The Lantern Vol. 17, No. 2, Spring 1949

• Psyche • Home Country • Liberation • The Last Haul • The Tempting of Willie • The Turtle • Interlude • Black Waters • Lines on Abandoned Spring House • Afraid • Gone is the Winter\u27s Night • A Word to the Wisehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/lantern/1047/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 18, 1948

Sophs apparently foiled as freshmen prexy, Lee Trimble, is safely hidden • WAA introduces \u2752 to Ursinus sports • Dale White elected editor of Lantern as Wentzel resigns • Football, fun, light fantastic promise successful old timers\u27 day celebration • Forum to feature election discussion • Grads get degrees on Founders\u27 Day • Five men appointed to act with faculty committees • Dressner, Buchanan picked as council representatives • German club plans dinner; to make Philadelphia trip • Thespians greet applicants at first meeting of year • Former student to return in concert with soprano • Frosh show ends customs for men • NSA head requests college democracy • A happy thought for hapless frosh • Freshman reviews first two weeks • Frosh live again after customs end • Soph ruler reveals innermost thoughts • Junior looks back on freshman year • Frosh views hist.1 with heavy heart • Modern miss visits ancient Latin lands • Subs work all year but get no credit • Dickinson romps to 24-0 victory over bear; Gerry Miller features with 85 yard runback • Bears seek victory on old timers\u27 day • Coeds triumph 5-2 in season\u27s opener • Mules trip bruins in soccer opener • Church colleges hit by Lafayette prexy • Footlighters start ambitious season • Staiger writes article for organic chemistry journal • Pre-meds plan activities; members need high gradeshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1598/thumbnail.jp

A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N=10,535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-being, and (2) whether the relation between religiosity and self-reported well-being depends on perceived cultural norms of religion (i.e., whether it is considered normal and desirable to be religious in a given country). In a two-stage procedure, the teams first created an analysis plan and then executed their planned analysis on the data. For the first research question, all but 3 teams reported positive effect sizes with credible/confidence intervals excluding zero (median reported β=0.120). For the second research question, this was the case for 65% of the teams (median reported β=0.039). While most teams applied (multilevel) linear regression models, there was considerable variability in the choice of items used to construct the independent variables, the dependent variable, and the included covariates

A Many-analysts Approach to the Relation Between Religiosity and Well-being

The relation between religiosity and well-being is one of the most researched topics in the psychology of religion, yet the directionality and robustness of the effect remains debated. Here, we adopted a many-analysts approach to assess the robustness of this relation based on a new cross-cultural dataset (N = 10, 535 participants from 24 countries). We recruited 120 analysis teams to investigate (1) whether religious people self-report higher well-being, and (2) whether the relation between religiosity and self-reported well-being depends on perceived cultural norms of religion (i.e., whether it is considered normal and desirable to be religious in a given country). In a two-stage procedure, the teams first created an analysis plan and then executed their planned analysis on the data. For the first research question, all but 3 teams reported positive effect sizes with credible/confidence intervals excluding zero (median reported β = 0.120). For the second research question, this was the case for 65% of the teams (median reported β = 0.039). While most teams applied (multilevel) linear regression models, there was considerable variability in the choice of items used to construct the independent variables, the dependent variable, and the included covariates

Similar Profile and Magnitude of Cognitive Impairments in Focal and Generalized Epilepsy : A Pilot Study

Introduction: Cognitive impairments in epilepsy are not well-understood. In addition, long-term emotional, interpersonal, and social consequences of the underlying disturbances are important to evaluate.Purpose: To compare cognitive function including language in young adults with focal or generalized epilepsy. In addition, quality of life and self-esteem were investigated.Patients and Methods: Young adults with no primary intellectual disability, 17 with focal epilepsy and 11 with generalized epilepsy participated and were compared to 28 healthy controls. Groups were matched on age (mean = 26 years), sex, and education. Participants were administered a battery of neuropsychological tasks and carried out self-ratings of quality of life, self-esteem, and psychological problems.Results: Similar impairments regarding cognitive function were noted in focal and generalized epilepsy. The cognitive domains tested were episodic long-term memory, executive functions, attention, working memory, visuospatial functions, and language. Both epilepsy groups had lower results compared to controls (effect sizes 0.24-1.07). The total number of convulsive seizures was predictive of episodic long-term memory function. Participants with focal epilepsy reported lower quality of life than participants with generalized epilepsy. Lowered self-esteem values were seen in both epilepsy groups and particularly in those with focal epilepsy. Along with measures of cognitive speed and depression, the total number of seizures explained more than 50% of variation in quality of life.Conclusion: Interestingly, similarities rather than differences characterized the widespread cognitive deficits that were seen in focal and generalized epilepsy, ranging from mild to moderate. These similarities were modified by quality of life and self-esteem. This study confirms the notion that epilepsy is a network disorder

A population-based study on the patterns of use of different chemotherapy regimens in Swiss patients with early breast cancer

BACKGROUND: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy in early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the NCCN, NIH and the St.Gallen bi-annual conference. METHODS: We included 1,535 patients from seven Swiss cancer registries between 2003 and 2005 receiving chemotherapy for stage I to III BC. Chemotherapy was categorised into (a) FAC/FEC, anthracyclines followed by CMF or anthracycline-taxane combinations (FAC-T) (781 patients) and (b) other chemotherapy regimens such as CMF/AC (EC) (754 patients). Predictors for choosing FAC-T over non-FAC-T chemotherapy were separately determined in all patients and in ER-negative patients (n = 496) by multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: The use of FAC-T increased significantly over time, from 44% in 2003 to 55% in 2005. BC stage III (versus stage I-II) and nodal positivity were the predominant predictors for using FAC-T chemotherapy in the adjusted model (odds ratio (OR) 4.1, 95%-confidence intervals (CI) 2.6-6.3 and OR 3.0, 95%-CI 2.0-4.4, respectively). In high-risk ER-negative BC patients, poor histological differentiation was more important to choose FAC-T chemotherapy (OR 3.8, 95%-CI 1.9-7.5) than tumour stage or nodal status. The use of FAC-T chemotherapy varied substantially among the seven geographic regions, from 20% in rural Grisons-Glarus to 73% in Zurich. CONCLUSIONS: Tumour biology is a predominant factor for choosing FAC-T over older chemotherapy regimens in patients with ER-negative early BC, but improvements should be made to reduce the substantial regional heterogeneity. Further epidemiological studies should assess how the use of FAC-T chemotherapy is affecting clinical outcome in patients with early BC and different risk profiles

A population-based study on the implementation of treatment recommendations for chemotherapy in early breast cancer

BACKGROUND: There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of chemotherapy for patients with early breast cancer (BC), despite international recommendations issued from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the St. Gallen biannual conference. This population-based study assessed the patterns of chemotherapy use in early BC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included all or representative samples of patients with stage I-III BC from 7 Swiss cancer registries between 2003 and 2005. Factors modifying chemotherapy use were determined by logistic regression, considering patients receiving chemotherapy as cases (n = 1535) and the others as controls (n = 2004). RESULTS: Nodal involvement was by far the strongest predictor for the use of chemotherapy (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 9.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 7.2-13.0). Tumor biological characteristics such as histologic differentiation (OR, 4.4; 95% CI, 3.2-6.2), estrogen receptor (ER) status (OR, 3.8; 95% CI, 2.6-5.5), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status (OR, 1.9; 95% CI, 1.3-2.7), and patient age (OR, 4.6; 95% CI, 3.5-6.2) were less important predictors for chemotherapy use. Socioeconomic and provider-related factors, such as patient education, affluence, insurance, breast surgeon's annual caseload, and case presentation at a multidisciplinary tumor conference did not predict the use of chemotherapy, with the exception of the health care provider's participation in clinical research (OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.6-2.8). The patient's region of residence did not predict the use of chemotherapy, but it was associated with the specific type of chemotherapy used. CONCLUSION: Nodal status, rather than surrogate markers for tumor biological features, was the predominant factor for choosing chemotherapy in patients with early BC in this large population study. Improvements should be made to increase the weight of tumor biological features in choosing chemotherapy in early BC

Cancer survivors in Switzerland : a rapidly growing population to care for

Cancer survivors are a heterogeneous group with complex health problems. Data concerning its total number and growing dynamics for Switzerland are scarce and outdated.; Population and mortality data were retrieved from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO). Incidence and relative survival for invasive cancers were computed using data from the cancer registries Geneva (1970-2009), St. Gallen - Appenzell (1980-2010), Grisons & Glarus (1989-2010), and Valais (1989-2010). We estimated prevalence for 1990-2010 using the Prevalence, Incidence Approach MODel (PIAMOD) method. We calculated trends in prevalence estimates by Joinpoint analysis. Projections were extrapolated using the above models and based on time trends of the period 2007-2010.; The estimated number of cancer survivors increased from 139'717 in 1990 (2.08% of the population) to 289'797 persons in 2010 (3.70%). The growth rate shows an exponential shape and was 3.3% per year in the period 2008 to 2010. Almost half of the survivors have a history of breast, prostate or colorectal cancer. Among cancer survivors, 55% are women but the increases have been more marked in men (p > 0.01, 3.9% annual increase in men vs. 2.7% in women since 2008). By the end of 2020 372'000 cancer survivors are expected to live in Switzerland.; There is a rapidly growing population of cancer survivors in Switzerland whose needs and concerns are largely unknown