“They Have Countless Books of This Craft”: Folklore and Folkloristics of Yemeni Jewish Amulets

The nineteenth-century voyager Yaakov Sapir published accounts of Yemeni Jewish amulets that provide significant historical and ethnographic sources for a study of Yemeni Jewish occult practices and the perception of them by non-Jews. The combination of blurred religious boundaries characterizing occult traditions, the prominent place of the Judeo Arabic language, and Arabic or pseudo-Arabic magical scripts constructed occult traditions as an essential social and cultural role for the Jewish minority, and simultaneously made these traditions the center of a polemical discourse

Effect of montelukast or salmeterol added to inhaled fluticasone on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in children

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of montelukast, 5 mg, or inhaled salmeterol, 50 mu g, added to inhaled fluticasone in reducing the maximum percentage decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) after a standardized exercise challenge and response to rescue bronchodilation with albuterol in children aged 6 to 14 years with persistent asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). Methods: Randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter, 2-period, 4-week, crossover study conducted between December 22, 2005 and November 14, 2008 at 30 centers in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and South America. Patients with asthma receiving inhaled corticosteroids demonstrated an FEV1 of 70% or higher of the predicted value and EIB (defined as a decrease in FEV1 >= 15% compared with preexercise baseline FEV1 on 2 occasions before randomization). Standardized exercise challenges were performed at baseline (prerandomization) and at the end of each active treatment period. Results: Of 154 patients randomized, 145 completed the study. Montelukast, compared with salmeterol, significantly reduced the mean maximum percentage decrease in FEV1 (10.6% vs 13.8%; P = .009), mean area under the curve for the first 20 minutes after exercise (116.0%.min vs 168.8%.min; P = .006), and median time to recovery (6.0 vs 11.1 minutes; P = .04). Response to albuterol rescue after exercise challenge was significantly greater (P<.001) with montelukast. Montelukast and salmeterol were generally well tolerated. Conclusions: Attenuation and response of EIB to albuterol rescue after exercise challenge were significantly better with montelukast than with salmeterol after 4 weeks of treatment. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2010; 104: 511-517

UERC 2022 Symposium Day 1 Recording

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium (UERC) Portland, OR - Vancouver, WA Metropolitan Region, 2022 Symposium Day 1 recording. Containing keynote and presentations given on March 7th 2022