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Ken Friedenreich Interview
No full textThis interview is an oral history conducted by Linfield College student Camille Weber with Ken Friedenreich. The interview took place at the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College on October 16, 2015.
Ken Friedenreich is an author who has written about Oregon wine and its history. The interview includes how he got interested in wine, what it\u27s like to write about wine for a living, the effects that prohibition had on Oregon, and advice for people new to wine
Event Invitation: An Evening with Dr. Ken Robinson
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Guest speaker, Dr. Ken Robinson, author of “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, ” will speak on the importance of arts, the development of creativity, education, and the economy. And, introducing the inaugural DaVinci Scholars Awards program
Oral history interview with Ken Hada
No full textKen Hada, author and professor, talks about his upbringing as a minister's son and shares how he became interested in writing and in poetry. He recalls submitting his first two poems for publication and having them accepted. Hada explains his creative process, the challenge of self-identifying as a writer, and co-founding the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, Oklahoma. He also discusses a few of his projects, including writing vignettes to go along with his brother's paintings of the Arkansas River and his book Bring an Extry Mule.The Deep Roots: Oklahoma Authors Collection is a series of interviews with authors who discuss their lives, work, and creative processes
Ken Knight
No full textPhotograph - Ken Knight at Nancy Appleby's home, Christmas 1986. Athabasca, Albert
PEN as self-vetoing structural Material
No full textPolyethylene Naphtalate (PEN) is a mechanically very favorable polymer. Earlier it was found that thin foils made from PEN can have very high radio-purity compared to other commercially available foils. In fact, PEN is already in use for low background signal transmission applications (cables). Recently it has been realized that PEN also has favorable scintillating properties. In combination, this makes PEN a very promising candidate as a self-vetoing structural material in low background experiments. Components instrumented with light detectors could be built from PEN. This includes detector holders, detector containments, signal transmission links, etc. The
current R&D towards qualification of PEN as a self-vetoing low background structural material is be presented
Career Spotlight: Ken Abdo, Esq.
Full text linkAn interview with Ken Abdo. He is a partner at the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP. Spanning forty years, he has extensive experience serving as legal counsel to artists, creators, and businesses in the music and entertainment industries. He is a prolific author and lecturer on music and entertainment law matters. Harnessing his earlier years of experience as a musician, entertainer, and adjunct professor of entertainment law, Ken’s career has been a storied ride working with developing, established, legacy, and estates of music artists. He now represents both buyers and sellers of music artist recording and publishing catalogs. His commitment to advocacy has vaulted him to national and international leadership positions with The Recording Academy, the American Bar Association, The International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, and other organizations
Interview with "The Sun and the Shadow" author, Ken Kelzer
No full textKen Kelzer is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Novato, California. He is the author of the recently released autobiographical book The Sun and the Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreamingpublished by A.R.E. Press and available from Lucidity Association
Clinical Investigation of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection in Pediatrics
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a major cause of pediatric community\u2010acquired pneumonia (CAP), accounting for approximately 15% of all CAP cases. Treatment with macrolide antibiotics is recommended. However, diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection based on clinical symptoms is difficult. Diagnostic uncertainty can lead to the prescription of inappropriate antibiotics, which may worsen patients\ue2 clinical prognosis, increase their antibiotic resistance, and generate medical waste.
Any information that can contribute to achieving an effective diagnosis is extremely valuable. Thus, this study investigates the clinical features and laboratory and radiographic findings of patients with lower respiratory tract infections to facilitate diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection.
Design
A retrospective review of medical records was conducted to obtain patient data, including their sex, age, and duration of hospitalization (Appendix 3). All lower respiratory tract infection patients admitted to the pediatric ward at the Zuoying branch of the Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital (a local teaching hospital) between January 2009 and August 2012 were included in this study. Patients who were over 18 years of age, diagnosed with critical illnesses, discharged against medical advice, or had a hospitalization duration of less than 24 hours were excluded. The remaining patients were divided into two groups according to whether their indirect hemagglutination test (IHT) results showed values below or above 1:320.
Data were analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) software for Windows, version 19.0. A p value of < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results
The total number of cases examined was 283. Of these, 67 had titer values equal to or greater than 1:320 (infection group), and 216 had values below 1:320 (non-infection group).
The patients\ue2 mean age and average hospitalization duration for the infection group were 5.87 + 2.88 years and 4.13 + 2.04 days, and 5.13 + 2.86 years and 4.20 + 1.86 days for the non-infection group. Between the 2 groups, 3 variables achieved statistical significance (p < 0.05), namely, chest X-ray film patches (p = 0.000), eosinophil percentage (p = 0.009), and platelet count (p = 0.039).
Conclusion
The results for patients\ue2 eosinophil percentage and platelet count in routine blood tests showed statistical significance for M. pneumoniae infection. Furthermore, the results could be obtained more rapidly using routine blood tests compared to IHT, specifically, less than 1 hour versus at least 3 hours. In addition, the performance of IHT is not suitable for emergency purposes. Physicians can use the eosinophil percentage identified in routine blood tests to rapidly and adequately diagnose patients with lower respiratory tract infections in not only outpatient and inpatient departments, but also in emergency departments. Consequently, more appropriate antibiotics can be administered, thereby reducing medical waste
Ward, Ken. (Mrs Kitchen's Cats: Ken Ward's World) // Review
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