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“Royal Cown”: An Interview With Bret Lott

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Interview With Hilary Masters

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“Delivering Lily”: An Interview With Phillip Lopate

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Interview With John T. Price

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Cover To Cover Reviews Of New Books, Victoria Hay, Carlos L. Dews, Ann Collette, Lea Simonds

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Out Of Nothing, Pam Widener

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My Two Wars, Moritz Thomsen

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Son Of Spoon River, Hilary Masters

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Daddy’S Loss, Anne Morgan Gray

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Predictors Of Success In An Online Undergraduate Core Course In Finance

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Because finance is a technically oriented business subject where competence in math and accounting plays a role in student success, we posit that technical knowledge, as proxied by math and accounting pre-tests, may predict success in an online undergraduate finance course. Since little or no lecture support is generally offered while taking an online course, students that struggle with math or accounting may have a greater challenge with the online format for a finance course. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the key determinants of success in an online core course in finance.

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Teaching Students To "Do" Public Choice In An Undergraduate Public Sector Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper discusses one approach to using writing assignments in an undergraduate public economics course to get students actively involved in doing public choice. Our goal is to provide an overview of the course and its writing assignments with an emphasis on how the scaffolding of assignments helps contribute to the development of interesting and publishable ideas in public choice. A course in public economics provides a good opportunity for an instructor to develop student interest in applied public choice.

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Teaching Mathematical Economics Using Public Choice: The Median Voter Model

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

The median voter model (MVM) is a core model in public choice comparable to the demand and supply competitive market model in microeconomics. In this paper I introduce and discuss the mathematical treatment of a simple version of the model. This allows instructors to apply a wide range of concepts commonly introduced in a first undergraduate class in mathematical economics. The approach will help students to understand the interplay of concepts separately introduced during the first phase of the course. Hopefully the method will foster an interest in public choice through the study of one of its most important benchmark …

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Political Failure In The Short- And Long-Run

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This paper reviews the use of public choice throughout my principles of macroeconomic course. I highlight the numerous avenues that public choice can be used to explain macroeconomic policies and their consequences. These include fiscal, monetary, and trade policy and economic growth and development. By emphasizing the self-interested behavior of public officials, public choice can illuminate both shortand long-run macroeconomic outcomes.

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Can Public Choice Theory Help Make Classroom Macroeconomics More Useful?

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Classes in macroeconomics typically present versions of the dynamic aggregate demand/ aggregate supply framework to analyze short term fluctuations and optimal monetary policy responses to economic conditions. In these models an output market equilibrium condition is usually combined with a short run Phillips Curve and a monetary policy reaction function. Output, inflation and real and nominal interest rates are shown to respond to (exogenous) supply and demand shocks and interact with one another over time. These models fail to incorporate the fact that policymakers must be modeled as responding to their incentives given their constraints. Policy isn't usefully modeled as …

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Teaching Public Choice Economics In A Public Finance Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Public choice economics is often considered a sub or a separate field from public finance. Traditional public finance courses focus on public goods, externalities, and the solutions to these issues with an emphasis on expenditure and tax policy, addressing different types of taxation at different levels of government. This paper provides a means of integrating public choice theory into a public finance course to highlight the differences in these fields, but also the complementarity. While traditional textbooks touch on political decision-making and themes of public choice, I will explain how an instructor could incorporate these themes throughout the course.

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Teaching Public Choice At The Master's Level

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This article summarizes the pedagogical approaches I have taken in teaching public choice in a course that enrolls advanced business school undergraduates (majors in economics, mainly) as well as master's students in economics and political science. It starts with a brief overview of the field and then describes the course's content. I reproduce a recent syllabus and two representative homework assignments. Some learning "modules" are suggested and ways of evaluating students' mastery of public choice principles are discussed.

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Using Film Clips To Teach Public Choice Economics: Take Two

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Recent years have seen a trend away from "chalk and talk" toward alternative pedagogical approaches to teaching economics. Media clips, in particular, have been touted as a way to provide students with memorable and exciting exposure to economic concepts. Media clips are especially well-suited for teaching public choice economics because of the plethora of films and television shows depicting government activity. This paper documents how clips from popular movies and series such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "House of Cards" can be used to teach public choice economics.

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Ways Of Teaching Public Choice: Introduction To The Symposium

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

This symposium intends to shed light on distinctively public choice approaches to economic education. This introductory essay provides an overview of this symposium and its contributors. We first provide our rationale and motivation for assembling the special issue. We then describe the papers and their interactions.

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The Association Of Teamwork And Adverse Tracheal Intubation–Associated Events (Tiaes) In Advanced Airway Management In The Pediatric Icu, John F. Jennings, Sholeen Nett, Rachel Umoren, Robert Murray, Aaron Kessel, Natalie Napolitano, Michelle Adu-Darko, Katherine Biagas, Philipp Jung, Debra Spear, Simon Parsons, Ryan Breuer, Keith Meyer, Matthew Malone, Asha Shenoi, Anthony Lee, Palen Mallory, Awni Al-Subu, Keiko Tarquinio, Lily Glater, Megan Toal, Jan Hau Lee, Matthew Pinto, Lee Polikoff, Erin Own, Iris Toedt-Pingel, Mioko Kasagi, Laurence Ducharme-Crevier, Makoto Motomura, Masafumi Gima, Serena Kelly, Josep Panisello, Gabrielle Nuthall, Kelsey Gladen, Justine Shults, Vinay Nadkarni, Akira Nishisaki

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Background: Tracheal intubation in critically ill children is a life-saving, but high-risk procedure that involves multiple team members with diverse clinical skills. We aim to examine the association between the provider-reported teamwork rating and the occurrence of adverse tracheal intubation–associated events (TIAEs). Methods: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data from 45 pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) in the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS) database from January 2013 to March 2018 was performed. A composite teamwork score was generated using the average of each of five (7-point Likert scale) domains in the teamwork assessment tool. Poor teamwork was …

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Complications Of Peripheral Arterial Access In Preterm And Term Neonates: A Systematic Review, Yangmyung Ma, Ahmed Salem, Andrea Jester

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Aims: To provide a comprehensive review of vascular complications secondary to peripheral arterial catheterisation in preterm and term neonates. Methods: The systematic review consisted of searching PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and references of journals using pre-trialled MeSH terms and articles. Results: Eight studies were included for full text analysis from 2369 initial articles: 6 retrospective reviews and 2 prospective studies. The rate of complication was 8.6% and all complications were ischemic in nature. Complications most often occurred in neonates with pulmonary/cardiac comorbidities and lower gestational ages. No association was found for weight and sex of …

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Outcomes Of Pediatric Patients With Sepsis Managed On Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Analysis Of The Elso Registry, Adrian Holloway, Jason Custer, Ripal Patel, Peta Alexander, Peter Rycus, Cortney Foster, Dayanand Bagdure, Angelina June, Vladimir Michtcherkin, William Blackwelder, Carissa Baker-Smith, Adnan Bhutta

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Objective: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support is increasingly used for refractory septic shock. There is lack of data on the outcomes of children requiring ECMO support for refractory septic shock. Our study objective was to describe the variables associated with survival, risk factors for mortality and outcomes of children requiring ECMO support for refractory shock. Materials and Methods: Retrospective registry study of 340 international centers contributing data to the ELSO Registry, analyzing children <18 years who received ECMO with septic shock, severe sepsis, sepsis, SIRS, toxic shock syndrome, shock associated with infection and septicemia from any organism from 1990 to 2015. Outcomes were analyzed by categorizing the data into survivors and non-survivors. Logistic regression models were used to describe the association of dependent variable and multiple independent variables. Results: A total of 1928 patients were identified which met the inclusion criteria. 744 (38.5%) of the cohort survived. Survivors in this cohort tend to have longer duration of ECMO (230 hrs vs 201 hrs, p =0.005) and shorter time from intubation to ECMO cannulation (87 hrs vs 116 hrs, p =0.0033) when compared to non-survivors. Survivors were also noted to have higher pH, higher serum bicarbonate, higher saturations, and higher systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial pressures compared to non-survivors. Conclusions: These results suggest that early initiation of ECMO therapy for refractory sepsis is associated with better patient outcomes. ECMO is unlikely to recover patients once circulatory and metabolic collapse has developed.

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Postoperative Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use And Early Outcomes After Fontan Surgery Completion, Kamalvir Gill, Estefania Rivera, Nicolas Ortiz Flores, Amro Alashi, Anthony Rossi, Jun Sasaki

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

A considerable number of patients after the Fontan operation require prolonged hospitalization due to significant perioperative morbidities. The early postoperative morbidity can be attributed to elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. We hypothesized that the postoperative outcomes would improve with the routine use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) to decrease pulmonary vascular resistance. From January 2015 to November 2017 (Group 1), 37 patients underwent Fontan operation, and from December 2017 to December 2019 (Group 2), 34 patients underwent Fontan operation. All patients in Group 2 received iNO in the immediate perioperative period as part of a standardized postoperative pathway. There was no …

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Decompressive Craniectomy In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Wan Xin Yew, Jan Hau Lee, Hongxing Dang, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Dianna Sri Dewi, Shu-Ling Chong

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Introduction: Decompressive craniectomy in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and refractory raised intracranial pressure (ICP) remains controversial. We aimed to describe the clinical and operative characteristics of children with moderate to severe TBI who underwent decompressive craniectomy, and compare outcomes with those who received medical therapy. Methods: We performed a retrospective observational cohort study on children < 16 years old with moderate to severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale, GCS ≤ 13 who underwent DC in 2 pediatric centers in Singapore and China between 2014 and 2017, and compared their outcomes to children who underwent medical treatment, among participating centers of the Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network (PACCMAN). We defined poor functional outcomes as moderate, severe disability, vegetative or comatose state, or mortality, using the Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category scale. We performed multivariable logistic regression to identify predictors for poor functional outcomes. Results: We analyzed 18 children who underwent DC with 214 who had medical therapy. A greater proportion of children with DC (14, 77.8%) experienced poor functional outcomes, compared to those with medical therapy (87, 41.2%, p=0.003). Children who underwent DC had fewer median 14-day ICU-free days (2.5 days, interquartile range, IQR 0.0 – 5.8 vs 8.0, IQR 0.0 – 11.0, p=0.033), median 28-day hospital-free days (0 days, IQR 0.0-3.5 vs 11.0, IQR 0.0 – 21.0, p=0.002) and 14-day mechanical ventilation-free days (6.5 days, IQR 0.0 – 12.3 vs 11.0, IQR 3.0 – 14.0, p=0.011). After accounting for age, sex, GCS, cerebral edema, uncal herniation, nonaccidental injury (NAI) and need for intubation, there was no significant association between decompressive craniectomy and poor functional outcomes (aOR 1.59, 95% CI 0.35 – 7.24, p = 0.548). Conclusions: Children with DC had severe injuries, prolonged hospital and ICU stays. Future studies are needed to understand the effectiveness of DC on children with TBI.

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Towards A Sociological Approach To Space, Abdelmounaim Choqairi

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Towards The Professionalization Of Press Relations Between The Public Administration And Journalists In Morocco, Rachida Bouzidi

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The Sacred King And The Profane King: The Case Of Louis Xiv, Anouar Marzouki

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Time And Pause In Spontaneous Speech, Lahcen Ouasmi

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Imagination And Time Against The Tearing Of The Social Fabric, Abdelbaki Belfakih

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The Design Of The City Through Space And Time, Abdellah El Houlali

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The Temporal Situation And The Analysis Of Territorial Systems, Said Sghir

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Time is considered a key factor in the functioning of this universe. It allows for evolution, change, and disappearance. In geography, time is linked to space to guide any analysis that focuses on the question of territories toward a space-time duo whose two components are different from each other but difficult to separate. To dissect this issue, this work will focus on the one hand on the discussion of time as a concept in relation to other notions such as space, geography, and territorial systems. On the other hand, it will draw on investigative and analytical tools capable of further …

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“Royal Cown”: An Interview With Bret Lott

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Interview With Hilary Masters

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

“Delivering Lily”: An Interview With Phillip Lopate

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Interview With John T. Price

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Cover To Cover Reviews Of New Books, Victoria Hay, Carlos L. Dews, Ann Collette, Lea Simonds

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Out Of Nothing, Pam Widener

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

My Two Wars, Moritz Thomsen

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Son Of Spoon River, Hilary Masters

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Daddy’S Loss, Anne Morgan Gray

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

Predictors Of Success In An Online Undergraduate Core Course In Finance

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Teaching Students To "Do" Public Choice In An Undergraduate Public Sector Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Teaching Mathematical Economics Using Public Choice: The Median Voter Model

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Political Failure In The Short- And Long-Run

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Can Public Choice Theory Help Make Classroom Macroeconomics More Useful?

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Teaching Public Choice Economics In A Public Finance Course

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Teaching Public Choice At The Master's Level

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Using Film Clips To Teach Public Choice Economics: Take Two

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Ways Of Teaching Public Choice: Introduction To The Symposium

Journal of Economics and Finance Education

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Complications Of Peripheral Arterial Access In Preterm And Term Neonates: A Systematic Review, Yangmyung Ma, Ahmed Salem, Andrea Jester

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Postoperative Inhaled Nitric Oxide Use And Early Outcomes After Fontan Surgery Completion, Kamalvir Gill, Estefania Rivera, Nicolas Ortiz Flores, Amro Alashi, Anthony Rossi, Jun Sasaki

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Decompressive Craniectomy In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Wan Xin Yew, Jan Hau Lee, Hongxing Dang, Sharon Yin Yee Low, Dianna Sri Dewi, Shu-Ling Chong

Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care

Towards A Sociological Approach To Space, Abdelmounaim Choqairi

Basamat

Towards The Professionalization Of Press Relations Between The Public Administration And Journalists In Morocco, Rachida Bouzidi

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The Sacred King And The Profane King: The Case Of Louis Xiv, Anouar Marzouki

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Time And Pause In Spontaneous Speech, Lahcen Ouasmi

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Imagination And Time Against The Tearing Of The Social Fabric, Abdelbaki Belfakih

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The Design Of The City Through Space And Time, Abdellah El Houlali

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The Temporal Situation And The Analysis Of Territorial Systems, Said Sghir

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