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The Reason, Stephanie Lei

Quill & Scope

Despite not having written any poetry since high school, my roommate convinced me to enter a medical student poetry contest with her. What emerged was this largely autobiographical poem which I think NYMC's many out-of-state students can relate to. It also serves as a reminder of the goals that brought us here to NYMC.

The Best Patients In The World: A Commentary On Military Medicine, Joseph D. Schwartz

Quill & Scope

It was a sunny day last August and he had not been in Afghanistan more than a few months when my patient's platoon came under RPG fire from a Taliban group. That same day I was in the middle of an Orthopaedics rotation in New York. After two months of Navy surgical training for me and a painful recovery process in Germany for him, our paths crossed at the National Navy Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. The ensuing interaction inspired this reflection on my time with military medicine thus far, and my career as a Navy physician ahead.

Care For The Uninsured: A Year Of Review For La Casita De La Salud, Jennifer M. Thomas, Gordon M. Burke

Quill & Scope

As the academic year ends, the former directors of La Casita de la Salud share a memorable clinical experience and the impact it has made on the student volunteers. La Casita not only provides health care to the underserved, but it also shows students the impact that they may have in the life of their patients. the clinic has progressed monumentally in the past year after a committee executive board strove to better the clinic's operation. This article highlights the numerous developments as well as some obstacles the clinic will have to face in the near future.

Nursing Staff Compliance With Hand Hygiene Protocol In Nicu In A Regional Perinatal Center, Xiaoping Wu

Quill & Scope

Proper hand hygiene protocols are a way to prevent infections in neonates admitted to the NICU. A total of 771 observations on hand sanitizer use before and after patient contact and 208 observations for level of touch were made. Adherence increased significantly since the introduction of waterless individual bedside hand sanitizers: 73% vs. 80% before and 83% vs. 90% after patient contact. The suboptimal adherence to the hand hygiene protocol could not be fully explained by the emergency nature of patient contact, suggesting that time and convenience are not the main concerns that infection control needs to address. The system …

Bush's Legacy, April Tantillo

Quill & Scope

While former President George W. Bush's historical legacy is still being hotly debated, a clear bright spot is often overlooked. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) paid for antiretroviral medications for 1.4 million patients in Africa and the Caribbean compared to only 50,000 before the program. The program is far from perfect. An important criticism of PEPFAR is that the program is too restrictive. For example, one third of the money for prevention must go to abstinence only sexual education. The harm that is done to women and children by suggesting that they have the autonomy to insist …

Code Red, White And Blue; Doctor, You're Needed On The Hill: Healthy Policy And You Redux, Joseph D. Schwartz

Quill & Scope

As this administration and congress hopefully move efficiently from rhetoric to revamping, we have the duty as stakeholders and consumers of our American health care system to be there. One of our most powerful tools is the grassroots lobby. The government is more receptive than ever and a new commitment to changing our system will be affecting us all. This is a review of what has happened in the AMA's lobbying agenda over the last year and what to expect ahead.

Behavioral Skills Training With Teachers: Maintenance And Booster Training, Israel B. Miller

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Behavioral skills training (BST) has been employed within many different populations to effect change in the way of reduction or acquisition of behaviors. For this study, a multiple-baseline across participants and modified ABAB design were employed. Analogue assessments and in-situ probes were conducted with three teachers following an initial training which occurred several months previously. These pre-assessments were followed by a separate booster training session for each individual teacher which lasted three and a half hours or less. Following the training, analogue and in-situ post assessments were conducted with each teacher. The independent variable was the booster training and the …

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Intertext

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Sae Magazine : The Magazine Of Sae Institute And Sae Alumni Association 2009|1, Sae Institute

SAE Magazine (2007-2011)

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"Independence, Liberty, And Justice": The Birth, Life, And Death Of Haden Edwards' Fredonian Rebellion, John Wesley Strunc

History Theses - Archive

To populate Texas, the government of Mexico encouraged foreign empresarios like Stephen F. Austin to bring families and settle. One of those men, Haden Edwards, hoped to turn a profit with his grant in the area around Nacogdoches. Local authorities opposed his efforts, he became involved in political and social squabbles, and the Mexican government felt compelled to revoke his grant. Seeing no alternative, Edwards engineered the Fredonian Rebellion, hoping to maintain his lands.Characters including Edwards, Martin Parmer, and Samuel Norris turned a local dispute involving politics, money, and control, into what could have become a large scale revolution. Only …

Shaping British Identity: Transatlantic Anglo-Spanish Rivalry In The Early Modern Period, Andrea K. Brinton Haga

History Dissertations - Archive

Traditional nationalism studies focus primarily on nineteenth-century developments of state-formation and the imposition of nationalistic compulsions from the top down. This study challenges that theoretical framework by arguing that nationalism is evident in much earlier centuries, that nationalistic sentiment is expressed from the bottom up, and that the state is often compelled to assert itself against political rivals in response to the needs and desires of its citizenry. Nationalism is essentially mere rhetoric--the language of the state and its people--in order to encourage or compel compliance in response to the necessity of the state to achieve specific political goals. The …

English Opinions On The French Revolution, Wilburn Thomas Wagoner

History Theses - Archive

Just as the French Revolution changed the French political landscape, it also affected other European countries such as England. Both pro-revolutionaries and anti-revolutionaries argued in the public forums the merits of the events in France. Gradually the arguments became less about the French Revolution and more about the future of England. The intent of this paper is to show how English conservative and radical authors and politicians debated the merits of the French Revolution, and how this proved to be the catalyst for more moderate reformers who would work to create a progressive England. Three areas that concerned England are …

“Un Final Para La Discutible Historia”: El Eterno Retorno De Los Adioses, Pablo A.J. Brescia

World Languages Faculty Publications

Este artículo reflexiona sobre cómo el marco de lectura propuesto por Los adioses (1954) instala un juego de interpretaciones que postulan la ambigüedad y la duda. El resultado de este juego es una revisión de las actividades de la lectura y la escritura. Así, hay un eterno retorno a Los adioses, una incesante búsqueda de indicios que el texto se resiste a dar, es decir, un continuo proceso de relectura-reescritura. Hay un cíclico "volver a empezar" donde todo se repite y nada es lo mismo y, a partir de allí, un intento de organizar una estructura coherente para así inspeccionar …

10 Boyd's 1918-19 West Chester Borough Directory, James Jones

History of West Chester, Pennsylvania

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Kenneth George Besson, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Books/Book Chapters

Biography of Ken Besson with information on his father Paul Besson and the Royal Hibernian Hotel, Russell Hotel and Bailey Restaurant which they owned and ran in Dublin.

A Logistic Approximation To The Cumulative Normal Distribution, Shannon R. Bowling, Mohammad T. Khasawneh, Sittichai Kaewkuekool, Byung R. Cho

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper develops a logistic approximation to the cumulative normal distribution. Although the literature contains a vast collection of approximate functions for the normal distribution, they are very complicated, not very accurate, or valid for only a limited range. This paper proposes an enhanced approximate function. When comparing the proposed function to other approximations studied in the literature, it can be observed that the proposed logistic approximation has a simpler functional form and that it gives higher accuracy, with the maximum error of less than 0.00014 for the entire range. This is, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the …

The Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza: A Look At The Health Infrastructure Before, During And Immediately After The December-January Attacks, Khalil Qato

Quill & Scope

In late December and early January, Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip captured international headlines. While a political solution was often discussed, and a shaky ceasefire was ultimately agreed upon, the health care situation in Gaza before, during and after these bombings was hardly addressed. The ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip has had deleterious effects on health and health care delivery among the Palestinian population, particularly in Gaza where Israeli blockades have created a U.N.-declared humanitarian crisis. This article attempts to shed new light on the health care situation in the Gaza Strip and potential …

La Clasificación De Los Hablantes De Herencia De Español En Los Eeuu: Generación, Simplificación Modal Y Mantenimiento Del Español, Maria Martinez-Mira

Modern Languages & Literatures Articles

A study of the” Enciclopedia del español en el mundo: Anuario 2006-7 " carried out by the Cervantes Institute (http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_06-07/lengua.htm) presents a comprehensive picture for the future and development of the Spanish language in the world and in the United States in particular. According to the data provided by Cervantes, approximately 14 million people study Spanish in the world, of which 6 million study Spanish in the United States. It is precisely in this country that the study and presence of the Spanish language has a special significance.

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Local And Imported: Conjunctions Of Mediterranean Forms In Romanesque Aragón, Eileen P. Mckiernan Gonzalez

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Romantic Geography And The Crusades: British Library Royal Ms. 19 D I, Maureen Quigley

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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La Pierre-Qui-Vire And Zodiaque: A Monastic Pilgrimage Of Medieval Dimensions, Janet T. Marquardt

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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“Geography, Archaeology, Art History: A Case Study For A Multidisciplinary Approach To Mapping Architectural Heritage”, Kim Mccarty, Britteny Gregory, Mickey Abel

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Material And Meaning In Lead Pilgrims’ Signs, Jennifer Lee

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Digital Mappaemundi: Changing The Way We Work With Medieval World Maps, Asa Simon Mittman, Martin Foys

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Via Francigena: All Roads Lead To Rome, Adelaide Trezzini

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Flickr Groups

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Review Of Anita Fiderer Moskowitz, Nicola & Giovanni Pisano: The Pulpits: Pious Devotion/Pious Diversion, Peter Dent

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Review Of Lisa Verner, The Epistemology Of The Monstrous In The Middle Ages, Asa Mittman

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Peregrinations: Journal Of Medieval Art And Architecture (Volume 2, Issue 3)

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Notes On Contributors

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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