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On Rob Kling: The Theoretical, the Methodological, and the Critical
We explore Rob Klingβs conceptual scaffolding for Social Informatics: his integration of theory, method and evidence and philosophical underpinnings and moral basis of his commitment to a critical stance towards computers and social life. He extended his focus on organizational practices and a lifelong meditation on democracy, value conflicts and social choices to the discourses of computerization and social transformation and to the education of the information professional. He came to his project through careful observation of organizational life and a critical reading of research conducted by other scholars and the rhetoric about ICTs, As Kling conceptualized it, the project of Social Informatics was to intervene in the social construction of the meaning, value, use and even design of technologies as shaped by discourse and education.Indiana Universit
Social Informatics Education in I-Schools
This essay focuses on the philosophical and conceptual underpinnings of a program of
study in Social Informatics. We examine foundational concepts and analytical tools,
ideas worked out by Rob Kling and others about the key components of an ICToriented
education (even when the intent of their discussion was not pedagogical). Our
intention is to assay Klingβs program of critical inquiry for a Social Informatics
education that prepares information professionals to respond appropriately and
ethically in their future careers. We do not to recommend the adoption of specific
courses for a Social Informatics education. We had also planned to identify those
components of a Social Informatics education that I-schools and library and information
science schools have incorporated in their program offerings to determine how much
progress has been made to adopt a critical perspective on the relationship between
technology and people. However, this proved to be nearly impossible; we discuss our
limited findings based on our initial exploration. Our concluding remarks address
additions to the Kling perspective on a Social Informatics education that we would like
to see and offer some thoughts on ways to support a Social Informatics education for
information professionals.Indiana Universit
World Small Animal Veterinary Association Vaccination Guidelines Group: vaccination guidelines for cats and dogs pictorial factsheets 2015
Pictorial fact sheet describing symptomatic presentation and guidelines for vaccination of cats and dogs for Canine Distemper Virus, Canine Adenovirus-1, Canine Parvovirus, Feline Parvovirus, Feline Herpesvirus, Feline Calicivirus and Rabies Virus
First Constraints on Compact Dark Matter from Fast Radio Burst Microstructure
Despite existing constraints, it remains possible that up to of all
dark matter is comprised of compact objects, such as the black holes in the
10-100\,M range whose existence has been confirmed by LIGO. The strong
gravitational lensing of transients such as FRBs and GRBs has been suggested as
a more sensitive probe for compact dark matter than intensity fluctuations
observed in microlensing experiments. Recently ASKAP has reported burst
substructure down to s timescales in FRBs in the redshift range
. We investigate here the implications of this for the detectability
of compact dark matter by FRBs. We find that a sample size of FRBs
would be required to constrain compact dark matter to less than the existing
35 limit with 95 confidence, if it were distributed along Gpc-long FRB sightlines through the cosmic web. Conversely, existing
constraints on the fraction of compact dark matter permit as many as 1 in
of all FRBs to exhibit micro-lensed burst
structure. Approximately FRBs intercepting halos within kpc
would be required to exclude the fraction of compact dark matter in each
intercepted halo to a similar level. Furthermore, we consider the cumulative
effects of lensing of the FRB signal by a macroscopic dark matter distribution.
We conclude that lensing from a uniform distribution of compact objects is
likely not observable, but suggest that FRBs may set meaningful limits on
power-law distributions of dark matter.Comment: 3 Figures, 1 tabl
Pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents a spectrum of disease ranging from hepatocellular steatosis through steatohepatitis to fibrosis and irreversible cirrhosis. The prevalence of NAFLD has risen rapidly in parallel with the dramatic rise in obesity and diabetes, and is rapidly becoming the most common cause of liver disease in Western countries. Indeed, NAFLD is now recognized to be the aetiology in many cases previously labelled as cryptogenic cirrhosis
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