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Antitheatricality and the Body Public
Situating the theater as a site of broad cultural movements and conflicts, Lisa A. Freeman asserts that antitheatrical incidents from the English Renaissance to present-day America provide us with occasions to trace major struggles over the nature and balance of power and political authority. In studies of William Prynne's Histrio-mastix (1633), Jeremy Collier's A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698), John Home's Douglas (1757), the burning of the theater at Richmond (1811), and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998) Freeman engages in a careful examination of the political, religious, philosophical, literary, and dramatic contexts in which challenges to theatricality unfold. In so doing, she demonstrates that however differently \"the public\" might be defined in each epoch, what lies at the heart of antitheatrical disputes is a struggle over the character of the body politic that governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to represent that nation.By situating antitheatrical incidents as rich and interpretable cultural performances, Freeman seeks to account fully for the significance of these particular historical conflicts. She delineates when, why, and how anxieties about representation manifest themselves, and traces the actual politics that govern such ostensibly aesthetic and moral debates even today.
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Escherichia coli O157
The Oregon Health Authority routinely investigates clusters of reportable enteric diseases identified by whole-genome sequencing. While investigating 2 cases of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in 2019, in which both patients were exposed to the same home-processed “jerky” and clinical isolates matched within 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we discovered, by searching the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information website, 3 other cases of E coli O157:H7 from 3 Oregon counties—Tillamook, Umatilla, and Douglas—whose clinical isolates were within 9 SNPs of the 2 initial matched cases. We analyzed interview data for 3 case patients and followed up with additional hypothesis- generating questions. Onset of illness for the Tillamook, Umatilla, and Douglas county cases were October 7, 2017, October 27, 2017, and April 30, 2018, respectively. The median age of the 5 case patients was 16 years. Parents of 2 of the 5 case patients, each from a different county, had harvested deer approximately 20 miles from each other in the same Douglas County wildlife hunting unit in late September 2017. The case from Umatilla County was lost to follow-up. Although it is well documented that deer are a viable and substantial reservoir of E coli O157:H7, to our knowledge, this is the first time that venison from a common wildlife hunting unit was found to be associated with a cluster of illnesses. This finding suggests a geographic nidus for E coli O157:H7. We recommend routinely asking about wildlife hunting units when developing exposure hypotheses involving potential venison-associated clusters.
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TBK 1 ‐Associated Primary Lateral Sclerosis Followed by Right Temporal Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
We report a 58‐year‐old woman with a novel splice‐site variant in the TANK‐binding kinase 1 ( TBK1 :c.993–2A>C p.Ala332TyrfsTer39) who sequentially developed primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) followed by right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD). Neuroimaging demonstrated right anterior temporal atrophy before cognitive symptoms, and prosopagnosia represented the earliest manifestation of rtvFTD. Molecular analysis revealed reduced levels of correctly spliced TBK1 transcripts, consistent with haploinsufficiency. Given the shared involvement of TDP‐43 pathology in both PLS and rtvFTD, this case indicates TBK1 dysfunction as a fundamental genetic factor underlying the coexistence of these phenotypes, underscoring the clinical value of early neuroimaging and genetic evaluation.
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Culturally responsive choral music education : what teachers can learn from nine students' experiences in three choirs
\"Culturally Responsive Choral Music Education visits the classrooms of three ethnically diverse choral teacher-conductors to highlight specific examples of ways that culturally responsive teaching (CRT) can enrich choral music education. Principles of CRT are illustrated in contrasting demographic contexts: a choir serving a sizeable immigrant Hispanic population, a choir with an African American classroom majority, and a choir comprised of students who identify with eighteen distinct ethnicities. Additionally, portraits of nine ethnically diverse students illuminate how CRT shaped their experiences as members of these choral ensembles. Practical recommendations are offered for developing a culturally responsive classroom environment\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Transforming routine health data use in LMICs through modular, AI-supported automation: insights from Zimbabwe
Health information systems (HIS) in Low- and Medium-Income Countries (LMICs) are often hindered by fragmented data flows, manual reporting processes and limited analytical capacity. These challenges compromise data quality, divert critical resources from patient care, delay reporting and limits the use of routine data for programme improvement. This descriptive case study documented the design, co-creation and rollout of the Organization for Public Health Interventions and Development Modular Data Intelligence Platform (OMDIP) across 15 districts in Zimbabwe. System performance and user experience were assessed through routine metrics, dashboards, supervision reports and user feedback collected between January 2023 and June 2024. The reporting of the intervention was guided by selected domains of the WHO mHealth Evidence Reporting and Assessment checklist. Development of the OMDIP began in May 2023. Additional modules were added: ReportAID AI enabled module for narrative synthesis, Data Diagnostic Module for error detection, the Data Analytics Platform for visual dashboards and the Data Export Request Listener for automated submission ready reports. These modules integrated with District Health Information System 2 and EHRs. Across 335 facilities supporting 345 000 clients, timely report submission improved from 27% to 100%, data-cleaning time decreased from 10.2 to 2.9 days, report preparation time dropped from 7 to under 2 days, and critical data errors were eliminated. OMDIP enhanced efficiency, quality and use of routine health data in Zimbabwe. Integrated with national systems and aligned with WHO digital health frameworks, it demonstrates a scalable model for strengthening data-driven decision-making and health system performance in LMICs.
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Survival Migration
International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic rights, as do conditions in failed and fragile states that make possible human rights deprivations. Because these reasons do not meet the legal understanding of persecution, the victims of these circumstances are not usually recognized as \"refugees,\" preventing current institutions from ensuring their protection. In this book, Alexander Betts develops the concept of \"survival migration\" to highlight the crisis in which these people find themselves.
Examining flight from three of the most fragile states in Africa-Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Somalia-Betts explains variation in institutional responses across the neighboring host states. There is massive inconsistency. Some survival migrants are offered asylum as refugees; others are rounded up, detained, and deported, often in brutal conditions. The inadequacies of the current refugee regime are a disaster for human rights and gravely threaten international security. InSurvival Migration, Betts outlines these failings, illustrates the enormous human suffering that results, and argues strongly for an expansion of protected categories.
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