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James MacQueen (1778–1870) was one of the most outspoken critics of the British anti-slavery campaign in the 1820s and 1830s. A former manager of a sugar plantation in the Caribbean, he was editor of the Glasgow Courier, a paper that favoured West Indian merchant interests and opposed rights for slaves. First published in 1824, this book is a direct attack on contemporary anti-slavery campaigners, such as William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson, whom MacQueen holds responsible for 'the dreadful misrepresentations scattered abroad' about West India colonies and the planters. MacQueen, who insists on calling himself an enemy of slavery 'in the abstract', argues that abolition in the colonies would lead to insurrections, bringing chaos and barbarism to these territories. This, in turn, would lead to the loss of the British colonies. This volume remains an essential document in the context of post-colonial studies

Objectives: The use of gasless laparoscopy with an abdominal wall-lifting device for benign gynecological diseases was compared to conventional laparoscopy with CO2 pneumoperitoneum. Methods: From February 2007 to July 2007, 76 women with uterine and/or adnexal benign diseases and candidates for laparoscopic surgery were recruited in this study. Thirty-two women underwent gasless laparoscopic surgery and 44 women underwent pneumoperitoneum laparoscopic surgery. Results: Diverse pathologies, including adnexal cyst, uterine myoma and ectopic pregnancy, were treated successfully with gasless laparoscopic surgery. Compared with the patients in the pneumoperitoneum group, the similar hospital stay (P=0.353) and intraoperative blood loss (P=0.157) were observed. However, the mean operative time in the gasless group was significantly longer than that in the pneumoperitoneum group (P=0.003). No severe intraoperative or postoperative complications were found in either group, except for one case of laparotomic conversion in the pneumoperitoneum group due to dense pelvic adhesions. The total hospital charges were significantly less in the gasless group than in the pneumoperitoneum group (P=0.001). In 38 cases of ovarian cyst resection, the mean operative time in the gasless group remained longer than that in the pneumoperitoneum group (P=0.017). The total hospital charges were also significantly less in the gasless group than in the pneumoperitoneum group (P<0.001). Conclusion: Our preliminary results demonstrated that the laparoscopic procedure using the gasless technique was a safe, effective method to treat benign gynecological diseases. Moreover, it was easy to master. As a minimally invasive treatment, gasless laparoscopic surgery provides a good choice to patients in the undeveloped regions in China without increasing the patients' and the government's burden significantly.

Introduction -- First impressions -- Trading robots and social cues -- Animating the market -- Models and reflexivity -- Managers -- Performative spirals -- Norms -- Resonance -- The global financial crisis -- Scandal -- When all is said and done -- Conclusion.

ubkultur Blue Wall of Silence (BWoS) merupakan larangan tidak tertulis untuk tidak melaporkan dan menutupi pelanggaran yang dilakukan rekan polisi. Hal ini diasumsikan sebagai salah satu faktor penyebab sikap defensif Kepolisian Republik Indonesia (Polri) yang tidak memberikan akses kepada penelitian akademis, inspeksi publik dan investigasi media untuk mendapatkan informasi aktual terkait perilaku tidak berintegritas (misbehave) yang dilakukan polisi. Studi eksplorasi kualitatif ini bertujuan menyelidiki eksistensi BWoS dalam praktek pemolisian Indonesia agar dapat dipahami faktor-faktor penyebab dan proses berkembangnya subkultur tersebut guna mengupayakan strategi untuk meminimalisir. Sebanyak 117 Staf Polisi yang berasal dari 13 satuan kerja yang berkantor di salah satu Kepolisian Daerah (Polda) di Pulau Jawa dilibatkan sebagai subjek penelitian. Data dari subjek diperoleh melalui kuesioner terbuka (open-ended questionnaire) dan diolah dengan menggunakan teknik analisis tematik dan analisis isi. Temuan studi menunjukkan bahwa BWoS juga ditemukan di Polri. Sikap diam sementara atas perilaku tidak berintegritas rekan polisi menjadi respon spesifik yang tidak ditemukan dalam penelitian terdahulu. Adapun faktor penyebab, proses dan dampaknya dalam proses pemolisian di Indonesia dipaparkan dalam diskusi dan ditampilkan dalam bentuk peta tematik dinamika eksistensi subkultur BWoS. Temuan ini dapat dijadikan referensi bagi pihak manajemen Polri untuk membuat kebijakan ataupun strategi pengelolaan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) yang dapat meningkatkan integritas polisi.