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Education and Training in St. Vincent and the Grenadines: A Partially Annotated Bibliography
No full textThis bibliography on “Education and Training in St. Vincent and the Grenadines” has been specifically prepared for the UWI School of Continuing Studies’ St. Vincent and the Grenadines Conference. It covers all aspects of education and training in St. Vincent and the Grenadines including: Academic achievement,economics of education, educational infrastructure, literacy and mathematics education
Norman Vincent Peale portrait
No full textPortrait of author and minister Norman Vincent Peale, ca. 1984. Peale was born on May 31, 1898, in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and became one of the most influential ministers of the twentieth century, known for his dynamic and energetic sermons. He preached an optimistic message that many Americans accepted during such trying events as the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement. His sermons were broadcast on the radio and shown on television all across the United States. Peale also published forty-six books, his most popular being "The Power of Positive Thinking.
François Vincent
No full textGrandbois introduces Vincent's paintings and prints from 1992 to 1998, analysing the artist's main source of inspiration - the body - while describing his use of the three studios he frequents. Includes a text by Vincent on humour in art. Texts in English, French and Japanese. Biographical notes on artist and author
Kara Gust interviews author Jeff Vande Zande
No full textAuthor Jeff Vande Zande talks about teaching and writing, poems vs. short stories, developing characters in his stories based on his personal experience, and his current projects. Vande Zande is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Kara Gust for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series
The changing role of the university : national aspects : speech [delivered at] Mount Saint Vincent University
No full textSpeech Mount Saint Vincent University by M.O. Morgan, The Changing Role of the University, National AspectsTitle from captio
Poet Robert VanderMolen reads his selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet Robert VanderMolen reads his poetry and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Peter Berg, head of Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections. Hank Meijer introduces VanderMolen. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library
Better preservation, sustainable transplantation
No full textDe afgelopen 40 jaar werden donorlevers tot aan de transplantatie standaard bewaard (ook wel: ‘gepreserveerd’) in een koelbox met ijs. Echter, vandaag de dag is dit voor veel levers niet langer voldoende. Door een vergrijzende bevolking zijn orgaandonoren ouder en hebben ze meer bijkomende aandoeningen, hetgeen een negatieve invloed heeft op de kwaliteit van de organen. Tegelijkertijd neemt de kloof tussen het aanbod en de vraag naar donororganen toe. Dit zijn de uitdagingen waarmee we heden ten dage worden geconfronteerd bij levertransplantatie.In zijn inaugurele rede spreekt professor Vincent de Meijer over het belang van innovatief onderzoek in transplantatie om uitkomsten te verbeteren. Hij zal uitweiden over het onderzoek naar het beter preserveren van donorlevers dat uiteindelijk heeft geleid tot de klinische implementatie van levermachineperfusie in Nederland: "Met behulp van machineperfusie kunnen we nu een testrit uitvoeren om de kwaliteit van risicovolle donorlevers te beoordelen, de schade die tijdens transplantatie optreedt verminderen, en de bewaartijd van donorlevers veilig verlengen om levertransplantaties standaard overdag uit te kunnen voeren".In Groningen heeft de implementatie van machineperfusie geleid tot een netto toename van 20% in het aantal levertransplantaties, een aanzienlijke afname van complicaties, en een drastische verandering in logistiek om nachtelijke operaties grotendeels te vermijden. Tezamen heeft dit geleid tot een betere benutting van donorlevers, verminderde druk op de dienstcapaciteit buiten kantooruren, en een verbetering van de werk-privé balans waarmee de duurzame inzetbaarheid van het hele transplantatieteam verbetert. Duurzaam transplanteren dus.De Meijer zal afsluiten met een vooruitblik op hoe hij denkt dat het vakgebied zich in de komende jaren zal ontwikkelen: "Door interdisciplinaire samenwerking en innovatief onderzoek zullen we het vakgebied van levertransplantatie verder ontwikkelen, met als doel de uitkomsten na transplantatie en de kwaliteit van leven van getransplanteerde patiënten te verbeteren".For more than 40 years, donor livers have been preserved in a cold box on ice. However, today, for many livers, this is no longer sufficient. Due to an aging population, organ donors are older and have more comorbidities, negatively impacting donor organ quality. Simultaneously, the disparitybetween donor organ supply and demand is increasing. These are the challenges that we face in liver transplantation today.In his inaugural lecture, Professor Vincent de Meijer addresses the importance of innovative research in transplantation to improve outcomes. He will outline the research on better preservation of donor livers that has eventually led to the clinical implementation of liver machine perfusion in the Netherlands: “With the use of machine perfusion, we can now perform a test drive to assess the viability of risky donor livers, mitigate the injury that occurs during transplantation, and safely extend preservation time to facilitate standard daytime transplantation”.In Groningen, the use of machine perfusion has led to a 20% net increase in the number of liver transplantations, a substantial decrease in complications, and a dramatic change in logistics to avoid nighttime surgeries. This has led to better utilization of human donor livers, reduced pressure on scarce hospital resources outside office hours and, at the same time, improved the work-life balance of the entire transplant team, altogether resulting in more sustainable transplantation.De Meijer will conclude with an outlook on how he envisions that the field might evolve in the coming years: “Through interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, we will further advance the field of liver transplantation, aiming to improve patient outcomes and lives”
Interview of author Rick Riordan
No full textRick Riordan, author of the "Tres Navarre" series of detective novels, talks about his teaching and writing careers, his life in San Antonio, and the need to write authentically about real places, people, language, culture, and history. He discusses his characters and the situations in which he places them, his own limits in writing about social injustice from which he has not suffered, but being familiar with life in San Antonio and the multicultural environment in the community. Riordan is also known for writing the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series. Riordan is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas
Interview of author Walter Satterthwait
No full textWalter Satterthwait, author of a series of contemporary crime novels, talks about his protagonists Joshua Croft and Rita Mondragon, and his novels set in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Satterthwait describes how he came to writing crime stories and why he chose to use a Latina as a main character. He describes his exposure to different cultures, his childhood of frequent moves, how he came to writing, and how he developed his characters. Satterthwait is interviewed by Diana Rivera at the 2005 Left Coast Crime Conference held in El Paso, Texas
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