April 28-May Research Articles

The Relationship between Environmental Sanitation Conditions and the Presence of Aedes Aegypti Larvae in the Work Area of ​​the Sako Palembang Health Center

Environmental sanitation is an effort to control environmental factors which are links in the chain of disease transmission. The purpose of this study was to determine the density of Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae, to describe environmental sanitation including trash cans, clean water reservoirs, and the frequency of draining bathtubs. This research method uses a descriptive analytical and cross sectional design and uses a sample of 73 respondents. This research was conducted in the working area of ​​the Sako Palembang Health Center on April 28-May 12 2022. The results of this study concluded that based on statistical tests with the chi-square test, the p value was obtained (0.000 > 0.05) so there was a relationship between trash cans and the presence of larvae. Aedes aegypti. P value (0.014 > 0.05) means there is a relationship between clean water reservoirs and the presence of Aedes Aegypti larvae. P value (0.000 > 0.05) means there is a relationship between draining the bath and the presence of Aedes Aegypti larvae. It is recommended that the community pay more attention to cleaning water reservoirs, improve disposal systems and waste management, and pay attention to the condition of the home environment so that it is always neat and clean.

ARE OLDER ADULTS ABLE TO DRAW UPON PRIOR EXPERIENCES WHEN COPING WITH THE NOVEL COVID-19 STRESSOR?

Abstract Despite higher physiological vulnerability to stress, older adults may accumulate resources through prior experiences that can promote resilience (Aldwin & Igarashi, 2016). During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults drew on prior experiences and resources to cope (McKinlay et al., 2021; Herron et al., 2021), although these events were typically not specified. Some found vulnerability due to prior trauma (Galica et al., 2021). We examined whether older adults drew upon specific experiences or more general resilience resources in coping with this novel stressor. Data were collected using an online survey from April 28-May 4, 2020 from 235 older adults in Oregon (Mage = 71.35, SD = 7.39; 74% female; 92% White). We examined open-ended responses from a question that asked whether prior experiences influenced how they were dealing with the COVID-19 situation. Nearly 2/3 provided valid responses (n=144). After inductive open coding, preliminary consolidation resulted in three broad categories: past experiences (74%), resources (19%), and both (8%). The most common prior experiences were illness (n = 20) and work (n = 19). Some (n=10) reported specific coping strategies learned during prior stressful experiences. Resources include personal characteristics (e.g., being “introverted” or “resilient”), financial (“financially secure”) and social resources (“loving spouse”). Five reported experiences that made COVID-19 more difficult (“PTSD/anxiety prior to COVID-19 makes this even worse”). Although 1/3 of the sample could not draw upon a prior experience in coping with this novel stressor, many older participants could utilize their lived experience when coping with problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cyclone Fani: the tug-of-war between regional warming and anthropogenic aerosol effects

Before Cyclone Amphan took place in 2020, Cyclone Fani (May 2019) is the strongest pre-monsoon cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (BOB) since 1991, killing 90 people in eastern India and Bangladesh while causing US$1.81 billion of damages. Fani developed during a period of high concentration of anthropogenic aerosols in the BOB with abnormally high sea surface temperature (SST), thereby presenting an opportunity to understand the compound effects of atmospheric aerosols and regional climate warming on a tropical cyclone. A quantitative attribution analysis was conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with chemistry (WRF-Chem) run at the convection-permitting (4 km) grid spacing, accompanied by an ensemble of coarser-resolution simulations to quantify the uncertainty. The removal of post-1990 trends in the tropospheric variables and SST from WRF-Chem’s initial conditions (IC) and boundary conditions (BC, including the lateral and lower boundary conditions) resulted in a reduction of cyclone precipitation by about 51% during the 5 d of April 28-May 2. The removal of tropospheric warming shows approximately twice as strong an effect on Fani (39% reduction in precipitation) as that of SST warming (22% reduction). When aerosol’s direct and indirect effects were removed from the simulations, i.e., no aerosol influence on radiation and cloud microphysics, Fani initially strengthened but later weakened, as measured by geopotential height and precipitation amounts. These results suggest that aerosol and its interaction with the atmosphere acted to mitigate the strengthening effect of anthropogenic warming on Fani, but was not strong enough to entirely counteract it. Although the ensemble of coarser simulations appears to overestimate Cyclone Fani in terms of precipitation, the direction of the effects is in agreement with that obtained from the 4 km simulations. Given the increasing anthropogenic aerosols in the BOB, future attribution studies using more sophisticated dynamical aerosol models on BOB tropical cyclones are urged.

Seasonal responses of nutrient to hydrology and biology in the southern Yellow Sea

Seasonal nutrient dynamics regulated by hydrological and biological variables in the southern Yellow Sea (SYS) were studied based on the datasets collected during four cruises: spring (April 28-May 10, 2014), summer (August 17-September 22, 2015), autumn (November 7–17, 2014) and winter (January 13-February 1, 2016). In the present study, by dividing the study area into three distinct current-dominated subregions based on T-S distribution, cluster analysis, and principal components analysis (PCA), we revealed that the response mechanisms of nutrients to physical and biological processes were important. Among all factors, the physical processes, mainly including the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) onset, the Changjiang (Yangtze) Diluted water (CDW) and Taiwan Warm Current (TWC) intrusion and the Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC) invasion, were the principal driving force, which significantly changed the inherent balance of nutrient structure. Meanwhile, biological depletion was also a significant factor, especially in the stratified seasons, even though its impact on the nutrient structure could be balanced by vigorous water exchange or vertical mixing. The regional variation of nutrient regime and the regulatory mechanism behind it were revealed at the same time. The coastal area showed strong signs of potential P limitation as a result of excessive dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) entering via terrestrial runoff and anthropogenic activities. The 32 °N transect, which is adjacent to the boundary of the SYS and the East China Sea (ECS), showed varying hydrological features due to the strong intrusion of CDW and TWC. Therefore, P or Si were the main limiting factor for the development of algal biomass. The central study area possessed a comparatively stable water column with the specific existence of the YSCWM present at the bottom, thus acting as a potential nutrient pool. Hence, we hypothesized that the offshore side of the study area tended to be more P and N co-limited, whereas the nutrient cycles in the nearshore side showed significant seasonal and regional variations, which corresponded to the change in physical oceanographic processes and algal biomass.

Estimated Community Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies - Two Georgia Counties, April 28-May 3, 2020.

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is ongoing in many communities throughout the United States. Although case-based and syndromic surveillance are critical for monitoring the pandemic, these systems rely on persons obtaining testing or reporting a COVID-19-like illness. Using serologic tests to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies is an adjunctive strategy that estimates the prevalence of past infection in a population. During April 28-May 3, 2020, coinciding with the end of a statewide shelter-in-place order, CDC and the Georgia Department of Public Health conducted a serologic survey in DeKalb and Fulton counties in metropolitan Atlanta to estimate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the population. A two-stage cluster sampling design was used to randomly select 30 census blocks in each county, with a target of seven participating households per census block. Weighted estimates were calculated to account for the probability of selection and adjusted for age group, sex, and race/ethnicity. A total of 394 households and 696 persons participated and had a serology result; 19 (2.7%) of 696 persons had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detected. The estimated weighted seroprevalence across these two metropolitan Atlanta counties was 2.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.4-4.5). Non-Hispanic black participants more commonly had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies than did participants of other racial/ethnic groups (p<0.01). Among persons with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, 13 (weighted % = 49.9; 95% CI=24.4-75.5) reported a COVID-19-compatible illness,* six (weighted % = 28.2; 95% CI=11.9-53.3) sought medical care for a COVID-19-compatible illness, and five (weighted % = 15.7; 95% CI=5.1-39.4) had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, demonstrating that many of these infections would not have been identified through case-based or syndromic surveillance. The relatively low seroprevalence estimate in this report indicates that most persons in the catchment area had not been infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the time of the survey. Continued preventive measures, including social distancing, consistent and correct use of face coverings, and hand hygiene, remain critical in controlling community spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Evaluation of high-resolution rapid refresh (HRRR) forecasts for extreme precipitation

This study evaluates the accuracy of short-range (1-h to 18-hr lead-time) forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model for five extreme storms in the United States: (1) the September 21–23, 2016, frontal storms in Iowa, (2) the April 28-May 1, 2017, frontal storms in the Southern Midwestern US, (3) the August 25–31, 2017, Hurricane Harvey storms in Texas, (4) the September 13–17, 2018, Hurricane Florence storms in the Carolinas, and (5) the September 4–6, 2019, Hurricane Dorian storms in the Carolinas. The evaluation was carried out by comparison with gauge-corrected Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS-GC) products. In terms of temporal variability, there was a good agreement between the forecasted and observed precipitation on an hourly basis. Thus, the HRRR products provide relatively reliable forecasts. However, the forecasts were mostly biased: they tend to overestimate rainfall for both hurricanes, underestimate rainfall for tropical storms in Iowa, and produce almost unbiased estimates for the frontal storms in Southern Midwestern US. In terms of spatial pattern, the forecasts are able to capture the spatial pattern of hurricanes, however, they produce too many, localized, high-rain intensities for the frontal storms than what the observations show. With regard to the effect of lead times, the 1-h lead forecasts have often lower accuracy than the other lead-time forecasts, while there was no much systematic difference in accuracy among the 2-h to 18-h lead-time forecasts. The bias estimates in the forecast are also examined at different spatial scales, ranging from 2 km × 2 km all the way to 128 km × 128 km. The results show that the bias estimated at smaller spatial scales vary within a large range, mostly within the range of −100% to +100%, indicating that the bias estimates obtained at large scale (hundreds of km grids) are not applicable to bias estimates at small scales, and vice versa. Local-bias correction approaches are therefore preferable over global bias-correction approaches.

THE SOUTH CAUCASIAN UNION – CHALLENGING GEOPOLITICAL CONCEPT REVISITED

In the paper, we discuss a very complex and contestable idea, proposed and developed by us already for several years, about strengthening the uneasy political, economic, social, cultural and most significantly – security relationships between the three South Caucasian countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, towards forming new geopolitical centre in the south-eastern shore of the Black Sea, or more precisely, just in the middle of the Black and Caspian Seas; in one of the most important and complicated regions in the world. The South Caucasian Union (SCU) concept has quite reasonable historical roots and although not successful enough until now, however certain examples, which could serve as preconditions, whether predispositions more: the existence of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR) (22 April-28 May 1918) and even the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Transcaucasian SFSR or TSFSR) (1922-1936). Along with the corresponding consideration of the region’s hardest internal conflicts, at the same time globally so meaningful, and especially almost the dilemmatic dispute of Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh (NK), but not limited to, we have drawn some feasible conflict-resolution scenarios under the effective SCU model, which ensuring first of all security or in particular, protection of independence and sovereignty of the South Caucasian states as their basic interests, is to logically counterweight any threats coming from bigger, more powerful and ambitious regional competitors, whether dominants and due to evident aggression, from – Russia, in specific.

THE MISUNDERSTOOD PERCEPTION IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH WORDS

Psycholinguistics sides of a language seems to be interesting to be investigated. Thus, this research was aimed at knowing “How students’ misunderstood perception in pronouncing English words”. Research method is being used in this research is quantitative method. Afterwards this research is described in systematic, factual and accurate about facts or certain object characteristic. This research is executed for 3 weeks: April 28-May 11 2016. The research was conducted at State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau. The population of the research was all of the students in English Education Department VI I Class with the total number of 25. Then, in determining the sample the researchers took 10 people by using random sampling. The total number of the sample was 10 students. The instrument used was a questionnaire to measure the students’ perception in pronouncing English words that consists of ten questions. The main findings show that most of students have misunderstanding about meaning in English communication.

2013 AANS Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana April 28-May 1, 2013

2013 AANS Annual Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana April 28-May 1, 2013

Cardiac Calendar—2012 to 2013

Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons. Kolkata, India. February 10-12, 2012. Contact: http://www.iacts2012.com. Cardiothoracic Symposium 2012. Iguazu Falls, Argentina. March 19-21, 2012. Contact: [email protected] Thirty-Second International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium. March 20-23, 2012. Contact: Erasmus University Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium, e-mail: [email protected], http://www.intensive.care. Fifteenth World Congress of Anesthesiologists, Buenos Aires, Argentina. March 25-30, 2012. Contact: http://www.wca2012.com. Fifty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Israel Heart Society and Israel Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tel Aviv, Israel. April 16-17, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] The Sixty-First International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery. Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 25-28, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] Aortic Symposium 2012. New York, NY. April 26-27, 2012. Contact: http://www.aats.org/aortic. Ninety-Second Annual Meeting Association of Thoracic Surgeons. San Francisco, California. April 28-May 2, 2012. Contact: http://www.aats.org. Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting and Workshops Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Boston, MA. April 28-May 2, 2012. Contact: www.scahq.org. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. May 18-21, 2012. Contact: www.iars.org. EACTA–European Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 23-25, 2012. Contact: www.eacta.org. Second International Congress, Anesthesia for Seniors. Prague, Czech Republic. June 7-9, 2012. Contact: www.anesthesiaforseniors2012.cz. Twentieth European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. Essen, Germany. June 10-13, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] Fifteenth World Congress of Pain Clinicians. Granada, Spain. June 27-30, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] International Forum of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Chinese Heart Congress. Beijing, China. August 11-13, 2012. Contact: www.CHCIFCA2012. Second International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery. Barcelona, Spain. November 14-16, 2012. Contact: http://thoracicsurgery2012.org. Thirteenth International Meeting of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and the New Zealand Anesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting. Auckland, New Zealand. November 14-17, 2012. Contact: http://www.iccva2012.com. Sixty-Sixth Postgraduate Assembly, New York State of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY. December 14-17, 2012. Contact: http://www.nyssa-pga.org. Fifth International Congress, Aortic Surgery and Anesthesia “How to do it.” Milan, Italy. December 2012 (DTBA). Contact: www.aorticsurgery.it. Thirty-Third International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium. March 19-22, 2013. Contact: http://www.intensive.org. Twenty-First European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. Birmingham, UK. May 25-29, 2013. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] The Twentieth IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Seoul, Korea. June 23-27, 2013. Contact: www.iagg2013.org. The Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia welcomes announcements of interest to physicians, researchers, and others concerned with cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology, medicine, pharmacology, and related areas. All copy is reviewed and edited for style, clarity, and length. Complete information must be received at least 4 months before the date of publication and should be addressed to George Silvay, MD, PhD, Editor, Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029-6574, e-mail: [email protected]

Cardiac Calendar—2012 to 2013

Cardiac Calendar—2012 to 2013

Cardiac Calendar—2011 to 2012

Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery. Lisbon, Portugal. October 1-5, 2011. Contact: www.eacts.org. Eighteenth International Congress of the Czech Society of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Prague, Czech Republic. October 6-8, 2011. Contact: www.csarim2011.cz; e-mail: [email protected] . American Society of Anesthesiologists' Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. October 15-19, 2011. Contact: ASA, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068; www.ASAhq.org. ECMO 2011 International Meeting. Milan, Italy. October 21-22, 2011. Contact: www.ecmo2011.org. Seventh International Meeting on Intensive Cardiac Care. Tel Aviv, Israel. October 30-November 1, 2011. Contact: E-mail: [email protected] . www.isas.co.ie/isas.co.il. Twenty-Second Annual Congress of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Hannover, Germany. November 2-5, 2011. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] . Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta. Bologna, Italy. November 7-8, 2011. Contact: www.noema-congressi.it. Sixty-Fifth Postgraduate Assembly, New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. New York, NY. December 9-11, 2011. Contact: NYSSA, 85 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003; e-mail: [email protected] . Thirtieth Annual Symposium Clinical Update in Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Perioperative Medicine. San Juan, Puerto Rico. January 15-21, 2012. Contact: www.clinicalupdateinanesthesiology.org; e-mail: [email protected] . Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 30-February 1, 2012. Contact: www.sts.org. Fifty-Seventh Annual Update in Anesthesiology. University of Utah, Park City, UT. February 12-17, 2012. Contact: www.medicine.utah.edu/anesthesiology/postgraduate; e-mail: [email protected] . Sixth World Congress: World Institute of Pain. Miami Beach, FL. February 4-6, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] . www.kenes.com/wip. Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons. Kolkata, India. February 10-12, 2012. Contact: www.iacts2012.com. Thirty-Second International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Brussels, Belgium. March 20-23, 2012. Contact: Erasmus University Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium; www.intensive.care; e-mail: [email protected] . Fifteenth World Congress of Anesthesiologists. Buenos Aires, Argentina. March 25-30, 2012. Contact: www.wca2012.com. Sixty-First International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery. Dubrovnik, Croatia. April 25-28, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] . Ninety-Second Annual Meeting of the Association of Thoracic Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. April 28-May 2, 2012. Contact: www.aats.org. Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting and Workshops of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Boston, MA. April 28-May 2, 2012. Contact: www.scahq.org. Annual Meeting of the International Anesthesia Research Society. Boston, MA. May 18-21, 2012. Contact: www.iars.org. European Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (EACTA). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 23-25, 2012. Contact: www.eacta.org. Second International Congress: Anesthesia for Seniors. Prague, Czech Republic. June 7-9, 2012. Contact: www.anesthesiaforseniors2012.cz. Twentieth European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. Essen, Germany. June 10-13, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] . Fifteenth World Congress of Pain Clinicians. Granada, Spain. June 27-30, 2012. Contact: e-mail: [email protected] . Thirteenth International Meeting of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and the New Zealand Anesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting. Auckland, New Zealand. November 14-17, 2012. Contact: www.iccva2012.com. Fifth International Congress: Aortic Surgery and Anesthesia “How to do it.” Milan, Italy. December 2012 (DTBA). Contact: www.aorticsurgery.it. The Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia welcomes announcements of interest to physicians, researchers, and others concerned with cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology, medicine, pharmacology, and related areas. All copies are reviewed and edited for style, clarity, and length. Complete information must be received at least 4 months before the date of publication and should be addressed to George Silvay, MD, PhD, Editor, Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029-6574; e-mail: [email protected] .

American Association for the History of Medicine: Report of the Eighty-Fourth Annual Meeting

American Association for the History of Medicine:Report of the Eighty-Fourth Annual Meeting Christopher Crenner The eighty-fourth annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 28-May 1, 2009, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. The following summary has been prepared by the secretary, Christopher W. Crenner, and is intended for the information of the members of the association. The official minutes and reports are preserved in the Office of the Secretary. Program Thursday, April 28 AAHM Council Meeting Tour of the Helfand Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art Opening Reception Friday, April 29 Welcome and Plenary Session: "Medical Science, Media Spectacle" Before the News Was 24/7: How the Media Made Medicine Dramatic Bert Hansen (Baruch College) Escaping Melodramas: Reflections on Telling the Histories of the PHS's Research in Tuskegee and Guatemala Susan Reverby (Wellesley College) [End Page 448] Concurrent Sessions Session A1: AIDS: Thirty Years after Its Discovery Lazarus at America's Doorstep: Framing in Federal Appropriations for Global AIDS Relief Luke Messac (University of Pennsylvania) "The Moral High Ground": South African AIDS Activism, Drug Companies, and the Medicines Act Case, 1999-2001 Mandisa Mbali (Yale University) "I feel like an Allien [sic]": Gaétan Dugas's View of the Early North American AIDS Epidemic Richard McKay (University of Oxford) Moderator: Monica Green (Arizona State University, Phoenix) Session A2: Race and Medicine in the 20th-Century United States New Negro Therapeutics: Black Doctors and Racial Destiny in Early 20th-Century Medical Practice Adam Biggs (Independent Scholar) Cultural Deprivation? Pediatric Mental Health, Race, and the "War on Poverty" Mical Raz (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute) Race, Risk, and Cervical Cancer Leyla Mai (New York University) Moderator: Dayle DeLancey (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Session A3: Disease in the Middle Ages: Goiter, Lupus, and Anxiety Bocium: Or, Goiter in the Middle Ages Michael McVaugh (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) "Wolf Bite": The Provenance and Early Vagaries of Lupus Luke Demaitre (University of Virginia, Charlottesville) Anxiety and Health: One 14th-Century Doctor's Unique Approach Nicole Archambeau (California Institute of Technology) Moderator: Mary Yearl (Independent Scholar) [End Page 449] Session A4: Museum Practice and the Making of Medical Science: Specimen Collections, Networks, and Institutions in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries "Making Space for Specimens": Medical Museums and Institution-Building at the Karolinska Institute, 1860-1910 Eva Åhrén (University of Uppsala) "No interest in human anatomy as such": Frederic Wood Jones Dissects Anatomical Investigation in the United States in the 1920s Ross Jones (University of Sydney) Creating Medical Specimens and Meanings: Frederic Wood Jones and the Work of a "Good" Anatomical Specimen Lisa O'Sullivan (University of Sydney) Moderator: Susan Lawrence (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Lunch Sessions Session L1: Digital Media and New Audiences for the History of Medicine (Sponsored by Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science [PACHS]) Joanna Ebenstein (Library of Morbid Anatomy, New York City) Susan Reverby (Wellesley College) Lisa Rosner (Stockton College) Michael Sappol (National Library of Medicine) Karie Youngdahl (College of Physicians of Philadelphia) Laura Zucconi (Stockton College) Session L2: HIV/AIDS at 30: History's Role in a Global Pandemic Monica Green (Arizona State University, Phoenix) Victoria Harden (Independent Scholar) Richard Keller (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Concurrent Sessions Session B1: Influenza: Surveillance and Suffering in Global Perspective (Sponsored by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) Instruments of Consensus: The Developing Chick Egg and the Organization of Global Influenza Surveillance and Control, 1947-1967 Michael Bresalier (University of Manchester) [End Page 450] One Disease, One People, Two Histories: The Samoas in 1918 John McLane (University of Otago) The New Sensation: Influenza, Celebrity, and Suffering at Fin de Siècle Mark Honigsbaum (Queen Mary, University of London) Moderator: John Eyler (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) Session B2: Pharmacy in Colonial and Postcolonial India Drugs, Markets, and Colonial Industrialism: The Emergence of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Nandini Bhattacharya (University of Leicester) Rhapsody of Knowledge: The Impact of Western Science and the Rediscovery of Indian Medicinal Plants Nupur Dasgupta (Jadavpur University) The Afterlives of Afterbirth: Placental Waste Economies in Chennai, India, 1980-2010 Sarah Hodges (University of Warwick) Moderator: Richard Keller (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Session...

Comparison of shipboard and satellite measurements of surface water temperature and chlorophyll a in Lake Ontario

The binational Lake Ontario Lower Aquatic Foodweb Assessment program (LOLA) intensively sampled Lake Ontario in the Spring (April 28-May 3), Summer (August 10–11 and August 19–21) and Fall (September 21–25) of 2003. However, the timing of shipboard surveys often misses critical periods in biological productivity. We directly compared surface water temperature and chlorophyll a (chl a) measurements made during these cruises to Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite images for May 3, August 18, and September 21, 2003. Satellite measurements were strongly correlated to shipboard measurements for surface water temperature (r2 = 0.98) and chl a (r2 = 0.62, offshore sites only). The OC4 algorithm for chl a greatly overestimated nearshore sites because of the probable presence of color producing agents other than chl a. However, its relative reliability for offshore sites adds confidence in using the imagery to fill the gaps between sampling cruises.

The emerging role of phosphate in vascular calcification

Vascular calcification is recognized as a major contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Susceptibility to vascular calcification is genetically determined and actively regulated by diverse inducers and inhibitors. One of these inducers, hyperphosphatemia, promotes vascular calcification and is a nontraditional risk factor for CVD mortality in ESRD patients. Vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) respond to elevated phosphate levels by undergoing an osteochondrogenic phenotype change and mineralizing their extracellular matrix through a mechanism requiring sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporters. Disease states and cytokines can increase expression of sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporters in SMCs, thereby increasing susceptibility to calcification even at phosphate concentrations that are in the normal range.

Biomechanical and Wound Healing Characteristics of Corneas After Excimer Laser Keratorefractive Surgery

To describe the biomechanical and wound healing characteristics of corneas after excimer laser keratorefractive surgery. Histologic, ultrastructural, and cohesive tensile strength evaluations were performed on 25 normal human corneal specimens, 206 uncomplicated LASIK specimens, 17 uncomplicated sub-Bowman's keratomileusis (SBK) specimens, 4 uncomplicated photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) specimens, 2 uncomplicated advanced surface ablation (ASA) specimens, 5 keratoconus specimens, 12 postoperative LASIK ectasia specimens, and 1 postoperative PRK ectasia specimen and compared to previously published studies. Histologic and ultrastructural studies of normal corneas showed significant differences in the direction of collagen fibrils and/or the degree of lamellar interweaving in Bowman's layer, the anterior third of the corneal stroma, the posterior two-thirds of the corneal stroma, and Descemet's membrane. Cohesive tensile strength testing directly supported these morphologic findings as the stronger, more rigid regions of the cornea were located anteriorly and peripherally. This suggests that PRK and ASA, and secondarily SBK, should be biomechanically safer than conventional LASIK with regard to risk for causing keratectasia after surgery. Because adult human corneal stromal wounds heal slowly and incompletely, all excimer laser keratorefractive surgical techniques still have some distinct disadvantages due to inadequate reparative wound healing. Despite reducing some of the risk for corneal haze compared to conventional PRK, ASA cases still can develop corneal haze or breakthrough haze from the hypercellular fibrotic stromal scarring. In contrast, similar to conventional LASIK, SBK still has the short- and long-term potential for interface wound complications from the hypocellular primitive stromal scar. Ophthalmic pathology and basic science research show that SBK and ASA are improvements in excimer laser keratorefractive surgery compared to conventional LASIK or PRK, particularly with regard to maintaining corneal biomechanics and perhaps moderately reducing the risk of corneal haze. However, most of the disadvantages caused by wound healing issues remain.

The 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts April 28-May 5, 2007

The 59th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts April 28-May 5, 2007

SUPERCME/ADVANCED CODING WORKSHOP — ORLANDO, FLA.

SuperCME 2004, “Practice, Patients, Problems: Solving the Pediatric Puzzle,” will be held April 28-May 1 at the Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Fla. This continuing medical education (CME) program will be followed by “The Advanced Workshop: Coding, Documentation and

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The bryophyte flora of Easter Island has been poorly known primarily because few botanists have collected there. In order to increase the knowledge of the flora the two authors collected bryophytes from 12 localities on the island from April 28-May 3, 2000. The small island, which is south of the Tropic of Capricorn, is of volcanic origin and the volcanic soil as well as the destruction of most of the native flora have undoubtedly contributed to the paucity of bryophytes. The present study revealed that the bryophyte flora consists of only a few species, including one unidentifiable member of the Anthocerotaceae, 11 hepatics and 30 mosses. Eighteen mosses are new to the island. Three mosses, Chenia leptophylla (Müll. Hal.) R. H. Zander, Dicranella hawaiica (Müll. Hal.) Broth. and Tortella humilis (Hedw.) Jennings, are new for Chile, while three, Fissidens pascuanus Broth. in Skottsb., Ptychomitrium subcylindricum Thér. and Trematodon pascuanus Thér., are presently known to be endemic to Easter Island. Two of the three endemics, Fissidens pascuanus and Ptychomitrium subcylindricum, were rediscovered on the island. Fissidens pascuanus was found with sporophytes for the first time and a revised description of the species is provided.

Making an IMPACT: Report of the fifth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, Castle Vaalsbroek, Vaals, The Netherlands, April 28‐May 2 1996

Creativity and Innovation ManagementVolume 5, Issue 3 p. 215-216 Making an IMPACT: Report of the fifth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, Castle Vaalsbroek, Vaals, The Netherlands, April 28-May 2 1996 Susan Moger, Susan MogerSearch for more papers by this author Susan Moger, Susan MogerSearch for more papers by this author First published: September 1996 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8691.1996.tb00145.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume5, Issue3September 1996Pages 215-216 RelatedInformation