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Selected AbstractsAPPRAISING THE ETHOS OF EXPERIENTIAL NARRATIVES: KEY ASPECTS OF A METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGEEDUCATIONAL THEORY, Issue 1 2009Carola Conle In this essay, Carola Conle and Michael deBeyer describe their efforts to find a conceptual approach and methodology for the appraisal of the ethos of experiential narratives presented in a particular curriculum context. The language of "implied authorship,""the patterning of desire," and "friendships offered and received," first introduced by Wayne Booth, is elaborated through data from narrative presentations given by local heroes to students. Appraisals seemed possible when a narrative could be placed on Booth's "scales of friendship" and when the rational qualities of experiential narratives were considered. In addition, data needed to be available in which students' experiential encounters with the narratives could be seen as occasions where, during such moments of encounter, feelings and desires were created, memories were activated, and events and actions in a narrative were vicariously experienced through those activated phenomena. The authors offer a potential framework for future appraisals. [source] Making Art, Teaching Art, Learning Art: Exploring the Concept of the Artist TeacherINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN EDUCATION, Issue 2 2010James Hall The article explores the concept of the artist teacher, drawing upon an overview of relevant literature and two related pieces of research: the first investigated practices within the Artist Teacher Scheme (ATS); the second sought to understand the perceptions of practice-based coursework in an MA Art Education programme at Roehampton University in London. Commonalities and differences between the perceptions and understandings of artist teachers (including masters' students), their tutors and gallery educators were explored. The data for each piece of research were collected through unstructured, open-ended interviews. A significant reflexive and autobiographical dimension for the research was motivated by my own identity as an artist teacher, and by the exploration of reflective practice as a potential framework for realising and sustaining an artist teacher identity and practice. The research concluded that connections between art practice and teaching are complex, diverse, difficult to articulate, challenging to implement and do not easily lend themselves to simple impact measurement. The ATS operates in a context that includes languages, cultures and identities from frameworks in education and art that can be both complementary and oppositional. Artist teachers need to develop skills of negotiation through which they can articulate and continuously reappraise their art practice and, at an appropriate stage, use that practice to inform their teaching. [source] Microparticulate formulations for the controlled release of interleukin-2JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 5 2004Tommy T. Thomas Abstract Interleukin 2 (IL-2) is a pleotropic growth factor essential to immune system function. Current methods of administration are limited by the necessity of hospitalization as well as dose-limiting toxicities and side effects. There is also the issue of low therapeutic concentrations at the desired site of action; for instance, in the case of solid tumor treatment. Here we describe the design of controlled-release vehicles for the local administration of IL-2 based on single (SE) and double emulsion (DE) poly(lactic- co -glycolic acid) (PLGA) systems and a newly developed class of spray-dried lipid,protein,sugar systems composed of L -,-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and 0.2% Eudragit E 100. All three systems demonstrated the release of therapeutic drug quantities. Totals of 2.0, 0.5, and 2.8 ,g of IL-2 (per mg of solid) were encapsulated in the SE, DE, and spray-dried formulations, respectively. The SE and DE released of 30 and 15% of the encapsulated protein, respectively, with delivery of biologically active IL-2 during the first 5 to 10 days. The lipid,protein,sugar-based system demonstrated extended sustained release of biologically active IL-2 for a period of 4 months. These systems provide a potential framework for long-term loco-regional immunotherapeutic treatment regimens. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 93:1100,1109, 2004 [source] Obesity Metaphors: How Beliefs about the Causes of Obesity Affect Support for Public PolicyTHE MILBANK QUARTERLY, Issue 1 2009COLLEEN L. BARRY Context: Relatively little is known about the factors shaping public attitudes toward obesity as a policy concern. This study examines whether individuals' beliefs about the causes of obesity affect their support for policies aimed at stemming obesity rates. This article identifies a unique role of metaphor-based beliefs, as distinct from conventional political attitudes, in explaining support for obesity policies. Methods: This article used the Yale Rudd Center Public Opinion on Obesity Survey, a nationally representative web sample surveyed from the Knowledge Networks panel in 2006/07 (N = 1,009). The study examines how respondents' demographic and health characteristics, political attitudes, and agreement with seven obesity metaphors affect support for sixteen policies to reduce obesity rates. Findings: Including obesity metaphors in regression models helps explain public support for policies to curb obesity beyond levels attributable solely to demographic, health, and political characteristics. The metaphors that people use to understand rising obesity rates are strong predictors of support for public policy, and their influence varies across different types of policy interventions. Conclusions: Over the last five years, the United States has begun to grapple with the implications of dramatically escalating rates of obesity. Individuals use metaphors to better understand increasing rates of obesity, and obesity metaphors are independent and powerful predictors of support for public policies to curb obesity. Metaphorical reasoning also offers a potential framework for using strategic issue framing to shift support for obesity policies. [source] The Reserve Capacity Model as a Framework for Understanding Psychosocial Factors in Health DisparitiesAPPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, Issue 1 2009Linda C. Gallo Substantial research has identified a robust, linear association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, across many different populations and outcomes. Among myriad influences, psychosocial factors may contribute to SES-related gradients in health. In the current manuscript, we describe the Reserve Capacity Model (Gallo & Matthews, 2003) as a potential framework through which to examine psychosocial pathways in health disparities. The model posits that SES is connected to health, in part through associations with stress and concomitant negative emotions, and their subsequent links with bio-behavioral functioning. In addition, low SES may predict enhanced emotional and physiological reactivity to stress due to a deficiency in resilient psychosocial resources (i.e. "reserve capacity") and limited opportunities to replenish resource reserves. In addition, resources might represent a direct mediational pathway from SES to health. We describe several studies in which we have examined various tenets of the Reserve Capacity Model, and comment on future research directions to better understand the roles of psychosocial variables in health disparities. [source] The off- versus on-label use of medical devices in interventional cardiovascular medicine: Clarifying the ambiguity between regulatory labeling and clinical decision-making, Part 1: PCI,CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS, Issue 4 2008Matthew J. Price MD Abstract The Food and Drug Administration convened a special public meeting of the Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel in late 2006 in response to data suggesting a small but potentially significant increased risk of stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents (DES). This panel concluded that "off-label" DES use was associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes compared with "on-label" use. In this commentary, we will discuss the role of product labeling in clinical decision-making during percutaneous coronary intervention, elucidate the issues that may arise from the conflation of the responsibilities of regulatory bodies and physicians, and offer a potential framework for their resolution. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] | |||||||||||||