Revascularization Treatment of Emergency Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Switzerland: Results from a Nationwide, Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland for 2010-2011

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and in Switzerland. When applied, treatment guidelines for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) improve the clinical outcome and should eliminate treatment differences by sex and age for patients whose clinical situations are identical. In Switzerland, the rate at which STEMI patients receive revascularization may vary by patient and hospital characteristics. AIMS: To examine all hospitalizations in Switzerland from 2010-2011 to determine if patient or hospital characteristics affected the rate of revascularization (receiving either a percutaneous coronary intervention or a coronary artery bypass grafting) in acute STEMI patients. DATA AND METHODS: We used national data sets on hospital stays, and on hospital infrastructure and operating characteristics, for the years 2010 and 2011, to identify all emergency patients admitted with the main diagnosis of acute STEMI. We then calculated the proportion of patients who were treated with revascularization. We used multivariable multilevel Poisson regression to determine if receipt of revascularization varied by patient and hospital characteristics. RESULTS: Of the 9,696 cases we identified, 71.6% received revascularization. Patients were less likely to receive revascularization if they were female, and 80 years or older. In the multivariable multilevel Poisson regression analysis, there was a trend for small-volume hospitals performing fewer revascularizations but this was not statistically significant while being female (Relative Proportion = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.86 to 0.97) and being older than 80 years was still associated with less frequent revascularization. CONCLUSION: Female and older patients were less likely to receive revascularization. Further research needs to clarify whether this reflects differential application of treatment guidelines or limitations in this kind of routine data.

Letter from the Editor Spring/Summer 2010

Despite the horrific oil spill in the Gulf and possible extinction of Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, there are still reasons to celebrate the shore--for example, Connecticut's shorebirds.

Antecedentes históricos de la actividad dietética en España: los trabajos del Laboratorio de Higiene de la Alimentación de la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad (1932-1936)

Se analiza la actividad dietética desarrollada por la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad entre 1932 y 1936. Como principal fuente de información se han utilizado los trabajos publicados por el personal adscrito a su Laboratorio de Higiene de la Alimentación. Con el objeto de poder confeccionar regímenes dietéticos adaptados a la realidad española, se pretendía investigar la composición química (agua, fécula, proteínas, grasa y sales minerales) de los alimentos españoles y su contenido vitamínico. Se estudiaron, siguiendo las recomendaciones y los criterios de los organismos internacionales, algunos de los productos de consumo más frecuente, como aceite de oliva, patatas, tomates frescos y en lata, fresa, fresón, peras, ciruelas e higo chumbo, además de algunas conservas. Los resultados obtenidos ponían de manifiesto las diferencias que existían con los datos ofrecidos por autores extranjeros, entre las que destacaba la mayor riqueza vitamínica de productos como el aceite de oliva andaluz o el tomate fresco valenciano. Estas diferencias se atribuían al factor geoclimático. También se estudiaron, en el caso del cocido, la paella y la yema de huevo, las modificaciones que podían producir los procesos culinarios en la composición de los alimentos empleados.

The power of language and the language of power in M. T. Anderson’s Feed and Gary Stheyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story. A comparative analysis

The aim of my dissertation is to analyze how selected elements of language are addressed in two contemporary dystopias, Feed by M. T. Anderson (2002) and Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart (2010). I chose these two novels because language plays a key role in both of them: both are primarily focused on the pervasiveness of technology, and on how the use/abuse of technology affects language in all its forms. In particular, I examine four key aspects of language: books, literacy, diary writing, as well as oral language. In order to analyze how the aforementioned elements of language are dealt with in Feed and Super Sad True Love Story, I consider how the same aspects of language are presented in a sample of classical dystopias selected as benchmarks: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1921), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932), Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1952), and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1986). In this way, I look at how language, books, literacy, and diaries are dealt with in Anderson’s Feed and in Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story, both in comparison with the classical dystopias as well as with one another. This allows for an analysis of the similarities, as well as the differences, between the two novels. The comparative analysis carried out also takes into account the fact that the two contemporary dystopias have different target audiences: one is for young adults (Feed), whereas the other is for adults (Super Sad True Love Story). Consequently, I also consider whether further differences related to target readers affect differences in how language is dealt with. Preliminary findings indicate that, despite their different target audiences, the linguistic elements considered are addressed in the two novels in similar ways.

School of Nursing Class of 2010

Top Row: Jocelyn Aden, Rachel Ades, Katrina Allen, Kayla Ashcraft, Kristie Baker, Amy Beaudoin, Heidi Beck, Beth Bentrum, Amber Blake, Lee Anna Braden, Dan Burd, Meaghan Burke, Mallory Calus, Irene Casillas, Veronica Cherney, Samantha Cholewa, Molly Conlen

Row 2: Wendy Corriveau, Meaghan Cotter, Kara DeGlopper, Colleen DeVoe, Hadley Dobbs, Kimberly Drury-Wallace, Hyesun Eitel, Sarah Elner, Douglas E. Elsey, Alyssa Fallot, Folake Famoye, Kristen Farr, Christine Fleck, Jennifer Fleming, Soncerae Gardner, Sarah Gilley, Joelle Gilmet

Row 3: Sara Goss, Amy Guffey, Taylor Griglak, Bridget Belvitch, Jaclyn Janks, Andrea Engles, Cassandra Smith, Lyndsy Brenner, Mallorie Patterson, Kristen Oltersdorf, Laura Kokx, Ross Zoet, Mary Osbach, Courtney Norman, Monica Habeck, Erica Hadley

Row 4: Amanda Hanert, Dayna Hasty, Nicole Heller, Ashley Howard, Robert Humburg, Andrew Humes, Grace Hwang, Amira Jackson, Kathryn Jipping, Shelly Johnson

Row 5: Lindsey Kappler, Jacqueline Klaiman, Sarah Knoedler, Jessica Kopicki, Kathryn Kovanda, Sarah Kovats, Emily Krogel, Kellie Kunkel, Kristin Lakatos, Chelsea Lazaroff, Bo Hwa Lee, Kelly Leja

Row 6: Kelli Littlejohn, Emilee Losey, Patricia Luna, Wilma MacKenzie, Matt Malkowski, Rachel Mallas, Emily McCallister, Diane McDonald, Dorian Michelson, Mary Miller, Nicole Miller, Kristen Muehlhauser

Row 7: Renee Muller, Katherine Mulvaney, Eugene Ngala, Christine Novotny, Colleen O'Connor, Cassey Parrish, Kimberly Peters, Kathleen Potempa, Bonnie Hagerty, Heather Poucher, Charles Reisdorf, Eric Retzbach, Sarah Rhem, Shannon Rice, Amy Roberts, Christie Schonsheck

Row 8: Franciska Schuett, Rhonda Schultz, Kristina Seidl, Teresa Semaan, Shelley Sibbold, Stacy Slater, Mary Snell, Mallory Stanton, Dennis Stevens, Miranda Stoddard, Tatiana Tafla, Priscilla Tang, Bethany Thelen, Jessica Thibert, Rebecca Thurk, Lauren Tormoehlen, Chinasa Uwandu

Row 9: Margaret van Buitenen, Stacey Victor, Jennifer Waag, Kirstyn Wade, Ariel Warren, Elizabeth White, Natalie Wierenga, Jessica Wihowski, Wendy Witkowski, Aliza Wolfe, DaShaunn Woolard, Ting Wan Yip, Alexander Young, Kellie Zenz, Kristen Ziulkowski, Jessica Zmierski

Vaughan, Suzi and Armstrong, Wendy (2009) Threads of tension. In: Vaughan, Suzi and Schmidt, Christine Margaret, (eds.) Five Fashion Musings. Post Pressed, Brisbane, Qld, pp. 9-15.

five:fashion musings is an upcoming 2009 publicaton to celebrate the fashion discipline's five-year milestone at the Queensland Unviesity of Technology. it represents a body of work by fashion practitioners, aceademic and educators commissioned to explore their research in fashion theory, practice and pedogogy through five key themes.

Enforcing minimum labour standards in Australia from 2010 : correcting or compounding problems

Fair Work Australia is to provide the institutional framework for the Australian industrial relations system from January 2010. Its creation provides the opportunity to improve minimum labour standards’ enforcement in Australia. However, the experience of the past must be appreciated and traditional assumptions about the operation of the Australian enforcement system discarded if the new institution is to be effective in its role. This paper focuses on the role of unions in enforcement as well as institutional location issues to expose a number of central enforcement problems that those seeking to establish new systems and processes should consider. A number of recommendations in respect of the structure of Fair Work Australia and the continuing role of unions are suggested.

Industry short reports : School of Urban Development, QUT Jan, 2010

Management and staff of the spatial science program at QUT. Student numbers discussion, Alumni News, Staff and Laboratories moving, Work Integrated Learning in 2010.

Dealing with Post-GFC stress disorder : Bwembya Chikolwa quoted by Christine Retschlag for Property Australia magazine 4th March 2010

Has the GFC really changed the thinking of the property industry? Or are investment managers suffering from post-GFC stress disorder fated to repeat the mistakes of the past? Christine Retschlag reports on the mindset of the market.