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Introduction To Ambiguity In Culture And Literature, Paolo Bartoloni, Anthony Stephens

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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Atg Interviews Jud Dunham, Senior Product Manager Science And Technology, Elsevier, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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A Description Of Data Citation Instructions In Style Guides, Mark P. Newton, Hailey Mooney, Michael Witt

Libraries Research Publications

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Call For Articles

Sci-Tech News

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Engineering Division, Andrea Davis

Sci-Tech News

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Division Officers And Boards

Sci-Tech News

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Aerospace Section, Hema Ramachandran

Sci-Tech News

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Web Reviews: Nsf Data Management Plan: A Primer, Lisa Johnston

Sci-Tech News

Breaking away from the usual format, this month I’ve decided to focus on a hot topic that should be on the minds of anyone who deals with science and technology researchers and organizations: the National Science Foundation (NSF) Data Management Plan (DMP). This new requirement will open the door to many new conversations with our users about how they manage their data and what we, as library and information professionals, can do to help preserve and disseminate their research data for future generations of researchers. You may use this column as a guide to getting started on developing your own …

Full Issue: Vol. 64, No. 4

Sci-Tech News

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Science-Technology Division

Sci-Tech News

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Sci-Tech Book News Reviews, Susan Fingerman

Sci-Tech News

This section consists of 100 book reviews selected from Sci-Tech Book News, reprinted with the permission of Book News, Inc.

Behind The Technology: Ct Perfusion In The Setting Of Acute Stroke Management, Benjamin Zussman, Adam Flanders, Robert H. Rosenwasser Md, Pascal Jabbour Md

JHN Journal

Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) is an imaging modality that generates parametric maps of cerebral hemodynamics which are useful in the assessment of suspected acute ischemic stoke. However, the technology underlying CTP is complex and serious controversy surrounds the safety of CTP tests and the reproducibility and validity of CTP results. This report briefly outlines the history of CTP, its current clinical applications for stroke management, the main controversies surrounding CTP, and future directions for this technology.

Dural Arteriovenous Malformations: A Review Of The Literature And A Presentation Of The Jhn Series, Ed Marchan, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, Robert H. Rosenwasser Md, L. Fernando Gonzalez, Ciro Randazzo Md, Pascal Jabbour Md

JHN Journal

Dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs), also known as dural arteriovenous fistulas, are arteriovenous shunts from a dural arterial supply to a dural venous channel, typically supplied by pachymeningeal arteries and located near a major venous sinus.1 The etiology of these lesions is not fully understood. DAVMs in the pediatric population are associated with structural venous abnormalities ,2 but the majority of DAVMs are thought to be acquired. Different etiologies have been implicated in this phenomenon, namely: sinus thrombosis, trauma or surgery.2–6

Lymphocytic Hypophysitis, Saurabh Singhal, Harminder Singh Md, Kevin Furlong, Lawrence C. Kenyon, James J. Evans

JHN Journal

A 59 year-old female presented with visual problems in 2006, and was initially diagnosed with a pituitary macroadenoma on MRI (Figure 1). Preoperatively, the pituitary lesion decreased in size after the patient was started on steroids, raising the possibility of lymphoma and inflammatory conditions. Ultimately, endoscopic trans-nasal biopsy of the pituitary lesion revealed lymphocytic hypophysitis. She was treated with steroids for two years and developed several side effects from chronic steroid use, including Cushingoid features, diabetes, cataracts, weight-gain and osteopenia. As a result, she was subsequently treated with methotrexate and gradual weaning of the steroids.

Surgical Site Infection: A Review, Olatilewa Awe, James Harrop

JHN Journal

Infection of the spine may occur spontaneously, by direct hematogenous or contiguous spread from an area of infection, or secondarily to an inciting event such as trauma or spine operation. The overall rate of spine surgery has increased steadily over the last decade. Medicare spending on inpatient spine surgery has doubled over the same period with lumbar fusion representing the greatest percentage of spending.1 Surgical site infection (SSI) after spinal surgery is not uncommon, leading to increased morbidity and mortality. The incidence of surgical site infection after spine surgery varies and depends on several factors including immune status of patient, …

Fever And Infection In The Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Craig Laws, Jack Jallo

JHN Journal

Fever is an adaptive response to a variety of infectious, inflammatory, and foreign stimuli. The “febrile response” confers an immunological advantage to the host over invading microorganisms – bacterial, fungal and viral. Fever results from a cytokine-mediated reaction that results in the generation of acute phase reactants and controlled elevation of core body temperature. The anterior hypothalamus coordinates the “febrile response” in reaction to the release of endogenous pyrogenes and subsequent up-regulation of prostaglandin synthesis. An ensuing change in the hypothalamic set point for temperature regulation advances a synchronized physiologic response from CNS to periphery, on a microscopic and macroscopic …

Is The Quality Of Neurosurgical Literature Improving?, James Harrop, Md, Mitchell Maltenfort, Phd

JHN Journal

Introduction:

The advent of evidence-based medicine has resulted in higher quality journal manuscripts in numerous medical disciplines. However, the impact in the neurosurgical literature has not been reported.

Objective:

To quantify the impact of evidence-based medicine on the quality of articles published in the Neurosurgery literature.

Methods:

Articles published in the journal Neurosurgery (founded in 1977) were reviewed for 1978, 1988, 1998, and 2008. Each decade’s sample was classified as therapeutic, diagnostic and prognostic based on a published system for determining level of evidence.

Results:

438 articles were reviewed. Articles not considered included any published under the heading “Case Report” …

Generalized Quantifiers In Distributed Databases., Michael Dobbs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Optimizing queries in a distributed database is quite difficult. This work proposes defining new generalized quantifiers which operate on sets rather than tuples. These quantifiers would allow for easier optimization in a horizontally distributed database. These operators are scalable with respect to both the number of hosts in the environment and the size of the data used.

Treatment Of Severe Aortic Stenosis : Experimental Design, Testing, And Analysis Of An Aortic Valve Bypass Apical Cannula., Joel Douglas Graham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Aortic Valve Bypass surgery has found renewed interest to researchers due to its application in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. This therapy consists of construction of a conduit containing a bioprosthetic or mechanical valve from the apex of the left ventricle to the descending thoracic aorta. Blood is ejected from the left ventricle via both the native stenotic aortic valve and the conduit. This thesis proposes a design for one of the least developed components of this system, the cannula component that sits inside the left ventricle and allows for flow of blood from the left ventricle and into …

Implementation Of A Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard System., Kristopher L. Kumler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Many dedicated-use computer systems sold as complete products require a turn-key design delivered to the customer. This requires a system which is stable, secure, and serviceable. Adaptability of the system to existing software applications is a key consideration for many vendors. This thesis attempts to establish and gather best practices for designing, configuring, and building a Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009 system. An existing real-world system will be used as a case study and example implementation. The end result will be a relatively compact, secure, and efficient Microsoft Windows Operating System image to support the target software application.

Dynamic Probe Positioning Within Peer-To-Peer Networks For Mining Contraband File Exchanges., Derek Reese

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Peer-to-peer networks have been growing in popularity over the past decade. There have been many new innovations that greatly improve access to a wide variety of content. This expanded capability combined with a strong sense of anonymity has given rise to increased proliferation of illicit content. In particular the increase in child pornography has been a growing concern in the United States and other countries. Thus law enforcement is motivated to find improved means for finding those sharing this material online. Due to the dynamic and expansive nature of peer-to-peer networks, there is a need to develop methods that allow …

The Phenomenology Of The Bachelor Of Science In Hvac Engineering Technology From Ferris State University, Michael Feutz

Dissertations

Career and Technical Education (CTE) has evolved from industry-specific training to a more broad-based education that incorporates core academic learning objectives and prepares the student for work (Rothwell & Gerity, 2008; Uloa, 2006; Reese, 2002; Rojewski, 2002; Stone, 2002; Schmidli, 2001). Little is known about how well individual programs align with the industry for which graduates are prepared, (Zinser, 2003) or what CTE has meant to its graduates.

This research focused on graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineering Technology (HVAC-ET) at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. A phenomenological design was used …

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Against the Grain

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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At Brunning: People And Technology-At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews Moshe Pritsker, Ceo And Co-Founder, Jove, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Papa Abel Remembers-The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Fasicle 12: What's Your Role? Executive Or Staff?, Richard Abel

Against the Grain

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Library Perspective, Vendor Response, Robin Champieux, Steven Carrico

Against the Grain

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Acquisitiong Archaeology-Competing Interest, Jesse Holden

Against the Grain

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Blanchot And Ambiguity, Paolo Bartoloni

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Blanchot and Ambiguity" Paolo Bartoloni investigates the enigmatic and ambiguous turn of the famous Blanchotian statement "existence without Being." The intention of the article is to locate Blanchot's remark in the context of a discussion on history and its possible end, famously initiated by Alexandre Kojève in a lecture on 4 December 1937 at the College of Sociology in Paris; and provide insights into the difference that distinguishes Kojève's reflection on the end of history, Bataille's subsequent interpretation of it, and Blanchot's original conceptualization of a state of being suspended between nature and culture, history and the …