Will the Affordable Care Act Move Patient-Centeredness to Center Stage?

Outlines the evolution of ethical, economic, and clinical concepts of the patient's role in health care; efforts to develop a measurement infrastructure; and provisions in the healthcare reform law aimed at integrating and aligning measures

Jack-O-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

For Halloween 2020, Juliana L\u27Heureux and her husband Richard got creative with their meal prep, creating Jack-O-Lantern style stuffed peppers. Juliana says: In the COVID-19 environment, we are preparing many more creative recipes at home, rather than eating out. These peppers can be stuffed with any favorite mixture or vegan combo. We use lean ground beef (90 percent lean) sautéed with onion, garlic, cooked rice and diced tomatoes- salt and pepper to taste. We blanched the peppers after carving the faces, using a very small carving knife. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes. Add just a little water to the bottom of the baking pan to prevent potential sticking. Bon Appetit!https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/fac-covid-19-experiences/1003/thumbnail.jp

Bibliography of Publications by Paul B. Sears (1891-1990)

Author Institution: Department of Biology, Denison universityAuthor Institution: Department of Pathology, The Ohio State UniversityPaul B. Sears authored or coauthored more than 550 publications from 1914 to 1988. They included journal articles, abstracts or complete papers presented at meetings, book chapters, books, magazine articles, letters, many book reviews and editorials. Subjects discussed ranged from entomology and cytology to palynology/paleoecology to many aspects of ecology, conservation and conservation education. Numbers of publications peaked in several years of the 1950s, ranging from 20 to 30 per year. This bibliography is largely complete, but items may well have been missed because Sears was so prolific. This listing was current circa 2005

Observations On The Biology Of The Veined Rapa Whelk, Rapana Venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) In The Chesapeake Bay

The recent discovery of the Veined Rapa whelk (Rapana venosa, Valenciennes, 1846) in the lower Chesapeake Bay provides an opportunity to observe the initial biological and ecological consequences of a novel bioinvasion. These large predatory gastropods occur in subtidal, hard bottom habitats in the lower Bay and are capable of feeding, mating, and moving while completely burrowed. Hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) are consumed preferentially in the laboratory when offered concurrently with oysters (Crassostrea virginica), soft clams (Mya arenaria), and mussels (Mytilus edulis). Chesapeake Bay R. venosa readily open and consume large hard clams (30 to 85 mm SH) leaving no visible signs of either drilling or boring behavior. Shell morphology and thickness may provide an inherent size-selective predation refuge for Rapa whelks in the Bay. These same shell characteristics may change the dynamics of shell selection by local hermit crabs, particularly the striped hermit crab, Clibanarius vittatus. Recent collections of striped hermit crabs from the Hampton Roads area indicate that very large striped hermit crabs are using empty Rapana shells as shelters