DOCSLIB.ORG

2016 FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP REPORT DESIGN and LAYOUT Nick Paulus Breanna Bugbee

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
2016 FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP REPORT DESIGN and LAYOUT Nick Paulus Breanna Bugbee 2016 FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP REPORT DESIGN AND LAYOUT Nick Paulus BreAnna Bugbee PHOTOGRAPHY Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark/RIT PUBLISHED BY The Wallace Center - RIT Open Access Publishing OFFICE OF THE PROVOST www.rit.edu/provost/ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE PROVOST 3 B. THOMAS GOLISANO COLLEGE OF COMPUTING & INFORMATION SCIENCES 4 COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 26 COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY 36 COLLEGE OF IMAGING ARTS & SCIENCES 42 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 52 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE 74 SAUNDERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 94 GOLISANO INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY 102 KATE GLEASON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 112 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 140 OTHER DEGREE GRANTING UNITS 160 MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST RIT is now ranked among the best and brightest of the nation’s universities. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education moved RIT to a doctoral university status in 2016, due to the rapidly growing number of Ph.D. degrees awarded each year. This comes as no surprise to the faculty and students engaged in research, pedagogical undertakings and scholarly activities at RIT. The scholarly efforts within this report continue to have a profound impact within our local communities, the industries we collaborate with, and the world. This work, which ranges from making our university and our communities more sustainable, to understanding the very fabric of our universe, engages students in ways which prepare them for our ever- changing world. The growth of our research and scholarship is guided by our vision for the future, where imagination and the application of interdisciplinary skills will place our faculty and our students at the forefront of the global economy. The ever-growing body of research, scholarship and creative works generated by our faculty benefits our students, our programs, and our industry partners in a multitude of ways. Our recent progress is a clear indicator that we are moving ever closer to our vision of making RIT a pre- eminent student-centered research university. The connections made by RIT faculty engaged in this important work establish new opportunities for our students, and prepare them for the next stage of their careers. It is through these diverse scholarly pursuits that students and faculty are able to collaborate across international borders, and bring new insights and perspectives to their work. It is with great pride that I present this report highlighting our faculty’s scholarly achievements during 2016. JEREMY HAEFNER, PH.D. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Rochester Institute of Technology 3 B. Thomas Golisano College of COMPUTING & INFORMATION SCIENCES COMPUTER SCIENCE Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation: Simon, Daniel, et al. "Automatic Scanpath Gen- eration with Deep Recurrent Neural Networks." Reynold J Bailey, Associate Professor Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium Published Conference Proceedings: Bennett, on Applied Perception, July 2016, Anaheim CA. Justin, et al. "Looking at Faces: Autonomous Ed. Reynold Bailey and Laura Trutoiu. New York, Perspective Invariant Facial Gaze Analysis." NY: ACM. « Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception, July 2016, Anaheim CA. Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation: Ed. Reynold Bailey and Laura Trutoiu. New York, Sridharan, Srinivas and Reynold Bailey. "Saliency NY: ACM, Web. « and Optical Flow for Gaze Guidance in Videos." Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium Published Conference Proceedings: Pieszala, on Applied Perception, July 2016, Anaheim CA. James, et al. "3D Gaze point Localization and Ed. Reynold Bailey and Laura Trutoiu. New York, Visualization Using LiDAR-based 3D Reconstruc- NY: ACM. « tions." Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, March Hans-Peter Bischof, Professor 2016, Charleston SC. Ed. Roman Bednarik and Frederick Shic. New York, NY: ACM, Web. « Published Conference Proceedings: Cerrah, Tolga and Hans-Peter Bischof. "Advl: A Visual- ization Language for Dynamic Visualization." Published Conference Proceedings: Sridharan, Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on Model- Srinivas, et al. "Gaze Guidance for Improved ing, Simulations and Visualization Methods. Ed. Password Recollection." Proceedings of the Hamid R. Arabnia. Las Vegas, NV: n.p., 2016. ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Print. * Applications, March 2016, Charleston SC. Ed. Roman Bednarik and Frederick Shic. New York, NY: ACM, Web. « Published Conference Proceedings: Steven, Wardwell and Hans-Peter Bischof. "Distribut- ed Collaborative Caching." Proceedings of the Published Conference Proceedings: Kothari, Conference on Parallel and Distributed Process- Rakshit, et al. "Novel Apparatus for Investigation ing Techniques and Applications. Ed. Hamid R. of Eye Movements When Walking in the Pres- Arabnia. Las Vegas, NV: NV, 2016. Print. * ence of 3D Projected Obstacles." Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications, March 2016, Charleston SC. Published Conference Proceedings: Cerrah, Ed. Roman Bednarik and Frederic Shic. New Tolga and Hans-Peter Bischof. "Advl: A Visual- York, NY: ACM, Web. « ization Language for Dynamic Visualization." Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on Model- ing, Simulations and Visualization Methods. Ed. Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation: Hamid R. Arabnia. Las Vegas, NV: n.p., 2016. Kothari, Rakshit, et al. "The Influence of Bio- mechanics on Visual Attention while Walking." Print. * Proceedings of the Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting, May 2016, St. Pete Beach, FL. Zachary Butler, Associate Professor Ed. Dennis Levi. Novato, CA: n.p.. * Journal Paper: Butler, Zack. "Mazes: Not Just For Kids." ACM Inroads 7. 3 (2016): 72. Print. * FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP REPORT 2016 Matthew Fluet, Assistant Professor Journal Paper: Fitzsimmons, Z., E. Hemaspaan- dra, and L. Hemaspaandra. "Manipulation of Published Conference Proceedings: Le, Mat- Same-System Runoff Elections." Annals of Math- thew, Ryan Yates, and Matthew Fluet. "Revisiting ematics and Artificial Intelligence 77. 3-4 (2016): Software Transactional Memory in Haskell." Pro- 159–189. Print. * ceedings of the Haskell’16: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Haskell; Sep- tember 22-23, 2016, Nara, Japan. Ed. Geoffrey Book Chapter: Caragiannis, I., E. Hemaspaan- Mainland. New York, NY: ACM, 2016. Web. * dra, and L. Hemaspaandra. "Dodgson's Rule and Young's Rule." Handbook of Computational Social Choice. Cambridge, England: Handbook Joe Geigel, Professor of Computational Social Choice, 2016. 103-126. Published Conference Proceedings: Caputo, Print. * Felipe, et al. "Farewell to Dawn: A Mixed Reality Dance Performance in a Virtual Space." Pro- ceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Posters Published Conference Proceedings: He- (SIGGRAPH '16). Ed. Rachel Albert. New York, maspaandra, E. and H. Schnoor. "Dichotomy for NY: ACM, Print. * Pure Scoring Rules Under Manipulative Electoral Actions." Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2016). Published Conference Proceedings: Geigel, Ed. the Hague, the Netherlands: n.p., 2016. Joe, et al. "PULSE: An Infrastructure for Collec- Web. « tion of Audience Heartbeats for Music Visualiza- tion." Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Com- Published Conference Proceedings: Fitzsim- munication Workshops (PerCom Workshops). Ed. mons, Z. and E. Hemaspaandra. "Modeling Max Mühlhäuser. Sydney,, NSW: IEEE, Print. £ Single-Peakedness for Votes with Ties." Pro- ceedings of the Eighth European Starting AI Researcher Symposium (STAIRS 2016). Ed. the Published Conference Proceedings: McGowen, Hague, the Netherlands: n.p., 2016. Web. « Victoria and Joe Geigel. "Automatic Blend Shape Creation for Facial Motion Capture." Proceedings Christopher M Homan, Associate Professor of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Posters (SIGGRAPH '16). Ed. Rachel Albert. New York, NY: ACM, Published Conference Proceedings: Terkik, A, Print. * £ et al. "Analyzing Gender Bias in Student Evalua- tions." Proceedings of the Proceedings of COL- ING 2016, the 26th International Conference on Published Conference Proceedings: Hollen- Computational Linguistics. Ed. COLING. Osaka, bach, Andrew, Matthew Cox, and Joe Geigel. "A Japan: The COLING 2016 Organizing Committee, Dynamic 3D Performance Space for Control of 2016. Web. * Virtual Musical Instruments." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Interactive Published Conference Proceedings: Liu, Tong, Surfaces and Spaces (ISS '16). Ed. Simon Völker. et al. "Understanding Discourse on Work and New York, NY: ACM, Print. * £ Job-Related Well-Being in Public Social." Pro- ceedings of the The 54th Annual Meeting of the Edith Hemaspaandra, Professor Association for Computational Linguistics Berlin, Journal Paper: Hemaspaandra, E., L. He- Germany. Ed. ACL. Berlin, Germany: n.p., 2016. maspaandra, and J. Rothe. "The Complexity of Web. * Online Voter Control in Sequential Elections." Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. (2016): 1-22. Web. * 5 FEATURED FACULTY MATT HUENERFAUTH IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE GOLISANO COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. His research spans human computer interaction and natural language processing, and he is the editor-in-chief of the leading journal in his field of computer accessibility for people with disabili- ties. He has secured over $2.5 million in research funding, including a National Science Founda-
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Conference Program
    9th International Conference ‘The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed World’ Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Department of Accounting and Finance, Kavala (Greece), University of Piraeus, School of Economics, Business and International Studies (Greece), Piraeus University of Applied Sciences (TEI of Piraeus), School of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance (Greece) EBEEC 2017Piraeus-Athens, Greece, April 28-30, 2017 Conference Program 9th International Conference “The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed world” Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Piraeus, School of Economics, Business and International Studies Piraeus University of Applied Sciences (TEI of Piraeus), School of Business and Economics, Department of Accounting and Finance April 28-30, 2017, Piraeus-Athens, Greece Friday April 28 8:30 - 12:00 Registration (Conference Center of Piraeus University of Applied Sciences - TEI of Piraeus) 9:00 - 9:30 Opening Ceremony and welcome speeches Professor Nicos Sykianakis, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Greece Assistant Professor Spyros Roukanas, University of Piraeus, Greece Professor Anastasios Karasavvoglou, EasternMacedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece 9:30 - 11:00 Plenary Session: Chairmen: Nicos Sykianakis / Spyros Roukanas, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Greece /University of Piraeus, Greece (a)Professor Bernhard Hertz, University of Bayreuth, Germany “The Euro: joining, staying, leaving?” (b)Professor Emeritus Spyros Amourgis, AIA, California State University, USA/Greece “Regional Development Planning” 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 - 13:00 Concurrent Sessions: SESSION I Chairmen:Angelos Kotios / George Galanos – University of Piraeus, Greece / Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Volume 61, Number 4, December 1990 Published Quarterly for The
    Volume 61, Number 4, December 1990 LEPROSY REVIEW Published Quarterly for the British Leprosy Relief Association ISSN 0305-7518 Leprosy Review A journal contributing to the better understanding of leprosy and its control British Leprosy Relief Association LEPRA Editorial Board PRO~ESSOR J . L. TURK (Chairman and Edilor) DR R . J . W . R EES , C.M .G . (Vice-Chairman) The Royal Coll ege of Surgeons National Institute fo r Medical Research Department of Pa thology, The Ridgeway 35- 43 Lincoln's Inn Field Mill Hill, London NW7 IAA London W C2A 3PN JANE EVILLE, M .B.E. DR M . J . COLSTON 5 Sandall Close National Institute for Medical Research Ealin g The Ridgeway, Mill Hill Lo ndo n W 5 IJ E London NW7 I AA PROFESSOR P. E. M . FINE DR PATRI CIA ROSE Department of Epidemiology Allendale Ho use and Populati on Sciences A ll endale Road London School of H ygiene Hexha m N E46 2DE and Tropical Medicine Keppel Street DR M . F. R . WATERS , O .B. E. London W C I E 7HT Hospital fo r Tro pical Diseases DR S. LUCAS 4 St Pa ncras W ay School of Medicine Lo ndo n NW l OPE University Col1ege and Middlesex Medical School, London DR H . W . WH EATE , O .B.E. U ni versi ty Street 50 Avenue Road, Belmo nt, Sulto n Lo ndo n W C IE 6JJ Surrey SM2 6JB Editorial Office: Lepra, Fa irfax House, Causton Road, Colchester C01 1 PU , England Assistant Editor: Jennet Batten, 94 Church Road, Wheatley, Oxon OX9 1 LZ, England Leprosy Review is published by the British Leprosy Relief Association (LEPRA) with the main objective of contributing towards the better understanding of leprosy a nd its control.
    [Show full text]
  • International Journal for Quality Research 8(4) 481–494 ISSN 1800‐6450
    International Journal for Quality Research 8(4) 481–494 ISSN 1800‐6450 Editors in chief Zdravko Krivokapic Slavko Arsovski Center for Quality Center for Quality Faculty of Mechanical Faculty of Engineering Engineering University of Kragujevac University of Montenegro Serbia Montenegro Editorial board Zora Arsovski Miodrag Bulatovic University of Kragujevac University of Montenegro Serbia Montenegro Vesna Cancer Pavel Castka University of Ljubljana University of Canterbury Slovenia New Zealand Marc-Arthur Diaye Aysegül Akdogan Eker University of Evry -Val Yildiz Technical University d'Essonne Turkey France Bulent Eker Jovan Filipovic Namik Kemal University - University of Belgrade Tekirdag Serbia Turkey Janko Hodolic Jaroslava Hyrlova Faculty of Technical Science University of Pardubice University of Novi Sad Czech Republic Serbia Stanislav Karapetrovic Veijo Kauppinen University of Albert Helsinki University of Technology Canada Finland Alireza Lari Luc Laperriere Fayetteville State University Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres USA Canada Miodrag Lazic Andjelko Lojpur University of Kragujevac University of Montenegro Serbia Montenegro Ramezanali Mahdavinejad Vladimir Modrak University of Tehran Technical University of Kosice Iran Slovakia Bernhard Müller Gordana Nikolic Dresden University of Business School PAR Technology Croatia Germany Duc Truong Pham Milan Perovic University of Birmingham University of Montenegro United Kingdom Montenegro Darko Petkovic Cornelia Petroman University of Zenica University of Agricultural (BIH) Federation
    [Show full text]
  • A Village Struggles for Eye Health
    Hanyane : A Village Struggles for Eye Health Hanyane - A Village Struggles for Eye Health This book deals with primary eye care in the context of community health and development and provides a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of common eye problems. It is written for health workers involved in providing primary and secondary eye care and will also be of relevance to all those striving to improve the health of people in rural communities. It has many illustrations which enable the story of Hanyane to be retold to community groups as an example of what can be achieved. The book has been produced by the International Centre for Eye Health, London, and is based on the varied experience of the three authors during their years in Africa. ERIKA SUTTER is an ophthalmologist from Switzerland who was in charge of eye services and training of ophthalmic nurses at Elim hospital in South Africa for over twenty years. Nine years were spent establishing the Elim Care Group Project on which the story and discussion about Hanyane is based. She now lectures on community eye health at the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle, and the International Centre for Eye Health, London. ALLEN FOSTER works for Christoffel Blindenmission as Medical Consultant for Africa and is also a senior lecturer in preventive ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London. He spent nine years as Medical Superintendent at Mvumi Hospital in Tanzania where he developed a training programme for eye workers from East and West Africa. VICTORIA FRANCIS is an artist and health education trainer.
    [Show full text]
  • Social Constructionist Perspective of the Leadership in Serbia
    Inzinerine Ekonomika-Engineering Economics, 2014, 25(4), 437–449 Social Constructionist Perspective of the Leadership in Serbia Valentin Konja, Dejan Matic, Danijela Lalic University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia E-mail. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.25.4.3990 Over the past decades, psychological approaches to leadership backed by quantitative research have emerged. However, these approaches often show very narrow perspectives and address only a few factors. As a result, over the past few years new approaches to leadership with broader perspectives and qualitative research methodologies have been developed, but only a few scholars have as yet managed to conduct studies within this framework. The main goal of this paper is to find out more about the social and cultural context in which leaders make sense of their leadership, and how the mixture of old and new socio-cultural influences affects them. Discursive leadership, with its social and cultural focus, emerged as the appropriate model for this study. Our findings reveal the important role of communication in leadership, identify two major forces that influence Serbian managers’ leadership and show their willingness to accept new values and standards in making sense of their leadership. The value of this study is its contribution to a new, broader and more meaningful way of the approach to leadership, as well as its influence on scholars, leadership experts and practitioners, primarily in non- Western and post-transitional environments. It also gives recommendations to scholars to conduct social constructionist leadership research, so that in the near future a true balance between social constructionist and psychological approaches can be achieved.
    [Show full text]
  • Book of Abstracts INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on SOCIAL SCIENCES and HUMANITIES “Sustainable Developments: Trends and Opportunities”
    1 Book of Abstracts INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES “Sustainable Developments: Trends and Opportunities” Publisher International Balkan University Editor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Porjazoska Kujundziski Design & DTP Muhammed Erdem Isler Printed by Digital Centar Skopje Circulation 200 pieces Place of Publication Skopje Copyright International Balkan University CIP - Каталогизација во публикација Национална и универзитетска библиотека “Св. Климент Охридски”, Скопје 3(062)(048.3) 009(062)(048.3) INTERNATIONAL conference on social sciences and humanities (2018; Skopje) Book of abstract : sustainable development : trends and opportunities / International conference on social sciences and humanities, 4-6 May, 2018, Skopje, Macedonia ; [еditor Aleksandra Porjazoska Kujundziski]. - Skopje : International Balkan university, 2018. - 42 стр. ; 24 см ISBN 978-608-65137-7-1 а) Општествени науки - Собири - Апстракти б) Хуманистички науки - Собири - Апстракти COBISS.MK-ID 107089418 2 Scientific and Programme Committee Ismail Kocayusufoglu, PhD, International Balkan University, Skopje, Macedonia Hasan Boynukara, PhD, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey Ednan Arslan, PhD, Vienna University, Austria Andrea Popescu, PhD, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Ljubomir Drakulevski, PhD, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, Macedonia Mevludin Ibish, PhD, International Balkan University, Skopje, Macedonia Nejat Tongur, PhD, Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey Nazmi Maliqi, PhD, FON University, Skopje, Macedonia
    [Show full text]
  • 2013 Jahresbericht 2013 Annual Report
    2013 Jahresbericht 2013 Annual Report Carl Schlettwein Stiftung 2 Carl Schlettwein Foundation 2 Jahresüberblick 2013 3 Overview of 2013 3 „Re-Figuring the South African Empire" 9 "Re-Figuring the South African Empire" 9 Basler Afrika Bibliographien 12 Basler Afrika Bibliographien 12 Jahresüberblick 2013 13 Overview of 2013 13 Öffentlichkeit und Partner 16 Publicity and Partners 12 Veranstaltungen 17 Events 17 Besucher, Gäste und Führungen 21 Visitors, Guests and Tours 21 Schenkungen 22 Donations 22 Bibliothek und Sammlungen 24 Library and Collections 24 Archiv und Dokumentation 34 Archive and Documentation 34 Verlag 44 Publishing House 44 Inhalt Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter 50 Staff Members 50 Kurzporträts 51 Short Portraits 51 Contents Veröffentlichungen, Vorträge, Lehre 55 Publications, Lectures, Courses 55 Berichte und Beiträge 58 Reports and Contributions 58 Werkschau "zuHören/Listening in" 59 Show Case "zuHören/Listening in" 59 Afrikareise 62 Africa Trip 62 Schweizer Jugend Forscht 2013 65 Swiss Youth in Science 2013 65 Bibliothekspraktikum 68 Library Internship 68 Impressum 69 Imprint 69 Inhalt Contents 3 Carl Schlettwein Stiftung Carl Schlettwein Foundation Jahresüberblick 2013 Overview of 2013 Im Berichtsjahr wurde die im letzten Jahr in In the year under review, the separation die Wege geleitete Trennung der Geschäfte initiated the prior year between the affairs der Stiftung und des Betriebs der Basler Af- of the foundation and the activities of the rika Bibliographien operativ umgesetzt. Für Basler Afrika Bibliographien was
    [Show full text]
  • Downloadable Tools That Align with Longitudinal Engagement of Stakeholders from Vulnerable Or Hard-To- Existing NFP Care Domains and Link to Other NFP Resources
    Implementation Science 2019, 14(Suppl 1):27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0878-2 MEETINGABSTRACTS Open Access Proceedings from the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation Washington, DC, USA. 3-5 December 2018 Published: 25 March 2019 I1 importance of meeting the needs of end-users where they are, a sen- Introduction timent echoed by other plenary speakers across the three plenary Gila Neta1, David Chambers1, Lisa Simpson2 panel sessions. These sessions included one focusing on scaling up 1National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA; 2AcademyHealth, effective interventions particularly in low resource settings, and two Washington, DC, USA focusing on building capacity for D & I science within community Implementation Science 2019, 14(Suppl 1):I1 and healthcare settings, respectively. Each plenary panel enabled ac- tive dialogue between presenters and with the audience, further In December 2018, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Acade- deepening the discussion and surfacing many of the nuances and is- myHealth co-hosted the 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dis- sues in D&I science. Major themes across all the plenaries included semination and Implementation (D&I) in Health, “Scaling up Effective the importance of building relationships and trust among stake- Health and Healthcare: Advancing the Research Agenda and Necessary holders, focusing on the end-user’s needs, working across sectors to Infrastructure.” Reflecting increased interest in the field and growth in facilitate implementation and scale up, and understanding the value our research community, we had record attendance with nearly 1,300 of processes to inform generalizable strategies for implementation.
    [Show full text]
  • Histoire De La Santé Publique Et Communautaire En Afrique. Le Rôle Des Médecins De La Mission Suisse En Afrique Du Sud1*
    Gesnerus 72/1 (2015) 135–158 Histoire de la santé publique et communautaire en Afrique. Le rôle des médecins de la mission suisse en Afrique du Sud1* Hines Mabika Summary It was not Dutch settlers nor British colonizers who introduced public and community health practice in north-eastern South Africa but medical doctors of the Swiss mission in southern Africa. While the history of medical knowl- edge transfer into 19th–20th century Africa emphasises colonial powers, this paper shows how countries without colonies contributed to expand western medical cultures, including public health. The Swiss took advantage of the lo- cal authorities’ negligence, and implemented their own model of medicaliza- tion of African societies, understood as the way of improving health stan- dards. They moved from a tolerated hospital-centred medicine to the practice of community health, which was uncommon at the time. Elim hospital’s physi- cians moved back boundaries of segregationist policies, and sometime gave the impression of being involved in the political struggle against Apartheid. Thus, Swiss public health activities could later be seen as sorts of seeds that were planted and would partly reappear in 1994 with the ANC-projected na- tional health policy. Keywords: South Africa, Switzerland, Public Health, Medical Missions, Medical Apartheid. * L’auteur remercie les Profs V. Barras et. P. Gisel pour le soutien financier de leurs institutions lors de la rédaction de cet article dans le cadre de la coopération interfacultaire de l’Université de Lausanne, le Prof. H. Steinke (Berne) pour ses amicales suggestions et les deux éditeurs anonymes pour la pertinence de leurs commentaires.
    [Show full text]
  • 1064387.Momcilovic Nikolic Arsovski.Pdf
    Journal of Business Paradigms Print ISSN 2459-5004 Editor Goran Karanovic, University of Rijeka Technical Editor Martina Peric, Business School PAR Edin Arnautovic, Business School PAR Language Adviser Cherise Alexis Mihelcic, Business School PAR International Board of Editors Ateljevic Jovo, Univerzitet u Banja Luci, Bosnia and Herzegovina Druica Elena, University of Bucharest, Romaina Gago de Santos Pilar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Karasavvoglou Anastasios, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece Kikanovic Ramiz, University “Vitez”, Bosnia and Herzegovina Marilena Veco, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Momcilovic Oliver, Business School PAR, Croatia Nikolic Gordana, Business School PAR, Croatia Bilic Sotiroska Snezana, IBU University, Macedonia Poloski Vokic Nina, University of Zagreb, Croatia Polychronidou Persefoni, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece Starc Jasmina, School of Business and Management Novo mesto, Slovenia Stoynov Pavel, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria Publisher Business School PAR Trg Rijecke rezolucije 4, 51000 Rijeka 385 Croatia www.par.hr Journal information Journal is published semi-annual (July-December) Printed in 200 copies Annual subscription rate: 300 HRK (40 € or 45$) Print ISSN: 2459-5004 UDK: 338 Editorial office Business School PAR, Trg Rijecke rezolucije 4, 51000 Rijeka, 385 Croatia www.journal.par.hr © 2016 Business School PAR, Rijeka, Croatia Journal of Business Paradigms Volume 1 Number 1 July 2016 Contents IMPACT
    [Show full text]
  • Eye Health Issue 39
    CComommmunityunity EEyyee HHeeaalltthh AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL TO PROMOTE EYE HEALTH WORLDWIDE SUPPORTING VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT EDITORIAL: THE ADULT GLAUCOMAS Gordon J Johnson MD FRCS FRCOphth Professor and Director International Centre for Eye Health Institute of Ophthalmology 11-43 Bath Street London, EC1V 9EL, UK here is little doubt that the glaucomas Tnow constitute the second cause of global blindness, after cataract. With the ageing of most populations, new surveys suggest that even Harry Quigley’s 2000 projection of 6.7 million blind due to glau- coma was an underestimate.1 Yet glaucoma has not been included as one of the priority conditions for disease control in the first 5- Primary angle-closure glaucoma is more common in East Asians while primary open angle year programme of the Vision 2020 initia- glaucoma occurs more often in Africans and Europeans Photos: Pak Sang Lee tive. Why is this? Although it is agreed that the burden of must be a ‘good thing’ and should be glaucoma, and so meet the rigorous require- blindnessdueto differenttypesofglaucoma encouraged. However, at present there is no ment for a satisfactory screening test. is high, the problem has been that we have single inexpensive, practical and valid In the meantime, we need simple and not had either reliable ways of detecting screening test. practical methods of detecting those people these diseases or straightforward ways of Maria Papadopoulos and Peng Khaw with moderately advanced chronic glauco- treating them in large populations, within refer to a number of new devices for obtain- ma who need immediate treatment. Colin prevention of blindness programmes.
    [Show full text]
  • Dr Erika Sutter Eye Diseases in Hot Climates (5Th Edition)
    ICEH UPDATE to social disparities made her acutely aware of the injustices of apartheid and the need to address the political and Peek social causes of disease. Peek, the Portable Eye Examination In 1956, Erika was accepted to study Kit, is a set of diagnostic tools that medicine in South Africa. As there was a allows eye care workers to use a need for an eye specialist at Elim Hospital, Erika Sutter (Private collection) smartphone to screen eye patients. she trained further in Switzerland, It makes use of ‘cloud’-based returning to South Africa in 1965 as a fully systems to enable data sharing, qualified ophthalmologist. She worked referral and follow-up of patients. tirelessly at Elim Hospital while at the The Peek team has developed same time developing dreams for a tests for visual acuity, contrast, colour, comprehensive approach to blindness prevention. Her dreams were realised in visual fields, and childhood vision. three important projects: the introduction Peek Acuity, the visual acuity of a Diploma in Ophthalmic Nursing, the test (soon to be released on establishment of the Rivoni Rehabilitation Android phones in late 2015/early Centre for Visually Impaired and Blind 2016), is shown in a validation People, and, most notably, the Elim Care study published in JAMA Group Project. Having treated the late Ophthalmology to be reliable, Dr Erika Sutter effects of trachoma for many years, Erika accurate and fast. It has since been 1917–2015 realised that “it was necessary to come used by teachers in a school We put aside our sadness at the death of out of the hospital and to the people, there screening programme in Kenya in Erika Sutter, at the impressive age of 98, where the disease starts – in order to which over 20,000 children were to celebrate the life of a truly remarkable reach those who could still do something screened in two weeks.
    [Show full text]