how they can action their voice in the wider community as agentic citizens.â Informed by Lacanian discourse analysis, our project investigated the opportunities and threats facing some of our undergraduate students as they struggled to exercise agency and develop autonomy in the marketised university. Repeat interviews (n = 15) with final year students focussed on the psychosocial categories of power, affect, intersubjectivity and desire. The analysis was guided by Lacanâs theory of the four discourses, an account of the vicissitudes of agency. We found that students can move between discourses depending on the extent to which their agency (operationalised here as Lacanâs âobject cause of desire,â the objet petit a) was enabled or thwarted. Our critique of the metaphor of the âstudent journeyâ addresses the implications for learning and teaching and the universityâs mission to develop its students in light of perceived commercial pressures
German S3 guideline "actinic keratosis and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma" â long version of the update 2023
Actinic keratosis (AK) are common lesions in light-skinned individuals that can potentially progress to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). Both conditions may be associated with significant morbidity and constitute a major disease burden, especially among the elderly. To establish an evidence-based framework for clinical decision making, the guideline âactinic keratosis and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomaâ was updated and expanded by the topics cutanepus squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowenâs disease) and actinic cheilitis. This guideline was developed at the highest evidence level (S3) and is aimed at dermatologists, general practitioners, ear nose and throat specialists, surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and radiation oncologists in hospitals and office-based settings, as well as other medical specialties, policy makers and insurance funds involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with AK and cSCC
Defining Planktonic Protist Functional Groups on Mechanisms for Energy and Nutrient Acquisition: Incorporation of Diverse Mixotrophic Strategies
Arranging organisms into functional groups aids ecological research by grouping organisms (irrespective of phylogenetic origin) that interact with environmental factors in similar ways. Planktonic protists traditionally have been split between photoautotrophic âphytoplanktonâ and phagotrophic âmicrozoo-planktonâ.
However, there is a growing recognition of the importance of mixotrophy in euphotic aquatic systems, where
many protists often combine photoautotrophic and phagotrophic modes of nutrition. Such organisms do not align with the traditional dichotomy of phytoplankton and microzooplankton. To reflect this understanding,we
propose a new functional grouping of planktonic protists in an eco- physiological context: (i) phagoheterotrophs lacking phototrophic capacity, (ii) photoautotrophs lacking phagotrophic capacity,(iii)
constitutive mixotrophs (CMs) as phagotrophs with an inherent capacity for phototrophy, and (iv) non-constitutive mixotrophs (NCMs) that acquire their phototrophic capacity by ingesting specific (SNCM) or
general non-specific (GNCM) prey. For the first time, we incorporate these functional groups within
a foodweb structure and show, using model outputs, that there is scope for significant changes in trophic dynamics depending on the protist functional type description. Accord- ingly, to better reflect the role
of mixotrophy, we recommend that as important tools for explanatory and predictive research, aquatic food-web
and biogeochemical models need to redefine the protist groups within their frameworks
Beyond intentionality: exploring creativity and resistance within a UK Immigration Removal Centre
Lovastatin improves impaired synaptic plasticity and phasic alertness in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1
The protein translocation channel binds proteasomes to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Abstracts from the 8th International Conference on cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications
This work was supported by a restricted research grant of Bayer AG
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