BIOMEDICAL TWX, NEW YORK

Powassan Meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA

Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV meningoencephalitis in New York, USA, highlight diagnostic techniques, neurologic outcomes, and the effect of POWV on communities to which it is endemic.

Aerospace Sciences Meeting New York, New York

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

1. Name of Host Institution: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2. Program Subspecialty: Pediatric Neuro-Oncology 3. Program Address (mailing): Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, Box 565, New York, NY 10065 4. Program Address (physical location): Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065 5. Program Phone Number: (212) 639-5966 6. Program E...

Moxifloxacin Prophylaxis against MDR TB, New York, New York, USA

Contacts of persons infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) have few prophylaxis options. Of 50 contacts of HIV- and MDR TB-positive persons who were treated with moxifloxacin, 30 completed treatment and 3 discontinued treatment because of gastrointestinal symptoms. Moxifloxacin was generally well-tolerated; further research of its efficacy against MDR TB is needed.

Spatial Narration in Amir Naderi's New York Trilogy

This article is concerned with the relationship of language and city in Amir Naderi’s trilogy of films on New York, comprising of Manhattan by Numbers (1993), A, B, C… Manhattan (1997), and Marathon (2002). By dint of a narrative relied on spatiality, he is in fact able to causally link the solitude and the spectral existence of his protagonists to the lack of a common language for reco...