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Infertility Patients’ Motivations for and Experiences of Cross-Border Reproductive Services (CBRS): An Asynchronous Online Investigation
No full textIVF enables individuals experiencing infertility the opportunity to achieve conception. ICMART estimated that over 3.5 million babies have been born as a result of IVF between 1978 and 2008 (Adamson, 2009).
In the last decade, there has been a steady rise in use of CBRS (Pennings et al., 2009). The ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law (Pennings et al., 2008) estimated in just 6 EU countries approximately 25,000 patients travelled to another country for IVF cycles.
Although some individual cases of CBRS have attracted considerable media attention and there is growing professional interest, there is limited evidence on patient perceptions of CBRS (Hudson et al. 2011).
The aim of this poster is to present an overview of patients’ motivations for, and experiences of, their cross border reproductive treatments
Mort de Steve Jobs, co-fondateur de l’empire Apple
No full textDisséminés à travers le monde, les hommages à Steve Jobs se succèdent, qu’ils viennent de personnalités influentes tel Barack Obama, ou de simples anonymes. A l’annonce de sa mort, le très sérieux quotidien Times s’est immédiatement attelé à un dossier spécial sur le génial créateur ; les Apple Stores des plus grandes villes du monde ploient sous les témoignages de sympathies et bouquets de fleurs, déposés par des anonymes admiratifs et reconnaissants. Steve Jobs lui-même, malgré son flair in..
sj-pdf-2-jhs-10.1177_17531934231186495 - Supplemental material for Biomechanical analysis of three techniques of suspensionplasty after trapeziectomy: a cadaveric study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-jhs-10.1177_17531934231186495 for Biomechanical analysis of three techniques of suspensionplasty after trapeziectomy: a cadaveric study by Hayman Lui, John G. Galbraith, Kathleen Meyers, Randy Bindra and Steve K. Lee in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)</p
sj-pdf-1-jhs-10.1177_17531934231186495 - Supplemental material for Biomechanical analysis of three techniques of suspensionplasty after trapeziectomy: a cadaveric study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jhs-10.1177_17531934231186495 for Biomechanical analysis of three techniques of suspensionplasty after trapeziectomy: a cadaveric study by Hayman Lui, John G. Galbraith, Kathleen Meyers, Randy Bindra and Steve K. Lee in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)</p
De Viti de Marco, Einaudi e Steve. Un dialogo tra diversi.
No full textNell’ultima lezione, Steve traccia un bilancio della sua esperienza di studioso di Scienza delle Finanze e delle prospettive future della disciplina. Questo “bilancio” si fonda sul senso del limite, che egli ha appreso dai suoi maestri, e che ha cercato di trasmettere ai suoi allievi. Ma in contesti diversi da quelli in cui Steve ha ricevuto il messaggio, il senso del limite è quello che è andato irrimediabilmente perduto.
Il mio colloquio con Steve, e tramite lui con de Viti ed Einaudi, recupera questo limite nel concetto di equilibrio di bilancio e, conseguentemente, nel ruolo diverso che può assumere il debito pubblico quando il senso del limite è smarrito. Vi è una certa affinità tra lo smarrimento del senso del limite e lo smarrimento del diapason per l’orchestra: in entrambi i casi, seppure impercettibilmente, ma inevitabilmente, il senso del limite si attenua fino a diventare irrilevante e il ruolo dell’economista, come quello del direttore d’orchestra, risulta stravolto: l’economista diventa consulente e “dottrinario”, l’esecutore diventa compositore. In questo contesto, il problema di chi pianta i cavoli, nella terminologia di Sella, diventa un problema quasi irrisolvibile: senza il senso del limite tutti piantano i cavoli senza che nessuno li pianti veramente!
Il mio lavoro cerca di eliminare l’implicito ossimoro del titolo e di far emergere l’ossimoro vero tra bilancio in equilibrio e anarchia di bilancio. Su questo fronte, il dialogo di Steve con de Viti ed Einaudi è fondamentale, anche e soprattutto, per la posizione keynesiana che ha certamente influenzato la produzione scientifica di Steve; ma è proprio qui, dove il senso del limite apparirebbe irrimediabilmente smarrito, che Steve lo recupera e lo sposta semplicemente senza violarlo. Vi è in questo contemperamento qualcosa di scientificamente laico e antidottrinario, che la frase posta in epigrafe rivela in tutta la sua essenziale moralità individuale. Ed è anche qui che inizia la parte più proficua del dialogo con de Viti ed Einaudi proprio in tema di bilancio, costituzione fiscale, debito pubblico e sistema democratico come alternativa al sistema totalitario, ma anche come dimensione distinta dal modello cooperativo di de Viti.In his last lecture, Steve retraces his experience as scholar of Public Finance and examines potential future scenarios for the discipline. His lecture centered on what was for Steve the most important message that he received from his mentors and that he tried to convey to his pupils: the concept of a limit in scientific knowledge. But hard as he did to keep it alive, there proved to be a concept dramatically lost due to the different constitutional and institutional settings from those in which Steve received this message. My analysis unfolds in the form of a dialogue with Steve, and by way of him with de Viti de Marco and Einaudi. I do so by arguing that the limit concept can be extended to balanced budgets. What would seem to come out of a pursuit of this line of reasoning is that public debt can produce different outcomes depending on whether the limit concept is followed or not. There seems to be a similarity between the loss of the limit concept and the loss of the diapason in an orchestra. In both cases, imperceptibly, but inevitably, the limit concept rapidly fades to the point of evaporation. The economist’s role and that of the orchestra conductor are twisted: the economist becomes consultant and “doctrinarian”, the conductor becomes composer. In his early years, Steve was an enthusiast of centrally planned economy and when he used to discuss with his mentor, Sella, he was able to drive a point home with apt theoretical reflections. While recognizing the importance of Steve’s theoretical reflections, Sella used to invite him to stay grounded with a colorful expression: “who shall plant cabbages?”. Out of the limit concept, everyone plants cabbages with no one really planting them!
This paper seeks to contrast the false oxymoron in the title with the genuine oxymoron: the one between balanced budgets and anarchy in budgets. On this front, Steve’s dialogue with de Viti and Einaudi is of particular importance, impregnated as it is with Keynesian formulations. However, it is exactly here, where the limit concept seems irretrievably lost, that Steve is able to resume it without violating its substantial logic.
There seems to be something of scientifically secular and anti-doctrinarian in this tempering, which the quotation in the epigraph reveals in all its essential morality. It is exactly here that the most promising part of Steve’s dialogue with de Viti and Einaudi starts. This dialogue allows clinching Steve’s continuing effort to bridge the Keynesian view on budget, fiscal constitution, public debt and democratic vs. totalitarian systems with Einaudi and de Viti, and the trajectory followed sets de Viti and Einaudi on the foreground while Keynes and especially Keynesianism are moved to the background
Sid Vicious Is Irrelevant
No full textEnregistré en anglais le 5 octobre 2017 à Paris par Paul Edwards, Élodie Grossi et Paul Schor. Aujourd’hui promoteur (Young Marble Giants, The Monochrome Set, The Passage…), récemment conservateur à la Henry Watson Music Library (Manchester), anciennement disquaire et meilleur ami de Joe Strummer, Steve Shepherd a été le témoin de la naissance du post-punk à Manchester et à Liverpool. L’entretien que nous avons enregistré avec lui le 5 octobre 2017 à Paris nous semblait important à plus d’un ..
Portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis: Messiaen’s musical language for the jazz pianist - an exploration through performance.
No full textMoving beyond Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream amalgamation of classical and jazz, this study explores whether the musical language of Olivier Messiaen can make a valid contribution to jazz piano performance. Initially, my project sought to answer such questions as: What elements of the musical language of Messiaen already exist in the jazz vocabulary? Am I able to extend this further? What are the timbral structures and pianistic effects within Messiaen’s musical language? What will be the most effective application of Messiaen’s musical language to jazz piano performance? Endeavouring to answer the final question led me to consider such aspects as whether the project should be limited to quoting Messiaen motifs, arranging Messiaen melodies, replacing jazz harmonic structures on standards with examples from Messiaen’s musical language or whether it would be better to approach the research conceptually. The work of Hubert Nuss provided encouraging reassurance that this was not an impossible task. In order to articulate this conception, the initial challenge was to decide how the classical and jazz worlds might meet in a ‘Messiaen’ technique. The approach adopted was similar to that used for undergraduate jazz study, namely, immersion in the piano scores and recordings of Messiaen’s music as well as by live performances. This was followed by the development and assessment of a contrived approach when specific techniques, such as tonal colourings or harmonic structures, were developed through prepared exercises and consciously included in my performance. It was then compared with an intuitive approach when no such precise parameters were established. This submission consists of CD recordings of two public recitals and an exegesis. It documents the development of this Messiaen technique and discusses its application in my performances. It also demonstrates the ways that Messiaen’s musical language can be used within jazz piano performance to provide a colour that distinguishes jazz piano performance in a competitive field.Thesis (M.Mus.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 201
Steve Whittaker: ‘Een goede mediator is lui, dom, dakloos en bot’
No full textIn de serie Mediationopleidingen is dit keer Steve Whittaker aan het woord, oprichter van het NMI en eigenaar van The Lime Tree. Tom Westerduin gaf het stokje in het vorige Tijdschrift Conflicthantering aan hem door. De redactie spreekt steeds met een directeur of opleider van een MfN-erkend opleidingsinstituut, over wat hen bezighoudt, hoe zij aankijken tegen het vak en welke ontwikkelingen zij zien op het gebied van mediation en mediationopleidingen
Improving clinical prediction rules in acute kidney injury with the use of biomarkers of cell cycle arrest: a pilot study
No full textIntroduction: Early recognition of patients developing acute kidney injury (AKI) is of considerable interest, we report the first use of a combination of a clinical prediction rule with a biomarker in emergent adult medical patients to improve AKI recognition. Methods: Single-centre prospective pilot study of medical admissions without AKI identified as high risk by a clinical prediction rule. Urine samples were obtained and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7)–biomarkers associated with cell cycle arrest, were measured. Outcome: Creatinine-based KDIGO hospital-acquired AKI (HA-AKI). Results: Of 69 patients recruited, HA-AKI developed in 13% (n = 9), in whom biomarker values were higher (median 0.43 (interquartile range (IQR) 0.21–1.25) vs. 0.07 (0.03–0.16) in cases without (p = 0.008). Peak rise in creatinine was higher in biomarker positive cases (median 30 μmol/L (7–72) vs. 1 μmol/L (0–16), p = 0.002). AUROC was 0.78 (95% CI 0.57–0.98). At the suggested cut-off (0.3) sensitivity for predicting AKI was 78% (95% CI 40–97%), specificity 89% (78–95%), positive predictive value 50% (31–69%) and negative predictive value 96% (89–99%). Discussion: Addition of a urinary biomarker allows exclusion of a significant number of patients identified to be at higher risk of AKI by a clinical prediction rule.</p
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