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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The spring of 2020 marked a change in how almost everyone conducted their personal and professional lives, both within science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global scientific conferences and individual laboratories and required people to find space in their homes from which to work. It blurred the boundaries between work and non-work, infusing ambiguity into everyday activities. While adaptations that allowed people to connect became more common, the evidence available at the end of 2020 suggests that the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic endangered the engagement, experience, and retention of women in academic STEMM, and may roll back some of the achievement gains made by women in the academy to date.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies, names, and documents how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the careers of women in academic STEMM during the initial 9-month period since March 2020 and considers how these disruptions - both positive and negative - might shape future progress for women. This publication builds on the 2020 report Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine to develop a comprehensive understanding of the nuanced ways these disruptions have manifested. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will inform the academic community as it emerges from the pandemic to mitigate any long-term negative consequences for the continued advancement of women in the academic STEMM workforce and build on the adaptations and opportunities that have emerged.
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The pandemic paradox : how the COVID crisis made Americans more financially secure
\"In March 2020, economic and social life across the United States came to an abrupt halt as the country tried to slow the spread of COVID-19. In the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression, twenty-two million people lost their jobs between mid-March and mid-April of 2020. And yet somehow the finances of most Americans improved during the pandemic--savings went up, debts went down, and fewer people had trouble paying their bills. In The Pandemic Paradox, economist Scott Fulford explains this seeming contradiction, describing how the pandemic reshaped the American economy. As Americans grappled with remote work, \"essential\" work, and closed schools, three massive pandemic relief bills, starting with the CARES Act on March 27, 2020, managed to protect many of America's most vulnerable. Fulford draws from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's \"Making Ends Meet\" surveys--which he helped design--to interweave macroeconomic trends in spending, saving, and debt with stories of individual Americans' economic lives during the pandemic. We meet Winona, who quit her job to take care of her children; Marvin, who retired early and worried that his savings wouldn't last; Lisa, whose expenses went up after her grown kids (and their dog) moved back home; and many others. What the statistics and the stories show, Fulford argues, is that a better, fairer, more productive economy is still possible. The success of pandemic relief policy proves that Americans' economic fragility is not an unsolvable problem. But we have to choose to solve it.\"--Amazon.com.
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Myanmar in crisis : living with the pandemic and the coup
Myanmar in Crisis brings together scholars from across the social sciences to analyse the dual crises of COVID-19 and the 2021 military coup. All of the essays address one of four themes around the concept of crisis: society in crisis, a state in crisis, an economy in crisis, and international relations in crisis. Several authors examine the contested nature of state authority in the post-coup revolutionary context, including the emergence of new governance dynamics; others discuss heterogenous forms of resistance and the potential for building a more inclusive, just, and tolerant society in the future of Myanmar. The volume also explores the economic crisis caused by the pandemic and the coup and its devastating effects on people's lives and livelihoods: the authors provide a deep dive into the impacts of restrictive COVID-19 prevention measures on local communities, the growing livelihoods crisis since the coup, and the impacts of both crises on foreign trade and investment. Scaling up from that local perspective, the book also looks at Myanmar's history of foreign relations, the response of the international community to the coup and the challenges faced by foreign governments and regional bodies in navigating the deteriorating political situation. Held together, the volume highlights the ongoing state of crisis in Myanmar, its impact on society and the possibilities for recovery and reform, amidst a powerful new revolutionary movement. Beyond providing crucial insights to Southeast Asian area specialists, the book offers deep insights into the way that multiple crises interact, amplify one another, and open up possibilities for hope amidst tragedy.
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COVID-19 and the structural crises of our time
\"We live in paradoxical times. Traditionally, the West has led the world in theory and practice. Yet, recent developments, from COVID-19 to the storming of the US Capitol, show how lost the West has become. This loss of direction has deep roots. In their usual thoughtful and incisive fashion, Lim Mah-Hui and Michael Heng Siam-Heng, draw out the deeper origins of our current crises and show us a new way forward. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand our strange times.\" -- Kishore Mahbubani, founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is the author of Has China Won?\"A powerful and compelling critique of neoliberal globalization and its potentially devastating, but long underestimated, consequences for financial stability, the environment, social equity and democracy. COVID-19 has laid bare these dysfunctions and stresses. But this is not a pessimistic book. The authors argue, correctly, that we may be on the cusp of another Great Transformation. The choices we make today to make markets more resilient, improve social protection, and preserve our freedoms could lay the foundations for a sustainable globalization that works for future generations.\" -- Donald Low, Professor of Practice in Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology\"This fascinating book highlights the interplay between financial and health crises that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed. Financialized capitalism is bad for the planet, bad for human health, and creates more unequal and insecure societies. The authors make a strong and convincing case for re-embedding markets into society and finance into the real economy.\" --Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA\"Lim and Heng's ambitious volume argues that 2020 was the year of the global 'perfect storm' of multiple crises, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating financial, economic, socio-political and environmental breakdowns. They extend Karl Polanyi's original insights to appeal for a sustainable global New Deal. While the reader may not agree with all their theses, the scope of their coverage and ambition will set the stage for debates over the annus horribilis.\" -- Jomo K.S., Founder-chair, IDEAS www.network.ideas; former United Nations Assistant Secretary General\"This book provides plenty of food for thought for many pondering if the COVID-19 crisis could lead to a major transformation of the global economic system shaped by unfettered market forces and policies of governments in their service.\"-- Yilmaz Akyuz, former Director, UNCTAD, Geneva
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فلسفة النهضة : المبادئ والأهداف
الكتاب ينم عن حب وتقدير للنهضة العمانية، واعتزاز بتاريخ وحاضر عمان، فالكاتب يقول عنها : شغلتني عمان بتراثها وحاضرها، حتى شغفت بأخبارها، وولعت بتألقها في حقب من التاريخ، وبمحاولاتها الجادة في الأزمنة الحديثة لتعود إلى ذلك الألق، بتحكيم الأصالة والحداثة معا في مسيرتها نحو المستقبل. الكتاب كشف الأبعاد النظرية والتطبيقات العملية لفلسفة النهضة العمانية، ومحاولا الإجابة عن السر الكامن وراء نجاح التجربة العمانية في نهضتها المعاصرة، من خلال صياغة علمية رصينة بينت أوجه الالتقاء بين فلسفة النهضة العمانية مع مبادئ رسالة الاستخلاف وغاياتها. الكتاب يضم بين جنباته معلومات وافرة عن النهضة العمانية، وفكر القيادة الحكيمة لجلالة السلطان.
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226 Reduced synaptic density in progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome, revealed by 11CUCB-J PET
Synaptic loss is prominent in several human neurodegenerative diseases. We tested the hypothesis that synaptic density is reduced by the primary tauopathies of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and cor- ticobasal syndrome (CBS). Thirty-three participants (10 CBS, 10 PSP, and thirteen age-/sex-/education- matched controls) underwent clinical and neuropsychological assessment, 3T-magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography with the radioligand [11C]UCB-J which targets the Synaptic Vesicle Glycoprotein 2A (SV2A). Eight CBS patients had negative β-amyloid biomarker. As expected, PSP and CBS groups were impaired in executive, memory and visuospatial tasks. [11C]UCB-J binding was reduced across frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes, cingulate, hippocampus, insula, amygdala and subcortical structures in both PSP and CBS patients compared to controls (p<0.001), with reductions up to 50%, consistent with post mortem data. The revised Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination score correlated positively with cortical [11C]UCB-J binding (frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes, hippocampus, insula and amygdala, all p<0.05); putamen and precentral [11C]UCB-J binding correlated inversely with the PSP rating scale (both p<0.05). In conclusion, we confirm severe synaptic loss in PSP and CBS, which correlates with disease severity, providing critical insights into the underlying pathophysiology of primary degenerative tauopathies and supporting potential treatment strategies based on synaptic maintenance or restoration.nda26@cam.ac.uk
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الأعمال التاريخية للسلطان قابوس
يتناول كتاب (الأعمال التاريخية للسلطان قابوس) والذي قام بتأليفه (هشام عثمان محمد) ويقع في حوالي (228) صفحة من القطع المتوسط موضوع (تاريخ عمان في عهد السلطان قابوس) مستعرضا المحتويات التالية : الفصل الأول : السلطان قابوس.. قصيدة في عشق عمان، الفصل الثاني : بناء الإنسان العماني، الفصل الثالث : إرساء دعائم اقتصاد قوي، الفصل الرابع : توافير الرعاية الصحية للجميع، الفصل الخامس : مهندس التنمية والعمل والتعمين.
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187 Variation in training: Results from a survey of UK neurology trainees
BackgroundNeurology training in the UK is governed by a national curriculum defining the outcomes every trainee must achieve. However, the delivery of neurology training and trainee satisfaction differs significantly across the UK1. The Association of British Neurologists Trainees (ABNT) recently completed a qualitative study of the highest and lowest performing trusts for neurology training across the UK and identified key indicators associated with trainee satisfaction2.AimTo establish the variation in these indicators across the country.MethodsWe conducted a survey of UK neurology trainees to audit regional performance against the indicators identified in the previous qualitative study.ResultsWe had responses from 50 trainees, covering all deaneries. There was consultant supervision reported >98% of the time. 56% of supervising consultants were on-site during working hours, and 66% were present during clinics. In 74% of cases, the supervising consultant for inpatient referrals also had pre-booked clinics.Adaptation of daily roles according to trainee level was only reported by 26% of trainees, with <20% reponses reporting variation in clinic lists, or examples of ST3 shadowing.52% of trainees were required to relocate during training.There was significant variation within deaneries, suggesting these factors are often determined at a trust level.1. Shribman S, Alexander SK, Zarkali A, et al. doi:10.1136/practneurol-2018–002129 amyrossrussell@gmail.com
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