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William Seton Esq from Alfred Booth and Tho. E. Jevons, Cragdon October 1867
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William Seton Esq from Alfred Booth and Tho. E. Jevons, Cragdon October 1867
No full texthttps://scholarship.shu.edu/seton-album/1000/thumbnail.jp
Finding Aid: MS512 - Ernest Thompson Seton Manuscript: History of Woodcraft and its Offshoot, the Boy Scouts (Original Notes)
No full textThis is the finding aid for MS512 - Ernest Thompson Seton Manuscript: History of Woodcraft and its Offshoot, the Boy Scouts (Original Notes) in the Springfield College Archives and Special Collections. This collection comprises a single bound manuscript by Ernest Thompson Seton entitled “History of Woodcraft and its Offshoot, the Boy Scouts (Original Notes).” Although the manuscript as a whole is undated, some of the items within it date from the early 1900s through 1941. The manuscript primarily contains typed sections of Seton’s “History,” which are often annotated with hand-written comments and corrections (presumably by Seton himself). Some sections have been physically cut and pasted together. Seton details his own ideas and reasons for developing the Woodcraft movement, his initial meeting with and instruction of Baden-Powell, scouting in England, etc. On the whole, it appears that Seton was writing and collecting this manuscript in order to re-establish his place as one of the founders—if not the founder—of the Boy Scouts Movement.
In addition to Seton’s own text, the manuscript also contains quotes from conversations with and letters from Baden-Powell, James E. West, Elon H. Hooker, H. Morgenthau, Luther H. Gulick, James E. Sullivan, etc. Another section is a transcript of New York County Supreme Court deposition of Baden-Powell from 1917- 1918, in which Baden-Powell answers questions about the development and founding of the Boy Scout Movement. Seton appears to have been using both the quotes and transcript as support for the arguments in his “History.”
The final section of the manuscript contains actual correspondence from 1941 between the Setons (who were in Santa Fe, New Mexico), the Robinsons (who were in Springfield, Massachusetts), James E. West (Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America), and Steve M. Jessup (who was involved in the “Western Committee” in California). It can be concluded from this correspondence that the Robinsons, West, and Jessup all discouraged Seton from publishing “ungracious criticism or acts relating to Baden-Powell.”
Although Seton did publish and illustrate his autobiography, Trail of an Artist-Naturalist (New York: C. Scribner’s Sons), in 1940, this manuscript—at least as it exists in the collection— was never published.For more information on Ernest Thompson Seton, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/55
Seton Infirmary, Austin, Texas.--5; Seton Hospital
No full textHand colored postcard with white border. Front: exterior front facade of Seton Infirmary in Austin, Texas, with grounds and front walkway in view. Text across top of image reads: "Seton Infirmary, Austin, Texas.--5." Back: divided back, unused.Institution operated by the Daughters of Charity. Designed by Rockwell Milligan of St. Louis, the four-story red brick building Seton Infirmary was dedicated on May 29, 1902. The infirmary was named after Elizabeth Ann Seton, who founded the order that would become the Daughters of Charity in the United States. The original hospital was destroyed in 1975, and replaced by the Seton Medical Center.Daughters of CharityColor postcard; 3.5 x 5.5 in.; 8.89 x 13.97 cm
Knotless seton for perianal fistulas: feasibility and effect on perianal disease activity
No full textPatients with perianal fistulas are frequently treated by a knotted seton which is well-known for causing complaints. We aimed to assess the feasibility of the knotless SuperSeton and advantages with respect to perianal disease activity. In a prospective cohort study, we included all consecutive adult patients with a knotted seton in situ or a perianal fistula requiring new seton drainage. Primary endpoint was seton feasibility (maintenance of the connection for minimally three months). Secondary endpoints included improvement of the Perianal Disease Activity Index (PDAI), complications and re-interventions within three months of follow-up. PDAI scores of patients with a knotted seton were crossover compared to PDAI scores after knotless seton replacement. Sixty patients (42% male, mean age 42 (SD 13.15), 41 with Crohn’s disease) were included between August 2016 and April 2018. Of 79 knotless setons, 69 (87.3%) stayed connected for ≥ 3 months. Overall, the knotless seton significantly decreased discharge (P = 0.001), pain (P < 0.001) and induration (P < 0.001) measured by the PDAI when compared to baseline. In patients with a knotted seton, replacement by the knotless seton significantly decreased discharge (P = 0.005) and pain (P < 0.001) measured by the PDAI. Furthermore, 71% of patients reported fewer cleaning problems compared to the knotted seton. Ten patients developed a perianal abscess, and five patients required a re-intervention. This study supports the feasibility of the knotless seton with promising short-term results. The knotless seton might be preferred over the knotted seton in terms of perianal disease activity.Correction DOI 10.1038/s441598-021-88353-xMedical Instruments & Bio-Inspired Technolog
Novel applications of biomaterials in the management of parastomal hernia and anal fistula
No full textMD (res)The aim of this thesis was to explore novel applications for both traditional and contemporary biomaterials in the management of parastomal hernia and anal fistula.
Parastomal hernias can be prevented or repaired using synthetic mesh; however, reported complications include infection, fibrosis and potential bowel erosion. The prophylactic role of a cross-linked collagen implant was assessed in terms of safety, feasibility and potential efficacy. Additionally, the human host response to this implant was evaluated. There were no complications related to infection or the implant‟s proximity to the bowel. The implant had excellent biocompatibility and resistance to degradation in most patients, and although fibrovascular in-growth and ECM deposition were limited, it seems to have excellent potential for soft tissue reinforcement and, more specifically, prevention of parastomal hernias.
Anal fistulas are in the main successfully treated by surgical fistulotomy, however damage to the anal sphincter complex and subsequent incontinence have led to the development of other techniques which aim to either lessen or avoid such disturbance. One strategy involves the traditional cutting seton, and a modification of this technique, the „snug‟ silastic seton was assessed. In the short-medium term, this modification was demonstrated to be an effective addition to the fistula surgeon‟s armamentarium, although minor incontinence remained a concern. Other approaches employing contemporary biomaterials, fibrin glue and porcine intestinal submucosa, are aimed at tissue repair, rather than minimizing destruction. Their success rates however are highly variable. A pilot study aiming to assess the safety and potential efficacy of an
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alternative biomaterial, cross-linked collagen in two different physical formats, was presented. In the short-medium term, both formats were shown to be safe, and equally effective. The results justify continued research into the use of biologically derived materials to heal anal fistulas.
In conclusion, although disparate pathologies were addressed, both they and the thesis are unified by demonstrating that an understanding of the specific disease pathology, wound healing, and the host response to materials (synthetic and biological) are central to their successful management
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
2018 Faculty Summer Seminar on Interfaith Relations: Day 1
No full textThe Rev. Dr. Lawrence E. Frizzell facilitated the 2018 Faculty Summer Seminar on Interfaith Relations at Seton Hall University. In this presentation, Fr. Frizzell reviews a key document from the Second Vatican Council, The Declaration on the Church\u27s Relationship to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate), with a focus on the Church\u27s encounter with the Jewish people
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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