A patient at a Catholic hospital wants medical assistance in dying (MAiD). Fulfilling her end-of-life wish by facilitating her transfer to a hospital willing to provide MAiD seems like the right thing to do. But unforeseen challenges arise that force the ethicist to reckon with her dual leadership roles, the moral weight of her title, the psychological sequelae of bearing witness to suffering and death, and the moral distress that arises when law and ethics clash. Although the patient gets her wish, the case feels unfinished; the injustice that caused her unnecessary suffering remains a spiritual wound for her children. Through partnership with the patient’s family, the ethicist works with hospital leadership to devise a systemic remedy to mitigate the harms of forced transfers for similar patients in the future. By reckoning with the challenge of juggling multiple roles, and the impacts of workplace trauma exposure and moral injury, the ethicist creates resources and relationships to provide greater psychological safety and mutual support, ensuring the sustainability of her work in ethics consultation for years to come.

In the genre of images known as the Mass of Saint Gregory the central drama is the living body of Christ on the altar. To one side of that drama, if one looks closely, can be found a single book, opened but not legible (Plate 6). By the fifteenth century, depending on the church, one might find a range of different kinds of books for the liturgy in its library, its choir stalls, or sacristy: antiphonaries, graduals, psalters, hymnals, or breviaries. Only one liturgical book, the missal, the book for the celebrant of the Eucharist, would have been found on the altar. That object is the focus of this chapter.

With the invasion and conquest of Beijing by the Manchus the very same barbarians that the wall was meant to keep out, the limitations of the Ming state were superseded. Now the Manchu founded Qing dynasty sought new ways to understand where to draw the borders of their state to the North and West.The chapter covers the back and forth in cartographic translation between China and Europe during the eighteenth century, from the Kangxi era to the end of the Qianlong reign. This back and forth, it is argued, led to the creation of the Qing geo-body and the idea of the borders of China. The chapter shows that a notion of China’s borders first appeared as a result of cartographic exchanges between China and Europe.

Survivors of critical illness are at risk for severe negative health outcomes, including an increased risk for mortality in the first several years following their index hospitalization and an increased risk for hospital readmission. recovery trajectories among survivors of critical illness vary considerably, with some patients recovering to near baseline functional status and others entering a cycle of readmissions, disease exacerbations, and prolonged chronic critical illness. Moreover, critical illness has been found to be associated with an increased risk of the development of new chronic diseases, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neuroloigcal, and renal diseases, as well as worsesning of pre-existing chronic conditions. Given these increased risks, it is no wonder that survivors of critical illness–many of whom may spend more time in a hospital-like setting than at home–have high rates of healthcare utilization. Recognizing these risks can provide a basis for early diagnostic testing and referral for specialty care as needed. Understanding the association of critical illness with subsequent mortality, chronic illness, and healthcare utilization can provide a foundation for the skilled care of survivors of critical illness.

Imaginings play a crucial role in accounting for fictionality, but what are they? Focusing on those invited by fictions, this chapter argues for the deflationary view that imaginings are just entertainings, I=E. This view was standard in early analytic philosophy, but few current writers appear to hold it. The chapter critically addresses an argument by Walton against I=E that may contribute to explaining this turn; some who espouse views that are otherwise close to I=E endorse this argument against it. In response to Walton’s argument, the chapter invokes a point suggested by Walton himself: Many imaginings – i.e., entertainings, on the view defended here – are mental episodes that agents launch for a purpose. The chapter also appeals to this fact to dispose of a miscellany of other contemporary considerations against I=E. In addition to answering objections, the chapter offers a positive consideration in favor of I=E: to wit, that it may help to establish the imagination as a fundamental, irreducible mental attitude – a view that many philosophers do endorse.

This chapter leverages the IdiomsTube project to illustrate how corpus linguistics enhances research and tool development for formulaic language acquisition. Formulaic language, encompassing idioms, proverbs, and sayings, is common in everyday communication. However, English as a foreign language (EFL) learners often struggle with these conventionalised expressions due to limited exposure to authentic spoken contexts. To address this challenge, the IdiomsTube project conducted corpus studies to uncover patterns in formulaic language use, including prosodic features and distribution across internet television genres. Corpus linguistic methods have also enabled the development of the IdiomsTube app, a specialised tool for computer-assisted formulaic language learning. Informed by corpus-derived frequency data and innovative concordancer design, the app uniquely prioritises user experience. Unlike conventional concordancers, the IdiomsTube app dynamically compiles a corpus from captions retrieved in real-time from YouTube videos based on the user’s search word, allowing users to read concordance lines from current, trending videos. This design makes concordancing engaging and motivating for learners. This chapter demonstrates how modernising concordancer designs with a focus on learner accessibility and real-time content can significantly advance formulaic language acquisition.

This chapter traces the development of Darwin’s theory of emotion and expression from 1838 to 1872, emphasizing his many engagements with associationist philosophers. I demonstrate that all three of Darwin’s principles of expression are derived from the works of associationist philosophers, especially David Hartley, Erasmus Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and Alexander Bain.

As a modern literary form that developed in Europe, the realist social novel has been highly influential in world literature. And yet despite the European provenance of modern Hebrew literature, few Hebrew writers have adopted this genre. The reasons for this are unclear but may include linguistic limitations, differences in Jewish social structures, and distinct cultural agendas. An exception is Iraqi-born writer Sami Michael, whose realist family novels explore existential and identity conflicts among diverse characters in Iraq and Israel. Influenced by European and American novels, Michael used their forms to write about his life uniquely. His narratives reflect the old world of Iraqi Jewish life and its influence on his communist beliefs. This chapter examines Michael’s works in light of these generic considerations and discusses Hebrew authors of Mizrahi origin, inviting a reassessment of Israeli literature’s contours.

The introduction briefly reviews the growing significance of remote work and then presents the volume’s holistic and interactive approach to studying the impact and regulation of this employment approach. With a rooting in methodological discussions and institutional analysis, this approach assumes that the full impact of remote work can only be understood by identifying and analyzing ways in which different employment forms and their regulation interact with one another in complex ways. Thus, for example, an employee’s work is not only remote or located in the traditional workplace but it is also part time or full time and so forth. Moreover, each of these conditions may be only partial in nature. Not only in empirical reality but also in the regulation of work, types of employment and their regulation interact with one another in ways that the volume identifies, explains and theorizes, opening up new understandings. The introduction then lays out the thematic concerns and main arguments of the chapters authored by a distinguished set of contributors.