Living with Uncertainty

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration

Living with Uncertainty

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration

On Campus Video, featuring Richard Moorhead.

A videorecording of an interview with Richard Moorhead, conducted by Dr. Gary McCaleb of Abilene Christian University. Duration: 30:00 minutes

Relationship of Skin Reflectance and Serum Bilirubin: Full Term Caucasian Infants

Very little data concerning skin reflectance of the newborn has been published. The presence of cutaneous jaundice supports the qualitative relationship between skin color and serum bilirubin level. The present study was designed to obtain basic information concerning the reflectance of the newborn skin and its relationship to serum bilirubin level. Measurements of blanched skin were taken on the back of 30 White full-term infants. First order linear, multiple linear, and polynomial non­linear regressions were performed on the spectral reflectance values over the range 400 to 750 nm at each of the wavelength band intervals (5 nm) with respect to serum bilirubin level. The best analysis results (R = 0.965) were obtained from a polynomial, non-linear regression of the double logarithm of the reflectance spectra for 5 wavelengths with respect to serum bilirubin concentration. This study shows that there is a strong relationship between spectral reflectance of the White full-term newborn skin and the serum bilirubin concentration

Refugees' Stories: Empathy, Agency, and Solidarity

Story-telling is a significant practice for refugees. Stories of persecution are a crucial component of the evidence on which claims for asylum are based. They are also deployed by those who seek to foster greater solidarity with refugees – journalists, activists, refugees themselves. But what kind of solidarity is involved in ‘solidarity with refugees’? I answer this with reference to two models: political and expressional solidarity, and draw out the understudied relationships between stories and empathy, and empathy and solidarity. While there is evident value in stories, I argue that storytelling as a practice of solidarity faces both a practical and a normative tension. Furthermore, to the extent that these have the potential to undermine the agency of refugees, they raise important issues for solidarity movements