bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Distinctive Pain Course during First Year after Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Observational Study
Authors: Pagenstert Geert , Horisberger Monika , Leumann André G. , Wiewiorski Martin , Hintermann Beat , Valderrabano Victor
Published: February 2011

Background: Patients and health care professionals alike are often surprised by the course of pain after total ankle arthroplasty (TAA). The current study aimed to determine the baseline patterns of postoperative symptoms during the first year following uncomplicated TAA. Materials and Methods: In a prospective observational study 28 patients with unilateral posttraumatic osteoarthritis were tested for pain with a visual analogue scale, swelling (min grade, 0; max grade, 4), ankle range of motion, and AOFAS ankle score. Assessments were performed preoperatively and 6 weeks, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after TAA. Results: At 6 weeks all variables had improved significantly. However, at 3 months a relapse with deterioration of mean variables was found. These improved asymptotically during assessments at 6, 9, and 12 months. Conclusion: Our data suggest patients undergoing uncomplicated TAA have to overpass what we believe is an adaptive inflammatory phase with increased periarticular pain and swelling about 3 months after surgery. This distinctive course may influence patient education and increase confidence of healthcare professionals involved in the rehabilitation of TAA patients.

Level of Evidence: II, Prospective Observational Study
Outcomes of Ankle Fractures in Patients with Uncomplicated versus Complicated Diabetes
Authors: Wukich Dane K. , Joseph Alison , Ryan Michael , Ramirez Claudia , Irrgang James J.
Published: February 2011

Background: Patients with diabetes who sustain an ankle fracture are at increased risk for complications including higher rates of in hospital mortality, in-hospital postoperative compli-cations, length of stay and non-routine discharges. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively compare the complications associated with operatively treated ankle fractures in a group of patients with uncomplicated diabetes versus a group of patients with complicated diabetes. Complicated diabetes was defined as diabetes associated with end organ damage such as peripheral neuropathy, nephropathy and/or PAD. Uncomplicated diabetes was defined as diabetes without any of these associated conditions. Our hypothesis was that patients with uncomplicated diabetes would experience fewer complications than those patients with complicated diabetes. Materials and Methods: We compared the complication rates of ankle fracture repair in 46 patients with complicated diabetes and 59 patients with uncomplicated diabetes and calculated odds ratios (OR) for significant findings. Results: At a mean followup of 21.4 months we found that patients with complicated diabetes had 3.8 times increased risk of overall complications 3.4 times increased risk of a non-infectious complication (malunion, nonunion or Charcot arthropathy) and 5 times higher likelihood of needing revision surgery/arthrodesis when compared to patients with uncomplicated diabetes. Open ankle fractures in this diabetic population were associated with a three times higher rate of complications and 3.7 times higher rate of infection. Conclusion: Patients with complicated diabetes have an increased risk of complications after ankle fracture surgery compared to patients with uncomplicated diabetes. Careful preoperative evaluation of the neurovascular status is mandatory, since many patients with diabetes do not recognize that they have neuropathy and/or peripheral artery disease.

Level of Evidence: III, Retrospective, Case Control Study
Stability Criteria for Nonoperative Ankle Fracture Management
Authors: Pakarinen Harri J. , Flinkkilä Tapio E. , Ohtonen Pasi P. , Ristiniemi Jukka Y.
Published: February 2011

Background: This study was designed to see if stability based criteria are useful in choosing between nonoperative and operative treatment of ankle fractures. Materials and Methods: One hundred sixty ankle fractures in skeletally mature patients were retrospectively analyzed to obtain an epidemiological profile in a population of about 130,000. One hundred thirty patients had followup of more than 2 years. A decision between operative and nonoperative treatment was made by the surgeon-on-duty, based on accepted stability criteria. Fractures were classified according to Weber and Lauge-Hansen systems. Clinical outcome was assessed using the scoring systems of Olerud-Molander, the RAND 36-Item Health Survey and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), measuring pain and function. Results: The overall incidence of ankle fractures was 154/100,000. Nonoperatively treated patients had more displacement of the distal fibula after treatment, but less pain and better Olerud-Molander (good or excellent, 89% vs. 71%) and VAS functional scores. Independent factors for worse outcome were female gender, older age, unstable fracture and co-morbidity. No nonoperatively treated patients needed operative fixation during followup. Conclusion: Stability-based fracture classification was a simple and useful tool in decision-making for the treatment of ankle fractures. We found lateral malleolar fractures could be treated nonoperatively with success if the ankle mortise was stable. Displacement of the distal fibula after treatment did not affect functional scores or pain.

Level of Evidence: III, Comparative Case Series
Fixation of First Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort of Two Techniques
Authors: DeVries J. George , Granata Jaymes D. , Hyer Christopher F.
Published: February 2011

Background: Presently, indications for the Lapidus procedure include patients with many pathologies of the first metatarsocuneiform joint. Currently the standard in many areas is that of two or three crossed screws through the first tarsometatarsal region. This type of fixation requires an extended period of nonweightbearing and may be difficult for patient compliance. Materials and Methods: The present study is a retrospective comparison of crossed screw fixation to locking plate fixation without a lag screw on union rates, time to weightbearing, and complications. Results: One hundred forty-three first TMT fusions met the inclusion criteria. There were 96 fused by crossed screw construct (CS) and 47 by the locked plate with or without compression screw (LP). There was a significant difference in time to full weightbearing and union rate. Time to full weightbearing was 8.8 (range, 3 to 16) weeks and 7.8 (range, 1.5 to 34) weeks in the CS and LP groups, respectively ( p < 0. 001). Union rate was 89.4% (88 of 96 joints) and 98.5% (46 of 47 joints) in the CS and LP groups, respectively ( p < 0. 001). Conclusions: We found that when using a dorsal-medial locked plate with or without lag screw lead to a superior rate of union compared to standard crossed screw constructs even while allowing earlier return to full weightbearing.

Level of Evidence: III, Retrospective Comparative Analysis
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Foot and Ankle
Authors: Carvajal Jaime A. , Cuartas Esteban , Qadir Rabah , Levi Allan D. , Temple H. Thomas
Published: February 2011

Background: Peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs) are soft tissue neoplasms found in intimate association with a peripheral nerve. They are rarely seen in the foot and ankle where they have an innocuous appearance, but these tumors have the potential to become malignant. This study reports a large series of foot and ankle PNSTs surgically treated at a single institution. Materials and Methods: Retrospectively, all cases of PNSTs confirmed by biopsy and surgically treated from 1992 to 2008 were included in the study. Preoperative, perioperative and postoperative variables were collected. Foot and ankle tumors were compared with the overall group of PNSTs. Fisher's test and Student's t-test were implemented to address the significance of the findings ( p< 0. 05). Results: From all PNSTs identified ( n= 137), there were 14 (10.2%) foot and ankle. A painful mass was the most common presenting symptom. Schwannoma represented the most common histologic type. Two cases of malignant foot and ankle PNSTs were identified. Foot and ankle PNSTs were significantly smaller in size and showed fewer postoperative neurologic deficits than the overall group of PNSTs. No differences were found in terms of histologic type distribution, age at diagnosis, duration of symptoms and postoperative tumor recurrence, but there was a preponderance of females in this series of foot and ankle tumors. Conclusion: PNSTs of the foot and ankle usually present as innocuous, slow-growing masses leading to misdiagnosis and suboptimal surgical treatment of a potentially malignant lesion. A comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, preoperative planning and meticulous surgical excision are required to prevent tumor recurrence and minimize the incidence of postoperative sequelae, thus improving postoperative functional outcomes.

Level of Evidence: IV, Retrospective Case Series
Correction of Severe Foot Deformities Using the Taylor Spatial Frame
Authors: Floerkemeier Thilo , Stukenborg-Colsman Christina , Windhagen Henning , Waizy Hazibullah
Published: February 2011

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the treatment of severe foot deformities using the Taylor spatial frame. Materials and Methods: The treatment of seven patients with nine severe foot deformities was reviewed. The mean age of the patients at surgery was 16 years with a mean followup of 21.5 months. The following parameters were assessed: etiology of deformity, date of surgery, surgical procedure, age at surgery, previous surgical or conservative treatments, preoperative symptoms, preoperative and postoperative deformity and affected side, complications during correction, duration of TSF, duration of hospital stay, occurrence of secondary osteoarthritis, recurrence of deformity, surgical revisions or subsequent surgeries. The pre- and postoperative deformity was assessed clinically. The final outcome was categorized as good, fair, or poor. Results: The results were good in eight feet and poor in one foot. Early complications included pin tract infection, temporary hypoesthesia and temporary shortening of the tendon of the flexor digitorum longus. Recurrence of deformity occurred in no patient. One patient required a subtalar arthrodesis for symptomatic, secondary osteoarthritis in one foot. Conclusion: The present study showed that TSF is a viable solution to correct severe foot deformities but we believe a surgeon should be aware of the possible complications.

Level of Evidence: IV, Retrospective Case Series
Definition of Coordinate System for Three-Dimensional Data Analysis in the Foot and Ankle
Authors: Green Connor , Fitzpatrick Clare , FitzPatrick David , Stephens Michael , Quinlan William , Flavin Robert
Published: February 2011

Background: Three-dimensional data is required to have advanced knowledge of foot and ankle kinematics and morphology. However, studies have been difficult to compare due to a lack of a common coordinate system. Therefore, we present a means to define a coordinate frame in the foot and ankle and its clinical application. Materials and Methods: We carried out ten CT scans in anatomically normal feet and segmented them in a general purpose segmentation program for grey value images. 3D binary formatted stereolithography files were then create and imported to a shape analysis program for biomechanics which was used to define a coordinate frame and carry out morphological analysis of the forefoot. Results: The coordinate frame had axes standard deviations of 2.36 which are comparable to axes variability of other joint coordinate systems. We showed a strong correlation between the lengths of the metatarsals within and between the columns of the foot and also among the lesser metatarsal lengths. Conclusion: We present a reproducible method for construction of a coordinate system for the foot and ankle with low axes variability. Clinical Relevance: To conduct meaningful comparison between multiple subjects the coordinate system must be constant. This system enables such comparison and therefore will aid morphological data collection and improve preoperative planning accuracy.

Level of Evidence: III, Retrospective Case Control Study
Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis (MIPO) for Periprosthetic Fracture after Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Authors: Yang Jae Hyuk , Kim Hak Jun , Yoon Jung-Ro , Yoon Yong-Cheol
Published: February 2011

Level of Evidence: V, Expert Opinion
Invoking Experience as Evidence
Authors: Sangster Joan
Published: February 2011

Abstract:

This paper uses the hundreds of private letters that women sent to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1968–9 to explore women's changing interpretations of paid work in the twenty-five years after the Second World War. These working women often invoked their own experiences as evidence the commission should heed, although its staff tended to see the letters as subjective and personal, and thus less useful than official briefs. The letters offer us insight into how women negotiated and interpreted changing patterns of paid work, as the number of working mothers increased significantly in this era. An analysis of the letters revisits feminist debates about the concept of experience: while some feminist writers have become increasingly skeptical of using women's words as ‘authentic’ evidence from the past, others remain committed to the ‘retrieval of experience,’ arguing that we can use the concept in a way that does not reify experience, gloss over differences between women, or ignore the way in which it is interpreted by historical actors using the cultural resources at hand. Following from the second line of argument, the paper also suggests that the letters offer us a sense of connection to and feeling for the past, which should remain important aspects of feminist history.
Entre nationalismes irlandais et canadien-français : Les intrigues québécoises de la Self Determination for Ireland League of Canada and Newfoundland
Authors: Jolivet Simon
Published: February 2011

Abstract:

In May of 1920, the Self Determination for Ireland League of Canada and Newfoundland (SDIL), an Irish republican organization, was founded in Montreal. The League opposed the actions of the British government of David Lloyd George at the time of the Anglo-Irish War (1919–1921), but it primarily presented itself as a Canadian organization. This article will describe the founding and evolution of this association still neglected by Irish-Canadian historiography. Deliberately focused on the experience of the SDIL in Quebec, the article highlights that two former Irish nationalist traditions clashed in the province: one, constitutional autonomist, and the other, republican. Despite this division of Irish-Quebec nationalist forces, the involvement of French-Canadian elites in the SDIL contributed to making the League a success in Quebec. At the time, journalists and politicians like Omer Héroux, Armand Lavergne and Henri Bourassa effectively supported the goals of the SDIL. This pragmatic agreement between Irish and French-Canadian coreligionsists who had often clashed at the beginning of the twentieth century (especially on the subject of French education in Canadian schools) incidentally constituted one of the original elements of the business of the SDIL.
Climbing the Pinnacle of Art: Learning Vacations at the Banff School of Fine Arts, 1933–1959
Authors: Wall Karen , Reichwein PearlAnn
Published: February 2011

Abstract:

Learning tourism at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Banff National Park, Alberta, was historically rooted in a combination of mass tourism, public education, and cultural politics. Initiated by the University of Alberta, the School offered summer programs premised on the traditions and ideals of rational recreation and adult extension. This study focuses on the School's visual arts programs from the mid-1930s to the late 1950s, discussing administration, teaching and learning within a broader circuit of culture. Mediating between state agendas of cultural development and popular taste in landscape art, the School's production of visual art also contributed to the production of Banff National Park as a tourist commodity. In coordinating temporary tourist communities of artistic production and wilderness consumption, the Banff School contributed to shaping twentieth-century concepts of the human-nature relationship as mediated through practices of tourism and art.
Egas Moniz (1874–1955) and the “invention” of modern psychosurgery: a historical and ethical reanalysis under special consideration of Portuguese original sources
Authors: Gross Dominik , Schäfer Gereon
Published: February 2011

The Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz (1874–1955) is often regarded as the founder of psychosurgery. He performed the first prefrontal leukotomy in 1935—about 75 years ago—with the help of neurosurgeon Almeida Lima (1903–1985). In contrast to the psychosurgical interventions performed by the Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836–1907), Moniz's interventions on the white brain substance caught great attention worldwide. As a matter of fact, it was this repercussion that led to the award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949, an award that is still highly controversial today.

The goal of the present article is to reconstruct the historical background of the first leukotomies, the tangible expert debate since 1935 on the indication and legitimacy of these interventions, and their contemporary and recent (ethical) evaluation. Special focus will be set on the original Portuguese literature, which has been given too little attention thus far in the English-language literature.
Surgical approaches to hypothalamic hamartomas
Authors: Wait Scott D. , Abla Adib A. , Killory Brendan D. , Nakaji Peter , Rekate Harold L.
Published: February 2011

Object

Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are devastating lesions causing refractory epilepsy, rage attacks, social ineptitude, and precocious puberty. Microsurgical and/or endoscopic resection offers an excellent risk/benefit profile for cure or improvement of epilepsy.

Methods

The authors reviewed a prospective database maintained during the first 7 years of the Barrow Hypothalamic Hamartoma program. They describe and illustrate their surgical methods, and they review data from several previous publications regarding surgical outcome.

Results

To date, the authors have performed surgery in 165 patients for symptomatic HHs. Patients underwent an endoscopic, transcallosal, or skull base approach, or multiple approaches. Twenty-six patients (15.8%) required more than 1 treatment for their HH.

Conclusions

Microsurgical and endoscopic resection of symptomatic HHs are technically demanding but can be performed safely with excellent results and an acceptable risk profile. Meticulous attention to the subtleties of surgical management helps optimize outcomes.
Spinal epidural abscess in a neonate
Authors: Tovar-Spinoza Zulma , Bode Michelle
Published: February 2011

Spinal epidural abscess constitutes a neurosurgical emergency in which early diagnosis and prompt decompression are necessary to avoid permanent cord damage. This entity is rare in premature infants and neonates in whom diagnosis can be challenging. The authors present a case of a premature twin neonate who developed an epidural abscess with complete paraparesis after coagulase-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia that was treated with a single-level flavotomy and catheter irrigation.
Analysis of the risk of shunt failure or infection related to cerebrospinal fluid cell count, protein level, and glucose levels in low-birth-weight premature infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Authors: Fulkerson Daniel H. , Vachhrajani Shobhan , Bohnstedt Bradley N. , Patel Neal B. , Patel Akash J. , Fox Benjamin D. , Jea Andrew , Boaz Joel C.
Published: February 2011

Object

Premature, low-birth-weight infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus have a high risk of shunt obstruction and infection. Established risk factors for shunt failure include grade of the hemorrhage and age at shunt insertion. There is anecdotal evidence that the amount of red blood cells or protein levels in the CSF may affect shunt performance. However, this has not been analyzed specifically for this cohort of high-risk patients. Therefore, the authors performed this study to examine whether any statistical relationship exists between the CSF constituents and the rate of shunt malfunction or infection in this population.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed on premature infants born at Riley Hospital for Children from 2000 to 2009. Inclusion criteria were a CSF sample analyzed within 2 weeks prior to shunt insertion, low birth weight (< 1500 grams), prematurity (birth prior to 37 weeks estimated gestational age), and shunt insertion for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus. Data points included the gestational age at birth and shunt insertion, weight at birth and shunt insertion, history of CNS infection prior to shunt insertion, shunt failure, shunt infection, and the levels of red blood cells, white blood cells, protein, and glucose in the CSF. Statistical analysis was performed to determine any association between shunt outcome and the CSF parameters.

Results

Fifty-eight patients met the study entry criteria. Ten patients (17.2%) had primary shunt failure within 3 months of insertion. Nine patients (15.5%) had shunt infection within 3 months. A previous CNS infection prior to shunt insertion was a statistical risk factor for shunt failure (p = 0.0290) but not for shunt infection. There was no statistical relationship between shunt malfunction or infection and the CSF levels of red blood cells, white blood cells, protein, or glucose before shunt insertion.

Conclusions

Low-birth-weight premature infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus have a high rate of shunt failure and infection. The authors did not find any association of shunt failure or infection with CSF cell count, protein level, or glucose level. Therefore, it may not be useful to base the timing of shunt insertion on CSF parameters.
Giant solid-cystic hypothalamic hamartoma
Authors: Dorfer Christian , Kasprian Gregor , Mühlebner Angelika , Czech Thomas
Published: February 2011

Hypothalamic hamartomas are rare lesions for which different classification schemes have been proposed. The authors report on an exceptionally large solid-cystic hamartoma that led to hydrocephalus, precocious puberty, and intractable gelastic seizures. They discuss potential mechanisms of the development of hypothalamic hamartomas.
Effect of TiO2 on the Gas Sensing Features of TiO2/PANi Nanocomposites
Authors: Huyen Duong Ngoc , Tung Nguyen Trong , Thien Nguyen Duc , Thanh Le Hai
Published: February 2011

A nanocomposite of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and polyaniline (PANi) was synthesized by in-situ chemical polymerization using aniline (ANi) monomer and TiCl4 as precursors. SEM pictures show that the nanocomposite was created in the form of long PANi chains decorated with TiO2 nanoparticles. FTIR, Raman and UV-Vis spectra reveal that the PANi component undergoes an electronic structure modification as a result of the TiO2 and PANi interaction. The electrical resistor of the nanocomposite is highly sensitive to oxygen and NH3 gas, accounting for the physical adsorption of these gases. A nanocomposite with around 55% TiO2 shows an oxygen sensitivity of 600–700%, 20–25 times higher than that of neat PANi. The n-p contacts between TiO2 nanoparticles and PANi matrix give rise to variety of shallow donors and acceptor levels in the PANi band gap which enhance the physical adsorption of gas molecules.
Forest Cover Classification by Optimal Segmentation of High Resolution Satellite Imagery
Authors: Kim So-Ra , Lee Woo-Kyun , Kwak Doo-Ahn , Biging Greg  S. , Gong Peng , Lee Jun-Hak , Cho Hyun-Kook
Published: February 2011

This study investigated whether high-resolution satellite imagery is suitable for preparing a detailed digital forest cover map that discriminates forest cover at the tree species level. First, we tried to find an optimal process for segmenting the high-resolution images using a region-growing method with the scale, color and shape factors in Definiens® Professional 5.0. The image was classified by a traditional, pixel-based, maximum likelihood classification approach using the spectral information of the pixels. The pixels in each segment were reclassified using a segment-based classification (SBC) with a majority rule. Segmentation with strongly weighted color was less sensitive to the scale parameter and led to optimal forest cover segmentation and classification. The pixel-based classification (PBC) suffered from the “salt-and-pepper effect” and performed poorly in the classification of forest cover types, whereas the SBC helped to attenuate the effect and notably improved the classification accuracy. As a whole, SBC proved to be more suitable for classifying and delineating forest cover using high-resolution satellite images.
The Byzantine Tribunals: Problems in the Application of Justice and State Policy (9th-12th c.)
Authors: Saradi Helen
Published: February 2011

REB 53 1995 France p. 165-204

Helen Saradi, The Byzantine Tribunals : Problems in the Application of Justice and State Policy (9th-12th c). — In the Byzantine sources judicial corruption is clearly distinguished from the judges' right to bend the law and adapt it to each particular case according to the principle of oikonornia, recognized already by the imperial legislation. According to Justinian's Novels judicial corruption was the result of the judges' insuffi cient training. Justinian treated the problem as an administrative one, since the functionaries were also assuming judicial responsibilities. A definition of judicial corruption in social terms is found only in the Ecloga of Leo III the Isaurian : bribery ; favour to friends ; protection from hostile acts ; fear of the dynatoi. But the legislator placed the problem at the level of Christian morality. Later Leo VI tried to secure the good function of the Byzantine judicial system by imposing temporal and even spiritual punishment. The measures of the emperors of the following centuries were inspired either by Justinian's approach or by that of Leo III. In the Novels of the emperors of the Macedonian dynasty on the preemption right of the poor, judicial corruption is denounced again as a cause of social injustice. Finally, Constantine Monomachos tried to create an incorruptible judicial system by offering the judges high education with the establishment of the school of Law. Influence of the Justinianic Novels has been discerned in this approach.
Un manuel de logique organisé par Jean Chortasménos et destiné à l'enseignement (catalogage du manuscrit)
Authors: Cacouros Michel
Published: February 2011

REB 54 1996 France p. 67-106.

M. Cacouros, Un manuel de logique organisé par Jean Chortasménos et destiné à l'enseignement (catalogage du manuscrit). — The manuscript Lovaniensis De Wulf-Mansion Centrum has been mostly written by John Chortasmenos at the end of the 14th - beginning of the 15th century ; it is a textbook of logics he organized himself. As it is now, it contains scholia and extracts from commentaries on a section of the Organon which goes from the Analytics to the Topics. The author of the article describes the contents of the manuscript and the way they are presented : thus it is possible to know which sources have been used by Chortasmenos and how he organized them.
La liturgie stationale à Oxyrhynchos dans la première moitié du 6e siècle. Réédition et commentaire du POxy XI 1357
Authors: Papaconstantinou Arietta
Published: February 2011

Publié pour la première fois en 1915 par Grenfell et Hunt, le calendrier liturgique POxy XI 1357 fait ici l'objet d'une nouvelle édition qui revient sur un certain nombre de restitutions introduites de façon peut-être trop hâtive. Cette édition est accompagnée d'un commentaire historique portant sur l'organisation du temps liturgique, sur les églises et leur utilisation par la liturgie stationnale, et sur la place réservée aux saints tant dans les fêtes que dans la dédicace des lieux de culte. La fonction et les conditions d'élaboration du document font, enfin, l'objet d'une nouvelle interprétation.
A historical Addendum to the episcopal Lists of Caria
Authors: Ruggieri Vincenzo
Published: February 2011

In light of a recently published attempt to list all the episcopal hierarchy of the Ecclesia Orientalis, it seems more reasonable to the author to confine a similar project of his own to a smaller geography: that of Caria. The paper's aim lies mainly in its methodological approach to the theme, apart from complementing various gaps in the lists already produced. New disciplines have been called upon: epigraphy, sigillography, hagiography appear on the scene, and their support is not intended merely to supplement a name in a list, but rather to enlarge the historical parabola of the cities' s medieval development. Episcopal patronage becomes evident throughout the province until the 6th-7th cent., but thereafter the episcopal presence begins to fluctuate, a phenomenon which ends in the decay of urban continuity at many sites from the 10th cent, onwards.
L'homélie de Grégoire le Référendaire pour la réception de l'image d'Édesse
Authors: Dubarle André-Marie
Published: February 2011

REB 55 1997 France p. 5-51

A. -M. Dubarle, L'homélie de Grégoire le Référendaire pour la réception de l'image d'Édesse. — A contemporary text, relating the translation of the Edessa mandylion and its reception at Constantinople in 911, is published, translated and commented on for the first time.
El Libro de Actor. Una traducción bizantina del Speculum Doctrinale de Beauvais (Vat. Gr. 12 Y 1144)
Authors: Pérez Martín Immaculada
Published: February 2011

Cet article est consacré à l'élude et à l'édition du texte conservé dans le Vat. gr. 12, ff. 187-193, intitulé Έττιγραψαί παρεκβληθείσαι άττο λατινικού βιβλίου "Ακτορος καλουμένου. Il s'agit de la traduction en grec, méconnue jusqu'à présent, d'une collection de définitions de morale dont la source est le Speculum Doctrinale, livres IV et V de Vincent de Beauvais. Cette traduction complète celle qui a été éditée par Aerts d'après le Vat. gr. 1144. L'analyse des mécanismes de la traduction du Speculum, combinée à l'examen paléographique et codicologique, permet de formuler une hypothèse sur le contexte culturel où a été faite la traduction.
Les Fragments anonymes du Baroc. Gr. 142 et les notices consacrées à Jean Diacrinoménos, Basile de Cilicie et l'anonyme d'Héraclée
Authors: Pouderon Bernard
Published: February 2011

REB 55 1997 France p. 169-192

Β. Pouderon, Les Fragments anonymes du Barocc. Gr. 142 et les notices consacrées à Jean Diacrinoménos, Basile de Cilicie et l'anonyme d'Héraclée. — Following the recension of the Byzantine Epitome of ecclesiastic history, the Barocc. Gr. 142 presents an anonymous chronological chain, and three notices dealing with the lives and works of respectively John Diakrinomenos, Basil of Cilicia and an xth century anonymous historian. The author examines all these fragments, and, as some of them proved to belong to the Ecclesiastic History by John Diakrinomenos, attempts to establish a link between the other anonymous extracts and each of the other two historians.
IC XC NI KA. The apotropaic Function of the victorious Cross
Authors: Walter Christopher
Published: February 2011

REB 55 1997 France p. 193-220

C. Walter, IC XC NI ΚΑ. The apotropaïc Function of the victorious Cross. — Dans cet article, l'auteur tente de réactualiser la recherche que les regrettés Anatole Frolow et Gordana Babic avaient entreprise sur la place de la formule IC XC NI KA dans l'art byzantin. Il fournit un important répertoire d'exemplaires de cette formule dans divers contextes, ainsi que des légendes ou des acronymes qui peuvent la remplacer ou la compléter. Il rejette l'hypothèse qu'elle ait été originellement associée à la pratique eucharistique et à la propagande iconoclaste. En suivant l'évolution de son usage, il observe que son emploi premier, pour affirmer une victoire, généralement mais non nécessairement impériale, a conduit à des pratiques apotropaïques. Bien que certains des acronymes, qui de plus en plus fréquemment accompagnent la formule dans l'art byzantin tardif, soient difficiles à déchiffrer, l'auteur ne considère pas qu'ils aient été conçus en règle générale comme des énigmes.
À propos d'un chapitre des Éphodia : l'avortement chez les médecins grecs
Authors: Congourdeau Marie-Hélène
Published: February 2011

REB 55 1997 France p. 279-289

Marie-Hélène Congourdeau, À propos d'un chapitre des Éphodia : l'avortement chez les médecins grecs. — Relying on the presence of a list of abortifacients in the Greek translation of an Arab handbook of therapeutics (the Fphodia), this article reconsiders the reception of the Hippocratic Oath, and the status of abortion and abortifacients in the Hippocratic tradition, in its Greek-Roman, Arab and Byzantine expressions.
New Fortresses and Bischoprics in 8th Century Thrace
Authors: Kountoura Eleonora
Published: February 2011

L'auteur établit une corrélation entre la fondation de nouveaux évêchés en Thrace et la construction ou la restauration de kastra dans cette province au temps de Constantin V. Cet empereur aurait visé à étendre l'iconoclasme dans un thème qui s'était jadis rangé aux côtés d'Artavasde.
Un «Pseudo-Galien» dans le commentaire de Stephanos d'Athènes aux Aphorismes d'Hippocrate
Authors: Wolska-Conus Wanda
Published: February 2011

REB 56 1998 France p. 5-78

Wanda Wolska-Conus, Un «Pseudo-Galien» dans le commentaire de Stéphanos d'Athènes aux Aphorismes d'Hippocrate : Ό Νεώτερος 'Εξηγητής. — Reviewing carefully the forty-three passages which Stéphanos ascribes to Galen, the author reaches the conviction that this attribution is erroneous. Are not the passages in question to be attributed to the exeget called the «Newer Exeget», whom Stéphanos asserts «he is explaining him» ?
Mélèce le Confesseur et le monastère Saint-Lazare de Constantinople
Authors: Failler Albert
Published: February 2011

Le corps de Mélèce le Confesseur était vénéré au monastère Saint-Lazare de Constantinople, qui était dédié à Lazare de Béthanie et où était conservé également le corps de Lazare le Galésiote. Mais aucune source n'indique que Mélèce, comme on l'a écrit sur la foi d'une mauvaise traduction d'un passage de Georges Pachymérès, ait passé ses dernières années dans le monastère où il fut inhumé.
Un exemple d'inventaire d'objets liturgiques : le testament d'Eustathios Boïlas (avril 1059)
Authors: Parani Maria , Pitarakis Brigitte , Spieser Jean-Michel
Published: February 2011

The present article represents a sample of the preliminary work carried out as part of a larger project initiated by the authors. This project involves recording, identifying the meaning of, and commenting on the vocabulary used to describe artefacts of daily life in Byzantine legal documents, namely public (administrative and ecclesiastical) and private acts. The objectives of this project comprise (a) the creation of an electronic database containing the references to artefacts encountered in these texts and (b) the composition of a series of essays addressing the various questions that this material raises for the philologist, the archaeologist, the art historian, and the historian. The commentary on the inventory of ecclesiastical objects incorporated in the will of Eustathios Boilas (April 1059), which constitutes the greater part of the present article, exemplifies the wide-ranging preparatory investigation that is required for attaining a fuller understanding of the evidence provided by the documents.
Une réfection des remparts de Philippes sous Michel VII Doukas
Authors: Provost Samuel
Published: February 2011

REB 61 2003 p. 167-182

Samuel Provost, Une réfection des remparts de Philippes sous Michel VII Doukas. — Une nouvelle inscription découverte à Philippes constitue le fragment manquant d'une inscription attribuée précédemment au rempart de Drama. La réunion des deux textes permet de dater de 1077, à la fin du règne de Michel VII Doukas, une restauration des fortifications dans la partie ouest de la ville, à l'initiative de l'évêque Basile Kartzimopôlos. Il s'agit de la première confirmation archéologique sûrement datée de l'existence du site à la fin du 11e s., par ailleurs clairement établie dans les sources littéraires
Dorylaion revisited. Manuel I Komnenos and the refortification of Dorylaion and Soublaion in 1175
Authors: Stone Andrew F.
Published: February 2011

Les historiens Nicétas Chôniatès et Jean Kinnamos n'ont pas manqué de mentionner que l'empereur Manuel Ier Comnène a relevé les murailles de Dorylée et de Soublaion en Phrygie. Cependant nous trouvons des informations complémentaires dans trois éloges prononcés à l'Epiphanie 1176. En particulier, nous apprenons comment a été construite Dorylée : il semble que les murs aient été constitués de briques et de moellons à la façon des autres forteresses du temps des Comnènes. En outre, nous apprenons que ce projet n'était que le préliminaire d'une croisade, car l'empereur avait appelé à un tel mouvement.
Citations et réminiscences dans l'Histoire de Georges Pachymérès
Authors: Failler Albert
Published: February 2011

The network of quotations and reminiscences underlying every work of Byzantine literature also gives the measure of the author's level of language and style, and that of his literary ambition. The History by George Pachymérès is a case in point. In his personal reflection as historian, he almost exclusively finds his inspiration in Classical Greek literature and mainly quotes Homer, sometimes Plato. Christian literature would be absent from his work if disputations, internal schisms and transcription of ecclesiastical documents did not bring with them quotations from Scripture and the Fathers. The article's three sections reflect the way the History's quotations and reminiscences can be grouped together: Proverbs and sayings; Secular literature; Christian literature
Commémoraisons des Comnènes dans le typikon liturgique du monastère du Christ Philanthrope (ms. Panaghia Kamariotissa 29)
Authors: Kouroupou Matoula , Vannier Jean-François
Published: February 2011

REB 63, 2005, p. 41-69.

Matoula Kouroupou, Jean-François Vannier, Commémoraisons des Comnènes dans le typikon liturgique du monastère du Christ Philanthrope (Ms Panaghia Kamariotissa 29). - Le manuscrit Panaghia Kamariotissa 29 contient un typikon liturgique à l'usage du monastère du Christ Philanthrope, fondé à Constantinople par l'impératrice Irène Doukaina. L'intérêt primordial de ce manuscrit est constitué par la mention inédite, dans ses marges, au jour anniversaire de leur mort, de trente-cinq personnages appartenant à la parenté de l'impératrice et de son époux Alexios Ier Comnène. Ces notices marginales confirment des informations déjà connues, fournissent des compléments biographiques mais surtout font connaître de nouveaux personnages. Le commentaire qui accompagne chaque notice complète la biographie du personnage par le recours aux études sigillographiques les plus récentes. De par la somme des informations inédites qu'elles contiennent, ces trente-cinq brèves notices représentent un apport conséquent à la prosopographie des Comnènes et de familles qui leur sont apparentées (Pégonitès, Ange, Doukas, Bryennios, Iasitès. . . ).
Die unedierte Trostrede des Gregorios Antiochos. An den kaiserlichen sekretär Konstantinos Apimpithium.
Authors: Sideras Alexander
Published: February 2011

REB 63, 2005, p. 127-150.

Alexander Sideras, Die unedierte Trostrede des Gregorios Antiochos an den Kaiserlichen Sekretär Konstantinos Apimpithium. - Parmi les œuvres de Grégoire Antiochos (env. 1130 - env. 1200), qui consistent principalement en enkômia, épitaphes et quelques lettres, se trouvent aussi deux discours de consolation : l'un au logothète Michel Hagiothéodoritès composé à l'occasion de la mort de sa sœur, et un autre au secrétaire impérial Constantin Apimpithium à l'occasion de la mort de son père. Jusqu'ici, ces deux textes sont restés inédits. Le premier doit bientôt paraître dans une autre revue ; le second est édité ici avec une traduction allemande et un commentaire. Il fut envoyé au destinataire entre 1176 et 1196 sous la forme d'une lettre depuis un lieu hors de Constantinople (probablement la Bulgarie). Dans ce texte, Antiochos exprime sa compassion ; il souligne que la perte du père est un grand malheur pour un fils et essaye de consoler son ami, en suggérant que Dieu prend particulièrement sous sa protection les orphelins.
Gregory Antiochos on the "Crusade" of 1179
Authors: Stone Andrew F.
Published: February 2011

The author analyses the funeral oration given on January 20th, 1182 by Gregory Antiochos and tries to identify who were Manuel Komnenos's enemies referred to, as is usual in this literary genre, in a rather allusive, yet precise way. They may have included Louis VII King of France who gave up the leadership of the crusade due to illness and was replaced by Henri de Troyes, a relation of his, also referred to in the oration. The enemy in the East would be the Seljuk sultan Kilic Arslan allied with Louis VII against their common enemy, Saladin.
La gestion de l'eau dans les campagnes byzantines (8e-15e siècle)
Authors: Gérolymatou Maria
Published: February 2011

The distribution of water in and around the Mediterranean area, sometimes scarce, was been regulated by specific laws. Thanks to documents reflecting practical cases, we can describe what were the most frequent sources of conflict, understand what solutions were found and check their conformity with the law.
Remarques sur les briques timbrées de Constantinople
Authors: Sodini Jean-Pierre
Published: February 2011

The recent and important work by J. Badrill on the stamped bricks of Constantinople brings together all the known material in a systematic way, bringing new insights into the phases of construction of several late antique monuments of the capital, including the Great Palace.
Relationship between Drain Volume/Fill Volume Ratio and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Overfill Complaints in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Authors: Davis Ira D. , Cizman Borut , Mundt Kelly , Wu LieLing , Childers Robert , Mell Rod , Prichard Sarah
Published: February 2011

Background

To better understand the spectrum of overfill reports and their corresponding clinical severity and etiology, we conducted a review of overfill reports from the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database, which is within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Web site ( www.fda.gov ).

Method

We searched the MAUDE database for events related to overfill reports between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2008 and recorded drain volume (DV)/fill volume (FV), or DV/FV, and clinical symptoms and signs associated with the overfill report.

Results

Among 462 MAUDE reports with a possible overfill event, 440 reports (95.2%) with a confirmed overfill event contained sufficient information to ascertain the clinical severity of the event. The number of reports with a clinical severity rating of minor, moderate, major, or death was 331, 71, 28, and 10, respectively. The median (range) DV/FV for a subgroup of 292 reports with a clinical severity rating of minor, moderate, major, or death was 1.63 (1.06 - 4.29), 1.71 (1.08 - 5.87), 2.14(1.64 - 2.61), and 2.50 (2.28 - 3.33), respectively. Insufficient drain accounted for a majority of overfill reports.

Conclusion

Our analysis of reports from the MAUDE database suggests an association between DV/FV and clinical severity of the reported overfill event, as well as significant patient-to-patient variability with respect to intra peritoneal volume tolerance.
In Younger Dialysis Patients, Automated Peritoneal Dialysis is Associated with Better Long-Term Patient and Technique Survival than is Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
Authors: Sun Chiao-Yin , Lee Chin-Chan , Lin Yu-Yin , Wu Mai-Szu
Published: February 2011

Background

In the U.S. Renal Data System registry, technique and patient survival are similar with automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The clinical outcomes of APD and CAPD in various age groups have not been clarified.

Objectives

We investigated whether patient and technique survival are different for incident dialysis patients treated with APD or CAPD in two age groups.

Methods

Our retrospective study of prospectively collected data included 282 incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients (161 on APD, 121 on CAPD). Patients on PD for less than 3 months were excluded. The patients were divided into those less than 65 years of age and those 65 years of age or older. Overall mortality and technique failure were the primary endpoints of the study. Hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality and technique failure were calculated by the Cox proportional hazards model and were adjusted for age, sex, diabetes mellitus, initial peritoneal equilibration test (PET), weekly peritoneal and renal creatinine clearances, and PD caregiver (self or other).

Results

The characteristics and clinical data were not significantly different between patients on APD and CAPD, except for age and sex. The adjusted risk for overall mortality was not different between patients on APD and CAPD (HR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.44 to 1.20; p = 0.207). The adjusted risk for technique failure was lower in APD patients than in CAPD patients (HR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.98; p = 0.041). In patients less than 65 years of age, those on APD had a significantly lower risk of mortality (HR: 0.35; 95% CI: 0.16 to 0.75; p = 0.007) and technique failure (HR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.95; p = 0.034) than did those on CAPD. In patients 65 years of age and older, those on APD had risks for mortality (HR: 1.14; 95% CI: 0.53 to 2.46; p = 0.730) and technique failure (HR: 0.51; 95% CI: 0.17 to 1.50; p = 0.220) that were similar to those of patients on CAPD. Nutrition status, including serum albumin and protein catabolic rate, was not significantly different between patients on APD and on CAPD, in either younger or older patients.

Conclusions

Younger Chinese patients on APD have better patient and technique survival than do those on CAPD. However, there is a strong possibility that this benefit may be confounded or accounted for by baseline differences between the APD and CAPD populations.