Becoming Something Different: Learning from Esmé

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Fairbanks ◽  
Penny Mason Crooks ◽  
Mary Ariail
Keyword(s):  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Home School ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
School History ◽  
Shifting Identities

In this article, Fairbanks, Crooks, and Ariail followed Esmé Martinez, a Spanish-speaking Latina, from the sixth grade to the eleventh grade, focusing on her perspectives of schooling and her shifting identities related to home, school, friendships, and future. Drawing on the construct of artifacts, a sociohistorical concept that understands skills, practices, and the means of putting them to use in social spaces, they detail Esmé's school history, the ways she was positioned there, and the resources she used to respond and reposition herself. This examination offers a long-term profile of the complex interactions that school entails and a nuanced reflection on agency within institutional constraints.

scholarly journals Climate drivers of plague epidemiology in British India, 1898–1949

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1928) ◽  
pp. 20200538
Author(s):  
Warren S. D. Tennant ◽  
Mike J. Tildesley ◽  
Simon E. F. Spencer ◽  
Matt J. Keeling
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Models ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
British India ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Plague, caused by Yersinia pestis infection, continues to threaten low- and middle-income countries throughout the world. The complex interactions between rodents and fleas with their respective environments challenge our understanding of human plague epidemiology. Historical long-term datasets of reported plague cases offer a unique opportunity to elucidate the effects of climate on plague outbreaks in detail. Here, we analyse monthly plague deaths and climate data from 25 provinces in British India from 1898 to 1949 to generate insights into the influence of temperature, rainfall and humidity on the occurrence, severity and timing of plague outbreaks. We find that moderate relative humidity levels of between 60% and 80% were strongly associated with outbreaks. Using wavelet analysis, we determine that the nationwide spread of plague was driven by changes in humidity, where, on average, a one-month delay in the onset of rising humidity translated into a one-month delay in the timing of plague outbreaks. This work can inform modern spatio-temporal predictive models for the disease and aid in the development of early-warning strategies for the deployment of prophylactic treatments and other control measures.

Facebook Chat Application to Prompt and Assist Smoking Cessation Among Spanish-Speaking Young Adults in South Texas

2021 ◽  
pp. 152483992110262
Author(s):  
Patricia Chalela ◽  
Alfred L. McAlister ◽  
David Akopian ◽  
Edgar Munoz ◽  
Cliff Despres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
South Texas ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Quit Attempt ◽  
Quit Attempts ◽  
Facebook Advertising

Given how smart phones, internet services, and social media have shown great potential for assisting smoking cessation, we constructed a Facebook chat application based on our previous work with SMS texting services. This report summarizes findings from 2,364 Spanish-speaking young adults recruited through Facebook advertising in South Texas during the 2020 New Year holiday season. Among these service users, 926 (39%) were ready to make a quit attempt, and 26 (3.1%) of those users reported that they were tobacco free 1 month later. There were no responses to a chat question survey 72 days after the dates selected for quitting. Although more research with longer follow up is needed, these findings show that social media chat applications may be helpful for at least prompting quit attempts and short-term cessation among young adult Spanish-speaking smokers. There is no evidence of an impact on long-term cessation, and more research is clearly needed.

scholarly journals The consequences of polyandry for sibship structures, distributions of relationships and relatedness, and potential for inbreeding in a wild population

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan R. Germain ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Jane M. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Potential Benefit ◽  
Overlapping Generations ◽  
Wild Population ◽  
Multiple Mating ◽  
Indirect Selection ◽  
Pedigree Data ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Song Sparrows ◽  
System Components

AbstractThe evolutionary benefits of simultaneous polyandry (female multiple mating within a single reproductive event) remain elusive. One potential benefit could arise if polyandry alters sibship structures and consequent relationships and relatedness among females’ descendants, and thereby intrinsically reduces future inbreeding risk (the ‘indirect inbreeding avoidance hypothesis’). However such effects have not been quantified in naturally complex reproductive systems that also encompass iteroparity, overlapping generations, sequential polyandry, and polygyny. We used long-term social and genetic pedigree data from song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) to quantify cross-generational consequences of simultaneous polyandry for offspring sibship structures and distributions of relationships and relatedness among possible mates. Simultaneous polyandry decreased full-sibships and increased half-sibships on average, but such effects varied among females and were smaller than would occur in the absence of sequential polyandry or polygyny. Further, while simultaneous polyandry decreased the overall frequencies of possible matings among adult full-sibs, it increased the frequencies of possible matings among adult half-sibs and more distant relatives. These results imply that the intrinsic consequences of simultaneous polyandry for inbreeding risk could cause weak indirect selection on polyandry, but the magnitude and direction of such effects will depend on complex interactions with other mating system components and the form of inbreeding depression.

Mechanisms of severe acute intermittent hypoxia-induced phrenic long-term facilitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 1146-1156
Author(s):  
Nicole L. Nichols ◽  
Gordon S. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Nadph Oxidase ◽  
Oxidase Activity ◽  
Intermittent Hypoxia ◽  
Nadph Oxidase Activity ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Long Term Facilitation ◽  
Erk Activity

Distinct mechanisms give rise to pLTF induced by moderate and severe AIH. We demonstrate that, unlike moderate AIH, severe AIH-induced pLTF requires EPAC and PI3K/Akt and is marginally constrained by NADPH oxidase activity. Surprisingly, sAIH-induced pLTF requires MEK/ERK activity similar to moderate AIH-induced pLTF and is reduced by PKA inhibition. We suggest sAIH-induced pLTF arises from complex interactions between dominant mechanisms characteristic of moderate versus severe AIH-induced pLTF.

Medical Management after Liver Transplantation

2019 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
Shravan Dave ◽  
Veeral H. Ajmera
Keyword(s):  
Liver Disease ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Post Transplant ◽  
Transplant Patients ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Organ Systems

AbstractMedical management of the liver transplant recipient requires consideration of the complex interactions between the transplanted liver, immunosuppression and all organ systems. An aging transplant population, improvement in long-term liver transplant outcomes, and the increase in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease as an indication for transplant have amplified the number of co-morbidities among post-transplant patients. In addition to balancing immunosuppression with infection risk, medical management of the transplanted patient includes monitoring for, and treating, recurrence of the primary liver disease, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and post-transplant neurologic and renal dysfunction. Additionally, general healthcare maintenance such as management of osteoporosis, immunizations, and screening for malignancy are essential in this high-risk population. In this review, we summarize the evidence behind best practices for the current medical management of the post liver transplant patient.

scholarly journals On Some Properties of the Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Fingerprints

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Spada ◽  
Daniele Melini
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Fundamental Equation ◽  
Glacial Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Last Deglaciation ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Isostatic Adjustment ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Geometrical Features ◽  
Harmonic Components

Along with density and mass variations of the oceans driven by global warming, Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) in response to the last deglaciation still contributes significantly to present-day sea-level change. Indeed, in order to reveal the impacts of climate change, long term observations at tide gauges and recent absolute altimetry data need to be decontaminated from the effects of GIA. This is now accomplished by means of global models constrained by the observed evolution of the paleo-shorelines since the Last Glacial Maximum, which account for the complex interactions between the solid Earth, the cryosphere and the oceans. In the recent literature, past and present-day effects of GIA have been often expressed in terms of fingerprints describing the spatial variations of several geodetic quantities like crustal deformation, the harmonic components of the Earth’s gravity field, relative and absolute sea level. However, since it is driven by the delayed readjustment occurring within the viscous mantle, GIA shall taint the pattern of sea-level variability also during the forthcoming centuries. The shapes of the GIA fingerprints reflect inextricable deformational, gravitational, and rotational interactions occurring within the Earth system. Using up-to-date numerical modeling tools, our purpose is to revisit and to explore some of the physical and geometrical features of the fingerprints, their symmetries and intercorrelations, also illustrating how they stem from the fundamental equation that governs GIA, i.e., the Sea Level Equation.

Are Children With a Number of Disabilities and Long-Term Illnesses at Increased Risk of Mental Violence, Disciplinary Violence, and Serious Violence?

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626051989844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piia Seppälä ◽  
Riitta Vornanen ◽  
Timo Toikko
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Child Victim ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Multiple Morbidity

The focus of this study was on the question of whether or not children with a number of disabilities and long-term illnesses are at increased risk of child maltreatment (mental violence, disciplinary violence, and serious violence). This study was based on the Child Victim Survey of 2013 (FSD2943). The data consist of a nationally representative sample of pupils in Finland in sixth grade (12–13 years of age) and ninth grade (15–16 years of age). The sampling was undertaken as a stratified cluster by province, municipality type, and school size. The total number of respondents was 11,364. According to the logistic regression analyses, the children with at least three disabilities or long-term illnesses had an increased risk of violence compared with children with no disability: The risk of mental violence increased by 2.96 times, the risk of disciplinary violence by 4.30 times, and the risk of serious violence by 3.53 times. The effect of the category of at least three disabilities and illnesses remained statistically significant, although the analysis also accounted for several confounding factors. Thus, a child’s multiple morbidity (in the case of three or more disabilities and illnesses) can be categorized as one of the major risk factors for child maltreatment. The study complements the results of previous studies concerning the effect of children’s disabilities and long-term illnesses and their impact on child maltreatment. The results underline the importance of employees of health and social care having knowledge of multiple morbidity and its importance as a key factor regarding child maltreatment.

scholarly journals Time in Applied Psychology

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Roe
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Dynamic Features ◽  
Organizational Settings ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
State Of Affairs

Against the background of a growing awareness of time among researchers, this articles sets out to assess the current position of time in applied psychological theory and research. A critical analysis of recent publications in The Journal of Applied Psychology and Applied Psychology, An International Review reveals that with some noticeable exceptions, the role of time in human behavior is still largely neglected. It is posited that this state of affairs can be explained by a conceptual bias among researchers, which makes them think in terms of “what is” rather than “what happens.” A proposal is made for an alternative way of conceptualizing, designated as temporalism, which starts from the concept of phenomenon, which is defined dynamically and operationalized with the help of time. A plea is made for a research strategy that comprises the identification of the dynamic features of phenomena, an analysis of their temporal relations, and an assessment of long term stability and changes of temporal parameters. It is argued that such an approach leads to theoretical innovations and to a substantial expansion of possibilities for intervention. This is illustrated by a discussion of three prototypical patterns of development referred to as improvement, bifurcation, and relapse, which underlie a broad range of practical problems known from social and organizational settings. Finally, attention is directed to the role that time plays when psychological knowledge is applied to such practical problems. It is concluded that time should not only be addressed in the study of behavior of other people but also in the complex interactions between psychologists and clients involved in the application of psychology.

scholarly journals The Role of Medications in Causing Dry Eye

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick T. Fraunfelder ◽  
James J. Sciubba ◽  
William D. Mathers
Keyword(s):  
Dry Eye ◽  
Ocular Surface ◽  
Dry Mouth ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Therapeutic Action ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Ocular Drugs

The purpose of this paper is to review the possible role of polypharmacy in causing dry eye disease (DED), reflecting the complex interactions and complications associated with the use of multiple systemic and topical ocular medications. The pharmacological, physiological, anatomical, and histological mechanisms causing dry mouth differ little from those causing dry eye. Oral polypharmacy is the most common cause of dry mouth, but has not been investigated as a cause of dry eye. Topical ocular polypharmacy has been shown to cause DED. Information on drugs that likely cause or aggravate DED and the controversial role of preservatives in topical ocular medications are examined. Systemic or topical ocular medications and preservatives used in topical ocular drugs may cause dry eye through the drug's therapeutic action, ocular surface effects, or preservatives, and the effects probably are additive. Long-term use of topical ocular medications, especially those containing preservatives such as BAK, may play an important role in DED and the role of polypharmacy needs further study. We review possible ways to decrease the risk of medication-related dry eye.

Effect of active head movements about the pitch, roll, and yaw axes on human optokinetic afternystagmus

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 689-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Lafortune ◽  
D. J. Ireland ◽  
R. M. Jell
Keyword(s):  
Head Movements ◽  
Horizontal Velocity ◽  
Velocity Storage ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Otolith Organ ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Roll Axis ◽  
The Right ◽  
Left Movement

Effects of active head movements about the pitch, roll, or yaw axes on horizontal optokinetic afternystagmas (OKAN) were examined in 16 subjects to test the hypothesis that otolith organ mediated activity induced by a change in head position can couple to the horizontal velocity storage in humans. Active head movements about the pitch axis, forwards or backwards, produced significant OKAN suppression. Pitch forward head movements exerted the strongest effect. Active head movements about the roll axis towards the right also produced OKAN suppression but only if the tilted position was sustained. No suppression was observed following sustained yaw. However, an unsustained yaw left movement after rightward drum rotation significantly enhanced OKAN. Sustained head movement trials did not significantly alter subsequent control trials. In contrast, unsustained movements about the pitch axis, which involve more complex interactions, exerted long-term effects on subsequent control trials. We conclude that otolith organ mediated activity arising from pitch or roll head movements couples to the horizontal velocity storage in humans, thereby suppressing ongoing OKAN. Activity arising from the horizontal canals during an unsustained yaw movement (observed mainly with yaw left), following drum rotation in a direction contralateral to the movement, may also couple to the velocity storage, resulting in increased activity instead of suppression.

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