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Eccentric Pairs: Analytic Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Holes in Elliptic Orbits [Computer Software]
No full textScript for Eccentric Inspiral Used as Initial Data for Merger, q=1 Script for PN & BoB Matching 1:1 Mass Ratio Script for Spinning Merger Script for IRS vs BoB comparison 1:1 Mass Ratio Script for IRS vs BoB comparison with Ωisco from FinalSpinMassQNM.nb and Ωi=Ωisc
We: Women in a Traditional (Zapotec) World
Get PDFThis chapter focuses on the female roles and relationships in Natalia Toledo Paz’s bilingual collection of poems, Ca gunaa gubidxa, ca gunaa guiiba’ risaca/Mujeres de sol, mujeres de oro (2002). The author sets her poems in a world, where all the themes and plots are performed by women. Natalia is the daughter of Francisco Toledo, a prominent Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist, and Olga de Paz, a Zapotec weaver and hammock maker. In 2004, she was awarded a prestigious Nezahualcóyotl Prize for Indigenous-Language Literature. Her bilingual works (Zapotec/Spanish) have been recognized in numerous anthologies all over the world and translated into various languages. Toledo Paz has lived in various places, including Oaxaca City and Mexico City, dedicating her time not only to poetry, but also to the culinary arts of gourmet food and to jewelry design. Her literary and artistic production makes an intercultural bridge between her native roots and the Western world
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain
Get PDFSclerosing mesenteritis (SM) is a rare inflammatory fibrotic disease of the small intestine mesenteric fat often discovered incidentally on a CT scan. Clinical manifestations depend on the mass effect on the viscera and vessels. The most common symptoms are abdominal pain, bloating, and nausea. SM occurs predominantly in Caucasian men, during the fifth to seventh decades of life. We present a 69-year-old woman with SM whose symptoms were thought to be from irritable bowel syndrome. A 69-year-old female with a history of fibromyalgia presented with recurrent bouts of abdominal pain across her mid-abdomen lasting 30 minutes to an hour associated with nausea, alternating constipation and diarrhea with occasional mucus, and bloating. She used bismuth subsalicylate and ondansetron with temporary relief. Upper endoscopy and colonoscopy were unrevealing. Initially, she was felt to have irritable bowel. Later she presented with nausea and right upper quadrant pain and underwent cholecystectomy. When her pain recurred, the patient had a CT abdomen and pelvis which showed multiple sub-centimeter mesenteric lymph nodes with surrounding haziness and stranding in the root of the mesentery consistent with SM. The patient had a pannus biopsy showing fat necrosis that confirmed the diagnosis. She continued to have waxing and waning symptoms over several years and in the interim was diagnosed with melanoma limited to the skin. The patient had a particularly severe episode of abdominal pain prompting a repeat CT scan with a subsequent biopsy of an enlarged left para-aortic lymph node that revealed lymphoma. Our patient’s diagnosis of SM was delayed as her symptoms were mistaken for irritable bowel syndrome. Worsening symptoms should alert clinicians to an alternate diagnosis such as SM. There are characteristic radiographic findings on CT scans and biopsy of the lesions. SM’s association with neoplastic diseases such as lymphoma, melanoma, colorectal, and prostate cancer is controversial, however, practitioners should be aware of this possibility and consider biopsy for any suspicious lesions
Bridges: United States Academia for First-Generation and International College Students
No full textBridges introduces students to a wide range of concepts/ institutions/ histories/ and artifacts of United States college and university life. After discussing these items in easy-to-scan/ concise/ nuance-free prose/ this textbook then offers useful lists/ templates for writing and speaking in different discourses and situations/ thought-provoking questions and activities for self-study and for classroom work/ and pertinent hyperlinks for further information. Bridges is designed to help first-generation/ first-year/ English language learners/ and/or culturally unfamiliarized students more fully and successfully explore their educational environments. By using this book/ students will be better prepared for the academic and social challenges of successfully undertaking higher education in English.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1823/thumbnail.jp
