102 research outputs found
THE DUNMORE DEPARTURE: SECTION 1 AND VULNERABLE GROUPS
No full textIn the recent decision Dunmore v. Ontario (A.G.),1 the Supreme Court of Canada held that the complete exclusion of agricultural workers from Ontario’s Labour Relations Act2 was a violation of section 2(d) of the Charter3 that could not be justified under section 1. Dunmore was a novel case; as Bastarache J. noted in the introduction to the majority decision, it represented “the first time” the Court had been called on to review “the total exclusion of an occupational group from a statutory labour relations regime, where that group is not employed by the government and has demonstrated no independent ability to organize.”</jats:p
Witching Hours
No full textabstract: Witching Hours is the debut studio album of Chicago-born, Phoenix-residing trumpet player John Michael Sherman. It is a consummation of his work in the Arizona State University jazz studies program both as a performer and composer. Featured on the album are several other musicians who John Michael played alongside throughout his tenure at ASU, including Chaz Martineau on tenor saxophone, Evan Rees on piano, Reid Riddiough on guitar, Vince Thiefain on bass, Matt McClintock on drums, and Dan Meadows on baritone saxophone. The album features seven pieces, all original compositions or arrangements. The first track, "Workin' My Nerves", is a blues shuffle in the key of F. This is followed by "Scarborough Fair", an arrangement of the classic English folk tune in a rock style. The title track, "Witching Hours", is an cadaverous linear composition in 7/4 which is followed by "Goliath", a pseudo-tone poem about the biblical giant. "I Should Have Known" is a pensive ballad featuring an a capella intro and cadenza, followed by the most recent composition, a minor blues-esque piece entitled "Who Said That?" The final track, "Don't Change A Thing", is an upbeat samba which was written in John Michael's first year of college. These pieces demonstrate an understanding of the jazz tradition and exhibit influences from such musicians as Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Snarky Puppy. The album was recorded at Tempest Recording in Tempe and produced by Clarke Rigsby. Clarke is a veteran recording engineer and is the first choice of many of Phoenix's finest jazz musicians, including thesis director and head of the ASU jazz department Michael Kocour. The pieces were composed and recorded under the guidance of Mike Kocour and Jeff Libman. Witching Hours represents a culmination of John Michael's course in the Arizona State University jazz department and his endeavors as a trumpet player and composer
Patient characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in international travellers: a GeoSentinel analysis
No full textBackground: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis, with Enterobacterales including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae playing significant roles. While international travel to low- and middle-income countries is linked to colonisation with AMR Enterobacterales, the clinical implications, particularly the risk of subsequent infection, remain unclear due to limited data. We aimed to characterise E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers and the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of their isolates. Methods: We analysed data on E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers collected at GeoSentinel sites between 2015 and 2022, focusing on epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics. We defined multi-drug resistance (MDR) as non-susceptibility to agents from at least three drug classes. Results: Over the 8-year period, we included 655 patients (median age 41 years; 74% female) from 57 sites in 27 countries, with 584 E. coli and 72 K. pneumoniae infections. Common travel regions included Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and South-Central Asia. Urinary tract infections predominated. Almost half (45%) were hospitalised. Among infections with antimicrobial susceptibility data across three or more drug classes, 203/544 (37%) E. coli and 19/67 (28%) K. pneumoniae demonstrated MDR. Over one-third of E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates were non-susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins and cotrimoxazole, with 38% and 28% non-susceptible to fluoroquinolones, respectively. Travellers to South-Central Asia most frequently had isolates non-susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones and carbapenems. We observed increasing frequencies of phenotypic extended spectrum beta-lactamase and carbapenem resistance over time. Conclusions: E. coli and K. pneumoniae infections in travellers, particularly those to Asia, may be challenging to empirically treat. Our analysis highlights the significant health risks these infections pose to travellers and emphasises the escalating global threat of AMR. Enhanced, systematic AMR surveillance in travellers is needed, along with prospective data on infection risk post travel-related AMR organism acquisition
311 Nonbacterial thrombotic (Libman-Sacks) endocarditis with mitral regurgitation in catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (a case study)
No full textAntiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is one of several prothrombotic states in which thrombi occur within both the venous and arterial beds. A minority of patients with APS present with an acute and devastating syndrome characterized by multiple simultaneous vascular occlusions throughout the body. “Catastrophic APS” is defined by the clinical involvement of at least three different organ systems over a period of days or weeks with histological evidence of multiple occlusions of large or small vessels. We report the case of a 16-year-old girl referred to our paediatric cardiology unit for NHYA IV and a blowing systolic murmur at the apex radiating to the left axilla. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed mitral valve leaflet thickening with vegetations (13mm) on the edges of both leaflets and moderate mitral regurgitation (MR) (image 1). The diagnosis of Libman-Sacks or non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis secondary to antiphospholipid syndrome was suggested by repeated negative blood cultures along with persistently elevated anticardiolipin antibody titers. The condition deteriorated to acute thrombotic microangiopathy affecting multiple organs with arterial hypertension and thrombocytopenia. Anticoagulation with warfarin was peformed and aspirin, corticosteroids and ACE inhibitors were given. TTE follow-up after 1.5 years revealed no recurrence of MR with normal mitral valve leaflets.ConclusionIn catastrophic APS an aggressive therapeutic approach is warranted. Valve lesions may become more severe during long term follow-up
Analgesia produced by injection of lidocaine into the lateral hypothalamus
No full textThe local anesthetic lidocaine was injected into the lateral hypothalamus (LH) of awake, freely moving rats immediately prior to pain testing with either the formalin or the foot-flick test. Regional anesthesia of the LH resulted in a significant bilateral reduction of pain scores in the formalin test but had no effect in the foot-flick test. The decreased pain in the formalin test was not due to the diffusion of lidocaine into areas surrounding the LH or other possible artifacts. The results provide further evidence of hypothalamic involvement in pain perception and indicate that different neural systems subserve different types of pain.LR: 20061115; PUBM: Print; JID: 7508686; 137-58-6 (Lidocaine); 50-00-0 (Formaldehyde); ppublishSource type: Electronic(1
Explicit strong boundedness for higher rank symplectic groups
No full textThis paper gives an explicit argument to show strong boundedness for for a ring of S-algebraic integers or a semi-local ring. This
gives a quantitative version of a related abstract result in a previous paper
of the author. The results presented further generalize older results regarding
strong boundedness by Kedra, Libman and Martin and Morris from to
. Further, the presented results solve the question of the
asymptotic of strong boundedness for for semi-local case
with an argument that immediately generalizes to all other split Chevalley
groups
Impact of the Miami 21's parking requirements on the real estate developments in the city of Miami
No full textThesis: S.M. in Real Estate Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2014.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 45).In the last years, Fort Lauderdale, West Beach, and Miami together became the 8th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population of approximately 6 million people. During the last four years the population of such area increased almost 5%. Along with the population, the number of jobs and firms, the supply of new homes, the car commuters, and traffic congestion increased exponentially throughout the area, especially in Miami. The former Miami zoning code, Z.O. 11000, incentivized the large availability and construction of parking spaces in new real estate developments throughout the city, encouraging people to own and use cars even more. The excess of parking spaces due to the former parking requirements, in practice, generated two distinct, immediate effects: (i) an increase in the number of cars throughout the streets; and (ii) higher construction costs for real estate developers. In 2010, the City of Miami adopted the Miami 21 form-based zoning code, changing the zoning and parking requirements. These changes incentivized the construction of transit-oriented developments throughout the city. The parking ratios for all the uses were reduced and some exceptions to the parking requirements were implemented, especially for new residential developments in urbanized transects. The reduction in parking ratios diminished significantly the construction costs of parking garages for real estate developers, increasing their returns on investments. The outcome is that real estate developers became even more interested in developing in the core of Miami. In addition to these economic incentives, the new residents of Miami are willing to live, work, and play in the same area without having to commute long distances. These conditions are transforming the skyline of Miami. There are now approximately 50 new residential developments being built in transit-oriented areas throughout the city, which represents an increase of more than 400% within the last 15 years. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze (i) the current parking requirements; (ii) the impact of parking ratios in the construction costs; and (iii) the changes that occurred in the location of new constructions in Miami after the adoption of the Miami 21.by Rafael Libman.S.M. in Real Estate Developmen
Les aléas de la fraude en droit criminel
No full textEven though section 338 Cr.C. appears in Part VIII of the Criminal Code entitled « Fraudulent transactions relating to Contracts and Trade », the criminal offence of fraud is of a much broader scope. The liberal interpretation received from the courts has transformed this crime into one of the widest and sometimes most unpredictable offences. The author first discusses Canada's territorial jurisdiction over international fraud in the light of the recent Libman case. He then proceeds to examine the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Vezina v. R. on the « deprivation » requirement in the definition of fraud. This text also concentrates on the objective-subjective mens rea dilemna and on a comparison of the constitutive elements of fraud, theft and false pretences. The author finally concludes that sections 320 and 338 Cr.C call out for immediate reform
Authoritarian and Democratic Diffusion in Post-Communist Regions
No full textThere is a rich body of theorizing on the diffusion of democracy across
space and time. There is also an emerging scholarship on authoritarian
diffusion. The dynamics of the interaction between external democratic and
autocratic diffusion processes and their effects on national and sub-national
political regime outcomes have received scant attention in the literature.
Do democratic diffusion processes help counter external authoritarian
influences? And, in contexts where external diffusion of democratic
influences is weak, do we observe greater susceptibility to diffusion from
regional autocracies that might in turn reinforce authoritarian practices and
institutions in “recipient” states? To address these questions, we perform
analysis of data from two original under-utilized data sets—a data set on the
European Union (EU) aid to Russia’s regions and a data set with statistics
on trade among post-Soviet states. We find that EU aid has the effect of
countering external authoritarian influences that work through Soviet-era
inter-regional economic tiesThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research,
authorship, and/or publication of this article: Tomila Lankina acknowledges the support and generous funding from the London School of Economics’ (LSE) International
Relations Department and the LSE Suntory and Toyota International Centers for
Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) for this research; she also thanks the
British Academy for awarding the Mid-Career Fellowship that supported part of the
research for this project. Alexander Libman appreciates the generous financial support from the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of
the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. His
research was conducted within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and supported
within the framework of a subsidy granted to the HSE by the government of the
Russian Federation for the implementation of the Global Competitiveness Program.
Anastassia Obydenkova thanks the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at
Harvard University for generous funding and intellectual support provided for the
implementation of this project. Anastassia V. Obydenkova also acknowledges the
support provided for the research presented in this paper by The Laboratory for
Applied Studies of Institutions and Social Capital of the Institute for Institutional
Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow,
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