412 research outputs found
Jefferson Medical College Course 1853+4 Lectures on the Principles & Practice of Surgery By Tho.s D. Mutter For Mr. Jos. C. Hathaway (verso)
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Jefferson Medical College Course 1846+7. Lectures on the Principles & Practice of Surgery By Tho.s D. Mutter. For Mr. J.C. Hupp (verso)
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Translating Brecht : versions of "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" for the British stage
No full textThis study analyses five British translations of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'. Two of these translations were written by speakers of German, and three by well-known British playwrights with no knowledge of the source text language. Four have been produced in mainstream British theatres in the past twenty-five years. The study applies translation studies methodology to a textual analysis which focuses on the translation of techniques of linguistic "Verfremdung", as well as linguistic expression of the comedy and of the political dimension in the work. It thus closes the gap in current Brecht research in examining the importance of his idiosyncratic use of language to the translation and reception of his work in the UK. The study assesses the ways in which the translator and director are influenced by Brecht's legacy in the UK and in turn, what image of Brecht they mediate through the production on stage. To this end, the study throws light on the formation of Brecht's problematic reputation in the UK, and it also highlights the social and political circumstances in early twentieth century Germany which prompted Brecht to develop his theory of an epic theatre.
The focus on a linguistic examination allows the translator's contribution to the production process to be isolated. Together with an investigation of the reception of each performance text, this in turn facilitates a more accurate assessment of the translator and director's respective influence in the process of transforming a foreign-language text onto a local stage. The analysis also sheds light on the different approaches taken by speakers of German, and playwrights creating an English version from a literal translation. It pinpoints losses in translation and adaptation, and suggests how future versions may avoid these
Rescue of myeloid lineage-committed preprogenitor cells from cytomegalovirus-infected bone marrow stroma
No full textThe effect of murine cytomegalovirus on myelopoiesis was studied in long-term bone marrow culture to find an in vitro correlate for the lethal virus interference with bone marrow reconstitution (W. Mutter, M. J. Reddehase, F. W. Busch, H.-J. Bühring, and U. H. Koszinowski, J. Exp. Med. 167:1645-1658, 1988). The in vitro generation of granulocyte-monocyte progenitors (CFU-GM) discontinued after infection of the stromal cell layer, whereas the proliferation and differentiation of CFU-GM to granulocyte-monocyte colonies remained unaffected. A protocol was established to probe the functional integrity of earlier hematopoietic cells. Pre-CFU-GM (the progenitors of the CFU-GM) could be recovered from an infected bone marrow donor culture by transfer onto an inductive recipient stromal cell layer. Thus, at least in vitro, infection of bone marrow stroma appears to be the only cause of the defect in myelopoiesis
Jefferson Medical College Course 1844+5 Lectures on the Principles & Practice of Surgery By Tho.s D. Mutter For Mr. F.R. Shunk
No full textSession 1844-1845https://jdc.jefferson.edu/lecturetickets/1456/thumbnail.jp
Piloting the PREVIEW-ED Tool in Fraser Health Authority
No full textIn 2016, Fraser Health (FH) partnered with the Langara School of Nursing and senior nurse consultant, Marilyn El Bestawiand to pilot the PREVIEW-ED© tool.
Two (2) term 8 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students facilitated implementation of the tool with Fraser Health’s first cohort of 176 residents across 4 Fraser Health Care Homes.
Students worked with Care Aides who completed the PREVIEW-ED© tool to prevent transfers to the Emergency Department for: pneumonia, congestive heart failure, urinary tract infections and dehydration.
A noted 71% reduction in Emergency Departments (ED) transfers for tool sensitive conditions.
This is now a best practice for Fraser Health Residential Care Homes
Hypothermia Promotes Survival of Ischemic Retinal Ganglion Cells
No full textPURPOSE. Ischemic stroke in retinal arteries leads to death of neural tissue and ultimately to blindness. The retina is known to die within 4 hours after onset of ischemia. It is debated whether hypothermia might increase the time window for medical treatment and thereby the chance of recovering sight. In order to characterize the time course of cell death during ischemia and potential beneficial effects of hypothermia in more detail, we investigated the survival of ganglion cells in ischemic pig and human retina as a function of time and temperature.METHODS. Eyes were obtained from minipigs and from human donors post mortem. Enucleated minipig eyes were stored for defined durations at three different temperatures (37 degrees C, 21 degrees C, and 4 degrees C). In order to assess the viability of the tissue, we measured ganglion cell activity (spiking) with multielectrode arrays.RESULTS. Minipig retinal ganglion cell function was severely compromised after 2 hours of ischemia at body temperature. After 4 hours, ganglion cells did not fire action potentials anymore. However, at 21 degrees C, ganglion cell activity was maintained under ischemic conditions for up to 12 hours, and for at least 50 hours at 4 degrees C. In postmortem human retina, we recorded ganglion cell activity in retinas received up to 27 hours after death.CONCLUSIONS. Our results demonstrate that hypothermia greatly increases survival of retinal ganglion cells exposed to ischemia. These results might be relevant for the future treatment of retinal ischemia
THE K-THEORY of the <em>C</em><sup>∗</sup>-ALGEBRAS of 2-RANK GRAPHS ASSOCIATED to COMPLETE BIPARTITE GRAPHS
No full text\ua9 The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc.Using a result of Vdovina, we may associate to each complete connected bipartite graph κ a two-dimensional square complex, which we call a tile complex, whose link at each vertex is κ. We regard the tile complex in two different ways, each having a different structure as a 2-rank graph. To each 2-rank graph is associated a universal C∗-algebra, for which we compute the K-theory, thus providing a new infinite collection of 2-rank graph algebras with explicit K-groups. We determine the homology of the tile complexes and give generalisations of the procedures to complexes and systems consisting of polygons with a higher number of sides
A global-to-local model for the representation of human faces
No full textIn the context of face modeling and face recognition, statistical models are
widely used for the representation and modeling of surfaces. Most of these
models are obtained by computing Principal Components Analysis (PCA) on a set
of representative examples. These models represent novel faces poorly due to
their holistic nature (i.e.\ each component has global support), and they
suffer from overfitting when used for generalization from partial information.
In this work, we present a novel analysis method that breaks the objects up
into modes based on spatial frequency. The high-frequency modes are segmented
into regions with respect to specific features of the object. After computing
PCA on these segments individually, a hierarchy of global and local components
gradually decreasing in size of their support is combined into a linear
statistical model, hence the name, Global-to-Local model (G2L). We apply our
methodology to build a novel G2L model of 3D shapes of human heads. Both the
representation and the generalization capabilities of the models are evaluated
and compared in a standardized test, and it is demonstrated that the G2L model
performs better compared to traditional holistic PCA models. Furthermore, both
models are used to reconstruct the 3D shape of faces from a single photograph.
A novel adaptive fitting method is presented that estimates the model parameters
using a multi-resolution approach. The model is first fitted to contours
extracted from the image. In a second stage, the contours are kept fixed and
the remaining flexibility of the model is fitted to the input image. This makes
the method fast (30 sec on a standard PC), efficient, and accurate
"Investment Tax Credit Reconsidered, Business Tax Incentives and Investments "
No full textKarier explores the efficacy of the investment tax credit (ITC) in stimulating private investment spending. He notes that there are three possible channels through which an ITC can act on investment: price, income, and multiplier effects. He finds that ITCs do not appear to have had a significant effect on equipment investment; that the effects of a decline in corporate tax rates (the income effect) were distributed among increased dividends and fewer equity and debt issuances and had little influence on investment; and that capacity utilization and real GDP growth were the only business cycle variables that had a significant effect on equipment investment growth. Based on these findings, Karier concludes that alternatives to tax investment credit programs must be found and pursued. He suggests undertaking a modest program of direct public investment financed by rearranging spending priorities within the budget; a more expansive program could be financed through additional borrowing or through an increase in the corporate income tax.
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