Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

The economy and population of McDowell County, West Virginia, drastically decreased between 1950 and 1970. The increased reliance of the coal industry, McDowell County's primary industry, on labor saving machinery resulted in a loss of employment opportunities. This study seeks to investigate the reasons for the reliance on coal and the results of the mechanization movement in the coal industry on McDowell County. Using production and employment data of two representative McDowell County coal companies, it is clear that the introduction of continuous mining machines, which combined the cutting and loading of coal into one step, allowed companies to mine more coal with fewer workers. Because the economy of McDowell County was so coal-intensive, the increased unemployment caused by mechanization forced many miners to migrate to such midwestern industrial centers as Cleveland or Columbus.

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This collection of poetry, both narrative and lyric, investigates the geographic identity of rural, southern West Virginia. The poems often inhabit the voices of characters from this geography in order to trace themes of drug addiction, death, and the nature of being a descendent of working-class culture.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953. / Typewritten. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 90-91. Also available via the Internet.

In this thesis I examine relationships between recollections of loss and the narrating of memory in works of Modernist author, Virginia Woolf. Woolfs position within discussions of early twentieth-century responses to trauma has long been the subject of debate, and her focus on alienation, death, and the detrimental influence of the larger, patriarchal sphere is crucial to critical analyses of her works. I argue that Woolfs depiction of memory is a more sophisticated one than has been previously recognized. In her fictional delineations of death and destruction, as well as in her theoretical musings on the process of remembering, Woolf conceives of a local communal sphere that is more conducive to the experience of individuated responses to loss, rather than the public sphere where notions of national identity, appropriate expressions of bereavement, and performed masculinity facilitate a continuous cycle that both produces and perpetuates such violence. These ideas are further complicated through Woolfs depiction of a different means of ordering the larger collective, one that can only be conceived through spontaneous moments of unity and connection.<p> My argument situates Woolfs position both contextually and theoretically, with reference to her own essays addressing recollection, along with contemporary discussions of the process of narrating memory and moments of trauma. It is organised in terms of the chronological publication of her novels, with the chapters moving from Jacobs Room to Mrs Dalloway, followed by The Waves, and ending with her final work of fiction, Between the Acts. Within this framework I delineate a progression in Woolfs own theories that marks her growing interest in, and working through of, unexpected loss, as well as a response that permits individuated expressions of mourning and temporary moments of connection. I end with a brief discussion of her suggested responses to such devastation, concluding that her conceptualisation of a dynamic, remembering community is a means by which she can challenge the homogeneity of the patriarchal status quo, as well as emphasising the importance of not only the articulation of trauma, but also the listening to and legitimising of such discourses.

In this thesis I examine relationships between recollections of loss and the narrating of memory in works of Modernist author, Virginia Woolf. Woolfs position within discussions of early twentieth-century responses to trauma has long been the subject of debate, and her focus on alienation, death, and the detrimental influence of the larger, patriarchal sphere is crucial to critical analyses of her works. I argue that Woolfs depiction of memory is a more sophisticated one than has been previously recognized. In her fictional delineations of death and destruction, as well as in her theoretical musings on the process of remembering, Woolf conceives of a local communal sphere that is more conducive to the experience of individuated responses to loss, rather than the public sphere where notions of national identity, appropriate expressions of bereavement, and performed masculinity facilitate a continuous cycle that both produces and perpetuates such violence. These ideas are further complicated through Woolfs depiction of a different means of ordering the larger collective, one that can only be conceived through spontaneous moments of unity and connection.<p> My argument situates Woolfs position both contextually and theoretically, with reference to her own essays addressing recollection, along with contemporary discussions of the process of narrating memory and moments of trauma. It is organised in terms of the chronological publication of her novels, with the chapters moving from Jacobs Room to Mrs Dalloway, followed by The Waves, and ending with her final work of fiction, Between the Acts. Within this framework I delineate a progression in Woolfs own theories that marks her growing interest in, and working through of, unexpected loss, as well as a response that permits individuated expressions of mourning and temporary moments of connection. I end with a brief discussion of her suggested responses to such devastation, concluding that her conceptualisation of a dynamic, remembering community is a means by which she can challenge the homogeneity of the patriarchal status quo, as well as emphasising the importance of not only the articulation of trauma, but also the listening to and legitimising of such discourses.

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Föreliggande systematiska litteraturstudies syfte var att inhämta information om och evidensgradera sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsåtgärder hos patienter med MS. Artiklar söktes ur databasen Electronic Libary Information Navigator (ELIN) via biblioteket på Högskolan Dalarna. Sökorden ”multiple sclerosis” och ”quality of life” användes. Artiklarna kvalitetsgranskades efter granskningsmallar med 28 bedömningskriterier därefter evidensgraderades artiklarna med hjälp av en tillämpad granskningsskala (Batshevani, 2008). Av dessa var 17 artiklar användbara i resultatet för vidare granskning. I resultaten framkom fyra evidensbaserade omvårdnadsåtgärder vid MS: information och undervisning om urinvägsproblem, information om träning och dess betydelse, koordinering av samarbete och insatser i omvårdnadsarbetet med andra yrkeskategorier inom hälso- och sjukvården samt information och undervisning om trötthet. Av dessa omvårdnadsåtgärder hade information och undervisning om urinvägsproblem samt information om träning och dess betydelse inte tidigare tagits nämnvärd hänsyn till. Resultatet i föreliggande studie kan hjälpa sjuksköterskor att öka förståelsen och se unika behov hos MS patienter och att ha med sig dessa kunskaper i utförandet, utvecklandet och stödjandet av omvårdnaden hos dessa patienter för att öka eller bevara livskvaliteten. Resultatet i föreliggande studie diskuterades utifrån Virginia Hendersons omvårdnadsteoretiska modell där sjuksköterskans specifika funktion och mål för omvårdnaden är att främja hälsa, välbefinnande och tillfrisknande vilket kan leda till en ökad livskvalitet hos patienter med MS.