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Ambassadors of Social Progress
Ambassadors of Social Progress
examines the ways in which blind activists from the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe entered the postwar international
disability movement and shaped its content and its course .
Maria Cristina Galmarini shows that the international work of
socialist blind activists was defined by the larger politics of the
Cold War and, in many respects, represented a field of competition
with the West in which the East could shine. Yet, her study also
reveals that socialist blind politics went beyond propaganda. When
socialist activists joined the international blind movement, they
initiated an exchange of experiences that profoundly impacted
everyone involved. Not only did the international blind movement
turn global disability welfare from philanthropy to self-advocacy,
but it also gave East European and Soviet activists a new set of
ideas and technologies to improve their own national movements.
By analyzing the intersection of disability and politics,
Ambassadors of Social Progress enables a deeper, bottom-up
understanding of cultural relations during the Cold War. Galmarini
significantly contributes to the little-studied history of
disability in socialist Europe, and ultimately shows that
disability activism did not start as an import from the West in the
post-1989 period, but rather had a long and meaningful tradition
that was rooted in the socialist system of welfare and needed to be
reinvented when this system fell apart.
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Adjuvant Nivolumab versus Ipilimumab in Resected Stage III or IV Melanoma
In a randomized trial involving more than 900 patients undergoing resection of advanced melanoma, adjuvant nivolumab was associated with a higher rate of 12-month recurrence-free survival than ipilimumab (70.5% vs. 60.8%) and with fewer adverse events.
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Constructing Disability after the Great War
As Americans--both civilians and veterans--worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural constructs of blindness to all the emotions and contingencies of mobilizing and fighting the war, and healing from its traumas. Sighted Americans’ wartime rehabilitation culture centered blind soldiers and veterans in a mix of inspirational stories. Veterans worked to become productive members of society even as ableism confined their unique life experiences to a collection of cultural tropes that suggested they were either downcast wrecks of their former selves or were morally superior and relatively flawless as they overcame their disabilities and triumphantly journeyed toward successful citizenship. Sullivan investigates the rich lives of blind soldiers and veterans and their families to reveal how they confronted barriers, gained an education, earned a living, and managed their self-image while continually exposed to the public’s scrutiny of their success and failures.
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The broken kingdoms
After a band of killers begins murdering godlings, blind artist Oree Shoth wonders if her recent guest is at the heart of it, his presence putting her in danger.
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Case-Control Studies
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and controls.
Electronic databases were searched up to December 2018 for studies reporting SIBO prevalence in patients with IBS. Prevalence rates, odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of SIBO in patients with IBS and controls were calculated.
We included 25 studies with 3,192 patients with IBS and 3,320 controls. SIBO prevalence in patients with IBS was significantly increased compared with controls (OR = 3.7, 95% CI 2.3-6.0). In studies using only healthy controls, the OR for SIBO in patients with IBS was 4.9 (95% CI 2.8-8.6). With breath testing, SIBO prevalence in patients with IBS was 35.5% (95% CI 33.6-37.4) vs 29.7% (95% CI 27.6-31.8) in controls. Culture-based studies yielded a SIBO prevalence of 13.9% (95% CI 11.5-16.4) in patients with IBS and 5.0% (95% CI 3.9-6.2) in controls with a cutoff value of 10 colony-forming units per milliliter vs 33.5% (95% CI 30.1-36.9) in patients with IBS and 8.2% (95% CI 6.8-9.6) in controls with a cutoff value of 10 colony-forming unit per milliliter, respectively. SIBO prevalence diagnosed by lactulose breath test is much greater in both patients with IBS (3.6-fold) and controls (7.6-fold) compared with glucose breath test. Similar difference is seen when lactulose breath test is compared with culture methods. OR for SIBO in patients with IBS-diarrhea compared with IBS-constipation was 1.86 (95% CI 1.83-2.8). Methane-positive breath tests were significantly more prevalent in IBS-constipation compared with IBS-diarrhea (OR = 2.3, 95% CI 1.2-4.2). In patients with IBS, proton pump inhibitor was not associated with SIBO (OR = 0.8, 95% CI 0.5-1.5, P = 0.55).
This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests a link between IBS and SIBO. However, the overall quality of the evidence is low. This is mainly due to substantial \"clinical heterogeneity\" due to lack of uniform selection criteria for cases and controls and limited sensitivity and specificity of the available diagnostic tests.
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Things not seen
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
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Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading
\"'Guidelines and Games for Teaching Efficient Braille Reading' is based on research in the areas of rapid reading and precision teaching, and offers unique guidelines and games ideas for adapting a general reading program to the needs of braille readers. This handbook serves as an invaluable resource to both supplement and enrich early braille instruction for classroom teachers and anyone working with children who are blind or visually impaired\"--.
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