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00:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks 02:21 Finalists Introduction 02:25 Case Background & Competition Overview 08:18 Introduction of the Judicial Panel 10:31 Judges’ Opening Remarks 11:32 Petitioner’s Oral Argument 29:00 Respondent’s Oral Argument 48:35 Petitioner Rebuttal 55:42 Closing Remarks 58:49 Awards Presentation Begins 1:01:02 Best Brief Award 1:03:44 Best Oralist Award 1:13:21 Announcement of Moot Court Competition Winner Watch the final round of UC Irvine School of Law’s annual Moot Court Competition, featuring finalists Alex Davis (petitioner) and Jared Stone (respondent) before a distinguished panel of federal judges. The competition culminates months of appellate advocacy, brief writing, and oral argument preparation by UC Irvine Law students. The evening also includes remarks from Dean Austen Parrish, introductions of the judges, and presentation of the Best Brief, Best Oralist, and Moot Court competition awards.
This is a phase I, dose-escalation and phase II dose-expansion clinical trial determining the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and safety and tolerability of adding N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) to ovarian cancer patients who are receiving a platinum-based therapy (PBT). This study will investigate whether NAC will mitigate chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI).
Research from the social sciences - including work by our own experts here at UC Irvine - finds that creating meaningful connections and spending time together with family, friends and community has protective benefits for our health and well-being. As we look ahead to the coming winter break, I hope you all find time to reconnect with loved ones, recharge and come back renewed in the new year as we continue to boldly chart a boundaryless course in pursuit of positive change. Have a wonderful winter break and I look forward to seeing you all in the new year!
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-3cb3r-19c85cf Featuring guest Professor Austen Parrish, discussing the recent California Bar Examination results, bar examination methodology, and the future of bar examinations in general. Professor Parrish is the Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Raymond Wheeler guest hosts.
Legal Education stands at a decision point. Texas, Florida, Ohio, and other states are reconsidering the American Bar Association’s accreditation role. The Trump Administration is scrutinizing how the ABA has imposed DEI mandates on law schools. And Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally transforming the skillset that law students need to learn. This panel will examine the future of legal education as it confronts changes involving the ABA, DEI, and AI. Featuring: Prof. Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law Dean Austen Parrish, Dean & Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law; President, The Association of American Law Schools Prof. David M. Schizer, Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics & Dean Emeritus, Columbia Law School Mr. Daniel Robert Thies, Chair, Council, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; Attorney at Law, Webber & Thies, PC Hon. James W. Uthmeier, At
Source: https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-uhv6r-19bc528 Featuring guest Professor Austen Parrish, the Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is the President of the Association of American Law Schools and a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the AccessLex Institute. Raymond Wheeler guest hosts.
More: https://impact.uci.edu/research Visit: https://publichealth.uci.edu Bernadette Boden-Albala Principal Investigator, SERVE OC Funded by the National Institutes of Health Grant Number - 5P50MD017366-04 For an audio description version of this video, contact: [email protected] Video by Steve Chang/UC Irvine
This study aims to understand how ibogaine treatment may change brain activity and symptoms in people with moderate-severe opioid use disorder (OUD), as defined by the DSM-5. Ibogaine is a plant-derived compound that some studies suggest can reduce opioid cravings and withdrawal. Participants in this study will already be independently scheduled to receive legal ibogaine treatment at a licensed clinic outside of the U.S. The University of California, Irvine (UCI) research team will not provide the treatment but will conduct brain imaging, administer psychometric questionnaires, and obtain urine samples throughout the course of this study. UCI does not sponsor or financially support the ibogaine treatment in any way; all treatment costs are the sole responsibility of the participant. The main goal is to see if ibogaine changes brain function as assessed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and electroencephalography (EEG). MRI/MRS will measure brain activity when participants view opioid-related images, brain connectivity at rest, and levels of brain chemicals involved in craving and substance use. EEG will measure brain wave activity. MRI/MRS/EEG will be administered across 3 study time points. In addition, participants will complete psychometric surveys related to opioid craving, withdrawal symptoms, mood, anxiety, pain, and quality of life, along with urine tests to monitor substance use and screen for pregnancy. The investigators hypothesize that after ibogaine treatment, participants will show reduced brain responses to opioid cues, changes in brain connectivity and chemistry, and improvements in self-reported cravings and other symptoms. This information may help researchers better understand how ibogaine works in the brain and whether it could play a role in future treatments for OUD.
Melanie Wilson, Dean of Washington and Lee University's School of Law, and Austen Parrish, Dean of UC Irvine School of Law, discuss Melanie’s year as president of AALS. They also share the changes the organization has made throughout the years. Austen provides hopes for his upcoming year as president of AALS.
Featuring: -Dean Austen Parrish, President-Elect, AALS; Dean, University of California, Irvine School of Law -Kellye Y. Testy, Executive Director and CEO, Association of American Law Schools Many institutions, particularly universities, have struggled to pursue their missions amid a polarized political world. To what extent is institutional neutrality the answer? And what does it mean for an institution to be neutral? Featuring: Prof. Andrew Crespo, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Prof. Evelyn Douek, Assistant Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Prof. Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University Prof. Robert C. Post, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School Moderator: Prof. Stephen Sachs, Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, Harvard Law School * * * * * As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
Community is a powerful word, and, like its partner, civility, it is at the heart of what we explore as social scientists, and what we try to aspire toward as we use our sciences to explore how our intertwined lives shape the world we live in. As we look ahead to the new year, let's seek a better understanding of community, and a renewed appreciation of civility, as we celebrate the work of the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences and the passion and purpose of the people who make it great. Have a wonderful winter break. See you in the new year!
This is a phase 2 study, single-arm study of adjuvant combination therapy with Sacituzumab Govitecan and Nivolumab in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, ureter, or upper tract, who are high risk for cancer recurrence post curative-intent surgery based on surgical pathology.
Get to know Bernadette Boden-Albala, Founding Dean of the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Meet Dean Austen Parrish! With a focus on Transnational Law and Litigation, Dean Parrish has a robust academic career with numerous publications in leading law reviews, and is actively involved in shaping the future of legal education through his leadership in national organizations. He joined UC Irvine Law in August 2022 as its third dean and as a Chancellor’s Professor of Law. Learn more about Dean Parrish: https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/parrish/
The investigators are conducting this research study is to evaluate the feasibility (recruitment, compliance, safety, and acceptance) of using electroacupuncture (EA) to manage complex symptoms such as pain, nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, and insomnia in patients who have undergone Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Additionally, the investigators are aiming to determine the effectiveness of EA in reducing these symptoms, and to examine how EA impacts important biomarkers, or proteins in the blood, that can be used as indicators or signs of these symptoms.
This is a pilot study to determine the feasibility of studying the Fasting-Mimicking Diet (FMD), a dietary approach that involves the consumption of a specifically formulated, calorie-restricted nutrition regimen with a customized macronutrient composition, ratio, and quantity over a 5- day period, on a larger scale in Asian Americans with prediabetes and to examine the preliminary effects of the diet in study participants. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. What are the recruitment, adherence, and attrition rates of eligible participants into the study? 2. Does one FMD cycle result in changes in fasting blood glucose levels and physical measurements in study participants? Participants will be asked to undergo one cycle of FMD (for 5 days), fill out surveys, and come in for a pre-FMD and post-FMD study visit, during which physical measurements and fasting blood glucose and ketone levels will be measured.
This is a phase 2, prospective cohort clinical trial evaluating the utilization of CMV T Cell Immunity Panel (CMV-TCIP) assay to guide the duration of primary CMV prophylaxis in CMV-seropositive recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplant or recipients receiving a stem cell graft from a CMV serology positive donor.
UCI Law Dean Austen Parrish interviewed third-year UCI Law student Jared Gheen, tracing his journey from rural Utah to UCI Law. Jared reflected on some of his favorite pro bono memories, highlighted his passion for advocacy work for the queer community, and shared his advice to aspiring law students. About: Jared Gheen (he/him) is a 3L at UC Irvine School of Law. He is originally from a small town in rural Utah, where he grew up with his 7 siblings and a couple cows, pigs, and some chickens. He moved out to Orange County a couple weeks before the start of his 1L year. He's dedicated to pro bono work and advocacy work, specifically surrounding the queer community. In his spare time, Jared enjoys game nights, going to the beach, and spending time with friends.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether eating solid food prior to undergoing a wide awake local-only no tourniquet (WALANT) procedure reduces anxiety in patients or has any effect on outcomes. Patients will be split randomly into two groups and told whether to eat or fast before their procedure. We will then compare levels of anxiety and nausea on the day of the procedure as well as satisfaction with the procedure and other outcome measures at follow-up visits. Our hypothesis is that patients who are instructed to eat before their WALANT procedure will have less anxiety, nausea, and overall higher satisfaction compared to those who are instructed to fast prior to their procedure.
This study aims to assess whether extending the duration of caffeine therapy will help preterm infants achieve full oral feeding faster.
Necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) is a devastating disease that results in a high rate of in-hospital complications and despite advances in critical care, wound care, and early intervention, NSTI continues to be associated with a mortality rate of nearly 30%. The antibiotics used in this treatment are Clindamycin, Vancomycin, Piperacillin Tazobactam; these antibiotics may be administered combined or individually, based on individualized patient treatment. Although one of the tenets of management for NSTI is early broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics (listed above), the duration of antibiotics needed is not well defined. Currently, there exists wide variation in the duration of antibiotics for NSTI ranging between 2-16 days. The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of a shorter course of antibiotics hypothesizing that a short duration of antibiotics for 48-hours after source-control is achieved will have similar risk of morbidity and mortality compared to a 7-day course of antibiotics post source control. A second aim of this study will be to identify if serum procalcitonin levels/ratio correspond to resolution of systemic infection in patients with NSTI.
Xandria Birk (class of ’88) presents the work of a group of Carleton alums called Endeavoring to Do Better at the college’s 2023 reunion. ETDB has been examining the history of campus sexual assault and policy at Carleton, as well as the work of students over many years to promote gender equity through safety, transparency, and accountability. The results of their ongoing project, which they hope will lead to meaningful repair, can be viewed at https://www.ReckonReformRepair.org/. Time Stamps 00:10:00 Rape survivors' 1989 federal lawsuit against Carleton led to national and local legislation protecting survivors. 00:15:38 Another serial predator was attacking women in 1990: one victim said if she filed charges the state would call her attack a third-degree criminal sexual assault, but the Judicial Hearing Board let him off. 00:19:40 In the 2000s the college offered sexual offenders counseling as an alternative to removing them from campus, which gave students no protection from ser
Join us for a discussion on the unprecedented escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, looking at its origins and where things stand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted by: Alon Burstein is a visiting assistant professor and Israel Institute Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on social mobilization and collective action in the Israel-Palestine region, as well as on violent collective action around the world. Co-hosted by: Bill Maurer, Dean, School of Social Sciences and Professor, Anthropology and Law, UCI and Jeffrey Kopstein, Director, Center for Jewish Studies and Professor, Political Science, UCI
Tapping and swiping are becoming the norm. San Francisco and Berkeley have similar bans in place. But Bill Maurer, the dean of Social Sciences at UC Irvine, says we can’t forget about people who live in a predominantly cash society, like elderly folks. “Some people with disabilities have a hard time when they’re using a non-cash means of payment and particularly in our part of the world, recent immigrants or refugees – people who haven’t yet set up a bank account – often have a hard time with cashlessness,” says Maurer.
The OC Way Moment features Orange County leaders, residents, and advocates who are passionate about making a difference in our community. “What has touched me the most is seeing the extent to which Orange County United Way takes a holistic approach to all of the issues impacting families in our OC communities—it has been quite compelling to see the work in action.” —Bill Maurer, Dean and Professor, University of California, Irvine and Orange County United Way Board Member
Tune in to hear all that University of California Irvine program in public health has to offer and learn about the future UCI School of Population and Public Health. The Master in Public Health (MPH) degree experienced enormous growth since the COVID lockdown. One of the leading and largest programs in public health is offered by UC Irvine, and we are talking to the director of that program today, Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala. Explore Your Options with Accepted in Free Call! https://www.accepted.com/grad/free-admissions-consultation In This Episode: 0:00 Introduction 1:45 Dr. Boden-Albala, welcome to Admissions Straight Talk. 1:52 Can you give us, just for starters, an overview of UCI's MPH program focusing on its more distinctive elements? 6:29 What are the four main paths through the MPH program? 9:51 Besides the MPH, which I said we were going to focus on, what are the other graduate degrees offered at UCI in public health? 14:41 When do you anticipate that happening, and why i
In today’s UCI Minute, Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean of the UCI Program in Public Health, provides an update on the latest news and trends in this year’s flu season. For more information on the flu vaccine, visit: ◦ https://shc.uci.edu For an audio description version of this video, contact: [email protected]
This project includes three studies that explore the effectiveness of brief internet interventions for mental health and loneliness. Study 1: The goal of this clinical trial is to examine if a brief online single-session intervention (SSI) adapted from an evidence-based internet cognitive behavioral therapy can reduce feelings of loneliness in people aged 16 and older who struggle with loneliness. The main question it aims to answer is if a brief SSI is sufficient to meaningfully reduce loneliness compared to an active control. Researchers will test these questions by comparing change in loneliness after 8 weeks between participants randomly assigned to either 1) a 30-minute online SSI for loneliness or 2) a 3-session online intervention for loneliness or 3) an active control SSI. Study 2: The goal of this clinical trial is to examine if an SSI for psychological distress that uses popular online content as its primary form of intervention content can reduce feelings of psychological distress in people aged 16 and older who struggle with psychological distress. The main questions it aims to answer are 1) if curated popular online content can be more effective in supporting people struggling with psychological distress than researcher-created content and 2) if curated popular online content can be more effective in supporting people struggling with psychological distress than un-curated self-selected popular online content. Researchers will test these questions by comparing change in distress after 8 weeks between participants randomly assigned to either 1) 25-minute popular online content-based SSI for distress or 2) an effective 25-minute online SSI for distress with evidence-based researcher-created content or 3) online help-seeking as usual. Study 3: The goal of this clinical trial is to examine if an SSI for loneliness that uses popular online content as its primary form of intervention content can reduce feelings of loneliness in people aged 16 and older who struggle with loneliness. The main questions it aims to answer are 1) if curated popular online content can be more effective in supporting people struggling with loneliness than researcher-created content, 2) if curated popular online content can be more effective in supporting people struggling with psychological distress than an active control, and 3) replicating the comparison in study 1, if a brief SSI is sufficient to meaningfully reduce loneliness compared to an active control. The study will test these questions by comparing change in loneliness after 8 weeks between participants randomly assigned to either 1) a 25-minute popular online content-based SSI for loneliness or 2) a 25-minute online SSI for loneliness with evidence-based researcher-created content or 3) an active control SSI. Study 4: This experiment compared the loneliness SSI from study 1 to a version of it that lasted about half as long. It used a two-group repeated-measures experimental design, examining between-subjects differences in loneliness between baseline and eight-week follow-up between conditions.
The Skills-Based Educational strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events in Orange County, CA (SERVE OC) study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a culturally tailored, skills-based, cardiovascular health (CVH) intervention amongst a cohort of Latinx and Vietnamese families in Santa Ana, CA. The SERVE OC intervention was adapted from our previous work, the Discharge Educational Strategies for Reduction of Vascular Events (DESERVE) intervention, for the primordial prevention of hypertension (HTN) and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). (The DESERVE study was conducted at New York University under their IRB). The intervention will be delivered by community health workers (CHWs) and will focus on: 1) optimizing risk perception, 2) enhancing provider-family communication, and 3) identifying challenges to CVH. Participants will receive multi-lingual materials and access to an app/web portal to identify healthy goals and strategies around modifiable risk factors for CVH, Life's Essential 8. SERVE OC will follow participants for 36-months to examine changes in CVH using Life's Simple 7 (LS7): smoking status, physical activity, weight, diet, blood glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure (BP) scores and changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) among adult participants versus enhanced standard intervention (ESI). Remote blood pressure (BP) monitoring will also be used to assess BP over time. CHWs will engage families in identifying barriers to CVH and solutions to share with community stakeholders. Using this community-based research (CBPR) approach the investigators hope to improve health equity within the community through enhanced social capital, empowerment, and advocacy capacity. This study is part of a multi-center projected coordinated by the UCLA-UCI Center for Eliminating Cardio-Metabolic Disparities in Multi-Ethnic Populations (UC END-DISPARITIES), aimed at improving CVH among underserved populations in Los Angeles and Orange County.
This is a prospective pilot protocol investigating whether ctDNA detection be improved by sampling the cancer draining vein versus the standard practice of sampling from a peripheral vein in patients who are undergoing biopsies for hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers.
Bernadette Boden-Albala, director of UCI’s Program in Public Health, answers these questions: What is monkeypox and what are the risks of contracting it? For more information on monkeypox, visit: ◦ https://www.uci.edu/monkeypox ◦ https://www.ochealthinfo.com/monkeypox For an audio description version of this video, contact: [email protected]
2022 Community Lecture Series Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022 | 7:00 PM Pacific Time Featuring: Aileen Anderson, PhD, Roberta Marino, PhD University of California, Irvine
Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean of UCI Program in Public Health, answers this question: What's the latest on long COVID? Information subject to change. For latest information visit: https://uci.edu/coronavirus For an audio description version of this video, contact: [email protected] #UCIForward #SleevesUpUCI
Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean of UCI Program in Public Health, answers this question: What makes the BA.2 variant more transmissible compared to previous COVID strains and how do we protect ourselves against it? Information subject to change. For latest information visit: https://uci.edu/coronavirus For an audio description version of this video, contact: [email protected] #UCIForward #SleevesUpUCI
Bill Maurer, social sciences dean and anthropology and law professor, talks cryptocurrency, credit cards and the future of cash Money makes the world go round, but we don’t often stop to think about why our money is the way it is, or whether we can imagine different forms of money. From cowrie shells to credit cards, coins to cryptocurrency, money is more than just a means of exchange—it tells us a lot about our society, our values, and our interconnections with one another. In this episode of the UCI School of Social Sciences Experts On series, Bill Maurer, dean of social sciences, professor of anthropology and law, and director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion at UC Irvine, discusses the many ways people spend, save and interact with systems of value throughout history and across cultures. “An area that I’m often asked to provide expert insight on involves the future of cash, or cashlessness, in a fintech-driven world,” he says. “And people often ask m
Sponsored by IEEE Sensors Council (https://ieee-sensors.org/) Title: ”Sugar-Cube” PLT: A Real-Time Pedestrian Localization Testbed Utilizing Foot-Mounted IMU/Barometer/Ultrasonic Sensors Author: Chi-Shih Jao, Austin Parrish, Andrei Shkel Affiliation: University of California, Irvine, United States Abstract: In this paper, we propose a flexible multisensor hardware platform, ”Sugar-Cube” Pedestrian Localization Testbed (PLT), for pedestrian navigation in GPS-challenged environments. The Sugar-Cube platform is the next generation of the Lab-On-Shoe platform and aims to provide a flexible and easy-to-use development environment with a compact form factor. The proposed platform includes a micro-controller to collect measurements of a consumer-grade 9-axis IMU, a barometer, and an ultrasonic sensor and performs localization of a user in real-time. We conducted a series of indoor walking experiments to verify the navigation accuracy of the Sugar-Cube platform and compared the navigation
The Delta Variant makes up nearly 100% of the U.S. COVID-19 infections and has wreaked havoc on the global fight against the ensuing pandemic. Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala, director and founding dean for the UCI Program in Public Health and professor of neurology for the UCI School of Medicine, will discuss the Delta Variant and what we’re up against. She will also discuss what we need to expect moving forward and what you can do to protect yourself and loved ones. The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation, in partnership with UC Irvine Health, presents Medicine in our Backyard, a series of lectures featuring internationally known UC Irvine Health physicians who discuss research and cutting edge technology in their various fields of expertise.
Click "Show More" to see the full schedule of speakers and links to individual talks. This workshop will focus on clinical and mechanistic paradigms in tissue repair. The capacity to restore cells and structures after injury differs dramatically across tissues and between species. Why can some tissues and organisms recreate structures virtually identical to what was lost, while others fail to repair at all, or seal the damage but remain functionally impaired? Our goal is to define key chokepoints, and forge new frontiers to ultimately advance regenerative medicine in humans. By bringing together biologists, clinicians, and bioengineers working in diverse systems, we aim to foster the cross-pollination of ideas across disciplines. Learn More: https://4dcpjanelia.org/ Day 1 - Welcome and opening remarks 00:00 Janine Stevens (HHMI/Janelia); Mike Longaker (Stanford), Shruti Naik (NYU) , Kara McKinley (Harvard) Session 1: Epithelial tissues 05:56 Introduction: Yaron Fuchs & Jason Mills
See Dean Boden-Albala's, director and founding dean of the UCI Program in Public Health, commencement speech for the UC Irvine Class of 2021 - Public Health Graduates.
The proposed study will test a 3-month, community health worker (CHW) delivered home visit, culturally and language-appropriate intervention for ethnic and underserved dementia family caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) using wearable technology for real time monitoring of caregivers' stress and sleep. The CHW delivered home visit intervention includes stress reduction techniques by mindful deep breathing and compassionate support/listening and caregiving education to improve caregiver's health, wellbeing, and positive interactions with the PWD. This dementia caregiver study using wearable technology has the potential to significantly lessen health disparities in dementia care, assisting underserved ethnic dementia caregivers in self-management and increasing their quality of life.
The US panel was produced in partnership with the University of California, Irvine and Oregon State University. Following introductory remarks from Bill Maurer, Dean of the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, the panel is chaired by Dr Catherine Bolzendahl. Dr Bolzendahl is a Professor of Sociology at Oregon State University. Her panellists include: - Dr Sreyram Kuy, MD (Surgeon, Health Policy Leader and Healthcare Executive) - Mary Carlin Yates (Ambassador, ret.) - Bernadette Boden-Albala (Director & Founding Dean, Program in Public Health) - Julie Hill (Corporate Director, Anthem Lord Abbett Mutual Funds) - Karen Toliver (Executive Vice President of Creative, Sony Pictures Animation) Our 3rd Global Conversation on International Women's Day 2021 raised important points around women in leadership across cultures and continents, but also the fact that complexities of being a woman in any industry are much more nuanced in terms of the challenges we
Featuring: Federico Neiburg, Professor of Social Anthropology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Moderated by Bill Maurer, UC Irvine & Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute ==================== That the future of anthropology is up for grabs is not new. Anthropology has always been the outcome of struggle, and anthropologists and their allies have long sought to speak truth to power and to convey their own and others' stories to address inequality, domination, and violence in all its forms. Our record is mixed, to say the least. Yet the opportunity for intervention arrives anew, and seizing it requires confronting the methods of knowledge production/dissemination and professional reproduction together. What are the possibilities and limitations of working inside, outside, alongside, against, at the edges, or in the hybrid in-between spaces of anthropology’s multiple and heterogeneous publics? And how ought we imagine and describe the position of “public,”
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Criticism Inside, Alternative Alongside: Organizing Otherwise to Intervene in Anthropology's Future That the future of anthropology is up for grabs is not new. Anthropology has always been the outcome of struggle, and anthropologists and their allies have long sought to speak truth to power and to convey their own and others' stories to address inequality, domination, and violence in all its forms. Our record is mixed, to say the least. Yet the opportunity for intervention arrives anew, and seizing it requires confronting the methods of knowledge production/dissemination and professional reproduction together. What are the possibilities and limitations of working inside, outside, alongside, against, at the edges, or in the hybrid in-between spaces of anthropology’s multiple and heterogeneous publics? And how ought we imagine and describe the position of “public,” “applied,” or “practicing” anthropologists (all inadequate idioms
With Mary L. Gray, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research and Associate Professor, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Anthropology, and Gender Studies, Indiana University Moderators: Bill Maurer, UC Irvine & Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute ==================== That the future of anthropology is up for grabs is not new. Anthropology has always been the outcome of struggle, and anthropologists and their allies have long sought to speak truth to power and to convey their own and others' stories to address inequality, domination, and violence in all its forms. Our record is mixed, to say the least. Yet the opportunity for intervention arrives anew, and seizing it requires confronting the methods of knowledge production/dissemination and professional reproduction together. What are the possibilities and limitations of working inside, outside, alongside, against, at the edges, or in the hybrid in-between spaces of anthropology’s multiple and hete
The study team aims to investigate whether implementing virtual reality therapy (VRT) during Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation (GNRFA) procedure will provide better alleviation of procedural pain and augmented satisfaction for patients.
Dr. Bernadette Boden-Albala is the Director and Founding Dean of the Program in Public Health in the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences at University of California, Irvine, where she is also a Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. As the Director and Founding Dean of the UCI Program in Public Health, Dean Boden-Albala is an internationally recognized expert in the social epidemiology of stroke and cardiovascular disease. She is a member of a statewide panel of experts that inform California’s public health response on the COVID-19 pandemic, and is collaborating with the Orange County Health Authority and UCI faculty on COVID-19 studies to help further the understanding of the virus and its impact on the region. Dr. Boden-Albala is advising local businesses on re-opening strategies and is working with Public Health faculty on a population-wide surveillance of COVID-19 antibodies in Orange County, and a surveillance project with health
Featuring Bill Maurer, UC Irvine & Taylor C. Nelms, Filene Research Institute - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Criticism Inside, Alternative Alongside: Organizing Otherwise to Intervene in Anthropology's Future That the future of anthropology is up for grabs is not new. Anthropology has always been the outcome of struggle, and anthropologists and their allies have long sought to speak truth to power and to convey their own and others' stories to address inequality, domination, and violence in all its forms. Our record is mixed, to say the least. Yet the opportunity for intervention arrives anew, and seizing it requires confronting the methods of knowledge production/dissemination and professional reproduction together. What are the possibilities and limitations of working inside, outside, alongside, against, at the edges, or in the hybrid in-between spaces of anthropology’s multiple and heterogeneous publics? And how ought we imagine and describe the position
Dr. William M. Maurer mines the world of money, exploring the social impact of digital cryptocurrencies, academic experiences with Bitcoin and Etherium, mobile finances, ATMs, offshore money shelters, and what money actually represents to people. Dean of the School of Social Sciences and professor, anthropology; law; and criminology, law & society at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Maurer talks with Dr. Jed Macosko, academic director of AcademicInfluence.com and professor of physics at Wake Forest University. See Dr. Maurer's profile at https://academicinfluence.com/people/bill-maurer See additional leaders in anthropology at https://academicinfluence.com/articles/people/most-influential-anthropologists-today
Bernadette Boden-Albala MPH, Dr. PH., Director and founding Dean of the future School of Population and Public Health at the University of California, Irvine, speaks to Pavan Lohia about emergency preparedness and the challenges that American hospitals, clinics and health centers face with the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. In this episode, she will also be sharing details of her role as Dean of the UC Irvine School of Public Health and her efforts to reduce exposure to the students and community. Pavan and her discuss a new interventional test she designed to reduce Covid-19 hypertension risk among underserved populations as well as how her public health experience and expertise helped shape the UC Irvine & City of Irvine response to Covid-19. Prior to joining UCI in July 2019, Dean Boden-Albala served as the Senior Associate Dean of Research and Program Development at the NYU College of Global Public Health where she co-created courses with UNICEF and the United Natio
The UCI School of Social Sciences presents: Zot Zeries A Zoom lecture series on timely topics related to COVID-19 --- featuring Graeme Boushey, Professor, Department of Political Science, UC Irvine. Moderated by Bill Maurer, Dean, Social Sciences, UC Irvine
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This study, "Fitness Intensive Therapy (Get FIT) to Promote Healthy Living in Older Adults", will test a mobile-health based intervention which includes use of a Fitbit activity tracker for 3 months, a smartphone application that tracks daily food intake, and one 45 minute counseling session to create personal goals and provide patient education by a health coach; versus Get FIT+ (the same items) plus personalized text messages focusing on participant's activity and nutrition progress as monitored in the app, from the health coach for 3 months. The investigators will measure the impact on participant's diet, physical activity, clinical outcomes, psychosocial well-being, and engagement.
Bill Maurer is dean of the school of social sciences, director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion, and professor of anthropology; criminology, law and society; and law at the University of California, Irvine. His talk, "That Touch of Money: The Cashless Past, Some Cashless Futures, and the Public Good," places recent arguments for a cashless future in the context of the history of money, accounting, and payment technologies. This talk was part of the UVA Cyber Innovation & Society Distinguished Speaker Series.
The purpose of this research study is to understand the neural mechanisms underlying long-term memory formation in older adults. Both sleep and memory decrease with age. The investigators are interested in discovering whether these two biological changes are related. This study is specifically focused on understanding what are the critical components of sleep that facilitate memory formation and are they impaired in older adults. The investigators will be using the hypnotic zolpidem, a sleep drug that has been shown to increase a specific aspect of sleep that have been shown to correlate with memory improvement in young adults. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved zolpidem for use in certain sleep disorders, specifically in the treatment of sleeplessness (i.e., insomnia). In the current study, the investigators will examine whether zolpidem (5mg), compared with placebo, increases memory-related sleep events in older adults and test the impact of these drug-related sleep changes on post-sleep memory recall. This is a research study because the investigators are using pharmacological interventions to investigate our hypotheses about memory consolidation. The investigators are not studying the efficacy of zolpidem to treat conditions for which the FDA has already approved it.
The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of interactive feedback from a wearable device that senses hand function, the Manumeter, in improving upper extremity function in a pilot, randomized controlled trial with chronic stroke patients
This pilot study aims to recruit 30 adults with abdominal obesity, without major chronic disease, and test whether clinical dietary advice that is solely focused on the timing of eating (time restricted eating), has an effect on cardiometabolic health compared to standard dietary advice for cardiometabolic health, which is focused on content. The goal of this pilot study is to develop and hone dietary counseling approaches for time restricted eating for RD's in a clinical practice paradigm, and collect data on testing this intervention compared to standard dietary counseling approaches for cardiometabolic health.
Adolescence is a time of biological and behavioral changes that can lead to risky and dangerous behaviors, and African-American youth are highly vulnerable to the consequences of risky behavior, including HIV/AIDS and violence, leading to premature death. The investigators previously showed that an intervention program reduces HIV-risk vulnerability behaviors in many African-American youth. The investigators aim to measure how the program affects different regions of the brain in order to better prevent or reduce such risky behaviors among African-American youth.
This study seeks to understand how a mother's emotional state in pregnancy influences her biological response to food intake.
The purpose of this research study is to study the safety and efficacy of fenofibrate, an FDA-approved drug for high cholesterol and/or elevated triglycerides (fats), as a treatment for Huntington's disease (HD). Subjects who meet the entry criteria will be randomized (3:1) to either 145mg of fenofibrate or placebo.
This is a cluster-randomized trial of nursing homes to assess whether decolonization with routine chlorhexidine bathing and periodic use of nasal antiseptics can reduce hospitalizations associated with infections, antibiotic utilization, and multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO) prevalence. The comparator arm will be routine bathing care.
Apresentação do Dr. Bill Maurer (PhD, Institute of Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion, University of California, Irvine, EUA) na 4ª Conferência de Ciências Comportamentais e Educação do Investidor. Apresentação disponível no blog Penso, logo invisto?: http://pensologoinvisto.cvm.gov.br/apresentacoes-da-4a-conferencia-de-ciencias-comportamentais-e-educacao-do-investidor/ Áudio original em Inglês.
Entrevista com o Dr. Bill Maurer (PhD, Institute of Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion, University of California, Irvine, EUA), que apresentou palestra na 4ª Conferência de Ciências Comportamentais e Educação do Investidor sobre "Antropologia do Dinheiro". O vídeo da palestra também está disponível na playlist da Conferência. Áudio original em Inglês com legendas em Português. O download da apresentação pode ser feito no link: https://goo.gl/Hddw0B
Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, affects 10% to 30% of the population. Of those, 20% have tinnitus bothersome enough to seek medical attention. In many people, tinnitus can significantly affect the quality of life. At this point in time, there is no effective treatment or cure available for tinnitus. It has been found that electrical stimulation of the inner ear can reduce and in some cases eliminate tinnitus. The purpose of this research is to investigate both acoustic and electrical stimulation of the inner ear as a possible treatment of tinnitus. In both acoustic and electrical testing conditions, the subjects will be instructed to be familiar with a 0-10 ranking scale of loudness. In acoustic testing, the stimulus will be presented through headphones in a noiseless environment, and the subject will be asked to report on the loudness of the presented sound and the level of the tinnitus at 20-second intervals. If the subject cannot perceive the presence of the tinnitus, a value of zero will be assigned. A typical sound will be presented for 3 to 6 minutes. Loudness will be reported for 1 to 4 minutes after stimulus offset to measure the presence and duration of residual inhibition. Electrical stimulation will be delivered to the inner ear in three ways, 1. using a cochlear implant (implant placed in the inner ear to replace hearing function), 2. Using an electrode placed in the ear canal, and 3. using a small needle inserted through the ear drum. Various electrical signals will be used to evaluate the reduction in the tinnitus perception by the subject. The subjects will rate the loudness of the tinnitus before, during, and after the electrical signal. Surveys will be used to evaluate the tinnitus loudness and the quality of life of the subjects. Hearing tests will be used before and after the procedures. The long term goal of this research is to develop a device to treat tinnitus in people who can hear and to develop programs for cochlear implants that help treat tinnitus in deaf people.
A randomized controlled trial (at sites) comparing the efficacy of the established AIR-P Dental Toolkit (control condition) to a combined regimen involving the Dental Toolkit and parent-mediated behavioral intervention (intervention condition) to improve home dental care, oral health outcomes, and dental office visit experiences.
Anxiety is one of the most frequent comorbidities in children with ASD leading to poor clinical outcomes. Physical exercise has been shown to be a promising and easy to implement intervention for reducing anxiety. However, little is known about the feasibility and efficacy of physical exercise to reduce anxiety in children with ASD from underserved, low-income families. Children with ASD, ages 6 - 12 years old from low-income and Latino families will be recruited for the study and assigned to an exercise intervention group and a sedentary control group. The physical exercise program is an eight-week program, administered three times per week in small groups. Compliance, parent-rated anxiety, and salivary cortisol will be measured before and after completion of the exercise and control group interventions.
The mouse in this video, was one of 20 injured in a computer-controlled manner to produce exactly the same level of paralysis in each. Video courtesy of UC Irvine researchers Brian Cummings, Aileen Anderson and StemCells, Inc. Published on 2011-05-24
Neural stem cells turned partially paralyzed mice into mice that could run freely around their enclosure. This mouse was injected with neural srtem cells. Video courtesy of UC Irvine researchers Brian Cummings, , Aileen Anderson and StemCells, Inc. Published on 2011-05-24
The purpose of this phase II is to study the efficacy and toxicity of carboplatin and paclitaxel with pertuzumab and trastuzumab in HER2 positive and carboplatin and paclitaxel with bevacizumab in HER2 negative in the neoadjuvant setting for the treatment of breast cancer.
Global Connect @ UCI is an original educational partnership developed by UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences to enrich California's secondary school curriculum in international studies. This is accomplished by translating current university -level concepts and knowledge into a curriculum that is age appropriate for high school students. The global studies knowledge-gap in our public schools is a critical problem that needs a flexible and immediate response. Students need lessons they can relate to as global citizens that will affect how they see themselves in the world. They must be capable of thinking in terms of worldwide issues to succeed in their respective lives and careers so that they may contribute to the general welfare of society. This cannot be achieved through textbook curriculum that is outdated by the time it is received by students. Teachers cannot abandon their classroom responsibilities to acquire current knowledge of the quickly changing international environment. G
Urolithiasis (kidney stones) is a common disease process affecting people all across the world. Usually, if the stone size is small, it is able to pass through the urinary system and exit the bladder on its own with no treatment. However, when the size of the stone is bigger, it can get trapped in the kidney or the ureter, causing significant pain for the patient and potentially obstructing urine flow. If this occurs, surgical treatment is necessary for the removal of the stone. The surgical procedure often employed involves the use of a ureteroscope, which is a device that includes a camera and channels for working instruments such as a grasper and laser fiber to be placed during a procedure. Ureteroscopes that are currently in use are flexible and have the ability to treat stones that may otherwise be inaccessible in the kidney. Most flexible ureteroscopes in clinical use currently only have one channel therefore only allowing one instrument to be used at a time. Recently, a new type of ureteroscope has been introduced in the market that offers the advantage of having two working channels where two instruments can be inserted for use during stone treating procedure. This can potentially decrease procedure time for patients affected by kidney stones. The purpose of this research is to compare the efficacy and safety of the ureteroscopes that have only one channel for instrument insertion with the newer ureteroscope that has two channels for utilization during stone treatment.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the efficacy of transplanting screened donor fecal material in treating patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Participants with refractory Clostridium difficile infection will be given healthy donor stool administered by colonoscopy or enema and their response will be evaluated by symptom questionnaire and stool testing for Clostridium difficile at 4 weeks after the treatment.
This study seeks to determine whether a new sustained-release local anesthetic solution (Exparel - Liposomal Bupivacaine) injected into the soft tissues around the joint after surgery will decrease opioid consumption and adverse events in opioid-tolerant patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty. The research hypothesis is that the Exparel (study) group will use less opioid in the first 48 hours post-operatively than the control group.
Alterations to microvascular blood flow in premature infants, are known to contribute to several major disease entities. The optically-measured tissue blood flow, to determine tissue perfusion that can be use to detect blood loss.
Therapeutics for a Broad Range of CNS Diseases Reni Benjamin, Ph.D., Managing Director & Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Burrill Securities (moderator) Aileen Anderson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine Lucian Del Priore, M.D., Ph.D., Pierre G. Jenkins Professor, Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology & Director, Storm Eye Institute Stephen Huhn, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vice President, Head of the CNS Program, StemCells, Inc. Gary Rabin, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Cell Technology Sean Savitz, M.D., Professor of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School, UTHealth Gil Van Bokkelen, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO, Athersys, Inc. Lawrence Wechsler, M.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
The first step in any clinical intervention against obesity involves sustained lifestyle changes. Researcher can use these strategies to beneficial the effects of weight and on cardiovascular risk. The researcher develope methods for assessing the effectiveness use optical technology to make such assessments, specifically in the area of fatty tissue can predict the effectiveness of the intervention in causing weight reduction and treating metabolic disease.
The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of the Computerized Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (CASI) in adolescent patients in the Emergency Department at the UC Irvine Medical Center. This research study will evaluate the effectiveness of the brief intervention compared to standard of care (no intervention). Brief interventions have a high potential impact in ED. Computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention (CASI) is a fast and easy to use tool for patients and healthcare providers. CASI provides the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)4, from the World Health Organization and CRAFFT3, followed by a brief intervention and customized alcohol intake recommendations for the patient. This study will also determine the effectiveness of the brief intervention in reducing alcohol use/abuse in adolescents between 12-17 years of age. The overall goal of this study is to identify at risk alcohol use/abuse in adolescents and provide an intervention at an early stage. The current data to support alcohol and screening and brief intervention in adolescents is limited. The researchers hope that this research study will add to the overall body of knowledge in support of using the emergency department as a tool in public health, as it relates to the individual patients morbidity and mortality (pancreatitis, cirrhosis) and to the societal costs of alcohol use (lost days of work, motor vehicle collisions).
Radial artery access for cardiac catheterization can require multiple attempts. Multiple attempts increase the time required, patient discomfort, and the risk of arterial spasm. Ultrasound guidance has been shown in other studies to reduce the number of attempts and complications in central venous and femoral artery access. This study will test if the addition of ultrasound guidance reduces the number of attempts and time required to access the radial artery.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether goal directed fluid management using respiratory variations in the oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO2) waveform has potential to decrease postoperative complications and outcomes.
The goal of this randomized trial is to examine the effectiveness of a Provider Tailored Intervention for Perioperative Stress (P-TIPS) in preventing high anxiety and improving the recovery process in children undergoing surgery. Four hospitals and all Healthcare Providers (HCP) in it will be randomized to either a P-TIPS Group, who will receive the newly developed intervention, or a Control Group who will receive a 2-hour seminar on the management of preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain and otherwise will provide standard care. The aims of this study are to: PRIMARY AIM 1\. Determine if P-TIPS is more effective than standard care for preventing high preoperative anxiety among children undergoing anesthesia and surgery. The primary outcome will be observational anxiety in the operating room settings as measured by m-YPAS (modified-Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale). SECONDARY AIMS 1. Examine the impact of P-TIPS on surgical recovery parameters such as postoperative pain, recovery room stay, nausea and vomiting, emergence delirium and maladaptive behavioral changes as measured by the PAED, and PHBQ 2. Determine if the use of P-TIPS results in higher satisfaction and lower anxiety scores in the parents.as measured by the STAIs, STAIt and Parent Satisfaction questionnaires 3. Determine if HCP in P-TIPS group display more desired behaviors and less undesired behaviors as compared to control group and whether these behaviors mediate the child and parent-level outcomes.These behaviors will be measured using the m-PCAMPIS
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can image the structure and geometry of hollow organs of the upper airway in sleep disorder. The research can identify the obstruction sites that help the select the appropriate treatment for potential surgical candidates.
Aileen Anderson, PhD, UC Irvine: Strong preclinical case for use of HuCNS-SC® cells in spinal cord injury
This is a Phase II single-arm, open-label, clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of pazopanib in combination with paclitaxel as first line therapy for subjects with unresectable Stage III and Stage IV melanoma. Previous cytokine therapy is permitted. Subjects must have measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). Subjects who are not candidates for curative intent treatments are eligible for this study.
This research project was designed to study the role of dietary modifications in heart failure (HF) patients that suffer from type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to determine whether or not heart failure patients participating in a 3-month intensive lifestyle modification program of either a high protein (30 % of total calories from protein) group will have a significant improvement in weight reduction, quality of life and clinical outcomes compared to a standardized protein (15% of total calories from protein) group.
Currently there is no methodology that can assign a risk of development of chemo brain and thus, studies to understand how and why only some patients develop chemo brain along with studies of potential treatments face major hurdles. This study will define hemodynamic/optical parameters in normal individuals and cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy potentially identifying optical parameters that are associated with the development of chemo brain, leading to new insights into the origin of the chemo brain condition, and importantly potentially identifying parameters that may predict who will develop "chemo brain" in order to directing investigations of therapies.
Metabolic Syndrome is a highly prevalent condition that is comprised of several major clustering factors that increase the risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy is a non-invasively measure can show changes in the microvasculature of human. Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy measures the optical absorption and scattering properties of near-infrared light in tissues such as muscle in order to quantify the absolute concentration of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin, water, and lipids. It provides quantitative and functional information on the microvasculature related to tissue perfusion, metabolic changes, and indicators of tissue damage.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate native tissue optical properties and photosensitizer optical properties in vivo with a novel, non-contact optical imaging device call Modulated Imaging to help optimize the laser exposure in future photodynamic treatment for patients with skin cancer. Photodynamic therapy involves the administration of a tumor-localizing photosensitizing agent that, when illuminated with the proper wavelength of light, can result in photochemical processes that cause irreversible damage to tumor tissues. Photodynamic therapy is non-invasive and has been shown to be effective in the treatment of skin cancer while producing excellent aesthetic appearance and psychological well-being in patients that normally would require invasive excisions.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new cerebral oxygenation monitoring device is comparatively similar to the current approved devices.
The purpose of this research study is to identify if the cough stress test is equal to the 24hour pad test in assessing stress urinary incontinence.
The purpose of this research study is to find out if a new anti-cancer drug, dasatinib (Sprycel®), previously approved for treatment of some forms of leukemia, will be safe and helpful in treating patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. This is a research study because the study drug, dasatinib (Sprycel®), has not been evaluated for safety or effectiveness in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of some forms of leukemia; thus, dasatinib (Sprycel®) is not an investigational drug. It has been given safely to hundreds of patients already. However its safety and usefulness in this study population (prostate cancer) is unknown. Subjects who agree to participate will take 150mg (3 pills) of dasatinib (Sprycel®) daily by mouth for as long as the drug benefits them. During this time, the subject will periodically return to the office for blood/urine tests, X-rays, imaging scans, and/or to complete questionnaires.
Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a neurological disorder characterized at birth by seizures and a large port-wine stain birthmark on the forehead and upper eyelid of one side of the face. SWS is also accompanied by an increased pressure within the eye (glaucoma) which can develop very early in life. Glaucoma represents a group of ocular disorders that are characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, damage to the optic nerve, and gradual loss of visual field. Recently, several studies provided evidence that there is a potential role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. These findings suggest that there might be changes in systemic humoral immunity possibly underlying the optic neuropathy in at least some glaucoma patients.
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of arsenic trioxide when given together with disulfiram in treating patients with metastatic and progressive melanoma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as disulfiram and arsenic trioxide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.
The purpose of this study is to compare a new high vacuum pressure chest drainage system (NO-NUMO™) with the standard low vacuum pressure drainage system already in use in cardiac surgeries. The new system uses smaller diameter drainage tubing to remove blood from the chest after open heart surgery. This is less painful to the patient and should help the patient to breathe better after operation. Preliminary data suggests that the high vacuum suction is effective and practical, and could actually reduce the amount of chest tube bleeding after surgery without compromising heart function. This new high vacuum drainage system was approved by the FDA in 2002. Subsequent testing at University of California, Irvine indicated that this unique system may allow the surgeon to predict excessive postoperative bleeding before the patient is transferred out of the operating room, thus adding safety, convenience, and cost effectiveness to their use.
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety of Beta-hCG + Erythropoietin in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Esophagectomy for benign or malignant disease of the esophagus can be performed using a transhiatal technique or Ivor Lewis technique (combined laparotomy with thoracotomy). These procedures can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality \[1\]. Advances in minimally invasive technology and surgical techniques have allowed us to explore the possibility of performing esophagectomy using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Minimally invasive esophagectomy represents a new alternative to conventional open esophagectomy. It is a technically demanding operation requiring advanced laparoscopic surgical skills, appropriate instrumentation, and thorough knowledge of open esophagectomy. Multiple authors have reported the use of video-assisted thoracoscopy or laparoscopy to facilitate esophagectomy \[2-6\]. Most of these reports have utilized a standard laparotomy in combination with thoracoscopy to perform esophageal mobilization or laparoscopy with a mini-laparotomy to perform esophagectomy. DePaula was the first to report a large series of 48 patients undergoing laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy for benign (n=24) and malignant disease (n=24) \[7\]. In 2 patients, conversion to open surgery was required and 2 others required thoracoscopic assistance. Postoperative complications were low in the benign group but higher in the carcinoma group. The 30-day mortality rate was 16% in patients with carcinoma undergoing laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy. DePaula concluded that the patients who benefit most from this procedure are those with benign disease. Swanstrom recently reported nine cases of laparoscopic total esophagectomy \[8\]. There were no conversions to laparotomy. One patient required a right thoracoscopy with intrathoracic anastomosis due to poor viability of the gastric tube. The mean operative time was 6.5 hours with a mean hospital stay of 6.4 days. However, the advantages of minimally invasive esophagectomy have not been observed. The aim of this prospective trial is to evaluate the physiologic outcome, clinical outcome, and quality of life after combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophagectomy vs. transhiatal esophagectomy.
The Optical Coherence Tomography is a minimally-invasive diagnostic tool in both the office and operating room settings can identify sources of airway obstruction and effective surgical interventions. The researcher can use Optical Coherence Tomography to image tissues of the aero-digestive tract during surgical endoscopy in to the nose, oral cavity, larynx and ear in an outpatient clinic setting.
Lasers are the treatment modality of choice for Port Wine Stain birthmarks.The epidermis is not totally spared due to partial absorption of energy therein by melanin that presents an optical barrier through which the light must pass to reach the underlying blood vessels. Absorption of laser energy by melanin causes localized heating in the epidermis, which may, if not controlled, produce permanent complications such as hypertrophic scarring or dyspigmentation.