Fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes (PNA-FISH) differentiates Staphylococcus aureus from other Gram-positive-cocci in clusters (GPCC). 101/202 patients with GPCC+ blood cultures were randomly assigned to clinician-notification of PNA FISH results. Notification was associated with reduced mortality (8% vs.17%, p = 0.05), further antibiotic use (median -2.5 days, ...

AIMS To further test whether the baclofen-induced suppression of motivation to consume alcohol in animals could be transposed to humans. METHODS A patient who had neither tolerated nor benefited from other alcohol treatment modalities was put on trial with baclofen on a dosage up to 140 mg/day. RESULTS The patient reported dramatic reduction in cravings for and preoccupation with alcohol. ...

Linguistic factors played a significant role in the origin and spread of accusations of witchcraft in Early Modern Spain. The preoccupation with witches’ words is at its root a preoccupation about the power of speech and, to a great extent, of female speech. Studies in some Early European countries have connected aggressive female speech styles with accusations of witchcraft, and this article o...

It is frequently asserted in both film scholarship and criticism that Noah Baumbach a literary filmmaker. While Baumbach’s oeuvre certainly showcases his interest literature through range of stylistic techniques, this article presents the case projects filmmaking as an authorial trademark line with Timothy Corrigan’s conceptualisation contemporary auteurism. By critically positioning himself au...

Honor for Dr. Vernon Lippard is richly merited but perhaps poorly served by an essay on relationships between medical education and universities. Doctor Lippard could do the job so much better himself. In fact, more than a decade ago he did it with his presidential address before the Association of American Medical Colleges.' Doctor Lippard's thesis, presented under the title, "The Medical Scho...

Despite the transnational interconnected nature of the internet, cross-national comparisons in internet usage and their effects are still relatively scarce. Moreover, one of the core intrinsic properties that internet theorists have distinguished, the ability to increase democracy and ‘global understanding’ through its connectivity, has hardly been empirically studied. This paper examines how i...

this paper examines the problematization of cultural issues related tothe dual spacization of life. the emergence of the second space of lifeover the first place of life combining local and translocal, national andtransnational capacities and challenges. we discuss the capacities andopportunities occurring through the instant communication industrywhich made the spontaneous connection between a...