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Grosperrin, Jean-Philippe. "Faire d’incivilité vertu. Figures du duc de Montausier." Littératures classiques N° 111, no. 2 (October 23, 2023): 97–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/licla1.111.0097.
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Exemple de rudesse voire de violence au rebours des usages de la civilité, Montausier (1610-1690) apparaît dans les anecdotes ou mémoires comme une figure transgressive de bizarrerie. Ses éloges posthumes construisent pourtant de ce personnage intempestif une autre image : courage de la vérité, vertu souveraine de sincérité, monument de l’esprit d’une ancienne noblesse. Son incivilité au bord de la folie se retourne alors en modèle empreint de nostalgie.
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Riofrío Martínez Villalba, Juan Carlos. "Juan Larrea Holguín y la universidad ecuatoriana (II)." Colloquia, Academic Journal of Culture and Thought 2 (July 5, 2017): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.31207/colloquia.v2i0.25.
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Mons. Juan Larrea Holguín’s vision of the university will be analyzed here. This vision is specially gathered in four of the books he wrote and some anecdotes of his life which are the corpus of this study. The analysis’ structure is: (i) it starts with the delimitation of the objective and subjective ultimate ends of academic work, which will determine the ways to achieve these ends; (ii) considering universal truth as the mentioned ultimate end, first we study the “love for truth” and all the virtues it implies; (iii) afterwards we describe the visions of liberty, responsibility, pluralism and sense of the university labor according to Larrea’s mind; (iv) from here we analyze other virtues, such as order, discipline, exigency, magnanimity, fortitude, and courage for the propagation and defense of truth. The article ends with some conclusions.
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Trakhtenberg, Lev A. "The Polemics on the Russian Anecdote in 1805." Literary Fact, no. 32 (2024): 161–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2024-32-161-182.
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The paper views a literary debate of the early 19th century that has not yet received the due attention of specialists. The 1800s see emerging interest in original anecdotes that show the virtue and wit of Russians. The journal Drug Prosveshcheniia, which represents one of the influential literary factions of the time, the politically and stylistically conservative “Archaists” led by Alexander Shishkov, makes “Russian anecdote” a permanent section since its first issue. In 1805, the Russian anecdote becomes the object of a literary controversy. The discussion is initiated by a publication in the May issue of Drug Prosveshcheniia. It is followed by polemical replies of Severnyi Vestnik in June, Zhurnal dlia Pol’zy i Udovol’stviia in July, and Zhurnal Rossiiskoi Slovesnosti in September. The present paper traces the course of this discussion, deciphers the sub-texts, and analyses the participants’ positions. The research shows that the subject of the dispute is the nature of the anecdote as a genre. The discussion helps to outline the range of issues of its understanding: this includes the subject matter, volume, and style. During the polemics, the paradigm of genre variants is determined. In addition, this dispute acts as part of the polemic about language between the supporters of A.S. Shishkov and N.M. Karamzin, which intensifies in the summer of 1805. The article clarifies the positions of the parties on the material of this genre, demonstrating the diversity of opinions that cannot be reduced to two polar viewpoints.
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Griffin, Joan, and Basil Eldadah. "Advancing the Science on Unexpected Episodes of Clarity and Lucidity in People With Dementia." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 46–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.176.
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Abstract People with late-stage Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) have been reported, largely by way of anecdote, to exhibit unexpected episodes of spontaneous, meaningful, and relevant communication or behavior. These episodes of lucidity (EL) are characterized by spontaneous mental clarity in people living with dementia (PLWD) who are assumed to have lost coherent cognitive capacity. Given the transient nature and limited understanding of underlying mechanisms responsible for this phenomenon, these episodes are frequently overlooked and have received little scientific attention. Few studies have documented EL among PLWD with precision; scientific understanding is limited to anecdotes and case studies, which have not operationalized EL. Thus, there is a critical need for an evidence-based understanding and systematic operationalization of EL. Precise and robust operationalizations of EL will allow future research to assess if EL has different effects on ADRD prognosis or alters how family members manage and adapt to ADRD progression in their care recipient. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has funded six studies to advance the scientific understanding of EL in dementia. These studies use a variety of methodological approaches to capture EL experiences, and together, they will provide evidence-based operational definitions of EL, novel approaches for measurement of this phenomenon, and estimates of its prevalence. This symposium will provide an overview of the funded studies and three different methodological approaches that are being used to better operationalize and understand EL.
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Edgeman, Rick. "Excellence models as complex management systems." Business Process Management Journal 24, no. 6 (November 5, 2018): 1321–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-02-2018-0049.
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Purpose When appropriately implemented, excellence models such as the Shingo operational excellence model (SOEM), Baldrige performance excellence model and EFQM business excellence model aid enterprise quests for sustained superior results across varied dimensions. Evidence supporting this statement abounds in the literature and in practice. The models, however, tend to be driven by experience, rather than grounded in theory. The purpose of this paper is to explore theoretical underpinnings for such models, with the SOEM used for illustrative purposes. Design/methodology/approach Management theory, systems theory and excellence modeling are integrated to yield a complex management systems based operational excellence model. Correspondence of this model with the SOEM is explored. Key elements considered include contextual factors external to the enterprise, diverse stakeholders, mediating forces, enterprise culture and representative enterprise processes. Findings Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of excellence models—their elements and the interactions and synergies of these elements—enables more sure adaptation of such models to specific enterprise contexts, and more sure course corrections whenever corrections are needed. Originality/value Many excellence models exist, their usefulness largely validated by anecdotal or empirical evidence. Such validation is important, but falls short of theoretically grounding these models. The approach taken herein serves to unify theory, empirical evidence and anecdotes, thus placing excellence models on more solid ground.
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Steinkamp, Fiona. "Precognition." Think 1, no. 3 (2003): 15–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175600000403.
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Do some people have a paranormal power to ‘see’ into the future? There are innumerable anecdotes of events foretold, of course. But is there any scientific evidence of the ability? Fiona Steinkamp, a leading investigator of the paranormal, believes there is.
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Heyn, Patricia. "TWO DECADES EVALUATING EXERCISE TREATMENTS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: THE ANECDOTES OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED PATH." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.838.
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Abstract The last 20 years have produced accumulative evidence supporting the benefits of regular exercise to improve cognition in older adults with cognitive impairments (OAwCIs). Thus, multiple systematic reviews, including meta-analyses, have contributed to the current literature. Although the field advanced significantly our understanding of the role of exercise on AD, still there is limited information on the overall prescription effectiveness. Thus, a novel overview review to evaluate the available meta-analysis studies from the randomized exercise trials for OAwCI will help in synthesizing the best evidence to generate prescription precision. Dr. Heyn will discuss her path, her studies, and the future of AD research and exercise prescription.
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Wyatt, Don J. "States Follow Their Sovereigns: Sign and Symbol in Song Huizong’s Migration into Jurchen Captivity." China and Asia 5, no. 2 (January 24, 2024): 155–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589465x-05020003.
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Abstract No Chinese dynasty of the lengthy imperial era surpasses the Song in the amassed volume of oracular literature composed during its span that addresses its own predicted downfall. Much of what we now possess of this store of literature, which we can assume constitutes but a fraction of all that once circulated, derives from oral tradition. Most of this literature consists of prose anecdotes in the “brush jottings” (biji 筆記) vein and, through these as well as other sources, we can discern the outlines of at least three key contours of noteworthy consistency. First and foremost, we may observe that a preponderance of these oracular anecdotes foreshadowing the fall of Song either center on or otherwise involve the person and actions of a single individual—Huizong 徽宗 (r. 1100–1126), the ill-fated de facto last of the early or Northern Song (960–1127) emperors, who himself was physically transferred as a hostage and icon into enemy Jurchen captivity. Second, to the extent that they are really at all datable, most of these anecdotes postdate the extinction of the initial Song, suggesting of course that they are constructions composed after the fact as opposed to having ever been in any way definitively predictive. Third and finally, especially when contrasted with the comparatively fewer examples that augur the destruction of the Southern Song (1127–1279), this subgenre of predictive literature sheds valuable light even as it raises intriguing questions about how Chinese conceptions of sedition against and loyalism toward state and sovereign might have evolved between the distinctive times of the “two Songs.”
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VanScoy, Amy, and Megan J. Oakleaf. "Evidence vs. Anecdote: Using Syllabi to Plan Curriculum-Integrated Information Literacy Instruction." College & Research Libraries 69, no. 6 (November 1, 2008): 566–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.69.6.566.
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Many academic library instruction programs seek to integrate information literacy skills into the curriculum of academic departments. Previous literature on this topic generally recommends a “tiered” approach to curriculum-integrated instruction (CII); these tiered approaches suggest teaching basic skills to first- and second-year students and advanced skills to third- and fourth-year students. Many authors identify skills to teach at each level; however, their recommendations appear to be based on anecdote and common sense. While both anecdote and common sense are useful as starting points, librarians who plan CII programs should use evidence to make instructional decisions. To provide evidence for CII planning, this syllabus study investigated the research skills required of first-year students in their first semester at college. The results demonstrate that most first-semester students are required to find articles and Web sites to support their assignments, and many students are required to find books. Some must also find reference books as well as data and statistical sources to complete their course assignments. These results suggest that previous recommendations regarding tiered instructional approaches should be investigated further and revised.
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Berdes, Celia. "Intergenerational Documentaries Can Be Anecdotal, Descriptive, or Analytic." Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 12, no. 2 (April 3, 2014): 210–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2014.899015.
Full textBooks on the topic "Courage – Anecdotes"
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Wineman, Wade S. Bird of courage. Greenville, Miss: OK Pub. Co., 2006.
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W, Warden Herbert, ed. American courage. New York: William Morrow, 2005.
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Warden, Herbert W. American Courage. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
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Wojna, Lisa. Pet heroes: Extraordinary acts of courage and devotion. [Edmonton]: Folklore Pub., 2010.
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Hall, Janie. Duty honor courage. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2010.
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Darsow, Julie Barkl, and Verlene Makalous Jackson. Tornado tales: Of fear, faith, and courage. Chapman, KS: ReVeal Pub., 2009.
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Koehler, Robert C. Courage grows strong at the wound. Chicago, IL: Xenos Press, 2010.
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Wagner, Luis Agüero. Sobre banderas y mártires. [Asunción]: L. Agüero Wagner, 2004.
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W, Creamer Robert, ed. The quality of courage. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
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Joy, Betty E. Hammer (Betty Evangeline Hammer), 1932- author, ed. Classic tales from the firehouse: Firefighters' stories of calamity, courage, & caring. Tempe, AZ: FireSpirit Productions, 2014.
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Lopes, Carlos. "Comparative Advantage Is an Old-Fashioned Trick." In The Self-Deception Trap, 59–81. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57591-4_4.
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AbstractA convergence of economic imperatives, including the need for raw materials and markets, alongside inter-European power struggles and social factors such as rising unemployment kickstarted Europe’s scramble for Africa. The resulting colonial era has left an indelible impact on Africa’s economic, political, and social dimensions. Much of this legacy is now encoded in the international protocols that govern trade between Africa and the rest of the world. These systems tend to protect the interests of established leaders and have systematically penalised latecomers. This puts Africa at an enduring disadvantage despite its bountiful resources and much-vaunted potential.In this chapter, we revisit data and anecdotal evidence showing how countries that have ‘made it’ in the global trade arena often counted more on dynamic comparative advantages than on simplified comparative advantage theory interpretations based on their natural resources bounty. We also compare African and Asian countries after the independence movement of the 1960s regarding economic and social indicators, where they are now, and what it will take for Africa to chart a new course to a fairer trade system.
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Blaise, Didier, and Sabine Fürst. "Post-CAR-T Cell Therapy (Consolidation and Relapse): Lymphoma." In The EBMT/EHA CAR-T Cell Handbook, 169–71. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94353-0_33.
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AbstractEven after a decade of use, CAR-T cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is still evolving, and disease control is now the main concern in the majority of experienced centres. Indeed, despite highly appealing objective response (OR) rates in refractory patients, the long-term overall survival (OS) of this population has only slightly improved. Pivotal studies have suggested that 2-year OS rates do not surpass 30%, even though results improve when complete response (CR) is achieved within the first 3 months after treatment (Wang et al. 2020; Schuster et al. 2019; Neelapu et al. 2017). Although achieving this exceptionally high level of OR is praiseworthy, similar improvements have not been made regarding OS, and current OS probabilities are not satisfactory. Of course, there are multiple reasons for this; a substantial proportion of patients either do not achieve an initial response or experience progression very soon after treatment, with poor OS (Chow et al. 2019). Both populations present with disease burden or aggressive cancer prior to CAR-T cell therapy, possibly having been referred too late in the course of treatment or waited too long before CAR-T cells were processed for them. Both of these issues have potential solutions, such as more widely publicizing the efficacy of CAR-T cells, which may increase referrals at an earlier stage, and developing methods, which are already being heavily investigated, for shortening the manufacturing process (Rafiq et al. 2020). In the latter case, the use of allogeneic lymphocytes could allow for already prepared cells to be readily used when needed and would most likely be the most efficient strategy as long as the risk of graft-versus host disease is offset (Graham and Jozwik 2018). Thus, achieving CR is a crucial step in increasing OS, as patients with partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) present with lower OS, while currently, recurrence appears to be rare when CR is maintained for more than 6 months (Komanduri 2021). However, the disease will likely recur in more than half of patients in the months following treatment, possibly due to issues such as the poor persistence of CAR-T cells (which may not be as crucial as once thought for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Komanduri 2021)) or the loss of target antigen expression (which has been regularly documented (Rafiq et al. 2020)). Both of these mechanisms could potentially be used to develop methods that reduce recurrence after CAR-T cell therapy. In fact, the most popular approaches currently being investigated are attempting to either use two CAR-T cell types that each target different antigens or to create CAR-T cell constructs that target either multiple antigens or an antigen other than CD19 (Shah et al. 2020). The concomitant infusion of CAR-T cells with targeted therapies is also being explored in other B-cell malignancies and appears to both increase the CR rate and decrease recurrence (Gauthier et al. 2020). When recurrence does occur, patient OS is rather dismal, and the best remaining option would most likely be inclusion in a clinical trial. If this option is not available, salvage therapy may be attempted, although cytotoxic treatments are extremely limited given that most diseases have been refractory to numerous lines of treatment prior to immunotherapy. A few case reports and studies with a small patient population receiving anti-PD-1 antibodies, ibrutinib, or ImiDs have been reported with largely anecdotal supporting evidence (Byrne et al. 2019). However, even in the case of a new objective response (OR), the subsequent risk of recurrence is substantial and may invite further consolidation with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Byrne et al. 2019), which has already been performed in patients treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Hay et al. 2019). However, the efficacy of this strategy remains to be validated in NHL patients in clinical trials. Further supporting evidence, although limited, has recently been reported concerning an additional treatment with CAR-T cells inducing an OR. Of the 21 NHL patients included in the study, the OR rate after the second infusion was 52% (CR, n = 4; PR, n = 7), with some durable responses inviting further investigations (Gauthier et al. 2021). Overall, with such poor outcomes after recurrence, current efforts are also focused on predicting the patients most likely to experience disease progression and that are potential candidates for preemptive consolidation therapy, although there is no doubt that patients who do not achieve a rapid CR should be the first candidates. Additionally, immune monitoring should encompass not only CAR-T cell survival but also the detection of circulating tumour DNA (Komanduri 2021) because this could aid in detecting subclinical recurrence and in deciding whether consolidation or maintenance therapy should be administered. However, currently, all these approaches are highly speculative and require further clinical study.
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Ohi, Kevin. "Revision, Origin, and the Courage of Truth." In Inceptions, 23–49. Fordham University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823294626.003.0002.
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Henry James’s New York Edition prefaces contain multiple accounts of the genesis of the novels and tales that the edition collected: Some anecdotes tell of how the idea for the novel came to him, while others tell of the material circumstances of the text’s composition (where he was, for example, as he wrote). More often, the prefaces tell of the disappearance of the moment of genesis: of its having been forgotten, or there being no moment when the idea wasn’t somehow present in his mind. In the unrationalized relation among these different accounts, James implicitly theorizes the relation between art and life. Linking the prefaces to the autobiography, therefore, the chapter thus considers “revision” as a practice that maintains the potentiality of inception, seeking, in rereading, to return each text to incipience. Comparing James’s account of revision to Michel Foucault’s late turn to parrhēsia (as a mode of truth-telling) and to Gilles Deleuze’s account of the “act of creation,” the chapter links this potentiality to terms of ethical exhortation with which James ends the prefaces. Turning, finally, to James’s “The Middle Years,” the chapter ends with that story’s imagining of a life lived in the potentiality of revision.
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Aloff, Mindy. "Music Makes Me..." In Dance Anecdotes, 60–71. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195054118.003.0003.
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Abstract Our Victrola stood in the dining room. I was allowed to climb onto the seat of a diningroom chair to wind it, start the record turning, and set the needle playing. In a second I’d jumped to the floor, to spin or march around the table as the music called for—now there were all the other records I could play too. I skinned back onto the chair just in time to lift the needle at the end, stop the record and turn it over, then change the needle. That brass receptacle with a hole in the lid gave off a metallic smell like human sweat, from all the hot needles that were fed it. Winding up, dancing, being cocked to start and stop the record, was of course all in one the act of listening—to “Overture to Daughter of the Regiment,” “Selections from The Fortune Teller,” “Kiss Me Again,” “Gypsy Dance from Carmen,” “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam,” or whatever came next. Movement must be at the very heart of listening.
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Crow, Bill. "Cutting Contests." In Jazz Anecdotes, 99–109. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195187953.003.0013.
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Abstract Musical rivalry has existed ever since there first were two musicians who played the same instrument. In the early days of jazz, where ensemble playing was the game, rivalry existed mainly between bands. Baby Dodds describes an early form of competition in New Orleans: Sometimes the groups would have several bands in a parade. Then the main band had to start first and finish last and all the other bands had to go through this leading band at the end of the parade. Of course the head band would always be the best. And it was one of the most exciting things I ever did to play music and go through another band that was playing. The main band was lined up on both sides and we had to go between them and keep playing. I remember the first time it happened. My snare drum was a four-inch drum, and this fellow had a six-inch snare drum. When we got going through I couldn’t hear my drumming anymore so I didn’t know what I was doing. And I picked up with the other drummer who was playing six-eight in contrast to the two-four time we had been playing.
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Krueger, Alan B. "Where Does Terror Emerge? Economic and Political Conditions and Terrorism." In What Makes a Terrorist, 53–104. Princeton University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691196077.003.0003.
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This chapter considers the macro evidence on terrorism, at the society or country level. It begins by discussing the data that the U.S. government collects on international terrorism. In the course of the chapter's research, it was quickly discovered that there is a burning need for better data on the frequency and lethality of terrorist activity, underscored by the entertaining but ultimately sad anecdote included here. This anecdote recounts how the government bungled the assembly of its most authoritative data on terrorism. The chapter nevertheless analyzes the imperfect data that are available and concludes with a summary of some new evidence on foreign insurgents in Iraq.
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Sadera, William A., and David Robinson. "Teaching Students in Mainland China." In Cases on Globalized and Culturally Appropriate E-Learning, 207–21. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-989-7.ch010.
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This case study examines the design, implementation and cultural challenges of delivering an online university course to a group of 21 Mainland Chinese educators. Culturally influenced challenges included: culturally different learning styles, inhibited online communication, and language issues. A mid-course survey and an end of the semester course evaluation tool provided anecdotal data to facilitate enacting solutions for the challenges presented in the design and delivery of the course.
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Stukalin, Yelena, and Sigal Levy. "Introducing Probability Theory to Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Students by Examples from the Bible and Ancient Scripts." In Building on the Past to Prepare for the Future, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of The Mathematics Education for the Future Project, King's College,Cambridge, Aug 8-13, 2022, 522–25. WTM-Verlag, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37626/ga9783959872188.0.098.
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Cultural diversity in the classroom may motivate teachers to seek examples that reflect their students’ cultural backgrounds, thus making the course material more appealing and understandable. In this context, the Holy Bible is a source of many stories and anecdotes that may be included in teaching probability theory to even ultra-Orthodox Jews. This paper aims to demonstrate the use of stories from the Bible to introduce some concepts in probability. We believe that this approach will make learning probability and statistics more understandable to the Ultra-Orthodox students and increase their motivation to engage in their studies. Keywords: cultural diversity, biblical examples, non-statisticians
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Nagel, Robert F. "Prologue:‘You’ll Never Find a Better Constitution’." In Making Civil Rights Law, 3–5. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195084122.003.0001.
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Abstract The course of civil rights litigation in the 1940s and 1950s was not smooth. It was a version of the duality that W.E.B. Du Bois said described the lives of all African-Americans: “an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body.’ For civil rights lawyers like Thurgood Marshall, this duality went to the heart of their work. They were committed to enforcing a Constitution whose promises had been repeatedly be-trayed. In speeches and anecdotes, Marshall often expressed the ambiguities of civil rights litigation and the Constitution that ran through civil rights lawyers’ work.
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Russell, Catherine. "Riding, Falling, and Stunts." In The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck, 193–202. University of Illinois Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252045042.003.0019.
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How did a Brooklyn orphan become known as a western hero in the image of her hero, Pearl White? This chapter traces Stanwyck’s relationship with horses, including her ambition to be a stunt woman. In fact, she suffered many injuries over the course of her career, and many of the most incredible stunts were actually performed by stuntpeople. Comparing the dynamic image of a woman on horseback with anecdotes from behind the scenes underlines the precarity of women’s agency in Hollywood. The contrast between the imagery of a woman hero and the narrative traps and patronizing critical commentary helps to underscore the ambivalence within American cultural history and Stanwyck’s role in the dreamscape of Hollywood.
Conference papers on the topic "Courage – Anecdotes"
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Dvořáková, Žaneta. "Jewish anecdotes as a mirror of naming practice. Personal names of Jews in Bohemia and Moravia." In International Conference on Onomastics “Name and Naming”. Editura Mega, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30816/iconn5/2019/6.
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Jewish anecdotes reflect the changes over the course of history that have occurred in Bohemia and Moravia in the field of personal names of local Jews. Unlike the rest of the population, Jews could not freely choose any given names, as they were restricted by an official list (1788–1867). After a short period of freedom, another list of permitted names was brought by the Nazi regime (1938). Jewish anecdotes comment on the choice, the use, and changes of names as well as on the names themselves. They represent an important historical and documentary source.
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Chamberlain, Matthew K., Christopher B. Williams, F. Scott Cowan, and Farrokh Mistree. "Orchestrating Learning in a Graduate Engineering Design Course." In ASME 2001 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2001/dtm-21705.
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Abstract ME6101: Engineering Design is a graduate level course offered by The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The course is orchestrated to achieve three objectives, namely, to have students internalize the Pahl and Beitz design method, to help them “reinvent” the Pahl and Beitz design method to meet the challenges of the future, and most importantly, to learn how to continue learning about design. The course was given during the Fall 2000 semester to a class of nineteen students — most in their first semester of graduate school — in addition to six practicing engineers via a distance-learning program. In this paper, the techniques utilized to foster learning in ME6101 are described. Excerpts from students’ essays are presented as anecdotal evidence that the concerted use of these methods aids students both in the internalization of course content and the development of personal practices that will serve them well in and beyond their engineering careers.
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Hertzberg, Jean, and Alex Sweetman. "Impact and Outcomes of a Flow Visualization Course." In ASME 2009 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2009-78480.
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For the past six years, a course on flow visualization has been offered to mixed teams of graduate and undergraduate engineering and fine arts photography students at the University of Colorado. The course has significant technical content on flow visualization and photographic techniques, and includes some emphasis on documentation and the interpretation of results, particularly with respect to atmospheric dynamics as revealed by clouds. What makes this course unusual is the emphasis on the production of images for aesthetic purposes: for art. While a number of art/science collaborations are growing worldwide, both in professional and academic communities, typically scientists are expected to contribute technical support while artists produce art. A particularly unusual aspect of this course is that all students are expected to demonstrate both aesthetic sensibility and scientific discipline. Another is that students are not constrained to study specific phenomena or use specific techniques; instead, creativity is required. A major outcome from this course is a series of stunning images. In addition, anecdotal evidence suggests that this course has a lasting impact on students’ perception of fluid physics, which can be contrasted to the effect of traditional introductory fluids courses. This raises the question of whether this impact is significant with respect to students’ understanding and appreciation of fluid mechanics, and if so, what aspect of the flow visualization course is most important? A survey instrument is being designed to quantify whether students’ awareness of fluid mechanics in the world around them changes when they take these courses and if students’ attitudes towards fluids is changed when they take these courses.
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Lauderbaugh Saunders, L. Ken. "A Novel Structure for Measurement and Instrumentation Courses." In ASME 2002 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2002-32074.
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This paper presents a new approach to the design of undergraduate measurement and instrumentation courses. Measurement and instrumentation courses are typically taught as a combination of lab procedures and measurement technology, with a bit of statistics thrown in. These courses are typically structured as a laboratory supporting a lecture course. A new approach to this course has been developed and implemented. In this new approach, a combination of lectures and independent research support independent laboratory experiments coupled with rigorous technical writing assignments. The new instructional design consists of a series of lectures conducted during the first half of the course. These lectures cover general topics needed for most of the laboratories. Students are given reading/research and homework assignments throughout the course to cover the “technology” of sensors and measurement systems. These lectures and assignments support the conducting of 11 open ended labs and a term project: each requiring an extensive lab report. This new approach is proving to be very effective. The interest level of the students has improved greatly. Instead of simply applying a known sensor to a given problem, the students are now able to identify a measurement problem, determine and research appropriate sensors, design an experimental system, document results and prepare a technical argument. A detailed discussion of this approach is included. Student feedback and anecdotal evidence are also included.
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Hilton, Ethan C., Taylor Gamble, Wayne Li, Tracy Hammond, and Julie S. Linsey. "Back to Basics: Sketching, Not CAD, Is the Key to Improving Essential Engineering Design Skills." In ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2018-86325.
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The ability to visually communicate ideas and the willingness to generate free-hand sketches are critical skills for engineers. With the advent of CAD, schools no longer teach drafting, prompting a concern over the lost art of free-hand sketching. Recent empirical data from senior design indicates they do not sketch until forced to do so and this agrees with much anecdotal data. This paper describes a novel approach to teaching sketching in a freshman CAD course using an industrial design methodology during the first six weeks of the semester. As expected, sketching skills improved, but there was concern that this may be at the expense of spatial visualization skills typically taught through isometric drawing. Spatial visualization skills are critical for engineers and have been linked to success in engineering programs. The current study measured spatial visualization skills at three points during the freshman CAD course. The industrial design approach to perspective sketching led to significant improvements in spatial visualization scores that were not statistically different from the more traditional approach within engineering. Overall, it was the sketching portion, not the CAD, that significantly improved the students’ spatial visualization scores. Including free-hand sketching in engineering not only improves sketching ability, but also improves the spatial visualization skills crucial for success in engineering in a way that CAD alone does not.
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Margolis, James, and Daria Kotys-Schwartz. "The Post-Graduation Attrition of Engineering Students: An Exploratory Study on Influential Career Choice Factors." In ASME 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2009-10906.
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Attrition issues with undergraduate engineering students, while concerning, are well documented. However, little research has explored post-graduation attrition. U.S. Department of Labor statistics suggest that as many as 45 percent of workers with engineering degrees are not employed in engineering jobs. As China and India increasingly compete with the U.S. in the production of engineers and enrollment in U.S. engineering programs continues to lag behind other four-year degrees, training a consistent number of quality engineers is a critical issue for the American workforce. Anecdotal evidence of problematic post-graduation attrition—that is, attrition related to controllable factors in students’ educational experiences that push them away from engineering careers, as opposed to attrition of students who wish to creatively apply their skills in other occupations—coupled with the need for engineers in the workforce motivated this research. This study investigated the post-graduation plans of senior level mechanical engineering students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Over the course of one year, two surveys were administered to 169 students, a mix of graduating seniors and students in a Senior Capstone Project course. Students were classified into four groups based on their post-graduation plans: 1. Pursuers (35% of total sample): students pursuing an engineering career immediately after graduation without reservations or plans to leave the field in the future. 2. Returners (22% of total sample): students not pursuing an engineering career immediately after graduation but with plans for an engineering career in the future. 3. Pursuers with Reservations (34% of total sample): students pursuing an engineering career immediately after graduation who currently had reservations about their career choice and/or planned to leave the field in the future. 4. Leavers (9% of total sample): students not pursuing an engineering career immediately after graduation with no plans for an engineering career in the future. The results indicated that 65% of the sample had, at least, some reservations about pursuing an engineering career. Results also suggested five factors that may influence post-graduation attrition: 1. Feeling prepared to pursue an engineering career, 2. Internship experiences, 3. Senior Capstone Project course experiences, 4. Satisfaction with the quality of instruction in the engineering program, and 5. Career values related to financial rewards and enjoying co-workers.
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Romero, Marc, Montse Guitert catasús, Albert Sangra, and Mark Bullen. "DIGITAL LEARNERS AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA: A SKEPTICAL VIEW OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE NET GENERATION." In eLSE 2012. Editura Universitara, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-12-047.
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Some authors, most of them from the United States, have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by the advent of digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. These students, called the \\\\\\\"Net Generation\\\\\\\", are supposed to be digitally literate, continuously connected, showing a need for immediacy in receiving information, preference for social activities, being active experiential learners, showing a capacity to carry out several tasks simultaneously and being involved in the community (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005; Prensky, 2005; Palfrey & Gasser, 2008). However, it is worth asking if that is a current observable phenomenon. Are those students at the UOC born after the 80s really more familiar with ICT tools than those born in previous generations? Do they show different study habits and learning paths? Different research lines (Kennedy et al., 2008, Bennett, et al, 2008; Guo et al, 2008, Selwyn, 2009, Bullen et al, in press) highlight that scientific data or statistics are rarely used when discussing this generation’s characteristics. The international research project, Digital Learners in Higher Education seeks to develop a sophisticated and evidence-based understanding of university learners in different institutional contexts and the perception of cultures in their use of technology in a social and educational context. This project endeavours to understand the problem in depth and to observe what the growing use of new digital technologies means for teaching and learning in higher education. This research project is led by the British Columbia Institute of Technology and includes the University of Regina and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). The research questions of this study are: • Do postsecondary students distinguish their social and educational use of ICTs? • What impact does student social use of ICTs have on postsecondary learning environments? • What is the relationship between social and educational uses of ICTs in postsecondary education? In order to find out students’ social and educational use of ICTs in three different contexts, we use a multi-case study embedded design (Yin, 2009). The cases consist of three distinct postsecondary institutional contexts: a Canadian polytechnic teaching institution (BCIT), a Canadian research-intensive university (University of Regina) and a European fully online university (Open University of Catalonia). In the first phase of the study, BCIT partners reviewed the literature and checked some of the claims about Net Gen students. Specifically, the aims of this phase were to determine whether or not students at the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) fit the Net Generation’s profile as portrayed in the previously revised literature, and to try to understand how BCIT learners use various information and communication technologies. The review of the literature suggests that the discourse about the impact of new digital technologies on postsecondary education has been dictated by speculation, anecdotal observations and proprietary research that is difficult to assess. We found that there is no empirical basis for most of the arguments that have been made (Bullen et al., 2009a). In the second phase of the study, a survey was designed by BCIT partners in order to gather information about students’ communication and study habits. Later, the UOC partners adapted the survey to the characteristics of their cross-over “ICT Competences” course, in which students developed a research project in groups; taking into account that this is a course studied by approximately 3,000 students per semester. In this paper, the 1,036 student responses to the survey are deeply analysed in order to demonstrate that there is no statistically significant relationship between our student’s age and the Net Generation’s characteristics. In order to go beyond our analysis and considering the features of the ICT competences’ course, the relationship between student age and their perception about the time dimension of studying online and collaborative online learning will also be deeply analysed.