Puffer: Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot

A repeatably reconfigurable robot, comprising at least two printed circuit board (PCB) rigid sections, at least one PCB flexible section coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, at least one wheel, hybrid wheel propeller, wheel and propeller, or hybrid wheel screw propeller rotatably coupled to at least one of the at least two PCB rigid sections and at least one actuator coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, wherein the at least one actuator folds and unfolds the repeatably reconfigurable robot

The Ursinus Weekly, October 1, 1956

Fall Y retreat to be held at Fernbrook, Oct. 12-14 • Men\u27s council has opening session • Two new teachers join UC faculty • Deltas, Phi Psi give opening social affair • Pre-med society to have meeting on Oct. 9 • Class of 1960 arrives on campus • UC music groups plan Fall program • Curtain Club makes plans for frosh reception • APO invites interested students to first meeting • Sophs after frosh as customs begin • Philadelphia Orchestra releases schedule • Chemical society to hold meeting Oct. 8 • Forum, Oct. 10, to feature debate on candidates • WSGA to discuss two frosh affairs • Editorial: Das Wiedersehen • Senior and frosh: A comparison • How\u27s that, again? • Alpha Sig holds banquet • It went that a way • Ursinus Chess Club to hold first meeting Tuesday • Book review: Two flights by Lindbergh • Confident Bruin booters await opener with Drew U., Oct. 10th • Belles boast vets; Open with G\u27burg • Thirteen veterans return; Bruins upset in Susquehanna opener 26-13 • Art museum opens porcelain exhibithttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1411/thumbnail.jp

American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy series: #5-Management of Clostridioides difficile infection in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients

The Practice Guidelines Committee of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy partnered with its Transplant Infectious Disease Special Interest Group to update its 2009 compendium-style infectious disease guidelines for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). A completely new approach was taken with the goal of better serving clinical providers by publishing each standalone topic in the infectious disease series as a concise format of frequently asked questions (FAQ), tables, and figures. Adult and pediatric infectious disease and HCT content experts developed and then answered FAQs and finalized topics with harmonized recommendations that were made by assigning an A through E strength of recommendation paired with a level of supporting evidence graded I through III. This fifth guideline in the series focuses on Clostridioides difficile infection with FAQs that address the prevalence, incidence, clinical features, colonization versus infection, clinical complications, diagnostic considerations, pharmacological therapies for episodic or recurrent infection, and the roles of prophylactic antibiotics, probiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation

Jaundice: an important, poorly recognized risk factor for diminished survival in patients with adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas

AbstractObjectivesJaundice impairs cellular immunity, an important defence against the dissemination of cancer. Jaundice is a common mode of presentation in pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an association between preoperative jaundice and survival in patients who have undergone resection of such tumours.MethodsThirty possible survival risk factors were evaluated in a database of over 400 resected patients. Univariate analysis was used to determine odds ratio for death. All factors for which a P‐value of <0.30 was obtained were entered into a multivariate analysis using the Cox model with backward selection.ResultsPreoperative jaundice, age, positive node status, poor differentiation and lymphatic invasion were significant indicators of poor outcome in multivariate analysis. Absence of jaundice was a highly favourable prognostic factor. Interaction emerged between jaundice and nodal status. The benefit conferred by the absence of jaundice was restricted to patients in whom negative node status was present. Five‐year overall survival in this group was 66%. Jaundiced patients who underwent preoperative stenting had a survival advantage.ConclusionsPreoperative jaundice is a negative risk factor in adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Additional studies are required to determine the exact mechanism for this effect

The Ursinus Weekly, March 4, 1957

Forum on student government scheduled for 8:00 tonight • March 15 date for annual show by students, faculty • Girls to discuss May Day on Wed. • Motion pictures viewed by Chemical Society • Chi Alpha schedules talk on integration • Curtain Club presents The Valiant, Feb. 26 • UC grad completes basic • Mary Jo Turtzo to represent UC in Glamour contest • Cub & Key Society requests outlines from junior men • 1957 Campus Chest fund drive • Annual drive begins today, closes on Friday, March 15 • YM-YW to sponsor music seminar; Begins Wednesday • YM-YW sponsor events for frosh • Local Rotarians set up scholarship to Ursinus • Frosh to present dance, The Golden nugget, Sat. • US foreign policy to be IRC program tonight • Editorial: Life for our organizations; It goes without saying • Letters to the editor • Obituary for a timid intellectual • Play review: The Valiant • He who hesitates • Ursinus five loses to Drexel, PMC; End with second worst slate, 0-16 • Belles top E. Stroudsburg; Win over William & Mary on weekend trip south • Padula emerges 4-year M. Atlantic champ; Wins second outstanding athlete award • Matmen gain first place tie with win over Drexel, 19-13 • Inside report on winless Bruinshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1423/thumbnail.jp

The Lantern Vol. 27, No. 1, December 1958

• Thoughts • The Fifth Year • Grouse Shooting • Light • On Selfishness • A Christmas Prayer • Modern Magnificat • Pauses • Termination • Cynthilia • My Petticoat Princess • ?? • Stormhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/1076/thumbnail.jp

Health-related quality of life for patients with vasculitis and their spouses

Chronic disease affects both patients and spouses, yet the effect of vasculitis on the spouses of patients has not been systematically examined. We addressed this research gap by describing 8 dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis (AAV) patients and their spouses and compared patients and spouses with norms for the general US population. We also determined whether the impact of AAV on HRQOL differs by sex for patients or their spouses

Patient active time during therapy sessions in postacute rehabilitation: Development and validation of a new measure

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The accurate measurement of therapy intensity in postacute rehabilitation is important for research to improve outcomes in this setting. We developed and validated a measure of Patient Active Time during physical (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) sessions, as a proxy for therapy intensity. METHODS: This measurement validity study was carried out with 26 older adults admitted to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for postacute rehabilitation with a variety of main underlying diagnoses, including hip fracture, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and others. They were participants in a randomized controlled trial that compared an experimental high-intensity therapy to standard-of-care therapy. Patient Active Time was observed by research raters as the total number of minutes that a patient was actively engaging in therapeutic activities during PT and OT sessions. This was compared to patient movement (actigraphy) quantified during some of the same PT/OT sessions using data from three-dimensional accelerometers worn on the patient’s extremities. RESULTS: Activity measures were collected for 136 therapy sessions. Patient Active Time had high interrater reliability in both PT (r = 0.995, p < 0.001) and OT (r = 0.95, p = 0.012). Active time was significantly correlated with actigraphy in both PT (r = 0.73, p < 0.001) and OT (r = 0.60, p < 0.001) and discriminated between a high-intensity experimental condition and standard of care rehabilitation: in PT, 47.0 ± 13.5 min versus 16.7 ± 10.1 min (p < 0.001) and in OT, 46.2 ± 15.2 versus 27.7 ± 6.6 min (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Systematic observation of Patient Active Time provides an objective, reliable, and valid index of physical activity during PT and OT treatment sessions that has utility as a real-world alternative to the measurement of treatment intensity. This measure could be used to differentiate higher from lower therapy treatment intensity and to help determine the optimal level of active therapy time for patients in postacute and other settings