On “Works” by Nikolai Solovyov Being Prepared at the IWL RAS

This article is an announcement of the future collected works by Nikolai Ivanovich Solovyov (1831–1874), literary critic, publicist and art theorist of the 1860s. A brief history of the issue is presented, main achievements of the predecessors in the elaboration of Nikolai Solovyov’s literary heritage are indicated, a brief outline of his literary activity is given, and an attempt is made to present Solovyov’s main ideas. The collected works of Soloviev (in three volumes) being prepared at the Department of Russian Classical Literature of the IWL RAS will be the first scientific publication of his works. This edition will include all the literary-critical, historical-literary, journalistic, polemical, philosophical articles by Solovyov, as well as the most significant popular science works of historical and general cultural interest. In addition to the texts originally published in periodicals, later versions of articles from the author's collection Art and Life (1869) will also be presented, for which a special section is intended. The edition will be provided with a scientific commentary and an annotated name index. The first volume of the edition will begin with an introductory article, which will include an essay on the life and literary activities of Solovyov (by Viktor Shcherbakov). At the end of the article, the basic principles of preparation of the future edition are outlined.

Emerging Technology in Fitness-for-Service Assessment of Crack-Like Flaws

This paper describes several recent advances in crack assessment technology that have been or will be incorporated into the API 579 fitness-for-service standard. Four technology areas are addressed herein: • Stress intensity factor solutions. The 2016 edition of API 579 contains an extensive library of stress intensity solutions inferred from 3D finite element analysis. • A new equation for fitting elastic-plastic J solutions. A parametric equation that captures the elastic, fully-plastic and contained-yielding regimes of deformation provides an alternative definition of reference stress in the failure assessment diagram (FAD) method. • An enhanced constraint adjustment. A future edition of API 579 will include an improved version of the Wallin methodology for shifting the Master Curve reference temperature to account for constraint effects. • A procedure to account for non-ideal crack profiles. Most crack assessment methods assume an idealized flaw shape such as semi-elliptical, but many real-world flaws have complex shapes.

Qualitative Research Gains Equality: A Review of Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

In this book review of Kumar’s 2011 edition of Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners, I provide a summary of the book’s main content and a critical review of its content and structure including both the strengths and weaknesses. I conclude that this new edition of the book with Kumar presenting qualitative research as an equal methodology to quantitative research is an appropriate resource for students who are just starting to learn how to conduct empirical research studies. Two suggestions are provided for its future edition: (a) more classic resources about research methodology; and (b) more discussions about IRB application.

The Soterios Project revisited: status quaestionis and the future edition

Not until 2006 could the scholarly community welcome the first critical edition of the 103 Quaestiones et responsiones ascribed to Anastasius of Sinai (CPG 7746; M. Richard / J.A. Munitiz. CCSG, 59). However, this publication did not solve all topics surrounding Anastasius’s work, because 21 Greek manuscripts contain still another florilegium, the so-called Σωτήριος dating from before 900 AD, whose core is formed by 88 ἐρωταποκρίσεις. Between 914 and 927 a Slavonic translation thereof was made which has been preserved in the so-called Изборник, a codex from 1073. The first and sole critical edition of the Slavonic text was made by O.M. Bodjanskij (1845). The 900th anniversary of the Изборник in 1973 incited the interest in the Greek original. Eventually, in 1996 the decision to edit the Greek text was made, mainly under the impetus of Prof. em. Dr F. J. Thomson. This edition, originally started by Dr D.Tj. Sieswerda, will be continued by the author of this article in close cooperation with Dr L. Sels, specialist in Church Slavonic.

Trainee Section: Introduction

This edition of the journal sees the launch of a new regular trainee-orientated section. Over the course of a rolling five-year cycle we will be publishing a series of articles which will cover the ‘Emergency Presentations’, ‘The Top 20 Common Medical Presentations’, ‘Other Important Presentations’ and ‘Practical Procedures’ outlined in the curriculum for Acute Internal Medicine 2009. Articles will take the form of a problem-based review that uses a brief clinical case (real or fictional) and its development to illustrate the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of the common presentations to Acute Medicine. We hope these reviews will highlight recent evidence-based guidelines and provide readers with clinically useful ‘pearls and pitfalls’ from specialist experience that can be easily applied to future practice. Although many of these reviews will be commissioned directly by the editors of the journal, if you do have a particular interest in producing a review relating to a specific curriculum topic, please contact me at [email protected]. Similarly, I would welcome any early feedback relating to the content and format of this new journal section. This edition features reviews of the management of GI bleeding and paraplegia which I hope will be of interest to readers of various levels of seniority. Dr Joe Wileman has also produced a ‘Journal Watch’ section, which we plan to repeat in future editions (again contact me directly if you are interested in undertaking this for a future edition) and there is a ‘trainee update’ from Alice Miller.

Acute Symptomatic Hyponatraemia – A Practical Approach

Hyponatraemia is the commonest electrolyte abnormality yet is poorly understood. Symptoms are dependent on the rate of onset and severity. The presence of features suggestive of neurological dysfunction should be regarded as a medical emergency and treated actively. The risk of not treating outweighs that of over aggressive management. This article concentrates on the immediate management of the patient presenting acutely with severe symptomatic hyponatraemia, and is illustrated by a case recently presenting to our department. The patient who is incidentally found to be hyponatraemic in the context of another presenting illness, or presenting with more minor, non-specific symptoms presents different challenges to the admitting clinician, which will be dealt with in a future edition of the journal.

Remarks on Minimalist feature theory and Move

I'd like to start this brief response to Asudeh & Toivonen's 2006 review article ‘Symptomatic imperfections’ (henceforth SI) with a word of thanks for the careful job they've done and generally collegial manner in which they've done it. They make many good points about Adger (2000; Core syntax – henceforth CS) which will help a great deal in improving the book for any future edition. Because of this, I don't want to dwell on any minor quibbles I have about their comments. Instead, I'd like to focus on some broader conclusions they draw about the theoretical devices used in CS and the perspective taken there. My remarks will address mainly SI's concerns about the feature theory I outlined in CS, and the question of movement.

Editoral

Welcome to the second edition of Acute Medicine Volume 4 which, I regret to say, has probably reached you rather later in the year than you were anticipating. Unfortunately printing delays around the time of the change in our journal’s title have pushed back publication dates for both of this year’s editions so far, although I am hopeful that the third will reach subscribers soon after this one. Our cycle of reviews, which began in 2002, is now nearing its end; by the end of next year this should be complete. Regular subscribers over the past 4 years will soon have the equivalent of a comprehensive textbook of up to date management of conditions presenting themselves on an acute medical ‘take’. How we proceed beyond this is still to be determined; management of many of the conditions described will not have changed dramatically in 5 years, so that simply repeating the cycle may be inappropriate. One option we are considering is to change the emphasis of review articles from ‘diagnosis’ to being ‘problem’ based. An edition may be themed around topics such as ‘The patient with palpitations’ or ‘The patient with pleuritic chest pain’, rather than starting with the diagnosis which may not be apparent at the time of initial assessment. In order to keep them practical for our ‘Acute Medical’ readership, it is essential that, wherever possible, such reviews are written from the perspective of those working within the field. I am therefore open to offers from anyone who has an interest in writing a review article along these lines who should contact me at the address or e-mail shown on this page. This edition’s reviews represent a mixture of the common and extremely uncommon conditions facing the acute take physician. Ben Turner follows up his previous article on Thyroid Storm with a comprehensive review of the management of Myxoedema Coma. Although rare, its nonspecific presentation and serious consequences are highlighted; lack of ‘routine’ availability of thyroid function tests in the out of hours period or at weekends require that clinical vigilance is maintained. Mark O’Neill concludes his ‘tachyarrhythmia’ series with his review on the management of narrow complex tachycardia, while another cardiologist Dr Tim Wells embarks on a pair of articles describing inflammatory cardiac conditions; endocarditis will follow in a later edition. Our ‘Regular Features’ section includes two examples of potential complications of commonlyused drugs, namely amiodarone and enoxaparin. Clare Sixsmith’s ‘Viewpoint’ paper entitled ‘Should physicians manage hip fractures?’ raises some interesting questions regarding the need for a specialist ‘Orthogeriatric’ service. More controversies follow in the final paper on the management of life-threatening asthma. We would happily consider publication of letters containing contradictory views on any of these subjects in a future edition of the journal: I would be particularly keen to hear from anyone who has a good word to say about aminophylline. I can’t believe I am the only physician who still thinks it is a useful drug!

Time to experiment: a response

It is with some pleasure that we were given the opportunity to offer this paper for commentary and we are grateful for the efforts made by readers to help us to refine our thinking. Given the constraints of space, we will respond to the main comments in turn. We plan to submit a more considered and elegant paper to a future edition when we have worked more on our model.DOI:10.1080/0968776020100103