scholarly journals Acido, ergo sum: Holger Hydén – the neuroscientist in Cortázar's Hopscotch

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 408-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Delgado ◽  
Bruno Estanol
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Chemical Theory ◽  
Italian Author ◽  
Alter Ego ◽  
The University

The fictional Italian author Morelli is throughout the novel “Hopscotch” (1963) Julio Cortázar's alter ego. This character proposes an unoriginal literary hypothesis in chapter 62. There is an allusion to a particular Swedish that ‘is working on a chemical theory of thought.’ The Swedish neuroscientist under analysis is Holger Hydén (1917-2000), by then professor and chairman of the Department of Histology at the University of Göteborg. Hydén, who was the first to work in neurobiological micromethods, is mentioned by Morelli due to his participation in a symposium held at the end of January 1961, in San Francisco. His pioneering work will never be completely forgotten, because Hydén's neuroscientific legacy lives and will live in Cortázar's “Hopscotch”.

scholarly journals Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Women with Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Rupture during Pregnancy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kimberly L. Yan ◽  
Nerissa U. Ko ◽  
Steven W. Hetts ◽  
Shantel Weinsheimer ◽  
Adib A. Abla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Interventional Treatment ◽  
Maternal Outcomes ◽  
Fetal Outcomes ◽  
Brain Avm ◽  
Risk Of Hemorrhage ◽  
The University

Background: Sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) are a major cause of hemorrhagic stroke in younger persons. Prior studies have reported contradictory results regarding the risk of hemorrhage during pregnancy, and there are no standard guidelines for the management of pregnant women who present with BAVM rupture. The purpose of this study is to describe maternal and fetal outcomes and treatment strategies in patients with BAVM hemorrhage during pregnancy. Methods: We performed a retrospective review of the University of California, San Francisco Brain AVM Project database for female patients who were pregnant at the time of BAVM hemorrhage between 2000 and 2017. Clinical and angiographic characteristics at presentation, BAVM treatment, and maternal outcomes using modified Rankin scale (mRS) score at presentation and 2-year follow-up were recorded. Fetal outcomes were abstracted from medical records and maternal reports. Results: Sixteen patients presented with BAVM hemorrhage during pregnancy, 81% (n = 13) of whom were in their second or third trimester. Three patients (19%) who were in their first trimester terminated or miscarried pregnancy prior to BAVM intervention. Of the remaining 13 patients, 77% (n = 10) received emergent BAVM treatment at time of hemorrhage prior to delivery, and 85% of patients achieved BAVM obliteration and good maternal outcomes (mRS 0–2) at 2-year follow-up. All patients had uncomplicated deliveries (69% cesarean and 23% vaginal) with no reports of postnatal cognitive or developmental delays in infants at 2-year follow-up. Conclusions: Our study shows good long-term maternal and fetal outcomes in ruptured BAVM patients presenting during pregnancy, the majority who received BAVM interventional treatment prior to delivery.

COVID-19: implications for NHS Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The University

In light of the emergence in China of COVID-19, the novel corona virus, emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton discusses the role of the World Health Organization and other public health institutions in responding to potential new global pandemics and deliberates on the role of NHS staff in coping with infectious disease in clinical environments.

Form as Weapon: the Political Function of Song in Urban Zimbabwean Theatre

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-154
Author(s):  
Martin Rohmer
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Political Function ◽  
Humboldt University ◽  
Forced Labour ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The University

In Zimbabwean society, what may not be spoken sometimes becomes acceptable in song – whether to avoid social taboos and enable a wife to complain against her mother-in-law, or in broadening the boundaries of political protest. In this article, Martin Rohmer looks back to the ways in which song enabled forms of protest against forced labour and other aspects of colonial rule – in times of outward compliance as well as of direct struggle – and considers how urban theatre groups in independent Zimbabwe have adapted the tradition to their own, contemporary ends. Martin Rohmer spent almost two years studying Zimbabwean theatre when a research assistant at the University of Bayreuth, and completed his doctorate on Theatre and Performance in Zimbabwe at the Humboldt University, Berlin, in 1997. Since then he has been working in the field of cultural management for the Young Artists' Festival in Bayreuth. The present paper was first presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in San Francisco in November 1996.

Lessons Learned from an Integrated Neurology Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Curriculum

2021 ◽  
pp. 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001081
Author(s):  
Noriko Anderson ◽  
S Andrew Josephson ◽  
Nicole Rosendale
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Balance Training ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Residency Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Current Events ◽  
The University ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

AbstractThe University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Neurology Department incorporated a formal diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum into the residency education in 2015. During that time, we have learned a number of lessons that can be useful to other institutions planning similar initiatives including: 1) training should be led by a multidisciplinary team with experienced educators; 2) sustainability of the curriculum requires broad departmental buy-in from leadership to junior faculty to the residents themselves; 3) the curriculum needs to balance training on fundamental topics with flexibility to change in response to current events and the needs of the community; and 4) the sessions need to be practical.

Bulk Materials Research for Thermoelectric Power Generation Applications

2007 ◽  
Vol 1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Nolas ◽  
Matthew Beekman ◽  
Joshua Martin ◽  
Dongli Wang ◽  
Xiunu sophie Lin
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Confinement ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Solid State Chemistry ◽  
The Novel ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Bulk Materials ◽  
Material Systems ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
The University

AbstractThere are a variety of material systems employing different strategies in an effort to establish a new paradigm for thermoelectric materials performance. One approach is the PGEC, or “phonon-glass electron crystal”, approach were research towards optimization of the electrical properties of very low thermal conductivity materials is key. Other efforts focus on materials that exhibit high power factors via quantum-confinement or nano-scale affects. Still others focus on “engineering” metastable phases that possess properties that are distinct, if not unique, to solid state chemistry. All these approaches are valid and provide a fundamental knowledge base whereby present and future scientific materials discoveries will lead to new technological improvements. This paper focuses on bulk materials, in particular those material systems currently under investigation in the novel materials laboratory at the University of South Florida and the requirements and strategies for their optimization towards improved thermoelectric properties.

Fullerton Virtual Twin Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 963-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
California State University ◽  
Future Research ◽  
State University ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Current Sample ◽  
The University ◽  
Mz Twins

AbstractVirtual twins (VTs; same-age unrelated siblings reared together from early infancy) have been studied at California State University (CSU), Fullerton since 1991. The current sample includes over 130 pairs. Past and current research have research have focused on siblings' similarities and differences in general intelligence and body size. Future research in these areas will continue as new pairs continue to be identified. These studies will be supplemented by analyses of personality, social relations and adjustment using monozygotic (MZ) twins, dizygotic (DZ) twins, full siblings and friends, as well as new VTs, who have participated in Twins, Adoptees, Peers and Siblings (TAPS), a collaborative project conducted between CSU Fullerton and the University of San Francisco, from 2002 to 2006.

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