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Personality dimensions of people who suffer from visual stress
Personality dimensions of participants who suffer from visual stress were compared with those of normal participants using the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Extraversion-Introversion scores showed no significant differences between the participants who suffered visual stress and those who were classified as normal. By contrast, significant differences were found between the normal participants and those with visual stress in respect of Neuroticism-Stability. These differences accord with Eysenck's personality theory which states that those who score highly on the neuroticism scale do so because they have a neurological system with a low threshold such that their neurological system is easily activated by external stimuli. The findings also relate directly to the theory of visual stress proposed by Wilkins which postulates that visual stress results from an excess of neural activity. The data may indicate that the excess activity is likely to be localised at particular neurological regions or neural processes
Computed tomography of renal oncocytomas
A retrospective analysis of 5 renal oncocytomas studied with CT was performed. Oncocytomas appeared as rounded hypodense solid masses with sharp margination from the normal renal parenchyma. They showed uniform homogeneous enhancement on CT scans performed after drip infusion of urographic contrast. One oncocytoma studied with dynamic CT scanning demonstrated a stellate (spoke-wheel) pattern of enhancement. No evidence of involvement of adjacent renal parenchyma, perinephric fat, renal veins or regional lymph nodes was present at CT and the findings were confirmed at surgery. Although the differential diagnosis between renal oncocytoma and hypernephroma may not be possible, preoperative awareness of a potentially benign lesion may guide the surgeon to attempt renal preserving surgery instead of the customary nephrectomy.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25589/1/0000133.pd
Why and how to spare the hippocampus during brain radiotherapy: the developing role of hippocampal avoidance in cranial radiotherapy
Does one write en or does one write man? : A survey of the use of gender-neutral generic pronouns in online texts
AnvÀndningen av en istÀllet för man som nominativform för det svenska generiska pronomenet har varit en av den feministiska sprÄkpolitikens stora frÄgor under det senaste decenniet. Den hÀr studien har undersökt hur anvÀndningen faktiskt ser ut pÄ nÀtet, bÄde genom en diakron delstudie pÄ bloggar under perioden 1998-2017 och genom en synkron jÀmförelse mellan olika texttyper. DÀrtill har studien undersökt ifall andelen nominativt en ökar i relation till dess motsvarighet man. Resultatet av dessa undersökningar Àr att anvÀndningen ökar, bÄde över tid och i andelar, men att det gÄr lÄngsamt och att anvÀndningen av man fortfarande uppgÄr till omkring 99% av alla förekomster av det generiska pronomenet i subjektsposition. Olika argument har föreslagits av olika forksare angÄende hur nominativt en faktiskt kan anvÀndas, med begrÀnsningar till vissa kontexter eller till vissa referenter. Resultaten frÄn den sista delstudien i den hÀr uppsatsen visar att en kan anvÀndas i samma kontexter och med samma referenter som man. Sedan diskuteras resultaten i relation till tidigare studier vad det gÀller hur en och man kan anvÀndas
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The Effects of Systematic Desensitization on Test Anxiety, General Anxiety, and Attitude Toward School Among Fifth-Grade Pupils
The problem of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of systematic desensitization on test anxiety, general anxiety, and attitude toward school among fifth-grade elementary-school children
Grammatiskt genus i Hindukush-sprÄk : En areal-typologisk studie
In the mountainous area of the Greater Hindukush in northern Pakistan, north-western Afghanistan and Kashmir, some fifty languages from six different genera are spoken. The languages are at the same time innovative and archaic, and are of great interest for areal-typological research. This study investigates grammatical gender in a 12-language sample in the area from an areal-typological perspective. The results show some intriguing features, including unexpected loss of gender, languages that have developed a gender system based on the semantic category of animacy, and languages where this animacy distinction is present parallel to the inherited gender system based on a masculine/feminine distinction found in many Indo-Aryan languages. I den hÀr studien undersöks grammatiskt genus i ett antal sprÄk som talas i ett bergsomrÄde belÀget i norra Pakistan, nordvÀstra Afghanistan och Kashmir. I omrÄdet, hÀr kallat Greater Hindukush, talas omkring 50 olika sprÄk frÄn sex olika sprÄkfamiljer. Det stora antalet sprÄk tillsammans med den otillgÀngliga terrÀngen har gjort att sprÄken Àr arkaiska i vissa hÀnseenden och innovativa i andra, vilket gör det till ett intressant omrÄde för arealtypologisk forskning. Resultaten av den hÀr undersökningen visar att en del sprÄk i urvalet helt har tappat sitt grammatiska genus trots att det anses vara ett relativt stabilt sprÄkdrag. NÄgra sprÄk har utvecklat ett nytt grammatiskt genus baserat pÄ en animacitetsdistinktion, antingen som det enda kvarvarande systemet, eller parallellt med ett nedÀrvt indoariskt genussystem baserat pÄ biologiskt kön.Language contact and relatedness in the Hindukush region (421-2014-631
Grammatiskt genus i Hindukush-sprÄk : En areal-typologisk studie
In the mountainous area of the Greater Hindukush in northern Pakistan, north-western Afghanistan and Kashmir, some fifty languages from six different genera are spoken. The languages are at the same time innovative and archaic, and are of great interest for areal-typological research. This study investigates grammatical gender in a 12-language sample in the area from an areal-typological perspective. The results show some intriguing features, including unexpected loss of gender, languages that have developed a gender system based on the semantic category of animacy, and languages where this animacy distinction is present parallel to the inherited gender system based on a masculine/feminine distinction found in many Indo-Aryan languages. I den hÀr studien undersöks grammatiskt genus i ett antal sprÄk som talas i ett bergsomrÄde belÀget i norra Pakistan, nordvÀstra Afghanistan och Kashmir. I omrÄdet, hÀr kallat Greater Hindukush, talas omkring 50 olika sprÄk frÄn sex olika sprÄkfamiljer. Det stora antalet sprÄk tillsammans med den otillgÀngliga terrÀngen har gjort att sprÄken Àr arkaiska i vissa hÀnseenden och innovativa i andra, vilket gör det till ett intressant omrÄde för arealtypologisk forskning. Resultaten av den hÀr undersökningen visar att en del sprÄk i urvalet helt har tappat sitt grammatiska genus trots att det anses vara ett relativt stabilt sprÄkdrag. NÄgra sprÄk har utvecklat ett nytt grammatiskt genus baserat pÄ en animacitetsdistinktion, antingen som det enda kvarvarande systemet, eller parallellt med ett nedÀrvt indoariskt genussystem baserat pÄ biologiskt kön.Language contact and relatedness in the Hindukush region (421-2014-631
The elite and the street: Black class and culture in post-World War Two Philadelphia
With Philadelphia as my focus, I argue that after World War II, in those northern cities where black southern migrants crowded into âsecond ghettoes,â cultural institutions created as much fracture as they did black unity, modernity or nationalism. Even before the 1960s, when divisions along generational, political and religious lines began to manifest more clearly, newspapers and radio revealed that there were multiple black communities as opposed to just one. Editors and general managers, and later music producers, directors of community art centers and museum founders wrestled with how to appeal to non-elite blacks. Most often, their methods were driven by ideologiesâboth real and perceivedâof interracial liberalism, uplift, and respectability. For the most part, they built on a legacy of black elite institutions in Philadelphia, rather than create a new cultural infrastructure that incorporated a wider scope of tastes, practices and politics. Using sources that range from polls and planning documents to music and dance performances, my dissertation examines black cultural institutions in post-WWII Philadelphia with attention to their politics, cultural products, institutional forms, and place in the racial geography of the city. It thus answers the recent call by social historians to examine the role of the arts in urban places, and enlarges the story of African Americans in the post-industrial city through an emphasis on cultural production and the class politics that shaped it
That Side of Paradise: A Story of Princeton: The University, the Town, and the African-American Community
Sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av bedside-rapportering i slutenvÄrden : En litteraturöversikt
Bakgrund: Ăverrapportering i slutenvĂ„rden Ă€r ett kritiskt moment som utförs dagligen vid skiftbyte dĂ€r god kommunikation Ă€r grundlĂ€ggande för patientsĂ€kerheten. Traditionellt sker överrapporteringen pĂ„ sjuksköterskeexpeditionen utan patientens delaktighet. Bedside-rapportering Ă€r en relativt ny metod dĂ€r överrapporteringen sker i samrĂ„d med patienten bredvid sĂ€ngkanten vilket kan frĂ€mja patientdelaktigheten och en sĂ€ker vĂ„rd. Eftersom den relativt nya metoden inte anvĂ€nds som standard i slutenvĂ„rden Ă€r det viktigt att undersöka sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av den. Syfte: Att beskriva sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av bedside-rapportering i slutenvĂ„rden. Metod: En allmĂ€n litteraturöversikt som följer Polit och Becks niostegsmodell. Sökning efter artiklar utfördes pĂ„ databaserna CINAHL och Pubmed. Data analyserades med Graneheim och Lundmans kvalitativa innehĂ„llsanalys. Resultat: Resultatet framstĂ€llde tre kategorier och sex tillhörande underkategorier: âHantering av kĂ€nslig informationâ, âKommunikationsflödetâ och âModifierade tillvĂ€gagĂ„ngssĂ€ttâ. Resultatet visade att sjuksköterskor upplevde utmaningar att hantera kĂ€nslig information och att tidsĂ„tgĂ„ngen var en oro. MĂ„nga föredrog ett modifierat tillvĂ€gagĂ„ngsĂ€tt. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskor upplever flera hinder med implementeringen av bedside-rapportering i slutenvĂ„rden, inklusive ineffektivitet, sekretesshantering och val av tillvĂ€gagĂ„ngssĂ€tt. Sjuksköterskorna anser att dessa faktorer behöver bearbetas för att metoden ska kunna tillĂ€mpas pĂ„ ett sĂ€kert sĂ€tt. Samtidigt beskrivs Ă€ven upplevelser av att bedside-rapportering frĂ€mjar patientsĂ€kerhet och delaktighet i omvĂ„rdnadsprocessen. Nyckelord: Bedside-rapportering, delaktighet, erfarenheter, kommunikationBackground: Handover in inpatient health care is a critical procedure performed daily, where effective communication is fundamental to patient safety. Traditionally, handovers occur in the nurseâs station without patient involvement. Bedside-handover is a relatively new approach where handover takes place in consultation with the patient at the bedside, promoting patient engagement and safe care. As this relatively new method is not yet a standard practice in inpatient care, it is important to investigate nursesâ experiences with it. Aim: To describe nursesâ experiences of bedside-handover in inpatient care. Method: A general literature review following Polit and Beckâs nine-step model. Article searches were conducted in the CINAHL and PubMed databases. Data were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundmanâs qualitative content analysis. Result: The findings resulted in three categories and nine corresponding subcategories: âManagement of sensitive informationâ, âCommunication flowâ and âModified approachesâ. The findings indicated that nurses faced challenges related to handling sensitive information and expresses concerns about time constraint. Nurses faced challenges related to sensitive information and expressed concerns about time consumption. Many preferred a modified approach. Many preferred a modified approach. Summary: Nurses experience several obstacles in implementing bedside-handover in inpatient health care, including inefficiency, confidentiality management and choice of approach. Nurses believe these factors require more work to be applied in a safe way. Nonetheless, experiences of bedside-handover promoting patient safety and participation in the nursing process were also described. Keywords: Bedside-handover, participation, experiences, communicatio
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