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Alexis Wright interview
No full textCoincidentally tonight, as governments continue to grapple with the on-going social crisis in Aboriginal communities, Indigenous author Alexis Wright has just been announced as the winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's most prestigious literary prize, for her second novel Carpentaria. An Indigenous member of the Waanyi nation of Queensland's far north, and long-time activist on Aboriginal affairs, Alexis Wright's sweeping, poetic book explores the rich mythology, chequered history and present day drama of her Gulf country homeland, and was praised by judges as the standout in a highly competitive field, which included dual Booker Prize winner, Peter Carey
A brief conversation with Alexis Wright
No full textAn interview with the author Alexis Wright is presented. When asked about her interest in books, she explains that she is reading a series of natural history books. She also comments on her interest in travel and the process of writing another novel. The challenges of the writing process are also explored
Episode 35: Alexis Castellanos, Author of “Isla to Island”, and Her Panel Presentation during the Operación Pedro Pan Two-Day Event
No full textIn Part 1 of “Operación Pedro Pan: The Voices and Stories of Cuba’s Child Exodus—A Knights HistoryCast Mini-Series,” the Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia talked with Alexis Castellanos, an author, illustrator, graphic novelist, and a panelist at the esteemed, conspicuous, and powerful “Operación Pedro Pan: Honoring the Cultural, Historical Legacy of Cuba’s Child Exodus” Two-Day Program that Florida Humanities, UCF’s Department of English and Department of Modern Languages and Literatures sponsored (see https://cah.ucf.edu/pedro-pan/ for more details on sponsors and the program in general).
Sebastian structured this specific episode on Alexis Castellanos’ Isla to Island, a wordless graphic novel grounded by her personal family history and the history of Operación Pedro Pan (Operation Peter Pan). By analyzing such a historic event through the medium of fiction, Sebastian argued that this is one of the most unique Knights HistoryCast episodes of all time. Naturally, their conversation expanded to what she talked about during her panel presentation in Panel One, Day 1 of the event that featured “internationally renowned scholars that discussed the political, historical, and cultural legacy of Operación Pedro Pan (1960-1962).” (https://cah.ucf.edu/pedro-pan/)
To purchase Isla to Island (strongly recommend), check out: https://islatoisland.com/.
To find out more about Alexis and her professional work, check out her website at https://alexiscastellanos.com/https://stars.library.ucf.edu/knightshistorycast/1034/thumbnail.jp
THE MYSTIC ROAD : SELECTED POEMS - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
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Alexis karpouzos (born on April 09, 1967) is a philosopher, author, spiritual master and pioneer of higher consciousness. He is author of several books on philosophy, metaphysics, spirituality, modern science. His most famous books are: ‘’Universal consciousness’’, ‘’non-duality’’, ‘’An ocean of souls’’, ‘’Beyond the heaven’’. Alexis Karpouzos is also a recording artist. He has recorded two music albums and twenty-four singles songs. He has also appeared in two documentary films, television and radio productions. He is the pioneer of the post-ontology consciousness and the wisdom of universal wholeness. The global language of poetry of Alexis Karpouzos, by following the paths of wisdom, is a vehicle for transmitting human knowledge and values, history, ancient traditions, and links with nature. It transmits the human values and worldly knowledge that are essential for opening ourselves to the Other. Poetic creation, therefore, forges very strong links between humans -it transcends beyond languages, beliefs and cultures. Each poem appears in its original form, in a vibrant celebration of life, diversity, language, and the enduring power of poetry. At a time when the Humanities are under threat, this book offers a defense of poetry within the context of growing interest in mindfulness in spirituality, in consciousness, in art, in education.</p
Cardiac MRI : development of a semi-automatic processing softwrare to study left ventricular trabeculation.
No full textLa non compaction du ventricule gauche est une pathologie rare, avec une incidence chez l’adulte estimée à 0,014 %. Son pronostic est mal connu, avec une symptomatologie variable (insuffisance cardiaque, trouble du rythme cardiaque, épisodes emboliques) pouvant aller jusqu’à la transplantation cardiaque et au décès.Il n’existe pas de gold standard diagnostique. Une non compaction est suspectée devant un aspect hypertrabéculé du myocarde avec un épaississement de la couche non compactée et de profonds récessus. Certains auteurs ont proposé des critères 2D basés sur des rapports de longueurs entre couche compactée et non compactée comme Jenni et al en échographie cardiaque ou Petersen et al en IRM. Jacquier et al ont proposé une mesure de la masse non compactée totale en utilisant le volume complet de l’acquisition IRM mais avec une segmentation manuelle incluant le sang entre les trabéculations.L’objectif de ce travail est la mise au point d’un logiciel de segmentation semi automatique de la trabéculation en IRM cardiaque pour avoir des mesures plus précises et reproductibles des trabécules en supprimant le sang. Le logiciel a été validé techniquement sur des IRM 1,5 et 3 Tesla de pratique clinique courante. Il permet une segmentation précise et reproductible en 15 minutes de la masse compactée et non compactée du myocarde. Les mesures de masse ont été comparées à des mesures histologiques réelles sur modèle murin, avec une corrélation excellente. Le logiciel a été testé sur une large cohorte de patients sains, permettant de définir les valeurs normales de trabéculation par tranche d’âge et par sexe. Il est en cours de validation sur les patients atteints de non compaction.Left ventricular non-compaction is a rare cardiomyopathy with an incidence of 0,014 % in adult patients. Its prognosis remains little known. Untreated, it can lead to heart failure, cardioembolic events, tachyarythmia, heart transplant and death.Non compaction is suspected on echocardiography or CMR when a characteristic double-layered aspect of the myocardium with a thick, non-compacted endocardial layer, prominent trabeculations and deep recesses are observed, but there is no gold standard for the diagnosis. Some have proposed 2D criteria based on ratios of lengths between compacted and non compacted layers evaluated by sonography or MRI. Jacquier and al have proposed a quantification of the total amount of LV trabeculation on CMR but with a manual contouring including blood inside the trabeculae.Our purpose was the development of a semi-automatic software package to calculate the non-compacted mass that suppresses blood from the trabeculae and evaluates the total amount of compacted and non compacted mass. The feasibility of this trabeculation quantification algorithm was illustrated in multicenter, multivendor 1,5 and 3 T MRI. The software allows a precise and reproductible segmentation in about 15 mins. The quantification software was compared with histology, and tested for accuracy and reproducibility in a mouse model of non-compaction. The software was tested in a large cohort of healthy subjects to provide the range of normal values of trabeculae across age and gender. Clinical validation on patients with non compaction is in progress
Alexis to the Rescue
No full textThe author’s purpose of this children’s story is to document our culture, to add examples of real Louisiana stories for young children. This story can be classified as a personal narrative fiction story, written in a stream of consciousness from the author. The grade level that is most appropriate is 3rd to 5th grade. The overall tone of the author through the story is hopeful
COSMOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND PHYSICS: ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
No full textIf physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially holistic, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500 years ago. It is interesting to follow the evolution of Western science along its spiral path, starting from the mystical philosophies of the early Greeks, rising and unfolding in an impressive development of intellectual thought that increasingly turned away from its mystical origins to develop a world view which is in sharp contrast to that of the Far East In its most recent stages, Western science is finally overcoming this view and coming back to those of the early Greek and the Eastern philosophies. This time, however, it is not only based on intuition, but also on experiments of great precision and sophistication, and on a rigorous and consistent mathematical formalism. The parallels to modem physics appear not only in the Vedas of Hinduism, in the I Ching , or in the Buddhist sutras, but also in the fragments of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, African-American philosophy, the eastern negative theology, in the Sufism of lbn Arabi, in the holistic spirit of Giordano Bruno and Meister Eckhart, in monadology of Leibniz, in the Absolute Idea of Hegel and Shelling, e.t.
All ancient spiritual traditions suggest that the world is a unity and the multiplicity is only apparent. Modern science claims that the visible world of matter and the multiplicity is only apparent, the reality is unseen and invisible. Since different roads the mysticism and the rationalism lead to the same view, the view of the open totality of the world. The mystical insight of spirituality and the rational mind of science leading to the open thought, the wisdom of life. The spiritual experience of oneness conduces to the same insight as reasoning through science. Both convey the insight of fundamental interconnection between ourselves, other people, other forms of life, the biosphere and, ultimately, the universe. Science and spirituality, far from being mutually exclusive and conflicting elements, are complementary partners in the search for the path that can enable humanity to recover its oneness with the world. Science demonstrates the urgent and objective need for it; and spirituality testifies to its inherent value and supreme desirability. We can reason to our oneness in the world, and we can experience our oneness with the world. The time has come to do both, for they are complementary and mutually reinforcing.
Presents a revolutionary new paradigm of Cosmic Thought that bridges the divide between science and spirituality. Discloses the ramifications of non-localized consciousness and how the physical world and spiritual experience are two aspects of the same Cosmos. What scientists are now finding at the outermost frontiers of every field is overturning all the basic premises concerning the nature of matter and reality.The essays on this book are the notes from the international e – learning courses that were given by the philosopher, and author Alexis Karpouzos during the winter of 2014. Students studying in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris took part in the courses, which were held by the educational and cultural center "Alexis karpouzos community", located in Athens
#991 Alexis Carrel: Thoughts on Living.
No full textParticipants include: Rev. Joseph T. Durkin, S.J., Professor of History, Georgetown University, and author of Hope for Our Times and Alexis Carrel on Man and Society Theodore Malinin, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Research Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine Lt. Vernon Perry, MSC, USN, Head, Tissue Culture Divsion, Tissue Bank Department, National Medical Cente
Multimodality imaging in cardiology : application to the assessment of aortic bioprostheses
No full textL’incidence et la prévalence des maladies valvulaires sont en augmentation, l’épidémiologie de ces maladies se modifie avec une prépondérance des maladies dégénératives, et le traitement considéré est le plus souvent le remplacement valvulaire prothétique, notamment dans le cadre de la sténose aortique qui est la maladie valvulaire la plus fréquente. Les techniques de remplacement valvulaire et les prothèses valvulaires ont grandement évolué ces dernières années, notamment avec le développement des implantations de prothèses par voie percutanée. Cependant les substituts valvulaires aortiques biologiques sont exposés à des complications diverses mettant en jeu la fonction de la prothèse : fuite péri-prothétique, endocardite infectieuse, dégénérescence des tissus biologiques. Ces complications restent des challenges diagnostiques et l’échographie est l’imagerie de référence. Cependant, l’imagerie cardiaque et valvulaire a réalisé de grands progrès, et l’utilisation d’autres techniques ou modalités d’imagerie peut être une alternative ou un complément à l’exploration par échocardiographie : imagerie par scanner, imagerie par résonance magnétique, imagerie nucléaire. Le recours et la combinaison de ces différentes techniques s’intègrent dans une approche globale, nommée imagerie multimodale. L’objectif général de ce projet de doctorat a été d’étudier l’apport de l’imagerie multimodale dans la surveillance des bioprothèses aortiques et l’évaluation des complications et de la dégénérescence structurelle qui peuvent survenir.The incidence and prevalence of heart valve diseases are increasing worldwide. Their epidemiology also changes, and the required treatment is most often a prosthetic valve replacement, especially for aortic stenosis that is the most frequent heart valve disease. Techniques of valve replacement as well as prosthesis themselves have dramatically evolved in recent years, especially with the development of percutaneous transcatheter procedures. However, biologic aortic valve substitutes are at risk of several complications including prosthetic valve dysfunction, paravalvular regurgitation, infective endocarditis and structural valve deterioration. Correctly diagnose any of these complications still is a challenge but echocardiography plays a pivotal role and remains the gold-standard as per diagnostic imaging. Nonwithsanding the fact that echocardiography is the main imaging modality for valvular anomalies, great progress has been made in cardiac imaging and modalities like CT-Scan, MRI and nuclear imaging are nowadays regularly used along with echocardiography. The use and combination of these different techniques are part of a global approach, entitled multi-modality imaging.The general objective of this doctoral project was to study the contribution of the multi-imaging approach in the assessment of the bioprosthesis function and screening for complications and structural valve deterioration that may occur
Response by Thuny et al. to Letter Regarding Article, “Clinical Features, Management, and Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Cardiotoxicity”
No full textResponse to Letter Regarding Article : Clinical Features, Management, and Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Related Cardiotoxicity by Marion Escudier, Jennifer Cautela, Nausicaa Malissen, Yann Ancedy, Morgane Orabona, Johan Pinto, Sandrine Monestier, Jean-Jacques Grob, Ugo Scemama, Alexis Jacquier, Nathalie Lalevee, Jeremie Barraud, Michael Peyrol, Marc Laine, Laurent Bonello, Franck Paganelli, Ariel Cohen, Fabrice Barlesi, Stephane Ederhy, and Franck Thuny.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.03057
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