La CEE : Les normes réelles de la politique agricole commune

The paper attempts to describe and explain developments in European Community agricultural policy in the last decade in the light of the political considerations underlying national and supra-national behaviour. Suggestions for reforms are made, but the main emphasis is on the need for the real objectives and hopes of the Community's members to be made explicit and then reconciled

Space Suit Joint Torque Measurement Method Validation

In 2009 and early 2010, a test method was developed and performed to quantify the torque required to manipulate joints in several existing operational and prototype space suits. This was done in an effort to develop joint torque requirements appropriate for a new Constellation Program space suit system. The same test method was levied on the Constellation space suit contractors to verify that their suit design met the requirements. However, because the original test was set up and conducted by a single test operator there was some question as to whether this method was repeatable enough to be considered a standard verification method for Constellation or other future development programs. In order to validate the method itself, a representative subset of the previous test was repeated, using the same information that would be available to space suit contractors, but set up and conducted by someone not familiar with the previous test. The resultant data was compared using graphical and statistical analysis; the results indicated a significant variance in values reported for a subset of the re-tested joints. Potential variables that could have affected the data were identified and a third round of testing was conducted in an attempt to eliminate and/or quantify the effects of these variables. The results of the third test effort will be used to determine whether or not the proposed joint torque methodology can be applied to future space suit development contracts

Female Iconography in Invisible Man

Argument concerning female visuality in Ralph Ellison\u27s novel, Invisible Man

The Evidence of Things Unseen: Experimental Form as Black Feminist Praxis

This essay reads Carlene Hatcher Polite\u27s little-known experimental novel Sister X and the Victims of Foul Play and situates it within Black Aesthetics and black feminist theory to argue that experimental forms is crucial to black feminist praxis. The form also exposes critical violences that not only diminish and obscure black feminist writing, but also black women writers

The impact of culture and sociological and psychological issues on Muslim patients with breast cancer in Pakistan

This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Cancer Nursing, 32(4), 2009. The final published article is available from the link below.Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Muslim women in Pakistan. The impact of the initial diagnosis, culture, religion, and psychosocial and psychological aspects of the disease is not well established. This qualitative study examined the experience and coping strategies used by patients with breast cancer in relation to its impact on their physical, mental health, religious, and family issues. Thirty patients with breast cancer were interviewed. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The patient's experience of breast cancer focused on the range of emotions felt throughout the illness trajectory, the importance of religion and family support on coping strategies used to manage the adverse effects of chemotherapy, and also the financial concerns. This is the first study to examine Pakistani Muslim women's views on the lived experience of breast cancer. This article provides clarification of the voiced experiences of women with breast cancer. The data not only highlight the role of religion and family support as essential coping strategies but also emphasize the issues of isolation, aggression, and anger as common responses to chemotherapy. Unique features of this study are women's need to seek spiritual support for their illness and the overriding innate characteristic of maternal responsibility. These cultural features require further analysis and research

Equality Archive: Open Educational Resources as Feminist Praxis

Statement on EqualityArchive.com as an instance of open educational resources as feminist praxis

Introduction: The Sexual Body

Introduction to the special issue, The Sexual Body, edited by Shelly Eversley and Jennifer L. Morgan

Introduction: The 1970s

Introduction to special issue, The 1970s, of WSQ (Women\u27s Studies Quarterly), edited by Shelly Eversley and Michelle Habell-Pallán