Crossing the Minefield: Politics of Refugee Research and Service

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Jeffery MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
The Past ◽  
Refugee Community ◽  
Southeast Asian Refugee ◽  
And Training ◽  
Assessment Research

For the past seven years I have worked in dual roles as an ethnographic researcher and an applied anthropologist/social worker in the Southeast Asian refugee community in Portland, Oregon. I began doing research within a single ethnic community of Iu-Mien (Yao) refugees from Laos. Like many refugee researchers, I soon became an applied anthropologist, first providing services for the Iu-Mien. Later, I took a position in a refugee resettlement social service agency where I began to work with other Southeast Asian ethnic communities, providing direct client services and training, doing needs assessment research, and managing and designing culturally specific programs for Southeast Asians.

The Development of Metallurgy in Southeast Asia: Reply to Loofs-Wissowa

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donn Bayard ◽  
Pisit Charoenwongsa
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media ◽  
Early Metallurgy

We find this a most curious attack, both in tone and in substance; Loofs-Wissowa appears to believe that we, Solheim, Gorman, and the media have been engaged in a conspiracy to cloud the minds of Westerners and Southeast Asians alike on the origins of metallurgy in the region. Loofs-Wissowa evidently feels that Southeast Asian laymen view this question as equal in importance to contemporary issues there (which is of course not the case). He also believes that it is the most burning issue in archaeology since Piltdown or Glozel, splitting the profession into “Believers” in the “long dates” and “Non Believers”. This is again rather an exaggeration; we would estimate the “Believers” to number not more than a few hundred, while the “Non Believers” may be counted on the fingers of one hand (Marschall, Sørensen, Sieveking, and of course Loofs-Wissowa himself). The remainder of the archaeological world (i.e., over 90%) has other questions to occupy it. However, Loofs-Wissowa is certainly correct in pointing out the attention paid to the question of early metallurgy over the past few years, and we welcome this opportunity to counter his arguments and distinguish between our views and those published by the media. This may best be done by first pointing out errors of omission in the facts presented by Loofs-Wissowa, by examining basic errors in his conceptual framework, and finally by answering the three specific questions he poses.

scholarly journals Restoring the real world records in Men’s swimming without high-tech swimsuits

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-300
Author(s):  
Zhenyu Gao ◽  
Yixing Li ◽  
Zhengxin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Strong Indication ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Past ◽  
Optimal Estimates ◽  
World Records ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe recently concluded 2019 World Swimming Championships was another major swimming competition that witnessed some great progresses achieved by human athletes in many events. However, some world records created 10 years ago back in the era of high-tech swimsuits remained untouched. With the advancements in technical skills and training methods in the past decade, the inability to break those world records is a strong indication that records with the swimsuit bonus cannot reflect the real progressions achieved by human athletes in history. Many swimming professionals and enthusiasts are eager to know a measure of the real world records had the high-tech swimsuits never been allowed. This paper attempts to restore the real world records in Men’s swimming without high-tech swimsuits by integrating various advanced methods in probabilistic modeling and optimization. Through the modeling and separation of swimsuit bias, natural improvement, and athletes’ intrinsic performance, the result of this paper provides the optimal estimates and the 95% confidence intervals for the real world records. The proposed methodology can also be applied to a variety of similar studies with multi-factor considerations.

scholarly journals A review of computer vision-based approaches for physical rehabilitation and assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bappaditya Debnath ◽  
Mary O’Brien ◽  
Motonori Yamaguchi ◽  
Ardhendu Behera
Keyword(s):  
Computer Vision ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
Human Motion Analysis ◽  
Functional Rehabilitation ◽  
Physical Impairments ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Assessment Research ◽  
Vision Application

AbstractThe computer vision community has extensively researched the area of human motion analysis, which primarily focuses on pose estimation, activity recognition, pose or gesture recognition and so on. However for many applications, like monitoring of functional rehabilitation of patients with musculo skeletal or physical impairments, the requirement is to comparatively evaluate human motion. In this survey, we capture important literature on vision-based monitoring and physical rehabilitation that focuses on comparative evaluation of human motion during the past two decades and discuss the state of current research in this area. Unlike other reviews in this area, which are written from a clinical objective, this article presents research in this area from a computer vision application perspective. We propose our own taxonomy of computer vision-based rehabilitation and assessment research which are further divided into sub-categories to capture novelties of each research. The review discusses the challenges of this domain due to the wide ranging human motion abnormalities and difficulty in automatically assessing those abnormalities. Finally, suggestions on the future direction of research are offered.

scholarly journals Maudsley International: improving mental health and well-being around the world

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Bouras ◽  
Silvia Davey ◽  
Tracey Power ◽  
Jonathan Rolfe ◽  
Tom Craig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Training

Maudsley International was set up to help improve people's mental health and well-being around the world. A variety of programmes have been developed by Maudsley International over the past 10 years, for planning and implementing services; building capacity; and training and evaluation to support organisations and individuals, professionals and managers to train and develop health and social care provisions. Maudsley International's model is based on collaboration, sharing expertise and cultural understanding with international partners.

A Call to Define Stereotactic Radiosurgery

Neurosurgery ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1371-1373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Pollock ◽  
L Dade Lunsford
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Stereotactic Radiosurgery ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Short History ◽  
Effective Radiation Dose ◽  
The Past ◽  
Radiation Delivery ◽  
History Of ◽  
Effective Radiation ◽  
And Training

Abstract STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY IS the single-session, precise delivery of a therapeutically effective radiation dose to an imaging-defined target. Conceived and developed during the past 5 decades, stereotactic radiosurgery has involved significant advances, which have improved patient outcomes and made it a critical component of modern neurosurgical practice and training. In this article, a short history of stereotactic surgery and radiosurgery are presented, and radiosurgery is contrasted to radiation therapy. Adherence to accepted, descriptive terms in defining stereotactic radiosurgery and radiation therapy permits a clear distinction among the results of the different radiation delivery techniques for patients, physicians, and other interested parties.

Communication Theory and Training Approaches for Multiculturally Diverse Organizations: Have Academics and Practitioners Missed the Connection?

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite Arai ◽  
Maryanne Wanca-Thibault ◽  
Pamela Shockley-Zalabak
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
Diversity Training ◽  
Multicultural Training ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Common ◽  
Multiculturally Diverse ◽  
And Training

While a number of articles have looked at the importance of multicultural training in the workplace over the past 30 years, there is little concrete agreement that documents the common fundamental elements of a “successful” diversity initiative. A review of the training literature suggests the importance of human communication theory and practice without including important research, methodologies, and practice from the communication discipline. This article examines formal diversity approaches, provides examples from the literature of several successful diversity initiatives in larger organizations, identifies the limited use of communication-based approaches in diversity training, and discusses the importance of integrating communication theory and practice in future training efforts.

HATIMU AISYAH KARYA ZURINAH HASSAN MENERUSI PERSPEKTIF ELAINE SHOWALTER MODEL BAHASA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
NUR ZALIKHA MAT RADZI ◽  
NASIRIN ABDILLAH ◽  
DAENG HALIZA DAENG JAMAL
Keyword(s):  
Language Model ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Language Models ◽  
Symbolic Language ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Practices

Hatimu Aisyah karya Sasterawan Negara ke-13 iaitu - Zurinah Hassan, yang juga penerima Anugerah Hadiah Penulis Asia Tenggara (SEA Write Award) pada tahun 2004. Rentetan kejayaan beliau, telah menjadi tumpuan para pengkaji untuk meneliti aspek mengenai pengarangan wanita. Hatimu Aisyah merupakan novel pertama dihasilkan oleh Zurinah Hassan yang menekankan mengenai amalan adat resam zaman terdahulu sehingga ditelan arus pemodenan zaman. Novel Hatimu Aisyah mengetengahkan gambaran wanita yang mengutamakan adat dalam konteks perjalanan hidup bermasyarakat. Kajian terhadap karya Zurinah Hassan ini, bersandarkan kepada Model Bahasa Gagasan Elaine Showalter dari perspektif ginokritik untuk melihat watak-watak wanita. Antara Perbincangan dalam kajian ini adalah berfokuskan kepada simbolik bahasa dan bahasa sebagai ekspresi kesedaran wanita. Hasil dapatan keseluruhan kajian menunjukkan bahawa Zurinah Hassan menggunakan bahasa yang bersesuaian dengan gagasan bahasa daripada Elaine Showalter tetapi agak kurang menyerlah. Hal ini disebabkan keterbatasan penggunaan bahasa selaras dengan sosiobudaya masyarakat Melayu. Penemuan kajian ini dalam model bahasa wanita dapat dilihat menerusi simbolik bahasa dan bahasa sebagai ekspresi kesedaran wanita. Hasil manfaat dan kepentingan diperolehi masa hadapan dapat dilihat bahawa golongan wanita menzahirkan protes dan kritikan menerusi corak penulisan karya mereka meskipun masih dalam keadaan terkawal.   Hatimu Aisyah the 13th National literary works, namely-Zurinah Hassan, who is also the recipient of the Southeast Asian Writer award (SEA Write Award) in 2004. His success string has been the focus of researchers to examine the aspects of women's writings. Hatimu Aisyah is the first novel to be produced by Zurinah Hassan that emphasizes on the historical practices of the past, having swallowed the current modernization of the day. The Hatimu Aisyah Novel highlights the portrayal of women who are customcentric in the context of the communities life. Studies on Zurinah Hassan's work are based on the language Model of Elaine Showalter from the perspective of Ginokritik to see the female characters. Among the discussions in this study are focused on symbolic language and language as a expression of women's awareness. The overall findings of the study showed that Zurinah Hassan used a language that fits the language idea of Elaine Showalter but was somewhat less striking. This is due to the limitations of usage in line with the Malay social. The findings of this study in female language models can be seen through the symbolic language and language in the expression of women's awareness. The results of the benefits and interests gained future can be seen that women are in their protest and criticism through their work writing patterns despite being controlled.

scholarly journals Engaging Athletic Trainers in Concussion Detection: Overview of the National Football League ATC Spotter Program, 2011–2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 852-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Mack ◽  
Emily Myers ◽  
Ronnie Barnes ◽  
Gary Solomon ◽  
Allen Sills
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Improvement ◽  
Certified Athletic Trainer ◽  
And Training ◽  
Program Data ◽  
Concussive Injuries

Objective To assist sideline medical staff and to augment detection of concussion in National Football League (NFL) players during preseason and regular season games via the use of certified athletic trainer (ATC) spotters. Background Detecting concussive injuries in contact-sport athletes can be a challenging task for health care providers on the sideline. Over the past 8 years, professional sport leagues have begun to use additional sets of eyes (medical spotters along with video review) to help identify athletes with possible concussive injuries. Description The NFL first began a program using spotters in 2011, and the ATC Spotter Program has undergone systematic enhancements each year. This article describes the evolution of the ATC Spotter Program, the requirements and training of its participants, and the program data available to date. Directions for future improvement and research are addressed. Clinical Advantages The use of ATC spotters stationed in the broadcast booth has enhanced the real-time detection of concussed players in the NFL.

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