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Surficial geologic materials of the Cedar Rapids South Quadrangle
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The poverty of journal publishing
The article opens with a critical analysis of the dominant business model of for-profit, academic publishing, arguing that the extraordinarily high profits of the big publishers are dependent upon a double appropriation that exploits both academic labour and universitiesâ financial resources. Against this model, we outline four possible responses: the further development of open access repositories, a fair trade model of publishing regulation, a renaissance of the university presses, and, finally, a move away from private, for-profit publishing companies toward autonomous journal publishing by editorial boards and academic associations. </jats:p
Surficial geologic materials of the Central City Quadrangle
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PenQuest Volume 2, Number 1
Table of Contents for this Volume:
Untitled by Janet Collins
Untitled by Judy Gozdur
Last Hour of Light by Susan Reed
Untitled by Judy Godzur
Untitled by Rick Wagner
Untitled by Carol Groover
Untitled by R. Wagner
Only in the Portico by Linda Banicki
Untitled by Helen Hagadorn
Private Place, Pubic Place by David Reed
Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson
Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson
Madison Knights by Susan Reed
Untitled by Sissy Crabtree
The Price by Sandra Coleman
Untitled by Ann Harrington
Invasion of Privacy by Mark Touchton
Untitled by Bruce Warner
Untitled by Tom Schifanella
Untitled by Tammy Hutchinson
Bloodwork by Laura Jo Last
Untitled by David Whitsett
Burial Instructions by Bill Slaughter
Untitled by S. Trevett
PenQuest Interview: Joe Haldeman by David Reed
Her Name Came from the Sea by Richard L. Ewart
Untitled by V. Williams
In the Woodshed by R. E. Mallery
Untitled by Modesta Matthews
Untitled by David Olson
Illumination by E. Allen Tilley
Untitled by Joseph Avanzini
Everywoman by Laura Jo Last
Untitled by Beth Goeckel
Believe Me by Donna Kaluzniak
Untitled by Judy Gozdur
Untitled by Judy Gozdur
Unicorn by David Reed
Untitled by Susan Reed
untitled by Paul Cramer
Unititled by Lucinda Halsema
The Violin by Richard L. Ewart
Untitled by Maria Barry
Untitled by Roger Whitt Jr.
Haiku by Lori Nasrallah
Rhymerâs Revolt by R. E. Mallery
Untitled by Valerie William
Dreams and nightmares of liberal international law: capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony
This article develops a line of theorising the relationship between peace, war and commerce and does so via conceptualising global juridical relations as a site of contestation over questions of economic and social justice. By sketching aspects of a historical interaction between capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony, the article offers a critical account of the limits of liberal international law, and attempts to recover some ground for thinking about the emancipatory potential of international law more generally
Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker initiation on organ support-free days in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
IMPORTANCE Overactivation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may contribute to poor clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19.
Objective To determine whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) initiation improves outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In an ongoing, adaptive platform randomized clinical trial, 721 critically ill and 58 nonâcritically ill hospitalized adults were randomized to receive an RAS inhibitor or control between March 16, 2021, and February 25, 2022, at 69 sites in 7 countries (final follow-up on June 1, 2022).
INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomized to receive open-label initiation of an ACE inhibitor (nâ=â257), ARB (nâ=â248), ARB in combination with DMX-200 (a chemokine receptor-2 inhibitor; nâ=â10), or no RAS inhibitor (control; nâ=â264) for up to 10 days.
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was organ supportâfree days, a composite of hospital survival and days alive without cardiovascular or respiratory organ support through 21 days. The primary analysis was a bayesian cumulative logistic model. Odds ratios (ORs) greater than 1 represent improved outcomes.
RESULTS On February 25, 2022, enrollment was discontinued due to safety concerns. Among 679 critically ill patients with available primary outcome data, the median age was 56 years and 239 participants (35.2%) were women. Median (IQR) organ supportâfree days among critically ill patients was 10 (â1 to 16) in the ACE inhibitor group (nâ=â231), 8 (â1 to 17) in the ARB group (nâ=â217), and 12 (0 to 17) in the control group (nâ=â231) (median adjusted odds ratios of 0.77 [95% bayesian credible interval, 0.58-1.06] for improvement for ACE inhibitor and 0.76 [95% credible interval, 0.56-1.05] for ARB compared with control). The posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitors and ARBs worsened organ supportâfree days compared with control were 94.9% and 95.4%, respectively. Hospital survival occurred in 166 of 231 critically ill participants (71.9%) in the ACE inhibitor group, 152 of 217 (70.0%) in the ARB group, and 182 of 231 (78.8%) in the control group (posterior probabilities that ACE inhibitor and ARB worsened hospital survival compared with control were 95.3% and 98.1%, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this trial, among critically ill adults with COVID-19, initiation of an ACE inhibitor or ARB did not improve, and likely worsened, clinical outcomes.
TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT0273570
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Dissociative Electron Attachment to Carbon Dioxide via the 8.2 eV Feshbach resonance
Momentum imaging experiments on dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to CO{sub 2} are combined with the results of ab initio calculations to provide a detailed and consistent picture of the dissociation dynamics through the 8.2 eV resonance, which is the major channel for DEA in CO{sub 2}. The present study resolves several puzzling misconceptions about this system
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Observation of the dynamics leading to a conical intersection in dissociative electron attachment to water
Following prior work on the lower-energy resonances, we apply techniques of momentum imaging and ab initio scattering calculations to the process of dissociative electron attachment to water via the highest-energy {sup 2}B{sub 2} resonance. We focus on the H{sup -} anion fragment, which is produced via dynamics passing through and avoiding the conical intersection with the lower A{sub 1} state, leading to OH ((sup 2}{Pi}#5;) and OH ({sup 2}{Sigma}#6;), respectively. The momentum imaging technique, when combined with theoretical calculations on the attachment amplitude and dissociation dynamics, demonstrates that the angular distributions provide a signature of the location of the conical intersection in the space of nuclear con#12;gurations