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Interview with YA mystery author, Valerie Sherrard
No full textAn interview with Valerie Sherrard, a YA author, which focuses on her process of writing the Shelby Belgarden mystery series.
Interview with YA author Vicki Grant
No full textWe feature an interview with Nova Scotian YA author Vicki Grant. Vicki is a prolific author who has written 14 books and has written over 100 episodes of children‘s TV. Vicki discusses her thoughts on reading positively and the meaning behind positivity, her favorite bad-day books, and how we as a community can promote reading positively. She makes us realize the importance of realism in writing and how important it is to connect with young readers
Interview with YA author and Children‘s Editorial Assistant Suzanne Sutherland
No full textAn interview with Young Adult author Suzanne Sutherland. The interview focuses on Toronto, the straight edge scene, music and subculture, Sutherland\u27s first book, When We Were Good and the importance of queer representation in YA books. Sutherland also recommends a number of YA novels
Intraoperative Coagulation Was More Interfered by Hes 200/0.5 Than Normal Saline in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
No full textAim. Rapid fluid administration is often necessary for anesthesiologists to maintain intravascular volume in off- pump coronary artery bypass ( OPCAB) with acceptable hematocrits. Postoperative hypocoagulation involving postoperative bleeding and hypercoagulation involving graft patency were focused in previous studies but bleeding and blood transfusion are often peaked during vascular anastomoses during OPCAB. This study is designed to investigate the sequential effects of intraoperative coagulation with normal saline and hydroxyethyl starch (HES ) solution by thromboelastography (TEG) and standard coagulation tests ( SCT). Methods. Twenty adult patients scheduled for OPCAB were enrolled in this study. After anesthetic induction, one group received HES 200/0.5 infusion up to 20 mL/kg and the other received 0.9% normal saline (NS) to maintain central venous pressure (CVP) and pulmonary artery occlusion pressures (PAOP). SCT and TEG were measured at TO (baseline), T1 (after heparin 150 IU/kg, before vascular anastomoses), T2 (after protamine reversal) , and T3 (24 hrs after the surgery) to compare the coagulation status. Results. Baseline data were comparable in both groups. The number of patient who need blood components is higher in HES group. Dilutional hypocoagulation was shown by a significant prolongation of R time at T1 and T2 but also returned comparable at T3 in both groups. K, a-angle, Cl and G remained unchanged in NS group but significantly affected in HES group. A statistically significant interaction between groups and treatments on maximal amplitude (MA) (P<0.01) with more blood loss in HES group 24 hours postoperatively (P=0.05). International Normalized Ratio ( INR) increased significantly at T2 and T3 in both groups. Conclusion A rapid infusion of either normal saline or HES solution to maintain intraoperative intravascular volume induce a significant diluted hypocoagulation during OPCAB. The use of HES solution has a prolonged dilutional hypocoagulation and a significant decrease of MA by specific platelet inhibition effects and more transfusion of blood components. All the above changes were not shown in standard coagulation tests
Complications of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in adult cardiac surgical patients- Experiences of two institutions in Taiwan
No full textRhacognathus corniger Hsiao & Cheng 1977
No full textRhacognathus corniger Hsiao & Cheng, 1977 Rhacognathus corniger Hsiao & Cheng, 1977: 88, 297. Rhacognathus lamellifer Josifov & Kerzhner 1978: 184. Paratypes: 2 ♂, Pagyon-san (Mt), 20 km N of Kaesong, North Korea (on label: Keson, 20km NO, Bagion, North Korea), 5.viii. 1974, M. Josifov.Published as part of Jung, Sunghoon, Kim, Junggon, Oh, Sumin & Heiss, Ernst, 2015, Type specimens of Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) collected from North Korea and adjacent regions deposited at Insect Collections of Chungnam National University (CNU) in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, pp. 397-404 in Zootaxa 3981 (3) on page 404, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/24374
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