18 research outputs found
Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare / (R)Ausblick: Die Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti der Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII in Bologna : mit Fragen an den Direktor der Stiftung und der Bibliothek, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alberto Melloni sowie an den Forscher Dr. Ephrem Aboud Ishac von der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
No full textIm Zuge eines Scholarships for Transnational Access to Special Collections and Transnational Access to Archival Documents ReIReS (Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies) war es der Autorin möglich, im März 2019 die Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti der Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII von Bologna (FSCIRE) im Detail kennenzulernen. In diesem Beitrag soll dieser Erfahrungsschatz mitgeteilt werden. Diese Forschungsbibliothek, spezialisiert auf Religionsstudien zu allen größeren und kleineren Religionsgemeinschaften (Buddhismus, Christentum, Hinduismus, Islam, Judentum), ist mit ihren in ihrer Zusammensetzung unikalen und umfangreichen Beständen einzigartig in ihrer Art, und zeichnet sich aus durch den Austausch unter internationalen Fachleuten, darunter auch Personen aus österreichischen Institutionen, sowie den daraus resultierenden Forschungen und Publikationen.In the course of a Scholarship for Transnational Access to Special Collections and Transnational Access to Archival Documents provided by ReIReS (Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies) in March 2019, the author had the opportunity to make detailed acquaintance with the Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti of the Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII (FSCIRE) in Bologna. This contribution aims to share the experiences made there. The Biblioteca is a research library specializing in religious studies on all major or minor religious communities (including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism). With its copious holdings, unique in their composition, it is one of a kind, a site of contact and exchange for international experts - including those from Austrian institutions - and for corresponding research and publications.Version of recor
Outlook: The Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti of the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII in Bologna: Questions posed to the director of the Foundation and of the Library, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alberto Melloni, and to Dr. Ephrem Aboud Ishac, researcher from the University of Graz
No full textIm Zuge eines Scholarships for Transnational Access to Special Collections and Transnational Access to Archival Documents ReIReS (Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies) war es der Autorin möglich, im März 2019 die Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti der Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII von Bologna (FSCIRE) im Detail kennenzulernen. In diesem Beitrag soll dieser Erfahrungsschatz mitgeteilt werden. Diese Forschungsbibliothek, spezialisiert auf Religionsstudien zu allen größeren und kleineren Religionsgemeinschaften (Buddhismus, Christentum, Hinduismus, Islam, Judentum), ist mit ihren in ihrer Zusammensetzung unikalen und umfangreichen Beständen einzigartig in ihrer Art, und zeichnet sich aus durch den Austausch unter internationalen Fachleuten, darunter auch Personen aus österreichischen Institutionen, sowie den daraus resultierenden Forschungen und Publikationen.In the course of a Scholarship for Transnational Access to Special Collections and Transnational Access to Archival Documents provided by ReIReS (Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies) in March 2019, the author had the opportunity to make detailed acquaintance with the Biblioteca Giuseppe Dossetti of the Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII (FSCIRE) in Bologna. This contribution aims to share the experiences made there. The Biblioteca is a research library specializing in religious studies on all major or minor religious communities (including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism). With its copious holdings, unique in their composition, it is one of a kind, a site of contact and exchange for international experts – including those from Austrian institutions – and for corresponding research and publications
Bifid Median Nerve in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Assessment with US Cross-sectional Area Measurement
No full textTo evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonography (US) in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in patients with a bifid median nerve on the basis of cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements of the median nerve at the level of the carpal tunnel (CSAc), with additional measurements obtained more proximally (CSAp) at the level of the pronator quadratus muscle.This HIPAA-compliant study was approved by the local institutional review board; informed oral and written consent were obtained. Fifty-three wrists in 49 consecutive patients with a bifid median nerve and CTS symptoms and 28 wrists in 27 healthy volunteers with a bifid median nerve were examined by using US. Two independent US examiners who were blinded to prior test results measured median nerve CSA at two levels, CSAc and CSAp. The difference between CSAc and CSAp (ΔCSA) was calculated for each wrist. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed.The study population included 17 men and 32 women (mean age, 55.1 years; age range, 24-78 years). The control population included 13 men and 14 women (mean age, 52.6 years; age range, 24-86 years). Mean CSAc was approximately 5 mm(2) greater in patients with CTS than in healthy volunteers (P < .0001), while mean ΔCSA was 5.8-5.9 mm(2) greater in patients with CTS (P < .0001). A CSAc threshold of 12 mm(2) provided sensitivity and specificity of 84.9\% and 46.5\%, respectively, while a ΔCSA threshold of 4 mm(2) provided sensitivity and specificity of 92.5\% and 94.6\%, respectively. ROC analysis demonstrated a significant advantage of ΔCSA (area under ROC curve [A(z)] = 0.95-0.96) compared with CSAc (A(z) = 0.84-0.85) for the diagnosis of CTS (P < .003).The use of a ΔCSA parameter improves the diagnostic accuracy of US for the presence of CTS in patients with a bifid median nerve
Eye-Tracking Provides a Sensitive Measure of Exploration Deficits After Acute Right MCA Stroke
No full textEye-Tracking Provides a Sensitive Measure of Exploration Deficits After Acute Right MCA Stroke
No full textThe eye-tracking study aimed at assessing spatial biases in visual exploration in patients after acute right MCA (middle cerebral artery) stroke. Patients affected by unilateral neglect show less functional recovery and experience severe difficulties in everyday life. Thus, accurate diagnosis is essential, and specific treatment is required. Early assessment is of high importance as rehabilitative interventions are more effective when applied soon after stroke. Previous research has shown that deficits may be overlooked when classical paper-and-pencil tasks are used for diagnosis. Conversely, eye-tracking allows direct monitoring of visual exploration patterns. We hypothesized that the analysis of eye-tracking provides more sensitive measures for spatial exploration deficits after right middle cerebral artery stroke. Twenty-two patients with right MCA stroke (median 5 days after stroke) and 28 healthy controls were included. Lesions were confirmed by MRI/CCT. Groups performed comparably in the Mini–Mental State Examination (patients and controls median 29) and in a screening of executive functions. Eleven patients scored at ceiling in neglect screening tasks, 11 showed minimal to severe signs of unilateral visual neglect. An overlap plot based on MRI and CCT imaging showed lesions in the temporo–parieto–frontal cortex, basal ganglia, and adjacent white matter tracts. Visual exploration was evaluated in two eye-tracking tasks, one assessing free visual exploration of photographs, the other visual search using symbols and letters. An index of fixation asymmetries proved to be a sensitive measure of spatial exploration deficits. Both patient groups showed a marked exploration bias to the right when looking at complex photographs. A single case analysis confirmed that also most of those patients who showed no neglect in screening tasks performed outside the range of controls in free exploration. The analysis of patients’ scoring at ceiling in neglect screening tasks is of special interest, as possible deficits may be overlooked and thus remain untreated. Our findings are in line with other studies suggesting considerable limitations of laboratory screening procedures to fully appreciate the occurrence of neglect symptoms. Future investigations are needed to explore the predictive value of the eye-tracking index and its validity in everyday situations
Livedo Racemosa – The Pathophysiology of Decompression-Associated Cutis Marmorata and Right/Left Shunt
No full textDecompression sickness and arterial gas embolism, collectively known as decompression illness (DCI), are serious medical conditions that can result from compressed gas diving. DCI can present with a wide range of physiologic and neurologic symptoms. In diving medicine, skin manifestations are usually described in general as cutis marmorata (CM). Mainly in the Anglo-American literature the terms cutis marmorata, livedo reticularis (LR), and livedo racemosa (LRC) are used interchangeably but actually describe pathophysiologically different phenomena. CM is a synonym for LR, which is a physiological and benign, livid circular discoloration with a net-like, symmetric, reversible, and uniform pattern. The decompression-associated skin discolorations, however, correspond to the pathological, irregular, broken netlike pattern of LRC. Unlike in diving medicine, in clinical medicine/dermatology the pathology of livedo racemosa is well described as a thrombotic/embolic occlusion of arteries. This concept of arterial occlusion suggests that the decompression-associated livedo racemosa may be also caused by arterial gas embolism. Recent studies have shown a high correlation of cardiac right/left (R/L) shunts with arterial gas embolism and skin bends in divers with unexplained DCI. To further investigate this hypothesis, a retrospective analysis was undertaken in a population of Austrian, Swiss, and German divers. The R/L shunt screening results of 18 divers who suffered from an unexplained decompression illness (DCI) and presented with livedo racemosa were retrospectively analyzed. All of the divers were diagnosed with a R/L shunt, 83% with a cardiac shunt [patent foramen ovale (PFO)/atrium septum defect (ASD)], and 17% with a non-cardiac shunt. We therefore not only confirm this hypothesis but when using appropriate echocardiographic techniques even found a 100% match between skin lesions and R/L shunt. In conclusion, in diving medicine the term cutis marmorata/livedo reticularis is used incorrectly for describing the actual pathology of livedo racemosa. Moreover, this pathology could be a good explanation for the high correlation of livedo racemosa with cardiac and non-cardiac right/left shunts in divers without omission of decompression procedures
Multimodal Neuromonitoring in a Patient with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Associated with Aortic Coarctation
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