Summer Holiday

[62] pages : all color illustrations (lithographs) ; 22 cm Imprint from title page verso. Housed in a paper covered slipcase printed with a basket weave pattern. This book is limited to 150 copies, printed by lithography, hand colored and signed by the artist [signed], Richard Floethe. This copy is number 29 [signed and numbered in ink] --Colophon. Bequest of Nina Abrams.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_illustration/1006/thumbnail.jp

A case for mandatory ultrasound training for rural general practitioners : a commentary

Context: Point-of-care ultrasound is a rapidly evolving technology that enables rapid diagnostic imaging to be performed at a patient’s bedside, reducing time to diagnosis and minimising the need for patient transfers. This has significant applications for rural emergency and general practice, and could potentially prevent unnecessary transfers of patients from rural communities to more urban centres for the purpose of diagnostic imaging, reducing costs and preventing disruption to patients’ lives. Meta-analyses on point-of-care ultrasound have reported extremely high sensitivity and specificity when detecting lung pathology, and the potential applications of the technology are substantial. A significant application of the technology is in the care of rural paediatric patients, where acute lower respiratory pathology is the most common cause of preventable deaths, hospitalisations, and emergency medical retrievals from remote communities for children under five. Issues: Although widely available, point-of-care ultrasound technology is not widely utilised in Australian emergency departments and general practices. Issues with comprehensive training, maintenance of skills, upskilling and quality assurance programs prevent physicians from feeling confident when utilising the technology. In Canada, point-of-care ultrasound training is part of the core competency training in the Royal College of Physicians of Canada emergency medicine fellowship program. Point-of-care ultrasound is widely used in rural practice, although lack of training, funding, maintenance of skills and quality assurance were still listed as barriers to use. Lessons learned: Point-of-care ultrasound is a highly sensitive and specific technology with wide potential applications. Issues with quality control and maintenance of skills are preventing widespread use. Coupling point-of-care ultrasound with telemedicine could help increase the usability and accessibility of the technology by reducing the issues associated with maintenance of skills and quality assurance

Barriers and facilitators to point-of-care ultrasound use in rural Australia

This study explores the barriers and facilitators to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use and adoption in rural healthcare since POCUS is a useful resource for rural clinicians to overcome the challenges associated with limited on-site clinical support, such as limited diagnostic imaging services and infrastructure. A qualitative descriptive study was employed, interviews with ten rural clinicians were conducted, and the data were analysed using the Walt and Gilson health policy framework to guide interpretation. Barriers include a lack of standardised training requirements, the cost of the devices and challenges recouping the costs of purchase and training, difficulty with the maintenance of skills, and a lack of an effective method to achieve quality assurance. Coupling POCUS with telemedicine could address the issues of the maintenance of skills and quality assurance to facilitate increased POCUS use, leading to positive patient safety and social and economic implications

Fever Dreams

The cover story, To Meet the Faces You Meet, has been adapted as the movie MEAD, premiering in summer 2022. Written by frequent Corben collaborator Jan Strnad this is one of the pair\u27s true classics. … This early underground comix science fiction cross-over was very popular, going through several printings. The other portion of the comic is The Unicorn Quest, also written by Strnad but drawn by John Adkins Richardson. Fabulous front cover by Corben (later printings are generally not as vivid as this initial printing). – from Steve Krupp\u27s Curio Shoppe a division of www.deniskitchen.com. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_adlerarchive_undergroundcomix/1035/thumbnail.jp

Greaser Comics, No. 1

N.Y.C. : Half-Ass Press, 1971. 2 numbers : black-and-white illustrations ; 24-26 cm Frequency: Irregular. Publication Dates: Began with number 1 (Sept. 1971); ceased with no. 2 (July 1972). Adults only. Number one is by G. DiCaprio and R. Jaccoma. No. 2 is by G. DiCaprio and Jim Janes. Description based on: Number one (Sept. 1971); title from indicia. Color cover illustrations, b&w interior. Library has issue no. 1. The Adler Archive of Underground Comix, Gift of Bill Adler.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_adlerarchive_undergroundcomix/1054/thumbnail.jp

Rainbows in the Grass. II. Arbitrary Diagonal Incidence

We consider external reflection rainbow caustic,,; due to the reflection of light from a pendant droplet where the light rays are at an arbitrary angle with respect to the horizontal. We compare this theory to observation of glare spots from, pendant drops on grass; we also consider the potential application of this theory to the determination of liquid surface tension. (C) 2008 Optical Society of Americ

Rainbows in the Grass. I. External Reflection Rainbows from Pendant Droplets

In the mid-morning on a sunny day one can sometimes see glare spots associated with uncolored rainbow (i.e., fold) caustics due to the sunlight reflected from the surface of dew or guttation drops. We show that these dewdrop reflection rainbows are due to places on the droplet (i.e., from an inflection circle ) where its Gaussian curvature becomes zero. We work out the theory of such caustics with horizontally incident light and present a comparison of the theory to measurements made in the laboratory. (C) 2008 Optical Society of Americ

Habitat Selection by Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) in Open Pine Forests in Eastern Texas

We initiated a mark-recapture study to determine the effects of shrub density on Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) populations. Green Anole perch site, shrub species, and shrub volume preferences were also examined. We established two study plots of different shrub densities in open pine forests on the Angelina National Forest in eastern Texas. In late spring, the Green Anole population at the higher shrub-density plot was estimated to be 16 times greater than the population at the lower shrub-density plot. Green Anoles most commonly perched on live shrubs, but exhibited very little preference or avoidance of any particular species of live shrub or shrub-level vine. However, shrubs used by Green Anoles were 4–6 times greater in volume than plot averages

Plus Minus Box

1 container : illus. (some color) ; 32 x 32 cm. Series: Box ; 2 Box (Architectural Association (Great Britain)) ; 2. Running title: Plus minus \u2785. Published ... to coincide with the exhibition ... in London at the AA Bedford Square and in Japan at the Contemporary Sculpture Centre, Tokyo and Osaka. Includes portfolio containing 7 folded sheets (numbered p. 1-28), [6] sheets of illustrations, 3 3-dimensional ills. in 1/4 thick mats.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_architecture/1000/thumbnail.jp