Morality in the Aesthetics of Violence: Political Denunciation in La Virgen de los Sicarios (1994, 2000) by Fernando Vallejo

This article analyzes the aesthetic shift between the novel and the movie, La Virgen de los Sicarios, as Fernando Vallejo was both the author of the novel and the screenwriter of the movie. Each text follows the same general plot, yet there is a marked change in tone as the bloodthirsty city of Medellín overshadows the novel, while two love stories dominate the movie. Highlighting that both texts were created to denounce widespread sociopolitical violence in Colombia, I use the aesthetics of rupture and the sublime to determine which art form was more effective in perpetuating Vallejo’s message. This article concludes that the movie adaptation was the initial catalyst in the culture shift Vallejo hoped for within the Colombian public due to its adherence to the sublime, and that his novel prolonged his message through the aesthetics of rupture

Alien Registration- Robinson, Annie (Bangor, Penobscot County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/11151/thumbnail.jp

A report of a study and the introduction of a student council for Excelsior high school

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1947. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Table of Contents and Prologue

Editorial board, Table of contents, and Prologue, an introduction to volume 3

Telepsychiatry: Access in Rural Areas

Rural areas have experienced higher than average healthcare workforce problems, especially concerning limited access to mental health services. Telepsychiatry may provide at least a partial solution, as it has improved access and quality of care available in rural environments despite implementation problems. As technology continues to advance access, telepsychiatry will also need to strengthen making access more readily available. Additional research is required to identify modalities and diverse methods that can be used to increase access to mental health services further and improve outcomes in rural and underserved areas

A New Look at Care in Pregnancy: Simple, Effective Interventions for Neglected Populations

Background Although this is beginning to change, the content of antenatal care has been relatively neglected in safe-motherhood program efforts. This appears in part to be due to an unwarranted belief that interventions over this period have far less impact than those provided around the time of birth. In this par, we review available evidence for 21 interventions potentially deliverable during pregnancy at high coverage to neglected populations in low income countries, with regard to effectiveness in reducing risk of: maternal mortality, newborn mortality, stillbirth, prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction. Selection was restricted to interventions that can be provided by non-professional health auxiliaries and not requiring laboratory support. Methods In this narrative review, we included relevant Cochrane and other systematic reviews and did comprehensive bibliographic searches. Inclusion criteria varied by intervention; where available randomized controlled trial evidence was insufficient, observational study evidence was considered. For each intervention we focused on overall contribution to our outcomes of interest, across varying epidemiologies. Results In the aggregate, achieving high effective coverage for this set of interventions would very substantially reduce risk for our outcomes of interest and reduce outcome inequities. Certain specific interventions, if pushed to high coverage have significant potential impact across many settings. For example, reliable detection of pre-eclampsia followed by timely delivery could prevent up to ¼ of newborn and stillbirth deaths and over 90% of maternal eclampsia/pre-eclampsia deaths. Other interventions have potent effects in specific settings: in areas of high P falciparum burden, systematic use of insecticide-treated nets and/or intermittent presumptive therapy in pregnancy could reduce maternal mortality by up to 10%, newborn mortality by up to 20%, and stillbirths by up to 25–30%. Behavioral interventions targeting practices at birth and in the hours that follow can have substantial impact in settings where many births happen at home: in such circumstances early initiation of breastfeeding can reduce risk of newborn death by up to 20%; good thermal care practices can reduce mortality risk by a similar order of magnitude. Conclusions Simple interventions delivered during pregnancy have considerable potential impact on important mortality outcomes. More programmatic effort is warranted to ensure high effective coverage

Cardenolide, Potassium, and Pyrethroid Insecticide Combinations Reduce Growth and Survival of Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

The monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus L., has evolved to be insensitive to milkweed cardenolides via genetic modifications of Na+/K+-ATPase. There is concern for insecticide exposures near agriculture, with little information on monarch caterpillar toxicology. It is unclear how cardenolide insensitivity may affect the sensitivity of monarch caterpillars to pyrethroid insecticides. Additionally, potassium fertilizers may affect monarch caterpillar physiology and cardenolide sequestration. Here, we investigated the growth, survival, and development of caterpillars exposed to the cardenolide ouabain, bifenthrin, and potassium chloride (KCl) alone and in combination. Caterpillars were either exposed to (1) ouabain from third- to fifth-instar stage, (2) KCl at fifth-instar stage, (3) KCl and bifenthrin at fifth-instar stage, or (4) combinations of ouabain at third-instar stage + KCl + bifenthrin at fifth-instar stage. Caterpillar weight, diet consumption, frass, and survival were recorded for the duration of the experiments. It was observed that 1–3 mg ouabain/g diet increased body weight and diet consumption, whereas 50 mg KCl/g diet decreased body weight and diet consumption. Caterpillars feeding on KCl and treated with 0.2 μg/μl bifenthrin consumed significantly less diet compared to individuals provided untreated diet. However, there was no effect on survival or body weight. Combinations of KCl + ouabain did not significantly affect caterpillar survival or body weight following treatment with 0.1 μg/μl bifenthrin. At the concentrations tested, there were no effects observed for bifenthrin sensitivity with increasing cardenolide or KCl concentrations. Further studies are warranted to understand how milkweed-specific cardenolides, at increasing concentrations, and agrochemical inputs can affect monarch caterpillar physiology near agricultural landscapes

Blogging Birds: Telling informative stories about the lives of birds from telemetric data

We introduce and evaluate Blogging Birds, a novel artificial intelligence program that generates creative texts to communicate telemetric data derived from satellite tags fitted to red kites as part of a species reintroduction programme. We address the substantial challenge of effectively communicating telemetric sensor data in real time by (a) enriching this data with meteorological and cartographic data, (b) codifying ecological knowledge to allow creative interpretation of the behaviour of individual animals with respect to such enriched data, and (c) dynamically generating informative and engaging data-driven blogs aimed at the general public. Our evaluation found that summarising environmentally-enriched satellite-tag data as informative, engaging and fluent blogs was highly challenging even for trained ecologists, and that the computer-generated blogs were preferred by readers, notably where movements of focal animals were wide-ranging. We conclude that Natural Language Generation, and specifically data-to-text technology, has come of age sufficiently to achieve more than just the factual summarisation of data for professional use, thus opening up new avenues for addressing societal challenges related to communicating data effectively and engaging the public with scientific research

Poster for Media Arts Walking Research Group

The inclusive Media Arts Walking Research Group has become a forum for practice and reflection, where the group acts as a vessel, enabling individuals and collaborations to generate their own areas of research interest. Seven members will present their individual area of research at the symposium. We created a poster displaying individual QR codes linking to research.</p

Asia-Pacific International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research: Maximizing Impact on Malaria Control Policy and Public Health in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea

The Asia-Pacific International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) was funded in 2016 to conduct a coordinated set of field and in-depth biological studies in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), in sites that span the range of transmission intensities currently found in the Asia-Pacific regions. The overall objective is to gain an understanding of key parasite, human host, and vector factors involved in maintaining transmission in the face of intensified control and elimination programs, and to develop novel approaches to identify and target residual transmission foci. In this article, we will describe how the ICEMR program was designed to address key knowledge gaps and priority areas for the malaria control programs in each country. In PNG, partners have worked together on two consecutive ICEMR grants (2009-2016 and 2017-2024) and we present a case study of the partnership and engagement approach that has led to stronger coordination of research activities and integration with program, informing country-level strategic planning and prioritization of control activities. In both settings, the ICEMR program has generated insights into transmission foci, risk factors for ongoing transmission, highlighting the hidden burden of vivax malaria, and the need for additional complementary vector control tools. Finally, we will summarize the emerging research questions and priority areas-namely surveillance, vivax malaria, new vector control tools, and community/health systems-oriented approaches-where further tool development and implementation research have been identified as being needed to guide policy