281 research outputs found
The effectiveness of prolotherapy in treating knee osteoarthritis in adults: a systematic review
No full textOsteoarthritis (OA) often leads to symptoms such as pain, stiffness and decreased function. OA is treated with a wide range of modalities, both conservatively and surgically. Prolotherapy has been used to treat various musculoskeletal problems and has shown some promise
Table 1 for Multidisciplinary Care of Epidermolysis Bullosa during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Consensus: Recommendations by an International Panel of Experts
No full textA questionnaire was drafted by DM into a table of suggested modifications to the management of EB during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifty seven well-known experts on EB were selected based on membership of the international Clin-et group and/or clinical expertise in EB demonstrated at International EB Congress participation. Responses and reasons for each response were requested individually to the lead author based on an ideal scenario, rather than what actually may happen in some centers with financial constraints. A priori, consensus was considered to be the agreement of more than 70% of respondents with the suggestion. Questionnaires were returned by 44 of the 57 EB experts, representing several areas of clinical expertise in EB (dermatology, pediatrics, internal medicine and surgery) from 5 continents. After addition and revision of some items and 3 cycles of revoting, consensus was achieved for all items, which are summarized in this Table. The full details are published in the JAAD -doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.06.102
Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
No full textPrepared for the Handbook Of New Institutional Economics, this chapter focuses on how the NIE has been used to understand transition and how the experience of transition can help inform the NIE. It first shows that the NIE, as an analytical tool, hardly played any role at all in early transition, but that strategies of transition might have been very different had they embodied the lessons of the NIE. Institutional lacunae are now presumed to underlie the deep recessions in the first post-communist years. Subsequently, however, institutional construction has been quick. This chapter presents evidence on the speed of construction and on variations across different types of institutions. It also examines the reactions of firms to the new institutions. Firm adjustment is slower than institutional construction. The contrast between law's use in transactions and problems in corporate governance suggests that complementarities between institutions are important and that new institutions cannot quickly negate the effects of past privatization policies. These conclusions reverberate with the process of Chinese reforms, which relied on transitional institutions and which had characteristics that would seem familiar to a practitioner of the NIE. The chapter concludes by emphasizing the lessons from transition for the NIE. The destruction of even very poor institutions can be costly. Institutional construction can proceed very quickly when there is consensus on change and the process of institutional development is supply driven. At the same time, increases in national income can lag institutional development, if firms are slow to react, which will especially be the case if the new institutions are far removed from existing ones, as is likely when changes are supply driven.At present, there is no generally accepted accounting of the institutional strengths and weaknesses of the transition economies. The first goal of the paper is to fill this gap by assessing current levels of institutional development. The second is to examine which types of institutional mechanisms make relatively strong contributions. Extensive empirical evidence shows that institutional quality in transition countries is roughly as expected given per capita incomes. Institutions are improving continuously. Given prevailing assumptions that the institutional situation is dismal, the developments giving rise to this surprising finding must be investigated more fully. This investigation begins by cataloging the mechanisms that could have improved institutional indexes. Then, evidence is examined on the relative strengths of each of these mechanisms. Formal institutions have contributed more than informal ones. The largest contributions have come from formal institutions separate from the state administrative structure. Political institutions, legal systems, and independent governmental agencies have been important.Institutions, transition, enterprises, firm boundaries, legal systems, transactional governance, corporate governance, China
Ownership Concentration and Performance in Ukraine's Privatized Enterprises
No full textThis article investigates empirically the relationship between ownership concentration and performance in 376 partially and fully privatized Ukrainian enterprises. It finds that ownership concentration is positively associated with enterprise performance in Ukraine. The article also finds that concentration of ownership by foreign companies and banks is associated with better performance than ownership concentrated by the domestic owners. Ownership by Ukrainian investment funds and holding companies does not have a positive effect on performance. The article documents that, in contrast to predictions by many observers of early transition, privatization methods determined the long-term ownership structure of privatized firms. Copyright 2003, International Monetary Fund
Ernest W. Bailey Collection Finding Aid
No full textFinding aid for a collection. Collection description: Newspaper material regarding the Bailey and Stewart families of Henderson County, Tenn. The Dec. 26, 1952, copy of the Lexington Progress includes reprints from letters and writings nearly a century old--antebellum and Civil War era--that were discovered at the farm house of Robert Bailey. Also included are undated newspaper clippings of obituaries of Parthena D. Bailey, Robert T. Bailey, William Murrell Bailey and Rebecca Stephens Stewart
Life-threatening hemorrhage from enterotomies and anastomoses in 7 horses
No full textOBJECTIVE: To report our experience with horses that presumptively had severe intraluminal hemorrhage from enterotomy or anastomosis. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical study. ANIMALS: Six adult horses and 1 adult donkey. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted at the University of Illinois (April 1994 to December 2001) to determine the clinical course and outcome of horses with melena and/or anemia and evidence of life-threatening hemorrhage from intestinal incisions. Medical records of all horses that had colic surgery were reviewed to determine the proportion of horses with this complication. In addition, horses that fit the same criteria identified in 3 other veterinary clinics were included. RESULTS: Three horses (1.3%) of those that had enterotomy or anastomosis at the University of Illinois and 4 horses from other clinics had complications presumptively related to severe hemorrhage from these intestinal procedures. Melena became evident within 72 hours of surgery and lasted 12 to 96 hours. Six horses had an acute and severe drop in packed cell volume (PCV), increased heart rates, and other signs of acute hemorrhage, and 1 horse had signs of colic postoperatively. Horses were administered intravenous formalin (3 horses) and whole blood transfusions (4 horses). Repeat celiotomy was performed on 2 horses. In 1 of these horses, a bleeding artery was ligated in the edge of the original enterotomy, and, in the other, a 25-cm-diameter intraluminal blood clot was found occluding the pelvic flexure. A horse that had jejunocolostomy for cecal impaction was not treated for hemorrhagic shock but was euthanatized and necropsied. Necropsy revealed blood-filled bowel from the jejunocolostomy to the anus. One of the remaining 6 horses died of enterocolitis and 5 survived to discharge. CONCLUSIONS: Hemorrhage from incisional edges, particularly in the large intestine, should be considered a rare but possibly fatal complication of enterotomy or anastomosis in horses. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: To prevent fatal hemorrhage from incisional edges during enterotomy or anastomosis, large vessels should be ligated at the original surgery, and hemostatic effects of different closure techniques should be considered. No intraoperative or postoperative findings were useful to predict this complication, and response to supportive medical therapy was favorable
Effects of irradiance on benthic and water column processes in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: Pensacola Bay, Florida, USA
No full textWe examined the effect of light on water column and benthic fluxes in the Pensacola Bay estuary, a riverdominated system in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Measurements were made during the summers of 2003 and 2004 on 16 dates distributed along depth and salinity gradients. Dissolved oxygen fluxes were measured on replicate sediment and water column samples exposed to a gradient of photosynthetically active radiation. Sediment inorganic nutrient (NH₄⁺, NO₃⁻, PO₄⁻³) fluxes were measured. The response of dissolved oxygen fluxes to variation in light was fit to a photosynthesis–irradiance model and the parameter estimates were used to calculate daily integrated production in the water column and the benthos. The results suggest that shoal environments supported substantial benthic productivity, averaging 13.6 ± 4.7 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, whereas channel environments supported low benthic productivity, averaging 0.5 ± 0.3 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹ (±SE). Estimates of baywide microphytobenthic productivity ranged from 8.1 to 16.5 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, comprising about 16–32% of total system productivity. Benthic and water column dark respiration averaged 15.2 ± 3.2 and 33.6 ± 3.7 mmol O₂ m⁻² d⁻¹, respectively. Inorganic nutrient fluxes were generally low compared to relevant estuarine literature values, and responded minimally to light exposure. Across all stations, nutrient fluxes from sediments to the water column averaged 1.11 ± 0.98 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for NH₄⁺, 0.58 ± 1.08 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for NO₃⁻, 0.01 ± 0.09 mmol m⁻² d⁻¹ for PO₄⁻³. The results of this study illustrate how light reaching the sediments is an important modulator of benthic nutrient and oxygen dynamics in shallow estuarine systems.Journal ArticleFinal article publishe
Class of 1964, Indiana University School of Law
No full textPictured: John E. Allen, Lowell E. Baier, Bernard R. Baker, Robert L. Biberstein, Joe D. Black, John R. Brown III, George G. Bryan, Gregory D. Buckley, Craig B. Cambell, Ralph A. Cohen, Timothy J. Cannor, Thomas A. Cayne, Alan R. Diodore, Ronald L. Drake, William C. Ervin, John M. Frost, Gayle W. Gardner, John P. Geberin, Dallas M. Gray, John R. Hoffman, Kernard L. Johnson, Keith A. Kaulke, Edward C. King, Pickard G. Lesniak, Robert D. Lewis, Ellis K. Locker, Gerald H. McGlone, Mark A. McIntosh, Lee F. Mellinger, Phillip M. Mitchell, Daniel B. Mohler, Laurence R. Murrell, James J. Nagy, J. Peter O\u27Malley, Robert E. Peterson, David D. Phoenix, Ray S. Plain, Mildred L. Richle, Joseph A. Ransel Jr., Gene E. Robbins, Kim A. Rogers, James S. Rollings, Marshall D. Ruckman, Charles Rusen Jr., Frederick A. Salatini, Patricia J. Searcy, Jack R. Shields, Dennis F. Smith, Sydney L. Steele, Kenneth A. Sullivan, William D. Swift, Robert P. Tennin Jr., Larry K. Wallace, Kenneth M. Waterman, Richard S. Young, and Charles O. Zimmerhttps://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/composite/1011/thumbnail.jp
Class of 1964, Indiana University School of Law
No full textPictured: John E. Allen, Lowell E. Baier, Bernard R. Baker, Robert L. Biberstein, Joe D. Black, John R. Brown III, George G. Bryan, Gregory D. Buckley, Craig B. Cambell, Ralph A. Cohen, Timothy J. Cannor, Thomas A. Cayne, Alan R. Diodore, Ronald L. Drake, William C. Ervin, John M. Frost, Gayle W. Gardner, John P. Geberin, Dallas M. Gray, John R. Hoffman, Kernard L. Johnson, Keith A. Kaulke, Edward C. King, Pickard G. Lesniak, Robert D. Lewis, Ellis K. Locker, Gerald H. McGlone, Mark A. McIntosh, Lee F. Mellinger, Phillip M. Mitchell, Daniel B. Mohler, Laurence R. Murrell, James J. Nagy, J. Peter O\u27Malley, Robert E. Peterson, David D. Phoenix, Ray S. Plain, Mildred L. Richle, Joseph A. Ransel Jr., Gene E. Robbins, Kim A. Rogers, James S. Rollings, Marshall D. Ruckman, Charles Rusen Jr., Frederick A. Salatini, Patricia J. Searcy, Jack R. Shields, Dennis F. Smith, Sydney L. Steele, Kenneth A. Sullivan, William D. Swift, Robert P. Tennin Jr., Larry K. Wallace, Kenneth M. Waterman, Richard S. Young, and Charles O. Zimmerhttps://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/composite/1011/thumbnail.jp
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