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CONSTITUENTS OF LYMPH FROM THE NON-SECRETING STOMACH OF THE DOG
No full textGastric lymph collected from the non -secreting stomach of anesthetized dogs contained glucose, Na+, K+ and creatine phosphokinase in concentra tions that were similar to those in arterial and gastric venous plasma. Gastric lymph contained greater concentrations of pyruvate and lactate than in either arterial or gastric venous blood. Gastric lymph contained a high concentration of total protein similar to that in simultaneously collected hepatic lymph. Gastric lymph was collected before and after the pylorus was ligated and the stomach distended with air. These procedures were used in another study in which total protein in gastric lymph was reported to be much lower than found in the present study. The lymph to plasma ratio for protein was decreased from 0.85 ± .04 to 0.69 ± .04. Pyloric ligation alone caused no change in lymph protein concentration
HYPERSTOMY SYNDROME - A NEW APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA OF THE LOWER LEGS
No full textTo improve the results after surgical treatment of thelower legs' lymphedema, a new approach was developedby surgical ligation of the abnormal arteriolovenularshuntings. (Hyperstomy Syndrome). Thesefindings are very common in congenital and postphlebiticlymphedemas. The abnormal branchingsare easily localized by serial arteriography. The excisiontechniques like the Charles' operation, presentsafter this new method much better esthetic appear-ance with out formation of hyperkeratosis or verrucouswarts commonly found after these operations
EFFECTS OF MASSIVE INTESTINAL RESECTION AND SPLENECTOMY ON PORTAL PRESSURE AND THORACIC DUCT LYMPH. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
No full textThe effect of m ave mte tina! re ection (MIR)alone and when combined with plenectomy, onportal pre ure lllld thoracic duct lymph (TDL) now,lllld protein content, was experimentally studied ina series of 12 dogs with created presinusoidal portalobstruction. MIR was associated with a significantdrop in the portal pressure and TDL now, and significantincrease in TDL protein content. When splenectomywa added, more reduction of the portalpressure and TDL now was obtained. The significanceof these finding is discussed in relation to thehemo- and lymphodynamic changes in presinusoidalportal obstruction
The Standard of Living of the Judean Military Colony at Elephantine in Persian Period Egypt
Get PDFThe settlement of Judean military colonists at Elephantine island at the southern border of Egypt is by far the best documented foreign community in this province of the Persian empire. The religious life of this military colony as well as the tension between the Judeans and the priests of the local god Khnum culminating in the destruction of the local temple of Jahu at the end of the 5th century BCE have been in the focus of scholarly discussion for decades. Recent excavations at Elephantine Island and Syene (modern Aswan) indicate that the settlement of foreign colonists there was organized by the Persian administration including the creation of entirely new living quarters. Both the Aramaic papyri as well as the archaeological record provide deeper insights into the daily life and living conditions of these colonists. This paper discusses rations disbursed to military colonists at Elephantine as well as household sizes as proxies for the standard of living of the Judean settlers at Elephantine
The Future of the Past: Reclassification of ‘Culturally Unidentifiable’ Human Remains Under NAGPRA
No full textThe Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 provided specific instructions for the documentation and repatriation of culturally affiliated Native American human remains held by museums and federal agencies. The original legislation, however, left the issue of remains classified as “culturally unidentifiable”-- those that could not be affiliated with federally recognized tribes-- untouched and in legal limbo. Many of these human remains have undergone reclassification since first inventoried, particularly since the passage of new legislation that created new guidelines for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable remains in 2010. As of early 2017, 8,217 human remains in the United States originally inventoried as “culturally unidentifiable” have been classed as culturally affiliated with a federally recognized tribe. These reclassifications call into question the utility and symbolic significance of the term “culturally unidentifiable.” The classification criteria of the deceased under NAGPRA are established by the United States government and reworked when federal rules change. Such politics over the inclusiveness of the criteria evidences Native Americans’ continuous struggle for recognition in American classification schemes—a struggle originating at European contact and continuing through the centuries including present-day issues surrounding “federal recognition” of native tribes. Establishing “cultural affiliation” criteria for the inclusion or exclusion of human remains works in symbolic, semiotic, and pragmatic domains to continue to mediate, by legal languages and practices, the control over Native American groups both living and deceased
Cleansing public nature: landscapes of homelessness, health, and displacement
No full textAbstract This article engages directly with a group of individuals who reside in and among the margins of an urban municipal park, through a 16-month critical ethnography. Facing abject poverty, threats from law enforcement, and trials of living outdoors, these 'Hillside residents' cite the local health department as a primary source of potential displacement from the place they call home. 'Health', in this context, references three interconnected features of contemporary urban homelessness: the material interactions associated with living outdoors, the litter that occasionally accumulates in the area, and human solid waste. Health also has specific discursive constructions on the Hillside, where the individuals living there are presented as unclean, particularly vis-à-vis the 'natural' unbuilt world in which they live. A logic of sanitizing the unclean means that 'cleaning' moves beyond the material imposition of humans on nature, or nature on humans. Instead, cleaning speaks to a societal problem: a need to cleanse society of unwanted social detritus, to create a healthy society. 'Cleanliness' creates an optimum, healthy urban experience to facilitate the transactions of contemporary consumer and financial capitalism, providing a new and central facet of global neoliberal restructuring, having particularly devastating effects for the lowest classes. Political ecology is leveraged to consider the roles of material and discursive cleanliness as an agent of health in the social reproduction of capitalism, creating natures and subjects that further support it. Key words: urban homelessness, cleanliness, political ecology of healt
Gross National Happiness: meaning, measure and degrowth in a living development alternative
No full textAbstract Narrow framings of development founded on GDP growth have led to multiple ecological, social and political-economic crises across the world that threaten the survival of humans and socio-ecologies. With the growing recognition that an expansionist trajectory is no longer viable, a burgeoning global discussion on degrowth has emerged. However, a limited number of living societal solutions exist in response the emergent crisis of over-consumption, deep inequality and resource depletion. The driving development philosophy of Gross National Happiness from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan is a unique living alternative that challenges GDP metrics. With societal happiness as the primary lens for viewing human progress within planetary limits, GNH places socio-cultural, political-economic and spiritual-ecological wellbeing at the center of national development. Based on five years of research in Bhutan, the article discusses GNH as a holistic development alternative in relation to degrowth. It highlights the role of local insights, conceptual innovations, tested methodologies and policy experiences in constructing a unique society, as well as how GNH influences other nations and global debates. The article reflects on challenges that GNH faces in negotiating powerful forces of globalization, geopolitical shifts, climate change and skewed relations of power and privilege that influence scholarship, development and knowledge production. Keywords: Gross National Happiness, degrowth, holistic development, Bhuta
