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Kinds of Glance Selected AbstractsA PUNIC JUG FROM THE MUSEUM OF ST AGATHA, RABAT, MALTA: A GLANCE AT PUNIC EVERYDAY LIFEOXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Issue 2 2005ANNELIESE HÜBNER Summary. The assumption of a long-term overlapping or co-existence of cultures there has been confirmed by a very small inscription which came to my attention during research for my doctoral thesis ,From Expansion to Isolation. A study on the development of the Phoenician,Punic culture on the islands of Malta and Gozo'. Pottery chronology and the use of epigraphy and palaeography illustrate that at a time when Malta and Gozo had long been under Roman rule, the harmonious co-existence of the Punic, Greek and Roman cultures was manifested in one vessel and in one inscription. The Maltese archipelago assumes a special status owing to its isolation. There is hardly any comparable area of 246 sq km in which the phenomenon of cultural overlapping and cultural parallels can be found in such density. [source] Media Reviews Available OnlineACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 12 2006Article first published online: 28 JUN 200 Book reviewed in this article: Pediatric Resuscitation: A Practical Approach. Edited by Mark G. Roback, Stephen J. Teach. Anyone, Anything, Anytime (A History of Emergency Medicine) By Brian J. Zink. Emergency Medicine Decision Making: Critical Choices in Chaotic Environments By Scott Weingart, Peter Wyer. Cardiology Clinics: Chest Pain Units issue Edited by Ezra A. Amsterdam, J. Douglas Kirk MD. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Quick Glance Edited by Ghazala Q. Sharieff, Madeline Matar Joseph, Todd W. Wylie. Emergency Medicine Written Board Review. By Scott H. Plantz, Dwight Collman. Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review. By William Gossman, Scott H. Plantz. Emergency Medicine Q & A. By Joseph Lex, Lance W. Kreplick, Scott H. Plantz, Daniel Girazadas Jr. [source] Medical Statistics at a GlanceJOURNAL OF ANATOMY, Issue 4 2010Morgan Denyer No abstract is available for this article. [source] One Practice Week at a GlanceNURSING FORUM, Issue 4 2004Phyllis G. Cooper MN This feature encapsulates a week in the practice of a nurse. Whatever the practice setting, stories of pain and fear, recovery and contentment are reflected through the eys of a nurse. [source] One Practice Week at a GlanceNURSING FORUM, Issue 1 2004Phyllis G. Cooper MN This feature encapsulates a week in the practice of a nurse. Whatever the practice setting, stories of pain and fear, recovery and contentment are reflected through the eyes of a nurse. [source] Schedule at a GlancePEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 2003Article first published online: 14 MAR 200 First page of article [source] Summaries at a GlanceRESPIROLOGY, Issue 4 2009Article first published online: 12 MAY 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Summaries at a GlanceRESPIROLOGY, Issue 3 2009Article first published online: 29 MAR 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Summaries at a GlanceRESPIROLOGY, Issue 2 2009Article first published online: 25 FEB 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Summaries at a GlanceRESPIROLOGY, Issue 1 2009Article first published online: 17 DEC 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Schedule at a GlanceAMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 2002Article first published online: 22 JUL 200 First page of article [source] Program at a GlanceANNALS OF NEUROLOGY, Issue S1 2009Article first published online: 1 OCT 200 First page of article [source] Program at a GlanceASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Issue 2010Article first published online: 28 JUL 2010 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Program at a GlanceASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Issue 2009Article first published online: 29 OCT 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Program at a GlanceASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Issue 2009Article first published online: 21 JUL 200 No abstract is available for this article. [source] ACRT-SCTS Schedule at a GlanceCLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE, Issue 2 2010Article first published online: 25 MAR 2010 No abstract is available for this article. [source] Interrupting infants' persisting object representations: an object-based limit?DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, Issue 5 2006Erik W. Cheries Making sense of the visual world requires keeping track of objects as the same persisting individuals over time and occlusion. Here we implement a new paradigm using 10-month-old infants to explore the processes and representations that support this ability in two ways. First, we demonstrate that persisting object representations can be maintained over brief interruptions from additional independent events , just as a memory of a traffic scene may be maintained through a brief glance in the rearview mirror. Second, we demonstrate that this ability is nevertheless subject to an object-based limit: if an interrupting event involves enough objects (carefully controlling for overall salience), then it will impair the maintenance of other persisting object representations even though it is an independent event. These experiments demonstrate how object representations can be studied via their ,interruptibility', and the results are consistent with the idea that infants' persisting object representations are constructed and maintained by capacity-limited mid-level ,object-files'. [source] Three-dimensional reconstruction of the mucosa from sequential sections of biopsy specimens of patients with ulcerative colitis: Relationship between crypt structure and vascular architectureDIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY, Issue 2 2004Hiroo Furukawa Background:, In a previous paper, the stereographic reconstruction of the crypt structure of ulcerative colitis using the RATOCK System was described. The relationship between the blood vessels and the crypt structure is the focus of the current paper, using two kinds of tissue staining color in which the color differs. Stereographic images make the relationship between the crypt structure and blood vessel distribution understandable at a glance. Methods:, The methods used here are identical to those described in a previous paper. In the present paper, five cases of ulcerative colitis (UC) are examined. Biopsy specimens were obtained from the diseased, normal, and transitional zones (the area between the normal and diseased zones) from each patient. Three-dimensional reconstruction was created using TRI for Windows (RATOC System Tokyo, Japan) software. In the present paper, two kinds of dyeing method between H&E and monoclonal antibody staining of the tissue was used. It was proven that the distribution of gland and blood vessel is very clear in the 3-D reconstruction shown. Results:, (i) The blood vessels in the normal zones run parallel to the crypt in a regular manner and are almost identical to one another in diameter. (ii) In the transitional and diseased zones, the blood vessels show no clear direction and produce many branches without any apparent order. The blood vessels are, moreover, irregular in diameter. (iii) In short, clear parallelism is lost in both the transitional and diseased zones. Conclusion:, Stereographic reconstruction of endoscopically obtained biopsy specimens of UC-affected tissues makes it possible to understand at a glance the distribution of blood vessels and their relationship to crypts. The relationship of these was clarified by the combined use of two kinds of dyeing method with three-dimensional reconstruction. [source] Equality and Constitutional Indeterminacy An Interpretative Perspective on the European Economic ConstitutionEUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 2 2001Alexander Somek It is claimed that European supranationalism represents an unprecedented mode of political association whose point is to maintain what is good about nationality and the nation state by stripping the latter of its adverse effects. In this article, this claim is submitted to a test by examining how different ways of conceiving of anti-discrimination in the context of intra-Community trading law give rise to two different conceptions of the European economic constitution. While the first one is married to the ideal of behavioural anti-discrimination,that is, of affording protection against discriminatory acts by Member States,whose application would seemingly leave the nation state in its place, the other one takes a system of nation states as something that in and of itself engenders systematically discriminatory effects on international trade. According to the latter, effective anti-discrimination presupposes overcoming such a system altogether. Both conceptions of the economic constitution are manifest in Community law, and at first glance it appears as if adherence to the first one would be consonant with supranationality as a special mode of political association. However, owing to internal predicaments arising from the application of the equality principle (understood as a principle protecting against discrimination), the difference between both conceptions cannot be upheld in practice. Since the first conception is constantly undermined by the second in the course of its application, it remains uncertain, at least in this context, whether or not the European nation state is left in place by the European Economic Constitution. [source] UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONALIST OPPOSITION TO MODERNIZATION: NARRATIVE PRODUCTION IN A NORWEGIAN MOUNTAIN CONFLICTGEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES B: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, Issue 1 2008Tor A. Benjaminsen ABSTRACT. In Gausdal, a mountainous community in southern Norway, a conflict involving dogsledding has dominated local politics during the past two decades. In order to understand local protests against this activity, in this article we apply discourse analysis within the evolving approach of political ecology. In this way, we also aim at contributing to the emerging trend of bringing political ecology "home". To many people, dogsledding appears as an environmentally friendly outdoor recreation activity as well as a type of adventure tourism that may provide new income opportunities to marginal agricultural communities. Hence, at a first glance, the protests against this activity may be puzzling. Looking for explanations for these protests, this empirical study demonstrates how the opposition to dogsledding may be understood as grounded in four elements of a narrative: (1) environmental values are threatened; (2) traditional economic activities are threatened; (3) outsiders take over the mountain; and (4) local people are powerless. Furthermore, we argue that the narrative is part of what we see as a broader Norwegian "rural traditionalist discourse". This discourse is related to a continued marginalization of rural communities caused by increasing pressure on agriculture to improve its efficiency as well as an "environmentalization" of rural affairs. Thus, the empirical study shows how opposition to dogsledding in a local community is articulated as a narrative that fits into a more general pattern of opposition to rural modernization in Norway as well as internationally. [source] Narrative Trauma and Civil War History Painting, or Why Are These Pictures So Terrible?HISTORY AND THEORY, Issue 4 2002Steven Conn The Civil War generated hundreds of history paintings. Yet, as this essay argues, painters failed to create any iconic, lasting images of the Civil War using the conventions of grand manner history painting, despite the expectations of many that they would and should. This essay first examines the terms by which I am evaluating this failure, then moves on to a consideration of the American history painting tradition. I next examine several history paintings of Civil War scenes in light of this tradition and argue that their "failure" to capture the meaning and essence of the war resulted from a breakdown of the narrative conventions of history painting. Finally, I glance briefly at Winslow Homer's Civil War scenes, arguably the only ones which have become canonical, and suggest that the success of these images comes from their abandonment of old conventions and the invention of new ones. [source] Elastic half-space under an oblique line impulseINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 12 2003Moche Ziv Abstract This paper presents transient deformation of an elastic half-space under two types of line-concentrated impulsive loads applied simultaneously. One load is a sustainable normal force, while the other is a momentarily applied vector shear force. For each of the two loads the author gave the respective solution in two separate papers. Here the two solutions are superimposed to determine the response of the half-space under the combined loads. The present work is devoted to the salient wave propagation features seen in the resultant computer plots that disclose the strained half-space. Since each critical deformation is explicitly indicated in the plots by a wave front, the interpretation of the response of the half-space to the applied load is readily available at a glance. A comparison is then presented that identifies those deformation traits and wave fronts, among the nineteen here, that are more closely related to those found in previous works. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Churches in Dutch: Causes of Religious Disaffiliation in The Netherlands, 1937,1995JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION, Issue 4 2001Manfred Te Grotenhuis The Netherlands has become one of the most secular countries in the world. A vast majority of the Dutch people does not attend church regularly and more than half its population is not affiliated with any church at all. In this study we set out to test which individual and contextual characteristics affect religious disaffiliation. We deduced several hypotheses from theories on social integration and rationalization. To test these hypotheses we used retrospective data containing information on events that took place in the lives of our respondents since adolescence. These data were analysed using a discrete-time event history model. We found that the higher the level of rationalization in a certain year, the more likely people were to disaffiliate. This effect was particularly strong for young people. Moreover, by introducing rationalization in the model we found a number of spurious relationships that at first glance seemed to be causal. Not surprisingly, respondents were more likely to disaffiliate in cases where their partners were nonreligious. However, as respondents and their partners presumably are effected equally by rationalization, we cannot but conclude that the process of rationalization is mainly responsible for the process of religious disaffiliation that takes place in The Netherlands. [source] Another step toward global convergenceJOURNAL OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, Issue 6 2008Kang Cheng The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have worked together to develop a single set of accounting standards for business combinations. It will make things easier for corporate finance and accounting professionals when dealing with domestic versus international acquisitions. However, at first glance, the new FASB standard looks like a total revision of SFAS No. 141. What are the latest changes? © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] Current Concerns in Validity TheoryJOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT, Issue 4 2001Michael T. Kane We are at the end of the first century of work on models of educational and psychological measurement and into a new millennium. This certainly seems like an appropriate time for looking backward and looking forward in assessment. Furthermore, a new edition of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (AERA, APA, & NCME, 1999) has been published, and the previous editions of the Standards have served as benchmarks in the development of measurement theory. This backward glance will be just that, a glance. After a brief historical review focusing mainly on construct validity, the current state of validity theory will be summarized, with an emphasis on the role of arguments in validation. Then how an argument-based approach might be applied will be examined in regards to two issues in validity theory: the distinction between performance-based and theory-based interpretations, and the role of consequences in validation. [source] Nutrition at a glanceJOURNAL OF HUMAN NUTRITION & DIETETICS, Issue 4 2008Christine Burnet RD [source] Maximum pixel spectrum: a new tool for detecting and recovering rare, unanticipated features from spectrum image data cubesJOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY, Issue 2 2004D. S. BRIGHT Summary A new software tool, the maximum pixel spectrum, detects rare events within a spectrum image data cube, such as that generated with electron-excited energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry in a scanning electron microscope. The maximum pixel spectrum is a member of a class of ,derived spectra' that are constructed from the spectrum image data cube. Similar to a conventional spectrum, a derived spectrum is a linear array of intensity vs. channel index that corresponds to photon energy. A derived spectrum has the principal characteristics of a real spectrum so that X-ray peaks can be recognized. A common example of a derived spectrum is the summation spectrum, which is a linear array in which the summation of all pixels within each energy plane gives the intensity value for that channel. The summation spectrum is sensitive to the dominant features of the data cube. The maximum pixel spectrum is constructed by selecting the maximum pixel value within each X-ray energy plane, ignoring the remaining pixels. Peaks corresponding to highly localized trace constituents or foreign contaminants, even those that are confined to one pixel of the image, can be seen at a glance when the maximum pixel spectrum is compared with the summation spectrum. [source] Homes for the orphans: utilization of multiple substrate-binding proteins by ABC transportersMOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, Issue 1 2010Gavin H. Thomas Summary Acquiring nutrients from the environment is essential for all microbes, and the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are one of the major routes by which bacteria achieve it. In this issue of Molecular Microbiology, Chen et al. describe their characterization of what appeared at first glance a simple ABC transporter for acquisition of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) in Pseudomonas sp., but their persistence in fully determining the properties of this system led to the experimental demonstration that QAC uptake utilizes three different substrate-binding proteins (SBPs), two of which are encoded at remote locations on the genome as ,orphan' SBPs that are each able to function with a single core ABC transporter. Building on the unusual nature of this system, in which multiple SBPs with non-overlapping substrate specificities compete for the same transporter binding site, they designed elegant in vivo experiments that suggest that only substrate-bound SBPs are able to form functional complexes with the membrane domains. This new finding provides an important piece of in vivo data leading to further insight into how this ubiquitous family of transporters operates. [source] Programme at a glanceNEPHROLOGY, Issue 2003Article first published online: 13 AUG 200 [source] Effect of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Melanotic and Amelanotic Melanoma Transplanted into Mouse BrainPIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH, Issue 1 2002Masaki Iwakura In order to develop a protocol to treat brain metastatic melanoma using our 10B- p -boronophenylalanine (BPA) boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), we initiated the following studies (i), Comparative analyses of boron biodistribution between melanoma proliferating in the brain and skin among melanotic and amelanotic types, and (ii) Therapeutic evaluation of BPA,BNCT for brain melanoma models of both types, using survival times. Our present data have revealed that boron concentration in melanoma proliferating in the brain, the major prerequisite for successful BNCT, showed a positive correlation to melanin synthesizing activity in the same way as melanoma proliferating in skin. Further, the boron concentration ratio of melanoma to normal surrounding tissue for brain melanoma models was considerably higher than that for subcutaneous (s.c.) ones because of the existence of the blood,brain barrier (BBB). Additionally, from analyses of median and mean survival times following BNCT using low, middle, and high neutron doses, the therapeutic effect of BNCT for the amelanotic A1059 melanoma appeared at first glance to be higher than that for the highly BPA attracting and highly relative biological effect equivalent dose obtaining B15b melanoma. As the survival time was dependent on both regression and regrowth curves, and because the brain melanoma model in small animals made it difficult to evaluate these curves separately, we further examined the in vivo growth curve of both types of melanomas following implantation in s.c. tissue. The melanotic B15b melanoma was indeed found to possess much higher growth rate as compared with that of the amelanotic A1059 melanoma. The significance of boron biodistribution studies and BNCT survival curve analyses in forming an effective clinical protocol for individual human cases of melanoma brain metastasis is discussed. [source] | |||||||||||||