217 research outputs found
Loretta Hall
No full textLoretta Hall is an Albuquerque-based freelance writer specializing in science and engineering topics. She is the author of six nonfiction books. The most recent one, Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words, consists of annotated excerpts from oral history interviews of ninety men and women who were involved in various national and international space programs from 1945 through the space shuttle era. Her 2011 book, Out of this World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel, won six regional and national awards. She is a member of the National Space Society and the National Federation of Press Women.https://commons.erau.edu/stm-images/1004/thumbnail.jp
Disturbo della condotta alimentare e sindome dell'arteria mesenterica superiore: chi comanda chi?
No full textThis paper discusses the case of a 14-year-old girl who presented with severe depressive-catonia, social withdrawal, self-harm and significant weight loss of approximately 20 kg over six months. Previously diagnosed with anxiety and eating disorders, her hospitalization revealed a depressed mood and physical signs of self-harm. Despite unremarkable initial laboratory tests and nutritional support via parenteral and enteral feeding, the patient continued to lose weight, prompting further investigation. Imaging studies, including MRI and enterography, showed superior mesenteric artery (SAM) syndrome, characterized by duodenal obstruction due to compression between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. More importantly, the clinical presentation of SAM in this case may have resulted from severe anorexia and weight loss rather than being a precursor, a relationship that is debated in the literature. The management of SAM syndrome generally involves dietary interventions aimed to weight restoration, which may alleviate symptoms by reducing duodenal compression. As the patient adhered to a nutritional plan, her mood improved and thus enteral nutrition was suspended. This case highlights the need to consider SAM syndrome as a potential consequence of significant weight loss and psychological distress in adolescents with eating disorders
Una sepsi che non ti aspetti... la sindrome di Lemierre. Descrizione di un caso clinico
No full textA healthy 16-year-old boy was hospitalized for fever, septic condition and thrombosis of the left internal jugular vein: The diagnosis of Lemierre syndrome (LS) with positive blood culture for Fusobacterium necrophorum was formalized. He was treated with antibiotics and anticoagulant therapy with enoxaparin with complete recovery. Four weeks after discharge, the jugular vein ecodoppler showed complete resolution of the thrombosis. LS is characterized by thrombosis of the internal jugular vein and anaerobic bacteremia often caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. It is a rare disease in the post-antibiotic era, but with an increase in cases over the last twenty years. LS should be suspected in young, healthy patients with persistent pharyngitis followed by sepsis, pneumonia or atypical laterocervical pain. The diagnosis is confirmed by the identification of jugular venous thrombosis and is further confirmed by the growth of anaerobic bacteria on blood culture. Prolonged antibiotic and anticoagulant therapies are the essential elements of treatment. However, anticoagulant therapy for internal venous thrombosis associated with LS remains a controversy
Dr. Robert Threatt, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 24, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Robert Threatt, President, Morris Brown College 1973-1991
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 17, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Joseph B. Johnson, President, Grambling State University 1997-1991; President, Talladega College 1991-1998
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, June 14, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, President, Spelman College 1987-1997; President, Bennett College 2002-2007
Dr. Barbara R. Hatton, Interviewed by Loretta Parham, September 24, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Barbara R. Hatton, President, South Carolina State University 1992-1995; President, Knoxville College 1997-2005
La scena trasformata. Adattamenti neoclassici di Shakespeare
No full textThe first Italian study thoroughly analyzing the phenomenon of transforming Shakespeare’s plays, which took place from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. The aim of the adaptors was that of making the drama of the past “fit” for a new audience and a new theatre as well as of “amending” what was considered faulty in Shakespeare, according to the neoclassical aesthetics recently imported from France. The book considers both the different kinds of transformation the texts underwent, and the reasons for the revival of the original plays on the eighteenth-century English stage; a revival which was linked to the growing consecration of their author as the national poet
Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., Interviewed by Loretta Parham, August 18, 2012
No full textVideo interviews with a complementing monograph providing reflections of former presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussing leadership, mission, challenges, successes, and issues of race and education. Interviewer: Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director, Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Interviewee: Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., President, Interdenominational Theological Center 1997-2002; President, Morehouse College 2007-2012
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