Thinking About Rural Development.—By Arther T. Mosher. New York: Agricultural Development Council, Inc., 1976. xii+pp.350.

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-383
Author(s):  
Javed Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Complete List ◽  
Basic Defect ◽  
Considerable Length ◽  
Selection Of

This book is essentially a selection of the articles written by Arther T. Mosher during his long career as a rural development expert. Also appended at the end is a complete list of writings by him. The Agricultural Development Council has chosen to publish this book to honour the author, who was its President during 1967-1973, The publication of this book is welcome in the context of the recent rediscovery of rural development as a principal plank of need-oriented develop¬ment strategies. A basic defect of writing on rural development has been excessive resort to stereotype rehtoric, over-enthusiasm and a certain pedanticism. Fortunately, Mosher's orientation is practical, not doctrinaire. Although the book is titled "Thinking About Rural Development", the author keeps on bring¬ing together the thinking and practice into their validly interactive perspectives. Not surprisingly so, for the author has himself worked in the field as a rural development practitioner for a considerable length of time.

scholarly journals Exploring the potential for collaborative use of an app-based platform for n-of-1 trials among healthcare professionals that treat patients with insomnia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason R. Bobe ◽  
Jessica K. De Freitas ◽  
Benjamin S. Glicksberg
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Level 1 ◽  
Electronic Health ◽  
Data Driven Decisions ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractBackgroundN-of-1 trials are single patient, multiple crossover, comparative effectiveness experiments. Despite their rating as “level 1” evidence, they are not routinely used in clinical medicine to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments.ObjectiveWe explored the potential for implementing a mobile app-based n-of-1 trial platform for collaborative use by clinicians and patients to support data-driven decisions around the treatment of insomnia.MethodsA survey assessing awareness and utilization of n-of-1 trials was administered to healthcare professionals that frequently treat patients with insomnia at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. 1M electronic health records were analyzed to evaluate evidence for a comorbid relationship between insomnia and dementia or Alzheimer’s disease among a patient population that may benefit from n-of-1 trials for the selection of optimal sleep treatments.ResultsA total of 45 healthcare professionals completed the survey and were included in the analysis. We found that 64% of healthcare professionals surveyed had not heard of n-of-1 trials. After a brief description of these methods, 75% of healthcare professionals reported that they are likely or highly likely to use an app-based n-of-1 trial at least once in the next year if the service were free and easy to offer to their patients.ConclusionsAn app-based n-of-1 trials platform might be a valuable tool for clinicians and patients to identify the best treatments for insomnia. Educational interventions that raise awareness and provide training are also likely necessary. The electronic health record (EHR) may help identify eligible patients.

scholarly journals THE PROGRAM FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PERIOD 2014-2020 AS A FACTOR FOR THE RURAL REGIONS DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
A. Miteva ◽  
H. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural Development Program ◽  
Programming Period

The rural development program plays a key role in their sustainable and effective rural and agricultural development. The purpose of the report is to present the main changes, objectives, priorities, tasks of the rural development program in the second programming period – 2014-2020, and on this basis, to assess their role for the sustainable and multifunctional development of these areas.

Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 228-232
Author(s):  
Laurie McManus
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Music Criticism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

This brief epilogue addresses the relationship—historical and present—between the exclusivity of the priestly performing persona and the development and perpetuation of canonical compositions. The author suggests that the two reinforce each other; Clara Schumann’s status as a priestess was informed by her selection of certain repertoire, but at the same time her “restrained” performance of the pieces helped mark them as serious works worthy of preservation. Jumping to today’s world of performance, the author analyzes the rhetoric in a New York Times article by Anthony Tommasini comparing two young pianists. The juxtaposition of these sources suggests that some nineteenth-century values of priestly performance, such as “seriousness” and “modesty,” still inform music criticism today.

Epilogue

2021 ◽  
pp. 239-240
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fleeger
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Class Session ◽  
The Past ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Selection Of

Part of living at a distance has meant relying on a stream. Today alone, so much information has streamed into my home from so many sources on so many devices I would have trouble accounting for all of it. While my daughter streamed her class session upstairs, a selection of music I would be likely to enjoy streamed on my phone, and my son streamed a movie from one of the services to which I hastily (and regrettably) subscribed when the pandemic began. We streamed a bedtime story read remotely by Dolly Parton, a Shakespearian sonnet read by Patrick Stewart, and a silent film playing on the wall of a New York City apartment. Unlike the tsunami of my emotional state for the past few months, these streams have been rather comforting. But how does the metaphor of the stream hold up to the discourses and dangers of ventriloquism we have been addressing throughout this collection?...

An Ongoing Journey to Foster Urban Students' Online “Public Voices”

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Lawrence ◽  
Joe O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
8Th Grade ◽  
Civic Skills ◽  
Curricular Alignment ◽  
Selection Of

Digital participatory media offer urban social studies teachers a unique opportunity to foster students' civic skills and public voice while enhancing their understanding of social justice within a democratic society. This article addresses the continuation of a New York City 8th grade U.S. history teacher's journey to use digital tools to foster his students' collaborative and communication skills and to help them learn social justice oriented content. While doing so, he overcame challenges related to technology integration, curricular alignment, selection of appropriate digital tools, and the need to cultivate his students' online academic norms. In doing so, he confronted Livingston's query about whether the use of technology necessitates a “fundamental transformation in learning infrastructure” and the need “to rethink the relations between pedagogy and society, teacher and pupil, and knowledge and participation” (2012, p. 8). He ended this part of his journey with these new challenges: how to enable his students to become navigators of their learning; ways to align the curriculum with his students' thinking; and, managing a dynamic instructional support system guided by his students' learning. His goal is “to forge a bridge between [his students'] media production and civic engagement' (Kahne, Lee, & Feezell, 2012).

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