Madness and narrative understanding: A comparison of two female firsthand narratives of madness in the pre and post enlightenment periods.

This study uses a narrative analytic approach to explore the similarities and differences between pre-Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment firsthand accounts of madness in order to answer the question; what is the relationship between madness, narrative, understanding, identity and recovery? Drawing on the work of Foucault, the research traces the historical and cultural development of conceptualisations of reason and unreason, the rise of psychiatry and the marginalisation of the voice of madness. I argue that this marginalisation is continued in narrative research where the focus is on the stories of the physically ill, rather than madness. The narrative method provides a means of giving space to these marginalised voices and it is Bakhtin¿s constructs of dialogicism, polyphony, unfinalizability and the chronotope that provide the tools for the narrative analysis of two female English writers; Margery Kempe and Mary Barnes. The analysis highlights three critical issues in relation to firsthand narratives of madness. First, the blurred boundaries between madness and mysticism and the role of metaphor in understanding distressing experiences. Second, the complex, multi-dimensional nature of subjective timespace that challenges the linear assumptions underlying both narrative and recovery, which, I argue, demands a radical reconceptualisation of both constructs. Third, the liminal social positioning within the analysed accounts is closely related to Bakhtin¿s notion of unfinalizability, a form of being that enables the search for meaning and the transformation of the self. Insights can be gained from this research that may place stories and understanding central in contemporary healthcare.School of Health Studies at the University of Bradford

On some algebras associated to genus one curves

Haile, Han and Kuo have studied certain non-commutative algebras associated to a binary quartic or ternary cubic form. We extend their construction to pairs of quadratic forms in four variables, and conjecture a further generalisation to genus one curves of arbitrary degree. These constructions give an explicit realisation of an isomorphism relating the Weil-Châtelet and Brauer groups of an elliptic curve

Insuliinipumppu tutuksi - DVD : Osa nykyaikaista diabeteksen hoitoa

Insuliinipumppu on osa nykyaikaista diabeteksen hoitoa. Insuliinipumppuhoito on jatkuvasti yleisty-mässä, mutta hoitomuoto on hoitohenkilökunnan huonosti tuntema. Teimme opinnäytetyönämme insu-liinipumpusta ja sen käytöstä DVD:n oppilaitoksemme eli Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulun hoitoalan opiskelijoiden käyttöön. DVD tarjoaa mahdollisuuden tutustua laitteen perusominaisuuksiin ja insuliinipumppuhoidon pääpiir-teisiin. DVD tehtiin yhteistyössä mediatekniikan tietojenkäsittelyopiskelijoiden kanssa. Tiivistä yhteistyötä teimme myös insuliinipumppuvalmistaja Medtronic Finlandin Oy:n kanssa. Teoriaosuudessamme käsittelemme diabeteksen lääketieteellisen hoidon pääpiirteitä sekä oppimista au-diovisuaalisen materiaalin avulla.Insulin pump is a part of the modern treatment of diabetes. Although insulin pump treatment is becoming more and more common, as a treatment method it's not well known among the nurses. The purpose of our bachelor´s was to make an educational DVD on the use of insulin pump for the nursing students of Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences. The goal was to offer student the possibility to get familiar with the basic functions of the device and with the principles of insulin pump treatment . It's been produced in cooperation with IT students carring out their mediatechnology studies and also cooperated closely with Medtronic Fin-land Oy, the manufacturer of the insulin pump.DV

Sedimentation in Brackwasserhäfen

Das Heft 150 der Mitteilungsreihe des Instituts für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft der TU Darmstadt behandelt das Thema "Sedimentation in Brackwasserhäfen". Insbesondere spielt dabei das Mobilitätscerhalten feinkörniger und zum Teil auch kohäsiver Sedimente eine zentrale Rolle

Influence of Tundra Polygon Type and Climate Variability on CO\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e and CH\u3csub\u3e4\u3c/sub\u3e Fluxes Near Utqiagvik, Alaska

Arctic tundra has the potential to generate significant climate feedbacks, but spatial complexity makes it difficult to quantify the impacts of climate on ecosystem-atmosphere fluxes, particularly in polygonal tundra comprising wetter and drier polygon types on the scale of tens of meters. We measured CO2, CH4, and energy fluxes using eddy covariance for 7 yr (April to November, 2013–2019) in polygonal tundra near Utqiagvik, Alaska. This period saw the earliest snowmelt, latest snow accumulation, and hottest summer on record. To estimate fluxes by polygon type, we combined a polygon classification with a flux-footprint model. Methane fluxes were highest in the summer months but were also large during freeze-up and increased with the warming trend in August–November temperatures. While CO2 respiration had a consistent, exponential relationship with temperature, net ecosystem exchange was more variable among years. CO2 and CH4 exchange (June–September) ranged between −0.83 (Standard error [SE] = 0.03) and −1.32 (SE = 0.04) μmol m−2 s−1 and 13.92 (SE = 0.26)—23.42 (SE = 0.45) nmol m−2 s−1, respectively, and varied interannually (p ≤ 0.05). The maximum-influence method effectively attributed fluxes to polygon types. Areas dominated by lowcentered polygons had higher CO2 fluxes except in 2016–2017. Methane fluxes were highest in low-centered polygons 2013–2015 and in flat-centered polygons in subsequent years, possibly due to increasing temperature and precipitation. Sensible and latent heat fluxes also varied significantly among polygon types. Accurate characterization of Arctic fluxes and their climate dependencies requires spatial disaggregation and long term observations. Plain Language Summary We measured carbon dioxide and methane fluxes for 7 yr (April to November, 2013–2019) in polygonal tundra near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska using eddy covariance (EC). The EC method provides the measurements of vertical flux of transported air parcels by correlation of the fluctuations in carbon dioxide or methane concentration with fluctuations in the vertical wind speed. The ice wedge polygonal tundra area is covered by ponds, drained lake basins, and wetter and drier polygon types on the scale of tens of meters across. This period saw the earliest snowmelt, latest snow accumulation date, and hottest summer on record. To estimate fluxes by polygon type, we combined a polygon classification with a flux-footprint model. The model represents the field of view of the EC system and allows the user to extract the location of the peak contribution. The site was a net carbon sink between June and September in each of the seven years. Areas dominated by low-centered polygons had higher carbon dioxide fluxes except in 2016–2017, while methane fluxes were highest in low-centered polygons 2013–2015 and in flat-centered polygons in subsequent years. This is possibly due to increasing temperature and precipitation. Not only were methane fluxes highest in the summer months but also large during freeze-up and increased with the warming trend in August–November temperatures

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Climatically driven loss of calcium in steppe soil as a sink for atmospheric carbon

During the last several thousand years the semi‐arid, cold climate of the Russian steppe formed highly fertile soils rich in organic carbon and calcium (classified as Chernozems in the Russian system). Analysis of archived soil samples collected in Kemannaya Steppe Preserve in 1920, 1947, 1970, and fresh samples collected in 1998 indicated that the native steppe Chernozems, however, lost 17–28 kg m−2 of calcium in the form of carbonates in 1970–1998. Here we demonstrate that the loss of calcium was caused by fundamental shift in the steppe hydrologic balance. Previously unleached soils where precipitation was less than potential evapotranspiration are now being leached due to increased precipitation and, possibly, due to decreased actual evapotranspiration. Because this region receives low levels of acidic deposition, the dissolution of carbonates involves the consumption of atmospheric CO2. Our estimates indicate that this climatically driven terrestrial sink of atmospheric CO2 is ∼2.1–7.4 g C m−2 a−1. In addition to the net sink of atmospheric carbon, leaching of pedogenic carbonates significantly amplified seasonal amplitude of CO2 exchange between atmosphere and steppe soil