Review of \u3ci\u3eGenerous Man - Ahxs-i-tapina: Essays in Memory of Colin Taylor, Plains Indian Ethnologist. \u3c/i\u3eEdited by Arni Brownstone and Hugh Dempsey.

This volume celebrates Colin Taylor\u27s contributions to North American ethnology through the presentation 251 of 14 research articles that reflect the diversity and vigor of Taylor\u27s scholarship. Taylor spent his entire life in the Sussex region of southeastern England and the majority of his career teaching at the University of Hastings. His interest in Native Americans began with a boyhood fascination that matured into a disciplined and enduring passion for research and scholarly discourse. Arni Brownstone and Hugh Dempsey, two respected scholars and close friends and colleagues of Taylor, edited the volume. The three of them, along with John C. Ewers, Christian Feest, Bill Holm, and several others comprised an important group of academics, museum professionals, and advocational anthropologists who shared a research focus on the Northern Plains and in the 1980s and \u2790s collectively produced a significant body of research and publications in ethnology and material culture studies. This group also participated in various conferences and gatherings at which they shared their research with a broader audience, particularly at the annual Plains Indian Seminar at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. This combination of personality, scholarship, institutional reputation, and geographic location contributed to the ascendancy of the Plains Indian Seminar to one of the premier venues for Native American material culture scholarship

Review of \u3ci\u3eGenerous Man - Ahxs-i-tapina: Essays in Memory of Colin Taylor, Plains Indian Ethnologist. \u3c/i\u3eEdited by Arni Brownstone and Hugh Dempsey.

This volume celebrates Colin Taylor\u27s contributions to North American ethnology through the presentation 251 of 14 research articles that reflect the diversity and vigor of Taylor\u27s scholarship. Taylor spent his entire life in the Sussex region of southeastern England and the majority of his career teaching at the University of Hastings. His interest in Native Americans began with a boyhood fascination that matured into a disciplined and enduring passion for research and scholarly discourse. Arni Brownstone and Hugh Dempsey, two respected scholars and close friends and colleagues of Taylor, edited the volume. The three of them, along with John C. Ewers, Christian Feest, Bill Holm, and several others comprised an important group of academics, museum professionals, and advocational anthropologists who shared a research focus on the Northern Plains and in the 1980s and \u2790s collectively produced a significant body of research and publications in ethnology and material culture studies. This group also participated in various conferences and gatherings at which they shared their research with a broader audience, particularly at the annual Plains Indian Seminar at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming. This combination of personality, scholarship, institutional reputation, and geographic location contributed to the ascendancy of the Plains Indian Seminar to one of the premier venues for Native American material culture scholarship

Estimated daily phthalate exposures in a population of mothers of male infants exhibiting reduced anogenital distance.

Phthalate diesters have been shown to be developmental and reproductive toxicants in animal studies. A recent epidemiologic study showed certain phthalates to be significantly associated with reduced anogenital distance in human male infants, the first evidence of subtle developmental effects in human male infants exposed prenatally to phthalates. We used two previously published methods to estimate the daily phthalate exposures for the four phthalates whose urinary metabolites were statistically significantly associated with developmental effects in the 214 mother-infant pairs [di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP) , diethyl phthalate (DEP) , butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP) , diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP) ] and for another important phthalate [di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) ]. We estimated the median and 95th percentile of daily exposures to DBP to be 0.99 and 2.68 microg/kg/day, respectively ; for DEP, 6.64 and 112.3 microg/kg/day ; for BBzP, 0.50 and 2.47 microg/kg/day ; and for DEHP, 1.32 and 9.32 microg/kg/day. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reference doses for these chemicals are 100 (DBP) , 800 (DEP) , 200 (BBzP) , and 20 (DEHP) microg/kg/day. The median and 95th percentile exposure estimates for the phthalates associated with reduced anogenital distance in the study population are substantially lower than current U.S. EPA reference doses for these chemicals and could be informative to any updates of the hazard assessments and risk assessments for these chemicals

An Ethnobotany of Firewood in Osage Big Moon Peyotism: Practical knowledge, ritual participation, and aesthetic preference

This article examines firewood in the context of the modern practice of the Big Moon Peyote Religion by the Osage Indian community of Osage County, in northeastern Oklahoma, U.S.A. The fire and its ritual maintenance is a major component of the all night ceremony of Peyotism. The selection and preparation of the wood used in the ritual fire incorporates botanical knowledge, ceremonial experience, and aesthetic considerations to satisfy a range of preferences and criteria. We also discuss the manners in which firewood, through its ritual use and sacred properties, extends the spiritual benefit and social relationships of Peyotism to the greater Osage community

Speaking for 'Our Precious Union' : Unionist Claims in the Time of Brexit (2016-2020)

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British unionists struggled to adapt the legitimising foundations of their political project to the realities of a post-Brexit UK

How did key unionist actors articulate the legitimising foundations of the Union in the four years following the EU referendum? And to what extent did they set out a renewed case for its continuation? Drawing on parliamentary debates, party documents and conference notes, Daniel Cetrà and Coree Brown Swan find that, despite the profound nature of the challenges posed by Brexit, dominant legitimising claims continued to be instrumentalist defences of the Union rooted in economics and welfare. These were underpinned by ideas of social union around shared solidarity and belonging and supplemented by an invocation of common British values

Why Stay Together? State Nationalism and Justifications for State Unity in Spain and the UK

We are grateful to Michael Keating, Michael Kenny, Jennifer Todd, Xose Manoel Nunez Seixas and the Politics Department of the University of Edinburgh for their insightful comments on earlier versions of this article.Peer reviewedPostprin

Quantum-Enhanced Sensing Based on Time Reversal of Nonlinear Dynamics

We experimentally demonstrate a nonlinear detection scheme exploiting time-reversal dynamics that disentangles continuous variable entangled states for feasible readout. Spin-exchange dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates is used as the nonlinear mechanism which not only generates entangled states but can also be time reversed by controlled phase imprinting. For demonstration of a quantum-enhanced measurement we construct an active atom SU(1,1) interferometer, where entangled state preparation and nonlinear readout both consist of parametric amplification. This scheme is capable of exhausting the quantum resource by detecting solely mean atom numbers. Controlled nonlinear transformations widen the spectrum of useful entangled states for applied quantum technologies.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, 3 pages supplementary material, 2 supplementary figure

Design Strategy of a Thermoelectric Evaporative Refrigerator for Safe Food Storage

Lack of safe food storage can lead to sickness, cancer, and even death. This has effects on developing communities where over a billion people live without access to electricity. This lack of electrical power limits families in developing communities’ ability to utilize modern refrigeration systems, forcing them to instead rely on ice boxes to keep their food cold. Ice boxes are a time consuming refrigeration system that can be highly inconsistent and unsafe, if not constantly monitored. Simply, poor food storage can lead to illness and systemic problems caused by poor diet. In order to combat this problem, we are developing an off-grid, low power, compact refrigeration system with a user interface to allow for greater individual control. By optimizing thermoelectric modules with regards to the refrigerator size and heat dissipation system, it is possible to achieve a temperature difference suitable for storing food at power levels lower than that of a standard light bulb. The cooling system is further enhanced using an evaporative cooling solution that is rigorously designed to provide the greatest cooling effect with minimal user interaction. When used in conjunction with the main thermoelectric heat pump, lower internal temperatures can be achieved at reduced power. This system performance is monitored and controlled using a micro-controller that measures environmental conditions as well as fridge performance. It can inform the user and allow them a greater amount of control over the performance of their refrigeration system. In summary, we seek to effectively design a product that will enhance the quality and safety of life for those without access to reliable refrigeration