Sunday, February 28, 2016

My Interviewees As Professional Writers


1. A summary of the kinds of professional publications they've authored.

Dr. Bailey has a plethora of publications under her name. Her main focus is around research, different hypotheses, assertions, and treatment types. Since Dr. Thiel works more in the field and less in the lab his main publications are daily documentation of and about his patients

2.  Two publications by each interviewee: Genre compare and contrast.

I found this study design and this abstract from Dr. Bailey. The principal difference between these two genres is the extent to which they go to. The abstract is a condensed summary and conclusion of the study design that gives the main points and facts in a paragraph. The study design is the format of science projects; there is an introduction, a procedure, a section for observations, the data, and the conclusion. The piece Dr. Thiel authored was a case study about wrist capsulitis. According to Thiel, this was the only piece that would have been publicly published.

3. Context of each piece.

The study design was published on January 14, 2015. This piece is about nicotine exposure to newborn rats, and what, specifically, the effects are. This study is very relevant to Dr. Bailey's situation seeing as she specializes in pulmonary studies. Although the rates of smoking have been steadily declining, this piece relates to how this problem can be addressed for babies who were exposed to nicotine via one of the parents. The abstract from Dr. Bailey was published September 15 of 2015. The abstract is in relation to certain pressure conditions the lungs can be placed under to lower blood pressure in adults. Again, this article relates directly to pulmonology and airway passages in the body, Dr. Bailey's specialty. This is very relevant today because of the increase in diagnoses of diabetes lately, and thus the greater importance on maintaining low blood pressure.

Thiel's case study was published in April of 1988. The case study is on the rare occurrence of wrist capsulitis, a condition most commonly found in shoulders where the joint lining. Seeing as Dr. Thiel is an orthopedic surgeon whose specialty is hands, this was a very relevant case to his work. The study was conducted because it is infrequently found but needed to be documented, so it is a little anachronistic in really not having a specific time period where it is or is not relevant. 

4. Overall message of each piece.

The overall message in Dr. Bailey's study design was that there is increased shortness of breath in the newborn rats exposed to nicotine than the control group of newborn rats exposed to saline solution. The message of her abstract is that regular training of respiratory muscles (breathing exercises) can contribute to lower blood pressure.

The overall message in Dr. Thiel's wrist capsulitis case study was simply that wrist capsulitis can be a debilitating condition and that arthrograpahy can help to identify and cure it.

5. Purpose of each piece.

Each of the pieces obviously have an intention to inform the audience. Dr. Bailey's study design goes a little bit further and also attempts to prove her results to her audience. Her abstract exists mainly to inform the reader about her findings about breathing exercises, and also subtly encourages the audience with the positive connotation of the study.

The purpose of Dr. Thiel's case study is just to document the reasons, symptoms, identifying agents, and treatments of adhesive capsulitis of the wrist.

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