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    Journalismus und Presse im Film : eine Filmographie

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    Journalismus und Presse im Film: Eine Filmographie. Zusammengestellt von Hans J. Wulf

    Patient-powered research networks: building capacity for conducting patient-centered clinical outcomes research.

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    The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently launched PCORnet to establish a single inter-operable multicenter data research network that will support observational research and randomized clinical trials. This paper provides an overview of the patient-powered research networks (PPRNs), networks of patient organizations focused on a particular health condition that are interested in sharing health information and engaging in research. PPRNs will build on their foundation of trust within the patient communities and draw on their expertise, working with participants to identify true patient-centered outcomes and direct a patient-centered research agenda. The PPRNs will overcome common challenges including enrolling a diverse and representative patient population; engaging patients in governance; designing the data infrastructure; sharing data securely while protecting privacy; prioritizing research questions; scaling small networks into a larger network; and identifying pathways to sustainability. PCORnet will be the first distributed research network to bring PCOR to national scale

    Prenatal serotonin and neonatal outcome: brief report

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    The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationships between prenatal serotonin levels and other biochemical values during pregnancy as well as their relationships to neonatal biochemical and behavioral variables. To address that question, the pregnant women were divided into the top and bottom tertiles based on their serotonin levels at 20 weeks gestational age

    “Historia y ficción en el cine de David Puttnam”

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    Una característica que comparten varias de las películas del productor británico David Puttnam es la referencia a personajes y acontecimientos históricos. Así sucede en Carros de fuego (Chariots of Fire, 1981), Los gritos del silencio (The Killing Fields, 1984) y La misión (The Mission, 1986). Este artículo analiza la relación entre verdad histórica y licencias dramáticas en estas tres películas emblemáticas de Puttnam y explica cómo para entender con profundidad las claves temáticas presentes en su filmografía, las referencias históricas son una premisa básica. // One of the features shared by the films made by the british producer David Puttnam is their references to historical characters and events. This is the case, for instance of Chariots of Fire, (1981), The Killing Fields (1984)and The Mission (1986). This article analyses the relationship between historical truth and dramatic licenses in this emblematic Puttnam's films, and explains how the historical framework is a key aspect to understand his themes

    Pregnancy massage reduces prematurity, low birthweight and postpartum depression

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    Pregnant women diagnosed with major depression were given 12 weeks of twice per week massage therapy by their significant other or only standard treatment as a control group. The massage therapy group women versus the control group women not only had reduced depression by the end of the therapy period, but they also had reduced depression and cortisol levels during the postpartum period. Their newborns were also less likely to be born prematurely and low birthweight, and they had lower cortisol levels and performed better on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment habituation, orientation and motor scales.We would like to thank the women, men and infants who participated in this study and the research associates who assisted us. This research was supported by a Merit Award (MH46586), Senior Research Scientist Awards (MH00331 and AT001585) and a March of Dimes Grant (# 12-FYO3-48) to Tiffany Field and funding from Johnson and Johnson Pediatric Institute to the Touch Research Institute

    Inside Journalism

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    Newsletter published by the Journalism Department at Columbia College, January 1997. Six pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/inside_journalism/1053/thumbnail.jp

    Inside Journalism

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    Newsletter published by the Journalism Department at Columbia College, January 1997. Six pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/inside_journalism/1053/thumbnail.jp

    Sleep disturbances in depressed pregnant women and their newborns

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    Pregnant women (N= 253) were recruited during their second trimester of pregnancy (M= 22.3 weeks gestation) and assigned to depressed (N= 83) and non-depressed groups based on a SCID diagnosis of depression. They were then given self-report measures on sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety and anger, and their urine was assayed for norepinephrine and cortisol. These measures were repeated during their third trimester (M= 32.4 weeks). Their newborns were then observed during sleep. During both the second and third trimesters, the depressed women had more sleep disturbances and higher depression, anxiety and anger scores. They also had higher norepinephrine and cortisol levels. The newborns of the depressed mothers also had more sleep disturbances including less time in deep sleep and more time in indeterminate (disorganized) sleep, and they were more active and cried/fussed more.We would like to thank the parents and infants who participated in this study. This Research was supported by a merit award (MH# 46586) and Senior Research Scientist Awards (MH# 00331 and AT# 001585) and a March of Dimes Grant (#12-FYO3-48) to Tiffany Field and funding from Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute to the Touch Research Institutes

    Can There be a Right of Return?

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    During long-term refugee displacements, it is common for the refugees’ country of origin to be called on to recognize a right of return. A long-standing tradition of philosophical theorizing is sceptical of such a right. Howard Adelman and Elazar Barkan are contemporary proponents of this view. They argue that, in many cases, it is not feasible for entire refugee populations to return home, and so the notion of a right of return is no right at all. We can call Adelman and Barkan’s view the feasibility objection. Many defenders of rights will deny that empirical facts such as the kind to which Adelman and Barkan appeal are relevant to determining whether a moral entitlement amounts to a right. In contrast, I offer a response to the feasibility objection that does admit the relevance of facts. In my view, considerations of feasibility do matter when determining what rights human beings possess. Nevertheless, the feasibility objection is undone by its failure to acknowledge a distinction between two different kinds of feasibility constraints. ‘Hard’ constraints include logical, nomological and biological considerations. ‘Soft’ constraints include political, cultural and institutional factors. A necessary condition of a moral entitlement achieving the status of a right, I argue, is that it be feasible in the hard sense. Crucially, however, a right need not always be feasible in the soft sense. Refugees can have rights that it is not currently possible to implement politically
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