198 research outputs found
artsKSU Presents: Anat Cohen Tentet, Musical Director Oded Lev-Ari
Ever charismatic, prolific, and inspired, GRAMMY-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Anat has been declared Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007 and has also been named the Top Clarinetist, Rising Star, and Jazz Artist of the Year by Downbeat Magazine. The tentet(rhythm section, horns, vibraphone, cello, and accordion) performs tunes from their recent album Happy Song which draws influence from Brazilian music and African grooves to vintage swing and touching ballads.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2261/thumbnail.jp
A prospective clinical cohort-based study of the prevalence of OCD, obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and tics in families of patients with OCD
Background: The lifetime prevalence of obsessive − compulsive disorder (OCD) is currently estimated at 2 − 3% and the prevalence in first-degree family members is estimated to range between 10 and 11%. Separating OCD from other anxiety disorders and including it into the new “obsessive − compulsive and related disorders” (OCRDs) category has had a dramatic impact on the diagnosis, while also contributing to the better understanding of the genetics of these disorders. Indeed, grouping OCD with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and body-focused repetitive behaviors such as trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), and excoriation (skin picking) into the same diagnostic family has resulted in a much greater lifetime prevalence (> 9%). These diagnostic changes necessitate an updated epidemiological study, thus motivating this investigation. Methods: The study sample comprised of 457 patient’s cases from an Israeli and an Australian OCD center. Interviews were completed as a part of the intake or during treatment in each of the centers. Prevalence of OCD, OCRDs, tics, and other psychiatric comorbidities in first- and second-degree relatives was assessed by interviewing the OCD patients. Interviews were conducted by at least two researchers (LC, OBA, JZ) and only family information on which the interviewers have reached consensus was considered. Results: Initial analyses revealed an increase of OCD and OCRD prevalence in first- and second-degree family members as compared to the current literature due to reclassification of these disorders in DSM-5. Conclusion: The new category of OCRD has changed the landscape of epidemiological studies in OCD. Further and broader studies are needed in order to better understand the lifetime prevalence of OCRD in first- and second-degrees family member
Interval Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Management of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
The timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy following
an attack of acute biliary pancreatitis is controversial.
The traditional approach of interval
cholecystectomy has been challenged recently. The
present study was designed to evaluate the benefits
of interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients
with mild acute pancreatitis (Ranson less than 3).
Nineteen patients with mild pancreatitis underwent
ultrasonographic evaluation to confirm the biliary
etiology. ERCP was performed in all patients on the
first available endoscopy list, and endoscopic sphincterotomy
was performed in two patients with calculi
or dilated common bile duct on ultrasonographic
examination. Medical treatment was administered
and laparoscopic cholecystectomy was scheduled
after 8–12 weeks to allow the inflammatory process
to settle. There were no recurrent attacks of pancreatitis
during this period. The degree of difficulty of
the laparoscopic procedure was assessed by the presence
of adhesions to the gallbladder area, difficulty
of dissection in the Calot's triangle, intraoperative
bleeding and the need for a drain. Six patients
(31.5%) had severe adhesions, difficult dissection of
the cystic duct and artery, bleeding and prolonged
operating time. In two of these patients (10.5%) the
procedure was converted to open cholecystectomy.
In conclusion, our results suggest that postponing
laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute pancreatitis
patients is not advantageous surgically and does
not justify the risk of further morbidity caused by
the gallbladder disease
Quantum-classical processing and benchmarking at the pulse-level
Towards the practical use of quantum computers in the NISQ era, as well as
the realization of fault-tolerant quantum computers that utilize quantum error
correction codes, pressing needs have emerged for the control hardware and
software platforms. In particular, a clear demand has arisen for platforms that
allow classical processing to be integrated with quantum processing. While
recent works discuss the requirements for such quantum-classical processing
integration that is formulated at the gate-level, pulse-level discussions are
lacking and are critically important. Moreover, defining concrete performance
benchmarks for the control system at the pulse-level is key to the necessary
quantum-classical integration. In this work, we categorize the requirements for
quantum-classical processing at the pulse-level, demonstrate these requirements
with a variety of use cases, including recently published works, and propose
well-defined performance benchmarks for quantum control systems. We utilize a
comprehensive pulse-level language that allows embedding universal classical
processing in the quantum program and hence allows for a general formulation of
benchmarks. We expect the metrics defined in this work to form a solid basis to
continue to push the boundaries of quantum computing via control systems,
bridging the gap between low-level and application-level implementations with
relevant metrics.Comment: 22 page
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