Euripides: Master of the Discrepant Event

In Euripides’s Medea, a seemingly normative form of a traditional Greek tragedy is disturbed by a disruptive layer that shakes the audience to its core. Integral to the story of Medea is her revenge on Jason. One knows this, but Euripides adds a disruptive layer that increases the tragic tension of the story. This disruptive layer is the killing of innocent boys by their mother. And not only that, but the Mother being rewarded for this act. This paper shows how Euripides takes the traditional form of the Greek tragedy, adds disruptive layers, and makes the form his own

Response of Lactating Dairy Cows to Small and Large Amounts of Dried Whey in the Concentrate Mixture

Short-term (6 to 13 wk) experiments indicated that adding small amounts of dried whey to the concentrate mix fed to lactating dairy cows increase d milk fat percentage, but decreased milk production. In order to determine if the increased fat percentage was a positive response to dried whey in the ration, or an artifact of drying off the cows early, 5% dried whey product (DWP) was included in the concentrate mix fed to 10 Holstein cows. All cows started on the experiment in their 4th wk postpartum and continued for the duration of their lactation. The DWP replaced a portion of the ground shelled corn, soybean meal, and dicalcium phosphate which was included in the control group\u27s concentrate mix. Corn silage was f e d ad libitum, with alfalfa hay fed at 5 kg/hd daily, while concentrates were Jed at 1 kg/3 kg milk produced. There was no difference in actual milk production between the control and DWP-fed cows (21. 3 kg/day for both groups), but 4% fat-corrected milk and percent milk fat were higher for the DWP-fed cows (19.6 and 20.0 kg/day; 3.58 and 3.68%, respectively). Persistencies of actual production during the experiment (changes from 3rd wk postpartum) were slightly less for the DWP-fed cows, but persistency of 4% fat-corrected milk and milk fat yields were greater for the DWP-fed cows. Milk protein and solids-not-fat production and percentages of each were not affected by ration treatment. A subsequent 16 wk lactation trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding large amounts of dried whey (65%) in the concentrate mix. Two groups of 10 Holstein cows which had been paired according to stage of lactation and lactation number were used. The dried whey replaced all of the ground shelled corn, dicalcium phosphate, trace mineralized salt, and portions of the rolled oats and soybean meal which were included in the control group\u27s concentrate mix. The cows were fed corn silage ad libitum, 3.5 kg alfalfa hay/hd and grain (1 kg/3 kg milk produced) daily. Control cows produced more milk (25.3 and 22.1 kg/day, respectively) and more 4% fat-corrected milk (23.1 and 21.2 kg/day, respectively). However, cows fed dried whey had higher percent milk fat (3.77 and 3.46%, respectively). Persistencies of actual production during the experiment (changes from pretreatment) were less for the whey—fed cows, but persistency of fat-corrected milk was about the same due to an increase in milk fat percent from pretreatment for cows fed dried whey. Nitrogen components of milk were essentially the same for both groups with slightly less non-protein nitrogen in the milk of whey-fed cows. Rumen samples taken via stomach tube indicated higher molar percentages of butyrate and valerate, and lower values for acetate, propionate, and isobutyrate for whey-fed cows. Dry matter content of feces samples indicated that feeding this large amount of dried whey caused some diarrhea

Evolution of Occupational Therapy Practice: Life History of Lela Llorens, Ph.D., OTR/Ret, FAOTA.

Objective: The objective of the overall study was to gain insight into Dr. Lela Llorens’s life experiences and leadership throughout her time of work in the profession of occupational therapy. Method: This was a qualitative study done using a life history approach. The participant was selected from a list compiled through purposive sampling by the project directors. Data was gathered through a two-hour, semi-structured interview with Dr. Llorens via Zoom, and through her curriculum vitae. The two-hour interview was audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Member checking was not used for the triangulation of the data. The data collapsed into three categories with three to four themes in each. Results: Data analysis was conducted, and the information was first coded, then placed into categories, themes, and an assertion. The categories that emerged were: Overcoming Challenges, Personal Factors, and Occupational Therapy. The themes that emerged through data analysis were: a strong belief in a positive mindset to help overcome any challenges, the value of serving others is apparent in all aspects of life, and occupational therapy being more than just a career, but a way of life. Conclusion: Dr. Llorens served as a pioneer for the occupational therapy profession. She was able to maintain success and optimism during a time that was discriminatory for her. Her family and desire to serve others was instrumental in her professional and personal life as they gave her actions meaning

Evolution of Occupational Therapy Practice: Life History of Lela Llorens, Ph.D., OTR/Ret, FAOTA.

Objective: The objective of the overall study was to gain insight into Dr. Lela Llorens’s life experiences and leadership throughout her time of work in the profession of occupational therapy. Method: This was a qualitative study done using a life history approach. The participant was selected from a list compiled through purposive sampling by the project directors. Data was gathered through a two-hour, semi-structured interview with Dr. Llorens via Zoom, and through her curriculum vitae. The two-hour interview was audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Member checking was not used for the triangulation of the data. The data collapsed into three categories with three to four themes in each. Results: Data analysis was conducted, and the information was first coded, then placed into categories, themes, and an assertion. The categories that emerged were: Overcoming Challenges, Personal Factors, and Occupational Therapy. The themes that emerged through data analysis were: a strong belief in a positive mindset to help overcome any challenges, the value of serving others is apparent in all aspects of life, and occupational therapy being more than just a career, but a way of life. Conclusion: Dr. Llorens served as a pioneer for the occupational therapy profession. She was able to maintain success and optimism during a time that was discriminatory for her. Her family and desire to serve others was instrumental in her professional and personal life as they gave her actions meaning.https://commons.und.edu/ot-oral-histories-posters/1076/thumbnail.jp

Occupational Therapy Joining Bariatric Care Teams: A Web-Based Resource

Purpose Despite the overall positive physical and mental health results patients obtain following bariatric surgery, some individuals still experience significant negative health challenges postoperatively. Researchers have asserted that the psychosocial concerns of patients that undergo bariatric surgery are not being properly addressed prior to surgery; therefore, patients are not appropriately equipped with strategies or follow-up care to promote continued weight loss and increase quality of life post-operatively (Kalarchian & Marcus, 2019). Patients who undergo bariatric surgery have experienced maladaptive eating, substance abuse, suicide and self-harm at an increased rate (Kalarchian & Marcus, 2019; Sarwer & Heinberg, 2020). Additionally, occupational therapy has been underutilized in current interprofessional bariatric care teams despite the profession’s ability to address physical and psychosocial concerns prior to and following major life events. The purpose of this scholarly project (SP) is to inform current interprofessional bariatric care teams, occupational therapy practitioners, and occupational therapy students on the skills and services that occupational therapy can provide to people with bariatric needs to promote improved patient outcomes. Along with education, the authors created resources for individuals to utilize to advocate for the inclusion of occupational therapy on more bariatric care teams

Lærergrep og samtaletyper i utforskende kjemiundervisning

Denne studien har som formål å ta for seg lærergrep og samtaletyper i kjemiundervisning, ved å se hvordan lærere styrer helklassesamtalen, hvilke samtaletyper som forekommer mellom elever, og hvilke lærergrep og samtaletyper som kan utfordre elevene til å utvikle sine tanker og ideer. Studien tar utgangspunkt i videodatamateriale fra LISSI-prosjektet, hvor utvalget består av tre ulike ungdomsskoleklasser. For å analysere datamaterialet er det brukt et rammeverk for lærergrep, samtidig som det er brukt et rammeverk for ulike samtaletyper. Studiens funn viser til at lærerne bruker mange av de samme lærergrepene for å styre helklassesamtalen, som blant annet innebærer å stille mange spørsmål, fremheve elevenes bidrag, be elevene om avklaringer og stille utvidede spørsmål. Av disse er det nye spørsmål knyttet til en annen kontekst, og lærergrep som går på utvidelse av kunnskap, som kan bidra til å utfordre elevenes utvikling av tanker og ideer. Mange av lærergrepene brukes også i konsolideringsfasen, hvor funn og observasjoner drøftes i plenum. Funnene viser også til at ulike samtaletyper blir brukt i varierende grad i de tre undervisningsøktene. Av disse er det den utforskende samtaletypen som utmerker seg, ved at den kan bidra til å utvikle elevenes tanker og ideer. I tillegg til de nevnte faktorene, er også klassemiljø, dialogisk undervisning og generelt lærerens rolle, viktige aspekter for å utfordre elevenes utvikling av tanker og ideer.The aim of this study is to address the teacher moves and types of talk in chemistry lectures. This is in order to get an overlook on how teachers drive the classroom conversations, what types of talk that occur between students, and which teacher moves and types of talk that can encourage students to develop their thoughts and ideas. The study is based on video data from the LISSI-study, in which three classrooms in upper secondary school are being observed. To analyze the data material, I have both used a framework for teacher, as well as a framework for different types of talk. The findings of the study show that the teachers are using many of the same teacher moves to help guide the whole-class-conversation. These teacher moves include asking many questions, highlighting the student’s contributions, requesting clarification, and asking extended questions. Among these, new questions related to another context and teacher-moves related to extension, are the ones that can challenge the students to develop their thoughts and ideas. Many of the teacher moves are also applied to the phase of consolidation, in which findings and observations are discussed in the plenum. Furthermore, the findings also show that there is a variation in the use of different types of talk among the students, in the three classrooms. Out of these, exploratory talk stands out, in the sense that it may contribute to the expansion of the student’s thoughts and ideas. In addition to the factors already mentioned, class environment, dialogic teaching, and the general role of the teacher, are important aspects to challenge the student’s development of thoughts and ideas

Construction of Information Repostiories for Managing Standards Compliance Evidence

Safety-critical systems are often subject to certification in order to assure the public that they will not cause harm to either people or the environment during their use. Such certification is usually based on some industry specific standards; in the embedded systems domain, the most common standard for functional safety in the IEC61508 standard. Evidence from the attempted use of the standard has shown that using IEC 61508 has been met by difficulties in understanding the standards’ scope, purpose and content, as well as and the need for an infrastructure for using the standard. Panesar-Walawege et al. [1] provide in the form of a conceptual model a detailed description of the information that needs to be preserved during the development of safety-related software, based on information found in the IEC 61508 standard. This work tackles some of the issues concerning the understanding of the scope and content of the standard, and understanding how to use it. This thesis describes a concretization of this conceptual model, in the form of an information repository built on a relational database. The information repository is generated from the conceptual model, through the use of model driven technologies and model transformations. The work described in this thesis provides developers of safety-related software the possibility of storing the evidence information required for compliance with the IEC 61508 standard, in order to aid the certification of their software systems. It is the beginnings of the infrastructure required to use the IEC61508 standard effectively

Mutational and transcriptional analyses of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli ColV plasmid

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previously we described a 184-kb ColV plasmid, pAPEC-O2-ColV, that contributed to the ability of an <it>E. coli </it>to kill avian embryos, grow in human urine, and colonize the murine kidney. Here, the roles of several genes encoded by this plasmid in virulence were assessed using mutational and transcriptional analyses.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Genes chosen for deletion were <it>iss</it>, <it>tsh</it>, <it>iutA</it>, <it>iroN</it>, <it>sitA</it>, and <it>cvaB</it>. In addition, a 35-kb region of the plasmid, containing <it>iss</it>, <it>tsh</it>, and the ColV and <it>iro </it>operons, along with a 15-kb region containing both the aerobactin and <it>sit </it>operons, were deleted. Mutants were compared to the wild-type (APEC O2) for lethality to chick embryos and growth in human urine. Expression of the targeted genes was also assessed under these same conditions using RT-PCR</p> <p>Results</p> <p>No significant differences between the mutants and the wild-type in these phenotypic traits were detected. However, genes encoding known or predicted iron transport systems were up-regulated during growth in human urine, as compared to growth in LB broth, while <it>iss</it>, <it>hlyF</it>, and <it>iroN </it>were strongly up-regulated in chick embryos.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>While no difference was observed between the mutant strains and their wild-type parent in the phenotypic traits assayed, we reasoned that some compensatory virulence mechanism, insensitivity of the virulence assays, or other factor could have obscured changes in the virulence of the mutants. Indeed we found several of these genes to be up-regulated in human urine and/or in the chick embryo, suggesting that certain genes linked to ColV plasmids are involved in the establishment of avian extraintestinal infection.</p