Bourdieu’s Five Lessons for Criminology

Drawing on a close reading of Pierre Bourdieu’s works, I offer five lessons for a science of crime and punishment: always historicize; dissect symbolic categories; produce embodied accounts; avoid state thought; and embrace commitment. I offer illustrative examples and demonstrate the practical implications of Bourdieu’s ideas, and I apply the lessons to a critique of orthodox criminology

Keyframe-based monocular SLAM: design, survey, and future directions

Extensive research in the field of monocular SLAM for the past fifteen years has yielded workable systems that found their way into various applications in robotics and augmented reality. Although filter-based monocular SLAM systems were common at some time, the more efficient keyframe-based solutions are becoming the de facto methodology for building a monocular SLAM system. The objective of this paper is threefold: first, the paper serves as a guideline for people seeking to design their own monocular SLAM according to specific environmental constraints. Second, it presents a survey that covers the various keyframe-based monocular SLAM systems in the literature, detailing the components of their implementation, and critically assessing the specific strategies made in each proposed solution. Third, the paper provides insight into the direction of future research in this field, to address the major limitations still facing monocular SLAM; namely, in the issues of illumination changes, initialization, highly dynamic motion, poorly textured scenes, repetitive textures, map maintenance, and failure recovery

The smash of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in the grasslands of Oman

This study examines the invasiveness of Parthenium hysterophorus L. considered as harmful, unpleasant noxious invasive weed in Sultanate of Oman. Since the subject of investigation has allelopathic effects, the author’s objective is to identify its abundance, its impact to environment, human and animal health. Allelopathy of this invasive weed has started to be known and considered by the farmers and harvesters. The harmful and socio-economic effects of the weed to humans, animals and to landscape are not fully known nor understood by the local farmers and pastoralists in the southern part of Oman where this weed is most invasive. Data were collected through field observation, informal interviews, focus group discussions and survey questionnaire. They were treated and analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings prompted the participants to propose possible and practical control solutions for the spread of P. hysterophorus if not totally eradicated, considering the availability of resources, level of awareness and the socio-economic status of the affected regions. The results of the investigation are hoped to improve the over-all management that are being conducted by the concerned agencies and volunteers towards the rapid spread of the weed. The findings revealed that P. hysterophorus has serious impacts on vegetation, pastures and agriculture, as it was observed in reduced level growth of both plants and trees. The possible control measures gathered from the participants indicate that they are willing to cooperate and learn more about the impact of the weed

Bridging Public Health and Clinical Practice: A Pilot of the CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Fall Risk Screening and Prevention Program in an Academic Medical Center Family and Community Medicine Clinic

Background: Fall-related morbidity and mortality in the older adult population is a pressing public health problem both nationally and in Kentucky, which has a fall rate above the national average. Implementation of the CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) fall prevention program, offers an opportunity to effectively reduce falls, fall-related injuries and associated costs. The implementation process also serves to foster cooperative interdisciplinary and interdepartmental relationships within health care systems, and bridge public health and clinical practice. Purpose:The capstone describes and evaluates a pilot of STEADI at the University of Kentucky’s Family and Community Medicine (UKFCM) Clinic. It focuses on pilot development by an interdisciplinary/interdepartmental workgroup and partnership with other key stakeholders, such as the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH). It presents lessons learned, recommendations for improvement and next steps in STEADI implementation. It also reviews the literature on STEADI pilot programs and facilitators and barriers to implementation. Methods: The five-day pilot was conducted at the UK Family and Community Medicine Clinic. Patients age 65 years and older were screened and evaluated for fall risk using a paper form based on the STEADI algorithm. The pilot was evaluated using the eight-step Kotter model for organizational change. Results: Sixty-four patients (fifty percent) of patients age 65 and older were screened, of whom forty-four percent screened positive for increased fall risk. Meaningful statistics regarding other components of STEADI were generally not 4 obtainable due to ambiguities in the design of the form. The pilot evaluation demonstrated several steps in the Kotter framework that were particularly successful: creating a sense of urgency; building a guiding coalition; and generating short-term gains. Lessons learned and recommendations included clarification of the assessment and intervention sections of the template before incorporation into the ambulatory electronic health record (AEHR); additional training of providers and staff; and greater attention to workflow. Implications: STEADI presents an opportunity to bridge public health and clinical practice and if broadly implemented, promises to reduce the Commonwealth’s high rate of older adult fall-related morbidity and mortality, as well as associated costs

Epidemiology, classification, and modifiable risk factors of peripheral arterial disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is part of a global vascular problem of diffuse atherosclerosis. PAD patients die mostly of cardiac and cerebrovascular-related events and much less frequently due to obstructive disease of the lower extremities. Aggressive risk factors modi. cation is needed to reduce cardiac mortality in PAD patients. These include smoking cessation, reduction of blood pressure to current guidelines, aggressive low density lipoprotein lowering, losing weight, controlling diabetes and the use of oral antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin or clopidogrel. In addition to quitting smoking and exercise, cilostazol and statins have been shown to reduce claudication in patients with PAD. Patients with critical rest limb ischemia or severe progressive claudication need to be treated with revascularization to minimize the chance of limb loss, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life