Screening Room Research Articles

Acoustic noise in a small-format 3.0-T neonatal MRI system.

Today, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is rarely used in managing the care of premature neonates. This is in large part due to the medical and logistical challenges associated with moving neonates from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to the radiology department. Furthermore, acoustic noise associated with MR scanning poses safety concerns for both practitioners and neonatal patients. A small-format 3.0-T neonatal scanner was recently developed and placed within the NICU to address these logistical and acoustic challenges. To compare acoustic noise measurements of a small-format 3.0-T neonatal MRI scanner with conventional adult-sized 1.5-T and 3.0-T MRI scanners using identical neonatal head imaging protocols. Sound pressure level (SPL) measurements of a standard imaging protocol were made in a small-format neonatal 3.0-T MRI scanner as well as in adult-sized 1.5-T and 3.0-T scanners. SPL measurements were made with a Brüel & Kjær sound level meter model 2250. The statistical significance of the differences in SPL between scanners was determined using one-way ANOVA. Average sound pressure level values were measured in unweighted decibels (dB) and A-weighted decibels (dBA) for all imaging sequences in the protocol. The average A-weighted SPLs for the NICU from 1.5-T and 3.0-T MRI scanners were 81.02 ± 0.28 dBA, 87.00 ± 0.85 dBA, and 94.91 ± 0.65 dBA, respectively. SPLs at the isocenter of the NICU MRI scanner were 5.98 dBA quieter than in the 1.5-T scanner (P=0.007), and 13.89 dBA quieter than in the 3.0-T scanner (P<0.001). For staff standing next to the scanner, the NICU scanner was 20.24 dBA quieter than the 1.5-T scanner (P<0.001) and 19.28 dBA quieter than the 3.0-T scanner (P<0.001). The NICU 3.0-T MRI system is significantly quieter than conventional adult-sized MRI systems, improving safety for neonatal patients. Significant reductions in SPL were also noted inside the screen room where clinicians may be present during scanning.

Introduction of one-view tomosynthesis in population-based mammography screening: Impact on detection rate, interval cancer rate and false-positive rate.

To assess performance endpoints of a combination of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and full-field digital mammography (FFDM) compared with FFDM only in breast cancer screening. This was a prospective population-based screening study, including eligible (50-69 years) women attending the Capital Region Mammography Screening Program in Denmark. All attending women were offered FFDM. A subgroup was consecutively allocated to a screening room with DBT. All FFDM and DBT underwent independent double reading, and all women were followed up for 2 years after screening date or until next screening date, whichever came first. 6353 DBT + FFDM and 395 835 FFDM were included in the analysis and were undertaken in 196 267 women in the period from 1 November 2012 to 12 December 2018. Addition of DBT increased sensitivity: 89.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 81.0-95.5) for DBT + FFDM and 70.1% (95% CI: 68.6-71.6) for FFDM only, p < 0.001. Specificity remained similar: 98.2% (95% CI: 97.9-98.5) for DBT + FFDM and 98.3% (95% CI: 98.2-98.3) for FFDM only, p = 0.9. Screen-detected cancer rate increased statistically significantly: 11.18/1000 for DBT + FFDM and 6.49/1000 for FFDM only, p < 0.001. False-positive rate was unchanged: 1.75% for DBT + FFDM and 1.73% for FFDM only, p = 0.9. Positive predictive value for recall was 39.0% (95% CI: 31.9-46.5) for DBT + FFDM and 27.3% (95% CI: 26.4-28.2), for FFDM only, p < 0.0005. The interval cancer rate decreased: 1.26/1000 for DBT + FFDM and 2.76/1000 for FFDM only, p = 0.02. DBT + FFDM yielded a statistically significant increase in cancer detection and program sensitivity.

Cervical Cancer Screening Services in Nepal: A Descriptive Crosssectional Study.

Cervical cancer, the most prevalent cancer among women, is also the primary cause of cancer-related deaths in reproductive age women in Nepal. The study aims to assess the situation of cervical cancer screening services in Nepal. This cross-sectional study used quantitative methods to understand the situation of cervical cancer screening in 572 health facilities of Nepal. The research was conducted to assess screening facilities, the allocation of separate screening rooms, the availability of screening services on a routine basis throughout the week, screening facilities that are free of charge, human resources, and the availability of treatment. It was conducted in October to December 2022. The research was carried out among 572 healthcare facilities, out of which 134 (23.42%) had provision for cervical cancer screening services. Ethical approval was obtained from the Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) under reference number 397/2022 P. Amongst those 134, 72 (53.73%) healthcare facilities had assigned separate rooms for screening intentions. One hundred and two (76.12%) healthcare facilities provided regular screening services throughout the week, while 112 (83.58 %) had free-of-charge screening services. Concerning trained personnel, 121 (90.30%) health facilities had personnel trained in visual inspection with Acetic acid, 9 (6.72%) had personnel trained in use of colposcopy, and 5 (3.73%) had personnel trained in use of Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP). Lastly, 31 (23.13%) healthcare facilities offered treatment choices for cervical cancer. Most of the health care facilities did not have provision of cervical screening. Amongst those who had the provision, personnel trained in loop electrosurgical excision procedure colposcopy.

Biosecurity infectious diseases of the returning Indonesian migrants workers

ABSTRACT Biosecurity is a crucial issue in a globalised world as today. Biosecurity has become a serious concern for some countries to prevent the transfer of any infectious diseases across borders. Involving human bio-surveillance, biosecurity regulation is actually an attempt to build new spatial demarcations in the border areas of countries. In the context of Indonesia, the biosecurity policy so far has been initiated and applied for protecting Indonesian borders from infectious disease transferred from the mobility of people, including Indonesian migrant workers when they returned back to this country. However, some important issues and controversies remain in debate, especially around the political economy discourses of the Indonesian government. This research, thus, focuses on the risk of disease transmission among the Indonesian migrant workers, which could affected not only Indonesia, but also others particular countries and global people’s health. This study examines the case of biosecurity issue in the border Island of Indonesia, which is Tanjungpinang situated in Riau Islands. Tanjungpinang is an offshore bordered area bordering to Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. This place is part of a major maritime traffics lane between its neighbouring countries. Tanjungpinang is also one of departure harbours for the Indonesian migrant workers to Malaysia and Singapore. Upon interviewing with migrant workers, the government representatives, and the NGOs/agents who have involved with migrant workers’ travels, this research found that biosecurity policy of the Indonesian government has not been implemented consistently and firm to the standard of health protocols; whilst, the prevention of infectious desease carried from migrant workers overseas who returned home could be spread out and brought health risks for domestic communities. The health authority in border area, i.e. Tanjungpinang, has provided screening rooms; yet, the screenings were implemented for some random workers and on the workers’ physical body.

Improvement of ribonucleic acid production in Cyberlindnera jadinii and optimization of fermentation medium

To enhance the ribonucleic acid (RNA) productivity for industrial applications, this study employed strain screening and medium optimization to improve the content of RNA in Cyberlindnera jadinii. A rapid screening method, combining atmospheric and room temperature plasma mutagenesis, 48-deep-well plates fermentation, and microplate reader detection, was developed. A mutant strain named WB15 with high RNA content was successfully obtained, exhibiting the RNA content of 156 ± 4.5 mg/g DCW, 1.4 times of the starting strain CCTCC AY 92020. Furthermore, Plackett–Burman design and response surface methodology were employed to identify three significant factors (yeast extract, soybean peptone, and KH2PO4) affecting the RNA content. By utilizing the optimal medium composed of 13.43 g/L yeast extract, 12.12 g/L soybean peptone and 2.78 g/L KH2PO4, the RNA content of WB15 further increased to 184 ± 4.9 mg/g DCW. Additionally, the mutant strain WB15 exhibited a greater cellular width compared to AY 92020, along with increased growth rate and single-cell RNA content by 22% and 48.9%, respectively. Perturbations in ribosome assembly, specifically a reduction in the ratio of ribosomal proteins to ribosomal RNA of the large subunit, might indirectly contribute to the higher RNA content in the WB15 strain. Overall, the combination of rapid screening with fermentation medium optimization proved to be an effective approach for improving the RNA content of C. jadinii, thus facilitating the industrial production of RNA.

Addressing the elephant in the screening room: an item response theory analysis of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) for at-risk symptoms of psychosis.

Within the context of patients at-risk of psychosis, where a variety of symptoms are present, identifying the most discriminative symptoms is essential for efficient detection and management. This cross-sectional online study analyzed individuals from the general population in order to better assess their risk of presenting symptoms belonging to the clinical high risk (CHR) for psychosis, called "CHR-related symptoms". The Prodromal Questionnaire-16 (PQ-16) served as a self-report screening tool. Item response theory (IRT) with a graded response model was used to assess the discrimination and difficulty of its criteria. The analysis included 936 participants (mean age: 21.5 years; 28.1% male, 71.9% female). "Déjà vu" stood out for its high discriminative power, while "Voices or whispers" and "Seen things" demonstrated strong precision relatively to the other CHR-related symptoms. Conversely, "Smell or taste" and "Changing face" were associated with the most severe cases relatively to the other CHR-related symptoms. This study identified the most indicative CHR-related symptoms to emphasize their significance in accurately assessing severity and guiding targeted preventative interventions.

Does Mobile Phone Tele-Reminder Increased Iron Status and Diet Quality of Pregnant Women Availing Antenatal Care Services at Phebe and Charles B. Dunbar Hospitals Bong County, Liberia A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

Anemia in pregnancy is a serious public health problem in Liberia. This study aimed to assess the effect of mobile phone tele-reminder on the iron status and diet quality of pregnant women in Liberia. A two-arm, double-blinded cluster randomized control trial was conducted in this study, with ANC screening rooms as a unit of randomization. At the Phebe and Charles B. Dunbar hospitals in Bong County, Liberia, 150 pregnant women who had never previously attended an ANC were recruited for the study (75 intervention women and 75 control women). Iron status measured as hemoglobin (g/dl) and diet quality were primary outcomes of this study. Secondary outcome measures were adherence to daily iron and folic acid supplementation and prevalence of anemia among pregnant women with malaria infection. The analysis was an intent-to-treat. The effect of the intervention on the primary study outcome (iron status) was examined using an independent sample t-test (for group-level analysis). Effects of treatment on diet quality was measured using the Fisher’s Exact Test. A binary logistic regression with a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) was used to analyze the effect of treatment on secondary outcomes. Pregnant women assigned to the intervention group had a significantly greater mean hemoglobin level after the two interventions, t (2.4) = 447, p&lt;0.05; d = 0.23). In the intervention group, there were significant odds in the consumption of 2-3 fish/meat/poultry products compared to the control group (93% versus 83%, adjusted odds ratio, 2.93; 95% CI, 0.99-8.70). A trend towards adherence to the IFA supplementation and an increase in consumption of iron-rich foods was observed. In Liberia, mobile phone tele-reminders appeared to be effective in improving iron status, diet quality, and IFA supplementation adherence when integrated into an existing antenatal care protocol.

Effects of Mobile Phone Tele-Reminder on the Prevalence of Malaria and Antenatal Care Satisfaction among Pregnant Women Availing Antenatal Care at Phebe and Charles B. Dunbar Hospitals, Bong County, Monrovia-Liberia A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Pregnant women with malaria and other associated infections have an increased risk of developing anemia later in pregnancy. This study aimed to determine the effect of mobile phone tele-reminder delivered through phone calls and SMS on the prevalence of malaria infection during pregnancy. The study recruited 150 pregnant women seeking antenatal care for the first time at the Phebe and Charles B. Dunbar hospitals in Bong County, Liberia. The antenatal care screening room (units of randomization) in both hospitals were randomized into six clusters. The 150 pregnant women were randomly assigned to an intervention group and a control group. A binary logistic regression using a generalized estimating equation model was run with a 95% Confidence Interval (CI). Malaria prevalence and antenatal care satisfaction were the primary outcome variables. The secondary outcome variable was the prevalence of anemia. Although there was a reduction in malaria infection in both groups, malaria prevalence between the intervention and control groups was not statistically significant (5 vs. 15%) (OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.71-1.85). Pregnant women in the intervention group were 4 times more likely to be very satisfied with ANC services compared with the control group (aOR, 4.01; 95%CI, 1.72-9.53). There was a positive trend toward anemia reduction among those in the intervention group. Integrating mobile phone technology in antenatal care services may help reduce the malaria infection rate and increase ANC satisfaction levels.

Going to the movies in VR: Virtual reality cinemas as alternatives to in-person co-viewing

Virtual reality cinemas offer computer-generated screening environments that resemble physical-world movie theaters for avatar-based viewers. Reflecting on virtual spectatorship in the context of social isolation, the present study investigates whether VR cinemas could provide an alternative for collective movie watching and whether they could facilitate an engaging experience similar to other, physical-world co-viewing environments. To measure these effects, we designed a behavioral experiment in which participants watched a feature film sequence either in VR or a physical screening room in the presence or absence of viewing companions. After viewing, participants’ experiences—including emotional engagement, narrative empathy, presence, social experiences, and physical and mental well-being—were recorded using survey methods. We observed that VR viewing can produce an equally enjoyable film experience, as well as similar levels of emotional engagement and narrative empathy, while it leads to increased comprehension of characters’ feelings and sense of narrative engagement. In addition, social viewing may mean less engagement and more distractions depending on the screening environment. We also found that even though previous virtual reality exposure negatively correlates with comfort and well-being during viewing, early adopters of technology and VR supporters are more likely to have an enjoyable and engaging film experience.

The Eyes of Power: Intellectual Vision in Contemporary Chinese Local Film Censorship

As a socialist country with a large population, China has a tight censorship system in various visual fields, including film, television and online communities. To censor films, China’s central and local film authorities have successively established their own censorship systems. This article analyses the contemporary formation of local film censorship committees by combing through the history of film censorship in China. By discussing the relationship between intellectuals and the power behind film censorship, this study seeks to penetrate why and how intellectuals are co-opted by power and define the location of intellectuals in Chinese politics. Authorities reviewing films in a screening room symbolizes their ‘powerful’ gaze in the darkness, this visual mechanism of intellectual complicity with power, which requires Chinese filmmakers to learn how to survive under the combined influence of ‘self-censorship’ and intellectual vision. Furthermore, when exploring film censorship in contemporary China, the political logic of socialist China needs to be touched upon, where film censorship experts are in fact only the eyes of the power, not the power itself.

Implementation of Newborn Hearing Screening in Albania.

Newborn hearing screening (NHS) was implemented in Albania in four maternity hospitals in 2018 and 2019. Implementation outcome, screening outcome, and screening quality measures were evaluated. Infants were first screened by midwives and nurses before discharge from the maternity hospital and returned for follow-up screening. Acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, fidelity, coverage, attendance, and stepwise and final-referral rates were assessed by onsite observations, interviews, questionnaires, and a screening database. A post hoc analysis was performed to identify reasons for loss to follow up (LTFU) in a multivariate logistic regression. In total, 22,818 infants were born, of which 96.6% were screened. For the second screening step, 33.6% of infants were LTFU, 40.4% for the third, and 35.8% for diagnostic assessment. Twenty-two (0.1%) were diagnosed with hearing loss of ≥40 dB, six unilateral. NHS was appropriate and feasible: most infants are born in maternity hospitals, hence nurses and midwives could perform screening, and screening rooms and logistic support were supplied. Adoption among screeners was good. Referral rates decreased steadily, reflecting increasing skill. Occasionally, screening was repeated during a screening step, contrary to the protocol. NHS in Albania was implemented successfully, though LTFU was high. It is important to have effective data tracking and supervision throughout the screening.

Bioaerosol-related studies in wastewater treatment plant with anaerobic-anoxic-oxic processes: Characterization, source analysis, control measures

Sewage in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can produce fugitive bioaerosols that pose a health risk to employees and residents. This study aimed to fugitive bioaerosols from two WWTPs with anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (AAO) processes, and bioaerosols control measures were proposed based on the results of these studies. It was found that the bioaerosols were mainly composed of microorganisms from dominant genera such as Romboutsia, Rubellimicrobium, Sphingomonas, Acidea, Cryptotrichosporon and water-soluble ions dominated by SO42−. Moreover, total suspended particulate (TSP), relative humidity (RH), wind speed (WS), Ca2+, NH4+, Na+, Cl−, NO3−, and K+ had positive effects on most dominant genera, while temperature (T) and SO42− had negative effects on most dominant genera. The source analysis showed that the bioaerosols in the indoor treatment facility’s fine screen room and sludge dewatering plant mainly originated from sewage or sludge, and those in the aeration tank of the outdoor treatment facility mainly originated from the background air of WWTPs . By combining the characteristics of bioaerosols and the results of source analysis, targeted control measures were proposed from three aspects: source reduction of bioaerosol fugitives, control of bioaerosol propagation, and collection and treatment systems. This study provides the theoretical basis and ideas for controlling bioaerosols in WWTPs with AAO processes.

Prevalence of prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes in a large urban middle-aged population: the CARVAR 92 cohort

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of prediabetes and unknown diabetes and its long-term change in a large middle-aged urban population.MethodsWe conducted a screening campaign between 2007 and 2018 for cardiovascular risk factors in the western suburbs of Paris including subjects aged 40–70 (CARVAR 92). Among subjects who reported no previous diabetes, prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes were defined as follows: fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥ 6.1 mmol/l (110 mg/dl) and < 7 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) for prediabetes according to WHO criteria (FPG between 5.6 and 6.9 mmol/l according to ADA criteria) and FPG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l for undiagnosed diabetes.ResultsOf the 32,721 subjects in the CARVAR 92 cohort, 32,675 were included in this analysis. The median age of the patients was 56 years [30, 94], 45.4% were male, 5.9% had known diabetes, 36.4% were overweight and 18.7% obese. Among patients without previously known diabetes (n = 30,759), 8.1% had prediabetes according to WHO criteria (27.2% according to ADA criteria) and 2.3% had diabetes. Subjects with prediabetes and unknown diabetes were more likely to be male, older, and overweight or obese than non-diabetic subjects. From 2007 to 2018, the prevalence of prediabetes, unknown diabetes, and known diabetes decreased, except for prediabetes which remained stable for people aged 55–64.ConclusionThe prevalence of prediabetes and unknown diabetes remains high but decreased during a 12-year period. About one-quarter of diabetes cases remain undiagnosed. Our results highlight that there is still a room for screening and cardiovascular prevention campaigns.Trial registration: IRB00012437.

A modern metric for acoustic clarity in critical listening environments

Characteristics of acoustics in small rooms have become less mysterious, more predictable and measurements more common than in past decades. Modern metrics for characterizing the acoustical performance of critical listening environments have not followed the recent predictive improvements. An Acoustic Clarity metric with a variable time window (Rear Reflection Clarity, CRR) is proposed for small (under approximately 200m3) critical listening environments such as recording studio control, mastering, film post, screening, audiophile listening, and similar rooms. The variable time window is defined by the arrival time difference between direct sound and the reflection from the rear wall, which is typically the strongest reflection and is opposite the on-axis response of the loudspeakers. Measured impulse response data collected in situ is presented and analyzed as case studies to characterize CRR. For simplicity, this presentation will focus on only the stereo components of surround-sound environments.

AGHDRA by Arthur Jafa

Reviewed by: AGHDRA by Arthur Jafa Gwyneth Shanks AGHDRA. By Arthur Jafa. Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York City. December 5, 2021. Over the course of eighty-five minutes, AGHDRA, Arthur Jafa’s most recent film installation, unfolds. Or perhaps, more precisely, it enfolds, the churning movements of an abstracted seascape seeming to embrace or envelop a viewer. Projected on an almost wall-sized screen, the installation shifts between twelve distinct locked-frame ocean scenes. Across each, the angle is slightly different, such that a viewer’s perception transitions from looking out across a moonlit expanse of gently undulating waves to being immersed within the relentless pounding of a rough sea. The water itself appears composed of distinct shards or chunks. At times, it resembles obsidian fragments moving in concert to form rolling waves; at other points, the water is like the fractured surface of an earthquake-ravaged land, smeared with thick oil. This animated oceanscape is a deep onyx, shifting between deepest blacks, indigos, and bright blues, as the light of the sun or moon on the animation’s far horizon illuminates the scene. Jafa, while reticent to delimit the meaning of his installation, has described it as a “[James] Turrell while you’re chained in the bottom of a boat,” a descriptor that makes undeniable AGHDRA’s evocation of the Middle Passage and the Black Atlantic. The work premiered at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark, in 2021, and then was reedited and screened at the now-defunct Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in Harlem, which had been closed for much of the pandemic, between November and December of 2021. Brown himself took a new position with Gladstone Gallery in London, a move announced in summer 2020. Jafa’s piece was the final artwork presented at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, which by December 2021 had been stripped of all indications of its six-year stint as a blue-chip art gallery. When I ventured there, my companion and I were the only two people present. Some half-dozen 8½ x 11 ad hoc wayfinding signs taped to the walls directed us first to the back of the space and then to a large crate elevator that deposited us on the second floor. A cluster of metal folding chairs was arranged at the far edges of the cavernous room in which AGHDRA was installed, the high-powered projector and many massive speakers hung in the room’s fly space the primary indication of just how much curatorial support went into the work’s presentation. The empty, vacated space, and Jafa’s fully realized and pulsating piece seemed to press up against each other, grappling for authorial claim over my experience. The confluence of AGHDRA and the particularities of its installation speaks to how imaginings of blackness emerge in and through an extended spatial and temporal context: an animated abstraction of the Middle Passage, the cavernous screening room in which the work played, the near-empty and now defunct Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, and a gentrifying Harlem. I argue that this extended spatial analysis of AGHDRA is, in fact, constitutive of the filmic work itself. By staying with its horizon line—unmoving and perpetually imminent, never arriving—that anchors the upper third of each animated frame in the film, we must contend with how subjectivity accrues perceptual significance precisely through spatial and geographic registers, articulating installation art as a practice always already embedded within an intersectional interplay between site and body, political possibility and spatial autonomy. The horizon, in other words, allows for an entangling of: 1) a colonial imagining of the horizon as a perpetual sight of and for conquest; 2) recent discourses of urban gentrification that take up conquest narratives, framing such actions as new horizons or frontiers for settlement; and 3) certain strains of Black feminist thought that draw upon the language of astrophysics and the event horizon to grapple with the profound implications of a wholly different paradigm for blackness’s temporal and spatial existence. The horizon—to follow Susanna Ashton’s description of W. E. B. Du [End Page 363] Bois, Freeman H. M. Murray, and L. N. Hershaw’s short-lived magazine The...

Vertical Integration and Downstream Resource Allocation: An Empirical Study in the Movie Industry

How does vertical integration affect resource allocation and economic efficiency in downstream channels? By analyzing a fine-grained screen-level panel dataset of 78 domestic movies shown in 47 theater chains in China, this study examines the impact of vertical integration on the screen allocation of theater chains. We find that vertical integration between movie producers or distributors and theater chains results in preferential screen allocation. Although there is no significant difference in the share of overall screens, theater chains allocate more large-sized and less small-sized screens to their integrated movies than nonintegrated movies. Furthermore, the impact of vertical integration on screen allocation is conditional on movie popularity. Specifically, only popular integrated movies gain preferential resource allocation, and unpopular integrated movies get even fewer screens. Our investigation on the economic efficiency of resource allocation shows that, for each seat of the screening room, integrated movies generate lower box office revenues than nonintegrated movies. Our findings suggest that vertical integration brings benefits of preferential resource allocation for upstream suppliers but leads to resource underutilization for downstream firms.

Film Review: Forsaken Fragments

Review| June 01 2022 Film Review: Forsaken Fragments Forsaken Fragments by Robert Gardner, 50 min., 2021. Scott MacDonald Scott MacDonald Scott MacDonald’s many books on independent cinema include collections of interviews with independent filmmakers, the five-volume Critical Cinema series from University of California Press, and more recently Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema (2014) and The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama (Avant-Doc 2) (2019)—as well as explorations of particular moving-image artists and films/videos, and of institutions that have kept independent media alive. He teaches film history and programs film events at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2022) 49 (2): 104–109. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2022.49.2.104 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Scott MacDonald; Film Review: Forsaken Fragments. Afterimage 1 June 2022; 49 (2): 104–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2022.49.2.104 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search In October 2009 Bard College honored Robert Gardner’s filmmaking career, which included remarkable, if now sometimes controversial, contributions to ethnographic cinema—Dead Birds (1963), Rivers of Sand (1974), Deep Hearts (1981), Forest of Bliss (1986), and Ika Hands (1988)—as well as dozens of episodes of Screening Room, a late-night, Boston-area TV interview show that focused on independent filmmakers. For the Bard event, Gardner put together a fifty-minute compilation titled “Nine Forsaken Fragments.” In his comments at Bard, Gardner was diffident about the individual fragments or the compilation being considered finished films. As time has passed—along with Gardner himself in 2014, and Peter Hutton, who had organized the Bard event, in 2016—Gardner’s “fragments” have become something more than a compilation for a one-time occasion. In 2021, Documentary Educational Resources, the distributor of much of Gardner’s work, released Forsaken Fragments: a compilation of fourteen short pieces that together can be... You do not currently have access to this content.

Immune profile of children diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (MIS-C).

The pathophysiology of multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection (MIS-C) remains poorly understood. This study aimed to define peripheral blood immune features in patients with MIS-C. We analyzed seven children diagnosed with MIS-C between April 1 and May 15, 2021, in St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Poznan (Poland). All patients had elevated inflammatory markers, IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, and lymphopenia with a marked decrease in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. The majority of CD4+ T cells were naive cells. Almost all (6/7) of the analyzed patients had a higher CD4+/CD8+ T cell ratio than average values. B cells were within the normal range - the majority were non-memory cells. Children with MIS-C do not resemble adults during COVID-19 recovery. The immune profile of the studied patients differs from that of children with Kawasaki disease (KD), but it is similar to that of adults with severe COVID-19. The proposed explanation is a profound lymphopenia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection - which persists for weeks - as a result leading to uncontrolled inflammation. In COVID-19 patients the T cell level returns to normal after the second week of the disease. Our data suggest that in children prolonged lymphopenia after COVID-19 can be a practical marker for possible MIS-C alert. If there is a continuum from lymphopenia to MIS-C, there is room for screening and prevention. Further studies are needed to determine whether steroid treatment introduced in a child with prolonged lymphopenia could stop the inflammatory process.

Better buildings for elderly people to thrive

During a visit to the cinema, a man felt the need to use the toilet and left the screening room to find one. Time passed but he did not return; his concerned wife went to look for him. She could not find her husband in the corridor nor in the main lobby, so she had to ask a member of the staff to look for him in the toilets. From that day on, she always accompanied her husband to the disabled toilets, because she was in fear of him becoming disoriented again.

Acoustical design of an evolving post production facility at a creative arts college

A private college began to consider building a screening room and production studio in 2010. The original site was in an existing multi-media exhibit building with the studio located under the main computer server for the campus and next to a mechanical room. After bringing this project very close to fruition, the program projections had already outgrown the project. The college decided to expand the program and build a combined post production and recording facility with three sound stages on an empty piece of land on the edge of the campus. The design evolved in conjunction with the sound designer from New York, production consultant from LA, the architect, the acoustical consultant, the college, a contractor and the rest of the design team. Once the design was nearing completion and the building was being constructed, many changes were initiated by the users to reflect their current ideas. Computer models of the spaces were constructed and the acoustical designs tested for each of the evolving solutions. The evolution of the project continued as equipment was being selected for the room. When the project was almost completed a Dolby Atmos system was purchased for the main screening room so that even after construction was almost complete, additional design changes had to be made and evaluated. Post construction acoustical testing and the critiques of the users have all been exceptionally positive given the long and winding road that the project took to completion.