President Barack Obama Responds to Gun Violence: A Rhetoric of Transformation.

Over the course of his presidency Barack Obama responded to 15 incidents of gun violence. Moments of tragedy serve as one of the greatest tests of presidential leadership as they require the chief executive to articulate a definition of tragedy that enables citizens both to understand and to work through the experience. It is through the act of definition that presidents increase their rhetorical power, thereby allowing them to advocate or advance specific policy proposals. This thesis examines seven of President Obama’s memorial speeches: Fort Hood, TX (2009); Tucson, AZ (2011); Newtown, CT (2012); Washington, D.C. Navy Yard (2013); Fort Hood, TX (2014); Charleston, SC (2015); and Orlando, FL (2016). Faced with a divided government and an increasingly polarized political scene, President Obama turned toward the American people to resolve the issue of gun violence. A close reading of the texts reveals that he constructed a rhetoric of transformation which aimed to transform the audience from passive spectators of tragedy to agents of change. President Obama sought to initiate his audiences’ transformation through the use of agency, identification, Scripture, and grace, framing tragedies generally and gun violence more specifically as events amenable to collective action

Medication and Supplement Use in Disability Football World Championships

Background Individuals with an impairment make up over 15% of the world’s population, many of whom can benefit greatly from participation in sport. The provision of medical services in disability sport is a challenging area with a lack of scientific evidence. Given the positive impact that sport can have on the people with an impairment, it is vital that measures are taken to better understand the medical issues posed by disability sport. It is well established that medications and supplements are over-used in sport, particularly within professional football, but there is no current evidence on medication or supplement use in elite disability football. Objective To examine and describe the use of medication and supplements in disability football, prior to and during international tournaments, and to identify the profile of substances used by category. Design Prospective, descriptive, cohort study. Setting International Blind Sport Association (IBSA) Football World Cup 2015 and the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) World Cup 2015. Participants Two hundred and forty-two elite level disability footballers, classified with B1 visual impairment or cerebral palsy. Methods Team clinicians were asked to document all medication and supplements taken in the 48 hours prior to each match. Results This study recorded the use of 1648 substances in 242 players, with more than half (53.1%) classified as supplements. There was an overall rate of 1.26 substances used per player per match and a medication use rate of 0.59 medications per player per match. Seventy percent (170/242) of players reported using at least one substance per tournament, with 57.9% (140/242) using at least one prescribed medication (63.6% of players at IBSA World Games and 57.7% of players at IFCPF World Cup). The most commonly prescribed category of medications was non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), representing 39.3% of all reported medications. Conclusion This study highlights the potential overuse of medication and supplements in disability football, particularly in the use of NSAIDs. These trends are comparable to previous research in FIFA World Cup competitions

Det er tilladt at spille og kysse: Iscenesættelsesstrategier mellem autenticitet og spil, eksemplificeret ved iscenesættelsen Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt.

Iscenesættelsesstrategier mellem autenticitet og spil, eksemplificeret ved iscenesættelsen Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt. Miriam Tscholl beskriver sin egen forestilling Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt på borgerscenen i Dresden fra 2011, som blandede dokumentariske tekster i form af interviews med de medvirkende borgere og et udvalg af Schiller-tekster

Neue Aspekte der kathetergeführten Ablation von Vorhofflimmern mittels Kryoballon Technik

Die Vorhofflimmer-Ablation mittels Kryoballon-Technik ist eine moderne und effektive Alternative zur Radiofrequenz-Technik. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem klinischen Einsatz der Kryoballon-Technik für die Pulmonalvenenisolation bei Patienten mit symptomatischem Vorhofflimmern. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass diese Technik auch in einem längeren klinischen Follow-up sicher und effektiv ist. Bei einer kontinuierlichen Überwachung des Herzrhythmus mittels Ereignisrekordern oder kardial implantierten elektronischen Geräten wurde diese Effektivität bestätigt. Patienten mit anatomischen Varianten wie eine gemeinsame linke Pulmonalvene können ebenso von einer Ablation mittels Kryoballon-Technik profitieren und wir konnten zeigen, dass diese den Ergebnissen der RF-Technik nicht unterlegen ist. Auch für ältere Patienten ist die Ablation mittels Kryoballon-Technik eine sichere und effektive Therapieoption. Letztlich bestätigten wir die mittlerweile gängige klinische Praxis, dass eine Pulmonalvenenisolation mittels Kryoballon-Technik sicher durchgeführt werden kann, wenn die Patienten mittels DOACs antikoaguliert sind.Atrial fibrillation ablation using cryoballoon technology is a modern and effective alternative to radiofrequency ablation. This work shows data about the clinical use of the cryoballoon technique for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation. This technique has been shown to be safe and effective even in a long term clinical follow-up. This effectiveness has been confirmed with constant monitoring of the heart rhythm using event recorders or other implantable cardiac devices. Patients with anatomical variants such as a common left pulmonary vein may also benefit from ablation using the cryoballoon technique and we have shown that this is not inferior to radiofrequency ablation. Ablation using the cryoballoon technique is a safe and effective therapy option for older patients. Finally, we confirmed the common clinical practice that pulmonary vein isolation using the cryoballoon technique can be safely performed when patients are anticoagulated using DOACs

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe

The Wine Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) label is a European quality scheme that protects high quality wines by linking them to legally defined geographic areas and a set of specific production practices. Because of the tight relation between PDO wines and the specifications defined in the official regulatory documents, these products are highly susceptible to changes in climatic, environmental, or socioeconomic conditions. However, the content of these regulatory documents has never been systematically analysed and summarized in a single dataset. Here, we present the first geospatial inventory that organizes regulatory information about the 1177 wine PDO in Europe based on the documents from the official EU geographical indication register. It includes essential legal information that defines the wine PDO such as the geographic boundaries, authorized cultivars and maximum yields. This inventory opens new possibilities for researchers to accurately assess, compare and map the regulatory information in each wine region at an unprecedented level of detail, supporting decision makers in developing adaptation strategies for the preservation of PDO wine regions