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Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
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Josep Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation
Administrative Transparency IJC page
HR Excellence
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Barcelona endothelium team (BET)
Chromatin, metabolism and cell fate
Endocrine regulatory genomics
Functional cytomics
Genetics and epigenetics in myeloid neoplasms
Immunohematology and glycobiology
Leukemia stem cell group
Lymphoid neoplasms
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Regulatory genomics
Stem cell biology, developmental leukemia and immunotherapy
3D chromatin organization
Affymetrix Microarrays Platform (PAM)
Cytogenetics Platform
Fluidigm Platform
IJC Sample Collection for Leukemia and other Hematolgical Diseases
Evenings at the Carreras
Scientific Founding Members
Management commission
Internal Scientific Committee
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
Coordinators of the 3 Campuses
Research Directors on the Campuses
Why a Research Institute focusing on Leukaemia & other malignant blood diseases?
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Researcher ---Acha, PamelaAranda, JessicaAriza, LorenaBanús-Mulet, AntòniaBaptista, Maria JoaoBardina, JorgeBueno, ClaraBuschbeck, MarcusCabezón, MartaCarreras, EnricCasas, EduardCasquero, RaquelCastaño, JCid, EmiliCobo, IsabelCornet Masana, Josep MariaCorujo, DavidCouso, JorgeCufí, SDiesch, JeannineDouet, JulienDíaz de la Guardia, RafaelDíaz-Ricart, MaribelEtxabe, AmaiaFuster, FranciscoGarcia, OlgaGarcia, LauraGenesca, EulàliaGiorgetti, AlessandraGranada, IsabelGrau, JavierGuberovic, IvaHorrillo, AngelicaHurtado-Bagès, SarahJavierre, Biola MLara, Mari CarmenMalinverni, RobertoMallo, MarMarcé, SilviaMartín, BeatrizMenéndez, PabloMir, EnriqueMolina, OscarMoreno, MiriamMorán, ÉricaMuncunill, JosepMuñoz Risueño, RuthNavarro, TomásNomdedeu Fàbrega, MeritxellOriol, AlbertPalau, AnnaPalomo, LauraPalomo, MartaPasquali, LorenzoPetriz, JordiPrieto, CristinaRibera, JordiRibera, José MaríaRoca-Ho, HeleiaRodriguez, VirginiaRuiz, NeusSanchez, MaykaSancho, Juan ManuelSanjuan, AlejandraSerrano, EricaSolé, FrancescSorigue, MSuñe, GuillermoUrbano-Ispizua, ÁlvaroValero, VanesaVavouri, TanyaVives-Corrons, Joan LuisXandri, MarisolXicoy, BlancaYamamoto, FumiichiroYamamoto, MiyakoZamora, Lurdes
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Found 187 publicacions matching the indicated search criteria.
Ribera JM, García O, Moreno MJ, Barba P, García-Cadenas I, Mercadal S, Montesinos P, Barrios M, González-Campos J, Martínez-Carballeira D, Gil C, Ribera J, Vives S, Novo A, Cervera M, Serrano J, Lavilla E, Abella E, Tormo M, Amigo ML, Artola MT, Genescà E, Bravo P, García-Belmonte D, García-Guiñón A, Hernández-Rivas JM, Feliu E
Incidence and outcome after first molecular versus overt recurrence in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia included in the ALL Ph08 trial from the Spanish PETHEMA Group.
Cancer 23 Apr 2019, . Epub 23 Apr 2019
Disease recurrence occurs in 20% to 40% of adults with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) who are treated with chemotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). In the current study, the authors report the incidence, treatment, and outcome after first disease recurrence in young and older adults treated in the ALL Ph08 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01491763).
Ribera J, Granada I, Morgades M, Vives S, Genescà E, González C, Nomdedeu J, Escoda L, Montesinos P, Mercadal S, Coll R, González-Campos J, Abella E, Barba P, Bermúdez A, Gil C, Tormo M, Pedreño M, Martínez-Carballeira D, Hernández-Rivas JM, Orfao A, Martínez-López J, Esteve J, Bravo P, Garcia-Guiñon A, Debén G, Moraleda JM, Queizán JA, Ortín X, Moreno MJ, Feliu E, Solé F, Ribera JM
The poor prognosis of low hypodiploidy in adults with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is restricted to older adults and elderly patients.
Br. J. Haematol. 27 Mar 2019, . Epub 27 Mar 2019
The prognostic significance of low-hypodiploidy has not been extensively evaluated in minimal residual disease (MRD)-oriented protocols for adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). We analysed the outcome of hypodiploid adult ALL patients treated within Programa Español de Tratamientos en Hematología (PETHEMA) protocols. The 5-year cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) of low-hypodiploid B-cell precursor (BCP)-ALL was significantly higher than that of high-hypodiploids (52% vs. 12%, P = 0.013). Low-hypodiploid BCP-ALL patients aged ≤35 years showed superior survival (71% vs. 21%, P = 0.026) and lower 5-year CIR (17% vs. 66%, P = 0.090) than low-hypodiploids aged >35 years. Older adults and elderly low-hypodiploid BCP-ALL patients show dismal prognosis although achieving an end-induction good MRD response.
Valiollahi E, Ribera JM, Genescà E, Behravan J
Genome-wide identification of microRNA signatures associated with stem/progenitor cells in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Mol. Biol. Rep. Feb 2019, 46 (1) 1295-1306. Epub 2 Feb 2019
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a malignant transformation with uncontrolled proliferation of lymphoid precursor cells within bone marrow including a dismal prognosis after relapse. Survival of a population of quiescent leukemia stem cells (LSCs, also termed leukemia-initiating cells (LICs)) after treatment is one of the relapse reasons in Ph
Barba P, Morgades M, Montesinos P, Gil C, Fox ML, Ciudad J, Moreno MJ, González-Campos J, Genescà E, Martínez-Carballeira D, Martino R, Vives S, Guardia R, Mercadal S, Artola MT, Cladera A, Tormo M, Esteve J, Bergua J, Vall-Llovera F, Ribera J, Martínez-Sanchez P, Amigo ML, Bermúdez A, Calbacho M, Hernández-Rivas JM, Feliu E, Orfao A, Ribera JM
Increased survival due to lower toxicity for high-risk T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients in two consecutive pediatric-inspired PETHEMA trials.
Eur. J. Haematol. Jan 2019, 102 (1) 79-86. Epub 22 Nov 2018
Pediatric-inspired regimens have been adopted by several groups as the treatment strategy for adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Whether subsequent modifications of these protocols have led to an improvement in the outcome of patients is uncertain, especially in T-cell ALL. We analyzed 169 patients with high-risk T-cell ALL included in two consecutive trials of the PETHEMA Group (HR-ALL03 [n = 104] and the more contemporary HR-ALL11 [n = 65]).
Gachet S, El-Chaar T, Avran D, Genesca E, Catez F, Quentin S, Delord M, Thérizols G, Briot D, Meunier G, Hernandez L, Pla M, Smits WK, Buijs-Gladdines JG, Van Loocke W, Menschaert G, André-Schmutz I, Taghon T, Van Vlierberghe P, Meijerink JP, Baruchel A, Dombret H, Clappier E, Diaz JJ, Gazin C, de Thé H, Sigaux F, Soulier J
Deletion 6q Drives T-cell Leukemia Progression by Ribosome Modulation.
Cancer Discov Dec 2018, 8 (12) 1614-1631. Epub 28 Sep 2018
Deletion of chromosome 6q is a well-recognized abnormality found in poor-prognosis T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Using integrated genomic approaches, we identified two candidate haploinsufficient genes contiguous at 6q14,
Ribera JM, Ribera J, Genescà E
The role of stem cell transplantation in the management of Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Therapeutic Advances in Hematology Nov 2018, .
The concurrent administration of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) with standard chemotherapy together with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) has improved the outcome of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although to date, no study has shown alloHSCT to be inferior to chemotherapy plus TKIs in any subgroup of adult Ph+ ALL, there is some evidence suggesting no additional benefit of alloHSCT in patients with deep molecular responses to intensive chemotherapy with a second-generation, and especially, third-generation TKI. As none of these positive and negative studies are controlled, randomized trials are needed to fully define the role of alloHSCT in Ph+ ALL, especially in those with deep molecular response. However, if studies combining TKIs with new approaches such as immunotherapy lead to durable responses, alloHSCT in the first complete remission could be avoided in the near future in the majority of patients with Ph+ ALL.
Ribera JM
Therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Haematologica Oct 2018, 103 (10) 1581-1583. More information
Avivi I, Boumendil A, Finel H, Nagler A, de Sousa AB, Santasusana JMR, Vandenberghe E, Afanasyev B, Bordessoule D, Moraleda JM, Garcia EC, Pohlreich D, Garcia GG, Thomson K, Or R, Beelen D, Zuffa E, Giebel S, Berthou C, Salles G, Melpignano A, Montoto S, Dreger P
Autologous stem cell transplantation for primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma: long-term outcome and role of post-transplant radiotherapy. A report of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
Bone Marrow Transplant. Aug 2018, 53 (8) 1001-1009. Epub 20 Feb 2018
The purpose of this retrospective registry study was to investigate the outcome of autoSCT for primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) in the rituximab era, including the effects of eventual post-transplant radiotherapy (RT) consolidation. Patients with PMBCL aged between 18 and 70 years who were treated with a first autoSCT between 2000 and 2012 and registered with the EBMT were eligible. Eighty-six patients with confirmed PMBCL and the full data set required for this analysis were evaluable. Sixteen patients underwent autoSCT in remission after first-line therapy (CR/PR1), 44 patients were transplanted with chemosensitive relapsed or primary refractory disease (CR/PR >1), and 24 patients were chemorefractory at the time of autoSCT. With a median follow-up of 5 years, 3-year estimates of relapse incidence, progression-free survival, and overall survival were 6%, 94%, and 100% for CR/PR1; 31%, 64%, and 85% for CR/PR >1; and 52%, 39%, and 41% for REF, respectively. Whilst there was no significant benefit of post-transplant RT in the CR/PR >1 group, RT could completely prevent disease recurrence post d100 in the refractory group. In conclusion, autoSCT with or without consolidating RT is associated with excellent outcome in chemoimmunotherapy-sensitive PMBCL, whereas its benefits seem to be limited in chemoimmunotherapy-refractory disease.
Buatois V, Johnson Z, Salgado-Pires S, Papaioannou A, Hatterer E, Chauchet X, Richard F, Barba L, Daubeuf B, Cons L, Broyer L, D'Asaro M, Matthes T, LeGallou S, Fest T, Tarte K, Clarke Hinojosa RK, Genescà Ferrer E, Ribera JM, Dey A, Bailey K, Fielding AK, Eissenberg L, Ritchey J, Rettig M, DiPersio JF, Kosco-Vilbois MH, Masternak K, Fischer N, Shang L, Ferlin WG
Preclinical Development of a Bispecific Antibody that Safely and Effectively Targets CD19 and CD47 for the Treatment of B-Cell Lymphoma and Leukemia.
Mol. Cancer Ther. Aug 2018, 17 (8) 1739-1751. Epub 9 May 2018
CD47, an ubiquitously expressed innate immune checkpoint receptor that serves as a universal "don't eat me" signal of phagocytosis, is often upregulated by hematologic and solid cancers to evade immune surveillance. Development of CD47-targeted modalities is hindered by the ubiquitous expression of the target, often leading to rapid drug elimination and hemotoxicity including anemia. To overcome such liabilities, we have developed a fully human bispecific antibody, NI-1701, designed to coengage CD47 and CD19 selectively on B cells. NI-1701 demonstrates favorable elimination kinetics with no deleterious effects seen on hematologic parameters following single or multiple administrations to nonhuman primates. Potent
Genescà E, Lazarenkov A, Morgades M, Berbis G, Ruíz-Xivillé N, Gómez-Marzo P, Ribera J, Juncà J, González-Pérez A, Mercadal S, Guardia R, Artola MT, Moreno MJ, Martínez-López J, Zamora L, Barba P, Gil C, Tormo M, Cladera A, Novo A, Pratcorona M, Nomdedeu J, González-Campos J, Almeida M, Cervera J, Montesinos P, Batlle M, Vives S, Esteve J, Feliu E, Solé F, Orfao A, Ribera JM
Frequency and clinical impact of CDKN2A/ARF/CDKN2B gene deletions as assessed by in-depth genetic analyses in adult T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
J Hematol Oncol 24 Jul 2018, 11 (1) 96. Epub 24 Jul 2018
Recurrent deletions of the CDKN2A/ARF/CDKN2B genes encoded at chromosome 9p21 have been described in both pediatric and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but their prognostic value remains controversial, with limited data on adult T-ALL. Here, we investigated the presence of homozygous and heterozygous deletions of the CDKN2A/ARF and CDKN2B genes in 64 adult T-ALL patients enrolled in two consecutive trials from the Spanish PETHEMA group. Alterations in CDKN2A/ARF/CDKN2B were detected in 35/64 patients (55%). Most of them consisted of 9p21 losses involving homozygous deletions of the CDKNA/ARF gene (26/64), as confirmed by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays and interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (iFISH). Deletions involving the CDKN2A/ARF/CDKN2B locus correlated with a higher frequency of cortical T cell phenotype and a better clearance of minimal residual disease (MRD) after induction therapy. Moreover, the combination of an altered copy-number-value (CNV) involving the CDKN2A/ARF/CDKN2B gene locus and undetectable MRD (≤ 0.01%) values allowed the identification of a subset of T-ALL with better overall survival in the absence of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
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Saturday March 10, 2018 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Otey Parish's Claiborne Hall in Sewanee.
The Monteagle-Sewanee Rotary Club's Cajun Supper will be held in St. Mark's Hall in the Claiborne Parish House, at Otey Memorial Parish. There will be live music to provide a festive atmosphere while diners enjoy the freshly prepared Cajun fare, including crawfish etoufee or vegetarian red beans, rice, sides, a dessert, and refreshments. Beer will also be available for purchase. To-go food packages will be provided for those who may want to enjoy their supper at home, or perhaps bring supper to family or friends.
Perhaps most notable is the cause for the Monteagle-Sewanee fundraising event. The Cajun Supper proceeds support the club's international projects, such as the Sewanee Haiti Initiative. The Monteagle-Sewanee Rotary club has donated $2,500 to work in Haiti. According to Dr. Deborah McGrath, professor of Biology, "This fund was so important for helping support five research interns who worked with 4 Haitian technicians and 30 Haitian families in 2 villages to conduct agro-ecological research, aimed at better understanding the farming systems to find other strategies, in addition to coffee, that work for all households. While Sewanee internships pay the student researchers a weekly stipend, the cost of round trip airfare, in country transport and room in board in Haiti consume a significant amount of this. The Rotary club gift allowed each intern to receive $400 towards their plane ticket so that they could afford to do research in Haiti. The students have been very devoted to the project, returning over several summers/spring breaks. The remaining $500 from the Rotary gift was used to help farmers in Bois Jolie stock their nursery with tree seedlings."
The Cajun Supper will be held in Sewanee at Claiborne Hall in Otey Parish on Saturday, March 10th from 4:30 - 6:30pm. You can eat in or take out. Tickets are $20.00 each, students age 12-22 $10.00 each, children under 12 eat free. You may contact any Rotary Club member to purchase advance tickets, or purchase at the door. Credit cards can be accepted at the door or online before the event.


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Famous United States Revenue Cutter Wreck is Found off Nova Scotia
After decades of searching, researchers from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Coast Guard have located the shipwreck of the former U.S. Revenue Cutter, Bear.
The wreck of the Bear, which was lost at sea in 1963, is about 90 miles south of Cape Sable in Nova Scotia.
It was considered an amazing coincidence when the wreck was one of two targets initially located during an expedition two years by the current Coastguard cutter, also named Bear and which it was decided to explore further by USCG and NOAA teams this year by the larger and better equipped USCG's ocean-going buoy tender, Sycamore, with an advanced remotely operated vehicle (ROV) equipped with high-resolution underwater video cameras to to document the "unidentified wreck".
The team was able to collect evidence to positively identify the wreck.
Considered one of the most historically significant ships in U.S. and Coast Guard history, USRC Bear was built in Scotland in 1874 and purchased by the U.S. government in 1884.It was originally put into service by the U.S. Navy during the Arctic search for the Greely Expedition, where she earned her initial fame as the vessel that rescued the few survivors of that expedition. In 1885, Bear was transferred from the Treasury Department for service in the Arctic as a Revenue Cutter, where she patrolled for 41 years. After serving in the Greenland Patrols during World War II, the Bear was decommissioned in 1944 and was lost at sea while being towed to Philadelphia by a private party in 1963.
Researchers have been searching for the Bear since 1979. In 2007, a search was coordinated by the U.S. Navy but was ultimately unsuccessful. In recent years, NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard have teamed up with other partners to locate the wreck site. The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service was established by Congress in 1790, operating under the Department of Treasury and later merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form the United States Coast Guard.
Published in Historic Boats
Thieves Raid Astrid Wreck Under Cover Of Darkness
#Astrid - The ship's bell and compass are among the items stolen in a dastardly raid on the wreck of the tall ship Astrid near Kinsale, as The Irish Times reports.
Owner of the near-century-old brig Pieter De Kam said that while he is "eternally grateful to the Irish people" for the rescue of all 30 crew on board when the ship struck rocks last Wednesday (24 July), he is "not grateful to whatever Irish people have gone aboard my ship and stolen my compass, my bell and my binnacle".
Breaking the exclusion zone set up around the tall ship - which went down after striking rocks and taking on water in strong winds and heavy seas while taking part in The Gathering Cruise - it appears the thieves slipped in by nightfall at low tide last Friday night (26 July) to grab their ill-gotten loot.
Though the 42-metre sail training vessel remains mostly intact, despite her ordeal, in the water near the Sovereign Islands off Ballymacus Point, it is unlikely that she will sail again due to the severity of damage to her hull.
Published in Tall Ships
Titanic As She's Never Been Seen Before
#TITANIC - Next month's edition of National Geographic magazine features startling images with the first ever complete views of the wreck of the Titanic.
The large-scale panoramas were produced by combining "thousands of high-resolution images" of the wreck on the North Atlantic sea floor, according to the Guardian - which has a sample gallery of the Titanic as it is today HERE.
Published in Titanic
Search for Glandore Fishermen to be Wound Down
#NEWS UPDATE - The search for two fishermen still missing after their boat went down off West Cork nearly three weeks ago will be wound down next week, The Irish Times reports.
Search teams have been combing the area for any trace of Michael Hayes (35), skipper of the Tit Bonhomme, and crewman Said Mohammed (23) after the fishing vessel ran aground in rough seas near Adam's Rock, at the mouth of Glandore Harbour, on Sunday 15 January.
The bodies of Kevin Kershaw (21), Attia Shaban (26) and Wael Mohammed (35) were recovered in the days and weeks following the tragedy. Only one of the six-person crew - 43-year-old Abdul Mohammed – is confirmed to have survived.
As previously reported on Afloat.ie, last weekend saw more than 90 divers embark on an extensive search of the wreck site and the Glandore bay area, with hundreds more volunteers searching the coastline and on land.
Tit Bonhomme
Michael Hayes
Said Mohammed
Adam's Rock
Glandore Harbour
Titanic Artifacts a Snap - at $189 Million!
#TITANIC - The Titanic is for sale - if you have a spare $189 million to spend, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The single-lot auction, which will take place in April on the 100th anniversary of the Belfast-built ocean liner's tragic demise, includes more than 5,000 items salvaged from the wreck, from gold coins and clothing to parts of the ship's hull itself.
But casual buyers need not apply, as aside from the multi-million-dollar outlay, the prospective purchases must also take on stewardship over the collection, preserving it for future generations and exhibiting parts of it to the public.
Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers in New York, commented: "It's like getting a puppy. When you bring it home, you don't think of all the responsibilities and the time and investment that will be required... But it takes great care."
Images of the items up for auction are available HERE.
Arlan Ettinger
Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers
Exclusion Zone Set Up Around Wreck of Fishing Vessel 'Tit Bonhomme'
#GLANDORE TRAWLER – In the interest of safety and to facilitate any search and recovery operations in the vicinity of the sunken vessel the F.V. TIT BONHOMME, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has set up an exclusion zone has been created around the vicinity of the vessel.
Divers are expected to resume the search for five missing fishermen from the vessel this morning.
The vessel lies between Adam and Eve Islands in the approaches to Glandore Harbour, County Cork.
Only vessels and persons authorised by the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) are permitted to enter this area, which lies within a 200 metre radius, centred on the wreck in approximate position:
51° 32'.4 N, 009° 06'.1 W.
Accordingly, for safety reasons, all other vessels in the vicinity are requested to keep clear of the exclusion zone and give this area a wide berth.
The exclusion zone will continue until further notice.
IRCG may be contacted at Valentia Marine Rescue Sub-Centre, tel: +353 (0)66 9476109.
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Spanish Armada Wreck Discovered Off Donegal
RTÉ News reports that underwater archaeologists may have discovered a sunken ship from the Spanish Armada off the Donegal coast.
State funding has already been announced for an excavation of the wreck, which lies in shallow water at Rutland, near Burtonport.
Evidence suggests that the vessel is from the 16th century and was part of the 1588 expedition.
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan described the discovery as "a major find of significance" to the world's historical and archaeological communities, adding that it could give greater " insight into life on board and the reality of the military and naval resources available to the Armada campaign".
RTÉ News has more on the story, including images and video, HERE.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0805/donegal.html
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan described the discovery as "a major find of significance" to the world's historical and archaeological communities, adding that it could give greater "insight into life on board and the reality of the military and naval resources available to the Armada campaign".
Minister for Arts Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Jimmy Deenihan
GardaI Investigate U-boat Looting in Cork
Cork gardaí are investigating the looting of items from a First World War U-boat recently discovered off Roches Point.
The Irish Times reports that the submarine also appears to have been damaged by the illegal salvagers.
A spokesperson for the underwater archaeology unit of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht confirmed that reports had come in from divers regarding disturbance of the wreck site - noting attempts to remove parts of the structure, and details of human remains.
Divers with the unit were expected to assess the site as soon as weather permits.
Items believed to have been taken include sailor's attire belonging to the crew of the 49-metre German vessel UC-42, which sank in 1917. The German embassy has indicated its "legitimate interest" in the preservation of the wreck.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0530/1224298058685.html
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Dive Ireland takes place this Weekend
Dive Ireland, Ireland's dedicated dive show is taking place this coming weekend on the 5th & 6th March. The venue is the City North Hotel off the M1 Northbound and just 15 minutes from Dublin airport and 25 minutes from Dublin city.
CFT who are the national governing body for sports diving in Ireland will hold it's AGM and National Dive Conference at this event.
Some of the speakers include the following:
Jack Ingle Kit configuration
Barry McGill Deep wreck diving off the Donegal Coast
Nigel Motyer Underwater photographer
Tim Carey & Eoin Mc Garry Dive expedition to Asgard II in 2010
Ken O'Sullivan Irish ocean wildlife series Showing January 23rd TG4
Shane McArdle Sports Partnership and what it could mean for CFT clubs
More details and timetable HERE
Published in Diving
Jack Ingle
Barry McGill
Nigel Motyer
Tim Carey
Eoin Mc Garry
Ken O'Sullivan
Shane McArdle
Asgard II
Historic Lecture on the Easter Rising Vessel, The Aud
Embedded in the history of Ireland, the events which occurred in April 1916 place Roger Casement and his famous gun running ship in the annals of Irish history. She lies broken, in a depth 34 metres in Cork Harbour. Much of the cargo of 20,000 guns and 1,000,000 rounds ammunitions still remain writes Timmy Carey. The ship was scuttled by her captain Karl Spindler rather than hand the cargo to the British. This would be the only German naval surface ship to enter Irish waters during World War 1. The wreck was depth charged on a number of occasions to make sure that the weapons were scattered and made unrecoverable by rebel forces and to prevent submarines using the wreck as cover. The rifles and much of the ammunition originated in Russia. They were captured as a result of the rout of Russian forces at the battle of Tannenburg in 1914.
This coming Friday night Blackwater Sub Aqua Club in Fermoy will host a lecture on the Aud by author Xander Clayton. Xander is a researcher of Modern Irish history and is the leading authority on the Casement Ship. He has made a detailed study of the ship and her 22 man crew over the past quarter century, culminating with the publication of the book "AUD" in 2007. He now lives in Ireland and the second edition of his book is due for imminent publication. The lecture will start at 20:00 and is free of charge. The venue is Blackwater Sub Aqua Clubhouse, Rathealy Road, Fermoy. For further information contact Matthew Culotty 087-8217069.
Xander Clayton author of the book "Aud"
An image of the Aud ship before she was scuttled at the entrance to Cork harbour where she lies today
Karl Spindler the German captain of the Aud
Timmy Carey
Roger Casement
Xander Clayton
Blackwater Sub Aqua Club
gun running
William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland and internationally for many years, with his work appearing in leading sailing publications on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been a regular sailing columnist for four decades with national newspapers in Dublin, and has had several sailing books published in Ireland, the UK, and the US. An active sailor, he has owned a number of boats ranging from a Mirror dinghy to a Contessa 35 cruiser-racer, and has been directly involved in building and campaigning two offshore racers. His cruising experience ranges from Iceland to Spain as well as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, and he has raced three times in both the Fastnet and Round Ireland Races, in addition to sailing on two round Ireland records. A member for ten years of the Council of the Irish Yachting Association (now the Irish Sailing Association), he has been writing for, and at times editing, Ireland's national sailing magazine since its earliest version more than forty years ago
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When Should Parties Move toward the Center?
Reading Brown Is the New White by Steve Phillips got me thinking about the general question of political party strategy. Should a party that wants more votes appeal to the center of the political spectrum, or should it focus on "firing up the base"? Phillips thinks that Democrats should do less of the former and more of the latter. Under what conditions is that good strategy?
To start with a simple conception of the electorate, imagine a bell-shaped curve with moderate, centrist voters outnumbering both distinct leftists and distinct rightists. Although opinions on single issues can be quite polarized, there are a lot of issues that can be used to classify voters on a liberal-to-conservative spectrum. People who are conservatives on abortion are not necessarily conservative on economics. If only voters who are consistently liberal or conservative score near the extremes, then the majority come out looking more moderate. If that's the case, and assuming there are only two major parties, one could make a general case for appealing to the center, since that's where the most votes are.
What that simple picture overlooks is that each party has its own political base, to which it must appeal in order to motivate its supporters to vote. Each party has its own distribution curve, one to the right of the other. Each curve will have its own peak, where the largest number of its supporters are found. In the simplest case, the two parties have the same number of voting members, both peaks are the same height, and the two peaks are equidistant from the national center. This sets up the classic dilemma. On the one hand, nominating someone a little more centrist than the typical party member might be good strategy, in the hope of getting all the votes of party members plus some support from more moderate swing voters. On the other hand, that strategy might lose some support from the party base. A "true conservative" or "true progressive" might really turn out the party faithful, which could be more crucial to victory than winning over a few swing voters. This, of course, is exactly Phillips' point with regard to today's Democratic Party.
Another variable affecting the outcome is party loyalty or discipline. If party loyalty is high, party members may turn out regularly in any case, so success may hinge on adding some swing voters as well. But if the base only votes when they are really excited about a candidate, a moderate candidate could be fatal. Democrats have long had a problem turning out minority and poor voters who lean Democratic but don't make it to the polls.
Complicating matters further, there is no guarantee that the two parties are equally popular or equidistant from the national center to begin with. One party can be smaller and farther from the center, while the other is larger and closer to the center. This can easily happen because the center is a moving target as far as substantive issues are concerned. Today's centrist may support policies that were once considered leftist, such as the Social Security system or the right of workers to bargain collectively. Sometimes the country changes, and a party is left behind. A party that finds itself in the minority may have no choice but to tack toward the center, while a majority party can be true to its base and still succeed. Phillips believes that the Democratic Party can now show its true progressive colors because, as his subtitle declares, "the demographic revolution has created a New American Majority."
These considerations help us make sense out of the recent history of presidential elections. During the period of Democratic Party dominance from 1932 to 1964, Democrats could win the White House with frankly liberal candidates. Republicans were successful with the moderate war hero, Dwight Eisenhower, who accepted much of Roosevelt's New Deal, but they lost badly with the arch-conservative Barry Goldwater.
Things changed after the Democratic Party became the party of civil rights and the War on Poverty. Democrats had to contend with White backlash, while at the same time dealing with an internal struggle over the Vietnam War. In 1968, the moderate conservative Richard Nixon narrowly defeated the liberal Hubert Humphrey, who lost votes both from young opponents of the war and blue-collar supporters of the southern segregationist George Wallace. When Democrats nominated the even more liberal George McGovern in 1972, Nixon won reelection in a landslide. In the aftermath of Watergate, Democrats elected a southern moderate, Jimmy Carter, whose presidency was marred by runaway inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis. Republicans then launched the "Reagan Revolution" with landslide wins in 1980 and 1984. They did so by appealing to the cultural and racial conservatism of White Southerners, blaming Big Government for the country's economic problems, and interpreting the hostage crisis as a sign of military weakness.
The previously dominant Democratic Party had tried to keep moving to the left, but the country hadn't gone with them. No wonder the conventional wisdom after 1980 was that the party had to strengthen its appeal to the center. The election of Bill Clinton, who conceded that the "era of Big Government is over," marked the success of that strategy.
Now, however, the tables may be turning. Now it's the Republican Party that keeps moving in one direction, but is having trouble getting the country to go along. This is partly because of the demographic revolution described by Phillips. But the Republican brand is also being damaged in other ways: loss of public confidence in free-market, "trickle-down" economics and waning public enthusiasm for conservative positions on social issues, notably gay rights. Republicans have now lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections (including Al Gore's narrow victory in votes, but loss of the electoral college due to the Florida debacle and Supreme Court intervention). Instead of moderating their positions, they have doubled down on conservatism, offering unusual resistance to the nation's first Black president, perhaps to please their White Southern base. The result is a legislative gridlock that doesn't please anyone, but the Republican controlled Congress is getting the brunt of the criticism. Current unfavorable ratings are Congress 61%, Republican Party 60%, Democratic Party 43%.
The Republican Party may now be so far to the right of the typical voter that its ability to win national elections is seriously damaged. If so, it makes sense that it is fracturing over the dilemma that confronts any minority party, whether to tack to the center by nominating a moderate with some hope of winning, or to appeal to true believers by selecting someone more extreme who cannot. Republican primary voters seem to be choosing the latter option, since the two biggest vote getters are among the most conservative (and nationally unpopular) in the race. Donald Trump seems to be a throwback to the nationalists of the 1920s and 30s, wanting to blame the country's problems on foreigners, immigrants and minorities. And Ted Cruz is an evangelical Tea Party conservative who denies that human activity is contributing to climate change, encourages states to ignore the Supreme Court ruling upholding same-sex marriage, and wants to eliminate many federal government departments (Energy, Education, Commerce, Housing & Urban Development, Internal Revenue Service).
If it is now safer for the Democratic Party to move to the left, while it is hazardous for the Republican Party to remain on the right, that's a pretty good sign that the balance of power in the country is starting to shift. Of course, I may have to eat those words if the country actually elects a President Trump or President Cruz!
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A ceremony that touted the TV industry's diversity largely failed to reward it.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel won five awards, including Best Comedy Series.
One of the minor knock-on effects of the insane state of our current politics is that it has imbued award shows with the promise of chaos. Any awards show could get crazy—relatively speaking. How will a staid institution that has historically celebrated the status quo address change? Who will talk politics? Who will just thank their agent? Who will thank their agent and talk politics? The 70th Emmy Awards, as hosted by Saturday Night Live's Michael Che and Colin Jost, took these crazy times and turned them into something humdrum, helped by a set of winners who proposed, thanked their horses, and encouraged women to sit in public bathrooms, but largely avoided politics. Sometimes firecrackers just go pffft.
The show began with what, on paper, must have seemed a deeply relevant idea. SNL's Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson explained that this was the most diverse Emmys ever, and then proceeded to lampoon that accomplishment by singing "We Solved It"—it being TV's woeful lack of diversity. With the help of Ricky Martin, Sterling K. Brown, Kristen Bell, and others, they sang and danced about the objectively feeble but relatively impressive gains the Emmys have recently made on matters of representation. ("There were none, now there's one!") It was a big spectacle, but something about it fell flat: Self-congratulatory machines apparently don't turn into slightly more critical self-congratulatory machines without some hiccups. It only got flatter from there.
Helping Jost and Che out, at least theoretically, were their SNL kin, who featured heavily in the show. In addition to McKinnon and Thompson, Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen had a recurring bit as uninformed Emmy historians that was so low-energy that it tanked three times. Will Ferrell presented late in the program and messed around with awkward silence—just as Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer had when they presented, and Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, and Benicio Del Toro had when they presented. Even with all the spacily paced jokes, the show ended exactly three hours after it started and felt relatively brisk. A change in how awards were presented—with the nominees announced before the presenters came on stage—kept things moving quickly.
But the early winners, however speedily presented, were particularly dull. The comedy awards, handed out first, were split between Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which won five including best comedy series, and HBO's Barry, which won both lead and supporting actor. Their dominance swiftly started to feel predictable, and in beating better, more daring shows like Atlanta, they seemed to undermine the very diversity the Emmys claimed to be celebrating: It's the most diverse Emmys ever, now let's honor shows about … white performers, one set in the 1950s.
As the night wore on, the winners got more interesting and varied. Regina King won for her performance in Seven Seconds, which was recently canceled by Netflix. Thandie Newton, the best thing about Westworld (maybe the only good thing about Westworld) won as well. The Assassination of Gianni Versace won a number of awards, including for the feverishly great Darren Criss. Ryan Murphy and his silver beard even gave one of the few political speeches of the night. It looked briefly, after two wins, including one for dreamy Welshman Matthew Rhys, that The Americans might be able to take best drama—but that ultimately went to Game of Thrones, which didn't air a single new episode in 2018. Game of Thrones is definitely not TV's best drama, but it is its reigning hit drama, and it was a fitting winner for a whatever kind of night.
The best moments of the evening were unscripted: reaction shots from Chrissy Teigen and Brian Tyree Henry during Che and Jost's mediocre monologue; winner Alex Borstein's shimmy as she headed toward the stage; a wonderfully sassy shot of Keri Russell; Hannah Gadsby doing her Nanette thing while presenting an award; and, of course, the only thing any one will ever remember from this show (if they remember anything): the live proposal.* After Glenn Weiss won an Emmy for producing the Oscars, he spoke about his mother's recent death, and then addressed his girlfriend, who he "didn't want to call his girlfriend anymore." The crowd went wild. I am very easily vicariously embarrassed by people on television, and I scrunched up really tightly as this proposal went down, but it side-stepped total mortification. Jan Svendsen, Glenn's girlfriend, seemed genuinely delighted, as did all of the celebrities in the crowd. Here, finally, was the chaos everyone had been waiting for—and even better, happy chaos. Unlike almost everything else at the Emmys, it wasn't about TV, but it made for good TV anyway.
Correction, Sept. 18, 2018: This article originally misspelled Kadeem Hardison's last name. It also misspelled Brian Tyree Henry's first name.


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Packers Playoff Chances Just Got Better | Packers Comeback For The Ages
That was simply unbelievable. In the most unlikely of scenarios, the Packers made a comeback for the ages and kept their playoff hopes alive on Sunday, beating the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington 37-36, after trailing 26-3 at the half. The 23 point deficit ties for the largest comeback in team history, and the 23 point lead Dallas blew is the largest in team history. Plus Matt Flynn did something on Sunday that Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers never did, beat Dallas in Dallas. Check our Packers versus Steelers ticket prices, and see the team one more time at home during the regular season.
Matt Flynn has looked solid these last two games, something the Packers didn't get in their first four games without Rodgers. We believe if he has to play next Sunday at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he will be just fine. Last week against Atlanta at home, Flynn didn't do anything spectacular, but he didn't do anything bad either, he was just solid, going 24-32 for 258 yards and a touchdown. This week against Dallas, he didn't look so great in the first half, but in the second half, he looked like an all world quarterback. Flynn finished the game in Dallas 26-39 for 299 yards and four touchdowns.
All four touchdowns and most of that damage happened in the second half. Eddie Lacy had a big game as well, carrying the ball 21 times for 141 yards, and scored the game winning touchdown from two yards out late in the fourth quarter. We believe Flynn has shown enough that Ted Thompson should give him a multi-year contract to be the long term solution as Rodgers backup.
Not only did the Packers win, but all of a sudden, their playoff chances aren't looking so bad. All they have to do is win their last two games and have Detroit lose one of their remaining three and the Packers win the NFC North. Detroit's three remaining games are at home against Baltimore, which is the Monday night game this week, at home against the Giants next week, and then they finish with in the Metrodome against the Vikings in week 17. We don't think the Giants or Vikings could beat them, so it would have to be the Ravens on Monday Night Football for the Packers to pull this off.
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The largest dairy show in the UK is gearing up to showcase the best of the best to producers across the country, from top genetics to cutting-edge innovations and advice.
With dairy incomes on the up but great uncertainty around the corner, farmers need to be focusing on making their business as efficient as possible, whether through maximising herd health or utilising the latest technology. "Whatever your business needs, you will find it at the Dairy Show," says head of shows Alan Lyons.
Boasting more than 300 cattle entries, visitors can compare the best bloodlines to advance their own herd genetics, while the seminar programme will be focusing on optimising animal health and reducing antibiotic use. In addition, the show; sponsored by Pearce Seeds and Micron Bio Systems, will feature more than 300 exhibitors across 1.4 miles of trade stand frontage.
"Whether you're considering changing to robotic milking, looking at extended grazing, or simply want advice on winter rations, we have the contacts you need," says Mr Lyons.
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The dairy industry is changing rapidly, and nowhere is that more true than in the world of animal health, which is the theme of this year's seminar programme. "The industry is moving away from treating sickness to trying to prevent it, and our professional veterinary speakers will explore everything from reducing antibiotic use to adopting an holistic approach to building a healthier herd," explains Mr Lyons.
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Pediatric versus adult maxillofacial fractures
Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0172-71511,
Ezzeddin Elshiekh1,
Ali Awad1,
Abdalla Mohammed Elsayed2 &
Mohamed Alshawadfy1
The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology volume 38, Article number: 168 (2022) Cite this article
To study, compare, and analyze the differences and the detailed features of the maxillofacial fractures in adults versus children.
This prospective comparative study was conducted on patients who had traumatic maxillofacial fractures. Patients were categorized into 2 groups: the pediatric group and the adult group. History taking including the type of trauma, examination, computed tomography (CT) maxillofacial, fracture management, and outcome evaluation was done for all patients.
Within included 82 patients (42 adults, 40 children), males were the most affected in adult and pediatric groups and the most affected age was between 19 and 27 years (29.2%). Motor vehicle accident (MVA) was the most common cause in both the adult group (66.66%) and the pediatric group (60%). But fall represents a significant cause in children (17.5%) with a significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.038). The mandibular fracture was the most common fracture in pediatric (65%) and adult (38.1%) groups with a significant difference between both groups regarding different sites of trauma (p = 0.017). Surgical intervention was performed in 80% of pediatric patients and 92.23% with a significant difference (p = 0.035).
MVA is the main etiology of maxillofacial fractures in children and adults, but fall is an important cause of pediatric trauma. Pediatric maxillofacial fractures below school age are a rare event with increasing incidence with age. Mandibular fractures are the most common site in the adult and pediatric populations. Most cases of maxillofacial fractures are surgically treated with OR/IF with good results but conservative management is used more in pediatric than adult fractures.
Because the face is the most prominent human body part, maxillofacial insults are common in traumatized patients. The existence of vital organs such as eyes, sinuses, and ears and the potentiality for airway blockage mandate thorough recognition of the maxillofacial injuries [1, 2].
Children differ from adults in their anatomic and physiologic makeup and hence demand a different guideline set. Because the facial skeleton would be in the growing period, great care should be taken to early management. Factors like the greater flexibility of bones, underdeveloped sinuses, un-erupted teeth, the presence of a protective fat pad, and less engagement in a high-velocity motor vehicle accident (MVA) make children less prone to injury [2, 3]. There are numerous challenges during handling pediatric fractures such as developing bones, dental eruptions, roots of deciduous, and difficulties in the application of the rigid maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) [4]. Hence, pediatric maxillofacial fractures pose a special challenge to maxillofacial surgeons. There is also the appearance of new effective trends in maxillofacial fracture repair [5] and new maxillofacial classifications [6] that need to be compared between children and adults. Therefore, detailed knowledge regarding the difference between pediatric and adult maxillofacial trauma and fractures is extremely important.
So, the aim of the current study was to compare between pediatric and adult maxillofacial fractures including the prevalence, epidemiology, site, pattern, treatment, and outcome.
The current prospective study took place in the otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery department on patients who had traumatic maxillofacial fractures of various types in the period from February 2017 to July 2020. Neglected fractures, infected fractures, and pathological fracture patients who refused to share in the study were excluded. Informed written consents were obtained from the patients or their parents (if patients< 18 years old) and approval from the Zagazig University review board (IRB) was taken.
Patients were categorized into 2 groups: the pediatric group, including patients less than 18 years old, and the adult group, including patients ≥ 18 years old. Assessment of the patients includes history taking including the type of trauma; examination; computed tomography (CT) maxillofacial; axial, coronal, and 3D; type of management; and outcome. The data was collected, recorded, tabulated, and analyzed. Then, we compared between pediatric and adult maxillofacial fractures including the prevalence, epidemiology, site, pattern, treatment, and outcome.
Surgical intervention was open reduction and internal fixation (OR/IF). When there are mandibular fractures other than condylar and/or subcondylar fracture, manual MMF was used intraoperatively with an immediate mandibular release [7, 8], while in the presence of condylar and/or subcondylar fracture, rigid MMF was used during OR/IF that was released 2 to 4 weeks postoperative [7, 8].
Follow-up for all patients was conducted weekly for a month then at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year postoperatively assessing the healing, functional results, and complication.
Statistics evaluation was done by SPSS 17 statistics software for Windows (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL). p < 0.05 was set as the significance level.
From 174 patients who presented to the Otolaryngology and Emergency departments, 82 patients met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and accepted to share their data. Pediatric patients (< 18 years old) were 40 (47.5%) patients and adult patients (> 18 years old) were 42 (52.5%) patients.
Patients below 10 years were 12 (14.6%), patients between 10 and 17 years were 28 (34.1%), patients between 19 and 27 years were 24 (29.2%), patients between 27 and 60 years were 18 (21.9%), and no patients were above 60 years. There was no affected patient below 6 years (school age), and patients below 10 years were the least affected subdivision (14.6%). Males were the most affected in adult and pediatric groups. In adults, males were 42 (100%) and in the pediatric group, males were 38 (95%), while only two females were affected in the pediatric group and there was no detected female case in the adult group (p = 0.142). So, both groups were matched as regards gender distribution.
Motor vehicle accident (MVA) was the most common cause of maxillofacial fractures in both adult group 28 (66.66%) and pediatric group 24 (60%). But violence increased in adults more than the pediatric group as it was in adult group 12 (28.57%) and pediatric group 8 (20%), while fall in the pediatric group is one of the important causes of maxillofacial fractures in pediatric group 7 (17.5%) with a significant difference between the two groups regarding the cause of trauma (p = 0.038).
The mandibular fracture was the most common fracture in pediatric and adult groups: in the pediatric group, it was 26 (65%) while in the adult group it was 16 (38.1%). The zygomaticomaxillary complex (ZMC) fracture was less common in the pediatric group 11 (27.5%) while in the adult group, it was 14 (33.3%). The frontal bone fracture was the least common in the pediatric group 3 (7.5%) while in the adult group it was 12 (28.6%). There was a significant difference between the pediatric and adult groups regarding different sites of trauma (p = 0.017) (Table 1, Fig. 1).
Table 1 Comparison between pediatric and adult groups
The chart showed the difference between adult and pediatric maxillofacial fractures
A single fracture was detected in 34 (81%) of adult patients and in 34 (85%) of pediatric patients, while multiple fractures were detected in 8 (19%) of adult patients and 6 (15%) of pediatric patients without significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.62638).
As regards associated fractures other than the maxillofacial fractures, in the pediatric group, there were 2 (5%) patients with a humerus fracture, 2 (5%) patients with a coronoid fracture, 2 (5%) patients with a tibial fracture, and 4 (10%) patients with an ulnar fracture. In the adult group, there were 2 (4.8%) patients with a tibial fracture and 4 (9.5%) with an ulnar fracture without a significant difference (p=0.36).
In the pediatric group, 8 (20%) of patients need conservative measures while in the adult group, only 2 patients (4.76%) need conservative measures. In the pediatric group, surgical intervention was performed for 32 (80%) of the patients while in the adult group, 40 (95.23%) of patients had surgical intervention with a significant difference (p = 0.035) (Table 1, Fig. 1).
The reported complication in the pediatric group was 2 patients who had an unsatisfactory scar, while no complications were reported in the adult group without a significant difference between both groups (p = 0.152). No other complications were detected such as dental malocclusion, infected wound, malar asymmetry, enophthalmos, or bone depression.
Traumatic maxillofacial fractures appear to be less frequent and different in the pediatric than in the adult population, because of multiple elements such as the difference in the constitution of bones, more tissue elasticity, incomplete ossification in children (Chocron et al., 2019), small-sized bones, developing paranasal sinuses, the existence of growth centers, faster healing period, and possible presence of developing teeth germs [9].
Few studies compare between the maxillofacial fractures in adult and pediatric patients and most of these studies are retrospective [3, 10,11,12] and some lack the management of those patients [3, 12].
So, we studied the comparison between adult versus pediatric maxillofacial fractures in a prospective study including the management data.
In the current study, below school age (6 years), no maxillofacial fracture patients were detected. In accordance, it is estimated that < 1% of the maxillofacial trauma occur in children < 5 years old [2]. In addition, in the present study, no maxillofacial fracture was reported in patients above 60 years. This could be attributed to the limited mobility of children below skull age and patients above 60 years )retirement age) that limits their trauma.
As previously reported in the literature [1, 2, 4], in the current study, males were the main gender affected by maxillofacial fractures with high percent (95% in children and 100% in adults).
The mandibular fracture was the most commonly reported fracture in both adults and children, but there was a significantly highest incidence of mandibular fractures that occurred in children (65%) versus 38% in adults. The mandibular fracture was also the most common in agreement with most previous studies [9, 11, 13,14,15].
The cause of trauma was significantly different between adult and pediatric. In spite of that MVA is the most common cause of trauma in both adults and children, fall was the cause in 17.5% of the pediatric group and was not reported as a cause in the adult group (Table 1). Near results were also detected by Atilgan et al. [16] and Arvind et al. [13], while Jung et al. [17] and Bharadwaj [18] found that fall was the most common cause.
These etiological pattern changes differ from region to region and may be due to socioeconomic problems, social habits, the stresses of residing in large or crowded cities, etc. But the results here reflect the important extra care of preventing and care of risk of fall in children.
Surgical treatment was the main used treatment in both groups, and this may be attributed that this research was done in a tertiary hospital and so many cases were treated conservatively at the primary and secondary care hospitals and health facilities. On the other hand, maxillofacial fractures were treated conservatively more in children (20%) than in adults (4.76%). Near results were reported by Iatrou et al. [12] reported.
In the present study, OR/IF was the main operative intervention. Similarly, Daniels et al. [10] documented that OR/IF was the main treatment modality in 69.2% of patients.
We agree with Bansal et al. [19] that in pediatric patients, although closed treatment could be preferred, as it preserves the soft tissue and periosteum, displaced fractures especially with co-existing condylar fractures should be treated by OR/IF.
The basic principle of fracture treatment is reduction, fixation, immobilization, prevention of infection, and rehabilitation, with the least disability and smallest risk for the patient [3, 4]. Thus, whenever there is a displaced fracture, today, OR/IF is the standard management [4, 7].
Pediatric maxillofacial fractures became common nowadays in comparison to adults. Even though MVA is the main etiology in children and adults, fall is an important cause of trauma in children. Pediatric maxillofacial fractures below school age are a rare event with increasing incidence with age. Mandibular fractures are the most common site in the adult and pediatric populations. ZMC is the second common site in the pediatric group while in adults ZMC and frontal fractures are similar. Most cases of maxillofacial fractures are surgically treated with OR/IF with good results but the pediatric group shows more incidence of conservative management than adults.
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
MMF:
Maxillomandibular fixation
OR/IF:
Open reduction and internal fixation
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The authors declare no financial support or interest to this study.
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar, Ezzeddin Elshiekh, Ali Awad & Mohamed Alshawadfy
Nasser Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Abdalla Mohammed Elsayed
Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar
Ezzeddin Elshiekh
Ali Awad
Mohamed Alshawadfy
MWE suggested and developed the research idea; reviewed the literature; did the surgery, interpretation, and analysis of the collected data; tabulated the data; wrote the manuscript; assisted in preparing the tables; and approved the submitted version. EE modified the research idea, interpretation, and analysis of the collected data; assisted in writing methods and revising the written manuscript; prepared the tables; and approved the submitted version. AW reviewed the written manuscript, assisted in preparing tables, revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content, and approved the submitted version. AME reviewed the literature, prepared the patient for surgery, followed up the patient, collected patient data, assisted in preparing the tables, and approved the submitted version. MAE assisted in surgery, data analysis, and interpretation; reviewed the written manuscript; assisted in preparing tables; revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content; and approved the submitted version. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Mohammad Waheed El-Anwar.
Informed written consents were obtained from the patients or their parents to share in the study after explanation of its purposes. Zagazig University Hospitals IRB approval was obtained.
The patients included in this research gave written informed consent to publish the data contained within this study. If patients were less than 16 years old, their relative signed the consent.
El-Anwar, M.W., Elshiekh, E., Awad, A. et al. Pediatric versus adult maxillofacial fractures. Egypt J Otolaryngol 38, 168 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-022-00354-3
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There's a way to curb homelessness: Supportive housing works, and it's affordable — so Gov. Cuomo should step up
By Andrew Hevesi and Shelly Nortz
Rallying for supportive housing (JUSTIN LANE/EPA)
As most of us know by now, homelessness in New York City is at near-record levels. Each night, more than 59,000 New Yorkers, including 24,000 children, bed down in homeless shelters. While most homeless families and some homeless individuals simply need an affordable place to call home, the most costly subset of homeless New Yorkers are people coping with mental illness, substance abuse and chronic illnesses that, left unaddressed, will keep them cycling in and out of shelters, hospital beds and institutions.
As costly to taxpayers as these temporary quarters are, a large proportion of people in them quickly wind back up on the street, often without food, medicine or adequate clothing. We can no longer ignore the reality that our current system fosters a brutal cycle that is inhumane, ineffective and far too expensive for taxpayers.
It's important to understand how we reached this point. In the 1960s, a new generation of psychotropic medications gave many people with serious mental illness the ability to live safely within the community, rather than being confined to psychiatric hospitals. This helped spur the downsizing of large psychiatric centers that once housed over 93,000 New Yorkers.
MAYOR DE BLASIO VOWS AGAIN TO END VET HOMELESSNESS AT PARADE
Thousands of men and women returned to our neighborhoods with the promise of community mental health care and safe housing. Yet most of the housing never materialized.
In response, New Yorkers pioneered supportive housing in the 1980s and expanded it in the 1990s, building 15,000 units under three New York/New York Agreements jointly funded by the city and state. Supportive housing units are not temporary shelters; they are permanent housing with essential support services.
The last agreement, New York/New York III, saw more than 85% of its tenants remain stably housed after a year and successfully reduced chronic homelessness by 47% within five years. Detoxification visits decreased by 82%; hospitalizations decreased by 57%.
In real dollars, each homeless individual moved into supportive housing saves taxpayers more than $10,000, and each homeless patient transferred from hospitalization to supportive housing saves taxpayers nearly $47,000.
Despite these results, which indicate that supportive housing is the best long-term solution with a proven track record of reducing homelessness and saving tax dollars, New York has not yet invested in supportive housing on scale to address our current crisis.
Gov. Cuomo recently acknowledged the scope of homelessness here, saying "it's hard not to conclude that we have a major homeless problem." He is right; the numbers have reached tragic levels.
However, as it stands today, our public policy continues the short-term stopgap approach.
EDITORIAL: BRATTON COULD'VE HIT HOME
In an effort to put an end to our current crisis and the cycle of homelessness for thousands of families, myself and more than 130 colleagues in the state Assembly have called on Cuomo to support the development of 35,000 new units of supportive housing by 2025 — 23,350 units for adults, 10,150 for families and 1,500 for youth.
Joining in that call are state senators from both parties, 250 faith leaders, 300 social service groups and hundreds of homeless people and supportive housing residents.
We are confident Mayor de Blasio will soon come forward with the city's share. Now the burden is on Cuomo to do his part. Experienced organizations stand ready to build thousands more permanent homes for our homeless veterans and their families, women and children overcoming domestic violence and abuse, people recovering from addictions, and men and women struggling with debilitating mental illnesses.
It is time for New York to embrace this proven long-term solution to our homelessness crisis by creating and adequately funding 35,000 units of supportive housing over the next 10 years.
Hevesi chairs the state Assembly's committee on social services. Nortz is deputy executive director for policy with the Coalition for the Homeless.


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As you may have noticed, there is a new menu nearby the blog title. I have finally found time and made OSM4iPhone own web site. As the OSMTrack application advances, new features appear that need to be covered in the documentation. However pushing the complete documentation as blog posts seem to be bad both for me - it gets more difficult to track comments if pushing so many posts at once, and for you - you need to dig in to find the help.
For now the web site consists of a title page and the promised updated OSMTrack 1.5 documentation. But I also plan to add an FAQ page to explain what was my original idea of how I the app is to be used, and why certain features are there and others are not.


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The Royal Route
Creators Behind The Royal Route
The most important of the apostles; Jesus Christ named him his representative and Peter therefore became the church's first bishop. His original name was Simon and he was a fisherman, as was his brother Saint Andrew; Jesus called on both of them to become his disciples and named Simon Peter, the rock, on which he would build his church. Although Peter denied Jesus, Jesus again confirmed the primacy of his position after his resurrection. During his later journeys, Peter travelled as far as Rome with Mark the evangelist and there the emperor Nero condemned them both to a martyr's death; they were buried on the site of what is now St. Peter's Basilica. Peter's leading position among the apostles was inherited by the Roman bishopric. He is normally represented with a beard and balding, he holds the keys to the heavenly gates in his hands; elsewhere he is depicted with a fish, a boat or a cock (which crowed three times, once for each time Peter denied Christ). He is the patron of the Pope and the Church, butchers, glass blowers, carpenters, watchmakers, locksmiths, blacksmiths, potters, masons, stonemasons, drapers, mariners and many other professions, as well as castaways, penitents and virgins; he also protects against snakebite and theft, helps during fever, obsession, pain and brings long life.
Beatified Ivan
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Saint Andrew
Saint Barnabas
Saint Bartholomew
Saint Clement (Clement I)
Saint James the Less (the Younger)
Saint John the Merciful
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Matthias
Saint Michael (archangel Michael)
Saint Philip
Saint Roch
Saint Rosalia of Palermo
Saint Salvator
Saint Wilgefortis
St. Cajetan
St. Cosmos and St. Damian
St. Cyril and St. Methodius
St. Damian
St. Felix of Valois
St. Francis Borgia
St. Francis Seraph
St. Ivo
St. John of Matha
St. John of Nepomuk
St. John the Evangelist
St. Jude Thaddeus
St. Ludmila
St. Luitgarda
St. Margaret
St. Methodius
St. Nicolas of Tolentino
St. Norbert
St. Philip Benizi
St. Prokop
St. Sigismund
St. Vincent Ferrer
St. Vitus
St. Wenceslas