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Henry the fourth, part two
No full textA dramatization of William Shakespeare's play that portrays the colorful panorama of Medieval English life, as the king broods over the uncertain future of his son. Time passes, Henry IV dies, Falstaff is banished and Prince Hal is crowned Henry V.Cast: Barry Stanton, Michael Cronin, Michael Pennington, June Watson, Clyde Pollitt ; the English Shakespeare Company. Cameraman, Simon Fone ; editor, Brian McCue ; music, Terry Mortimer.Recorded live at the Grand Theatre, Swansea
Delayed traumatic subcutaneous emphysema: a case report
No full textAbstract Background Subcutaneous emphysema is a common, usually benign, and self-limiting complication of traumatic chest wall injury. In a minority of thoracic injuries, pneumothoraces can result in extensive subcutaneous emphysema and subsequent airway obstruction if air tracks along tissue planes within the neck. Furthermore, patients may have a delay to presentation following chest-wall injury and can rapidly decline. Hence, we discuss a case of delayed traumatic subcutaneous emphysema resulting in airway compromise, without cardiorespiratory compromise from tension pneumothoraces. Case presentation A white British female in her 70s attended the emergency department 24 h after a fall at home with the complaint of right sided chest pain and shortness of breath. On arrival, the patient appeared well, with no sign of compromise. The patient rapidly deteriorated over the course of the next 30 min. Massive crepitus swelling was identified of her upper and lower limbs, head (including palpebral closure), neck, chest, and abdomen. Vocal changes and early airway obstruction features were identified. Prompt recognition of rapidly progressive subcutaneous emphysema with airway compromise, early rapid-sequence induction, chest-drain insertion, and a multidisciplinary team approach ensured a positive outcome, with discharge home after 12 days in hospital. Conclusion Subcutaneous emphysema itself is rarely life-threatening, though it can infrequently manifest as an obstructive airway emergency. Delayed presentations are possible, and the presence of subcutaneous emphysema indicates severe chest-wall injury. Airway protection and treatment of pneumothoraces are critical interventions for these patients
Moderation in all things: International comparisons of governance quality
No full textsponsorship: The author is from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. At various points the author has drawn on material from two projects he has been involved in over the past few years: EUROPAIR (2000-2004), which looked at performance management in executive agencies in four European countries, and CADS (2006-2008), which examined the development trajectories of performance measurement systems in healthcare in the Netherlands and the UK. Both projects were team efforts and both were supported by grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. For details of EUROPAIR, see Pollitt (2006b). For details of CADS, see Pollitt et al. (2010). The author is also grateful to a number of colleagues for comments on earlier drafts of this paper, including Frank Bannister, Colin Talbot, Wouter van Dooren, Steven van Roosbroek and Steven van de Walle. (UK Economic and Social Research Council)status: Publishe
Women in politics
No full textFarai Chideya, commentator, NPR, and author, The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st Century and Katha Pollitt, Columnist, The Nation and author, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories on the impact of race and gender on the 2008 election
Women in politics
No full textFarai Chideya, commentator, NPR, and author, The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st Century and Katha Pollitt, Columnist, The Nation and author, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories on the impact of race and gender on the 2008 election
Author Correction:Climate–carbon cycle uncertainties and the Paris Agreement
No full textIn the version of this Article originally published, H. Pollit’s name was incorrectly listed as H. E. Pollit (H.E.P.) throughout the paper, this has been corrected to H. Pollitt (H.P.) in the online versions of this Article
Race, gender, and the transformation of American politics
No full textFarai Chideya, Susan Faludi, Katha Pollitt, and Dina Titus discuss \u27Race, Gender, and the Transformation of American Politics.\u27 Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, and online. Her latest book is Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters. She currently hosts NPR\u27s \u27News and Notes.\u27 Faludi is the author of Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man and Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent book, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, examines the post-9/11 outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political life. A regular columnist for The Nation, Pollitt\u27s writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Harper\u27s, Ms., and The New York Times, among other venues. Her volume of personal essays, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories, just appeared in paperback. Titus, the event moderator, has taught American and Nevada government in the Department of Political Science at UNLV for 30 years. She was recently elected to the U.S. Congress as the representative for Nevada\u27s third congressional district
Race, gender, and the transformation of American politics
No full textFarai Chideya, Susan Faludi, Katha Pollitt, and Dina Titus discuss \u27Race, Gender, and the Transformation of American Politics.\u27 Chideya is a multimedia journalist who has worked in print, television, and online. Her latest book is Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters. She currently hosts NPR\u27s \u27News and Notes.\u27 Faludi is the author of Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man and Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent book, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, examines the post-9/11 outpouring in the media, popular culture, and political life. A regular columnist for The Nation, Pollitt\u27s writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Harper\u27s, Ms., and The New York Times, among other venues. Her volume of personal essays, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories, just appeared in paperback. Titus, the event moderator, has taught American and Nevada government in the Department of Political Science at UNLV for 30 years. She was recently elected to the U.S. Congress as the representative for Nevada\u27s third congressional district
Cross-Border Risks of a Global Economy in Mid-Transition
No full textThis paper analyzes the cross-border risks that could result from a decarbonization of the world economy. We develop a typology of cross-border risks and their respective channels. Our qualitative and quantitative scenario analysis suggests that the mid-transition – a period during which fossil-fuel and low-carbon energy systems co-exist and transform at a rapid pace – could have profound stability and resilience implications for global trade and the international financial system
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