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E. Clyde Whitlock, Mrs. Richard T. Wall and Mrs. Harry M. Piland
No full textE. Clyde Whitlock shares a smile with Mrs. Richard T. Wall and (right) Mrs. Harry M. Piland, who gave the music program in his honor by E. Clyde Whitlock Music Club. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning February 24, 1967.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/3631/thumbnail.jp
An epidemiological overview of the equine influenza epidemic in Great Britain during 2019: Dataset
No full textThis repository contains datasets and code used for the manuscript as titled. All details regarding the data source and considerations that should be noted are discussed in the manuscript.
Referencing this dataset
Fleur Whitlock, John Grewar & J. Richard Newton (2022) An epidemiological overview of the equine influenza epidemic in Great Britain during 2019 [Dataset]. University of Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.701022
Brand Whitlock house photograph
No full textThis photograph was taken April 28, 1937, to document the Brand Whitlock House in Champaign County, Ohio, but the photographer shot the wrong house. The photograph's caption reads "Urbana, O. April 28, 1937. Supposed to be the Brand Whitlock House. Champaign County. Wrong House." During World War I, Brand Whitlock served as ambassador to Belgium, where he became close friends with the royal family and earned the nickname "Le Ministre Protecteur." Whitlock was born in Urbana, Ohio, and was a journalist at the Chicago Herald before becoming interested in politics. He worked for several years under Samuel "Golden Rule" Jones, and succeeded Jones as mayor of Toledo in 1905, staying in office until 1913. Whitlock was also an author, writing 18 books during his lifetime, including a 1914 autobiography, 'Forty Years of It.'
This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939
"Ever Devotedly Yours:" The Whitlock-Howells Correspondence
No full textW. D. Howells is known for his encouragement of other authors. This article, largely based upon fifteen manuscript letters in the Rutgers Library, tells us about the relationship between Howells and the American author, Brand Whitlock (1869-1937)
Richard Pliler
No full textThe music scholarship established by the E. Clyde Whitlock Music Club was won in auditions in Florence Shuman Hall of the Woman\u27s Club by Richard Pliler, junior at Texas Christian University. He came up through Amon Carter Riverside High School, and has studied violin since he was in the seventh grade. He is a student of Kenneth Shanewerk at Texas Christian University (TCU), and is concertmaster of the university orchestra. He is also a member of the Fort Worth Symphony and Fort Worth Opera orchestras and the Fort Worth String Quartet. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening edition April 6, 1965.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/2720/thumbnail.jp
Sex-related differences in systemic inflammatory response and outcomes after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass
No full textObjectives: Differences in inflammatory responses between men and women may contribute to sex disparities in cardiac surgery outcomes. We investigated how sex differences influence systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Methods: A single-centre retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing cardiac surgery from 2018 to 2020 was performed. SIRS was defined as per the American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine. Predictors of SIRS and composite adverse outcomes (death, transient ischaemic attack/stroke, renal therapy, bleeding, postcardiotomy mechanical circulatory support, prolonged Intensive Care Unit stay) were evaluated using multivariable logistic regression. Mediation effects of SIRS were assessed using structural equation modelling. Results: The cohort included 1005 patients, of whom 299 (29.8%) were women. SIRS occurred in 28.1% of patients, and 12.7% experienced the composite end point. Female sex was significantly associated with SIRS (odds ratio 1.56; 95% confidence interval 1.12-2.18, P = 0.009) and the composite outcome (odds ratio 1.72; 95% confidence interval 1.10-2.69, P = 0.017). Baseline left ventricular dysfunction and intraoperative hyperlactatemia were additional common predictors. SIRS mediated 50.8% of the effect of female sex, 17.0% of left ventricular dysfunction and 30.9% of intraoperative hyperlactatemia on the composite outcome. Conclusions: Female sex is independently associated with postoperative SIRS and poorer outcomes. Systemic inflammation, preoperative anaemia and procedural hyperlactatemia are potentially modifiable factors in the mechanisms through which female sex appears to worsen outcome after cardiac surgery
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Congressional Attitude: Congressional Bill Sentiment in Major Policy Areas
No full textWhitlock looks at how issue ownership effects bill sentiment and the language used in the bills introduced by members of Congress. The author maps the positive and negative nature of bills introduced in Congress in three major policy areas to not only learn about major shifts in policy, but also about the roles the major political parties played in facilitating change. The study looks at bills from the topics of welfare, defense, and the environment to understand trends from a variety of policy areas. The author was able to map the changes in bill sentiment by coding a dataset of bills from 1947 to 2016 and their bill titles with a political sentiment dictionary. This data was then compared to the public opinion of the time period. The results of the research showed three major findings. First, issue ownership was not very influential on bill sentiment, but the party with a majority in Congress had a higher positive sentiment. The period known as The Great Broadening was very influential on bill sentiment. And lastly public opinion was correlated with bill sentiment in regard to national defense and the environment but was inversely correlated to welfare bill sentiment because of the influence of major social movements.Governmen
The Fighting First the untold story of the Big Red One on D-Day
No full text"The Fighting First is the previously untold story of the 1st Infantry Division's part in the D-Day invasion of France at Normandy. Using a variety of primary sources, official records, interviews, and unpublished memoirs by the veterans themselves, author Flint Whitlock has crafted a story of courage under fire. Operation Overlord - the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 - was arguably the most important battle of World War II, and Omaha Beach was the hottest spot in the entire operation. Leading the amphibious assault on the Easy Red and Fox Green sectors of Omaha Beach was the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division - the Big Red One - a battle-hardened outfit with a fine combat record. The saga of the Big Red One, however, did not end with the storming of the beachhead. The author concludes with an account of the 1st in their fight across France and Belgium and into Germany itself, playing pivotal roles in the bloody battles for Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. The Fighting First is an inspiring, graphic, and often heartbreaking story of young American soldiers performing their D-Day missions with spirit, humor, and determination."--BOOK JACKET
Performance of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II: A meta-analysis of 22 studies involving 145,592 cardiac surgery procedures
No full textObjectivesA systematic review of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (euroSCORE) II performance for prediction of operative mortality after cardiac surgery has not been performed. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies based on the predictive accuracy of the euroSCORE II.MethodsWe searched the Embase and PubMed databases for all English-only articles reporting performance characteristics of the euroSCORE II. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, the observed/expected mortality ratio, and observed-expected mortality difference with their 95% confidence intervals were analyzed.ResultsTwenty-two articles were selected, including 145,592 procedures. Operative mortality occurred in 4293 (2.95%), whereas the expected events according to euroSCORE II were 4802 (3.30%). Meta-analysis of these studies provided an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.792 (95% confidence interval, 0.773-0.811), an estimated observed/expected ratio of 1.019 (95% confidence interval, 0.899-1.139), and observed-expected difference of 0.125 (95% confidence interval, −0.269 to 0.519). Statistical heterogeneity was detected among retrospective studies including less recent procedures. Subgroups analysis confirmed the robustness of combined estimates for isolated valve procedures and those combined with revascularization surgery. A significant overestimation of the euroSCORE II with an observed/expected ratio of 0.829 (95% confidence interval, 0.677-0.982) was observed in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting and a slight underestimation of predictions in high-risk patients (observed/expected ratio 1.253 and observed-expected difference 1.859).ConclusionsDespite the heterogeneity, the results from this meta-analysis show a good overall performance of the euroSCORE II in terms of discrimination and accuracy of model predictions for operative mortality. Validation of the euroSCORE II in prospective populations needs to be further studied for a continuous improvement of patients' risk stratification before cardiac surgery
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