Science and Global History, 1750–1850: Local Encounters and Global Circulation

Situating Science in Global History: Local Exchanges and Networks of Circulation

Itinerario / Volume 33 / Issue 01 / March 2009, pp 9 30 DOI: 10.1017/S0165115300002680, Published online: 11 January 2010 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0165115300002680 How to cite this article: Lissa Roberts (2009). Situating Science in Global History: Local Exchanges and Networks of Circulation. Itinerario, 33, pp 9-30 doi:10.1017/S0165115300002680 Request Perm...

Fasting and diabetes from a local and global perspective- commentary

  Fasting is a common practice among people with diabetes (PWD). As healthcare providers we are in a position to assist those who choose to fast to manage their diabetes effectively. Diabetes self-management education for PWD is needed both prior and during the time of fasting to best metabolic control.  

Global Theory and Touristic Encounters

The economic dependency of the Eastern Caribbean on tourism has been welldocumented (Ferguson 1997, Lea 1998, Patullo 1996). A large element of its attractiveness depends on its connotations of paradise in the Minority World, and therefore it is an economic necessity that paradise is continually simulatable. The widespread development of all-inclusive resorts, or what Bauman has termed ‘reserva...

Global Knowledge, Local Solutions: Interest Rate and Monetary Policy

Global and Local Attention Processing in Depressed Mood

Background: Attention impairments are the hallmark feature of subclinical depression. The present study used Navon task to compare the allocation of attention to the local and global stimuli in depressed and nondepressed participants. Method: The primary sample included 186 female high school students from Shiraz city who were selected using cluster sampl...