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    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship

    Letter From Anne Byron to Mrs Isabella Hall

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    abstract: Concerning Byron's orders concerning her personal finances and bank operations.Seller's Description: Note in upper right corner reads WDV 50.00.Curator's Note: Writing on verso reads "Wife of the Poet." The author is the wife of the poet Lord Byron.Postage Details: Stamped three times. Address reads: Post & Paid Mrs Isabella Hall Harrington Lane Area Co. Durham.Paper Details: Originally folded. Left side has small tears. Stamp in bled through on the verso

    Age related prolactin secretion in men after fentanyl anaesthesia

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    The aim of this study was to investigate the role of age in the hormonal response to opiate anaesthetic fentanyl. In 90 patients undergoing aortocoronary bypass, 59.69.2 years mean age, 35–81 age range, prolactin (PRL), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), human growth hormone (HGH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I), glucagon and insulin were measured in venous blood samples drawn from fasting patients immediately before, at 8 h in the morning, and 60 min after the induction of anaesthesia with 30 g/kg intravenous fentanyl bolus, 30 min after a second 7 g/kg fentanyl bolus. Results showed a higher 60 min PRL peak in older, 65 years, in respect to younger, 50 years, patients (57.623.3 vs. 40.613.8 g/l, P0.005), with a significant upward trend with age across the entire age span (r=0.32; P0.002), while no difference by age was found for the basal concentrations. No differences were found between the respective basal and 60 min concentrations for the other hormones investigated. As expected, differences by age were found for FSH, higher in 65 and in 51–65-year-olds than in younger patients (for the basal values, respectively, P0.02 and P0.05); IGF I was lower in 65 in respect to50 (P0.02) and to 51–65-year-old patients (P0.05), with a significant negative correlation with age (r=−0.33; P0.005). The study shows an age related increase of PRL concentrations after fentanyl administration

    The acute myocardial infarction in very elderly

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    A total 325 patients were studied at admission for myocardial infarction, measuring plasma fibrinogen (FBG), creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and automatized hemocromocytometric parameters in order to contribute to explain the excess mortality reported in very elderly patients. It was found that age positively correlated with fibrinogen and LDH values and inversely with CPK, hemoglobin concentration and lymphocyte count. The unpaired comparison of the variables studied in age subgroups showed no differences between patients aged 65 or less than 65 years and patients aged 66-75 years. In patients aged over 75 years FBC, neutrophile count and LDH were significantly higher in respect to 65 or less and 66-75 years age subgroups and hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell count, hematocrit and lymphocyte count were lower. In the very elderly patients the study shows a biochemical feature suggesting delayed hospitalization for myocardial infarction, that may contribute to their poorer prognosis. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved

    Association between fibrinogen plasma levels and platelet counts in an outpatient population and in patients with coronary heart disease

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    Although numerous studies concern fibrinogen (FBG) associations, the relationship between platelet (PLT) count and FBG plasma levels has yet to be completely investigated. The present study concerns the association between FBG plasma levels and PLT count in 5891 patients (2831 men and 3060 women) attending our outpatients' laboratory. Of these, a subgroup of 4116 patients (1899 men and 2217 women) with normal values of the parameters investigated was selected. A group of 170 patients with coronary heart disease was also included. The parameters studied were FBG, PLT count, leukocyte count and age. Our results showed that, in the outpatient population, FBG was significantly correlated with the PLT count (P < 0.000001) and, as previously reported, with the leukocyte count and age. In the patients with coronary heart disease, there was a significant correlation between FBG and PLT count (P < 0.000001), to be considered very significant considering the limited number of patients, whereas no correlation with age or leukocyte count was found. The role of interleukin-6, both in FBG and PLT production, is well known and may explain the correlation between these two parameters. The association of FBG and PLT count has yet to be fully investigated in epidemiological studies, even though they play an important role as two of the major contributors to the pathogenesis and evolution of cardiovascular diseases. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 21:216-220 (C) 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

    Introduzione

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    Saggio introduttivo all'edizione italiana del romanzo di Miguel de Unamuno, Amor y pedagogía, di cui l'autrice è anche traduttrice. L'introduzione ha un taglio storico-letterario e linguistico-traduttologico.Introductory essay to the Italian edition of Miguel de Unamuno's novel, Amor y pedagogía, of which the author is also a translator. The introduction offers an historical-literary and linguistic-traductological sketch

    High school success

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    author: Isabella Jacoby.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English

    Dampak Psikologis Tokoh Isabella Dalam Novel Isabella Karya Maulana Muhammad Saeed Dehlvi

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    The purpose of this research is to describe the role and impact of converting psychological character Isabella in the novel Isabella works of Maulana Muhammad Saeed Dehlvi by: (1) aspects of the Id, (2) aspects of the Ego, (3) aspects of the Super Ego. The data of this research are the word, phrase, phrases, and sentences that lead to the converting by Isabella that author expressed in the story. The data resources is founded in the novel itself. The data is collected by using descriptive methode that priorityzing the interaction interconcepts that studied empirically. The result of this research is thebpsychological impact that experienced by Isabella in the novel Isabella caused by id impulse that dominating herself

    Antithrombin III metabolism in the pulmonary vessel endothelium

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    In 85 patients undergoing aorto-coronary bypass for atherosclerotic coronary disease, we measured the antithrombin III activity levels and the thrombin-antithrombin III complex concentrations in blood from the pulmonary and the radial arteries, taken before the aorto-coronary bypass procedure, with the aim of investigating the role of the pulmonary endothelium in the metabolism of the inhibitor. Results showed significantly lower mean antithrombin III activity levels, expressed as a percentage of normal plasma, in blood from the radial artery with respect to levels from the pulmonary artery (0.78 +/- 0.12 versus 0.80 +/- 0.12, P < 0.0001), while no significant difference was found in thrombin-antithrombin III complex concentrations. The results seem to show that the pulmonary endothelium contributes to the antithrombin III metabolism with a 0.023 breakdown rate, corresponding to about a 0.1 fraction of the reported 0.22-0.25 total body catabolic rate, as well as the pulmonary endothelial surface (50-70 m(2)) corresponding to about a 0.1 fraction of the peripheral vessels' endothelial surface (500-700 m(2)). The data support the hypothesis of a main endothelial catabolism of antithrombin III
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