Woolfian Afterlives

2021 ◽  
pp. 621-640
Author(s):  
Laura Smith
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
North American ◽  
International Study ◽  
Landscape Painting ◽  
American Opera ◽  
Judy Chicago ◽  
Dominick Argento

This chapter explores Virginia Woolf’s catalysing role for artists working in non-verbal media, including the visual arts, music, dance, and design. An analysis of Woolf’s impact beyond the medium of her writing allows for a trans-historic and international study of her legacy, charting her influence from, for example, landscape painting in Cornwall to Japanese Butoh; and from North American opera to the Ballet Russes. The chapter will trace many of the vital and fluid connections between Woolf, her contemporaries, and those whose work she has inspired. In the visual arts, case studies include: Sara Barker, Vanessa Bell, Dora Carrington, Judy Chicago, Aleana Egan, Rebecca Horn, Laura Owens, and Patti Smith. The music of Edith Sitwell, Ethel Smyth, Dominick Argento, Indigo Girls, The Smiths, and Patrick Wolf is discussed alongside dance by Lydia Lopokova, Wayne McGregor, and Setsuko Yamada.

Tonabersat, a Gap-Junction Modulator: Efficacy and Safety in Two Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Studies of Acute Migraineceph

Cephalalgia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
SD Silberstein ◽  
J Schoenen ◽  
H Göbel ◽  
HC Diener ◽  
AH Elkind ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
North American ◽  
Cortical Spreading Depression ◽  
Spreading Depression ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
International Study ◽  
Maximum Plasma ◽  
Serious Adverse Events ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Dose Ranging

Tonabersat is a novel benzopyran derivative that blocks the cortical spreading depression proposed to be associated with migraine attacks. The ability of single oral doses of 15, 25, 40 and 80 mg of tonabersat to relieve the symptoms of moderate to severe migraine was evaluated in 859 migraineurs enrolled in two dose-ranging, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trials, one international and the other North American. In the international study, significantly more patients given tonabersat than given placebo experienced relief of headache pain at 2 h (15 mg, 36.8%; 40 mg, 40.7%), the principal efficacy variable, and at 4 h (40 mg, 63.0%) and complete abolition of headache at 4 h (40 mg, 34.3%). None of the primary or secondary efficacy variables indicated significant differences between tonabersat and placebo in the North American study. Tonabersat was generally well tolerated, with dizziness and nausea the most common side-effects. Serious adverse events were uncommon, and no patient withdrew from either study because of adverse events. These results suggest a possible interplay between tonabersat pharmacokinetics (the relatively long time required to reach maximum plasma concentrations) and patient characteristics (previous triptan exposure) in the management of acute migraine attacks. Based on the pharmacokinetics and actions on cortical spreading depression, tonabersat may have potential value in migraine prophylaxis.

Case Studies of North American University Performance in Technology Transfer and Commercialization

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-51
Author(s):  
Alan Collier ◽  
Fang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
North American ◽  
University President ◽  
American University ◽  
Technology Transfer Offices ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
University Performance ◽  
The University ◽  
Ability And Willingness

This chapter reports on case studies of four North American universities engaged in technology transfer and commercialization. The literature and case studies permitted an understanding of the characteristics possessed by universities and university technology transfer offices that appear to be successful in technology transfer and commercialization. Fourteen characteristics, or institutional enablers, are identified and analyzed in order to determine which among these characteristics have greater influence in the success of technology transfer offices. The chapter concludes that universities with superior-performing technology transfer offices possess two factors in common. First, the university President and other executives concerned in commercialization have to believe in it and make a genuine commitment to its success. Second, the technology transfer office has to be led by an individual who possesses several attributes: the ability and willingness to work within the university structure; the ability to be both an entrepreneur and a manager; the ability to see what is happening in technology transfer and commercialization as it evolves and matures; and to be a leader of people and business.

Some Musical (and Other) Readings

Oklahoma! ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 171-212
Author(s):  
Tim Carter
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Manifest Destiny ◽  
Cultural Work ◽  
American Opera ◽  
Broadway Musical ◽  
The Way

The “landmark” status of Oklahoma! prompts examining it through a series of case studies in terms of how musicals work in dramatic terms (not least given their inherent lack of verisimilitude); the problems of reconciling convention with innovation; the way the show plays with pastoral tropes; its connection with notions of Manifest Destiny; the treatment of characters according to gender and ethnicity; the role of Oklahoma! as wartime propaganda; and the question of how close the Broadway musical might come to being a form of “American opera.” These issues reveal the cultural work that the show did in 1943, and still does today.

Globetrotters and Local Heroes? Labor Migration, Basketball, and Local Identities

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Falcous ◽  
Joseph Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
North American ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Cultural Stereotypes ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
Civic Pride ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Political Economic

This article addresses the global migration of sports labor. The contested presence of North American players in English basketball, first documented by Maguire (1988), is considered in the context of questions regarding the reception of migrants in local cultures. A 2-year ethnographic project incorporating participant observations, interviews, and focus groups investigated fans’ consumption of local basketball. Complex and nuanced interpretations of migrant players were evident. These were informed by local identities and civic pride, cultural stereotypes, and local experiences of spectating. Thus, the presence of migrant athletes is viewed specifically through the local lens—responses were shaped by the varying roles and interpretations of consuming basketball in the lives of local residents. Such observations reinforce the need for empirically grounded case studies to explore local consumption in light of the wider political–economic patterning of global sport.

scholarly journals Addressing downtown vitality in a Canadian context : the cases of Brockville and Oakville, Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Danielle Aileen Dodds
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
North American ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Downtown Revitalization ◽  
Municipal Planning ◽  
Strategic Review ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Regulatory Approach ◽  
Insight Into

Downtown vitality has become an important planning issue as commercial retail evolves, development continues to sprawl, and global economic restructuring impacts North American economies. This paper reviews the literature on downtown revitalization and examines the process behind municipal planning led downtown revitalization and vitality retention approaches. Case studies of Brockville and Oakville, Ontario are used to understand a regulatory approach, in the form of a downtown strategic review. In-person interviews with municipal and community officials were undertaken to gain insight into the process of these two initiatives. While both of the approaches have positive aspects, a combination of the two is identified as most favorable in addressing downtown vitality.

Lessing’s Laocoon as Analytical Instrument

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Giuliani
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
First Century ◽  
Sixth Century ◽  
Analytical Instrument ◽  
Classical Archaeology ◽  
Analytical Importance ◽  
Twenty First Century

Luca Giuliani evaluates Laocoon as an ‘analytical tool’ for twenty-first-century classical archaeology. In doing so, he returns to some of the same literary case studies that so engrossed Lessing 250 years ago—and none more so than Homer’s Iliad. By probing Lessing’s theories of the respective workings of art and text, and exploring them in the context of ancient depictions of the Iliad (especially seventh- and sixth-century BC vase-paintings), the chapter explores both the virtues and the problems of Lessing’s account. As Giuliani argues, this historical perspective can help us formulate the analytical importance of Lessing’s framework; at the same time, the perspective of ancient art can help us see how Lessing’s text is as much a treatise against as about the visual arts.

Horizontal axis hydrometric current meter with reference to the french experience. What future for this technique?

2018 ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
C. Perret ◽  
C. Lallement ◽  
A. Belleville
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Measurement Technique ◽  
North American ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Horizontal Axis ◽  
French Experience

According to the results of a survey conducted in 2017 amongst hydrometric network operators in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Wallonia, 25% of their gauging activity is carried out using horizontal-axis current meters. As this measurement technique is still in use, the authors considered it useful to assemble a bibliographic overview which summarizes (i) the evolution of the horizontal-axis current meter (ii) the alternative North American choice of vertical-axis technology (iii) the principles for calibrating these devices and their evolution (iv) a review of case studies on influential factors (v) developments in the techniques for implementing these current meters. In conclusion, some of the reasons for retaining this type of equipment in the expertise toolbox of hydrometric network operators are briefly presented in this article. The authors have, as far as possible, sought to portray the French practice in relation to those of other countries. This is used to illustrate the wide array of inputs from each player and the development of the French practice compared to that of the international world of hydrometry.

North America

2020 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
Gabriela Caballero ◽  
Matthew K. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
North American ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Indian Languages ◽  
Metrical Structure ◽  
Word Level ◽  
North American Indian

This chapter explores the typologically rich but relatively understudied prosodic systems attested in North American Indian languages, many of which are either critically endangered or no longer spoken. Both word-level patterns (including stress, tone, and pitch accent) and higher-level phenomena (encompassing intonation and prosodic constituency) are considered within the broader contexts of prosodic typology and prosodic drift. Topics include segmental manifestations of metrical structure, phonetic correlates of prominence, the interaction between word-level and phrase-level prosody, morphological effects on stress, and tone–stress interactions. Drawing on a combination of phonetic and phonological data, this chapter synthesizes the relatively small number of rigorous case studies of individual languages with the considerably larger set of more cursory descriptions of North American Indian languages in order to gain an appreciation of this linguistic area’s numerous important contributions to both language description and linguistic theory.

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