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Homecomings: Mythologies of the (M) Otherland in Three Novels by André Brink
2004
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Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts
2013
This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both strong and weak agency during the process of prenatal diagnosis. The role of the professionals was usually discussed in these accounts concerning only the phases of pregnancy when something out of ordinary had been detected. After the termination, the mothers expressed that they were forced to exhibit strong agency and find ways to cope with their distress unaided due to a lack of professional supp…
Displaying morally responsible motherhood : lone mothers accounting for work during non-standard hours
2020
This study examined how lone mothers rationalise their work during non-standard hours (e.g., evenings and weekends), which they perceive as problematic in terms of child wellbeing, and thereby as violating the culturally shared moral order of ‘good’ motherhood. The data comprise interviews with 16 Finnish lone mothers, analysed as accounts, with a special focus on their linguistic features. The mothers displayed morally responsible motherhood through: (1) excusing work during non-standard hours as an external demand; (2) appealing to an inability to act according to good mothering ideals; (3) using adaptive strategies to protect child wellbeing; and (4) challenging the idea of risk. Our fin…
Barotrauma during Noninvasive Respiratory Support in COVID-19 Pneumonia Outside ICU: The Ancillary COVIMIX-2 Study
2023
Background: Noninvasive respiratory support (NIRS) has been extensively used during the COVID-19 surge for patients with acute respiratory failure. However, little data are available about barotrauma during NIRS in patients treated outside the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Methods: COVIMIX-2 was an ancillary analysis of the previous COVIMIX study, a large multicenter observational work investigating the frequencies of barotrauma (i.e., pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum) in adult patients with COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia. Only patients treated with NIRS outside the ICU were considered. Baseline characteristics, clinical and radiological disease severity, type of ventilatory support…
The role of adiponectin and leptin in the treatment of ovarian cancer patients
2019
Wprowadzenie: Rak jajnika wykrywany jest najczęściej w zaawansowanym stadium choroby. Jego patogeneza nie jest w pełni poznana, ale przyjmuje się, że odpowiedzialna jest za to podatność organizmu oraz zaburzenia hormonalne. Stale badana jest również rola niektórych cytokin jako czynników predykcyjnych w procesie leczenia. Celem pracy było określenie zależności pomiędzy stężeniem adiponektyny i leptyny a stopniem zaawansowania choroby oraz odpowiedzią na stosowaną chemioterapię. Materiał i metody: Grupa badana składała się z 43 pacjentek leczonych systemowo z powodu raka jajnika. Po zakwalifikowaniu do leczenia pacjentki otrzymały chemioterapię: 5–7 cykli według schematu paklitaksel/karbopla…
Retrospektīvs pētījums par dzīvildzi resnās zarnas vēža II stadijā, atkarībā no ārstēšanas stratēģijas
2017
Ievads: Adjuvanta ķīmijterapija pacientiem ar diagnosticētu II (UICC) stadijas resnās zarnas vēzi ir apsverama. Pacientu dalījums augsta un zema riska grupās, palīdz izlemt, vai pēc ķirurģiskas ārstēšanas ir indicēta ķīmijterapija, lai gan dzīvildzes ieguvumi nav ne plaši pētīti, nedz arī pierādīti. Tāpēc, autora mērķis šajā pētījumā bija salīdzināt piecu gadu dzīvildzi UICC II stadijas resnās zarnas vēža pacientiem, kuri saņēma adjuvantu ķīmijterapiju, un pacientiem, kuri ķīmijterapiju nesaņēma. Metodes: Dati par pacientiem ar II stadijas resnās zarnas vēzi, tika iegūti Paula Stradiņa Klīniskās universitātes slimnīcā Rīgā, Latvijā, Onkoloģijas klīnikā. Diagnozes apstiprināšanas laiks no 20…
Optimizing the Choice for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer.
2022
Advances in the management of gastric cancer have improved patient survival in the last decade. Nonetheless, the number of patients relapsing and dying after a diagnosis of localized gastric cancer is still too high, even in early stages (10% in stage I). Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy has been proven to significantly improve outcomes. In the present article we have critically reviewed the clinical trials that guide the current clinical practice in the adjuvant treatment of patients affected by resectable gastric cancer, focusing on the different approaches worldwide, i.e., adjuvant chemotherapy, adjuvant chemoradiotherapy, and perioperative chemotherapy. We also delineate the clinical–path…
Gemcitabine plus metronoic capecitabine as second/third line chemotherapy in advanced adrenocortical carcinoma. A multicenter phase II trial.
2008
THE KEY ROLE OF THE CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANTICANCER THERAPIES: A PILOT STUDY IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NON-SMALL CELL LUN…
2021
Lung cancer accounts for a quarter of all mortality cases worldwide. To date, numerous efforts have been done to identify the best therapeutic approach, especially in the advanced stage of the disease, and to extend the overall survival of patients. Careful surveillance of patients during therapy is essential in order to identify undesirable effects and to evaluate possible adverse reactions in case of coadministration. This study aims to compare two types of anticancer therapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy, administered to NSCLC patients in the Medical Oncology Unit of the ARNAS “Di Cristina Benfratelli” Civic Hospital in Palermo (Italy), and to highlight the key role of clinical pharmac…
Optimum and Maximum Host Sizes at Parasitism for the Endoparasitoid <I>Hyposoter didymator</I> (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Differ Greatl…
2007
Host size is considered a reliable indicator of host quality and an important determinant of parasitoid fitness. Koinobiont parasitoids attack hosts that continue feeding and growing during parasitism. In contrast with hemolymph-feeding koinobionts, tissue-feeding koinobionts face not only a minimum host size for successful development but also a maximum host size, because consumption of the entire host is often necessary for successful egression. Here we study interactions between a generalist tissue-feeding larval endoparasitoid, Hyposoter didymator Thunberg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and two of its natural hosts, Spodoptera exigua Hübner and Chrysodeixis chalcites Esper (Lepidoptera: N…