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Marks of Identity: Potters of the Folona (Mali) and Their “Mothers”

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

March 01 2007 Marks of Identity: Potters of the Folona (Mali) and Their “Mothers” Barbara E. Frank Barbara E. Frank Barbara E. Frank is associate professor of art history at Stony Brook University. Her primary research has been in Mali, West Africa, where she has worked with ceramic and textile artists, leatherworkers, and blacksmiths on artistry, technology, and social identity. Her major publications include Mande Potters and Leatherworkers. Art and Heritage in West Africa (Smithsonian, 1998, 2001) and an edited volume Status and Identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande (Indiana, 1995). bfrank@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Barbara E. Frank Barbara E. Frank is associate professor of art history at Stony Brook University. Her primary research has been in Mali, West Africa, where she has worked with ceramic and textile artists, leatherworkers, and blacksmiths on artistry, technology, and social identity. Her major publications include Mande Potters and Leatherworkers. Art and Heritage in West Africa (Smithsonian, 1998, 2001) and an edited volume Status and Identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande (Indiana, 1995). bfrank@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN: 0001-9933 © 2007 by the Regents of the University of California.2007 African Arts (2007) 40 (1): 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2007.40.1.30 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Barbara E. Frank; Marks of Identity: Potters of the Folona (Mali) and Their “Mothers”. African Arts 2007; 40 (1): 30–41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar.2007.40.1.30 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search © 2007 by the Regents of the University of California.2007 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
EU foreign policy and ‘perceived coherence’: the case of Kosovo

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

To what extent has the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy been coherent in the Western Balkans? Moreover, is EU policy behaviour seen as coherent by local stakeholders? Such questions are of high significance regarding the role of the EU as an external actor and with regard to the Western Balkans in particular. This article assesses EU policy coherence in the case of Kosovo, focusing on the latter’s EU accession prospects and the EU rule of law mission EULEX. Introducing the novel concept of ‘perceived coherence’, the paper argues that EU policies and actors are not perceived as coherent by both local elites and civil society organizations. As a result, the effectiveness of the implementation of the Union’s foreign policy in Kosovo remains low.
KNOWING THE VILLAGE: EVERYDAY HISTORY, MEMORY AND SOURCES OF LATE SOVIET UKRAINE

Field: Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)

The aim of the study is to explore the analytical potential of local sources – including grassroots memory archives such as oral histories, family records, and vernacular narratives – for understanding the sociocultural transformations in rural communities during 1985 – 1991. The methodology is based on a combination of microhistorical approach, anthropology of everyday life, spatial critique, and postcolonial analysis. Scientific novelty. For the first time, local non-conventional sources – including oral testimonies, regional history texts, and private archives – are interpreted as full-fledged carriers of historical knowledge and forms of local self-reflection. The analytical structure of the study, following a “micro into macro” format and supported by an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, enables the integration of fragmentary everyday narratives into a coherent analytical field. This approach presents rural communities as active subjects of historical processes, capable of interpreting transformation within a broader sociocultural context. Conclusions. The study outlines a diversity of everyday practices through which rural communities adapted to the conditions of the late Soviet crisis: self-sufficiency, informal cooperation, family-based labor contracts, barter exchanges, and local memory initiatives. These fragments of everyday life serve provide both empirical insight and a grounded epistemic framework rooted in lived experience. The sociocultural life of the village is viewed as part of broader global processes – the transmission of memory, the struggle over space, the accumulation of social capital, and cultural resistance. In this context, rural communities are represented as epistemologically capable subjects, able to interpret the past, act in the present, and articulate their own historical presence.
Ablación química de la vesícula biliar con hipoclorito de sodio en un modelo animal

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Introduction: The cholecystectomy is the current treatment of the biliary lithiasis. Nevertheless there have been attempts in order to eliminate the gallbladder epithelium and to generate the sclerosis of the organ using chemical substances, heat and laser.Objetive: Sodium hypochlorite and fibrin glue is proposed to achieve the ablation of the gallbladder mucosa and sclerosis.Materials and methods: Thirty rabbits were divided into three groups of 10. Accessing surgically to the gallbladder, sodium hypochlorite was injected, afterward the same was done with fibrin glue to occlude the cystic duct and collapse the organ lumen, avoiding the bile reflux. In the control groups ethanol plus fibrin adhesive and physiological solution was used. In day 65 the animals were sacrificed and the result of the procedure was observed macroscopic and histologically.Results: Eight of the gallbladders treated with sodium hypochlorite disappeared leaving a small subhepatic scar. There were no intra nor postoperative complications. In the group of the ethanol the result was successful only in one case, and with saline solution there was no ablation. A significant difference exists for the group treated with sodium hypochlorite plus fibrin glue compared to the ethanol plus fibrin adhesive group (p <0,0055) and the saline solution group (p <0,0007).Conclusion: In this experimental model there was possible the ablation of the gallbladder using sodium hypochlorite as sclerosing agent and fibrin glue to collapse the lumen and to occlude the cystic duct.
OH&S - HOW IT AFFECTS US ON THE GROUND

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

In NSW, as in the rest of Australia, various Acts and Regulations provide a legal framework for managing health and safety in the workplace. The University environment is arguably one of the most complex to manage, with a variety of faculties, institutes and other organizational units which all have different needs, and constraints, as to how they fulfil the legal and practical requirements of the legislation. Under the umbrella of the UTS Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) management system and policy, individual faculties and departments have the scope to develop procedures which are specific to their needs and targeted to risks and activities carried out by their own staff and students. Although the university system puts the onus on managers and supervisors to assess and manage risks in relation to health and safety, it often falls to individual members of technical staff to ensure that these policies are adhered to.
Double heterostructure Pb1-xSnx Te–PbTe lasers with cw operation at 77 K

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

Diode lasers that operate cw at 77 K have been made from a Pb0.88Sn0.12 Te–PbTe double heterostructure grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Junction diffusion during growth has been prevented by the use of Tl-doped PbTe substrates. The wavelength emitted in cw operation has been temperature tuned from 10.5 μm at 12 K to less than 8.2 μm at 80 K, a range of nearly 280 cm−1. The cw threshold current density increases from 1.6 × 103 A/cm2 at 12 K to 4.2 × 103 A/cm2 at 77 K. The measured cw power is 10 mW in four modes at 12 K (1.8 × 104 A/cm2) and 1.2 mW in a single mode at 77 K (7.5 × 103 A/cm2).
TDP-43 real-time quaking induced conversion reaction optimization and detection of seeding activity in CSF of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia patients

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Abstract The pathological deposition of the transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa occurs in the majority (∼97%) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and in around 45% of frontotemporal lobar degeneration cases. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration clinically overlap, presenting a continuum of phenotypes. Both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration lack treatments capable of interfering with the underlying pathological process and early detection of transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa pathology would facilitate the development of disease-modifying drugs. The real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction showed the ability to detect prions in several peripheral tissues of patients with different forms of prion and prion-like diseases. Despite transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa displays prion-like properties, to date the real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction technology has not yet been adapted to this protein. The aim of this study was to adapt the real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction technique for the transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa substrate and to exploit the intrinsic ability of this technology to amplify minute amount of mis-folded proteins for the detection of pathological transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa species in the cerebrospinal fluid of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients. We first optimized the technique with synthetic transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa–pre-formed aggregates and with autopsy-verified brain homogenate samples and subsequently analysed CSF samples from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients and controls. Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction was able to detect as little as 15 pg of transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa aggregates, discriminating between a cohort of patients affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration and age-matched controls with a total sensitivity of 94% and a specificity of 85%. Our data give a proof-of-concept that transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa is a suitable substrate for the real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction. Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa real-time quaking-induced conversion reaction could be an innovative and useful tool for diagnosis and drug development in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. The cerebrospinal fluid detection of transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa pathological aggregates may be exploited as a disease biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal lobar degeneration patients.
Hyperprolactinemia Due to the Sulpiride Addition to Venlafaxine Treatment: A Case Report

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Hyperprolactinemia, is the most common hypothalamo-hypopysial endocrine disorder. The most common etiologies are; hypophysis adenoma, chronic kidney failure and antiphyschotic drug use. Normal range of prolactin blood level is below 20–25 ng/ml. Antipsychotic drugs cause hyperprolactinemia by blocking the D2 dopamine receptors in the frontal lobe of the hypophysis. The most common symptoms of hyperprolactinemia due to antipsychotic drug use are: galactorrhea, menstrual cycle dysregulation, amenorrhea, decrease in libido, breast sensitivity, decrease in the bone mineral density. Therefore, it is important to diagnose galactorrhea as early as possible. As far as we know there is no reported cases of hyperprolactinemia induced galactorrhea due to very low dose (50 mg/day) sulpiride use. In this study, we report a case of galactorrhea due to hyperprolactinemia as a result of sulpiride 50 mg/daily drug addition to the venflaxine 150 mg/daily treatment in a depressive patient.
Exploring the Socio-Political Determinants of Open Budget

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

In a study of budgetary transparency and accountability, this chapter examines how a country’s disclosure of budget information is related to a set of socio-political factors. The authors analyze data from the biennial Open Budget Survey conducted by the International Budget Partnership for the years of 2008 and 2010. The study compares three types of disclosure practices: online, hardcopy, and unpublished distribution for six types of budgets: pre-budget proposal, executive budget, citizens’ budget, mid-year review, end-year review, and audit report. They find that the level of democracy in a given nation has considerable impact on its level of budgetary transparency and accountability, when these qualities are defined in terms of types of budgetary documents that are available to the public online. It is clear that online publication, most probably in the context of e-government efforts, is key to making this information available. The quality of governance is found to be critical for the availability of a citizens’ budget online, and the numbers of Internet users is related to the online availability of the executive budget.
Q Fever Osteoarticular Infection in Children

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Q fever osteoarticular infection in children is an underestimated disease. We report 3 cases of Q fever osteomyelitis in children and review all cases reported in the literature through March 2018. A high index of suspicion is encouraged in cases of an unusual manifestation, prolonged course, relapsing symptoms, nonresolving or slowly resolving osteomyelitis, culture-negative osteomyelitis, or bone histopathology demonstrating granulomatous changes. Urban residence or lack of direct exposure to animals does not rule out infection. Diagnosis usually requires use of newer diagnostic modalities. Optimal antimicrobial therapy has not been well established; some case-patients may improve spontaneously or during treatment with a β-lactam. The etiology of treatment failure and relapse is not well understood, and tools for follow-up are lacking. Clinicians should be aware of these infections in children to guide optimal treatment, including choice of antimicrobial drugs, duration of therapy, and methods of monitoring response to treatment..
The Knowledge of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) about Speech Language Pathology/Therapy (SLP/T) in Pakistan

Field: Health Professions (Health Sciences)

SLP is a client-based health profession set up as part of a multidisciplinary team. AHP's acknowledgment of the role of another professional in the team results in quintessential referral among the professionals that can thoroughly benefit clients to receive finer quality services/care. This research focuses on surveying the insight and misconceptions of AHPs regarding SLP responsibilities. One central discussion was conducted among 20 AHP on the basis of a descriptive survey. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to explore the perception of AHP’s role in SLP. We examined the extent of AHP’s knowledge of the speech-language pathology field. In research 20 AHP (P.T, O.T) were selected through convenient sampling techniques because of suitability for both. The study found mixed results, AHPs (0%) were in the category “No to Little Knowledge”, and AHPs 25% required further updated knowledge and education on best speech therapy requirements/treatment practices. AHPs are merely aware of the existence of this field, they do not know what sort of cases are dealt with by the professionals. AHPs30% are classified under “reasonable knowledge” for being aware of the patient’s basic speech therapy requirements, but will not refer to SLP, or AHPs, and 45% have expert-level knowledge, a clear concept regarding SLP requirements and practices. The study results showed that in Pakistan, AHPs' apprehension regarding clients’ speech needs and SLPs’ role still remain deficient. SLP needs to be promoted constantly for the client’s peak benefit and for the overall field’s progression as it is still a very new profession in Pakistan.
Degree of free cash flow leverage

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

Purpose This paper aims to forgo the conventional (degree of operating leverage) risk measure by replacing elasticity of operating profits with respect to output with elasticity of free cash flow (FCF) with respect to optimal output and by considering exogenous random demand shocks for the firm’s products as a source of risk. Design/methodology/approach The elasticity risk measure accounts for corporate taxes and the cost of bankruptcy. The methodology is selecting optimal level of production investment and capital structure to generate efficient frontier of expected FCF and its risk in terms of its elasticity with respect to output. Findings The risk measure leads to efficient frontier between expected FCF and its idiosyncratic managerial risk. The model also resolves the empirical debate on the tradeoff between operating and financial leverages. Originality/value It is the first elasticity risk measure that embodied the impact of future level of capital expenditure, total level of assets and their sensitivity to random shocks in the product market.
Effect of fertigation on soil fertility, yield and nutrient uptake by brinjal

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of fertigation on yield, soil fertility status and nutrient uptake by brinjal during rabi season of 2017-18 at research farm of Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with five treatments replicated four times. The treatments consist of various levels of fertilizers through drip fertigation and a control treatment with traditional application of fertilizer. The results revealed that the yield increased with increasing level of Fertigation. The maximum yield was recorded with drip fertigation at 150% RDF (557.10 q ha-1) which was found to be at par with drip Fertigation at 125% RDF (554.88 q ha-1). Significantly lower yield obtained under control i.e. traditional fertilization at 100% RDF (428.56 q ha-1). Similar trend was observed with highest available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and micronutrients in soil. Chemical properties of soil were also improved with fertigation as compared to traditional method of fertilizer application. Highest B:C ratio was obtained in treatment with drip fertigation at 125% RDF (3.22) followed by treatment with drip fertigation at 100% RDF (3.09).
Typology of aquatic habitats in the great ouse, a small regulated lowland river

Field: Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)

Abstract A study of aquatic habitat types was undertaken in August 1989 on the River Great Ouse. Habitat character at 44 sites was evaluated via twelve qualitative and quantitative environmental variables. Discriminant Analysis of the environmental data revealed a weak discrimination of sites corresponding with longitudinal changes in channel width. Distinction between the habitat types in the analysis was relatively weak. Compared with unregulated European lowland rivers of similar geomorphological origin, the Great Ouse possesses little transversal habitat diversity (abandoned channels, oxbows, etc.) and the ponding effect of water retention structures in downstream sections appears to have created a slight longitudinal gradient in channel width and depth. This comparatively low habitat heterogeneity corroborates a previous report of limited recruitment in the Great Ouse by 0 + fishes of both limnophilous and rheophilous reproductive guilds, with a predominance of generalist spawners.
Kerr Effect in Flexible Polymers

Field: Chemistry (Physical Sciences)

A theory of the Kerr effect in flexible polymers is presented, which relates the electro-optical birefringence to details of the polymer structure. Previous interpretations of the data are criticized. It is shown in particular that the Kerr effect should be quite sensitive to rotational hindering in the polymer molecule. The theory is applied to several model polymers and order-of-magnitude agreement with data for polyvinyl halides is obtained.
Production and Decay of Saxion in $e^+e^-$ Collisions

Field: Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)

The production of saxion in $e^{+}$$e^{-}$ collider and the saxion decay into two photons were calculated in detail. Based on results it shows that the saxion is stable in our universe and can play the role of the late decaying particle (LDP) in a dark matter.
Development of a novel liposomal nanoparticle formulation of cisplatin to breast cancer therapy

Field: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Life Sciences)

Abstract Cisplatin is one of the conventional drugs used in chemotherapy which has a potent antitumor function. However, due to the dangerous side effects, including the damage to DNA of the normal cells, its clinical use is limited. The aim of this study was to prepare and characterize nanoliposome containing cisplatin. We optimized liposome formulations through the modification of the proportion of SPC80 (soybeanphospholipids with 75% phosphatidylcholine) and cholesterol content. Then, novel PEGylated liposomal formulations containing SPC80: cholesterol: DSPE‐mPEG (at ratios of 85:10:5) were designed and developed to serve as a therapy to achieve more improved pharmaceutical efficiency. Zeta Sizer showed that PEGylated nanoliposomes had a mean diameter of 119.7 ± 2.1 nm, a zeta potential of −26.03 ± 1.34 mV, and entrapment efficiency of 96.65 ± 3%. The optimum formulations represented sustained, thermo‐sensitive release, and augmented cellular uptake. The cytotoxic effect of the liposomal drug was higher than the free medication drug that confirmed the efficiency of cellular uptake. This study suggests that nanoliposome‐loaded cisplatin plays a vital role in improving drug efficacy and the reduction of dosage.
Anti-electromagnetic interference and calibration schemes of flexible current sensor tag for reliable current detection in household appliance

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

The paper presents both anti-inference packaging and effective calibration schemes for accurate current detection in household appliance using flexible current tags. The sensor with NiFe C-clamp stripes can effectively prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) effect and reduce the measurement error down to less than 2%, while the external current source is placed 1cm away from the power cord to be detected. Meanwhile, an effective calibration scheme using two sensor coils with a designated separation is proposed and experimentally validated for accurate current detection based on a quadratic polynomial approximation.