THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF NURSING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The past session of Parliament has witnessed the passing of an Act for the regulation of Life Assurance Companies in the United Kingdom, which, while introducing great changes in the law, still stops very far short of the system of legislation which has been for several years in operation in a few of the United States of America, and which is warmly approved of and urgently recommended for adoption by some persons in this country. The present may therefore be considered a fitting time for reviewing what has been done and considering whether any further legislation is desirable, and if any, of what nature it should be.

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Combined Chlorpromazine and Reserpine in the Treatment of Chronic Psychotics

Journal of Mental Science ◽

10.1192/bjp.104.434.201 ◽

1958 ◽

Vol 104 (434) ◽

pp. 201-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

E. S. Foote

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Mental Illness ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Psychiatric Practice ◽

The Past

In the past few years many papers have appeared both in Europe and the United States of America demonstrating the value of Chlorpromazine and Reserpine in the treatment of mental illness. In the United States of America Kinross-Wright (1954) has reported on Chlorpromazine in the treatment of schizophrenia and claimed very satisfactory results; in this country Lomas (1955) and his collaborators have in several papers confirmed these results. With regard to Reserpine in the United States of America Kline (1954) has used the drug extensively with good results; in Europe, hopeful reports by Foote (1955) and McGrath et al. (1956) confirmed the value of this drug in psychiatric practice.

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Introduction

The Return of Great Power Rivalry ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190080242.003.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Matthew Kroenig

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United States Of America ◽

International Politics ◽

Good Reason ◽

The United States ◽

Global Leadership ◽

Great Power ◽

The Past ◽

The Face ◽

The Subject

This chapter introduces the subject of the book and summarizes its basic argument and structure. It explains that the United States of America has been the world’s leading state for the past seven decades, but that great power rivalry has returned in recent years with Russia and China becoming more assertive on the international stage. Indeed, many believe the days of U.S. global leadership are coming to an end in the face of challenges from its leading autocratic rivals. In contrast, this chapter argues that democracies have systematic advantages in international politics and that there is good reason to believe that the American era of international preeminence will endure.

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Sodium Fluoride as an Insecticide; its Possibilities as a Locust Poison

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1017/s0007485300046071 ◽

1924 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 29-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

L. B. Ripley

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Sodium Fluoride ◽

United States Of America ◽

Boll Weevil ◽

The United States ◽

Cotton Boll ◽

Additional Advantage ◽

Cotton Boll Weevil ◽

The Past

The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to the possibilites of sodium fluoride as an insecticide. Recent investigations of this salt as a stomach poison, which I have undertaken with cutworms and locusts, as well as its few but successful previously known uses as an insecticide against fowl-lice, Mallophaga on mammals, cockroaches, and earwings, indicates that sodium fluoride may, in a number of cases, replace the use of arsenical poisons. During the past decade the use of arsencial insecticides has increased rapidly. We are at present threatened with higher prices and possibly with a shortage of arsenic, a situation accentuated by the present cotton-boll weevil programme of the United States of America, which involves the use of tremendous quantities of arsenicals. Any cheap stomach poison effective against insects and promising as a substitute for arsenicals should therefore be of considerable interest to the entomologist and to the farmer, especially if it carries the additional advantage of being considerably less poisonous to man, stock and birds. Sodium fluoride meets these requirements.

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APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC CRISES FORECASTING BY MEANS OF EXCHANGE INDICES ON THE EXAMPLE OF FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

Polonia University Scientific Journal ◽

10.23856/3009 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 91-98

Author(s):

Oleksandr Astafiev ◽

Kateryna Astafieva ◽

Serhii Rtyshchev ◽

Valeriia Astafieva

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United States Of America ◽

Financial Crises ◽

The United States ◽

Jones Index ◽

The Past ◽

The Us ◽

Index Variation ◽

The Subject ◽

Stock Indexes

The article explores the possibility of financial crises forecasting in the account of stock indexes changes analysis. The subject of the study was the United States of America, and the object was the Dow Jones index, which has been analyzed over the past 47 years. It has been determined that it is highly probable that the value of the Dow Jones index variation coefficient can be predicted in 2018-2020. It has been outlined that the US economic development will be appropriate within the next three years.

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Nostalgia for the Lost Homeland as Part of Identity in Alė Rūta’s Works

Jednak Książki Gdańskie Czasopismo Humanistyczne ◽

10.26881/jk.2018.9.09 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 97-108

Author(s):

Ingrida Eglė Žindžiuvienė

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Short Stories ◽

Ethnic Identity ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Native Land ◽

The Past ◽

Different Types

The article examines the representation of nostalgic memory of the lost homeland, Lithuania, in the Lithuanian diaspora writer’s, Alė Rūta’s (1915-2011), trilogy called “The Destiny of the Exiled”, which consists of the novels Pirmieji svetur (1984; Eng. - The First Abroad), Daigynas (1987; Eng. – The Seedling Plot), and Skamba tolumoj (1997; Eng. Echoes from Afar). These novels describe the multilayered problems of Lithuanian immigration into the U.S.A. and life of the immigrants there. Alė Rūta (Elena Nakaitė-Arbienė) is a well-known Lithuanian author, most of whose works (novels and collections of short stories and poems, all written in the Lithuanian language) have been published by the publishers of Lithuanian diaspora in the United States of America. The trauma of the loss of the native land results in the transmitted nostalgia in her novels. The author both mourns over the lost homeland and shares with the readers her grief over this loss and longing for seeing it again. In doing this, Alė Rūta echoes the nostalgic voices of many immigrants, who left their native country at different periods. The article also discusses the issue of preservation of ethnic identity, which is constructed on nostalgic and often melancholic memories of the past, and explores different types of nostalgia, which forms a core of Alė Rūta’s trilogy.

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Die Entwicklung der Homöopathie in den Vereinigten Staaten

Gesnerus ◽

10.1163/22977953-0510102007 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 51 (1-2) ◽

pp. 84-100

Author(s):

Josef M. Schmidt

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Cultural History ◽

20Th Century ◽

19Th Century ◽

San Francisco ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

The Past ◽

History Of ◽

The 19Th Century

After an enormous spread in the United States of America during the 19th century homeopathy had almost completely vanished from the scene by the beginning of the 20th century. For the past two decades, however, it seems once again to experience a kind of renaissance. Major aspects of this development—in terms of medical and cultural history, sociology, politics, and economics—are illustrated on the basis of a general history of homeopathy in the United States. Using original sources, a first attempt is made to reconstruct the history of homeopathy in San Francisco which has some institutional peculiarities that make it unique within the whole country.

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Workforce demand for neurosurgeons in the United States of America: a 13-year retrospective study

Neurosurgical FOCUS ◽

10.3171/foc.1999.6.4.1 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. E1 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Daniel L. Friedlich ◽

Paul J. Feustel ◽

A. John Popp

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Retrospective Study ◽

Standard Deviation ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

United States Of America ◽

Private Practice ◽

The United States ◽

The Past ◽

Practice Size ◽

Group Practices

Object The workforce demand for neurosurgeons was quantified by a review and an analysis of journal recruitment advertisements published over the past 13 years. Methods A retrospective analysis of recruitment advertisements from July 1985 through June 1998 was performed by examining issues of the Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery. Advertisement information that appeared in each journal during the last 3 years was collected from alternating months (July to May); information that appeared prior to that time was collected from alternating recruitment years back to 1985. The authors examined the following workforce parameters: practice venue, subspecialization, and practice size. They found no significant decrease in neurosurgical recruitment advertisements. There was an average of 102.7 ± 22.4 (standard deviation) advertised positions per year during the most recent 3 years compared with 92.6 ± 17.9 advertised positions per year during the preceding decade. Similarly, there has been no decline in advertised positions either in academic (33 ± 6.1/year for the most recent 3 years compared with 32.8 ± 5.9/year for 1985–1995) or private practice (69.7 ± 21.6/year for the most recent 3 years compared with 59.8 ± 13.4/year for 1985–1995). A shift in demand toward subspecialty neurosurgery was observed. During the past 3 years, 31.2 ± 5.9% of advertised positions called for subspecialty expertise, compared with 18.5 ± 2.8% for the preceding decade (p < 0.05). The largest number of subspecialty advertisements designated positions for spine and pediatric neurosurgeons. Private practice advertisements increasingly sought to add neurosurgeons to group practices. Conclusions Contrary to previous reports and a prevailing myth, our data show no decrease in workforce demand for neurosurgeons in the United States over the past 3 years compared with the prior decade. A shift toward subspecialist recruitment, particularly for spine neurosurgeons, has been demonstrated in both academic and private practice venues.

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