Civilization, Beyond Our Fall

Civilization, Beyond Our Fall explores the realities behind the rise and fall of historic civilizational ideals, especially on the fate of the Western vision. The book begins with the rise, durability, and fall of the historic civilizational profiles of humankind. It continues with the decline of the West, which from our perspective began with World War I and has continued at a faster pace in the 21st century. Itzkoff\u27s prognosis for the next century or two is one of a dismal world of chaos, war, and deep pessimism throughout the world. The book concludes with a prediction of a world of scientific rationalism that will discard the ideologies, irrationalism, and selfishness that now characterize our elites. Here we leave dystopian realities for the perennial human hope of reason and for highly creative communities.https://scholarworks.smith.edu/edc_books/1002/thumbnail.jp

The Death of America : How Wealth Disparities, Race Conflict, Immigration, Welfare, Fake Education, and Climate Change have Ruined the United States

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Our Unfinished Biological Revolution

Seymour W. Itzkoff is one of the world\u27s leading intelligence researchers. His exciting new book Our Unfinished Biological Revolution offers a bold and highly original new study on the evolution of human intelligence from the origin of life to our times. With the help of evolutionary theory, Itzkoff explains the nature of human intelligence as we know it today. Most importantly, it demonstrates that evolution led to the rise of what intelligence researchers call the general intelligence factor: the human ability to plan ahead and solve problems for which natural selection did not prepare us. The book also argues that humans vary in intelligence (as with all traits shaped by Darwinian evolution), and hence in their propensity to think abstractly and anticipate long-term consequences of their actions. Our Unfinished Biological Revolution explores the social implications of these two factors as they unfold in modern technological societies, in which intelligence plays an increasingly important role. Finally, the book argues that human intelligence may offer our best hope in solving the daunting problems of the present era―including population growth, the exhaustion of natural resources, and the rise of simplistic and devastating ideologies. Source: Publisherhttps://scholarworks.smith.edu/edc_books/1000/thumbnail.jp

Respiratory augmentation of left ventricular function during spontaneous ventilation in severe left ventricular failure by grunting. An auto-EPAP effect

A patient with severe congestive cardiomyopathy demonstrated involuntary forceful expiratory grunting that was associated with an elevated intrathoracic pressure and stable hemodynamics. Face-mask administration of 20 cm H2O as continuous positive-airway pressure (CPAP) abolished the grunting without hemodynamic compromise. However, loss of CPAP by mask leak resulted in rapid hemodynamic deterioration and resumption of grunting. Endotracheal intubation with 20 cm H2O of positive end-expiratory pressure restored hemodynamic stability. This suggests that spontaneous ventilatory efforts can augment the failing myocardium