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The article delves into the historiography of women's intellectual history in the twentieth century, shedding light on the marginalization of women in traditional narratives. It emphasizes the efforts of women scholars in uncovering the intellectual contributions of women, particularly women of color, challenging prevailing historical accounts. The text critiques the gendered and racial biases in intellectual history, advocating for a more inclusive approach that acknowledges and integrates the work of women scholars. It underscores the significance of historical recovery and a deeper understanding of historiography to prevent the loss and rediscovery of valuable narratives. [Extracted from the article]

The article "International Law and the Politics of History" by Anne Orford explores the relationship between law and history, challenging the conventional narratives and methodologies used in legal and historical scholarship. Orford critiques the Cambridge School's approach to history and its influence on international legal scholarship, highlighting the importance of revisionist history in decolonizing narratives and empowering marginalized groups. The article emphasizes the significance of Indigenous perspectives in reshaping international law and history, particularly through the example of the Waitangi Tribunal in New Zealand. Ultimately, Orford calls for a more nuanced and inclusive conversation between international lawyers and historians to explore the political and methodological implications of engaging with the past in the context of international law. [Extracted from the article]

The article "International Law and the Politics of History" by Anne Orford explores the intersection of critical international law and intellectual history in the last two decades. It discusses the interdisciplinary engagement between these fields, highlighting the challenges and frictions that arose due to poststructuralist, feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial critiques. Orford's monograph, "International Law and the Politics of History," provides a critical analysis of the relationship between international law and intellectual history, advocating for a more nuanced understanding of the political and epistemological underpinnings of scholarship. The article concludes by reflecting on the future of international legal history and the need for new intellectual coalitions that transcend disciplinary boundaries. [Extracted from the article]

The current research proposes and tests a novel model explaining how job insecurity shapes well-being and has consequences for stratification and inequality. I draw on evolutionary life history theory, which proposes that growing up in a poorer versus wealthier environment impacts the sense of control people feel when exposed to threat in adulthood. I integrate this perspective with transactional stress theory to propose that job insecurity has a disproportionately negative effect on employees from poorer backgrounds, leading to lower engagement and higher emotional exhaustion among such employees, while those from wealthier backgrounds are buffered against these effects. These responses to job insecurity, in turn, amplify job loss risk for employees from poorer backgrounds, regardless of employees' current job or financial situation. A preregistered, multisource, five-wave longitudinal study conducted at the height of the COVID-19 crisis in India found support for these predictions. A follow-up quasi-experiment conducted in India and the United States replicated the effects on engagement and exhaustion. The impact of job insecurity on well-being is stratified and acts as a mechanism that reproduces childhood inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Football in Turkey has a framework that, by the discourses it generates in the social and cultural spheres, creates, and reinforces hegemonic masculinity. In Turkey, newspapers and magazines have produced discourses aimed at alienating women from football. Since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, very few news articles about women playing football have been published in the newspapers and magazines, and those that have been published work to distance women from football. However, from 1960 onward, news about women's football slowly began to find its place more frequently in newspapers. In this study, we assess the history of women's football in the Republic of Turkey, which has a 100-year history, considering developments that ensued from the past to the present. Newspapers and magazines were analyzed to offer an interpretation of the development of women's football in Turkey, as these media serve as important sources to comprehend how women were distanced from a field perceived as a bastion of hegemonic masculinity, such as football, in traditional societies. Despite the number of news articles about women's football in Turkish newspapers increasing over the years, we conclude that women's football did not progress over the course of a century in Turkey and still remains very much in the background. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper utilizes critical race theory (CRT) to identify inequalities perpetuated by racialized epistemicide, the race-based discriminatory destruction of knowledge, through the loss of cultural heritage and the limitation of access to accurate narratives. We introduce the term reparative storytelling as a way to describe work centering oral and performance-based ways of knowing and remembering that establish the evidence needed for dignity, healing, and justice. By discussing the history of library services to the Black community in Huntsville, Alabama, this paper explains how racism and urban renewal perpetuated racialized epistemic injustice by destroying cultural heritage and narratives of marginalized communities. We demonstrate strategies and tools that can be used to unsilence library history and give people access to their past by using counternarratives for reparative storytelling. We believe that the archive combined with digital visualization, humanities, and storytelling tools can help us correct historical narratives by honoring neglected voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The purpose of the study was to identify effective teaching strategies to bridge the gap between theory-based and practical-based approaches to teaching a history curriculum. Methods: A qualitative exploratory case study was used. Twenty educators who taught history in K-12 classrooms participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews and document analysis served as data sources. Results: The findings indicated that History is better taught by actively engaging students. Innovative activities integrated with traditional methods to activate engagement and promote historical skills. Discussion: The key to making history come alive is using multiple teaching strategies. The strategies to bridge theory to practical application include engagement, innovative teaching, and authentic teaching. Limitations: It was difficult for some participants to commit to the scheduled interview. Conclusions: The content of the study may be used as a reference for practitioners to reflect on current teaching practices and developed strategies to implement in a history lesson or other content areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The study aims to enhance our understanding of shared community oral history stewardship by exploring its practices and challenges from the perspectives of the stakeholders involved. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed in-depth semi-structured interviews with community oral history stewards. Each interview focused on their experiences and perspectives regarding community-based oral history projects. The interview data were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Findings: Community oral history stewards found oral history stewardship entails substantial effort, long-term commitment, and challenges. They concurred on the importance of partnerships between communities and archives in preserving community stories, with institutional archives providing valuable support, resources, and engagement beyond mere preservation platforms. Establishing trust between communities and archives emerged as a fundamental requirement for fruitful collaboration. Originality/value: Community oral history has stood out as the prevailing form within the theory and practice of oral history, but its shared stewardship practices have not been thoroughly explored from the stakeholders' viewpoints. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The changes that occur in history learning require critical thinking skill to support the teaching and learning process. The teacher needs to help students improve their historical thinking skill. This research aimed to a) find out and explain history teachers' understanding of historical thinking skill; b) explain the history teachers' strategy in integrating historical thinking skills through academic discussion activity; and c) know the factors that influence history teachers in integrating historical thinking skill through academic discussion activity. This research was qualitative research by using case study method. The research was conducted in SMA N 1 Sangatta Utara, with the research subjects were two history teachers and six students of XI class. Data collected by using observation, interview, and documentation techniques. Data analysis technique used Miles and Huberman model. The research result showed that a) the teachers understand historical thinking skill before conducting history learning by using academic discussion; b) the teachers' strategy in integrating historical thinking skill with academic discussipn was giving instruction gradually to students so that they can understand the use of historical thinking skill in history learning in academic discussion; and c) there are two factors that influence the teachers to integrate historical thinking skill and academic discussion namely a change in education system, and students condition which do not understand historical material and unable of students to develop critical thinking skills in history learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article delves into the significant role of Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, known as Volney, in the eighteenth-century debate on the nature of history as a discipline. Volney's Leçons d'histoire emerged from a complex interplay between historical writing and revolutionary calls for a reevaluation of the past. Volney's approach to history was rooted in investigative doubt and dialogue with other scientific domains, aiming to synthesize divergent views on the discipline's role. The article also explores Enlightenment historiography and Volney's methodological contributions to the teaching of history, emphasizing his skepticism towards the political uses of history during the French Revolution. [Extracted from the article]

Local history in Pakistan has a complex relationship with national historical narratives that are derived from ideological debates on Muslim nationhood in South Asia. This article discusses how 'local' is understood in Pakistan's historiography and puts forth an argument for the adoption of an environmental framework to enhance our understanding of local history. Mapping methodology used for a project on the Rachna Doab is discussed in order to demonstrate how local environmental history can give new insights into history by eschewing preconceived frames of reference and using a different concept of space and time defined by environmental change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We propose a new framework for understanding post-conflict history education based on ethnographic fieldwork in the same South African school two decades apart. We explore how and why teachers engage with the legacies of conflict in 1998 and 2019 by investigating how they draw boundaries around 1) time, what the conflict period is and how stark lines are between past and present; 2) source, where knowledge resides and legitimacy of expertise and lived experience; and 3) responsibility, who creates and who benefits from social change, particularly vis-à-vis individual and collective action. We suggest that by looking at why, how, where, and by whom these lines between past/present, historiography/experience, and individual/structural responsibility are drawn, we can strengthen comparative approaches to understanding post-conflict history education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electronic structure methods built around double-electron excitations have a rich history in quantum chemistry. However, it seems to be the case that such methods are only suitable in particular situations and are not naturally equipped to simultaneously handle the variety of electron correlations that might be present in chemical systems. To this end, the current work seeks a computationally efficient, low-rank, "ultimate" coupled cluster method based exclusively on T2 and its products that can effectively emulate more "complete" methods that explicitly consider higher-rank, T2m, operators. We introduce a hierarchy of methods designed to systematically account for higher, even order cluster operators, such as T4, T6, ..., T2m, by invoking tenets of the factorization theorem of many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) and expectation-value coupled cluster theory. It is shown that each member within this methodological hierarchy is defined such that both the wavefunction and energy are correct through some order in MBPT and can be extended up to arbitrarily high orders in T2. The efficacy of such approximations are determined by studying the potential energy surface of several closed and open-shell molecules. We find that the proposed hierarchy of augmented T2 methods essentially reduces to standard CCD for problems where dynamic electron correlations dominate but offer improvements in situations where non-dynamic and static correlations become relevant. A notable highlight of this work is that the cheapest methods in this hierarchy—which are correct through fifth-order in MBPT—consistently emulate the behavior of the O ( N 10 ) CCDQ method, yet only require a O ( N 6 ) algorithm by virtue of factorized intermediates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article "What is the History of International Law For?" published in the journal "Global Intellectual History" discusses the intersection of history, critique, and international law. The author explores the turn to history in international law since the 1990s and its implications for legal arguments. The article critiques the limitations of empiricist historiography in international law and the challenges of engaging with history in legal scholarship. It also examines the role of indigenous international law and the impact of genealogy as a method of critique in understanding international law. The author reflects on the changing landscape of international law and the need for scholars to adapt to new geopolitical and ecological conditions. [Extracted from the article]

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Purpose: This article reports on findings from interviews with ICT-based content creators whose work focuses on documenting and curating queer history and culture. The research specifically examines how as amateur historians, the participant's embodied knowledge plays a central role in how they engage with discourse about queer historical figures, methods of queer historiography and community accountability. Design/methodology/approach: The research deploys a queer constructivist framework to qualitatively gather and analyzes the semi-structured interviews of 31 North American content creators who curate digital project related to queer history and culture. The interviews were gathered between August 2022 and August 2023. Findings: The research highlights how the subjectivity of queer embodiment aids, rather than hinders, participants' ability to collaborate with LGBTQIA+ communities while also addressing more significant ethical questions around intersectionality and inclusive historiographic work. Research limitations/implications: The content creators' own positionality and commitments to community accountability and queer inclusivity fostered richer stories and historical documentation, while also helping make visible queer identity as affirming and valuable within queer culture. Additionally, practical implications include highlighting the value of ICT-based content within the distribution of educational and informational resources related to queer history. Originality/value: This research offers an underexamined intersection of historiography and queer embodiment. While extensive scholarship on institutional and community-based historiography work exist the content creators interviewed within this study exist within the space of both, often using a combination of embodied knowledge and traditional curatorial work to translate between such spaces, inviting, in turn, new ways of thinking about queer archival knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is an index of articles published in the ILR Review, Volume 77 in 2024. The articles cover a range of topics related to labor and employment, including the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce, the wage premia of refugee immigrants, the impact of manufacturing credentials on earnings, and the use of wearable devices in work processes. Other articles explore issues such as workplace competition, labor market dualization, and the Europeanization of wage policy. The index provides a comprehensive overview of the articles published in this volume, allowing researchers to easily locate and access relevant information. [Extracted from the article]

To cultivate excellent teachers in the new era, Guangdong Province has put forward the construction strategy of "New Teacher Training", aiming at cultivating high-quality teachers, improving the teacher training team, and constructing a teacher education model with Guangdong characteristics under the impetus of education reform. Lingnan Normal University, as one of the lists of Guangdong Province's national innovation experimental zones and co-construction units, has achieved remarkable results in constructing the "New Teacher Training". Taking Lingnan Normal University as an example, the author analyzes the new challenges in the context of the construction of a "New Teacher Training" mainly from the current situation of teaching skills training for history teacher trainees, the reflection on the training objectives, the existing problems and the training strategies, and reflects on the path of history teacher trainees' teaching skills training during the change of education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biodiversity experiments revealed that plant diversity loss can decrease ecosystem functions across trophic levels. To address why such biodiversity-function relationships strengthen over time, we established experimental mesocosms replicating a gradient in plant species richness across treatments of shared versus non-shared history of (1) the plant community and (2) the soil fauna community. After 4 months, we assessed the multitrophic functioning of soil fauna via biomass stocks and energy fluxes across the food webs. We find that soil community history significantly enhanced belowground multitrophic function via changes in biomass stocks and community-average body masses across the food webs. However, variation in plant diversity and plant community history had unclear effects. Our findings underscore the importance of long-term community assembly processes for soil fauna-driven ecosystem function, with species richness and short-term plant adaptations playing a minimal role. Disturbances that disrupt soil community stability may hinder fauna-driven ecosystem functions, while recovery may require several years. Plant diversity and community history can jointly influence ecosystem functions, including those performed by soil fauna. This study shows that soil community history, rather than plant diversity or short-term plant adaptations, plays a crucial role in enhancing belowground ecosystem function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This article argues that the potential of the vast amount of research, published each year in the history of education, remains untapped. Given the rapidly growing number of academic publications in the field, there is a need for research that is based on articles, chapters and monographs already published. While analyses of existing research publications are widely used in other academic disciplines, such approaches remain under-utilized in the history of education. Design/methodology/approach: The argument of this article is supported in three steps. Firstly, we distinguish between different forms of research using existing data and research publications, in particular secondary analyses, systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses. Due to the heterogeneous nature of research publications in educational history, this article argues for the method of qualitative meta-analysis. Secondly, we discuss the risks and methodological pitfalls of research using existing research publications, outlining possible areas of application and discuss examples of meta-analyses in educational history. Finally, the article explores the implications of an increased use of meta-analyses, especially for the editors of scientific journals. Findings: This article provides an introduction to the main features of meta-analysis as applied in history of education. By promoting qualitative meta-analyses as original research, we argue that journals could help ensure that the potential for vibrant and highly productive research in the history of education is fully realized. Originality/value: Despite that the use of published research is widely discussed in the behavioural and social sciences, there is a lack of reflection on how to use the knowledge produced in the history of education. By presenting qualitative meta-analysis, this article provides a starting point for such a discussion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of parental diabetes between children with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D), and to compare clinical characteristics at diagnosis of T1D in children with, versus without, a family history of diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Parental diabetes among children with T1D was compared with a general population cohort. Clinical characteristics were compared by family history of diabetes in parents and grandparents of 3,603 children with T1D using relative risk (RR) and ANOVA. RESULTS: Children with T1D more often had parents with type 2 diabetes (T2D) (RR 1.88; P < 0.001) than did children without diabetes. Children with T1D and a family history of T2D were more likely to be overweight or obese (P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: A family history of T2D and being overweight may contribute to increased risk of T1D. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: This study aims to investigate the frequency of familial relationships and genetic predispositions to kidney disease, analyzing their correlation with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Methods: This observational study included individuals aged 18-70 years (at the time of this study) from October 2009 to 2015. 2576 patients with diverse kidney diseases [mean age: 47 ± 16 years; 1455 men (56.5%)], were compared with 853 healthy individuals with an employed questionnaire. Variables such as siblings, familial kidney disease history, consanguineous marriage, etiology of CKD, age at the time of the study, and diagnosis were compared between groups. Results: Parental consanguinity frequency was similar between groups [n = 174 (6.8%) in the patient group vs. n = 74 (8.7%) in the control group, P = .06]. Kidney disease due to family history was significantly higher in the patient group than in the control group (466 [18.1%] vs. 72 [8.4%], P < .001). Parental consanguinity frequency was notably higher in patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) (n = 31/234; 13.2%) and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) nephropathy (n = 27/131, 20.5%) compared to controls (8.7%) (P = .036 and P < .001, respectively). Multivariate analysis indicated that predictors of parental consanguinity were kidney disease due to family history (OR: 5.712; 95% CI, 4.136-7.890; P < .001), age at kidney disease diagnosis (OR: 0.968; 95% CI, 0.957-0.979; P < .001), and kidney disease replacement therapy (OR: 1.441; 95% CI, 1.020-2.038; P = .038). Conclusion: The CAKUT and VUR nephropathy risks are increased in consanguineous marriages. Patients with parental consanguinity develop the disease earlier and face a higher risk of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy. Consanguineous marriage might impact the severity of kidney diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research tested the impact of how group members appraise their collective history on in-group identification and group-based action in the African context. Across three experiments (Ns = 950; 270; and 259) with Nigerian participants, we tested whether the effect of historical representations–specifically the valence of the in-group's collective history–on in-group engagement, in turn, depends on whether that history is also appraised as subjectively important. In Study 1, findings from exploratory moderated-mediation analyses indicated that the appraised negative valence of African history was associated with an increase in identification and group-based action when African history was appraised as unimportant (history-as-contrast). Conversely, the appraised positive valence of African history was also associated with an increase in identification and group-based action when African history was also appraised as important (history-as-inspiration). Studies 2a and 2b then orthogonally manipulated the valence and subjective importance of African history. However, findings from Studies 2a and 2b did not replicate those of Study 1. Altogether, our findings suggest that the relationship between historical representations of groups and in-group identification and group-based action in the present is more complex than previously acknowledged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses Anne Orford's book "International Law and the Politics of History," highlighting her critical approach to historical narratives in international law. Orford challenges the conventional framing of debates in international law, urging readers to question normative assumptions and engage with history in a politically aware manner. The article also explores the role of genealogy in historical inquiry, using examples from Orford's work and Samuel Moyn's book "The Last Utopia" to illustrate how genealogical approaches can disrupt established historical narratives and prompt critical reflection on present values. The author suggests that genealogy offers a politically engaged and presentist alternative to traditional historical methods, encouraging readers to reevaluate their understanding of history and its implications for contemporary legal practice. [Extracted from the article]

The article begins with an exploration of four theater productions-Here There Are Blueberries, The Jungle, King of the Yees, and Where We Belong-that reflect on memory, process, and theater as public history.

This article explores the history of the banana industry in Jamaica and its decline due to the spread of Panama Disease. The Boston Fruit Company played a significant role in transforming the industry from smallholdings to plantations. The disease had a devastating impact on Jamaica's banana exports, leading to a decline in the industry. The article also discusses the value of environmental history in understanding Caribbean agricultural systems and the broader history of agricultural modernization. It highlights the adaptive strategies of Afro-Jamaican smallholders and challenges the notion of marginalized communities as passive victims. The field of Caribbean environmental history is still developing, and this article offers a glimpse into the complex region and its history. [Extracted from the article]

The aim of this paper is to bring out the similarities and differences between Arendt's and Marx's conceptions of history and to state the position of Arendt as to whether she is a Marxist or non-Marxist. In the words of Philip Hansen “Arendt sees Marx as the last great thinker in the western traditional political thought.” Also, Young-Bruehl talking about the relationship between Arendt and Marx writes: “Towering over the work of Arendt is the figure of Karl Max” Young-Bruehl, 278). From the foregoing one might be tempted to conclude that Arendt was a Marxist. But, can this be true? In attempt to answer this question birthed this paper. The work uses the proper method of philosophical analysis which includes; the use of the method of exposition, the analysis of terms and concepts where necessary and general evaluation of arguments. The paper uncovered that though, Marx's and Arendt's conceptions of history shares a lot of common grounds in relation to methodology and focus but concluded that Arendt had a conservative conception of history while Marx believes in the dynamics of inevitable change in historical development of the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: History and health humanities instruction offers a framework for professional students to examine the arc and development of their profession as well as develop cultural competencies. Exploring ideas, themes, and health care practices and approaches through historical instruction can show students how culture influences health care and practice, therefore providing a context for further development of cultural competence skills. Case Presentation: This case report describes a collaboration among a dentistry course instructor, a liaison librarian, and curators of a rare book collection. Working together, this team offers an active learning class that examines the historical arc of the dental profession. We aim to have students use primary source materials to examine the experiences, research, and narratives of their profession. Discussion: Using a World Cafe with thematic tables allows students to safely examine rare materials and artifacts and have meaningful conversations about themes that are critical to dentistry's past, present, and future. Students reported that engaging with artifacts and historical materials provided a different way to understand history and enhanced their learning experience. Engaging students in this work builds critical thinking skills that are essential to evidence-based practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using examples drawn from letters written by rural youth from the western Canadian province of British Columbia during the interwar period, I explore three interrelated interpretive strategies or dispositions for amplifying young peoples' contributions to history: empathic inference, relational agency, and the axiom that children are heirs to the future. The letters are part of a larger archival collection of the province's Elementary Correspondence School, the first of its kind in Canada, and provide historians with uniquely valuable child and youth focused perspectives on schooling, family, work, and other aspects of their lives. Supported by examples from the letters, I argue that young peoples' contributions to historical change are most clearly legible when interpretive strategies, including the historical methods and methodological dispositions historians adopt, reject traditional conceptions of history as exclusively or mainly adult driven. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the shift in popularity from religious to historical and political drama from the late sixteenth century onward, particularly focusing on plays about the patriarch Joseph. The study explores how new historiographical approaches influenced the portrayal of biblical narratives, transforming them to reflect contemporary interests in politics and court life. By analyzing a selection of primarily Jesuit plays, the article demonstrates how the biblical story of Joseph was adapted to align with the baroque fascination for ancient history and the emerging trend of political drama. The shift in Jesuit drama during the baroque period from biblical to more secular subjects is evident in the dramatizations of Joseph's story, which often incorporate elements of historical exegesis and elaborate depictions of ancient societies, particularly that of Egypt. These plays illustrate how the story of Joseph was recontextualized within a framework of international politics, war, and court intrigue, introducing new characters, plotlines, and subplots. This intermixing of genres reflects a broader tendency in early modern drama to blend sacred and secular elements, resulting in hybrid forms that straddled the line between biblical drama and history plays. The article concludes that this blending not only revitalized biblical drama but also helped bridge the gap between declining religious plays and the rising popularity of political and historical narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digitization of Natural History Collections (NHCs) and mobilization of their data are pivotal for their study, preservation, and accessibility. Furthermore, thanks to digitization and mobilization, Natural History Museums can better showcase their collections, potentially attracting more visitors. However, the optimization of digitization workflows, especially when addressing small and/or historical NHCs, remains a challenge. Starting from a practical example, this contribution aims at providing a general guideline for the digitization of historical NHCs, with a particular focus on pre-digitization planning, during which some decisions should be made for ensuring a smooth, cost- and time-effective digitization process. The digitization of the algarium by Aristocle Vatova and Victor Schiffner was carried out following an image-to-data workflow, which allowed for reducing the handling of the specimens. The metadata were organized according to the Darwin Core standard scheme, and, together with the digital images of the specimens, have been made available to the scientific community and to the general public via an online portal. Thanks to the application of digital technologies and standardized methods, the accessibility of the collection has been enhanced, and its integration with historical data is possible, highlighting the relevance of shared experiences and protocols in advancing the digital transformation of natural history heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article "My life in mining history," Peter Bell, a historian and heritage consultant, shares his journey into becoming a mining historian. His interest in mining history was sparked by a visit to Mount Mulligan, a coal mining town, where he discovered a lack of information about the Mount Mulligan disaster. This led him to research and write a thesis on the topic, opening doors to further opportunities in the field. Bell also discusses his work as a consultant, working on various mining-related projects such as commissioned histories, heritage surveys, and conservation management plans. He emphasizes the challenges of balancing mining activities with heritage conservation, using the example of Ravenswood, a historic gold mining town in Queensland. Bell highlights the importance of communication and collaboration between mining companies, communities, and government bodies in making decisions about the preservation of historic mining sites. Overall, he expresses gratitude for the chance to contribute to the preservation of mining relics and his enjoyment of exploring fascinating places throughout Australia. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the emergence and development of mining history societies and their role in promoting mining history and mining museums. These societies, comprised mostly of non-academic enthusiasts, have played a significant role in organizing field meets, publishing research activities, and maintaining the integrity of mining sites. The article highlights the formation of mining history societies in different countries, including England, Wales, Germany, France, Japan, North and South America, and Australia. It also emphasizes the importance of these societies in keeping the subject accessible to the wider public and avoiding academic obscurity. However, these societies are facing challenges, with declining membership numbers and an aging membership base. The changing popular perception of mining as a negative industry and a lack of interest from younger generations are contributing to the decline. The future of mining history societies may depend on attracting new, younger academics and finding ways to adapt to a changing intellectual environment. [Extracted from the article]

This article provides a comparison of junior history education in Japan and New South Wales, Australia. It acknowledges the history wars and controversies surrounding history textbooks in both countries but emphasizes that the everyday teaching of history differs from media portrayals. Japan has a centralized education system with strict control over curriculum and textbooks, while Australia's system is more decentralized. Both countries require students to study history in junior secondary years, but there are differences in the content and emphasis on national history. Japan has more rounds of examinations compared to Australia. The article also discusses the differences in teaching approaches, with Japan focusing more on textbooks and examinations, while New South Wales emphasizes disciplinary and historical thinking. However, recent curriculum guidelines in Japan aim to promote skills acquisition and critical thinking. [Extracted from the article]

The History Teachers' Association of New South Wales (HTANSW) is celebrating its 70-year anniversary. Founded in 1954 by Renée Erdos, the association aims to address the neglect of history education compared to other subjects. The article explores the changes in history teaching over the years, including the impact of technology and the importance of critical thinking. HTANSW is currently undergoing a strategic shift to meet the needs of its members and is focused on embracing technology and interdisciplinary approaches to enhance students' learning experiences. The association also advocates for history educators and addresses challenges in curriculum changes and teaching critical thinking in a world of misinformation. [Extracted from the article]

This article is a conversation between two history teachers, Toni Hurley and Nikki Brown, discussing their experiences teaching history. Toni, a retired teacher with 30 years of experience, reflects on her career and highlights such as organizing a trial referendum and incorporating engaging activities in her lessons. She also discusses challenges like curriculum changes and increasing prescriptiveness. Nikki, a teacher on parental leave, discusses current challenges like AI and misinformation, emphasizing the importance of critical literacy. Both teachers appreciate the support of the History Teachers' Association of NSW (HTANSW) in promoting history education. The article concludes with an invitation to contribute to the Teaching History journal. [Extracted from the article]

We review the history of the Sri Lankan squirrel Funambulus obscurus in the context of the Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal Survey of South Asia. Kathleen Ryley (1883–1935), who helped to compile the results of the Survey, was among the earliest women to name a species of mammal. She was the first to recognise the Sri Lankan species as distinct from its closest relative in southern India. This decision has been confirmed by recent research, but her chosen name for the species is no longer considered valid. We record the rediscovery of the holotype specimen of F. obscurus in Vienna, confirming its identity. We suggest the common name "Dusky Striped Squirrel" for the Sri Lankan F. obscurus and "Pygmy Striped Squirrel" for the Indian Funambulus sublineatus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Radical public history relies on reflective practices that include formal and experientially acquired knowledge within a broad interdisciplinary framework. Using material culture methodologies from history and anthropology, we present the AIDS Memorial Quilt as an example of radical public history in action. We recount the history and meaning of the Quilt and share quantitative survey information based on college students' responses to six Quilt blocks displayed with supplemental informational banners. Embracing a core pillar of radical public history—shared authority—our authors include interdisciplinary academic and non-academic community partners whose combined skills, lived experiences, and expertise are critical to this movement and this paper. We finish with insights for those wishing to host Quilt blocks in their community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article emphasizes the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration in environmental history research. The author, an environmental historian, highlights the value of combining expertise from various disciplines to address complex environmental challenges. They stress the importance of engaging with stakeholders and making research applicable to real-world issues. The article also explores public participation, engagement, and mobilization in environmental governance, emphasizing the need to clarify motivations and goals. It underscores the societal benefits of interdisciplinary work and the potential impact of environmental history beyond academia. The article encourages researchers and practitioners to consider diverse perspectives and tailor projects to meet the specific needs of different communities. [Extracted from the article]

Ignorance holds untapped explanatory power for environmental history, in the Arctic and beyond. I define ignorance as a state of limited knowledge, held by groups, and produced through social processes. The case study is the opening of an oil frontier in the Canadian Beaufort Sea between 1968 and 1976. Drawing from a growing body of scholarship on ignorance, as well as newly available governmental and oil industry records, I review three concepts environmental historians can use to analyse the production of ignorance. These concepts are: proprietary knowledge, selective transmission and undone research. Taken together, these concepts make visible a set of political, economic and environmental conditions that allowed ignorance to shape the approval of the first offshore drilling programme in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Ultimately, this case study demonstrates that ignorance - like its cousins doubt or uncertainty - has been a resource that extractive industries and governmental regulators have manipulated to navigate evolving requirements of environmental planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family history for CAD (coronary artery disease) is an established cardiovascular (CV) risk factor and it is progressively acquiring importance in patients' CV risk stratification. Numerous studies have demonstrated that individuals with a first-degree relative affected by CAD have a significantly higher risk of developing the condition themselves; in particular, when CAD occurs at an early age in relatives. Indeed, recently published CCS (chronic coronary syndrome) ESC (European Society of Cardiology) guidelines include family history (FH) as a risk factor to consider when calculating pre-test risk for CAD. ESC guidelines on preventive cardiology (2021) only suggested CV risk assessment in the presence of a positive FH for CV disease, not considering it in the actual risk scores. Evidence suggests that positive anamnesis for relatives affected by CAD correlates with ACS (acute coronary syndrome) and CAD, with slight differences in relative risk as far as the degree of kinship is concerned. Genetic factors contribute to this correlation by influencing key processes that affect heart health, such as cholesterol metabolism, blood pressure regulation, and inflammatory responses. New technologies in the genetics field are increasing the availability of genome sequencing, and new polymorphism panels are being tested as predictive for CAD, objectifying familiarity. Advances in imaging techniques allow the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis and its composition, and these are acquiring strength in evidence and recommendations in ESC guidelines as a way to define coronary disease in low and low-to-intermediate risk patients and to guide medical therapy and interventional procedures. Use of these emerging tools to guide screening is likely to be extended, beyond high CV risk patients, to individuals with FH for early CAD and/or specific genetic profiles, as recent evidence in the literature is suggesting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Historians are in the business of engaging with actualities but also with possibilities, thinking and experiencing what we can be, what we may discern, and what we can sense and whence we come to understandings of the past. Just as the past may entail a number of actual and possible worlds that conform to our constructions, whether indexical or evaluative, similarly the possibilities of the future are 'pluriversal', multiple, interdependent, and 'globalising'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context: There is a well-established increased risk of lower-extremity (LE) musculoskeletal (MSK) injury following a sport-related concussion (SRC). Neuromuscular training programs improve biomechanics associated with LE MSK injury and reduce LE MSK injury incidence, but their relative effectiveness in athletes with history of SRC is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate LE MSK injury incidence in female adolescent athletes with history of SRC following a neuromuscular training intervention. Design: Prospective case-control. Methods: Seventy-seven adolescent female athletes aged 12–18 years who participated in soccer, volleyball, or basketball were recruited from a single institutional sports medicine research and performance center to complete a 6-week neuromuscular training program prior to competitive athletic season. Group (Control, History of SRC) comparisons of athlete exposure and relative LE MSK injury risk and rates during the competitive athletic season were assessed. Results: Ten injuries were recorded by 9 athletes. Female athletes who reported history of SRC had increased injury risk (Risk Ratio 3.9, 95% CI, 1.1–13.8, P =.01) and increased injury rate (rate ratio 4.1, 95% CI, 1.1–15.8, P =.03) compared with female athletes without history of SRC. Conclusions: Female adolescent athletes with history of SRC showed a greater risk of LE MSK injury compared with athletes with no history of SRC. Future work is still needed to understand the underlying mechanisms associated with future LE MSK injury following SRC and interventions that ameliorate elevated injury risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Context: Mindfulness interventions (yoga, meditation) in traumatic brain injury populations show promising improvements in injury outcomes. However, most studies include all injury severities and use in-person, general programming lacking accessibility and specificity to the nuance of concussion. Therefore, this study investigated the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an online, concussion-focused meditation intervention among young adults with a concussion history. Design: Unblinded, single-arm, pilot intervention. Methods: Fifteen young adults aged 18 to 30 with a concussion history within the past 5 years completed 10 to 20 minutes per day of online, guided meditations for 6 weeks. Feasibility was assessed using the Feasibility of Intervention Measure. Concussion symptoms were measured using the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire, perceived stress the Perceived Stress Scale-10, and mindfulness the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics described the study sample and determined intervention adherence and feasibility. Paired sample t tests were used to examine preintervention/postintervention changes in concussion symptoms, perceived stress, and mindfulness, with descriptive statistics further detailing significant t tests. Results: Fifteen participants were enrolled, and 12 completed the intervention. The majority completed 5+ days per week of the meditations, and Feasibility of Intervention Measure (17.4 [1.8]) scores indicated high feasibility. Concussion symptom severity significantly decreased after completing the meditation intervention (11.3 [10.3]) compared with before the intervention (24.5 [17.2]; t[11] = 3.0, P =.01). The number of concussion symptoms reported as worse than before their concussion significantly decreased after completing the meditation intervention (2.7 [3.9]) compared with before the intervention (8.0 [5.7]; t[11] = 3.7, P =.004). Postintervention, 83.33% (n = 10) reported lower concussion symptom severity, and 75.00% (n = 9) reported less concussion symptoms as a mild, moderate, or severe problem (ie, worse than before injury). Conclusions: Findings suggest positive adherence and feasibility of the meditation intervention, with the majority reporting concussion symptom improvement postintervention. Future research is necessary to expand these pilot findings into a large trial investigating concussion-specific meditation programming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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