Description and predictors of hospital costs of oesophageal cancer during the first year following diagnosis in Northern Ireland

The cost-effectiveness of novel interventions in the treatment of cancer is well researched; however, relatively little attention is paid to the cost of many aspects of routine care. Oesophageal cancer is the ninth most common cancer in the UK and sixth most common cause of cancer death. It usually presents late and has a poor prognosis. The hospital costs incurred by oesophageal cancer patients diagnosed in Northern Ireland in 2005 (n = 198) were determined by review of medical records. The average cost of hospital care per patient in the 12 months from presentation was £7847. Variations in total hospital costs by age at diagnosis, gender, cancer stage, histological type, mortality at 1 year, co-morbidity count and socio-economic status were analysed using multiple regression analyses. Higher costs were associated with earlier stages of cancer and cancer stage remained a significant predictor of costs after controlling for cancer type, patient age and mortality at 1 year. Thus, although early detection of cancer usually improves survival, this would mean increased costs in the first year. Deprivation achieved borderline significance with those from more deprived areas having lower resource consumption relative to the more affluent. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PESSTO: Survey description and products from the first data release by the Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects

Context. The Public European Southern Observatory Spectroscopic Survey of Transient Objects (PESSTO) began as a public spectroscopic survey in April 2012. PESSTO classifies transients from publicly available sources and wide-field surveys, and selects science targets for detailed spectroscopic and photometric follow-up. PESSTO runs for nine months of the year, January - April and August - December inclusive, and typically has allocations of 10 nights per month. 

Aims. We describe the data reduction strategy and data products that are publicly available through the ESO archive as the Spectroscopic Survey data release 1 (SSDR1). 

Methods. PESSTO uses the New Technology Telescope with the instruments EFOSC2 and SOFI to provide optical and NIR spectroscopy and imaging. We target supernovae and optical transients brighter than 20.5^m for classification. Science targets are selected for follow-up based on the PESSTO science goal of extending knowledge of the extremes of the supernova population. We use standard EFOSC2 set-ups providing spectra with resolutions of 13-18 Å between 3345-9995 Å. A subset of the brighter science targets are selected for SOFI spectroscopy with the blue and red grisms (0.935-2.53 μm and resolutions 23-33 Å) and imaging with broadband JHK<inf>s</inf> filters. 

Results. This first data release (SSDR1) contains flux calibrated spectra from the first year (April 2012-2013). A total of 221 confirmed supernovae were classified, and we released calibrated optical spectra and classifications publicly within 24 h of the data being taken (via WISeREP). The data in SSDR1 replace those released spectra. They have more reliable and quantifiable flux calibrations, correction for telluric absorption, and are made available in standard ESO Phase 3 formats. We estimate the absolute accuracy of the flux calibrations for EFOSC2 across the whole survey in SSDR1 to be typically ∼15%, although a number of spectra will have less reliable absolute flux calibration because of weather and slit losses. Acquisition images for each spectrum are available which, in principle, can allow the user to refine the absolute flux calibration. The standard NIR reduction process does not produce high accuracy absolute spectrophotometry but synthetic photometry with accompanying JHK<inf>s</inf> imaging can improve this. Whenever possible, reduced SOFI images are provided to allow this. 

Conclusions. Future data releases will focus on improving the automated flux calibration of the data products. The rapid turnaround between discovery and classification and access to reliable pipeline processed data products has allowed early science papers in the first few months of the survey.

Mitos de la selva y del desmonte: Shakaim

También este trabajo que entrego ahora a la imprenta no es perfecto y acabado en todos los detalles. Faltan los anent a Shakaim y una revisión cuidadosa de la grafía shuar. De todas maneras y a pesar de estas imperfecciones, prefiero que salga, para estimular la colaboración de los especialistas en la recolección e interpretación de datos de la cultura shuar. Shakáim, como lo afirman todos los ancianos shuar, es el mismo Etsa, Así llaman a Etsa cuando actúa en asuntos de agricultura y de vida familiar. La palabra Shakáim está compuesta de la onomatopeya '"shaká" que es el ruido que hace un fuerte chaparrón y de la palabra "yumi" que significa lluvia. Shakáim, por lo tanto, significa chaparrón, huracán. El chaparrón fecundiza la tierra y el huracán tumba los árboles gigantescos. Están relacionadas con este_nombre sea las relaciones matrimoniales, sea los trabajos de roce y tumbe. El misino mito habla de la llegada de Shakáim con el semblante de lluvia a la casa de Chuánk para sembrar las palmeras que proporcionan las hojas para el techo de la vivienda. Shakáim es el complemento de Nunkui. La figura de Nunkui es femenina porque se inspira en la tierra fecunda. La figura de Shakáim es masculina porque se inspira en la lluvia fecundizadora. Nunkui y Shakáim son el arquetipo de la pareja shuar. Si Nunkui enseña el trabajo a las mujeres, Shakáim enseña a los hombres. Shakáim ordena a los hombres los trabajos de roce y tala de la selva, la siembra del maíz al voléo, la construcción de la vivienda y la confección del vestido.

The Charleston & Seashore Railroad Company and its many attractions, the Isle of Palms, and thereabouts

This publication is a pamphlet describing the attractions of the Isle of Palms area, including Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, and Sullivan's Island. The pamphlet contains nine photographs of the beach and surrounding area of the Isle of Palms, as well as several advertisements of local merchants.

[Histoire naturelle] : La Mammalogie : ou description des espèces de mammifères

Collection : Encyclopédie méthodique

Niagara Resort and Tourist Association Records, 1975-1976, 1978-1983, 1985, 1987-1989, n.d.

Ontario Editorial Bureau (O.E.B.)

El uso medicinal actual y potencial de las especies arbóreas de la selva alta perennifolia en Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Forestales) U.A.N.L.

Murmurios de la selva : ensayos poéticos

UANL

Encore sexy au cinéma? De la série au film : étude médiatique de la réception de Sex and the City

Après le succès mondial de la série télévisée prolongé par les films, la franchise Sex and the City est devenue un phénomène de masse. Sujet de plusieurs études académiques qui mettent en évidence l’importance du post-féminisme pour le succès de la franchise, Sex and the City se distingue par la relation particulière qui s’instaure entre les spectateurs et les personnages, et qui est l’objet de la présente étude : relation qui passe par la représentation des thèmes et du quotidien féminins et surtout par la construction des personnages, principalement du personnage principal Carrie Bradshaw. De plus, elle est renforcée par des stratégies médiatiques utilisées pour rapprocher le public féminin à partir des processus de reconnaissance et d’identification qui dirigent la réception de masse.

Avaluació per capacitat agrològica i capacitat de segrest de carboni dels sòls d’un transsecte de la comarca de La Selva

Aquest projecte es basa en obtenir informació dels sòls d’una zona representativa de la comarca de La Selva on hi trobàvem sòls amb diferents usos i diferents orígens geològics. Es pretén conèixer les propietats físico-químiques d’aquests sòls i la contribució dels diferents usos i orígens geològics del sòl respecte les emissions de diòxid de carboni. També s'avaluen les classes de capacitat agrològica i el coeficient de mineralització del carboni