Forgotten Story Research Articles

Erythropoietin resistance-secondary to watermelon stomach: a forgotten story in chronic kidney disease patients.

Watermelon stomach, also known as gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE), is a rarely seen cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding or chronic iron deficient anemia, revealed when gastroscopy is performed. GAVE affects predominantly women of advanced aged and is usually associated with certain underlying co-morbidities including liver cirrhosis, autoimmune diseases and chronic kidney disease. Based on the above, we report the case of a 75-year old woman under hemodialysis for six consecutive years due to end-stage renal disease attributable to hypertensive nephrosclerosis. The patient also suffered from chronic ischemic heart disease, severe peripheral artery disease and an unidentified connective tissue-disease characterized by high levels of anti-nuclear antibodies and clinical symptoms restrained in flares of non-erosive polyarthritis. Six months prior, she developed hyporesponsiveness to recombinant human erythropoietin (rEPO) due to iron deficiency despite the administration of the appropriate dose of intravenous iron as well as the exclusion of other co-existing causes of resistance, namely inadequate hemodialysis, inflammation, malnutrition, severe hyperparathyroidism and underlying hematologic disorders. Surprisingly, the patient experienced a sudden episode of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding characterized by hemodynamic instability, hemoglobin fall and melena that required blood transfusions. Once hemodynamic stabilization was achieved, an upper endoscopic exam was performed showing the pathognomonic extensive vascular ectasias and patchy erythematosus lesions at the distal antrum. Thus, GAVE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic kidney disease patients who present not only with acute blood loss but also with resistance to rEPO due to inadequate iron stores.

Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front by Charles R. Gallagher

Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front by Charles R. Gallagher

Vera Salomons and the Kotel: reading international Jewish history through a Jewish country house

ABSTRACT Vera Bryce Salomons is best known as the founder of the L. A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem. Drawing on a privately published obituary volume, this article explores her involvement in attempts to buy Waqf property adjacent to the Kotel in the 1920s. The article brings to light a forgotten story with implications for our understanding of the role of British elites in Mandate Palestine. It demonstrates how private archives and unconventional sources can be used to illuminate the role of women in international Jewish history.

The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

A Cold War Cold Case: What Huldah Clark Can Teach Us about Teaching Soviet History

This short article reconstructs the forgotten story of Huldah Clark, a Black American teenager who studied in Moscow in the years 1961–1964 on a scholarship offered her by Nikita Khrushchev. It deploys her story to explore the complexities of Cold War racial politics and how ordinary people mobilized the superpowers’ competing slogans in creative ways. It shows how ordinary Black Americans found hope and even tangible support in Khrushchev's Soviet Union as they struggled for civil rights at home and sought avenues for asserting Black power and anti-racist protest on the global stage. Whereas the historiography on Black American sojourners to the USSR has focused on the interwar period, this article shows how the avowed Soviet commitment to racial equality and global anti-racism still had the power to inspire ordinary Black Americans in their struggle against Jim Crow and in their global pursuit of Black liberation.

The Forgotten Story of the Bombings of the Italian Church of Saints Peter and Paul in San Fransisco

The Forgotten Story of the Bombings of the Italian Church of Saints Peter and Paul in San Fransisco

At Least Something: The UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary, 1957–1958

Abstract In late 1956, the United Nations (UN) faced a remarkable test, as the Soviet Union invaded and crushed a burgeoning rebellion in Hungary, then a Soviet satellite. After the Soviet Union disregarded repeated UN calls to withdraw, the UN General Assembly established, in January 1957, a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate the crisis. This article explores the forgotten story of the Special Committee on Hungary as a case study for the effects of COIs. This commission is of special interest for several reasons. Namely, it was one of the first mandated by a UN body to investigate a specific conflict, not least a Cold War struggle, in which a superpower was directly involved. Furthermore, it was clear from the beginning that the Committee was not likely to compel, in itself, the Soviet Union to change its behaviour. Moreover, 1956 was a time of global political transformation, as the non-aligned movement emerged as a key player in UN politics and, accordingly, became a target in the Cold War battle for influence. Under such circumstances, the effects of COIs are complex and difficult to gauge. While the Committee did not lead to the Soviet Union’s withdrawal from Hungary, it had many unforeseen and conflicting effects. These are grouped into two categories – effects relating mainly to times of ideological conflict and political transformation and effects that relate to parallel multilateral efforts and institutional dynamics. Among other effects, the article demonstrates how, under such political circumstances, COIs can create new points of contention and cause backlash precisely from those that they seek to influence. Having cascading and conflicting effects, the central conclusion is that COIs do not lend themselves easily to clean and linear theories. Recognition of the field’s inherent complexity is therefore needed in any attempt to study this international phenomenon.

Four Fragments of the Hebrew Bible from Antinoopolis, P.Ant. 47–50

An expedition of the Egypt Exploration Society in 1913–14 discovered four fragments of the Hebrew Bible (from the books of Kings and Job). This article presents the first critical edition of the fragments. With a few minor exceptions, the fragments conform to the Masoretic Text. The possible datings of these fragments range from the third to the early eighth centuries ce. Very little is known about the transmission of the text of the Hebrew Bible in the so-called ‘silent’ or ‘dark’ period between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah. The fragments also testify to the presence of a Jewish community in Egypt – which was virtually eradicated after the revolt of 115–17 ce. The article gives a brief overview of the extant documentary and epigraphic evidence to reconstruct the forgotten story of Jews at Antinoopolis in Late Antiquity.

Diary of Economos Todor Penkov (1878-1959) - a Forgotten Story about the History of the Diocese Brotherhood Home and "St. Panteleimon" Church in the Village of Yagoda, Diocese of Stara Zagora

Diary of Economos Todor Penkov (1878-1959) - a Forgotten Story about the History of the Diocese Brotherhood Home and "St. Panteleimon" Church in the Village of Yagoda, Diocese of Stara Zagora

The New Girl Loves Chemistry

Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham. 2017. A Chemical Passion: The Forgotten Story of Chemistry at British Independent Girls’ Schools, 1820s-1930s. London: UCL Institute of Education Press.

The Complement System in Dialysis: A Forgotten Story?

Significant advances have lead to a greater understanding of the role of the complement system within nephrology. The success of the first clinically approved complement inhibitor has created renewed appreciation of complement-targeting therapeutics. Several clinical trials are currently underway to evaluate the therapeutic potential of complement inhibition in renal diseases and kidney transplantation. Although, complement has been known to be activated during dialysis for over four decades, this area of research has been neglected in recent years. Despite significant progress in biocompatibility of hemodialysis (HD) membranes and peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluids, complement activation remains an undesired effect and relevant issue. Short-term effects of complement activation include promoting inflammation and coagulation. In addition, long-term complications of dialysis, such as infection, fibrosis and cardiovascular events, are linked to the complement system. These results suggest that interventions targeting the complement system in dialysis could improve biocompatibility, dialysis efficacy, and long-term outcome. Combined with the clinical availability to safely target complement in patients, the question is not if we should inhibit complement in dialysis, but when and how. The purpose of this review is to summarize previous findings and provide a comprehensive overview of the role of the complement system in both HD and PD.

Coltano: the forgotten story of Marconi's early powerful intercontinental station

On September 8, 1902, at the dawn of the wireless telegraphy age, Marconi was looking at the Tuscan coast from the cruiser “Carlo Alberto,” back from a long trip where he successfully carried out many radio experiments in the northern seas. While passing in front of Leghorn, Marconi expressed to the Admiral Mirabello his intention to build a powerful intercontinental station in the plain behind that city. The station, which would be the first in Marconi's home country (and one of the first in the world, too), was intended to provide radiotelegraphic connections with Africa and America in the very low-frequency (VLF) band, i.e., using carrier frequencies below 100 kHz, which, at the time, were believed to be the sole option for long-distance radio communications.

Presser - the forgotten story.

Regina v Presser [1958] VR 45, is the most seminal case regarding fitness to plead for accused persons in Australia and New Zealand. It is not widely understood that Presser was a 14-year-old boy with intellectual disability. We aim to describe a clearer narrative regarding Edward John Presser. Review of attainable newspaper reports framed within an historical context of fitness and relevant case law. Presser's narrative is described in greater detail than previously understood by clinicians and lawyers. Ramifications for fitness assessment are discussed including doli incapax and human rights considerations. The Presser criteria are widely applied; however, the case involved a 14-year-old boy with intellectual disability. Greater awareness of Presser's narrative assists clinicians providing expert evidence regarding fitness to plead for adolescents and persons with intellectual disability.

A Tale of Two Books: A Forgotten Story and Things Fall Apart

A short while later, perhaps a week, perhaps two weeks after reading that book whose title Christmas has forgotten, serendipity throws Achebe’s Things Fall Apart into her path. Reading it is like a spiritual experience. She will recognize later, when she is older and wiser, how it saves her. This book tells the story of a civilization and a community completely disrupted by the coming of the white man. Its protagonist, Okonkwo, is a warrior, a proud man whose life is completely ruined by the clash of civilizations that is brought by the English colonizers. For the first time in her life, she reads a book that shows her ancestors’ history does not begin with colonization, that her people had a world that was complete on its own, a world that did not seek validity outside of its own community. For the first time, colonization was presented as an intrusion, and not as something she ought to be grateful for.

The wisdom of the Beguines: the forgotten story of a medieval women's movement

The wisdom of the Beguines: the forgotten story of a medieval women's movement

A Review of Dolmens reflected on Ancient Chronicles and Literatures

Megalithic cultures are composed of menhir, stone circle, stone cist, stone statue, and dolmen. Dolmens are belonged to one of megalithic cultures in prehistory. In this paper, I reviewed the recognition of dolmens recorded on ancient chronicles and literatures in Korea and China.<BR> The name of dolmen in Korean and Chinese would be originated from those of words written on the ancient literatures. Dolmen was called as a ‘Jiseokmyo’ in Korean. The Korean word ‘Jiseokmyo’, dolmen tomb, must be derived from ‘Jisek’ documented on Dongguk Isanggukgip. Dolmen also called as a ‘shipeng’ in Chinese, and this word was originated from the same word ‘shipeng’ on Yajianghangbuzhi.<BR> Dolmen was no more constructed at the ruling period of Xiaodi emperor(86~74B.C.), West Han dynasty. According to Hanshu, big stone supported by three stone walls at the south of Raimushan, this big stone located in Shandong peninsula. The chamber under the capstone was constructed as a ‘?’ shape so that this shape of big stone must be the northern type of dolmen. Northern type of dolmen was widely distributed in Liaotung peninsula and north of Korean peninsula.<BR> Dolmens were depicted on ancient historical literatures as a supernatural stone monuments. It is worth to compare between ancient notion appeared on the chronicles and literatures and results of archaeological excavation activities today. Although dates and episodes depicted on ancient chronicles and literatures are somewhat anomalous on our viewpoints in descriptive ways, there we can get certain informations such as construction time of dolmen, collapse shape of dolmen at those time.<BR> Dolmen, called big stone, was recognized by the people at those time as a miraculous monument by stood itself, legendary cauldron of ku?fu, abnormality construction built by ancient saint and so on. We can understand that the construction activities of dolmen were no more practiced by native people at those time, and already had become forgotten story. Therefore, at those time to the local native peoples dolmen must be discerned as a symbolic stone monument, built itself, or built by certain saints on the ancient historical literatures.

Research in Transnational Archives: The Forgotten Story of the ‘Australian Immigration Project’

The transformative period in Australian Jewish history was the pre- and post-war migration of Jewish refugees. The Jewish community trebled in size from a tiny community of 23,000 to 61,000. However, whilst the number arriving at the edge of the Diaspora was significant, many more could have benefited. This opportunity was limited because of xenophobic and antisemitic attitudes, which resulted in government quotas and restricted funding. This period signalled the beginning of a partnership between Australian and American Jewry in the enormous task of resettling Jewish Displaced Persons in Australia. A largely forgotten story, it has been preserved in archives in Australia, New York and Jerusalem. This essay draws on this Australian case study to demonstrate the importance of transnational archival research.

Steinmetz and the Concept of Phasor: A Forgotten Story

The history of the concept of phasor is often neglected when it is introduced in textbooks on circuits. The presentation does not emphasize the historical aspects, which is natural. This paper intends to recover the original and creative way the concept of complex numbers, then almost unknown to engineers, was applied to electric circuits in sinusoidal steady-state. As usual in physics and engineering, the theory of phasor could have been anticipated by earlier researchers, if they had followed their original reasonings. Maxwell and Heaviside had proved the meal, but could not, or were not interested in writing the recipe.

How God became king: the forgotten story of the Gospels

How God became king: the forgotten story of the Gospels

Beyond the G.P.A.

Through a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework, this article explores the experiences of students who are most typically overlooked within the college access discourse—those individuals who are considered “non-high performing” and/or “non-college bound.” Employing data from a longitudinal qualitative study, counter-narratives are used to highlight how Raheem and Brianna, two non-high performing African American students, experience the high school-to-college transition process. Over the course of three years, they reveal a combination of personal challenges, institutional shortcomings, and other trials that influence how they finally come to navigate their experiences within school, as well as their decisions about and actions towards achieving their postsecondary goals. Their narratives, while unique in their own right, highlight many aspects and obstacles that are all too common amongst this population of students; however, they also highlight an often more forgotten story—that is, the complexities of how these students attempt to find ways in which to handle their circumstances and proceed towards their future.