Das geheime Bataillon : eine Untersuchung über das kommunistische Verhalten zur Labour-Party

von Harold J. Laski

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 668 - Memoranden und Briefe zur Antisemitismus-Forschung (p. IX 120a)

Memoranden und Briefe zur Antisemitismus-Forschung (Juni 1944 - Februar 1945): 1. Harold Schiff, Anti-Defamation Leage of B'nai B'rith: Memorandum: "Book and Literature Distribution Assignement No. 4" (14.2.1945), als Typoskript vervielfältigt, 3 Blatt; 2. "Memorandum on Program for the Commission on Antisemitism of the American Jewish Congress" (7.11.1944), Typoskript, 11 Blatt mit eigenhändigen Notizen von Paul W. Massing und Friedrich Pollock, 2 Blatt; 3. Joint Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and Anti-Defamation Leage of B'nai B'rith: 1 Brief mit Unterschrift an Friedrich Pollock, New York, 4.12.1944; 4. Toni Stulper: 1 Brief mit Unterschrift an Friedrich Pollock, New York, 14.6.1944; 5. W. Lloyd Warner: 1 Brief (Abschrift) an Philip (?) Klein, Chicago, 9.6.1944; 6. Friedrich Pollock: eigenhändige Notiz zur "Anti-Anti-Propaganda", 1 Blatt;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 699 - Cultural Aspects of National Socialism. A Research Project (p. IX 170.15-17a - IX 170.19)

Neumann, Franz: Memorandum über Gespräche mit Harold Lasswell. 30.03.1941, Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korekturen, 4 Blatt; Neumann, Franz: Memorandum über Gespräche mit Goodvin Watson. 21.05.1941, Typoskript, 2 Blatt; [Anderson, Eugene N.:] "Professor Anderson's Notes and criticisms to the project of German society and culture". Typoskript, 7 Blatt; "Budget for the proposed Research Project of Cultural Aspects of National Socialism". Handschriftliche Notizen, 1 Blatt; Institut of Social Research: Brief an Rockefeller Foundation, New York, 24.06.1941 verschiedene Typoskripte, zum Teil mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, circa 35 Blatt; ein Manuskript, 6 Blatt; ein Entwurf, Typoskript, 1 Blatt; Adorno, Theodor W.: 2 Briefe an I. Berlin, ohne Ort, 1940-1941; Empfehlungsschreiben zur Unterstützung des Projekts, von: Lutz, Ralph H.: 1 Brief (Abschrift) an Frederick Pollock, 11.07.1941; MacIver, Robert M.: 1 Brief (Abschrift): an New York Foundation, ohne Ort, 07.07.1941; Shotwell, James T.: 1 Brief (Abschrift) an Frederick Pollock, Woodstock, 08.07.1941; Radin, MAx: 1 Brief (Abschrift) an New York Foundation, [Los Angeles], 08.07-1941; 5 Blatt; Antwortbriefe an das Institut bzw. Max Horkheimer aufgrund der Zusendung des Umrisses des Forschungsprojektes, von: Lorwin, Lewis L.; Wooleton, H.; O'Quin, Patricia, Odum, Howard W.; Fay, Sidney B.; Merriam, Charles E.; Hoover, Calvin B.; Garrison, Lloyd K.; März bis Mai 1941, 8 Blatt;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 571 - Korrespondenzen mit Franz Neumann (p. VI 30, 1-224)

169 Briefe zwischen Franz Neumann und Max Horkheimer; 4 Briefe von Franz Neumann an Frederick Pollock, 1937 - 1941; 7 Briefe zwischen Franz Neumann und Walter L. Dorn, 1941 - 1942; 2 Briefe zwischen Walter L. Dorn und Max Horkheimer, März 1943; 1 Brief von Tom an Franz Neumann, 09.09.1941; 1 Brief von Phillip C. Jessup an Franz Neumann, 22.08.1941; 1 Brief von Athur und Wicky Goldschmidt an Franz Neumann, 22.08.1941; 2 Briefe von Goodwin Watson an Franz Neumann, 1941; 1 Brief von Harold Lasswell an Franz Neumann, 07.07.1941; 2 Briefe von Eugene N. Anderson an Franz Neumann, 1941; 1 Brief von C. J. Friedrich an Franz Neumann, 18.06.1941; 1 Brief von Alfred E. Cohn an Max Horkheimer, 30.01.1941; 1 Brief von Alfred E. Cohn an Franz Neumann, 30.01.1941; 3 Briefe von Leo Löwenthal an Franz Neumann, 1940; 1 Brief von Thurman Arnold an Max Horkheimer, 21.12.1938; 2 Briefe zwischen Ernst Kahn und Franz Neumann, 1938; 1 Brief von Franz Neumann an Walter Socoloff, 21.06.1938; 1 Brief von Franz Neumann an Flegenheimer, 31.06.1935; 1 Brief von Anita [Schwester von Felix Weil] an Felix Weil, 24.08.1937; 2 Briefe zwischen Franz Neumann und C. D. Medley, 1935/1936; 7 Briefe zwischen The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars (New York) und Max Horkheimer, 1936; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Guerreo, 08.09.1936; 1 Brief (Abschrift) von der Columbia University (New York) an United States of America, Consul General (London), 05.03.1936; 1 Brief von Franz Neumann an Juliette Favez, 11.12.1935;

Maximal exercise hemodynamics and risk of mortality in apparently healthy men and women

The use of exercise electrocardiography (ECG) to detect latent coronary heart disease (CHD) is discouraged in apparently healthy populations because of low sensitivity. These recommendations however, are based on the efficacy of evaluation of ischemia (ST segment changes) with little regard for other measures of cardiac function that are available during exertion. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the association of maximal exercise hemodynamic responses with risk of mortality due to all-causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and coronary heart disease (CHD) in apparently healthy individuals. Study participants were 20,387 men (mean age = 42.2 years) and 6,234 women (mean age = 41.9 years) patients of a preventive medicine center in Dallas, TX examined between 1971 and 1989. During an average of 8.1 years of follow-up, there were 348 deaths in men and 66 deaths in women. In men, age-adjusted all-cause death rates (per 10,000 person years) across quartiles of maximal systolic blood pressure (SBP) (low to high) were: 18.2, 16.2, 23.8, and 24.6 (p for trend $<$0.001). Corresponding rates for maximal heart rate were: 28.9, 15.9, 18.4, and 15.1 (p trend $<$0.001). After adjustment for confounding variables including age, resting systolic pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose, body mass index, smoking status, physical fitness and family history of CVD, risks (and 95% confidence interval (CI)) of all-cause mortality for quartiles of maximal SBP, relative to the lowest quartile, were: 0.96 (0.70-1.33), 1.36 (1.01-1.85), and 1.37 (0.98-1.92) for quartiles 2-4 respectively. Similar risks for maximal heart rate were: 0.61 (0.44-0.85), 0.69 (0.51-0.93), and 0.60 (0.41-0.87). No associations were noted between maximal exercise rate-pressure product mortality. Similar results were seen for risk of CVD and CHD death. In women, similar trends in age-adjusted all-cause and CVD death rates across maximal SBP and heart rate categories were observed. Sensitivity of the exercise test in predicting mortality was enhanced when ECG results were evaluated together with maximal exercise SBP or heart rate with a concomitant decrease in specificity. Positive predictive values were not improved. The efficacy of the exercise test in predicting mortality in apparently healthy men and women was not enhanced by using maximal exercise hemodynamic responses. These results suggest that an exaggerated systolic blood pressure or an attenuated heart rate response to maximal exercise are risk factors for mortality in apparently healthy individuals. ^

THE IMPROVEMENT REGION IN RIDGE REGRESSION

One of the difficulties in the practical application of ridge regression is that, for a given data set, it is unknown whether a selected ridge estimator has smaller squared error than the least squares estimator. The concept of the improvement region is defined, and a technique is developed which obtains approximate confidence intervals for the value of ridge k which produces the maximum reduction in mean squared error. Two simulation experiments were conducted to investigate how accurate these approximate confidence intervals might be. ^

A systematic review of clostridium difficile infection in patients with iatrogenic immunesuppression

Background: Incidence of C. difficile infection (CDI) has increased dramatically in the past decade and is the most frequent cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea. The outcome of infection may range from mild diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis depending on the immunological response of the host, which is highly compromised in this special population that includes bone marrow transplant (BMT), solid organ transplant (SOT) and cancer patients on cytotoxic chemotherapy. ^ Objectives: We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the incidence rates of CDI and the time to onset of infection in patients with iatrogenic immune suppression. ^ Methods: Original studies were identified through an extensive search of electronic databases including PubMed, Ovid Medline (R), RefWorks and Biological Abstracts and their references. The overall incidence rate of CDI in the immune suppressed population was calculated using random effects model and their 95% confidence interval was derived. Differences in the incidence of CDI and time to onset of infection were calculated between the groups and within the groups. Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot. Results: Twenty nine published articles involving 7,424 patients met the eligibility requirements. The overall incidence of CDI in the immune suppressed population is 11.1% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 9.2–13.4%). The incidence of CDI was higher in SOT patients (14.2%, 95% CI: 6.8–21.5%); (p-value-0.022) and in cancer patients on cytotoxic chemotherapy (11.4%, 95% CI: 8.4–15.4%); (p = 0.042) than in BMT patients (10.5%, 95% CI: 7.9–13.1%). In a subgroup analysis of BMT population, the incidence of CDI is significantly higher in patients who received allogeneic BMT (15.1%, 95% CI: 11.2–20.0%; p value <0.0001). Similarly, in the SOT population, the incidence of CDI was higher in patients who underwent liver transplantation (11.0%, 95% CI: 5.6–20.3%); (p= 0.0672). The median time to onset of infection was shorter in BMT patients (p=0.0025). ^ Conclusions: It is evident from the combined analysis of these 29 published studies that the incidence of CDI in the immune suppressed population is higher. However, early diagnosis and treatment of CDI will help reduce the morbidity and mortality due to CDI in this special population.^

The Elegant Simplicity of Family Preservation Practice Legecies and Lessons

An earlier version of this manuscript was prepared for the Chapin Hall invitational seminar on family preservation, The Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, September 16 & 17, 1999. The author wishes to acknowledge the comments and helpful suggestions of seminar participants-Jacqueline McCroskey, Martha Shirk, Fran Jacobs, John Schuerman, Lee Schorr, Charlotte Booth, Kristi Nelson, Susan Kelly, Frank Farrow, and Susan Notkin. These comments, as indeed many of their prior contributions, have had a seminal effect on my thinking about family preservation services over the years. Clark Peters and other Chapin Hall staff deserve special thanks for creating the conditions necessary to produce a lively and productive discussion. As always, Harold Richman, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, and Hermon Dunlap, Smith Professor at the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago, as seminar convenor combined perfectly the skills of gracious host and incisive critic. We in the child welfare field are in his debt for continually raising the level of discourse in our field. In the end, as it should be, the thoughts and opinions in the following paper are wholly my own.