What is hegemony now? Transformations in media, political economy, and cultural studies
The basic theoretical framework of Cultural Studies scholarship was forged in an era of nearly unrivaled corporate media hegemony, with most communities finding a limited number of national and multinational corporations transmitting one-way broadcasts ...
Sean Johnson Andrews
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A lattice spring model of heterogeneous materials with plasticity [PDF]
A three-dimensional lattice spring model of a heterogeneous material is presented. For small deformations, the model is shown to recover the governing equations for an isotropic elastic medium.
Buxton, G. A. +2 more
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Care and domestic work through crises. Juggling with space and time in Athens
The paper discusses changing conditions of care and domestic work in Greece in the context of the ongoing health crisis, which follows a long period of successive and simultaneous crises (financial, social, pandemic, refugee, war) and extreme neoliberal
Dina Vaiou
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Mesh-free modelling of liquid crystals using modified smoothed particle hydrodynamics [PDF]
We present a generalisation of the Modified Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics simulation technique capable of simulating static and dynamic liquid crystalline behaviour.
Care, Chris +3 more
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A smartphone-based health care chatbot to promote self-management of chronic pain (SELMA) : pilot randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Ongoing pain is one of the most common diseases and has major physical, psychological, social, and economic impacts. A mobile health intervention utilizing a fully automated text-based health care chatbot (TBHC) may offer an innovative way ...
Hauser-Ulrich, Sandra +3 more
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Seeding of the nematic-isotropic phase transition by an electric field [PDF]
In this paper, we use a relatively simple continuum model to investigate the effects of dielectric inhomogeneity within confined liquid crystal cells. Specifically, we consider, in planar, cylindrical and spherical geometries, the stability of a nematic ...
Care, C. M. +2 more
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What has changed? Care home work during the pandemic in Jack Thornes’ Help: No one is coming
The article examines how Jack Thornes’ Help: No one is coming (2021) politicizes the public sphere of dementia care. The drama’s focus on care homes in the UK during the pandemic addresses the impact of the crisis and simultaneously serves to highlight ...
Anna Goulding
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Acute kidney injury: an acceptable risk of treatment with renin-angiotensin system blockade in primary care? [PDF]
Background: Use of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockade has become increasingly widespread driven by evidence-based guidance. There is concern about the role of these agents in the genesis of avoidable acute kidney injury (AKI).
Bellomo R +7 more
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Dare fiducia. Dialogo e cura nei contesti educativi
Trust is a crucial element of education that can be understood as an important precondition of the grow. Furthermore, contextual conditions are important for the development of trust.
Antonella Coppi
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Territories of Contributory Learning
Places are just as crucial as organisations in the fabric of social life: despite all the homogenising tendencies, the social space, sculpted by the stories that constitute it, continues to prove multiform and rich in diversity.
Mauro Magatti
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