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Kolaiti, C. (2023) 'Lines Indent' [Poem] 'Rowan' [Image], The Paper (June 2023). Glasgow: Good Press.
No full textKolaiti, C. (2023) 'Lines Indent' [Poem] 'Rowan' [Image], The Paper (June 2023). Glasgow: Good Press.
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1921 (c.); Good Roads Association of Greater K. C. Map
Get PDF2 pages. Good Roads Association of Greater K. C. (c. 1921) map and Kansas and Missouri Need Diversified Agriculture information taken from 1920 census
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Good Correspondence, MSS.3959
No full textAbstract: Three postcards dealing with daily life and family and one letter appears to be a scam-type chain letterScope and Content Note: This collection contains three postcards sent to Mrs. Good and one letter sent to Mr. Good. The postcards deal with daily life and family. The letter to Mr. Good is probably a chain letter that was a scam.Biographical/Historical Note: Mr. and Mrs. Good lived in Polo, Illinois
Storie di cura. Medicina narrativa e medicina delle evidenze: l'integrazioone possibile
No full textIl notevole interesse suscitato nel corso degli ultimi anni dalla Medicina basata sulle narrazioni trova probabilmente una spiegazione nella crisi profonda di credibilità che attraversa la biomedicina nel momento in cui il dispiegamento di tutta la sua enorme capacità tecnologica evidenzia i limiti intrinseci ad un approccio che sembra smarrire i fondamenti stessi dell’incontro clinico e della relazione terapeutica. La rappresentazione narrativa della malattia consente di mettere a confronto la diversa interpretazione della realtà clinica propria del paziente e del professionista sanitario, rivelando il carattere simbolico anche di ogni presunto discorso scientifico rispetto alla concreta esperienza del corpo, della sofferenza, della malattia. Si apre così la possibilità di considerare la malattia come una “rete di prospettive”, consentendo un incontro ed un dialogo fecondi che trasformano le storie di malattia in storie di cura, ovvero percorsi dialogici di costruzione congiunta dell’assistenza sanitaria (care).
Il volume presenta e discute con esperti di livello nazionale e internazionale i risultati della prima ricerca italiana sulle storie di malattia - condotta dall'autore presso l’AUSL di Reggio Emilia - che ha cercato di integrare l’approccio della medicina narrativa con quello della medicina basata sulle evidenze (EBM
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Osteoarthritis and Nutritional Support: A Literature Review
No full textOsteoarthritis (OA) appears to be one for the unfortunate consequences of evolution of bony skeleton. Despite much study in other areas, the impact of diet in terms of caloric balance and the biochemical effects of essential nutrients is only just being explored.There is little question that proper weight control will positively influence the course of Osteoarthritis of some joints. when it comes to the role of non-caloric essential nutrients the impact is less clear.A number of studies have shown that a large percentage of patients with OA are ingesting less than the USRDA for vitamins A, C, D, E pysidoxien, folacin, pantothenic acid and the minerals zinc, magnesium, iron, and calcium. Many substance such as vitamins A, C, E, niacin and sulfur have shown promising results in intial studies with Osteoarthritis. However much, much more work remains to be done and until these studies are performed any clinical recommendations in megadose ranges for vitamins and mineral supplementation by OA patients should remain guarded
Continuous and Step-level Pay-off Functions in Public Good Games: A Conceptual Analysis
Get PDFConflicts between individuals’ and collective interests are ubiquitous in social life. Numerous experimental studies have investigated the resolution of such conflicts using public good games with either continuous or step-level payoff functions. A conceptual analysis using both classic game theory and social exchange theory shows that these two types of games are fundamentally different. A continuous function game is a social dilemma in that it contains a conflict between individual and collective interests whereas a step-level game is primarily a social coordination game. Thus, we conclude that one can not safely generalize results from step-level to continuous form games. Additionally, our analysis shows that the distinction between continuous and single-step games can be blurred by segmenting a continuous function into steps or adding steps to a single-step game. We identify characteristics of the payoff function that conceptually mark the transition from a dilemma to a coordination problem.
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
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Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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