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Evolution: Why don't we have hairier faces?
(BBC; September 26, 2014)
Rare Fossil Ape Cranium Discovered in China
(ScienceDaily; September 6, 2013)
Strange Ancient Ape Walked on All Fours
(Discovery News; August 5, 2013)
How Has the Human Brain Evolved?
(Scientific American; July 28, 2013)
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human, Study Shows
(ScienceDaily; July 25, 2013)
Madagascar's rate of speciation slowing down
(Mongabay; July 16, 2013)
New Research Backs Genetic 'Switches' in Human Evolution
(ScienceDaily; June 19, 2013)
Ancient primate is called a crucial evolutionary link
(Los Angeles Times; June 6, 2013)
Palm-Size Fossil Resets Primates' Clock, Scientists Say
(New York Times; June 5, 2013)
Fossils indicate common ancestor for two primate groups
(Physorg; June 4, 2013)
A Link to Ears of Early Humans
(New York Times; May 20, 2013)
Fossils May Pinpoint Critical Split Between Apes and Monkeys
(Science; May 15, 2013)
Fossil of Great Ape Sheds Light On Evolution
(ScienceDaily; May 3, 2013)
Big brains, no fur, sinuses - are these clues to our ancestors' lives as 'aquatic apes'?
(The Guardian; April 27, 2013)
Half-Human, Half-Ape Ancestor Reconstructed
(Discovery News; April 11, 2013)
Brain Shape Confirms Controversial Fossil as Oldest Human Ancestor
(Scientific American; April 4, 2013)
Fossils of Earliest Old World Monkeys Unearthed
(LiveScience; March 18, 2013)
Monkey Business: What Howler Monkeys Can Tell Us About the Role of Interbreeding in Human Evolution
(ScienceDaily; December 7, 2012)
Primate Origins Tied to Rise of Flowering Plants
(Smithsonian; November 28, 2012)
Five Early Primates You Should Know
(Smithsonian; October 31, 2012)
Earliest primate had tree-climber ankles
(ScienceNews; October 23, 2012)
Baby Back, Waaaay Back, Ribs
(Science; October 12, 2012)
Lemur Headgear Helps Researchers Probe Prehistory
(Wired; October 8, 2012)
De Loys' Ape
(Scientific American; October 7, 2012)
The Lemur That Was a Fish
(Wired; October 4, 2012)
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Inner ear may hold key to ancient primate behavior
(Physorg; June 13, 2012)
Did Africa's Apes Come From Europe?
(Smithsonian; June 6, 2012)
Fossil Discovery: More Evidence for Asia, Not Africa, as the Source of Earliest Anthropoid Primates
(ScienceDaily; June 4, 2012)
How infectious disease may have shaped human origins
(EurekAlert; June 4, 2012)
Monkey Lip Smacks Provide New Insights Into the Evolution of Human Speech
(ScienceDaily; May 31, 2021)
Out of Asia: How Monkey and Ape Ancestors Colonized Africa
(Smithsonian; June 4, 2012)
Evolution may help explain prolific texting and tweeting
(Philadelphia Inquirer; May 8, 2012)
A New Aquatic Ape Theory
(Smithsonian; April 16, 2012)
Fossil Foot Indicates New Prehuman Species
(New York Times; March 28, 2012)
Species 'rafted' to Madagascar, some believe
(MSNBC; March 19, 2012)
Fossil Pongo showing different periodicity of Retzius lines
(Physorg; February 27, 2012)
Preening the History of Primates
(Wired; January 30, 2012)
Most Recent European Great Ape Discovered
(ScienceDaily; January 13, 2012)
Toe Fossil Contributes to a Head-Scratcher
(New York Times; January 16, 2012)
Study shows early primate had a transitional lemur-like grooming claw
(EurekAlert; January 10, 2012)
New model suggests early humans lost fur after developing bipedalism
(Physorg; December 13, 2011)
Found: New Fossils of Oldest American Primate
(Newswise; November 15, 2011)
Genetic mutation may have led to rise of humans
(MSNBC; October 10, 2011)
Multimillion-year-old skull may hold key to human origins
(Telegraph; September 19, 2011)
Building a smarter ape?
(Physorg; August 23, 2011)
Ancient primate fossil unearthed
(BBC News; August 2, 2011)
Prehistoric Footprints Show How Our Ancestors Walked
(Discovery News; July 19, 2011)
Stressed Lemurs and Grass-Eating Humans
(Wired; May 31, 2011)
Mescalerolemur: It Came From the Devil's Graveyard
(Wired; May 24, 2011)
New fossil primate found in Texas
(UPI; May 16, 2011)
Neanderthal ancestors were mostly right-handed
(MSNBC; April 30, 2011)
Vulnerable Gorilla Owes Fate to Climate Change and Humans
(LiveScience; April 1, 2011)
New Species Found: Thai Fossils Reveal Ancient Primate
(National Geographic Daily News; March 11, 2011)
Human ancestors have identity crisis
(ScienceNews; February 16, 2011)
Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing
(BBC News; February 10, 2011)
10 Things About Humans We've Learned Studying Primates
(Discovery; January 1, 2011)
Did big babies help bring human ancestors down from the trees?
(Scientific American; January 3, 2011)
Early primates lived fast, died young
(UPI; November 16, 2010)
Neandertal Brains Developed More Like Chimps'
(Science Now; November 8, 2010)
New statistical model moves human evolution back 3 million years
(EurekAlert; November 5, 2010)
Mouse-Sized Primates Shed Light on Human Origins
(Science; October 27, 2010)
Scientists get dander up in missing-link debate
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; October 11, 2010)
'Lucy' species used stone tools, fossil study says
(Associated Press; August 11, 2010)
A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive
(NPR; July 26, 2010)
Divers find ancient monkey fossil
(BBC News; July 21, 2010)
A Discovery Could Help Date Monkey-Ape Split
(New York Times; July 19, 2010)
Apes, Old World Monkeys May Have Split Later Than Thought
(Wired; July 14, 2010)
Lucy's Ancestor, 'Big Man,' Revealed
(Discovery News; June 21, 2010)
Climate change made apes vanish in ancient Europe
(BBC News; June 7, 2010)
Fossil Antelope Teeth Hold Clues to Europe's Missing Apes
(Wired; June 3, 2010)
Scientists scrap over the place of "Ardi" in the trees--and in the primate family tree
(Scientific American; May 27, 2010)
Odd Mosaic of Dental Features Reveals Undocumented Primate
(National Science Foundation; May 10, 2010)
11-Million-Year-Old Primate Discovered
(Discovery News; April 21, 2010)
Biologically We Are Just Another Ape
(NPR; April 19, 2010)
New species of early hominid found
(PhysOrg; April 6, 2010)
Human ancestors walked comfortably upright 3.6 million years ago, new footprint study says
(Scientific American; March 20, 2010)
Mitochondrial evidence for multiple radiations in the evolutionary history of small apes
(7th Space; March 12, 2010)
Recently analyzed fossil was not human ancestor as claimed, anthropologists say
(EurekAlert; March 2, 2010)
New Theory on the Origin of Primates
(ScienceDaily; January 20, 2010)
What the small-brained hobbit reveals about primate evolution
(Scientific American; January 26, 2010)
Lemur Ancestors Rafted to Madagascar
(Discovery News; January 21, 2010)
Feet hold the key to human hand evolution
(BBC News; January 18, 2010)
Oldest primate fossils found
(Bangkok Post; January 7, 2009)
Africa's Rarest Monkey Had An Intriguing Sexual Past, DNA Study Confirms
(ScienceDaily; November 11, 2009)
On 'Nova,'Theories of How the Apes Became Us
(New York Times; November 2, 2009)
Cientistas: 'elo perdido' dos primatas pode ser só um lêmure
(Terra Networks, Brazil; October 22, 2009; in Portuguese)
What Ever Happened to Kenyanthropus platyops?
(Science; October 29, 2009)
Bone Crunching Debunks 'First Monkey' Ida Fossil Hype
(Wired; October 21, 2009)
Ancient Lemurs Take Bite Out of Evolutionary Tree
(U.S. News and World Report; October 22, 2009)
Timeline: Ardi and The Human Family Tree
(Discovery News; October 4, 2009)
At long last, meet Ardipithecus ramidus
(Laelaps; October 2, 2009)
Before Lucy Came Ardi, New Earliest Hominid Found
(Associated Press; October 1, 2009)
'Ardi,' Oldest Human Ancestor, Unveiled
(Discovery News; October 1, 2009)
Fossil Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy
(New York Times; October 1, 2009)
African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery
(ScienceDaily; September 15, 2009)
Are Our Big Brains the Reason Newborns Can't Walk?
(Scientific American; September 1, 2009)
Sloth and Primate Fossils Found in Underwater Cave
(U.S. News and World Report; August 19, 2009)
Bipedal Humans Came Down From The Trees, Not Up From The Ground
(ScienceDaily; August 11, 2009)
Pitt anthropologist offers different opinion of humans' closest kin
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; August 3, 2009)
Poetry In Pathology
(NPR; July 29, 2009)
Rwanda And A Golden Monkey
(NPR; July 28, 2009)
Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
(Associated Press; July 1, 2009)
Fossil Suggests Human, Ape Ancestor Hails From Asia
(Discovery News; June 30, 2009)
Debate rages on humans' closest relative
(MSNBC; June 29, 2009)
Low Brainer: Ancient Skull Shows Early Primates Didn't Need Big Brains
(Scientific American; June 23, 2009)
Ancient primate sniffed out dinner in the trees
(Associated Press; June 22, 2009)
Humans related to orangutans, not chimps
(UPI; June 22, 2009)
Could the orang-utan be our closest relative?
(New Scientist; June 17, 2009)
Researchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia describe a new hominid
(EurekAlert; June 2, 2009)
Celebrity Fossil Primate: Missing Link or Weak Link?
(Science; May 29, 2009)
New Giant Lemur Species Discovered
(LiveScience; May 28, 2009)
New Insight Into Primate Eye Evolution
(PR Newswire; May 18, 2009)
Scientist on primate fossil find
(BBC News; May 19, 2009)
Scientists Unveil Missing Link In Evolution
(Sky News; May 19, 2009)
Sir David Attenborough documentary 'reveals missing link in human evolution'
(Telegraph; May 10, 2009)
'Hobbit' New Species After All, Says Study
(Discovery News; May 6, 2009)
Our Ancestors Were No Swingers
(ScienceNOW; April 13, 2009)
Standing start: What made one type of ape learn to walk on two feet?
(Independent; February 10, 2009)
On Darwin's 200th, a theory still in controversy
(Associated Press; February 8, 2009)
Our ancestors: how primates spread across the earth
(Independent; February 9, 2009)
Unfinished business
(The Economist; February 5, 2009)
Monkey study sheds light on human origins
(UPI; January 13, 2009)
The Human Pedigree: A Timeline of Hominid Evolution
(Scientific American; December 1, 2008)
Our ancestors had floppy, flexible gibbon feet
(MSNBC; November 19, 2008)
New Fossil Reveals Primates Lingered in Texas; Climate Provided Refuge for Diminishing Population
(The University of Texas at Austin News; October 13, 2008)
Gene enhancer in evolution of human opposable thumb
(EurekAlert; September 5, 2008)
He cooked up a new theory on evolution
(Boston Globe; September 15, 2008)
Finger evidence that separates man from chimps
(Times Online; September 5, 2008)
Piecing together an extinct lemur, large as a big baboon
(EurekAlert; July 28, 2008)
Little Teeth Suggest Big Jump In Primate Timeline
(ScienceDaily; August 5, 2008)
Big Brains Arose Twice In Higher Primates
(ScienceDaily; July 9, 2008)
Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain
(ScienceDaily; June 19, 2008)
Charles Darwin: 'Is man an ape or an angel?'
(Telegraph; June 17, 2008)
How Are Humans Unique?
(New York Times; May 25, 2008)
Ancestors had leg-up to trees
(BBC News; May 16, 2008)
Aye-aye diverged from other lemurs 66M years ago
(Wild Madagascar.org; February 25, 2008)
New twist in Hobbit-human debate
(BBC News; March 5, 2008)
A long trek for ancient mini monkeys
(Boston Globe; March 3, 2008)
Lemurs' Evolutionary History May Shed Light On Our Own
(ScienceDaily; February 27, 2008)
Oldest hominid discovered is 7 million years old: study
(AFP; February 27, 2008)
Understanding primate evolution could aid HIV research
(Rockefeller University Newswire; February 27, 2008)
Why We're Different: Probing the Gap Between Apes and Humans
(Science; January 25, 2008)
Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q and A with Richard Wrangham
(Scientific American; December 19, 2007)
Ice Ages And Rivers May Have Affected Gorilla Diversification
(ScienceDaily; December 11, 2007)
Fossils Illustrate Sex Differences In Growth And The Costs Of Being A Male
(Medical News Today; December 2, 2007)
Mama, Is That You? Possible Ape Ancestor Found
(Discovery News; November 12, 2007)
Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human
(Science; October 23, 2007)
Neanderthals Had Important Speech Gene, DNA Evidence Shows
(New York Times; October 19, 2007)
Human Ancestors Walked Upright, Study Claims
(LiveScience; October 9, 2007)
Research Unplugged: A conversation with Nina Jablonski
(State College Local News; October 9, 2007)
Scientists say 'hobbit' was not modern human
(MSNBC; September 20, 2007)
Ancient humans walked but 'struggled to run'
(Telegraph; September 9, 2007)
Evolution in the Social Brain
(Science; September 7, 2007)
New Fossil Ape May Shatter Human Evolution Theory
(National Geographic News; August 22, 2007)
Evolution is driven by gene regulation
(EurekAlert; August 9, 2007)
Finds test human origins theory
(BBC News; August 8, 2007)
Fossils Challenge Linear Evolution
(New York Times; August 9, 2007)
Evidence Of Very Recent Human Adaptation: Up To 10 Percent Of Human Genome May Have Changed
(ScienceDaily; July 12, 2007)
Evolution and the brain
(Nature; June 13, 2007)
Ask the Experts: What is the latest theory of why humans lost their body hair? Why are we the only hairless primate?
(Scientific American; June 4, 2007)
Did upright walking start in trees?
(USA Today; June 1, 2007)
Color Vision Drove Primates to Develop Red Skin and Hair, Study Finds
(Ohio University Research News; May 24, 2007)
Human Ancestor Had Lime-Size Brain
(National Geographic News; May 14, 2007)
Human ancestor not so brainy
(Reuters; May 14, 2007)
National Humanities Center Launches New Website for Scientists and Humanists
(Ascribe; April 19, 2007)
Chimps are ahead of humans in the great evolutionary race
(Times Online; April 17, 2007)
Lamar professor sifts ancient primates out of South Texas dirt
(Beaumont Enterprise; April 1, 2007)
Stubby legs in primates for fighting, not tree climbing: study
(Discovery Reports; March 12, 2007)
A Recent Split of Humans and Chimps?
(ScienceNOW Daily News; February 27, 2007)
Birth rate, competition are major players in hominid extinctions
(EurekAlert; February 16, 2007)
Hobbit Skeptics Split on What a Second Skull Would Mean
(Scientific American; February 6, 2007)
Research revises ideas about primate ancestry
(Yale Daily News; January 31, 2007)
Paleontologists discover most primitive primate skeleton
(EurekAlert; January 23, 2007)
Study: Primates may have come along earlier than thought
(Gainesville Sun; January 16, 2007)
What is the Hobbit?
(PLoS Biology; December 12, 2006)
Did evolution make our eyes stand out?
(MSNBC; November 8, 2006)
Neandertal Gene Study Reveals Early Split With Humans
(National Geographic News; October 26, 2006)
Piltdown's lessons for modern science
(BBC News; October 16, 2006)
Primate expert discounts Hobbit discovery
(UPI; October 9, 2006)
Prehistoric Man Faced Death From Above
(ABC News; September 6, 2006)
Snake Threat May Have Spurred Evolution of Primate Eyes
(National Geographic News; August 10, 2006)
Ancient Global Warming Spurred Primates Into North America, Fossils Show
(National Geographic News; August 2, 2006)
Ancient global warming drove early primates ' dispersal
(University of Michigan News Service; July 25, 2006)
Human Ancestors May Have Hit the Ground Running
(LiveScience; July 24, 2006)
Rare Mesopithecus skull unearthed in Chalkidiki
(Athens News Agency; July 25, 2006)
Earliest hominid: Not a hominid at all?
(University of Michigan News Service; June 19, 2006)
New twist in 'hobbit' human story
(BBC News; May 31, 2006)
The Thinkers: Pitt anthropologist thinks Darwin's theory needs to evolve on some points
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; May 29, 2006)
New research suggests 'hobbit' was not a new species
(New Scientist; May 18, 2005)
T Cell "Brakes" Lost During Human Evolution
(Newswise; April 26, 2006)
Hominid fossils from Ethiopia link ape-men to more distant human ancestors
(EurekAlert; April 12, 2006)
Separate genetic mutations gave people, chimps bitter-taste sensitivity
(EurekAlert; April 12, 2006)
Scientists narrow time limits for human, chimp split
(Physorg.com; December 20, 2005)
Geneticists find link to brain evolution
(MSNBC; December 14, 2005)
Prehistoric skull may be missing ancestor
(Mail and Guardian, South Africa; November 11, 2005)
Giant gorilla was once a human neighbor
(USA Today; November 8, 2005)
Gigantic Apes Coexisted with Early Humans, Study Finds
(Live Science; November 7, 2005)
Prehistoric skull found in dump may be missing ancestor
(Guardian Unlimited; November 7, 2005)
Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans
(EurekAlert; July 13, 2004)
New Primate Fossils Support "Out of Africa" Theory
(National Geographic News; October 17, 2005)
New 'Hobbit' disease link claim
(BBC News; September 23, 2005)
New species of early Man
(Telegraph, UK; September 14, 2005)
First chimpanzee fossils found
(BBC News; September 1, 2005)
Tracing the roots of the human race
(Toledo Blade; August 5, 2005)
Early man more wary than war-like, new book asserts
(News and Information, Washington University in St. Louis; July 7, 2005)
Ancient DNA confirms single origin of Malagasy primates
(EurekAlert; June 6, 2005)
In Search Of The Hobbit
(CBS News; May 2, 2005)
Fossils of Apelike Creature Still Stir Lineage Debate
(New York Times; April 12, 2005)
Four books on human origins and evolution
(New Scientist; April 9, 2005)
Fresh scandal over old bones
(USA Today; March 21, 2005)
New Human Ancestor Fossil Discovery In Afar Region Of Ethiopia
(ScienceDaily; March 8, 2005)
World's oldest biped skeleton unearthed
(New Scientist; March 7, 2005)
'Man the Hunter' Theory Is Debunked in New Book
(Kansas City InfoZine; February 6, 2005)
Believe it or not, they're all the same species
(The Telegraph, UK; December 26, 2004)
Comparing primate genomes offers insight into human evolution
(EurekAlert; July 12, 2004)
Evidence That Human Brain Evolution Was A Special Event
(ScienceDaily; January 12, 2005)
Fossils in the flesh
(San Diego Union-Tribune; June 23, 2004)
New Fossil May Be Closest Yet To Ancestor Of All Great Apes
(ScienceDaily; November 24, 2004)
UCLA/Emory Article Reviews How Human Brain Evolved Separately From Body
(Science Daily; November 30, 2004)
'Original' great ape discovered
(BBC News; November 18, 2004)
Evolution's "High Priest" Returns With New "Tale"
(National Geographic News; November 15, 2004)
New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
(EurekAlert; November 18, 2004)
Running Extra Mile Sets Humans Apart in Primates' World
(New York Times; November 18, 2004)
Bite makes way for brain
(The Scientist; March 24, 2004)
Miniature People Add Extra Pieces to Evolutionary Puzzle
(New York Times; November 9, 2004)
Experts split over human Hobbit remains
(ABC Science News, Australia; October 29, 2004)
New Species of Small Human Found in Indonesia
(Science; October 29, 2004)
New exhibit renews argument over orangutan theory of human origins
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; March 29, 2004)
Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says
(National Geographic News; September 2, 2004)
Fossil Jaw Grows Orangutan Family Tree, Scientists Say
(National Geographic News; January 28, 2004)
Scientist challenges interpretation of new find, the oldest primate fossil ever discovered
(EurekAlert; December 31, 2003)
Human Brains Evolved For Social Competition
(Newswise; August 3, 2004)
Handsome men evolved thanks to picky females
(New Scientist; May 4, 2004)
Ancient skull challenges human origins
(CNN; July 10, 2002)
Difference Between Humans and Apes Linked to a Missing Oxygen Atom
(ScienceDaily; September 29, 1998)
Digging into the brain
(BBC News; September 9, 2003)
Do Pakistan fossils alter path of lemur evolution?
(National Geographic News; October 22, 2001)
Earliest evidence of lemurs discovered in Pakistan, far from their current home, Science reports
(ScienceDaily; October 22, 2001)
Flat-faced man is puzzle
(BBC News; March 21, 2001)
Fossil hints at primate origins
(BBC News; October 28, 2003)
Fossil Implies Our Early Kin Lived in Trees, Study Says
(National Geographic News; November 21, 2002)
Fossil protein breakthrough will probe evolution
(New Scientist; November 13, 2002)
Fossil teeth hint at orang-utan origins
(BBC News; March 5, 2003)
Hardy clues to ascent of Man
(BBC News; February 6, 2001)
How humans lost their scents
(EurekAlert; March 18, 2003)
Human evolution at the crossroads: Integrating genetics and paleontology
(EurekAlert; February 15, 2004)
Man or ape? African fossil sparks verbal war
(Independent Online, South Africa; October 11, 2002)
Meet the oldest member of the human family
(Scientific American; July 11, 2002)
New face added to humankind's family tree
(National Geographic News; March 21, 2001)
New find challenges Lucy as mankind's oldest ancestor
(New York Times; March 21, 2001)
Newly discovered fossils from China shed light on common ancestry of monkeys, apes, and humans
(Northern Illinois University press release; March 15, 2000)
Oldest hominid skull shakes family tree
(New Scientist; July 10, 2002)
Oldest' ape-man fossils revealed
(BBC News; February 7, 2001)
Paleanthropologist Leakey speaking here on new fossils, debates on human origins
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; October 14, 2002)
Pinpointing how humans differ from apes
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; September 23, 1998)
Primate ancestor lived with dinos
(BBC News; April 17, 2002)
Researchers discover fossils of tiny, thumb-sized primates
(Northern Illinois University press release; March 15, 2000)
Shedding Light on the Origin of Primate Color Vision
(ScienceDaily; November 9, 1999)
Skull Details Suggest Neanderthals Were Not Humans
(New York Times; January 27, 2004)
Skull find sparks controversy
(BBC News; July 12, 2002)
Skull fossil opens window into early period of human origins
(National Geographic News; July 11, 2002)
Skull may alter experts' view of human descent's branches
(New York Times; March 22, 2001)
Tiny fossils, big find
(San Francisco Chronicle; March 16, 2000)
Toumai the human ancestor
(NPR; July 10, 2002)
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Very Very Very Wooden Wedding | Kurt Weill | 2:40 | £0.79 | View in iTunes |
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Song of the Rhineland (Duet With Ira Gershwin) | Kurt Weill | 3:10 | £0.79 | View in iTunes |
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The Jersey Plunk - the Trouble With Women (Quartet) | Kurt Weill | 3:00 | £0.79 | View in iTunes |
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"A series of private rehearsal recordings," notes the album cover, and inside are performances by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Ira Gershwin, demonstrating songs written for two Weill projects of the mid-'40s, the 1943 Broadway musical One Touch of Venus and the 1945 movie musical Where Do We Go from Here? Gershwin is featured only on the tracks intended for the latter, to which he wrote the words. The film concerns a contemporary man intent on getting into the Army, and thereby the action, during World War II, despite a 4F physical rating, who stumbles upon a genie in a lamp and inadvertently ends up in various historical incidents including Columbus' discovery of America (the extended piece "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria"); Washington at Valley Forge (where the hero overhears the enemy Hessians singing "Song of the Rhineland"); and, in a section cut from the final script, the Indians discussing the sale of Manhattan ("Manhattan [Indian Song]"). Accompanied by Weill at the piano, Gershwin sings these songs spiritedly in his distinct New York accent, Weill piping in in his high German tenor at points in "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria." Gershwin's wit and wordplay are on display even on these minor efforts. The songs from One Touch of Venus, with lyrics by Ogden Nash, are much better remembered, particularly "Speak Low" and "That's Him." Weill alone handles this material, which includes two songs, "Very Very Very" and "Jersey Plunk," that were dropped from the score before opening night. Of course, these are not polished, professional performances intended for the public to hear, but they will fascinate fans of show music.
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The diagram suggests that the most common swell direction, shown by the biggest spokes, was W (which was the same as the prevailing wind direction). The chart at the bottom shows the same thing but without direction information. For example, swells larger than 1.5 feet (0.5m) coincided with good wind conditions 23% of the time, equivalent to 21 days. Open water swells exceeding >3m (>10ft) only occur 1.2% of the time in a typical northern hemisphere winter, equivalent to just one day but 6% of the time we expect swell in the range 2-3m (6.5-10ft) 6%, equivalent to (5 days). Taking into account the ratio of these swells that coincided with predicted offshore winds, and given the fact that Anse de Cabestan is exposed to open water swells, we think that that clean surf can be found at Anse de Cabestan about 23% of the time and that surf is spoilt by onshore wind 68% of the time. This is means that we expect 83 days with waves in a typical northern hemisphere winter, of which 21 days should be clean enough to surf.
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It's a cool piece of sculpture! It's also an American icon, in part because a lyre-mandolin with a superimposed bust of Orville Gibson (b. 1856-d. 1918) was pictured on labels placed in Gibson guitars and mandolins well into the 20th century.
The label, designed and printed soon after Orville received his one and only patent in 1898, may well have been placed in the lyre-mandolin some time after the instrument was actually built.
The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, still building guitars today in Nashville, was founded on October 10, 1902, when five businessmen in Kalamazoo, Michigan, paid Orville $2,500 for his name and his one and only patent (#598,245), issued February 1, 1898.
Believed to have begun experimenting with making instruments soon after leaving his home in upstate New York and settling in Kalamazoo as a shoe clerk in 1881, Orville filed for the patent in 1896, while working at a restaurant in order to survive—and spending all of his free time developing new instruments.
Orville Gibson's basic principle was to carve arched tops and backs for his mandolins, as had traditionally been done with violins, while cutting the sides and neck (partially hollowed out) from one piece of walnut, rather than bending the sides from thin strips of wood, as violin makers do.
Gibson's hand-carved lyre-mandolin enhances the classic lyre form of antiquity with two stylized swans, complete with feet, all carved, amazingly, as part of the top and back (nothing is grafted into place). Similar feet are also found on an equally rare mandolin-guitar, also built by Orville and said to be dated 1894, that is still owned by the Gibson company.
Lyre-guitars (such as the NMM's example by François Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810) were popular in Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, products of the neo-classical design movement. Since nothing is known about Gibson's development of the lyre-mandolin, and because his lyre design was not patented, it is impossible to say for certain whether he generated the idea on his own or was influenced by other makers. Albert Ganss, Austin, Texas, for example, was awarded a patent in 1892 for a lyre-guitar of the neo-classical type, and William Hay, Scranton, Pennsylvania, received a patent in 1893 for a "lyro-guitar" with solid arms. Walter H. Small, New York, filed a design patent in 1899 for a lyre-mandolin with a flat back, and Raffaele Calace of Naples, Italy, produced a lyre-mandolin with a round back at the turn of the century. A design similar to Calace's was patented in 1904 by Nicholas Turturro, an Italian immigrant living in New York, following a January 27, 1903 patent application.
The lyre-mandolin's ornately carved peghead is faced with a highly figured mahogany veneer and an inset star and crescent moon. The star and crescent are also found on early Orville Gibson guitars, including NMM 10855, built in 1902, currently on exhibit in the Lillibridge Gallery.
The star and crescent set into the peghead are typical symbols for "darkness" in its many manifestations, as reflected, for instance, in Mozart's late work, Die Zauberflöte (1791), which heralded the overt romanticism of the 19th century.
As Orville worked in a restaurant to survive, while spending every free moment inventing unique instruments—at a time when U.S. ingenuity, imagination, and personal freedom was about to lead to U.S. domination of the industrialized world—the "shared memory" common to millions of immigrants perhaps led him to combine the romantic symbolism of the old world with the inventiveness of the new.
The obvious absence of a pick-guard might mean that the lyre-mandolin was a prototype. Or perhaps the instrument was intended to be used on stage in a theatrical production. Photographs survive in which Orville is wearing romantic costumes, as musicians often did in the mandolin clubs and orchestras that were becoming popular in the 1890's.
Walter Carter and George Gruhn note in an article about this instrument, published in the October 2006 issue of Vintage Guitar: "Even without the Orville connection, this instrument is one of the most striking and memorable fretted instruments ever created, and its combination of aesthetic design and historical importance is unmatched."
Printed in black ink on paper label with rounded corners, Orville Gibson photo on lyre mandolin trademark at center of label, with text TRADE MARK: [the following on left side of lyre trademark] The Gibson / Mandolins and Guitars [two fleurons] / Are acknowl- / edged by lead- / ing Artists as / World Beaters. / [four fleurons] / EVERY INSTRUMENT / WARRANTED. [sic] / [the following on right side of lyre trademark] Correct Scale. / Easy to Play. / Beautiful Model. / Powerful Tone. / [four fleurons] / Originated and / Patented Febru- / ary 1, 1898, by / O. H. GIBSON / .Kalamazoo, Mich.
Stamped on tailpiece: PAT'D OCT 26.86
Body: Lyre-shaped body with footed decorative elements at base of body and ends of lyre arms. Soundboard: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: wide grain; carved arching, flattening at edges and center. Back: one-piece, slab-cut walnut; carved arching, flattening at edges and center. Ribs: walnut, carved; integral with neck. Head: walnut, upper and lower halves of separate pieces, flared and festooned outline; veneered with curled mahogany. Neck: walnut, upper and lower ayers; lower layer integral with rib; hollowed with round hole in base.
Inlay: Binding: none. Head: inlaid with pink abalone crescent and star. Rosette: oval soundhole with rosette set in 1/8" from edge; two-part, concentric rosette, the bands 1/8" apart, comprised of strips of angled, alternating light and dark hardwood, surrounded on each side by ingle strips of light and dark hardwood.
Trim: Heel cap: none. Fingerboard: padauk; 18 nickel-silver frets; single white abalone dots behind 3th, 7th, 10th, and 15th frets; double mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th and 12th frets. Nut: ivory; later. Bridge: padauk; circles cut from under each course of strings; bridge ends with two decorative scrolls on each side. Tuners: eight nickel-silver tension pegs with ivoroid heads. Pick guard: none. Finish: clear with craquelure.
Interior: Linings: none. Neck block: none. End block: none. Top bracing: none. Back races: none.
Total mandolin length: 673 mm (26-1/2″) Back length: 305 mm (12″) from neck heel, 244 mm (9-5/8″) from lowest point of rib Upper bout width (at widest point of lyre at top): 339 mm (13-11/32″) Waist width (at widest point of lyre): 475 mm (18-11/16″) Lower bout width: 254 mm (10″) at widest point of base; 138 mm (5-7/16″) at narrowest point of body Narrowest point of lyre arms: 30 mm (1-3/16″) Rib height: 33-34 mm (1-5/16″) Head length: 198 mm (7-13/16″) Head width, top: 115 mm (4-1/2″) Head width, bottom: 56 mm (2-3/16″) Neck length (nut to ribs): 184 mm (7-1/4″) Neck width, nut: 31 mm (1-7/32″) Neck width, heel: 40 mm (1-9/16″) Soundhole height: 45 mm (1-25/32″) Soundhole width: 77 mm (3-1/32″) Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 369 mm (14-1/2″)
Literature: George Gruhn, "Orville Gibson Lyre Mandolin," Vintage Guitar 20, No. 12 (October 2006), p. 40.
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As rumors abound that Apple is moving towards an inevitable removal of the beloved home button, a second possibility crops up in the form of a capacitive sensor that replaces the woes of a physical button.
Today we'll discuss why the home button is a central element of the iOS experience and whether or not it can be replaced with something such as a gesture or touch-sensitive switch without a dramatic reduction in usability.
Simple is Better
Few deny that Apple's line of multitouch products have a beautifully simple and streamlined design. In just a few years, the iPhone has surely become one of the most replicated cell phone designs of all time.
Despite endless pleas for physical keyboards from Blackberry fans, one of the things that Apple really got right on the iPhone right from the start was a strong emphasis on the gorgeous interactive display. The key way that this is accomplished is through the lack of any distractions on the face of the device; there's only a screen and a single button. Notice that Apple has been a big fan of simple form factors like this for quite some time. In its day, the Newton was fairly minimal and contained little else on its face than a screen.
The single button format has now been carried out across the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but has recently become a hotly debated topic. Just to give you an idea of the scope of the debate, let's go over both the pros and cons of our friend the home button.
Home Button: Pros
There are plenty of really strong arguments in favor of keeping the home button right where it is. The simplest and strongest of these is that it makes Apple's iOS devices extremely intuitive. Almost any person on the planet, whether they're four or ninety years old, can figure out how to make an iPhone or iPad work in a few seconds or less.
All you see when you pick up an iOS device is a big screen and a button. Touching the screen gets you nowhere so there's only one other option! Pressing the button brings the screen alive where you find instructions for unlocking the device.
From here, things stay as simple as humanly possible. You see a grid of items and when you want to try one of them, you reach out and touch it. This brings up a new problem though, how to go back. Everything in the app is controlled via on-screen controls so once again the user only has one logical action to try: pressing the home button. Again this does exactly as intended and brings the user back to where they started.
You might think this progression is so obvious that it doesn't even merit discussion, but in reality this is a carefully and ingeniously crafted experience and is a driving force behind these devices reaching a point of saturation far beyond tech nerds.
The argument that many usability fans are currently making is that if Apple takes this button away, they'll take with it all of the ease-of-use currently associated with the devices. Sure, a four-finger gesture is a fine way for power users to exit an app, but what about new users? Suddenly the formerly intuitive experience would now require a guided walk-through.
Would Apple Really Do This?
I happen to strongly agree with this argument. The iPhone might look better without a button on the front, but it certainly would not be as user-friendly. However, this idea isn't without flaws.
The main problem with this argument is the assumption that, upon removing the home button, Apple wouldn't replace it with something equally intuitive. We've heard they're considering complicated gestures, but that doesn't meant there won't also be something just as good or even better than the home button.
Apple tends to hide lots of tricks up their sleeve and I wouldn't bet any substantial amount of money on them ruining the experience of their current favorite cash cow because of a button!
Home Button: Cons
The downside of the home button is of course that it must be physically pressed and is therefore prone to failure. Further, it's possible that without the necessity of this button, Apple could significantly reduce the size of both the iPhone and iPad simply by cutting down on the outer bezel.
You have to wonder if this is enough incentive for Apple to make the bold move of eliminating the button. If you think about where Apple's design trends are headed, it almost makes sense.
Apple's interface designs in OS X aren't becoming more elaborate, instead the interfaces are disappearing! Apps like QuickTime are attractive in their attempt to be absolutely borderless. Similarly, iOS devices are already nearly all-screen, how much of a leap would it be to have an iPhone that really is only as tall and wide as the screen?
Will the Home Button Become Capacitive?
To make this conversation even more interesting, Tech Crunch has recently posted images of a "potentially leaked" (meaning likely fake) iPod Touch with a capacitive home button. Real or not, these images do bring some interesting ideas for how to eliminate on of the main cons of the home button while retaining most of the pros.
One thing that immediately comes to mind is the 3rd generation iPod with its capacitive button strip along the top. These were short-lived and quickly dropped in favor of the click wheel design.
Looking back, these little buttons weren't my favorite, especially when compared with the solid feel of the current iPhone home button. It's interesting to note that Apple didn't stick with this design for long. However, they have implemented and sustained similar buttons on cinema displays.
What Do You Think?
To be honest, I don't see Apple ditching the home button altogether any time soon. They might surprise me with a new and better system, but until we figure out what that would look like, the simply usability of the one-button format is going to be nigh upon unbeatable. A capacitive button is a possible next step, but I'm not sure if the fail rate on the physical buttons is so high that Apple sees this as a necessary route.
What do you think? Will we begin to see an evolution of the home button into something more tech savvy or possibly even an outright removal of it altogether? Tell us both what you prefer and what route you expect Apple to take.
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I personally like the home button. It defines the iPhone, it's what people recognise along with the screen. If it weren't for this button, it would look damn similar to some of the other phones on the market. I like and want the gestures because they would definitely increase my productivity on the device, just don't get rid of the home button.
I have an idea of how to keep the pros of the home button (usability …) without the home button, but I can't reveal it right now :s
You'll maybe see it in a phone, in a few years… -
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Preterm birth remains a major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in developing as well as in developed countries. Despite major clinical research efforts aimed at reducing the incidence of preterm births in the United States, the preterm birth rate reached its highest level in 2 decades, 11.9% in 2001, which translates to a 27% rise since 1981. Much of this increase may be accounted for by the increase in multiple gestations brought about by assisted reproductive technology. Twin gestations accounting for 20% to 25% of all pregnancies conceived following such procedures. Twin gestations are at a particularly increased risk of preterm labor and they deliver at a mean gestational age of 37 weeks compared to 40 weeks for singleton pregnancies. In a study by our group, we estimated that about 54.5% of twin gestations would deliver prior to 37 completed weeks of gestation; i.e. preterm.
Evidence regarding efficacy of interventions designed to prevent preterm birth has been disappointing. Most well-designed clinical trials have failed to demonstrate any reduction in preterm births with such interventions as home uterine activity monitoring, reduced physical activity, administration of antibiotic or tocolytic therapy, and intensive and frequent antenatal follow ups. Recently, progesterone has shown some promise in the prevention of preterm birth among women with prior preterm births. Whether this intervention will prove effective in other populations, such as women with multiple gestations, remains to be seen.
The objective of our study is to compare the effectiveness of weekly intramuscular injections of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate, a natural metabolite of progesterone, in preventing delivery at less than 37 weeks of gestation in a population of 290 patients with twin gestations between 16 and 36 weeks of gestation compared to a placebo. The data generated will be invaluable in managing this group of patients that is considered at a very high risk for preterm labor and delivery.
Preterm birth remains the leading public health problem in obstetrics. A recent analysis of neonatal mortality (death at age < 28 days) in the United States between 1989 and 2001 revealed that preterm delivery (< 37 weeks) accounted for 70% of neonatal deaths.9 In addition to being at risk for neonatal death, preterm infants are at increased risk for long-term neurologic and developmental morbidity, with an estimated risk of significant handicaps in up to 15% of the survivors. These statistics have led many investigators to identify those women at greatest risk (e.g., those with prior preterm delivery, multiple gestations, maternal weight <50 kg, African-American race, bleeding, and concurrent sexually transmitted diseases). Despite identification of these risk factors, no reproducible and effective method of preventing preterm delivery has been demonstrated. On the contrary, preterm birth rates has risen 27% since 1981.1 A significant contributor to this tremendous rise is the increase in the rate of multiple gestations observed in over the past years. This is partly due to the advances in assisted reproductive technologies with twin gestations accounting for around a quarter of pregnancies conceived following these procedures.
One modality that showed promise for prevention of preterm labor in small trials was treatment with progestational agents. Two separate meta-analyses assessing the effects of progesterone on preterm labor arrived at contradictory conclusions. Goldstein found no evidence of effectiveness of progestational compounds in the prevention of preterm delivery. Daya, on the other hand, showed a beneficial effect. A third meta-analysis, restricted to trials of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate showed, in composite, a significant reduction in the rate of preterm delivery. A recently reported trial comparing 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate therapy with placebo to prevent preterm birth in a select, high-risk group of women (documented history of a previous spontaneous preterm birth <37 weeks of gestation) was terminated prematurely when results showed a significant protection against recurrent preterm birth for women who received 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate. Other studies, using the same form of progesterone, did not demonstrate such a beneficial effect. A study in 1980 has failed to show any benefit of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in women with twin gestations. In that study, 77 women with twin gestations were treated during the last trimester with weekly injections of either 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate or a placebo. The study was limited by the small sample size. In addition, the progesterone therapy was started late in the third trimester of gestation which could partly explain the inability to detect a beneficial effect of progesterone in this group of patients using that particular regimen. Most reported trials on other progesterone compounds have failed to demonstrate a substantial effect in reducing the risk of preterm delivery. However, a recent small randomized placebo-controlled trial of supplemental vaginal progesterone in women at high risk for preterm birth revealed that the preterm birth rate at less than 34 weeks of gestation was significantly lower among women receiving progesterone than among those receiving placebo.8 The results of this study and that of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development7 support the hypothesis that progesterone supplementation reduces preterm birth in a select very high-risk group of women. In fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Obstetric Practice believes that further studies are needed to evaluate the use of progesterone in patients with other high-risk obstetric factors, such as multiple gestations, short cervical length, or positive test results for cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin.
The mechanisms of action of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in prolonging gestation are not entirely known. They include relaxation of myometrial smooth muscle, blocking of the action of oxytocin, and inhibition of the formation of gap junctions. There is also evidence that local changes in the progesterone level or the ratio of progesterone to estrogen in the placenta, decidua, or fetal membranes may be important in the initiation of labor in humans. As for its safety profile, aside from local injection-site reactions like soreness, swelling, itching and bruising, 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate appears to be safe during pregnancy with absence of teratogenic effects. The safety of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate administration in pregnancy is well documented by animal and clinical studies. Reviews of this topic by knowledgeable authors have uniformly concluded that no evidence exists that administration of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in pregnancy represents a significant risk to mother, fetus or newborn.
To test the effectiveness of weekly injections of 250 mg of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate as compared with placebo in the prevention of preterm delivery in patients with twin gestations, when given from 16-20 weeks of gestation until 36 weeks.
We chose the 250 mg dose of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate because this is the dose that was used in the studies that showed a beneficial effect of this medication in the prevention of preterm delivery.
The study hypothesis is that placebo is equivalent in its efficacy to 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate in preventing preterm delivery in twin pregnancies.
to participate in the trial.
Randomization procedure:
- We will stratify patients by reduced/non-reduced and IVF/ no-IVF. Patients will be then randomized to the different treatment groups using permuted block randomization.
- Randomization envelopes will be prepared by means of random number tables. Randomization will occur between 16 weeks and 20 weeks of gestation whereby the next numbered opaque envelope will be opened to assign each consenting patient to receive identically appearing active 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate (Proluton® Depot, Schering AG, Germany) or placebo (castor oil) injections prepared by our pharmacy.
- The women, their obstetricians, and research personnel will be blinded to the study medication allocation.
- A 2:1 ratio will be used for the assignment of women to 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate or placebo, because the patients assigned to placebo would be receiving painful injections on a weekly basis with no possibility of direct benefit.
Routine studies and procedures:
- An ultrasonographic examination, a routine procedure that is done on every pregnant patient, will be performed between 14 weeks and 20 weeks of gestation to confirm the gestational age and to identify any major fetal anomalies.
- Gestational age will be calculated based on the last menstrual period and/or first trimester ultrasonography for spontaneously conceived twins and the day of egg retrieval for twins conceived by assisted reproductive technology.
- After consenting, the patients will be offered to come for weekly injections of 17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate (250 mg) or placebo given by a study nurse. If they cannot come for weekly injections, they will be handled the medications at the time of their follow up visits to their obstetricians to be given by a private nurse, whichever is more convenient for them. In order to avoid the burden on the clinic staff, it was decided to use the OPD premises from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., a time where OPD sessions are over. Flow sheets to document the date of the injection will be available with the RA, obviating the need for pulling out patients charts. The financial compensation of the staff-nurse will comply with AUMBC rules and regulations.
- For those patients who elect to receive their injections at home, they will be called on the day of the injection to remind them of the injection to ensure that they are receiving the medication in due time.
- The patient will be categorized as non-compliant if there is ≥ 10 day-gap between any two injections.
- The injections will be continued until 36 weeks of gestation or delivery, whichever occurs first.
- In addition to the weekly visits for the study injections, the women will receive routine prenatal care with her obstetrician. Twin gestations at our department are usually asked to come for routine checkup visits every 3-4 weeks in the first and second trimester and every 2 weeks from 28 weeks to 36 weeks and weekly thereafter.
- The possible side effects of the medication, written in the consent form, will be explained to the patient by the research assistants.
- If a patient goes into preterm delivery, she will be managed by her obstetrician according to standard protocols that might necessitate admission and even tocolysis. In these cases, the injections will continue on a weekly basis till 36 weeks of gestation or delivery, whichever occurs first.
Statistical analysis Statistical analysis will be performed using the SPSS statistical package adjusting for the stratified design. The analyses will be done on the intent-to-treat basis. Categorical data like maternal characteristics and the rates of neonatal morbidity will be compared using Chi square when sample sizes support the approximation. Otherwise, categorical data will be analyzed with two-tailed Fisher exact test if the expected cell frequencies were small. Continuous variables will be compared by Student t test if assumptions of normality and homogeneity of variances appeared to be reasonable or the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Unpaired variables and differences in distributions will be compared using the Mann-Whitney test. Neonatal outcomes will be analyzed on the assumption that if a neonatal outcome variable occurs in at least one of the fetuses, the pregnancy will be considered affected for that variable. A p-value <0.05 will be considered statistically significant.
A Logistic regression model will include all the confounding variables to for check their contribution to the primary outcome. The variables that we are going to control for include: need for tocolysis, BMI, smoking, assisted reproductive technology, prior preterm delivery, prior term delivery, spontaneous or reduced twins, etc ….
Prolongation of pregnancy will be assessed by life-table methods. The duration will be considered as the period between the time of randomization and the time a woman gives birth, is lost to follow-up, or reaches 40 weeks of gestation, whichever comes first.
- Managing preterm neonates is a major burden on the health system medically and financially. The results of this study will therefore have major implications if such treatment proves effective in reducing preterm delivery in twins.
- Limitations: Since the study is limited to twin gestations, the results cannot be generalized to singletons without risk factors for preterm labor or to higher order gestations.
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Placebo Control, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Preterm Delivery
17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate, Castor oil
American University of Beirut
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Published on BioPortfolio: 2014-08-27T03:52:01-0400
Treatment of Preterm Labor With 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate
The goal of our research will be to determine the effectiveness of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) in the treatment of preterm delivery. Treatment with progesterone is emergin...
17 Alfa Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate Versus Natural Progesterone for the Prevention of Preterm Labor
Preterm deliveries play a significant role in neonatal morbidity and mortality. Previous studies showed that administration of progesterone to pregnant women at high risk, decrease spontan...
As part of the continuing effort to study the benefit and risks of 17P and preterm delivery, this study is designed as a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, vehicle-controlled clinical...
17OHP for Reduction of Neonatal Morbidity Due to Preterm Birth (PTB) in Twin and Triplet Pregnancies
Hypothesis: Among women with twin or triplet pregnancies, weekly injections of 17-alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17OHP), started before 24 weeks of gestation, will reduce neonatal mo...
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation to Prevent Preterm Birth in High Risk Pregnancies
A recently completed trial of weekly injections of 17 alpha hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) found significant effectiveness for 17P in preventing recurrent preterm birth. However, the g...
Spontaneous preterm birth is a syndrome with many causes and thus unresponsive to a single intervention. It logically follows that patients with a prior spontaneous preterm birth are a heterogeneous g...
Smoking, 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate, and Preterm Birth.
Objective The objective of this study was to determine if maternal smoking modifies the effectiveness of 17 α-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17OHP-C). Study Design Secondary analysis of the Matern...
Outcomes With Cerclage Alone Compared With Cerclage Plus 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate.
Prediction of preterm delivery in symptomatic women (preterm labor).
To evaluate the predictors of spontaneous preterm birth in case of preterm labor.
Progress in research of relationship between vaginal Lactobacillus and preterm delivery.
The vaginal flora in most healthy women is dominated by Lactobacillus species. The absence of Lactobacillus species in vaginal flora might lead to a series of symptoms, especially in pregnant women ca...
A metabolite of PROGESTERONE with a hydroxyl group at the 17-alpha position. It serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of HYDROCORTISONE and GONADAL STEROID HORMONES.
Castor Bean
Common name for Ricinus communis, a species in the family EUPHORBIACEAE. It is the source of CASTOR OIL.
A plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE, order Euphorbiales, subclass Rosidae. The seed of Ricinus communis L. is the CASTOR BEAN which is the source of CASTOR OIL; RICIN; and other lectins.
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The wide middle zone of the adrenal cortex. This zone produces a series of enzymes that convert PREGNENOLONE to cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) via 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE.
A metabolite of 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE, normally produced in small quantities by the GONADS and the ADRENAL GLANDS, found in URINE. An elevated urinary pregnanetriol is associated with CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA with a deficiency of STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE.


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Tailored Intervention to Improve Patient Adherence to Secondary Stroke Prevention Medication
This study has been completed.
Odense University Hospital
University of Southern Denmark
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ulla Hedegaard, Odense University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 10, 2012
Last updated: January 19, 2015
Last verified: January 2015
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Patient suffering a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) or stroke are subsequently at high risk of a new stroke, however, poor adherence to secondary prevention medications occurs frequently within this patient group. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a complex tailored pharmacist intervention will lead to increased adherence to secondary stroke prevention medications and less new stroke events when compared to a usual care group. Interventions focus on motivational interviewing, medication review and telephone follow up.
Condition | Intervention |
Stroke Transient Ischemic Attack |
Behavioral: Complex tailored intervention Behavioral: Usual care |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
Official Title: | Pharmacist Intervention Programme to Improve Medication Adherence in Stroke Patients |
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Further study details as provided by Odense University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Medication Adherence to antiplatelets, anticoagulants and statins measured by proportion of days covered (PDC). [ Time Frame: One year from inclusion ]
- For antiplatelets, anticoagulants and statins: Percent of patients that are at least 80% adherent (PDC>0.8) [ Time Frame: 1 year from inclusion ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Medication Adherence to antihypertensives measured by proportion of days covered (PDC) [ Time Frame: One year from inclusion ]
- Percent of patients that are at least 80% adherent (PDC>0.8) to antihypertensives [ Time Frame: One year from inclusion ]
- Non-persistence with thromboprophylactic agents ( antiplatelets, anticoagulants, statins and antihypertensives) measured by percent of patients that are not supplied with medication for more than 3 continuous months [ Time Frame: One year from inclusion ]
- Accept rate for thromboprophylactic agents measured by percent of patients starting treatment within 0-90 days after discharge. [ Time Frame: 3 months from discharge ]
- Composite endpoint: stroke, myocardial infarction or cardiovascular death [ Time Frame: One year from inclusion ]
Enrollment: | 211 |
Study Start Date: | August 2012 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2014 |
Primary Completion Date: | February 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Complex tailored intervention
The intervention consists of 3 elements:
Behavioral: Complex tailored intervention Behavioral: Usual care |
Placebo Comparator: Usual care
Usual care
Behavioral: Usual care |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 18 years or older
- Patient admitted or receiving ambulatory treatment for an acute transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke which has occurred within the previous 30 days.
- The patient or a carer usually dispenses the patient's medications
- Written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cognitive or physical impairment that would preclude comprehension of a conversation
- Terminal illness
- Lives in a care home or an institution
- Receives dose dispensed medicine from a pharmacy
- Medicine is dispensed by a nurse in the patient's home
- Correctional mental health patients
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01684176
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01684176
Denmark | |
Odense University Hospital | |
Odense C, Denmark, 5000 |
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Odense University Hospital
University of Southern Denmark
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | Ulla Hedegaard, PhD student, MSc (pharm), Odense University Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01684176 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | September 10, 2012 |
Last Updated: | January 19, 2015 |
Keywords provided by Odense University Hospital:
Stroke Ischemic Attack, Transient Medication adherence Motivational interviewing Stroke prevention |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stroke Ischemic Attack, Transient Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases |
Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Brain Ischemia |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017