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Doing Mad Studies
Richard A. Ingram
Dec 29, 2016
I am the person who is credited with having coined the term Mad Studies; here I explore how this new concept took shape.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Peter Gratton and John Panteleimon Manoussakis, eds. Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. Evanston, Ill.
Eric Severson
May 04, 2009
Book Review. Eric Severson reviews Peter Gratton and John Panteleimon Manoussakis, eds. Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2007.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
GC/MS Profiling of the Essential Oil and Lipophilic Extract of <i>Moricandia sinaica</i> Boiss. and Evaluation of Their Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Activities.
Shaza H Aly, Nariman H Kandil, Roqaya M Hemdan, Sara S Kotb, Sara S Zaki, Omnia M Abdelaziz, Mohamed M M AbdelRazek, Hadia Almahli, Mahmoud A El Hassab, Sara T Al-Rashood, Faizah A Binjubair, Wagdy M Eldehna
Apr 11, 2023
The genus Moricandia (Brassicaceae) comprises about eight species that were used in traditional medicine. Moricandia sinaica is used to alleviate certain disorders such as syphilis and exhibits analgesic...
Synthesis of Controllable Cu Shells on Au Nanoparticles with Electrodeposition
Mohsen Elabbadi, Christina Boukouvala, Elizabeth R Hopper, Jérémie Asselin, Emilie Ringe
Apr 17, 2023
Bimetallic Cu on Au nanoparticles with controllable morphology and optical properties were obtained via electrochemical synthesis. In particular, multilobed structures with good homogeneity were achieved through the optimization...
“What Can I Do?”
Ruth Koleszar-Green
Dec 14, 2019
This article is reactionary to the current discourse about the inclusion of Indigenous content in social work education. I centre this discussion on the history of social work education and the contemporary responses to the...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
John Panteleimon Manoussakis, ed. After God: Richard Kearney and the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy. New York
Eric Severson
May 04, 2009
[Book Review] Eric Severson reviews John Panteleimon Manoussakis, ed. After God: Richard Kearney and the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy. New York: Fordham University Press, 2005.
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Being a Singer
Brian A. Roberts
Nov 19, 2013
Singers both rejoice and suffer under the weight of their instrument. It becomes not only a major part of their identity but, in many cases, it becomes their central or "master status" (Hughes, 1945). This research examines the...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Ars moriendi
Mario O. D’Souza
Mar 14, 2018
I first found out that I have cancer, and the level of its severity and advanced stage,on the 11th of July, 2017. I had some symptoms like shortness of breath andfatigue, but I attributed them to a pill that I was taking, and...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Oriented Type I Collagen - A Review on Artificial Alignment Strategies
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and serves many functions, from mechanical stability and elasticity in tendons and bone, to optical properties, such as transparency and a fine tuned refractive index in...
Published by: IGI Global
Review of Kevin Decker and Jeffery Ewing, Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am. Oxford
Jared Call
Jan 07, 2020
The movie Alien first hit the box office in the spring of 1979, and it was met with critical acclaim; in 2008, it ranked seventh best film in the science fiction genre by the American Film Institute. The chestburster scene is...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Positioning
Frank Braio
Feb 24, 2020
Rather than getting into the spread of components in my own positioning, I want to pick up on a point made by Phil McShane in a communication sent Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 8:42 AM to: ‘lonergan_l @skipperweb.org’—re ...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Novel Framework Using Zero Shot Learning Technique for a Non-Factoid Question Answering System
Non-Factoid Question Answering (QA) is the next generation of textual QA systems, which gives passage level summaries for a natural language query, posted by the user. The main issue lies in the appropriateness of the generated...
Published by: IGI Global
Parthenogenesis in dipterans
Parthenogenesis has been documented in almost every phylum of animals, and yet this phenomenon is largely understudied. It has particular importance in dipterans since some parthenogenetic species are also disease vectors and...
development Drosophila Reproduction parthenogenesis dipterans Animals Drosophila melanogaster agriculture
Published by: Proceedings. Biological sciences
I Will Tell Myself, Be Very Proud of the Writer You are Becoming
Chinwe Ogolo
May 17, 2018
Academic writing is a challenge for most graduate students. As a doctoral student at Memorial University, I attempt to explore my academic writing journey. There have been struggles and victories along the way. As I employ...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Toward a Methodology of Vocal Pedagogy Research
Richard Kennell
Nov 19, 2013
This paper will consider the cultural artifact we call vocal pedagogy. While the word "pedagogy" often presents multiple meanings, here it will specifically refer to the interaction of expert teacher and novice student in a...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Uvvatuq Naluallangniaqtugut (I Humbly Hope We Run Into Game)
Uvvatuq naluallangniaqtugut (I humbly hope we run into game) is a phrase an Iñupiaq person would say before going out hunting in the Selawik dialect. We believe all things have a spirit, including animals. If a hunter announces...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Review of Richard Kearney and Brian Treanor (eds.), Carnal Hermeneutics, New York
Samuel R. R. Underwood
Jan 04, 2019
Carnal Hermeneutics is a collection of essays published in 2015 in the “Perspectives in Continental Philosophy” series by Fordham University Press. The contributors fall into two categories: established French philosophers...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Demographic rates reveal the benefits of protected areas in a long-lived migratory bird.
Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Richard Inger, Richard B Sherley, Eileen C Rees, Fitsum Abadi, Graham McElwaine, Kendrew Colhoun, Olafur Einarsson, Sverrir Thorstensen, Julia Newth, Kane Brides, David J Hodgson, Stuart Bearhop
Apr 12, 2023
Recent studies have suggested that protected areas often fail to conserve target species. However, the efficacy of terrestrial protected areas is difficult to measure, especially for highly vagile species like migratory birds...
A Mediated Approach to the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
This paper examines the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in relation to its implication for academic libraries in the 21st century. It sheds light on how technological development has had major impacts in the academic library...
Published by: IGI Global
To Break All Finite Spheres
Kirill Chepurin
Dec 20, 2020
“The ultimate end goal of the finite I and the not-I, i.e., the end goal of the world,” writes Schelling in Of the I as Principle of Philosophy, “is its annihilation as a world, i.e., as the exemplification of finitude” (SW I...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Abolitionist Disjuncture
Sparrow A. Preston
Dec 12, 2021
In the summer of 2020, two life-altering currents swept across North America: COVID-19 and the call to“defund the police.” During this time, I worked at an emergency overnight shelter that was created as a pandemic response....
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Multi-ancestry phenome-wide association of complement component 4 variation with psychiatric and brain phenotypes in youth.
Leanna M Hernandez, Minsoo Kim, Pan Zhang, Richard A I Bethlehem, Gil Hoftman, Robert Loughnan, Diana Smith, Susan Y Bookheimer, Chun Chieh Fan, Carrie E Bearden, Wesley K Thompson, Michael J Gandal
Apr 07, 2023
Background
Increased expression of the complement component 4A (C4A) gene is associated with a greater lifetime risk of schizophrenia. In the brain, C4A is involved in synaptic pruning; yet, it remains unclear the extent...
Brain complement Genetics Schizophrenia Gene Expression Psychosis Neuroimaging Humans Cognition Mental Disorders Phenotype Complement C4
Published by: Genome biology
Assessment Of The MODU Rowan Gorilla I Capsize And Sinking
Darren Hickey
Apr 09, 2013
The Rowan Gorilla I was a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) fabricated in Mississippi by the Marathon Le Tourneau Shipyard, and completed in 1983. The jack-up spent its first 5 years following completion off the east coast...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The potential of ketamine for posttraumatic stress disorder
Anya Ragnhildstveit, Jeremy Roscoe, Lisa C Bass, Christopher L Averill, Chadi G Abdallah, Lynnette A Averill
Apr 09, 2023
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a devastating condition, for which there are few pharmacological agents, often with a delayed onset of action and poor efficacy. Trauma-focused psychotherapies are further limited by few...
Treatment Ketamine clinical evidence pharmacotherapy posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) esketamine rapid-acting antidepressant (RAAD)
Published by: Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology
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