296 research outputs found
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211069994 - A Communication Skills Training Workshop to Improve ICU Team Relational Coordination about Goals of Care: A Pilot Study
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211069994 for A Communication Skills Training Workshop to Improve ICU Team Relational Coordination about Goals of Care: A Pilot Study by Lyle Fettig, Qing Tang, Erin Newton, Rafael Rosario, and Alexia M. Torke in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®</p
Supplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211042860 - Spiritual Care Assessment and Intervention (SCAI) for Adult Outpatients With Advanced Cancer and Caregivers: A Pilot Trial to Assess Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects
No full textSupplemental Material, sj-pdf-1-ajh-10.1177_10499091211042860 for Spiritual Care Assessment and Intervention (SCAI) for Adult Outpatients With Advanced Cancer and Caregivers: A Pilot Trial to Assess Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects by Shelley E. Varner Perez, Saneta Maiko, Emily S. Burke, James E. Slaven, Shelley A. Johns, Olivia J. Smith, Paul R. Helft, Kathryn Kozinski and Alexia M. Torke in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®</p
Alexia: Antigone Kefala's overdue fairytale
No full textThe aim of this paper is to examine the way in which Antigone Kefala constructs her story to become an author. She narrates her experience in her book Alexia (Antigone Kefala"s persona) in a fairytale manner. In the book we learn that Alexia spent some of the most important years of her young life in New Zealand, as a migrant. The most important part of this experience is based on her difficulty to come to terms with, and learn, a new language (English). What begins by being a traumatic experience for Alexia, later evolves into a creative force that guides her decision to become an author. In that way the English language becomes the most powerful, the most creative and the most productive tool in her life.
In order to challenge Alexia's process of becoming an author, her experience is compared to that of two famous French authors, Aragon and Sartre, who also decided to become authors in their childhood years. There was an obvious parallel between the French authors’ experiences through their first language, which corresponded in an astonishing way to Alexia's. Therefore, no matter whether one wishes to express oneself in one’s mother tongue or a foreign language, the process of becoming an author is always to consider a language as an unknown field of strange sounds, musicality and scattered grains of meanings
Supplemental Material, CONSORT_extension_for_Pilot_and_Feasibility_Trials_Checklist_-_PVS - Mindfulness Training Supports Quality of Life and Advance Care Planning in Adults With Metastatic Cancer and Their Caregivers: Results of a Pilot Study
No full textSupplemental Material, CONSORT_extension_for_Pilot_and_Feasibility_Trials_Checklist_-_PVS for Mindfulness Training Supports Quality of Life and Advance Care Planning in Adults With Metastatic Cancer and Their Caregivers: Results of a Pilot Study by Shelley A. Johns, Kathleen Beck-Coon, Patrick V. Stutz, Tasneem L. Talib, Kelly Chinh, Ann H. Cottingham, Karen Schmidt, Cleveland Shields, Madison E. Stout, Timothy E. Stump, Patrick O. Monahan, Alexia M. Torke and Paul R. Helft in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®</p
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus manifesting as pure alexia (alexia without agraphia)
No full textPure alexia is a rare disorder usually caused by an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. We describe a case of pure alexia due to nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). This 57-year-old man presented in a hyperosmolar, nonketotic state with fluctuations in mental status and an inability to read. His EEG was diagnostic of NCSE originating from the left temporo-occipital region. MRI of the brain revealed increased FLAIR signal over the left occipitotemporal region. Following initiation of antiepileptic treatment, his neurological examination normalized concomitantly with resolution of the NCSE. A follow-up MRI scan of the brain obtained 1 month later was normal. NCSE can have unusual clinical manifestations, and a high index of suspicion is necessary to correctly diagnose these patients. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Bauer G, 2006, EPILEPSY BEHAV, V8, P666, DOI 10.1016-j.yebeh.2006.01.002; Bhatoe HS, 2002, NEUROL INDIA, V50, P226; BINDER JR, 1992, BRAIN, V115, P1807, DOI 10.1093-brain-115.6.1807; Cohen L, 2003, CEREB CORTEX, V13, P1313, DOI 10.1093-cercor-bhg079; Dogulu CF, 1996, J NEUROL NEUROSUR PS, V61, P528, DOI 10.1136-jnnp.61.5.528; ERDEM S, 1995, J NEURO-OPHTHALMOL, V15, P102; Estanol B, 1999, REV NEUROLOGIA, V28, P243; HENRY TR, 1994, EPILEPSIA, V35, P35, DOI 10.1111-j.1528-1157.1994.tb02909.x; Kavuk I, 2005, EUR J MED RES, V10, P243; KOSNIK E, 1976, NEUROLOGY, V26, P248; Leff AP, 2006, J NEUROL NEUROSUR PS, V77, P1004, DOI 10.1136-jnnp.2005.086983; Leff AP, 2001, BRAIN, V124, P510, DOI 10.1093-brain-124.3.510; LUSCHER C, 1992, EUR NEUROL, V32, P26, DOI 10.1159-000116783; Sabet HY, 2004, AM J NEURORADIOL, V25, P419; Stahlman G C, 1988, J Tenn Med Assoc, V81, P77; TURGMAN J, 1979, ANN NEUROL, V6, P265, DOI 10.1002-ana.41006031666
Craftsmen and Society: the Lysippean Kairos
No full textThe debate on the social status of the craftsman in the ancient world involved various generations of
scholars.
In classical Greece the word “art” in its aesthetic significance, as is known, does not exist and it does
not exist a term used to indicate the “artist” as an expression of the creative process. Two sets of constraints
hampered full recognition of “téchne” as a craft activity: the one, ontological and epistemological, and the other
practical ethical and socio-political.
The conceptualization of beauty with its intrinsic ethical stance, not exclusively referred to téchnai,
does not have the qualities to substantiate téchnai themself systematically and become a specific category at the
same time.
This premise is necessary to reconsiderate the aesthetic and historical content of the Lysippean Kairos.
The bronze graphic reconstruction shows the child on tiptoe on the ball, with broad wings back and a small
pairs at the ankles. He grabs with his right hand a razor which support the balance, and touches a left dish with
the index finger. Long hair descends on the forehead, leaving bare occiput and nape.
The subject has been studied extensively, but going deep in the cultural evidence some ambiguities
emerge and stimulate us to reevaluate the matter. A way forward to clarify the intent of the author and
therefore the archetypal image of the work seems to consider different reading levels, both the symbolic valu
Comparing Engagement in Advance Care Planning Between Stages of Heart Failure
No full textIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Heart failure is a terminal disease with an unpredictable trajectory. Family
members of patients with heart failure are often called upon to make decisions about
treatment and end of life care, sometimes with little guidance as to the patients’ wishes.
Advance care planning (ACP) is an ongoing process by which patients make decisions
about their future healthcare. Only about one-third of patients with heart failure have
participated in ACP, which is a similar percentage to the overall population. Despite
increased focus on ACP and interventions to improve it, the rates of ACP in the
population remain relatively unchanged. There is a need to develop interventions that are
targeted based on patient engagement in the process rather than the existing broad-based
interventions.
The purpose of this dissertation study is to examine the relationship between the
American Heart Association stage of heart failure and readiness to engage in advance
care planning. The study consisted of mailed surveys that consisted of demographic
questionnaires and the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey. Engagement was
analyzed in relation to heart failure stage, heart failure class, comorbidities, perception of
health status, recent hospitalizations, making healthcare decisions for others, and
demographic variables. The results demonstrated that although there was no significant
association between heart failure stage or class and engagement in advance care planning,
there were significant associations between medical comorbidities and advance care
planning engagement. Other significantly associated participant characteristics included age, gender, education, ethnicity, and income. Findings suggest that people with multiple
comorbid conditions will be more likely to be ready to engage in ACP than those with
fewer health conditions. The results from this study will contribute to the development of
strategies to improve advance care planning that are targeted based on engagement level
Comments on Alexia Yates’ Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital
No full textThis comment is part of a roundtable on Alexia Yates’ book, Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital (Harvard University Press, 2015). In it, the author summarizes Yates’ argument, discusses her source base, and explains why historians whose interests lie beyond 19th century France should read the book.Ce commentaire fait partie de la table ronde portant sur le livre d’Alexia Yates, Selling Paris: Property and Commercial Culture in the Fin-de-siècle Capital (Harvard University Press, 2015). L’auteur y résume le propos de Yates, discute de ses sources et explique pourquoi les historiens qui s’intéressent au XIXe siècle français devraient lire ce livre
The Influence of the Number of Toys in the Environment on Play in Toddlers
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
The effect of the quantity of toys on toddlers’ play was studied by comparing play with four and 16 toys present. Quality of play was better with fewer toys present. Fewer toys is a recommendation occupational therapists can make to parents and teachers of young children.
Primary Author and Speaker: Alexia Metz
Additional Authors and Speakers: Michelle Imwalle, Carly Dauch, Brooke Wheeler</jats:p
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