262 research outputs found
[Time Was, 1st Edition, Auction, 1 of 8, Mayor H. Authur Zappe ]
No full textWhen the book, "Time Was in Mineral Wells," First Edition, by A. F. Weaver was published in 1975, the first ten copies were autographed by the author and auctioned to the highest bidder. The auction was held at the "Little Rock Schoolhouse", and shows Mayor H. Arthur Zappe addressing the crowd in attendance at the auction
[The Zappe Home -- NW 4th Avenue]
No full textTrees in full foliage (the photograph was taken in July of 1975) obscure the Zappe House on NW 4th Avenue. This Tudor-style home with a native sandstone porch was originally built in 1929 by Mr. R.S. (Bob) Dalton, a pioneer rancher and developer of the Dalton oilfield in north Palo Pinto County. Dr. H. Arthur Zappe, a local dentist, member of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, and former mayor of Mineral Wells, bought the house in 1947. The house is currently [2009] owned by David Adams.
There are arched entrances throughout the house, leaded and stained-glass windows, French doors, stippled stucco walls and doors that are inlaid with mahogany panels. In addition to fireplaces, the house obtains heat from gas-fired steam radiators
Surveillance | Society | Culture
No full textWhat only a few decades ago would have been considered a totalitarian nightmare seems to have become reality: Surveillance practices and technologies have infiltrated all aspects of our lives, forcing us to reconsider established notions of privacy, subjectivity, and the status of the individual in society. The United States is central to contemporary concerns about surveillance. American companies are at the forefront of developing surveillance technologies; and government agencies, in the name of security and law and order, are monitoring our words and actions more than ever before. This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the implications of what many consider to be a far-reaching social, political, and cultural transformation.Florian Zappe and Andrew S. Gross: "Introduction" 9 // Bernhard H. F. Taureck: "Surveillance – A Complex Relationship" 27 // Florian Zappe: "Gazing Back at the Monster – A Critical Posthumanist
Intervention on Surveillance Culture, Sousveillance and the Lifelogged Self" 39 // Bärbel Harju: "Too Much Information: Self-Monitoring and Confessional Culture" 57 // Felix Haase: "Death by Data: Identification and Dataveillance in Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story" 85 // Birgit Däwes: "Flickers of Vision: Surveillance and the Uncertainty Paradigm in Dave Eggers’s The Circle" 103 // Andrew S. Gross: "The Black Box of Humanism: Surveillance, the Spy Narrative, and Literary Form" 119 // Silke Järvenpää: Rap vs. Big Brother: The Conscious and the Comical" 137 // Hugh Davies: "The Art of Surveillance: Surveying the Lives and Works of Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei" 153 // Marek Paryż: "Paranoia and Surveillance in Andrew Dominik’s Film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" 175 // Caren Myers Morrison: "Mythologies of Violence in American Police Videos" 191 // Garrett Stewart: "Afterword" 213 //https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/6489
Time of administration important? Morning versus evening dosing of valsartan.
No full textOBJECTIVE::
Studies suggest that bedtime dosing of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker shows a more sustained and consistent 24-h antihypertensive profile, including greater night-time blood pressure (BP) reduction. We compared the antihypertensive effects of morning (a.m.) and evening (p.m.) dosing of valsartan on 24-h BP.
METHODS::
This 26-week, multicentre, randomized, double-blind study evaluated the efficacy and safety of valsartan 320 mg, dosed a.m. or p.m., versus lisinopril 40 mg (a.m.), a long-acting ACE-inhibitor, in patients with grade 1-2 hypertension and at least one additional cardiovascular risk factor. Patients (n = 1093; BP = 156 ± 11/91 ± 8 mmHg; 62 years, 56% male, 99% white) received (1 : 1 : 1) valsartan 160 mg a.m. or p.m. or lisinopril 20 mg a.m. for 4 weeks, then force-titrated to double the initial dose for 8 weeks. At Week 12, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 12.5 mg was added for 14 weeks if office BP was more than 140/90 mmHg and/or ambulatory BP more than 130/80 mmHg.
RESULTS::
Mean 24-h ambulatory SBP change from baseline to Weeks 12 and 26 was comparable between valsartan a.m. (-10.6 and -13.3 mmHg) and p.m. (-9.8 and -12.3 mmHg) and lisinopril (-10.7 and -13.7 mmHg). There was no benefit of valsartan p.m. versus a.m. on night-time BP, early morning BP and morning BP surge. Evening dosing also did not improve BP lowering in patients requiring add-on HCTZ or in nondippers at baseline. All treatments were well tolerated.
CONCLUSION::
Once-daily dosing of valsartan 320 mg results in equally effective 24-h BP efficacy, regardless of dosing time
[Time Was, 1st Edition, Auction, 6 of 8, Community Leaders]
No full textThe auction of the first ten numbered copies of the First Edition of "Time Was in Mineral Wells...", was held in the "Little Rock Schoolhouse."
The auctioneer, the Reverend Mr. Bobby Moore, stands with Mayor H. Arthur Zappe, successful bidder for copy Number 2 in this picture. Author A. F. Weaver stands to the rear of Reverend Mr. Moore and Mayor Zappe. Banker Frost Bowman, successful bidder for Copy Number 4, is in the corner at right of the picture
[The TIME WAS Book Auction]
No full textThe auction of first edition of "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells..." The men in picture were: (left to right) the Reverend Mr. Bobby Moore, auctioneer; Art Weaver, author; H. Arthur Zappe, DDS, Mayor of Mineral Wells; and Frost Bowman, Banker. The Reverend Mr. Moore was pastor of the First Baptist Church at the time. Mr. Weaver was a photographer, and the first president of the Mineral Wells Heritage Association. Dr. Zappe was a dentist, and Mr. Bowman was a Director of Mineral Wells Heritage Association
[The Auction of the First Edition of TIME WAS In Mineral Wells]
No full textThis photograph shows the purchaser who bought the first copy of "Time Was in Mineral Wells", and his wife. Left to right are: Rev. Bobby Moore, auctioneer; Jack Dickens, purchaser; A.F. Weaver, author; Mrs. Jean Dickens. Copy Number One sold for 45, and Bill Bennett bought copy Number Three for an undisclosed price.
Varying patterns of the antihypertensive and antialbuminuric response to higher doses of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in albuminuric hypertensive type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
No full textObjective: In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), blocking of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) has demonstrated efficacy in lowering blood pressure (BP) and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER). Nonetheless, not all patients successfully respond to RAAS blockade with a reduction in BP and UAER. Methods: This secondary analysis of a double-blind study of 391 patients with T2DM assessed the importance of using higher doses of the RAAS blocker valsartan to improve the BP and UAER response in patients initially identified as prompt or delayed responders. All patients received a starting dose of valsartan 160mg for a 4-week run-in period to classify them as either prompt responders (SBP<130mmHg or reduction in SBP≥10mmHg, 53%) or delayed responders (47%). All patients were then subsequently randomized to one of three valsartan doses: 160, 320, or 640 mg/day for 26 weeks. Results: Higher doses of valsartan (640 mg) demonstrated additional reductions in SBP among the prompt responders and led to greater SBP reductions from baseline (19.8mmHg) compared with valsartan 160 (14.4mmHg, P<0.05) and 320mg (16.5 mmHg). Among delayed responders, SBP reductions from baseline to end of study were similar (11-14mmHg, P≥0.05) across all valsartan doses. For UAER, higher valsartan doses produced further reductions by week 30, regardless of initial response. Conclusion Higher doses of valsartan did not appear to recruit delayed responders, but enhanced the prompt responder effects in patients with T2DM. Not all patients successfully respond in concordance to RAAS blockade with both reductions in BP and UAER. Reduction in BP dominates the antialbuminuric effect in both valsartan prompt responders and delayed responders independent of dose
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