988 research outputs found
Retelling racialized violence, remaking white innocence: the politics of interlocking oppressions in transgender day of remembrance
No full textTransgender Day of Remembrance has become a significant political event among those resisting violence against gender-variant persons. Commemorated in more than 250 locations worldwide, this day honors individuals who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. However, by focusing on transphobia as the definitive cause of violence, this ritual potentially obscures the ways in which hierarchies of race, class, and sexuality constitute such acts. Taking the Transgender Day of Remembrance/Remembering Our Dead project as a case study for considering the politics of memorialization, as well as tracing the narrative history of the Fred F. C. Martinez murder case in Colorado, the author argues that deracialized accounts of violence produce seemingly innocent White witnesses who can consume these spectacles of domination without confronting their own complicity in such acts. The author suggests that remembrance practices require critical rethinking if we are to confront violence in more effective ways. Description from publisher's site: http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/srsp.2008.5.1.2
Dissemination of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in the community
No full textCopyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology.Multiple methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones carrying type IV staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec were identified in the community-acquired MRSA strains of both the United States and Australia. They multiplied much faster than health-care-associated MRSA and were resistant to fewer non-beta-lactam antibiotics. They seem to have been derived from more diverse S. aureus populations than health-care-associated MRSA strains.Keiko Okuma, Kozue Iwakawa, John D. Turnidge, Warren B. Grubb, Jan M. Bell, Frances G. O'Brien, Geoffrey W. Coombs, John W. Pearman, Fred C. Tenover, Maria Kapi, Chuntima Tiensasitorn, Teruyo Ito, and Keiichi Hiramats
[Letter] 1935 October 17, Pitcairn Island, [to] Henry C. Hoffman / Fred M. Christian.
No full textAutograph letter, signed.Christian writes from Pitcairn island to thank Hoffman for sending the $2, and to request that he sell more of the painted, pressed leaves which he encloses along with two baskets his wife made for Hoffman. Christian goes on to answer Hoffman\u27s questions about the size, dominion, population (210), language (English and Tahitian), schooling, climate, and grave customs on Pitcairn Island. He remarks that only one grave of the Bounty mutineers was ever marked, that being John Adams, for whom the British government sent over a tombstone. Christian also observes that they currently have nine visitors "none of them want to leave," and tells Hoffman about their housing, livestock, religion, and crops. Pitcairn Island was originally settled by mutineers of the HMS _Bounty_ led by Fletcher Christian (played in the movie versions by Clark Gable and Errol Flynn); they revolted in April 1784 against the alleged cruelties of Captain William Bligh, intermarried with Tahitian women, and then settled with their families on Pitcairn. John Adams was the only one of the original mutineers left alive in 1808 when an American ship _Topaz_ investigated the island. He was not able to convincingly relate the fates of the other mutineers, but the author of this letter, Fred Christian, is probably an original descendant of Fletcher
Fred Aman Interview
No full textFred Aman served as Dean of the Indiana University School of Law from 1991-2002. He’s an internationally known scholar and lecturer, and the author of numerous books and articles. But the Fred Aman you’ll meet in this interview is also a man of music – someone who just loves a good drum solo! Steve Sanders serves as host for this hour of Profiles.
An episode of the radio program, Profiles, recording in February 2002 in the studios of WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana
The role for rapid molecular diagnostic tests for infectious diseases in precision medicine
No full textIntroduction: In an era of increasing antimicrobial resistance among both bacterial and fungal pathogens, the ability to identify infectious microorganisms directly in clinical specimens to guide effective antimicrobial therapy early in the course of disease has become paramount. Molecular diagnostic tests that can detect pathogens in multiple specimen types including blood, sputum, stool, urine or cerebrospinal fluid, can decrease the time to diagnosis often to less than 1 hour and improve both antimicrobial use and associated infection prevention measures. Although molecular tests typically demonstrate high degrees of sensitivity and specificity, their cost and the lack of outcome studies showing their positive impact on patient management can be impediments to uptake in laboratories. Areas covered: Diagnostic tests used to identify a broad range of infectious agents causing respiratory tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, sepsis, as well as tests for biomarkers indicative of infection are reviewed. Data are based on a search of the literature using PubMed. Expert commentary: Rapid molecular diagnostic methods are the standard of care for many sexually transmitted diseases and are used increasingly to identify agents of sepsis. Host response markers to identify the presence of infection and differentiate between bacterial and viral agents will be the next major wave of diagnostic tools. Barriers to implementation of molecular diagnostic tests include siloed hospital budgets and the reluctance of many physicians to switch to rapid technologies that, while often superior to traditional microbiological methods in sensitivity and specificity, have little published outcome data to support their use
Using Molecular Diagnostics to Develop Therapeutic Strategies for Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Infections
No full textInfections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms have become a global threat. Such infections can be very difficult to treat, especially when they are caused by carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO). Since infections caused by CPO tend to have worse outcomes than non-CPO infections, it is important to identify the type of carbapenemase present in the isolate or at least the Ambler Class (i.e., A, B, or D), to optimize therapy. Many of the newer beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations are not active against organisms carrying Class B metallo-enzymes, so differentiating organisms with Class A or D carbapenemases from those with Class B enzymes rapidly is critical. Using molecular tests to detect and differentiate carbapenem-resistance genes (CRG) in bacterial isolates provides fast and actionable results, but utilization of these tests globally appears to be low. Detecting CRG directly in positive blood culture bottles or in syndromic panels coupled with bacterial identification are helpful when results are positive, however, even negative results can provide guidance for anti-infective therapy for key organism-drug combinations when linked to local epidemiology. This perspective will focus on the reluctance of laboratories to use molecular tests as aids to developing therapeutic strategies for infections caused by carbapenem-resistant organisms and how to overcome that reluctance
On the fundamental solutions-based inversion of Laplace matrices
No full textThe discretisation of the Laplacian results into the well-known Laplace matrix. In the case of a one dimensional problem, an explicit formula for its inverse is derived on the basis of fundamental solutions (Green's functions) for general boundary conditions. For a linear reaction-diffusion equation, approximations of the inverse are given. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Lease No. A terms, between Carson Estate Company and Fred. M. Kuwahara, 1949-1950
No full textReference sheet describing lease agreement terms between Carson Estate Company and Fred M. Kuwahara. Lease on "Carpenter property." See Item 1942-C for related lease
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