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Authority, Gender, And Space In The Anglo-Norman World, 900–1200, Marisa Mills

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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A Mother’S Manual For The Women Of Ferrara: A Fifteenth-Century Guide To Pregnancy And Pediatrics, S.C. Kaplan

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Addressing Women In Early Medieval Religious Texts, Jo Koster

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Gender And Exemplarity In Medieval And Early Modern Spain, Emily C. Francomano

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Women And Monastic Reform In The Medieval West, C. 1000–1500: Debating Identities, Creating Communities, Gabrielle F. Storey

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, And Knowledge In The Régime Du Corps, Kaitlin Sager

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Between Orders And Heresy: Rethinking Medieval Religious Movements, Mary Anne Gonzales

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Rape Culture And Female Resistance In Late Medieval Literature, With An Edition Of Middle English And Middle Scots Pastourelles, Grace Delmolino

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Beyond The Horizons Of Desire: Salme's Subjectivity In "Salman Und Morolf", Aysha M. Strachan

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

Salme in the Middle High German epic poem Salman und Morolf (twelfth–fifteenth century) is conventionally read as a wild, dangerous, animalistic object waiting to be tamed by the men who fight for her hand. An in-depth analysis of her character is long overdue, and this article argues that Salme is a pertinent example of how female figures resist being “tamed” altogether. She is the movable object of multiple bridal quests for which she is ambiguously responsible. The unreachable, exoticized, and foreignized object of men’s desire, Salme embodies the drive of the western man to possess a fantasy of the Orient, …

Fictional Literary Biography, Sarah E. Novacich

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This essay examines how Lauren Groff’s novel, Matrix, creates a fictional life story for Marie de France as it minimizes the importance of the poetic corpus associated with that name. It reads this exchange of poetry for biography against a backdrop of medieval thinking about gender, language, and corporeality.

Embroidering “Hir Word”: The Assembly Of Ladies, Christine De Pizan, And The Medieval Écriture Féminine, Akari Kobayashi

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

The authorship of the anonymous Middle English poem, The Assembly of Ladies, has been a locus of long-standing critical contestation, and amidst this debate, medieval feminist scholars have continuously and cogently advocated for the poem’s female authorship. Building on these feminist scholarships and simultaneously aiming to move beyond the scope of existing studies, whose discussion has often been limited to whether the poem was written by a woman, this article makes a deliberate and experimental decision in assuming The Assembly’s female authorship and provides a particular feminist reading of the poem enabled by this assumption. This article places the …

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal Of Gender And Sexuality 59.2 (2024)

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Skilled Smiths And Princes Of Elves: The Wayland-Legend And The First Age Of Middle-Earth, Lillian Hammen

Journal of Tolkien Research

This article examines the influence of the legend of Wayland the Smith, a literary figure common to medieval Germanic literature, upon the fantasy writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. Although Tolkien did not publish on Wayland specifically, his scholarly interests included the figure, who frequently appeared in the Old English and Old Norse texts Tolkien studied and taught. Despite clear evidence of Tolkien’s interest in Wayland, and the frequency with which scholarly and creative discourse discussed Wayland in Tolkien’s lifetime, few scholars have engaged the connection between Tolkien’s writings and the medieval figure. This article attempts to address this lacuna in the …

The Power Five: The Making Of Newsworthy Deal Teams, Tracey E. George, Mitu Gulati, Albert H. Yoon

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc

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The Impact Of Diabetes Mellitus On The Severity Of Alzheimer’S Disease In Hispanics In The Rio Grande Valley, Maria Camila Gonzalez Tovar, Kelsey Baker

Research Colloquium

Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more prevalent worldwide, leading to a growing demand to understand its risk factors and their impact on disease progression. Notably, Diabetes Mellitus has emerged as a significant risk factor to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, given its association with cognitive impairment. Due to its pathophysiology, Diabetes Mellitus could potentially contribute to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. This study involved a detailed chart review of Hispanic patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease within the past five years, some of whom also had a preexisting diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus. This study formed two cohorts: Alzheimer patients without Diabetes Mellitus …

Deciphering Tumorigenesis: Pathophysiological Roles Of Reactive Oxygen Species In Glioblastoma, Maria Camila Gonzalez Tovar, Alex Zuo

Research Colloquium

Background. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a significant role in activating multiple signaling pathways for cellular proliferation but can be influential in tumorigenesis. We explore how ROS can be used to aid the advances of therapeutic interventions for glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and reoccurring brain cancer.

Methods. Over 30 of the most recent and relevant studies were extensively reviewed to determine the significance and implications of ROS in the pathophysiology of glioblastoma.

Results. ROS are essential for cell signaling. At low levels, ROS have been seen to promote tumorigenesis by inducing cell proliferation, which indirectly causes the tumor microenvironment to …

Utrgv Som Stroke Prevention Education Program, Briana Gonzalez Digrazia, Mia Rose Schmolze, Chantal Uzoma, Paul Digrazia, Maria Camila Gonzalez Tovar

Research Colloquium

Purpose: The UTRGV SOM Stroke Prevention Education Program is a patient education initiative for uninsured patients in Hidalgo County, where the prevalence of the five major risk factors for strokes, like diabetes and hypertension, are especially high. Texas Medical Association student members collaborated with the UTRGV SOM Area Health Education (AHEC) Scholars program, which aims to help reduce the significant shortage of primary health care providers in rural and medically underserved communities in the Rio Grande Valley.

TMA and AHEC students from multiple disciplines like medicine, dietetics, nutrition, and exercise studies offered specific techniques (i.e. home workout programs and culturally …

Seasonal Changes In Forage Regrowth Yield And Quality Of Three Old World Bluestems, Larry M. White

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Little information is available on differences in regrowth yield and quality among Old World bluestems (Bothriochloa spp.). Harvesting was staged such that 4-week regrowth of Caucasian (B. caucasica), cv. WW-Iron Master (D, ischaemum var. i.,ischaemum) and cv, Super Cauc (D. caucasica) was harvested each week from early May through mid-September to determine forage yield, ill vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD) and crude protein content of leaves and stems. Forage yield peaked in late June with WW-Iron Master, Caucasian, and Super Cauc producing 1280, 11S0 and 930 kg/ho/4 weeks of leaves and S00 200 and …

Herbage Production And Quality Of Rs2, A Quackgrass (Elytrigia Repens [L.]Neski.) X Bluebunch Wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria Spicata [Pursh.] Love) Hybrid, M R. Haferkamp, D C. Adams, E E. Grings, P O. Currie

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Fertiliser and mowing effects on herbage quality and yield of the RS2 hybrid were studied. Plants were fertilised with 0, 112 or 224 kg Nlha in spring 1988 and 1989, or with 112+112kg N/ha split in spring-summer, Plants were unmowed or mowed to a SO mm stubble height on selected dates in 1988 and 1989. Maximum standing crops (SC) of unmowed plants averaged 3000 kg/ha in 1988 and 5600 kg/ha in 1989; SC were increased 1000 kg/ha by fertilisation in 1989. Crude protein (CP) exceeded 120 g/kg in unmowed herbage in 1988 and decreased from 200 g/kg in May to …

Utilization Of Tall Fescue In Pure Stand, In Association With White Clover And In Complex Mixtures, S Badoux

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) was cultivated in pure stand, in association with white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and in various complex grass-legume mixtures. Forage yield and quality were always higher in associations with white clover than in tall fescue pure stands. However, under dry conditions, the balance between the two components was difficult to maintain. In more complex mixtures cocksfoot and tall fescue tended to become dominant and to produce a forage of lower quality. In mixtures of long duration, we replaced meadow fescue by tall fescue. Total yield over 3 years was improved; the digestibility of …

Use Of Plant Height For Determining The Nutritive Value, Yield And The Optimal Use Span Of Lucerne, Lother Schmidt

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Determining the ·cutting date is important for high yield, good forage quality and longevity of lucerne (Medicago media Pers.) stands. Most recommendations for the optimal use date are based on the development ,stage. The results of research conducted over 9 years show that forage quality and the dry matter (DM) yield of luccrne, at the same, developmental stage, vary considerably, depending on weather conditions during the growth period. A better criterion is the plant height of lucerne. There was a highly significant correlation between plant height and the content of crude fibre, crude protein and DM. We recommend the …

Lamb And Steer Production From Continuously Grazed Alfalfa, Jerry D. Volesky, Daniel P. Mowrey

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Little is known about livestock production from alfalfa (Medicago saliva L,) under continuous grazing. Objectives were to determine lamb and steer performance, production and leaf-stem selection on continuously grazed alfalfa. Lambs and steers separately grazed 3 replicate pastures from late April through mid-August, 1991. Initial stocking densities were relatively heavy to utilise rapid spring growth after which livestock numbers were reduced to maintain alfalfa with a 20-cm stubble height. Season-long live-weight gains for the lambs and steers were 0.15 and 0.94 kg/day. Total production for lambs and steers was 557 and 529 kg/ha, Lamb diets generally contained a higher …

Impact Of Intermittent Clipping On Productivity, Forage Quality And Legume Persistence Of Reclaimed Mine Soils, M Collins, H B. Rice, R Turley, W O. Thom

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The materials used as plant growth media during surface mine· reclamation are frequently low in available N, P and K and are drought­prone. Legumes are included in reclamation seeding mixtures . because of their symbiotic N2-fixation ability but competition may prevent establishment or reduce persistence. A field study was conducted to test the hypothesis that intermittent clipping of these sites would reduce grass competition and thereby maintain legume stands. In 1990 and· 1991, 4 clipping treatments were imposed, providing intervals of 2, 4; and 6 weeks between harvests. Clipping at the 2- or 4-week intervals gave equal yields that were …

Sward Height In Grazing Management: Vertical Profiles In Forage Quality, J E. Johnston, A Singh, E A. Clark

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Vertical and temporal trends in herbage yield and quality were assessed in a study sown in 1989 near Elora, Ontario. In a replicated field trial with 0.1 ha paddocks, Hereford heifers rotationally grazed 2 swards to each of 2 residual grazing heights, namely, SO and 100 mm, with a requisite 200-2S0 mm entry height. Profiles in yield and in in vitro organic mailer digestibility (IVOMD) were developed from 6, 1500 cm2 quadrats per paddock, which were subjected to vertically stratified clipping, using sheep shears with a vacuum attachment. In 1990, obliging entry. at 200-2S0 mm stabilised herbage organic matter on …

Sward Height In Grazing Management: Species Adaptation, A Singh, J E. Johnston, E A. Clark

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Under continental, northern conditions, yield potential of species such as perennial ryegrass (Loli11111 pere,me L.) and white clover (Trifolium repe,is L.) is considered to be inferior to that of taller, coarser species such as orchardgrass, bromegrass, timothy and alfalfa. However, recent species evaluation bas stressed management regimes characteristic of conserved feed rather than pasture production, In a replicated trial, species performance and persistence in mixture were evaluated in response to sward height-based grazing management. Starling in 1990, 2 swards constructed predominantly of fine- or coarse-stemmed grasses were grazed rotationally by cattle, using a common 20-25 cm entry height and a …

Manipulation Of Perennial Ryegrass With The Plant Growth Regulator Mefluidide, M H. Foreman, R J. Field

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

In an attempt to increase the nutritive quality of herbage, the plant growth regulator mefluidide was applied at low rates (0.15-0.30 kg ai/ha) to pure stands of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in early spring. There was a reduction in total dry matter production of 35.8% at 0.3 kg ai/ha, but because reproductive development was significantly reduced there was a useful increase in the green leaf harvest component from 1.3% to 41.6% of total dry matter. High yields of green leaf were maintained for 100 days, in contrast to untreated swards which were composed largely of stem plus inflorescence …

Interaction Among Harvest Frequency, Fertilizer And Herbicide Use With Intensively Managed Alfalfa In The North-Central Usa, O B. Hesterman, J J. Kells, P L. Tiffin

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

This research evaluated effects of 2 alfalfa (Medicago sativa L,) cultivars (winter hardy and moderately winter hardy), 3 levels of fertiliser (none, medium, high), 3 levels of herbicide (none, medium, high), and 2 harvest systems ( 4 harvests and 5 harvests per year) on forage yield and quality, Five years (1987-1991) of an experiment in Michigan, USA, have been completed. During the first production year (1988). forage dry matter (DM) production was similar for the 5-harvest (15.2 Mg/ha) and the 4-harvest system (14.8 Mg/ha), During subsequent years, DM production was greater in the 4-harvest than in the 5-harvest system …

Seasonal Changes Of Daily Increase In Extended Sward Height, Dry Matter, Bulk Densities And Digestible Dry Matter Of Temperature Grasses, K Watanabe, K Kita, S Saiga

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Under a regime of frequent cutting, seasonal changes of the daily increase in extended sward height, dry matter (OM) bulk densities and digestible dry matter (DOM) of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) were followed for 5 years. Seasonal changes of the daily increase in extended sward height, DM bulk densities (daily increase in OM/daily increase in extended sward height) and DOM (daily increase in DOM/daily increase in extended sward height) of the grasses had 3 peaks and 2 troughs, as the height and densities were depressed …

Effects Of Applied Nitrogen And Rest Period On Forage Production And Silage Quality, L Juan Carlos Dumont, A Francisco Lanuza

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

An experiment to analyse the effect of nitrogen (N) fertiliser and rest period initiation for silage making on permanent pasture was carried out. N fertiliser increased forage production, crude protein, neutral detergent fibre and ammonia-N. Shortening the intervals, by delaying the initiation of resting period, increased forage quality with only marginal decreases in dry matter (DM) production. Resting periods from the second week of September and cutting at the end of October or first week of November was appropriate in the Osorno area of Chile. The use of 60 kg N/ha is recommended. Two-cutting system must be considered in order …

Long-Term Management Of Vulpia In Pastures, A R. Leys, P M. Dowling, B Plater, M I. Smetham

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Vulpia (Vulpia spp.) is a common weed of subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.)-based pastures throughout southern Australia, where it reduces productivity, contaminate's wool and injures livestock. Winter-cleaning pastures with simazine, and to a lesser extent spraying paraquat in spring to sterilise seed, gives good short-term control; however, vulpia produces large amounts of seed and can re-invade even dense subterraneum clover pastures. Re­invasion is least in pastures containing a companion grass. An integrated management system utilising grass in mixture with subterranean clover, livestock and the judicious use of herbicides, will be required to keep the vulpia content of pastures …