Pseudoaneurysm in the iliac fossa after renal transplantation—treatment with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection

We report the case of a 57-year-old female who developed a large pseudoaneurysm of the right circumflex iliac artery 15 months after renal transplantation. Minimal invasive treatment was successfully performed with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection using the B-flow mod

“We are going to be okay”: Women* Senior Administrators in Higher Education during Times of Crisis

This phenomenological study explores how several women in leadership roles within higher education administration navigate the overlapping crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased social unrest in America during 2020. As a result of decades of discrimination towards women, there exists a gendered gap in leadership roles within higher education administration. The goal of this study is to highlight the ways women who have ascended to leadership roles in higher education administration persist, especially during this unique time of crisis. Collected through semi-structured interviews and viewed through an intersectional feminist lens, the data led to the emergence of the following categories of findings: leadership characteristics, which includes leading with compassion, leading by example, and leading through partnership; “trained for this” which includes athletics, teams, and role modeling as well as knowing the possibilities and acting; and lastly, mission alignment and fit. The findings from this study provide insight into how women in higher education administration lead in times of crisis and lessons for effective leadership, regardless of a leader’s gender, during future crises

Adjunctive agomelatine therapy in the treatment of acute bipolar II depression: a preliminary open label study

The circadian rhythm hypothesis of bipolar disorder (BD) suggests a role for melatonin in regulating mood, thus extending the interest toward the melatonergic antidepressant agomelatine as well as type I (acute) or II cases of bipolar depression

Pseudoaneurysm in the iliac fossa after renal transplantation—treatment with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection

We report the case of a 57-year-old female who developed a large pseudoaneurysm of the right circumflex iliac artery 15 months after renal transplantation. Minimal invasive treatment was successfully performed with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection using the B-flow mod

Qualitative data collection tools: Design, development, and applications by Felice D. Billups

Book Review Qualitative data collection tools: Design, development, and applications by Felice D. Billups SAGE Publications, 2020, 240 pp. $30.00 (paper) ISBN-10: 154433482

Gestão e controlo de circulação de tráfegos rodoviário e ferroviário

Dissertação de natureza científica para obtenção do grau de mestre em Engenharia Civil na área de especialização Vias de Comunicação e TransportesO presente documento tem como principais objetivos a análise e avaliação da Gestão e Controlo de Circulação de Tráfego na Rede Rodoviária e na Rede Ferroviária em Portugal, (ambas geridas pela IP – Infraestruturas de Portugal), com especial atenção para esta última. Complementarmente, pretende-se a apresentação de propostas de melhoria na infraestrutura tendo em vista a sua otimização. Na Rede Rodoviária, embora de forma superficial, realizou-se uma análise do Centro de Comando Operacional, da Segurança na Circulação e das atividades de Conservação e Manutenção. Na Rede Ferroviária, dada a sua especificidade, o principal objetivo traduziu-se na abordagem da Gestão da Capacidade envolvendo as diversas etapas, designadamente o processo de Afetações de Tráfego, e as suas principais fases, nomeadamente os pedidos de Canais Horários e a elaboração do Projeto de Horário Técnico e na Gestão da Circulação, onde foram identificados os principais intervenientes e a sua estrutura funcional na IP, incluindo os CCO - Centros de Comando Operacionais que têm um papel fulcral na gestão da circulação de tráfego ferroviário e onde se encontram instaladas várias funções integradas num mesmo espaço, permitindo assim uma maior eficácia na circulação, como foi possível de observar em resultado de visita técnica ao CCO de Lisboa. Ainda na Rede Ferroviária, para além de aspetos ligados à Conservação e Manutenção, foram igualmente objeto de análise as componentes de Monitorização e Segurança da mesma, envolvendo Sistemas de Comunicação, Sinalização e Controlo de Velocidade. Para além de uma análise geral das principais caraterísticas físicas da Rede Ferroviária (nomeadamente tipologia de via, bitola, eletrificação, comprimento útil de linhas em estações de cruzamento e cargas por eixo), foi realizado uma análise mais detalhada das linhas do Minho, Leixões, Norte, Beira Alta, Beira Baixa, Leste, Oeste, Vendas Novas, Alentejo, Sul, Évora e Sines, sendo que estas linhas foram entendidas como importantes, dado que estas estão associadas a ligações a portos e terminais de mercadorias, à fronteira espanhola, ao transporte de mercadorias e ao fecho de “malha”. Finalmente, dadas as implicações em termos de complementaridade com a Rede Ferroviária e a necessidade de criação / otimização de interfaces (marítimos e rodoviários) com a ferrovia, procedeu-se ainda a uma breve caraterização dos principais portos e terminais de mercadorias, designadamente Sines, Setúbal, Lisboa, Figueira da Foz, Leixões e Aveiro e ao nível rodoviário: Darque, Tadim, Irivo, Leixões, Valongo, Cacia, Guarda, Mangualde, Fundão, Alfarelos, Entroncamento, Poceirão, Praias Sado, Vale da Rosa e Loulé.This document primary objective is to analyze and evaluate the management and control of traffic circulation of road and railroad networks in Portugal, (both managed by IP - Infraestruturas de Portugal), with special attention to the latter. It also pretends to present improvement proposals for the infrastructure bearing in mind its optimization. In the Road Network, a superficial analysis was done of the Operation Command Center of security in circulation and ways of maintenance and conservation. In the Railway Network, because of its specificity, the main goal was to approach the management of its capacity involving its different stages, namely the process of traffic affectations and its main phases, such has the channel requests and elaboration of the Technical Schedule Project, the management of circulation where the main stakeholders were identified and its functional structure in IP, including the CCO – Central Command Centers that have an important role on the management of railroad traffic and where several functions are integrated in a common space allowing for a better efficacy in circulation as observed in the technical visit to Lisbon CCO. Still on the Railway Network, besides aspects connected to the Maintenance and Conservation, components of Security and Monitorization were equally analyzed, involving Communication, Signaling and Speed Control systems. Besides the general analysis of the Railway Network physical characteristics (namely lane type, Gauge, electrification, useful lane length in crossing stations and load per axis) a more in depth analysis was made to the Lines of Minho, Leixões, Norte, Beira Alta, Beira Baixa, Leste, Oeste, Vendas Novas, Alentejo, Sul, Évora and Sines. These Lines were considered important taking into account that they represent connections to Ports, to the Spanish border, to Freight transport and to the “fecho de malha”. Finally, given the implications in terms of complementarity with the Railroad Network and the need to create/optimize connections with Road Networks and Port Networks, a brief characterization of the main Ports and Freight Terminals was made, more specifically, in a Port of Sines, Setúbal, Lisboa, Figueira da Foz, Leixões, Aveiro and in a Roads Terminal of Darque, Tadim, Irivo, Leixões, Valongo, Cacia, Guarda, Mangualde, Fundão, Alfarelos, Entroncamento, Poceirão, Praias Sado, Vale da Rosa and Loulé.N/

Hydrogen peroxide in the rainwater of Sao Paulo megacity: measurements and controlling factors

Measurements of H2O2, major ions and meteorological parameters were made in rain events occurred in downtown Sao Paulo City, Brazil between July 2001 and January 2006. The H2O2 concentration ranged from 0.5 to 78 &#956;mol L-1 with an average of 14.5 &#956;mol L-1. The SO4(2-) and HCOO- concentrations mean were of 13.5 and 9.62 &#956;mol L-1, respectively. The H2O2 concentrations showed a positive and significant correlation with HCOO- (r = 0.70, n = 129, p < 0.0001) suggesting that the production of H2O2 in aqueous phase by consumption of formaldehyde by reaction with OH• radical is a factor which may control the H2O2 levels in the rainwater samples. Estimation of rate of wet deposition of H2O2 shows that nearly 70% of hydrogen peroxide is annually removed from the atmosphere by wet deposition in spring and summer. Sequential rainstorm analyses indicated that lightning activity and rainfall rate can influence the H2O2 contents in rainwater in this area

Medicine and psychiatry in Western culture: Ancient Greek myths and modern prejudices

The origins of Western culture extensively relate to Ancient Greek culture. While many ancient cultures have contributed to our current knowledge about medicine and the origins of psychiatry, the Ancient Greeks were among the best observers of feelings and moods patients expressed towards medicine and toward what today is referred to as 'psychopathology'. Myths and religious references were used to explain what was otherwise impossible to understand or be easily communicated. Most ancient myths focus on ambiguous feelings patients may have had towards drugs, especially psychotropic ones. Interestingly, such prejudices are common even today

An effective method to estimate multidimensional Gaussian states

A simple and efficient method for characterization of multidimensional Gaussian states is suggested and experimentally demonstrated. Our scheme shows analogies with tomography of finite dimensional quantum states, with the covariance matrix playing the role of the density matrix and homodyne detection providing Stern-Gerlach-like projections. The major difference stems from a different character of relevant noises: while the statistics of Stern-Gerlach-like measurements is governed by binomial statistics, the detection of quadrature variances correspond to chi-square statistics. For Gaussian and near Gaussian states the suggested method provides, compared to standard tomography techniques, more stable and reliable reconstructions. In addition, by putting together reconstruction methods for Gaussian and arbitrary states, we obtain a tool to detect the non-Gaussian character of optical signals.Comment: 8 pages, 5 fis, accepted for publication on PR