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BACKGROUND: Lodox-Statscan is a whole-body, skeletal and soft-tissue, low-dose X-ray scanner Anterior-posterior and lateral thoraco-abdominal studies are obtained in 3-5 minutes with only about one-third of the radiation required for conventional radiography. Since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA, several trauma centers have incorporated this technology into their Advanced Trauma Life Support protocols. This review provides a brief overview of the system, and describes the authors' own experience with the system. METHODS: We performed a PubMed search to retrieve all references with 'Lodox' and 'Stat-scan' used as search terms. We furthermore used the google search engine to identify existing alternatives. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only FDA-approved device of its kind currently used in trauma. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The intention of our review has been to sensitize the readership that such alternative devices exist. The key message is that low dosage full body radiography may be an alternative to conventional resuscitation room radiography which is usually a prelude to CT scanning (ATLS algorithm). The combination of both is radiation intensive and therefore we consider any reduction of radiation a success. But only the future will show whether LS will survive in the face of low-dose radiation CT scanners and magnetic resonance imaging devices that may eventually completely replace conventional radiography.

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A tribute to the monumental influence of John Calvin in the 500 years since his birth. / What legacies, still enduring today, have John Calvin and Calvinism given to the church and society in Europe and North America? An international group of scholars tackles that question in this volume honoring Calvin's 500th birthday. These chapters together provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Calvin's life and thought, the history of the Reformation in Switzerland and worldwide, and his continuing relevance for ecclesial, social, and political questions today. / Contributors: Philip Benedict, James D. Bratt, Emidio Campi, Wulfert de Greef, Christopher Elwood, Eva-Maria Faber, Eric Fuchs, Ulrich H. J. Krtner, Christian Link, Christian Moser, Andrew Pettegree, Christoph Strohm, Mario Turchetti./ The essays in this book fit beautifully together to provide a solid, complete work that gives precise insight into the many different facets of Calvin and Calvinism. The high-level research found here clearly shows the great impact that Calvin has had on both church and society. It is a great pleasure to see Calvin here anew. Eberhard Busch / University of Gttingen / That John Calvin made a deep and lasting impact on many aspects of history is common knowledge but the character of the man and the nature of his influence are perhaps as controversial as any that can be named. It is thus a challenge to examine even a fraction of the many ways that Calvins life and thought have contributed to the shaping of later ages in both church and society. This volume offers essays on key points from an appropriately international group of authors appreciative but critical, drawing on a rich range of recent scholarship, presented in a pleasing and accessible form. It is a fine place for the new reader of Calvin to get a glimpse of his impact, while offering a fresh summary of some significant issues for more advanced students of the Reformer. Elsie Anne McKee / Princeton Theological Seminary / Hirzel and Sallmann have succeeded in gathering essays by an illustrious circle of experts both historians and theologians on important areas of Calvins thought and impact. Ranging from an insignificant city at the edge of the Swiss Confederation in the 1530s to the Accra Confession of 2004, these essays will serve to correct popular misconceptions. A fine introduction for a broader readership that wants more than mere armchair theology. Peter Opitz / University of Zurich

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In his recent book on the contemporary politics of social work, Powell (2001) nominates Jan Fook and Karen Healy as two Australian authors who have made significant contributions to the radical or critical social work tradition. I have chosen to review them together, as each, in different ways, attempts to achieve the same purpose. That is, they attempt to provide a convincing account for adopting a critical approach to practice in the contemporary conditions of the 21st century and, in doing so, re-invigorate the radical tradition of social work practice. My first comment, important for the readership of this international journal, is that both books easily 'travel' beyond the Australian context.

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When I was living in Igboland in 1993 and from 1994 to 1996, there was not much talk about Biafra, the secessionist republic that had been defeated by the Nigerian army in 1970. Not one Igbo politician suggested that his or her people in the southeast of Nigeria should secede again and proclaim a second Biafra. Since 1984, Nigeria had been ruled by the military, and political hopes focused on a return to democracy. Democracy did come in 1999, but it proved a big disappointment. It did not end the marginalisation of the Igbo but led to an increase in the number of ethnic and religious clashes, with Igbo 'migrants' in northern Nigeria as the main victims. It was Nigeria's fourth transition to democracy, and the Igbo lost out again. When I returned to Igboland for brief visits between 2000 and 2007, the option of a new Biafra was widely discussed. Many of my former colleagues at the University of Nsukka seemed to be in favour of the secession project. I talked to supporters of the main separatist organisation, Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and I discussed the project with members of Ohanaeze, a loose association of Igbo politicians, most of whom had distanced themselves from radical secessionism. In order to learn more about the resurgence of Igbo nationalism, I collected Igbo periodicals. A few of them, such as the New Republic, resembled newspapers; others, like News Round, Eastern Sunset or Weekly Hammer (with eight pages in A4 size), looked more like political pamphlets. Street vendors used back issues as wrapping paper, so they were easy to get. Most of them had been edited not in Igboland, but in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial centre and former capital which is home to a huge Igbo diaspora. Though written in English, these publications are addressed exclusively to an Igbo readership, discussing global and domestic affairs from a nationalist point of view. Articles printed here, no matter their topic, are nationalist in the sense that they assess things from the standpoint of Igbo interests. The same is true of many articles on Igbo websites and of some books and brochures written for an Igbo audience. Another source of information on Igbo nationalism are statements by Igbo governors, ministers, members of parliament and other professional politicians who are quoted in newspapers, such as Vanguard or Guardian, and in weekly magazines such as Newswatch, Tell or The News – all with a Nigeria-wide circulation and a multi-ethnic readership. Nigeria's papers and magazines are among the best in Africa. They try to be balanced in their coverage of ethnic conflicts, and they give reliable information. The same cannot be said of periodicals produced by Igbo nationalists. They provide space for Igbo all over the world to voice their opinions, and they tolerate much controversy, but they are not accurate when reporting facts.

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This book provides the latest in a series of books growing out of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering. It includes chapters in the most advanced areas of Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences and Engineering. It has accessible to a wide range of readership, including professors, researchers, practitioners and students. This book includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the areas of Computer Science, Informatics, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering. It includes selected papers form the conference proceedings of the Ninth International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE 2013). Coverage includes topics in: Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, Telecommunications and Networking, Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning.

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This article examines the issue of climate change in the context of ecocriticism. It analyzes some of the narrative forms employed in the mediation of climate change science, focusing on those used by mediators who are not themselves scientists in the transmission of scientific information to a nonspecialist readership or audience. It reviews four relevant works that combine the communication of scientific theories and facts with pedagogical and motivational impulses. These include David Guggenheimer’s documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, Fred Pearce’s book The Last Generation: How Nature Will Take Her Revenge for Climate Change and the climate change manuals The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook and How to Save the Climate.

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Health departments, research institutions, policy-makers, and healthcare providers are often interested in knowing the health status of their clients/constituents. Without the resources, financially or administratively, to go out into the community and conduct health assessments directly, these entities frequently rely on data from population-based surveys to supply the information they need. Unfortunately, these surveys are ill-equipped for the job due to sample size and privacy concerns. Small area estimation (SAE) techniques have excellent potential in such circumstances, but have been underutilized in public health due to lack of awareness and confidence in applying its methods. The goal of this research is to make model-based SAE accessible to a broad readership using clear, example-based learning. Specifically, we applied the principles of multilevel, unit-level SAE to describe the geographic distribution of HPV vaccine coverage among females aged 11-26 in Texas.^ Multilevel (3 level: individual, county, public health region) random-intercept logit models of HPV vaccination (receipt of ≥ 1 dose Gardasil® ) were fit to data from the 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (outcome and level 1 covariates) and a number of secondary sources (group-level covariates). Sampling weights were scaled (level 1) or constructed (levels 2 & 3), and incorporated at every level. Using the regression coefficients (and standard errors) from the final models, I simulated 10,000 datasets for each regression coefficient from the normal distribution and applied them to the logit model to estimate HPV vaccine coverage in each county and respective demographic subgroup. For simplicity, I only provide coverage estimates (and 95% confidence intervals) for counties.^ County-level coverage among females aged 11-17 varied from 6.8-29.0%. For females aged 18-26, coverage varied from 1.9%-23.8%. Aggregated to the state level, these values translate to indirect state estimates of 15.5% and 11.4%, respectively; both of which fall within the confidence intervals for the direct estimates of HPV vaccine coverage in Texas (Females 11-17: 17.7%, 95% CI: 13.6, 21.9; Females 18-26: 12.0%, 95% CI: 6.2, 17.7).^ Small area estimation has great potential for informing policy, program development and evaluation, and the provision of health services. Harnessing the flexibility of multilevel, unit-level SAE to estimate HPV vaccine coverage among females aged 11-26 in Texas counties, I have provided (1) practical guidance on how to conceptualize and conduct modelbased SAE, (2) a robust framework that can be applied to other health outcomes or geographic levels of aggregation, and (3) HPV vaccine coverage data that may inform the development of health education programs, the provision of health services, the planning of additional research studies, and the creation of local health policies.^

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Este artículo explora cómo las revistas de humor político-cultural de los primeros '70 devinieron una fuente de autorreflexión para un público, o espacio social, que se constituyó en torno a ellas. A partir del análisis de la más importante de esas publicaciones, Satiricón, es posible aseverar que en términos socio-demográficos ese espacio social se componía de segmentos juveniles de los sectores medios intelectualizados que podían a la vez reírse y hacer reír, en especial cuando se remarcaban incongruencias en sus experiencias sexuales y políticas. Las revistas de humor elaboraron múltiples incongruencias: los llamados a una educación sexual imbricados con la persistencia de viejas creencias sexuales; el lenguaje "psi" domesticando, antes que ayudando a liberar, las represiones sexuales; los varones temiendo por el fin de privilegios ante la afirmación sexual de las mujeres; y, más en general, la militancia política como forma de opresión. Las incongruencias eran la base de lo risible, mientras que en su centro estaban los y las jóvenes de los sectores medios, a quienes se convocaba a un tipo de reflexión que, en ese contexto político, quizá era solo viable a partir de la exageración y del humor

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El artículo revisa la relación entre canon y mercado a partir de dos experiencias de colecciones destinadas a un público masivo y nuevos modos de venta, entre los años sesenta y los ochenta en Argentina, realizadas por Eudeba y el Centro Editor de América Latina. Son momentos muy diferentes por los contextos estéticos, culturales y políticos, ligados a concepciones acerca de la función del libro, de la literatura nacional y de los roles del intelectual.

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Se analizan los parámetros de evaluación utilizados por RedALyC, Catálogo Latindex, SciELO, Scopus y Web of Science para incorporar revistas científicas en sus colecciones, a fin de demostrar su relación con los objetivos perseguidos por cada base y debatir acerca de la valoración que la comunidad científica está otorgándoles a estos sistemas como determinantes de "calidad científica". Los indicadores utilizados se clasifican en: 1) Calidad editorial (aspectos formales o gestión editorial); 2) Calidad de contenido (revisión por pares u originalidad) y 3) Visibilidad (prestigio de editores y editorial, endogamia, uso e impacto, accesibilidad o indización). Se revela que: a) entre un 9 y un 16 se relacionan con la calidad de contenido; b) falta especificidad en sus definiciones y en la determinación de sus pesos específicos en los sistemas, y c) coinciden con los objetivos de cada base, aunque se observa una marcada tendencia hacia los relacionados con aspectos formales y visibilidad. Se deja así en evidencia que estos sistemas persiguen sus propios objetivos y que conforman núcleo de revistas de "calidad" para su público lector. Se concluye, en consecuencia, que la presencia o ausencia de una revista en estas colecciones, no es parámetro suficiente para determinar la calidad de las revistas científicas ni de sus contenidos.

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Se analizan los parámetros de evaluación utilizados por RedALyC, Catálogo Latindex, SciELO, Scopus y Web of Science para incorporar revistas científicas en sus colecciones, a fin de demostrar su relación con los objetivos perseguidos por cada base y debatir acerca de la valoración que la comunidad científica está otorgándoles a estos sistemas como determinantes de "calidad científica". Los indicadores utilizados se clasifican en: 1) Calidad editorial (aspectos formales o gestión editorial); 2) Calidad de contenido (revisión por pares u originalidad) y 3) Visibilidad (prestigio de editores y editorial, endogamia, uso e impacto, accesibilidad o indización). Se revela que: a) entre un 9 y un 16 se relacionan con la calidad de contenido; b) falta especificidad en sus definiciones y en la determinación de sus pesos específicos en los sistemas, y c) coinciden con los objetivos de cada base, aunque se observa una marcada tendencia hacia los relacionados con aspectos formales y visibilidad. Se deja así en evidencia que estos sistemas persiguen sus propios objetivos y que conforman núcleo de revistas de "calidad" para su público lector. Se concluye, en consecuencia, que la presencia o ausencia de una revista en estas colecciones, no es parámetro suficiente para determinar la calidad de las revistas científicas ni de sus contenidos.

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Este artículo explora cómo las revistas de humor político-cultural de los primeros '70 devinieron una fuente de autorreflexión para un público, o espacio social, que se constituyó en torno a ellas. A partir del análisis de la más importante de esas publicaciones, Satiricón, es posible aseverar que en términos socio-demográficos ese espacio social se componía de segmentos juveniles de los sectores medios intelectualizados que podían a la vez reírse y hacer reír, en especial cuando se remarcaban incongruencias en sus experiencias sexuales y políticas. Las revistas de humor elaboraron múltiples incongruencias: los llamados a una educación sexual imbricados con la persistencia de viejas creencias sexuales; el lenguaje "psi" domesticando, antes que ayudando a liberar, las represiones sexuales; los varones temiendo por el fin de privilegios ante la afirmación sexual de las mujeres; y, más en general, la militancia política como forma de opresión. Las incongruencias eran la base de lo risible, mientras que en su centro estaban los y las jóvenes de los sectores medios, a quienes se convocaba a un tipo de reflexión que, en ese contexto político, quizá era solo viable a partir de la exageración y del humor

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El artículo revisa la relación entre canon y mercado a partir de dos experiencias de colecciones destinadas a un público masivo y nuevos modos de venta, entre los años sesenta y los ochenta en Argentina, realizadas por Eudeba y el Centro Editor de América Latina. Son momentos muy diferentes por los contextos estéticos, culturales y políticos, ligados a concepciones acerca de la función del libro, de la literatura nacional y de los roles del intelectual.

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Se analizan los parámetros de evaluación utilizados por RedALyC, Catálogo Latindex, SciELO, Scopus y Web of Science para incorporar revistas científicas en sus colecciones, a fin de demostrar su relación con los objetivos perseguidos por cada base y debatir acerca de la valoración que la comunidad científica está otorgándoles a estos sistemas como determinantes de "calidad científica". Los indicadores utilizados se clasifican en: 1) Calidad editorial (aspectos formales o gestión editorial); 2) Calidad de contenido (revisión por pares u originalidad) y 3) Visibilidad (prestigio de editores y editorial, endogamia, uso e impacto, accesibilidad o indización). Se revela que: a) entre un 9 y un 16 se relacionan con la calidad de contenido; b) falta especificidad en sus definiciones y en la determinación de sus pesos específicos en los sistemas, y c) coinciden con los objetivos de cada base, aunque se observa una marcada tendencia hacia los relacionados con aspectos formales y visibilidad. Se deja así en evidencia que estos sistemas persiguen sus propios objetivos y que conforman núcleo de revistas de "calidad" para su público lector. Se concluye, en consecuencia, que la presencia o ausencia de una revista en estas colecciones, no es parámetro suficiente para determinar la calidad de las revistas científicas ni de sus contenidos.

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Este artículo explora cómo las revistas de humor político-cultural de los primeros '70 devinieron una fuente de autorreflexión para un público, o espacio social, que se constituyó en torno a ellas. A partir del análisis de la más importante de esas publicaciones, Satiricón, es posible aseverar que en términos socio-demográficos ese espacio social se componía de segmentos juveniles de los sectores medios intelectualizados que podían a la vez reírse y hacer reír, en especial cuando se remarcaban incongruencias en sus experiencias sexuales y políticas. Las revistas de humor elaboraron múltiples incongruencias: los llamados a una educación sexual imbricados con la persistencia de viejas creencias sexuales; el lenguaje "psi" domesticando, antes que ayudando a liberar, las represiones sexuales; los varones temiendo por el fin de privilegios ante la afirmación sexual de las mujeres; y, más en general, la militancia política como forma de opresión. Las incongruencias eran la base de lo risible, mientras que en su centro estaban los y las jóvenes de los sectores medios, a quienes se convocaba a un tipo de reflexión que, en ese contexto político, quizá era solo viable a partir de la exageración y del humor