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Isolation Of Human Cutaneous Immune Cells For Single-Cell Rna Sequencing, Ashley A Hailer, David Wu, Abdullah El Kurdi, Michelle Yuan, Raymond J Cho, Jeffrey B Cheng

Staff and Researcher Publications

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) allows for high-resolution analysis of transcriptionally dysregulated cell subpopulations in inflammatory diseases. However, it can be challenging to properly isolate viable immune cells from human skin for scRNA-seq due to its barrier properties. Here, we present a protocol to isolate high-viability human cutaneous immune cells. We describe steps for obtaining and enzymatically dissociating a skin biopsy specimen and isolating immune cells using flow cytometry. We then provide an overview of downstream computational techniques to analyze sequencing data. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Cook et al. (2022)

The Genomic Landscape Of Familial Glioma, Dong-Joo Choi, Georgina Armstrong, Brittney Lozzi, Prashanth Vijayaraghavan, Sharon E Plon, Terence C Wong, Eric Boerwinkle, Donna M Muzny, Hsiao-Chi Chen, Richard A Gibbs, Quinn T Ostrom, Beatrice Melin, Benjamin Deneen, Melissa L Bondy, Gliogene Consortium, Genomics England Research Consortium, Matthew N Bainbridge, Christopher I Amos, Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan, Jonine L Bernstein, Elizabeth B Claus, Richard S Houlston, Dora Il'yasova, Robert B Jenkins, Christoffer Johansen, Daniel Lachance, Rose Lai, Beatrice S Melin, Ryan T Merrell, Sara H Olson, Siegal Sadetzki, Joellen Schildkraut, Sanjay Shete, J C Ambrose, P Arumugam, R Bevers, M Bleda, F Boardman-Pretty, C R Boustred, H Brittain, M A Brown, M J Caulfield, G C Chan, A Giess, J N Griffin, A Hamblin, S Henderson, T J P Hubbard, R Jackson, L J Jones, D Kasperaviciute, M Kayikci, A Kousathanas, L Lahnstein, A Lakey, S E A Leigh, I U S Leong, F J Lopez, F Maleady-Crowe, M Mcentagart, F Minneci, J Mitchell, L Moutsianas, M Mueller, N Murugaesu, A C Need, P O'Donovan, C A Odhams, C Patch, D Perez-Gil, M B Pereira, J Pullinger, T Rahim, A Rendon, T Rogers, K Savage, K Sawant, R H Scott, A Siddiq, A Sieghart, S C Smith, A Sosinsky, A Stuckey, M Tanguy, A L Taylor Tavares, E R A Thomas, S R Thompson, A Tucci, M J Welland, E Williams, K Witkowska, S M Wood, M Zarowiecki

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Glioma is a rare brain tumor with a poor prognosis. Familial glioma is a subset of glioma with a strong genetic predisposition that accounts for approximately 5% of glioma cases. We performed whole-genome sequencing on an exploratory cohort of 203 individuals from 189 families with a history of familial glioma and an additional validation cohort of 122 individuals from 115 families. We found significant enrichment of rare deleterious variants of seven genes in both cohorts, and the most significantly enriched gene was HERC2 (P = 0.0006). Furthermore, we identified rare noncoding variants in both cohorts that were predicted to …

The Genetic Determinants Of Recurrent Somatic Mutations In 43,693 Blood Genomes, Joshua S Weinstock, Cecelia A Laurie, Jai G Broome, Kent D Taylor, Xiuqing Guo, Alan R Shuldiner, Jeffrey R O'Connell, Joshua P Lewis, Eric Boerwinkle, Kathleen C Barnes, Nathalie Chami, Eimear E Kenny, Ruth J F Loos, Myriam Fornage, Susan Redline, Brian E Cade, Frank D Gilliland, Zhanghua Chen, W James Gauderman, Rajesh Kumar, Leslie Grammer, Robert P Schleimer, Bruce M Psaty, Joshua C Bis, Jennifer A Brody, Edwin K Silverman, Jeong H Yun, Dandi Qiao, Scott T Weiss, Jessica Lasky-Su, Dawn L Demeo, Nicholette D Palmer, Barry I Freedman, Donald W Bowden, Michael H Cho, Ramachandran S Vasan, Andrew D Johnson, Lisa R Yanek, Lewis C Becker, Sharon Kardia, Jiang He, Robert Kaplan, Susan R Heckbert, Nicholas L Smith, Kerri L Wiggins, Donna K Arnett, Marguerite R Irvin, Hemant Tiwari, Adolfo Correa, Laura M Raffield, Yan Gao, Mariza De Andrade, Jerome I Rotter, Stephen S Rich, Ani W Manichaikul, Barbara A Konkle, Jill M Johnsen, Marsha M Wheeler, Brian S Custer, Ravindranath Duggirala, Joanne E Curran, John Blangero, Hongsheng Gui, Shujie Xiao, L Keoki Williams, Deborah A Meyers, Xingnan Li, Victor Ortega, Stephen Mcgarvey, C Charles Gu, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Wen-Jane Lee, M Benjamin Shoemaker, Dawood Darbar, Dan Roden, Christine Albert, Charles Kooperberg, Pinkal Desai, Thomas W Blackwell, Goncalo R Abecasis, Albert V Smith, Hyun M Kang, Rasika Mathias, Pradeep Natarajan, Siddhartha Jaiswal, Alexander P Reiner, Alexander G Bick, Nhlbi Trans-Omics For Precision Medicine (Topmed) Consortium

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Nononcogenic somatic mutations are thought to be uncommon and inconsequential. To test this, we analyzed 43,693 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine blood whole genomes from 37 cohorts and identified 7131 non-missense somatic mutations that are recurrently mutated in at least 50 individuals. These recurrent non-missense somatic mutations (RNMSMs) are not clearly explained by other clonal phenomena such as clonal hematopoiesis. RNMSM prevalence increased with age, with an average 50-year-old having 27 RNMSMs. Inherited germline variation associated with RNMSM acquisition. These variants were found in genes involved in adaptive immune function, proinflammatory cytokine production, and lymphoid …

Definitive Chemoradiation Associated With Improved Survival Outcomes In Patients With Synchronous Oligometastatic Esophageal Cancer, Thomas Matoska, Anjishnu Banerjee, Aditya Shreenivas, Lauren Jurkowski, Monica E Shukla, Elizabeth M Gore, Paul Linsky, Mario Gasparri, Ben George, Candice Johnstone, David Johnstone, Lindsay L Puckett

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: The study of oligometastatic esophageal cancer (EC) is relatively new. Preliminary data suggests that more aggressive treatment regimens in select patients may improve survival rates in oligometastatic EC. However, the consensus recommends palliative treatment. We hypothesized that oligometastatic esophageal cancer patients treated with a definitive approach (chemoradiotherapy [CRT]) would have improved overall survival (OS) compared to those treated with a purely palliative intent and historical controls.

METHODS: Patients diagnosed with synchronous oligometastatic (any histology, ≤5 metastatic foci) esophageal cancer treated in a single academic hospital were retrospectively analyzed and divided into definitive and palliative treatment groups. Definitive CRT was …

Biogeochemical River Runoff Drives Intense Coastal Arctic Ocean Co2 Outgassing, C. Bertin, D. Carroll, D. Menemenlis, S. Dutkiewicz, H. Zhang, A. Matsuoka, S. Tank, M. Manizza, C. E. Miller, M. Babin, A. Mangin, V. Le Fouest

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Arctic warming alters land-to-sea fluxes of nutrients and organic matter, which impact air-sea carbon exchange. Here we use an ocean-biogeochemical model of the southeastern Beaufort Sea (SBS) to investigate the role of Mackenzie River biogeochemical discharge in modulating air-sea CO2 fluxes during 2000–2019. The contribution of six biogeochemical discharge constituents leads to a net CO2 outgassing of 0.13 TgC yr−1, with a decrease in the coastal SBS carbon sink of 0.23 and 0.4 TgC yr−1 due to riverine dissolved organic and inorganic carbon, respectively. Years with high (low) discharge promote more CO2 outgassing (uptake) from the river plume. These results …

Managing Epilepsy In People With Intellectual Disabilities – Creating Capable Communities, R Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Almost a quarter of people with intellectual disabilities have epilepsy. This life-long condition adversely affects their health, safety and well-being and carries an increased risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in this population. This commentary considers what not only health and social services but also communities and people with intellectual disabilities themselves can do to improve outcomes.

Author Spotlight, Ren-Jie Chen, Jia-Jia Chen, Zhong Jin

Journal of Electrochemistry

No abstract provided.

Cobalt/Carbon Composites As Sulfur Hosts For High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Yun-Rui Yang, Huan-Huan Dong, Zhi-Qiang Hao, Xiang-Xi He, Zhuo Yang, Lin Li, Shu-Lei Chou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery is one of the promising energy storage devices because of its high energy density. However, the sulfur cathode suffers from sluggish electrochemical reaction kinetics, slow charge transfer, large volume expansion and severe shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides inevitably resulting in low reversible capacity, poor rate performance and short cycle life, limiting its practical applications. Herein, the recent progress of cobalt/carbon composites, including cobalt nanoparticles and cobalt single atoms, as the sulfur host materials in Li-S batteries is overviewed. In general, cobalt plays the role of electrocatalyst, which inhibits the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides, accelerates the electrochemical …

Recent Advances Of Functional Electrolyte Additives For Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Xiu-Qing Zhang, Shuai Tang, Yong-Zhu Fu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have become one of the most promising next-generation battery systems due to their high energy density and low cost. However, the application of Li-S batteries still faces critical challenges, such as the low conductivities of S and Li₂S, shuttle effect of polysulfides and dendrite growth of Li, etc. The optimization of the electrolyte can ameliorate the electrolyte|electrode interphase, conveniently regulating the parasitic reaction and improving the performance of the resultant batteries. The functional additives in electrolytes provide chances to tune the interphase and even the redox mechanism to improve the performance of the batteries. In …

Metals And Alloys As Catalytic Hosts Of Sulfur Cathode For Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Zhen-Yu Wang, Xue-Ping Gao

Journal of Electrochemistry

Lithium-sulfur batteries are recognized as one of the most promising next-generation energy storage devices, owing to the high theoretical energy density of 2600 Wh·kg^–1. However, their application has been seriously hindered by the sluggish electrochemical reaction kinetics of elemental sulfur and discharged products (Li₂S₂/Li₂S), and the notorious “shuttle effect” of soluble intermediate lithium polysulfide species, leading to poor cycle stability, low sulfur utilization and inferior coulombic efficiency. Introducing catalytic hosts into sulfur cathode is an efficient path to propel the conversion of sulfur-contained species, thus preventing the dissolution and loss of active-sulfur …

Ultraviolet-Initiated In-Situ Cross-Linking Of Multifunctional Binder Backbones Enables Robust Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Sha Li, Xiao Zhan, Gu-Lian Wang, Hui-Qun Wang, Wei-Ming Xiong, Li Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries show attractive prospects owing to their high theoretical energy density, but their commercialization still faces such challenges as lithium polysulfides shuttling, severe volume change and considerable polarization. These stubborn issues place higher demands on each component in the battery, such as the development of multifunctional binders with superior mechanical properties. Herein, ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate was firstly introduced into sulfur cathodes, and in-situ cross-linked by ultraviolet (UV) curing combined with traditional polyvinylidene difluoride binder (i.e., forming a binary binder, denoted as c-ETPTA/PVDF) to construct high-loading and durable Li-S batteries. The covalently cross-linked ETPTA framework not only significantly enhances …

Author Spotlight, Ren-Jie Chen, Jia-Jia Chen, Zhong Jin

Journal of Electrochemistry

No abstract provided.

Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Di Man 1 Lampung Tengah, Muhamad Hafidh Asyrofi, Nur Anisah Ridwan

Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism

Pembelajaran bahasa Arab adalah suatu proses guru dalam memberikan dan mengajarkan ilmu mengenai bahasa Arab. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeksripsikan pada kegiatan perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi pada pembelajaran di MAN 1 Lampung Tengah. Penelitian ini meng­gunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Subjek penelitian ini yaitu wawancara kepada wakil kepala sekolah, guru dan siswa MAN 1 Lampung Tengah. Serta objek penelitian ini yaitu mengobservasi dan mendokumentasi pelaksanaan pembelajaran bahasa Arab di MAN 1 Lampung Tengah. Kegiatan pembelajaran bahasa Arab di MAN 1 Lampung Tengah yaitu perencanaan pembel­ajaran sebagai persiapan bahan ajar yang dirumuskan didalam program tahunan yang nantinya akan dipetakan kedalam …

Penerapan Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Platform Schoology Untuk Melatih Keterampilan Menulis Bahasa Jerman Siswa Kelas Xi Bahasa Sma Negeri 1 Tumpang, Krismon Lestari Santoso, Sawitri Retnantiti

Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism

Mewabahnya COVID-19 di dunia mengakibatkan pembelajaran harus dilaksanakan secara daring dan luring dengan alokasi waktu yang lebih sedikit. Untuk membuat pembelajaran tetap efektif dan efisien dibutuhkan media pembelajaran online, salah satunya platform schoology. Platform schoology ini akan digunakan untuk melatih keterampilan menulis bahasa Jerman. Hal ini karena, schoology memiliki fitur yang dapat memfasilitasi siswa berlatih keterampilan menulis bahasa Jerman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan penerapan media pembelajaran berbasis platform schoology untuk melatih keterampilan menulis bahasa Jerman dan untuk mendeskripsikan respons siswa kelas XI Bahasa SMAN 1 Tumpang. Tema yang dibahas pada penelitian ini adalah Alltagsleben dengan subtema die Kleidung. Pendekatan …

Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Di Kelas Iii Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (Mi) Yasim Sari Kabupaten Bima, Isnaynih Safira Putri, Ali Ma’Sum

Journal of Innovation and Teacher Professionalism

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan perencanaan, pelaksanaan serta penilaian pembel­ajaran bahasa Arab di kelas III MI Yasim Sari Kabupaten Bima. Jenis penelitian ini yaitu penelitian kualitatif, penelitian di MI Yasim Sari ini memiliki subyek yaitu kepala sekolah, Guru bahasa Arab kelas III dan beberapa siswa yang ada di kelas III MI yasim Sari. Dengan tekhnik pengumpulan data yaitu, Wawancara, Observasi dan Dokumentasi. Hasil dalam penelitian ini adalah: (1) Perencanaan pembelajaran yang dilakukan dengan membuat RPP (Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran) yang memuat nama sekolah, kelas, matapelajaran, sub pelajaran, alokasi waktu, hari/tanggal, kompetensi dasar, tujuan pembelajaran, indicator pencapaian kompetensi, aspek penilaian, bahan ajar, …

A Precision Environmental Health Approach To Prevention Of Human Disease, Andrea Baccarelli, Dana C Dolinoy, Cheryl Lyn Walker

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Human health is determined by the interaction of our environment with the genome, epigenome, and microbiome, which shape the transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic landscape of cells and tissues. Precision environmental health is an emerging field leveraging environmental and system-level ('omic) data to understand underlying environmental causes of disease, identify biomarkers of exposure and response, and develop new prevention and intervention strategies. In this article we provide real-life illustrations of the utility of precision environmental health approaches, identify current challenges in the field, and outline new opportunities to promote health through a precision environmental health framework.

Metagenomic Analysis Of Dna Viruses With Targeted Sequence Capture Of Canine Lobular Orbital Adenomas And Normal Conjunctiva, Elizabeth A F Schaefer, Shirley Chu, Kristine M Wylie, Todd N Wylie, Obi L Griffith, Jacqueline W Pearce, Gayle C Johnson, Jeffrey N Bryan, Brian K Flesner

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Our study aims are: (1) to evaluate phenotypically normal canine conjunctival and orbital tissue and tissue from canine lobular orbital adenomas (CLOAs) for the presence of viral genomic material and (2) phylogenetically classify detected DNA viruses to determine if a DNA virus is associated with CLOAs. A total of 31 formalin fixed paraffin embedded CLOA tissue samples, 4 papillomas or sarcoid, and 10 fresh clinically normal conjunctival tissues were included in this study. Genomic DNA was isolated from all samples and sequencing libraries were prepared. The libraries were molecularly indexed and pooled and viral DNA was enriched via targeted sequence …

Utilizing Computed Tomography Volumetry For Size Matching Prior To Lung Transplantation: A Case Series, Hailey M. Shepherd, Khashayar Farahnak, M. Shea Harrison, C. Corbin Frye, Gary F. Marklin, Andrew J. Bierhals, Ramsey R. Hachem, Chad A. Witt, Rodrigo V. Guillamet, Derek E. Byers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Bryan F. Meyers, Ruben G. Nava, G. Alexander Patterson, Daniel Kreisel, Varun Puri

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Appropriate size matching between donor and recipient is critical for successful pulmonary transplantation. Although surrogate measurements such as height and gender are often utilized to approximate predicted lung volume, these methods provide only a gross estimation with wide variability and poor predictive value.

CASE DESCRIPTION: A single center exploratory study was conducted in which four patients underwent lung transplantation (LT) with pre-operative computed tomography (CT) volumetry obtained in both the donor and recipient to facilitate decision making regarding organ size and suitability. In four cases in which CT volumetry was used, the lung volumes calculated using surrogate measurements significantly …

Ebolavirus Species-Specific Interferon Antagonism Mediated By Vp24, Palaniappan Ramanathan, Bersabeh Tigabu, Rodrigo I Santos, Philipp A Ilinykh, Natalia Kuzmina, Olivia A Vogel, Naveen Thakur, Hamza Ahmed, Chao Wu, Gaya K Amarasinghe, Christopher F Basler, Alexander Bukreyev

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Members of the Ebolavirus genus demonstrate a marked differences in pathogenicity in humans with Ebola (EBOV) being the most pathogenic, Bundibugyo (BDBV) less pathogenic, and Reston (RESTV) is not known to cause a disease in humans. The VP24 protein encoded by members of the Ebolavirus genus blocks type I interferon (IFN-I) signaling through interaction with host karyopherin alpha nuclear transporters, potentially contributing to virulence. Previously, we demonstrated that BDBV VP24 (bVP24) binds with lower affinities to karyopherin alpha proteins relative to EBOV VP24 (eVP24), and this correlated with a reduced inhibition in IFN-I signaling. We hypothesized that modification of eVP24-karyopherin …

Benchmarking Hospital Practices And Policies On Intrahospital Neurocritical Care Transport: The Safe-Neuro-Transport Study, Kapil G Zirpe, Bhunyawee Alunpipatthanachai, Nassim Matin, Bernice G Gulek, Patricia A Blissitt, Katherine Palmieri, Kathryn Rosenblatt, Umeshkumar Athiraman, Suneeta Gollapudy, Marie Angele Theard, Sarah Wahlster, Monica S Vavilala, Abhijit V Lele, Safe-Neuro-Transport Collaborators

2020-Current year OA Pubs

An electronic survey was administered to multidisciplinary neurocritical care providers at 365 hospitals in 32 countries to describe intrahospital transport (IHT) practices of neurocritically ill patients at their institutions. The reported IHT practices were stratified by World Bank country income level. Variability between high-income (HIC) and low/middle-income (LMIC) groups, as well as variability between hospitals within countries, were expressed as counts/percentages and intracluster correlation coefficients (ICCs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI). A total of 246 hospitals (67% response rate;

Abrogation Of Map4k4 Protein Function Causes Congenital Anomalies In Humans And Zebrafish, Victoria Patterson, Dorothy K Grange, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

We report 21 families displaying neurodevelopmental differences and multiple congenital anomalies while bearing a series of rare variants in

The Genetic Determinants Of Recurrent Somatic Mutations In 43,693 Blood Genomes, Joshua S Weinstock, C Charles Gu, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Nononcogenic somatic mutations are thought to be uncommon and inconsequential. To test this, we analyzed 43,693 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine blood whole genomes from 37 cohorts and identified 7131 non-missense somatic mutations that are recurrently mutated in at least 50 individuals. These recurrent non-missense somatic mutations (RNMSMs) are not clearly explained by other clonal phenomena such as clonal hematopoiesis. RNMSM prevalence increased with age, with an average 50-year-old having 27 RNMSMs. Inherited germline variation associated with RNMSM acquisition. These variants were found in genes involved in adaptive immune function, proinflammatory cytokine production, and lymphoid …

Using Emotion Regulation To Support Informed Literacy, Rachael A. Vandonkelaar

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

When it comes to fake news, no medium circulates and reaches more youth than social media. Social media can provide an opportunity for students to create and post with an authentic audience; however, social media can also perpetuate the danger of fake news. Youth across the globe emotionally engage with content several hours a day and can become vulnerable to the clickbait style of news. Therefore, although research has studied how critical literacy instruction supports informed reading, literacy instruction must also address students’ emotional regulation needs. This research-to-practice article describes the dangers of fake news on youth interactions and provides …

Behind The Scenes Of Controversial International Commercial Arbitration: Case Study Of Heirs To The Sultanate Of Sulu V. Malaysia, Tze Chin Ong, James Ding Tse Wen

Indonesian Journal of International Law

Recently, an ad hoc arbitration final award of US$14.92 billion (approximately RM62.59 billion) in favour of the heirs of the 19^th-century sultanate, the late Sultan of Sulu, Sultan Jamalul Kiram II against Malaysia (the “Award”) that was handed down by a sole arbitrator had created much discussion in the international public and private law arena. Following the issuance of the n Award, Malaysia challenged the Award in the Paris Court of Appeal and successfully stayed the Award’s enforcement in France on July 12. During the same time, on July 11, two Luxembourg-registered subsidiaries of the Malaysian …

Two Roads Diverged In A Yellow Wood And I Have Taken Them Both: Tales From A New Ir Librarian, Allison Boswell

Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference

The first road:

When Houston Cole Library started an Institutional Repository (IR) at Jacksonville State University, reading all of the journal articles and literature and watching all of the webinars on how to make an IR work was a must. One of the top recommendations was to cultivate buy-in. The standard recommended process for getting buy-in did not work for me and my faculty. Everything I tried did not work. It was a ton of work, a lot of hope, and even more disappointment. I had to come up with a new plan if the IR was going to succeed. …

Bollywood As A Site Of Resistance: Women And Agency In Indian Popular Culture, Sheetal Yadav, Smita Jha

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article evaluates the contemporary Indian redefinition of gender norms, subjectivity, and practices by analyzing Bollywood films as a major influence upon its global audiences. This study explores how Indian cinema redefines women’s status and promotes gender-neutral entertainment by harnessing the powerful energies of current movements such as #MeToo. The article closely examines the textual and conceptual features of current women-focused movies like Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga (2019), Thappad (2020), and Paglait (2021). This examination focuses on key insights from popular Bollywood actresses’ critical feminist roles to understand their assertions of women’s power, agency, and equality. Additionally, …

Women And The Precarity Of War: Reading Women Militants And Activists In Sharmila Seyyid’S Ummath, Aparna Nandha

Journal of International Women's Studies

Ummath, written by Sharmila Seyyid, navigates the sensitive topic of the precarious lives of three separate women amid the chaos of war-torn Sri Lanka. The stories of main characters Yoga and Theivanai demonstrate women’s challenges in and out of militancy. Their struggles led them to Thawakkul, a Muslim social worker devoted to the cause of rehabilitating disabled and widowed women who once served the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam). Ummath provides a powerful social critique of the conditions that aggravated the separatist conflict, the stigmatization of women who become part of the LTTE, the inexorable violence perpetrated by …

Impact Of Rural Financial Institutions Building Program (Rufin) On The Productivity Of Women-Owned Farms And Non-Farm Enterprises In Northern Nigeria, Ayodele Abiodun Olaleye, Abigail John Jirgi, Kpotun Mohammed Baba, Usman Shabba Mohammed

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study was undertaken to determine the impact of the Rural Financial Institution Building Program (RUFIN) on the productivity of women-owned farms and non-farm enterprises in Northern Nigeria. The study utilized primary data collected through a questionnaire administered to 390 beneficiaries and an equal number of non-beneficiaries selected through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The productivity of women-owned enterprises was determined using Total Factor Productivity (TFP), which was measured as a ratio of the total annual output of the enterprise to the product of capital input, labor input, and total material input. The propensity score matching approach was used to analyze …

Changing Ideologies Of Marriage In Contemporary Indian Women’S Novels, Bhushan Sharma

Journal of International Women's Studies

Marriage in Hinduism is sacramental in nature and considered a divine religious bond. As per Shastras, man alone is incomplete until or unless he marries. The wife is called Ardhangini (half of man) or dharmapatni, who shares religious duties with her husband. This paper views matrimony from a feminist lens and explores the changing ideology of marriage by drawing upon feminist theory. The study uses two novels by contemporary Indian women writers, Shashi Deshpande's A Matter of Time (1996) and Shobhaa De's Second Thoughts (1996), to explore the world of married women. These novels by Indian women express women’s …