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Semester in Dialogue: A Systems Thinking Approach to Dialogue‐Based Higher Education at Simon Fraser University

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses a gap in the application of systems thinking to higher education programme design. We use the Complexity Theory of Outcome Creation (CTOC), a structured model for working in complexity, to analyse Simon Fraser University's Semester in Dialogue (SiD)—an innovative undergraduate programme applying the ideas of dialogic ...
Diane T. Finegood, Chris Yakimov, Max French   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐term outcomes of treatment for achalasia: Laparoscopic Heller myotomy versus POEM

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder characterized by nonrelaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) is the gold standard treatment for achalasia.
Naoko Fukushima, Takahiro Masuda, Kazuto Tsuboi, Jun Watanabe, Fumiaki Yano   +4 more
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Systemic Design in Times of Crisis: Fostering a Collaborative Culture Under Conditions of Energy Vulnerability in Northeastern Iran

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The actualization of innovation in social systems requires interventions within small systems, communities and organizations. At this scale, practitioners can engage directly with the interactions, communication and dialogue among key actors, including those with conflicting interests.
Moein Nedaei
wiley   +1 more source

The Utilization and Safety of Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Achalasia in the US

, 2021
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2021Background: Clinical trials show that per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has similar efficacy to pneumatic dilation (PD) and laparoscopic heller myotomy (LHM) for relief of achalasia symptoms.
Lois, Alex
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music-box-poem

, 2021
This HTML/JS project displays the text of a poem and uses the switching random of the text between upper and lower case to control the playback of sound files.
Peter Anthony Hebden (10691208)
core   +1 more source

Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy for compassionate treatment of symptomatic gastroparesis in patients on chronic opioids

iGIE
Background and Aims: It has been estimated that nearly half of patients with gastroparesis use opioids long term, are unable to cease or wean opioid use, and continue to endorse debilitating symptoms.
Maham Hayat, MD, Abel Joseph, MD, Yasi Xiao, MD, Abdullah Abbasi, MD, Saurabh Chandan, MD, Sagar Pathak, MD, Baha Aldeen Bani Fawwaz, MD, Aimen Farooq, MD, Natalie Cosgrove, MD, Deepanshu Jain, MD, Mustafa A. Arain, MD, Kambiz Kadkhodayan, MD, Ernesto R. Gonzaga, MD, Irteza Inayat, MD, Muhammad K. Hasan, MD, Joo Ha Hwang, MD, Dennis Yang, MD   +16 more
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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
wiley   +1 more source

Ogniwa Europy – o długim, poplątanym łańcuchu intersemiotycznym oraz odnalezionym filmie Franciszki i Stefana Themersonów

Teksty Drugie, 2022
The article analyzes the surprisingly long and enduring intersemiotic chain (Seweryna Wysłouch) initiated by the publication of Anatol Stern’s long poem Europe (1925) and encompassing works in typography, photomontage, film, theater, and performance that
Beata Śniecikowska
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