Broken Arrow Research Articles

The Sesquicentennial, So What? An Assessment a Quarter Century Afterward

The Sesquicentennial, So What? An Assessment a Quarter Century Afterward

Asymptotic behavior of the distributions of eigenvalues for beta-Wishart ensemble under the dispersed population eigenvalues

We propose a Laplace approximation of the hypergeometric function with two matrix arguments expanded by Jack polynomials. This type of hypergeometric function appears in the joint density of eigenvalues of the beta-Wishart matrix for parameters where the matrix indicates the cases for reals, complexes, and quaternions, respectively. Using the Laplace approximations, we show that the joint density of the eigenvalues can be expressed using gamma density functions when population eigenvalues are infinitely dispersed. In general, for the parameter we also show that the distribution of the eigenvalue can be approximated by gamma distributions through broken arrow matrices. We compare approximated gamma distributions with empirical distributions by Monte Carlo simulation.

The Growing Threat of The EMP [Electronics warfare

EMPs, or electromagnetic pulses, are intense bursts of energy that can be used to damage electronics. Electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) and other forms of electromagnetic energy weaponry and warfare loom large in Hollywood films - everything from `Broken Arrow' and `The Matrix' to Pixar's `Cars 2' and `Red Dawn' are examples. But the fact that former US President Donald Trump issued an `Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses,' as recently as March 2019, says much about the severity of the actual threat EMPs present to countries that are increasingly dependent on computers and electronic communications for most aspects of their military and commercial operations.

Abstracts of the 30th Annual Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) Meeting April 21 to 25, 2021

Abstracts of the 30th Annual Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) Meeting April 21 to 25, 2021

Avoiding Sabatier’s conflict in bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for the WGS reaction

Summary A new strategy for designing efficient bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for the water-gas-shift (WGS) reaction (CO + H2O → CO2 + H2) is presented. We avoid conflicting tasks that require ∗OH or ∗O from dissociated water to adsorb on and then desorb from the substrate of a catalyst. Instead, the CO on metal directly obtains OH from water that is connected by weak hydrogen bonds to the substrate. The task of the substrate is to efficiently channel ∗H on its surface and release them as H2 gas. Experimental and theoretical results show that bifunctional catalysts with weakly reactive substrates have significantly higher CO conversion rates compared with highly reactive substrates that follow either the LH-associative or LH-redox process.

Internal Carotid Pseudo-Aneurysm Caused by Migration of a Coronary Guidewire Fragment: The Case of a Broken Arrow

Internal Carotid Pseudo-Aneurysm Caused by Migration of a Coronary Guidewire Fragment: The Case of a Broken Arrow

A Broken Arrow: a rare complication of Endotracheal tube introducer

Complications from endotracheal tube introducer are rare and mostly involved mechanical trauma to airway structures. We report a rare complication while using endotracheal tube introducer during difficult airway management, which, we believed it was fragile after repeated sterilization.

Refocus: The Films of Delmer Daves eds. by Matthew Carter, Andrew Patrick Nelson (review)

Reviewed by: Refocus: The Films of Delmer Daves eds. by Matthew Carter, Andrew Patrick Nelson Bernard F. Dick Refocus: The Films of Delmer Daves Matthew Carter, Andrew Patrick Nelson, eds. Edinburgh University Press, 2016, 226 pages In The American Cinema (Dutton, 1968), Andrew Sarris' controversial hierarchy of directors, Delmer Daves is relegated to the "Lightly Likeable" category reserved for "talented but uneven directors with the saving grace of unpretentiousness" (171) such as Michael Curtiz, Henry Hathaway, and Mitchell Leisen. Daves should have been flattered to be numbered among the directors of Casablanca (1942), The House on 92nd St. (1945), and Easy Living (1937). Unpretentious Daves was, but not unprofound, as the ten essays in this excellent collection proves. Actually, there are eleven. The editors modestly refer to their joint article as an "Introduction," in which they make a case for Daves as an auteur with a vision that he not so much imposed on his material as allowed to come out of it. But before the editors reach that conclusion, they take us along the torturous route that led to auteurism, from Astruc's caméra-stylo, film as a form of writing, which implies a signature, to the signers themselves—directors who have given expression to narratives that they have not written but could tell in a way that the writers could not. Anyone teaching a course in Film Theory should make the "Introduction" required reading. I have yet to see a better analysis of authorship refracted through the prism of structuralism and post-structuralism. There is a rich humanity in Daves' vision seen particularly in his portrayal of indigenous peoples in Broken Arrow (1950), Bird of Paradise (1951), and Drum Beat (1954). Although, as Andrew Patrick Nelson notes in "Authorship and the Westerns of Delmer Daves," the director "spent three months living among the Hopi and Navajo" (54) after graduating from Stanford University in 1926, he made nine films between 1944 and 1949—six with a World War II background—before he attempted his first western, Broken Arrow (1950), which seemed revisionist at the time for its sympathetic treatment of native Americans within the setting of a doomed interracial romance. The western most associated with Daves is 3:10 to Yuma (1957), which Fran Pheasant-Kelly brilliantly analyzes in "Delmer Daves' 3:10 to Yuma: Aesthetics, Reception, and Cultural Significance," treating it both as a filmic text with close attention to framing, camera angles, and lighting and as a quest narrative about an impoverished farmer (Van Heflin), who, having failed to intervene during a stagecoach robbery, volunteers to deliver an outlaw (Glenn Ford) to Yuma prison both for the money and the opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and sons. To set his film apart from the traditional western, Daves intertwined the pursuit of manhood with the doubling of a flawed hero and an amiable villain, who is unusually deferential toward women. Small wonder that the Library of Congress designated 3:10 to Yuma as worthy of preservation for its historical, aesthetic, and cultural significance. An equally important western is Jubal (1956), but for reasons that have more to do with its noirish overtones than its place in the western canon. Don't be put off by Matthew Carter's unwieldy title: "'This Is Where He Brought Me: 10,000 Acres of Nothing!'": The Femme Fatale and other Film Noir Tropes in Delmer Daves' Jubal. "This is the highlight of the collection. While not a noir western like Raoul Walsh's Pursued (1947), Jubal is an atypical variation on the eternal triangle (husband, wife, wife's lover) with a stolid but genial husband (Ernest Borgnine), his unfulfilled wife (Valerie French), and the innocent victim of her sexual aggressiveness (Glenn Ford), who kills the husband in self-defense. The film's steaminess, reflected in both the wife's vampish behavior and a ranch hand's (Rod Steiger) palpable lust for her, counterbalanced by Ford's almost puritanical rejection of her advances, reveals Daves' refusal to make anything resembling a pure western. [End Page 70] While all the essays afford valuable insights into Daves' art, one wishes the editors had commissioned a few more dealing...

Broken Arrow Nursery plants: an exploration of underutilized plants, our introductions and the future©

Broken Arrow Nursery plants: an exploration of underutilized plants, our introductions and the future^©

Historic Leadership: One Courageous School Nurse's Heroic Journey-Part 3.

School nursing practice establishes itself in the midst of both education and nursing philosophies, ethics, standards, laws, and regulations. Treading these two worlds is difficult at times and requires that a school nurse possess a strong foundational knowledge base, seek professional collaboration, and navigate conflicting professional demands in order to promote student and public safety. This article is Part 3 of a four-part series that recounts the inspiring story of a school nurse, Ellen Johnsen, who did just that back in the 1980s in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Part 3 describes the publication of the Attorney General's opinion validating the illegality of the school district's medication administration policy, the lawsuit Ellen brought against the Broken Arrow Public Schools, and the appeal of the final decision in that lawsuit. The purpose of this series is to enhance understanding of the legal parameters governing school nurse practice, provide examples of ethical decision making, and review the challenges associated with serving as a leader.

Historic Leadership.

School nursing practice establishes itself in the midst of both education and nursing philosophies, ethics, standards, laws, and regulations. Treading these two worlds is difficult at times and requires that a school nurse possess a strong foundational knowledge base, seek professional collaboration, and navigate conflicting professional demands in order to promote student and public safety. This article is Part 2 of a four-part series that recounts the inspiring story of a school nurse, Ellen Johnsen, who did just that back in the 1980s in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Part 2 describes how Ellen's actions led the Broken Arrow Public Schools to revise its unsafe and illegal medication administration policy, which brought the policy into partial compliance with the nurse practice act but culminated in Ellen losing her job. The purpose of this series is to enhance understanding of the legal parameters governing school nurse practice, provide examples of ethical decision making, and review the challenges associated with serving as a leader.

Historic Leadership.

School nursing practice establishes itself in the midst of both education and nursing philosophies, ethics, standards, laws, and regulations. Treading these two worlds is difficult at times and requires that a school nurse possess a strong foundational knowledge base, seek professional collaboration, and navigate conflicting professional demands in order to promote student and public safety. This article is Part 1 of a four-part series that recounts the inspiring story of a school nurse, Ellen Johnsen, who did just that back in the 1980s in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Part 1 describes the upbringing and early career experiences that molded Ellen into a courageous and tenacious child advocate who rose to the challenge when she found herself in a school setting where tradition and policy were at odds with the nurse practice act and professional standards regarding medication administration. The purpose of this series is to enhance understanding of the legal parameters governing school nurse practice, provide examples of ethical decision making, and review the challenges associated with serving as a leader.

Feature Book Review & Citations

Feature Book Review & Citations

Comparing family and nonfamily candidates for promotion: manager selection at Acme Lumber

Synopsis Ned Piper needs to improve the performance of Acme Lumber’s Broken Arrow store. There are two candidates for the store manager’s position, Larry Frazier and Chip Farmer. Larry has worked for Acme for 35 years in a variety of positions and is related to the Johnson family who has owned and managed Acme for three generations. Chip has worked for Acme for 19 years and has successfully helped to turn around another store. Chip is not related to the Johnsons. Ned is feeling pressure from the business and family to make the right decision. Which candidate should he select to become a manager? Research methodology The authors used a case study methodology. Relevant courses and levels Human resources, selection, staffing, and family business management. Theoretical bases Socioemotional wealth perspective, and agency theory.

Abstract 2401: RD3-loss orchestrates GC-signaling independent evolution of progressive neuroblastoma

Abstract Recently we recognized the transcriptional/translational loss of Retinal degeneration Protein 3 (RD3) in high-risk progressive neuroblastoma (HR-NB) and defined its novel tumor evolution stabilization function. Studies have shown that RD3 competitively binds to guanylate cyclases (GCs) and maintains GC expression, stability, as well as restores GC localization. Accordingly, we investigated the role of GCs, if any, in RD3-loss associated evolution of HR-NB. Utilizing an in vivo mouse model of spontaneous HR-NB coupled with ex vivo approaches using metastatic site derived aggressive cells (MSDACs), we examined the transcriptional and translational expression of GCs and validated with high-content confocal immunofluorescence. Further, utilizing a cGMP competitive enzyme immunoassay, we investigated both intracellular and soluble GC activity. Whole genome microarray analysis revealed a differential activation of GC signaling transcriptional machinery in three different clones of MSDACs (compared to parental SH-SY5Y cells) ex vivo. Immunoblotting identified a consistent translation of GCs (GC-1 and GC-2) in a manifold of metastatic tumors (compared to non-metastatic primary xenografts) in vivo and in MSDACs ex vivo. Confocal immunofluorescence analysis validated the near-identical expression of GC1 and GC2 both in SH-SY5Y cells and MSDACs. cGMP immunoassay recognized indistinguishable intracellular and soluble GC activity in clones of differentiated/undifferentiated MSDACs as opposed to the clones of SH-SY5Y. For the first time, the results of this study define the transcription and translation blueprint of GCs in HR-NB and, further imply that the RD3-loss may dictate GCs-signaling independent alternate molecular flow-through in the evolution of HR-NB. Acknowledgements: Stephenson Cancer Center, NIH COBRE 1P20GM103639-01, Broken Arrow Lady Elks Auxiliary, and Oklahoma TSET. Citation Format: Singh Meghna, Wolansky Rachel, Terence S. Herman, Natarajan Aravindan. RD3-loss orchestrates GC-signaling independent evolution of progressive neuroblastoma. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 2401.

Intruders: New Neighbors in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Hundred-Foot Journey

Conflicts over territory are about the power to establish dominant cultures in territories and are often accompanied by cultural claims to legitimacy by each side. The cultural claims, or ideologies, are often expressed in terms of “homeland” dwellers versus “intruders.” Two recent movies, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Hundred-Foot Journey, depict such conflicts. They refer to novel groups in the depictions, but they follow the pattern of earlier movies, such as Broken Arrow. Novel groups are required because the earlier examples of despised alien cultures no longer convey to modern audiences the extreme hostility felt by the combatants in the earlier movies.

Re: Seeing past the appendix; the role of ultrasound in right iliac fossa pain

Sir, Re: Seeing past the appendix; the role of ultrasound in right iliac fossa pain. (Ultrasound 2014;22:104–12) I read with interest the article by White et al. Right iliac fossa pain is a common symptom presenting to emergency departments and surgical admissions units and the authors are to be congratulated for highlighting the potential ultrasound offers in interrogating the differential diagnoses. The focus of the article is on mimics of appendicitis and therefore the brevity on appendicitis appropriate, but several critical elements have been excluded. The variation of the dimensions of the normal appendix, which in the largest published study ranged from 1 to 24 cm (average 8 cm) in length,1 The maximum outer diameter of the normal appendix may be much greater than 6 mm in the presence of faecal impaction or air distension (Figure 1), and 6 mm is therefore an unreliable diagnostic threshold diameter, unless accompanied by other features of inflammation,2,3 Figure 1 High-frequency linear probe axial image of the appendix (solid arrow) and small bowel (broken arrow) in the right iliac fossa. The appendix is distended with faeces with an MOD 8.4 mm In focal appendicitis, the appendix may not be enlarged; the lesion may be missed if the organ is not imaged completely,4 Appendicoliths are often present in the normal appendix.5

Sociolingvistički pristup ideologiji / Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Ideology

In the thesis named "The Savage against Civilization: the Sociolinguistic Analysis of Images of Native Americans in Western" is given a specific approach to research of the ideological and stylistic characteristics of images of the Indians and Indian wars in classical and contemporary Western, as well as their connections with appropriate social conditions. Besides the analysis of the chosen movies, this research required: 1) an insight into a historical causality of given images and into their genealogy; 2) an insight into their function in the context of a popular movie genre; 3) the review of a sociolinguistic theory of Basil Bernstein and of its anthropological application in the work of Mary Douglas; 4) finding a way of using a sociolinguistic theory on the film language. The basic concepts of Bernstein’s theory – studies about the two speech codes (restricted and elaborated), which are conditioned by different social circumstances and are conducive to different ideologies – here are applied on mostly mutually opposing views of Indians-whites conflicts in classical and contemporary Western. As examples for classical Western I used those from John Ford’s movies (Stagecoach, Rio Grande, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, Cheyenne Autumn), and for those from contemporary Western, after the precursors from fifties (Broken Arrow, Apache) I took revisionist movies from 1970 (Little Big Man, Soldier Blue) and post-revisionist Western Dances with Wolves. The thematic and sociolinguistic analysis of images from these movies confirmed a rule which can be also seen in some images from the past centuries: a noble savage and a bad savage persist as opposition to Western civilization throughout different periods of the genre, changing some of their characteristics in accordance with the historical context. Furthermore, the assumption about the crucial importance of the style usage in shaping of different ideological views was confirmed in accordance with a sociolinguistic theory.

Imagining Geronimo: an Apache icon in popular culture

His face has appeared on T-shirts, postage stamps, jigsaw puzzles, posters, and an Andy Warhol print. A celebrity and a tourist attraction who attended three World's Fairs and rode in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade, he is a character in such classic westerns as Stagecoach and Broken Arrow. His name was used in the daring military operation that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, and rumours about the location of his skull at a Yale University club have circulated for a century. These are just a few of the ways that the Apache shaman and war leader known to Anglo-Americans as Geronimo has remained alive in the mainstream American imagination and beyond. Clements's study samples the repertoire of Geronimo stories and examines Americans' changing sense of Geronimo in terms of traditional patterns--trickster social bandit, patriot chief, sage elder, and culture hero. He looks at the ways in which Geronimo tried with mixed results to maintain control of his own image during more than twenty years in which he was a prisoner of war. Also examined are Geronimo's ostensible conversion to Christianity and his image in photography and literature.

Sacral pressure ulcer successfully treated with traction, resulting in a reduction of wound deformity

Sacral pressure ulcer successfully treated with traction, resulting in a reduction of wound deformity