This annual University Times supplement recognizes faculty and staff who have written, edited and translated books, as well as those whose efforts have extended into other areas, such as journals, plays and musical compositions.

We regret that space constraints prohibit including other kinds of publications/creative endeavors. At the suggestion of a faculty advisory committee, we have included only items that were peer-reviewed: Anything identified as a self-published work was excluded. We also have limited listings to complete works, because individual chapters, articles, works of art and poems would be too numerous.

Submissions are divided into three sections: Books, Journals and More. In each section, submissions are arranged according to school/unit, then listed alphabetically by title. Works are cross-listed when collaborators represent more than one Pitt unit. In instances where there are non-Pitt collaborators, the Pitt faculty or staff member is listed first.

Submissions in this year’s publication have a 2014 copyright or performance date.

Books, Journals & More was compiled by Barbara DelRaso.

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BOOKS

ARTS and SCIENCES

All That Yellow

by Chuck Kinder, English.

Low Ghost Press.

This is a book of poetry.

Ashes to Ashes

by Siobhan Vivian, English, and Jenny Han.

Simon and Schuster.

This is a novel for teens.

Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor

by Nicole J. Constable, anthropology.

University of California Press and Hong Kong University Press.

This book looks at the issue of migrant motherhood, sexuality and women’s bodies. The focus is on the struggles of women as they consider abortion, adoption, keeping a child, remaining as “illegal” overstayers or returning home as single mothers. This ethnography provides insight into global problems of mobility, family, gender and citizenship, and points to the consequences, creative responses, melodramas, inequalities and tragedies of labor and migration policies.

Cass Gilbert’s West Virginia State Capitol

by David G. Wilkins, history of art and architecture, and Ann Thomas Wilkins, Duquesne University.

West Virginia University Press.

Cass Gilbert was America’s most famous architect when he was commissioned to design a new state capitol for West Virginia in 1921. The authors’ examination of the process of design, financing and construction exposes the social and political climate of West Virginia between 1921 and 1932, when the complex was completed. Their analysis of previously unpublished documentation, drawings and letters is complemented by many historical and contemporary illustrations. This book won an Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Nonfiction in 2014.

The Europeanization of Cinema: Interzones and Imaginative Communities

by Randall Halle, German.

University of Illinois Press.

In this book, the author advances the concept of “interzones” — geographical and ideational spaces of transit, interaction, transformation and contested diversity — as a mechanism for analyzing European cinema. He focuses especially on films about borders, borderlands and cultural zones as he traces the development of interzones from the inception of central European cinema to the avant-garde films of today.

Feeling Mediated: A History of Media Technology and Emotion in America

by Brenton J. Malin, communication.

New York University Press.

New technologies, whether text message or telegraph, inevitably raise questions about emotion. These new forms of communication bring with them both fear and hope, on one hand allowing us deeper emotional connections and the ability to forge global communities, while on the other prompting anxieties about isolation and overstimulation. This book investigates the larger context of such concerns, considering both how media technologies intersect with our emotional lives and how our ideas about these intersections influence the way we think about and experience emotion and technology themselves.

Hindu Ritual at the Margins: Innovations, Transformations, Reconsiderations

edited by Linda Penkower, religious studies, and Tracy Pintchman, Loyola University.

University of South Carolina Press.

These essays examine the ways in which Hindu ritual practices are reshaped on the fringes of tradition across the globe. The contributors examine ritual practices in diaspora; across gender, ethnic, social and political groups; in film, text and art; in settings where ritual itself or direct discussion of ritual is absent; in contexts that create new opportunities for traditionally marginalized participants or challenge the received tradition, and via theoretical perspectives that have been undervalued in the academy.

Imagination Motel

by Chuck Kinder, English.

Six Gallery Press.

This is a book of poetry.

Jewish Culture in Early Modern Europe: Essays in Honor of David B. Ruderman

edited by Adam Shear, religious studies; Richard L. Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Natalie B. Dohrmann, University of Pennsylvania, and Elchanan Reiner, Tel Aviv University.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

Thirty-one scholars cover a range of topics, beginning by examining authority structures of Jewish communities following the expulsions and migrations that reshaped the geographical contours of the Jewish world. The formation of Jewish communities, communal autonomy and cultural representations of leadership are explored, pointing to a geographical remapping of a Jewish early modernity that can contribute to a better understanding of the integrated economic and cultural landscape of the time.

The Johnstown Girls

by Kathleen George, theatre arts.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

This is a tale of twin sisters separated by the 1889 Johnstownflood. The author blends a factual history of the flood into her story of the two sisters, whose search for each other over the course of 100 years unfolds after their lives were sent careening down different paths.

Lexical Processing and Second Language Acquisition

by Natasha Tokowicz, psychology and Learning Research and Development Center.

Routledge.

This book provides an overview of research on second language lexical processing, integrating converging research and perspectives from cognitive science and second language acquisition. The book introduces the dominant issues addressed by research in cognitive science and discusses the relevant models in the literature. It also explores the different factors that impact second language lexical processing as well as cognitive neuroscientific approaches to the study of the issues discussed throughout the book.

A Measure of Blood

by Kathleen George, theatre arts.

MysteriousPress.com/Open Road.

This is the seventh installment in the Richard Christie thriller series, which is set in Pittsburgh. The murder of a single mother causes Detective Christie and others to try to find a home for her child, Matt. But the man who believes he is Matt’s father is still out there and wants the boy for himself.

Modernism and the New Spain: Britain, Cosmopolitan Europe and Literary History

by Gayle Rogers, English.

Oxford University Press.

This is a study of literary relations between Britain and Spain in the period between the two World Wars, with a focus on the Spanish Civil War. The major figures examined are T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, José Ortega y Gasset and Federico García Lorca.

Natural Disasters: Recitation Manual

by Michael Ramsey, geology and planetary science.

Kendall Hunt Publishing.

This is a recitation manual developed for the Natural Disasters course.

Nucleic Acid Polymerases

edited by Michael Trakselis, chemistry, and Katsuhiko Murakami.

Springer.

This book reviews the multitude of nucleic acid polymerases, including DNA and RNA polymerases from archaea, bacteria and eukaryota, mitochondrial and viral polymerases, and other specialized polymerases such as telomerase, template-independent terminal nucleotidyl transferase and RNA self-replication ribozyme.

Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailors, Pirates and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail

by Marcus Rediker, history.

Beacon Press.

This book explores the dramatic world of maritime adventure, not from the perspective of admirals, merchants and nation-states but from the viewpoint of commoners — sailors, slaves, indentured servants, pirates and other outlaws from the late 17th to the early 19th century. Bringing together their seafaring experiences for the first time, this book is a peoples’ history of the “age of sail.” Rediker shows how maritime actors have shaped history that many have long regarded as national and landed.

The Paul Simon Project

by Karen Lillis, cultural studies.

NightBallet Press.

This book of poems is an homage to Paul Simon’s third solo album, “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Offering one poem for each song title on the album, the book creates a world of down-on-their-luck characters and a voice of hard-won wisdom.

Performativity, Politics and the Production of Social Space

edited by Michael R. Glass, urban studies, and Reuben Rose-Redwood, University of Victoria.

Routledge.

This collection is devoted to showcasing geographical scholarship on the spatial politics of performativity. It offers a timely intervention within the field of critical human geography by exploring the performativity of political spaces and the spatiality of performative politics. Geographical case studies consider how a performative conception of the “political” might reshape our understanding of sovereignty, political subjectification and the production of social space.

The Recovering Body: Physical and Spiritual Fitness for Living Clean and Sober

by Jennifer Matesa, English.

Hazelden Publishing.

Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion

by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew Strathern, anthropology.

Bloomsbury Publishing.

Routledge Intermediate Reader: Polish Through the Press, Internet and Contemporary Literature

by Oscar Swan, Slavic languages and literatures, and Aniela Grundy.

Routledge.

The aims of this intermediate-to-advanced level reader is to educate the user about aspects of Polish history and contemporary culture through readings taken from the press and current literature. The book contains exercises, an answer key, a glossary, compendious cultural-historical notes and a grammatical supplement.

Scatter, Feed

by Ellen McGrath Smith, English.

Seven Kitchens Press.

This is a book of poetry.

Secrecy’s Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment

by Clark Chilson, religious studies.

University of Hawaii Press.

Drawing on historical and ethnographic sources, as well as fieldwork among covert Shin Buddhists in central Japan, this book introduces the histories, doctrines and practices of different covert Shin Buddhists. It shows how, despite assumptions to the contrary, secrecy has been a significant part of Shin’s history since the 13th century, when Shinran disowned his eldest son for claiming secret knowledge. The work also demonstrates how secrecy in Shin has long been both a source of conflict and a response to it. Some covert Shin Buddhists were persecuted because of their secrecy, while others used it to protect themselves from persecution under rulers hostile to Shin.

Sequence-Controlled Polymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Properties

edited by Tara Meyer, chemistry; Jean-François Lutz, Institut Charles Sadron; Makoto Ouchi, Kyoto University, and Mitsuo Sawamoto, Kyoto University.

American Chemical Society.

Sequence is a powerful but underexploited tool for controlling copolymer properties. Despite our extensive knowledge of how sequence determines structure, defines reactivity and encodes information in biological systems, the challenges in creating copolymers that comprise precisely ordered monomers have prevented the realization of the potential of this strategy outside of the realm of biology. In this volume, the current frontiers in the design, synthesis and characterization of sequenced oligomers and polymers are presented.

A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France: Gothic Manuscripts 1260-1320

by Alison Stones, history of art and architecture.

Harvey Miller/Brepols.

These two volumes are Part II of a four-volume set; the first two volumes were published in 2013. The books provide an outline with a detailed catalogue of more than 500 major illuminated manuscripts made in France at the beginning of the Gothic era, when manuscripts included illustrated copies of legal, historical, literary and scientific texts alongside the traditional liturgical and devotional books. Products mainly of urban centers, these books were owned by wealthy lay folk and clerics alike, and were made by craftsmen and women, many of whom are known by name. Comparative tables focus on the iconography of several particularly popular texts from the “Roman d’Alexandre” and the “Roman de la Rose” to Gratian’s “Decretum” and Vincent of Beauvais’ “Speculum Historiale.”

Thinking History Globally

by Diego Holstein, history.

Palgrave Macmillan.

True Stories, Well Told

edited by Lee Gutkind, English, and Hattie Fletcher.

In Fact Books.

This collection of 20 nonfiction narratives is the best of the journal Creative Nonfiction. Toi Derricotte, Brian Doyle, Carolyn Forché, Caitlin Horrocks, Harrison Scott Key and others draw inspiration from topics ranging from butterflies to baseball and sustainable farming to fatherhood.

Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks: Exploration, Pattern Searching, Visualization and Network Evolution

by Patrick Doreian, sociology; Vladimir Batagelj, University of Ljubljana; Anuska Ferligoj, University of Ljubljana, and Natasa Kejzar, University of Ljubljana.

Wiley.

This book, part of the Wiley series on computational and quantitative social science, explores social mechanisms that drive network change and links them to computationally sound models of changing structure to detect patterns. This text identifies the social processes generating these networks and how networks have evolved.

Working in the Field: Anthropological Experiences Across the World

by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew J. Strathern, anthropology.

Palgrave Macmillan.

How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? The authors show how first impressions of an area carry depths of meanings that gradually can be unpacked in later analysis and how the fieldworker’s memories may become blended with those of the people studied as a result of long-term engagement with them. The authors show how fieldwork in apparently different areas — Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Scotland and Ireland — can lead to unexpected comparisons and discoveries of similarities in human cross-cultural patterns of behavior.

BRADFORD

Food Security, Poverty and Nutrition Policy Analysis: Statistical Methods and Applications, 2nd Edition

by Shailendra Gajanan, economics; Suresh Babu, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Prabuddha Sanyal, International Food Policy Research Institute.

Academic Press.

The revised edition has hands-on examples and real-world case studies using the latest data sets, tools and methods, including STATA software.

From Little Houses to Little Women: Revisiting a Literary Childhood

by Nancy McCabe, communication and the arts.

University of Missouri Press.

The author visits places that inspired many of her favorite childhood books, including the Missouri of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Minnesota of Maud Hart Lovelace, the Massachusetts of Louisa May Alcott and the Canada of Lucy Maud Montgomery. This book reveals the author’s connection to the characters and authors who inspired many generations of readers.

Internationalism in Children’s Series

edited by Marietta Frank, Hanley Library/University Library System, and Karen Sands-O’Connor, State University of New York-Buffalo.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This book is part of the Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature Series. It examines internationalism in children’s series.

Rethinking Prison Reentry: Transforming Humiliation Into Humility

by Tony Gaskew, behavioral and social sciences.

Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield.

This book describes a prison-based education pedagogy designed to address a prevalent racial politics of shaming, self-segregation and transgenerational learned helplessness. Many incarcerated black men face insurmountable psychosocial obstacles when attempting to make the successful transition back into ownership of their lives. The author confronts the issue of redemption and reconciliation head-on by critically examining the “triads of culpability” when it comes to crime and justice in America: those who commit crimes; those who enforce criminal laws, and those who stand by and do nothing.  He explores the growth of a black counterculture of crime that has created modern-day killing fields across urban neighborhoods and challenges the incarcerated black men trapped within its socially constructed lies, helping them to draw upon the strength of their cultural privilege to transform from criminal offender into incarcerated student.

The Shakespeare Handbooks

series editors: Kevin Ewert, communication and the arts, and Paul Edmondson, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Palgrave.

These introductory guides to plays encourage students to develop an informed and independent understanding of the texts. A central feature is a scene-by-scene commentary that considers the potential of the action and dialogue in performance and provides an experience as close to a theatre visit as possible. A brief history of the text and early performances, a selection of contextual documents illuminating the origins of the play, case studies of key performances and productions, and a sampling of critical opinion with an annotated list for additional reading complete each volume. The guide published in 2014 was “The Duchess of Malfi” by David Carnegie.

Talking Girl: A Memoir

by Carys Evans-Corrales, communication and the arts.

Small Stations Press.

EDUCATION

2/1 Game Force: A Modern Approach, 4th Edition

by Neil Timm, psychology in education.

Trafford Publishing.

This book is for beginning and intermediate bridge players with chapters on precision and fantunes. The 2/1 game force bidding system is an improvement over the Standard American system that has been in effect and played by bridge players for many years. The advantage of the 2/1 system is that it allows the partnership to know that a game is possible with only a single bid.

Doing and Making Authentic Literacies

by Laura Jane Roop, instruction and learning; Linda Denstaedt, and Stephen Best.

National Council of Teachers of English.

Early Child Development: From Theory to Practice

by Christina Groark, psychology in education and Office of Child Development; Stephanie McCarthy, and Afton R. Kirk.

Thuze/Bridgepoint Education.

This text, written for educators planning to work with children from birth to age 8,  explains how development and individual variations within children occur. This focus allows readers to create their own practices based upon developmental knowledge and respect for cultural variations while also describing ways to create developmentally appropriate activities.

Handbook of Urban Education

edited by H. Richard Milner, Center for Urban Education, and Kofi Lomotey, Western Carolina University.

Routledge.

This volume brings together leading scholars in urban education to focus on inner-city matters, specifically as they relate to educational research, theory, policy and practice. Each chapter provides perspectives on the history and evolving nature of urban education and the current education landscape, and helps chart direction for future work and needs. The handbook addresses seven areas that capture the breadth and depth of available knowledge in urban education: psychology, health and human development; sociological perspectives; families and communities; teacher education and special education; leadership, administration and leaders; curriculum and instruction, and policy and reform.

Promoting Child and Adolescent Mental Health

by Carl Fertman, health and physical activity; Myrna Delgado, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and Susan Tarasevich, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and UPMC.

Jones & Bartlett Learning.

This book focuses on how to build sustainable support systems across the community, classroom, schools and families to adequately promote positive behavior and mental health for children and adolescents. It addresses a wide range of learning challenges and mental health issues and outlines the support needed to provide communities and schools with the proper guidance to create an adaptable system that promotes child and adolescent mental health, thus allowing them to flourish.

Summer Melt: Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College

by Lindsay Page, psychology in education and Learning Research and Development Center, and Benjamin L. Castleman, University of Virginia.

Harvard Education Publishing Group.

GREENSBURG

Ed McKean: Slugging Shortstop of the Cleveland Spiders

by Richard Blevins, humanities.

McFarland.

This biography of Ed McKean, the exemplar of the big-league slugging shortstop before Honus Wagner and Lou Boudreau, recounts his efforts to reimagine himself as one of Cleveland’s original sports heroes, his struggle to win a significant place in fin de siècle America, and his leading role in the Emerald Age of baseball.

Gadsden

by Richard Blevins, humanities.

Spuyten Duyvil.

This is a book-length poem on the work of Roberto Bolaño.

Hereford Diocese: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae  1541-1857, XIII

by William H. Campbell, history.

Institute of Historical Research.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the established church was England’s largest employer of educated men, and many clergymen also were scholars, authors, historians and civil servants. The most accomplished and best connected clergymen tended to receive cathedral appointments, making cathedrals important nodes on the network of the nation’s intellectual, artistic and political life, as well as flagship churches. This volume traces the clergy of Hereford Cathedral from the English Reformation to the mid-Victorian period.

Naked Noah

by Richard Blevins, humanities.

Spuyten Duyvil.

This is a book-length poem on James Ensor’s masterpiece, “Christ’s Entry Into Brussels.”

Persuasion: Theory and Applications

by Lillian Beeson, communications.

Oxford University Press.

This is an introduction to persuasion from classic rhetorical theory to contemporary social science. The author investigates the application of persuasion theory through the various fields of politics, religion, art and entertainment, advertising, public relations and law. Students will learn the traditional models of how persuasion works, how to question its impact on contemporary society and how to apply this knowledge in their own lives.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

Big Data: Techniques and Technologies in Geoinformatics

edited by Hassan A. Karimi, information science and technology.

CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.

Big data always has been a major challenge in geoinformatics as geospatial data come in various types and formats, new geospatial data are acquired very fast, and geospatial databases inherently are very large. And while there have been advances in hardware and software for handling big data, they often fall short of handling geospatial big data efficiently and effectively. This book tackles these challenges. Providing a perspective based on analysis of time, applications and resources, this book familiarizes readers with geospatial applications that fall under the category of big data. It explores new trends in geospatial data collection such as geo-crowdsourcing, and advanced data collection technologies such as LiDAR point clouds. The book features a range of topics including distributed computing, geospatial data analytics, social media and volunteered geographic information.

LAW

Environmental Health Law: An Introduction

by Russellyn S. Carruth, law and Graduate School of Public Health, and Bernard D. Goldstein, Graduate School of Public Health.

Jossey-Bass/Wiley.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the major U.S. environmental laws and approaches, strategies, standards and enforcement techniques by which American law protects our environment and health. Written for the nonlawyer, the book spotlights general concepts that demystify the American legal system (what law consists of, who makes it, how it is made, how it is enforced). The authors also introduce the major environmental laws and evaluate issues, controversies and developments in environmental policy.

Governing Knowledge Commons

edited by Michael J. Madison; Brett M. Frischmann, Yeshiva University, and Katherine J. Strandburg, New York University.

Oxford University Press.

This book describes the institutionalized community governance of the sharing and, in some cases, creation, of information, science, knowledge, data and other types of intellectual and cultural resources. The book argues that policymaking should be based on evidence and a deeper understanding of what makes commons institutions work. It offers a systematic way to study knowledge commons, borrowing and building on Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize-winning research on natural resource commons. It proposes a framework for studying knowledge commons that is adapted to the unique attributes of knowledge and information, describing the framework in detail and explaining how to put it into context with respect to both commons research and innovation and information policy.

Transaction Planning Using Rules on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments

by Ronald Brand.

Brill.

This work is the publication of the author’s 2011 Hague Academy lectures on private international law. It is part of the Pocket Books of the Hague Academy of International Law collection.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Lexical Processing and Second Language Acquisition

by Natasha Tokowicz, LRDC and Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

Routledge.

Summer Melt: Supporting Low-Income Students Through the Transition to College

by Lindsay Page, LRDC and School of Education, and Benjamin L. Castleman, University of Virginia.

Harvard Education Publishing Group.

MEDICINE

ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Liver Surgery Volume

edited by David A. Geller, surgery, and Horacio J. Asbun, Mayo Clinic Florida.

American College of Surgeons/Ciné-Med.

This volume includes 41 chapters presenting hepatobiliary repair techniques using open and laparoscopic methods. Experts provide detailed, step-by-step instruction using a combination of video, illustration and intraoperative photos to clarify specific points of the procedure. The multimedia atlas format was designed to showcase the definitive operative procedures, often demonstrated by the surgeons who first developed or refined a technique.

A Case Approach to Perioperative Drug-Drug Interactions

edited by David G. Metro, anesthesiology; Randal O. Dull; Michael P. Hutchens; Jeffrey R. Kirsch; Kirk Lalwani; Catherine Marcucci; Wayne T. Nicholson; Neil B. Sandson; F. Jacob Seagull; Juraj Sprung; Christopher E. Swide; Toby N. Weingarten, and Erica D. Wittwer.

Springer.

This book includes 37 chapters from both current and former physician-authors in the Pitt/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology.

Doctors of Another Calling: Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other Than Medicine

edited by David K. C. Cooper, surgery.

University of Delaware Press/Rowman & Littlefield.

The fields of literature, exploration, business, sports, entertainment and beyond abound with doctors whose interests lie outside medicine. This book, largely written by members of the medical profession, provides wide-ranging and comprehensive biographical sketches of 39 doctors (and three medical students) who are best known for their contributions to fields outside of medicine.

Living Donor Advocacy: An Evolving Role Within Transplantation

edited by Jennifer Steel, surgery.

Springer.

This book is an overview of living donation and its risks, ethical challenges and future directions regarding its role within the transplantation process.

Pediatric Endocrinology, 4th Edition

edited by Mark A. Sperling, pediatrics.

Elsevier.

This book covers all aspects of basic science and clinical practice. It includes the latest key developments in every area of the field, providing guidance on how clinical decision-making will be affected by today’s technological and scientific advances.

Perioperative Blood Management: A Physician’s Handbook, 3rd Edition

edited by Jonathan Waters, anesthesiology; Karen E. King, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Aryeh Shander, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center.

AABB/Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.

This handbook contains information for practitioners who recognize the duty to consider all alternatives in care, both to select transfusion and to avoid transfusion. It discusses Jehovah’s Witness patients, acute normovolemic hemodilution, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, artificial oxygen carriers, recombinant Factor VIIa, anemia prevention and a host of other aspects of this growing field. It fits into a lab coat pocket, but is comprehensive enough to answer the questions that arise in daily practice.

Problem-Based Transesophageal Echocardiography

associate editors: Kathirvel Subramaniam, anesthesiology; Balachundhar Subramaniam, Harvard, and Harish Ramakrishna, Mayo Clinic. Editor: Deepak K. Tempe, Maulana Azad Medical College.

CBS Publishers.

This book represents a major effort to bring together experts from all over the world to write on the topic of applied perioperative TEE, merging the basic principles with a practical and problem-based approach. The book is intended for cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, cardiac anesthesiology fellows, cardiology fellows and anesthesiology residents who care for cardiac surgical patients in operating rooms and intensive care units.

Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 10th Edition

by Timothy R. Billiar, surgery; Dana K. Andersen, National Institutes of Health; F. Charles Brunicardi, UCLA-Santa Monica; David L. Dunn, University of Louisville; John G. Hunter, Oregon Health & Science University; Jeffrey B. Matthews, University of Chicago, and Raphael E. Pollock, Ohio State University.

McGraw-Hill Professional.

This edition covers the foundations of surgery while bringing into sharper focus new and emerging technologies. Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery and the use of computers and genomic information have improved the outcomes and quality of life for patients. With these advances in mind, all chapters have been updated with an emphasis on evidence-based, state-of-the-art surgical care. A new chapter focuses on the actual development of surgeons.

Translational Systems Biology: Concepts and Practice for the Future of Biomedical Research

by Yoram Vodovotz, surgery, and Gary An, University of Chicago.

Elsevier.

Are we satisfied with the rate of drug development? Are we happy with the drugs that come to market? Are we getting our money’s worth in spending for basic biomedical research? The authors address these questions by providing a description of the barriers facing biomedical research today and the immediate future, and how these barriers could be overcome through the adoption of a robust and scalable approach that will form the underpinning of biomedical research for the future.

PROVOST AREA

Metaphilosophy: Philosophy in Philosophical Perspective

by Nicholas Rescher, philosophy.

Lexington Books.

This book examines philosophy itself from a philosophical point of view — in short, the philosophy of philosophy. It provides an introductory survey of the field.

Philosophical Progress: And Other Philosophical Studies

by Nicholas Rescher, philosophy.

De Gruyter.

This is a book of essays dealing with much controverted philosophical issues such as “Does philosophy make progress?” “Do humans have free will?” “Is science value neutral?”

PUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Limits of Democratic Governance in South Africa

by Louis A. Picard, and Thomas Mogale, University of the Witwatersrand.

Lynne Rienner Publishers.

In the transition from apartheid rule to democratic governance in South Africa, what has been the impact on people in the country’s cities, towns, villages and farms? The authors offer answers to this fundamental question, tracing historical trends and measuring change (or the lack of it) in the dynamic between the promise of local participatory governance and the realities of a hierarchical state.

A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Addressing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions

by Dennis Gormley; Andrew Erickson, U.S. Naval War College, and Jingdong Yuan, University of Sidney.

National Defense University Press.

This book is the first comprehensive open-source study on Chinese cruise missiles. It surveys People’s Republic of China antiship cruise missile and land attack cruise missile programs and their implications for broader People’s Liberation Army capabilities, especially in a Taiwan scenario.

Nontaxation and Representation: The Fiscal Foundations of Political Stability

by Kevin M. Morrison.

Cambridge University Press.

The author argues that government revenues of all kinds affect political regimes and their leaders. He illustrates that taxation leads to instability, not representation. With this insight, he extends his work on nontax revenues to encompass foreign aid, oil revenue and intergovernmental grants, and shows that they lead to decreased taxation, increased government spending and increased political stability. Looking at the stability of democracies and dictatorships as well as leadership transitions within those regimes, the author incorporates cross-national statistical methods, formal modeling, a quasi-experiment and case studies of Brazil, Kenya and Mexico to build his case. This book upends many common hypotheses and policy recommendations.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Environmental Health Law: An Introduction

by Bernard D. Goldstein, environmental and occupational health, and Russellyn S. Carruth, environmental and occupational health and School of Law.

Jossey-Bass/Wiley.

Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems, 6th Edition

by Beaufort B. Longest Jr., health policy and management, and Kurt Darr, George Washington University.

Health Professions Press.

This edition keeps pace with the changing health care landscape in the United States and with the demands placed on its health care leaders. Grounded in the practices of continuous quality and performance improvement at all levels of an organization, this edition examines virtually every aspect of health services leadership and management, from day-to-day decision-making to personnel and resource management to transformational change processes.

Methods for Community Public Health Research: Integrated and Engaged Approaches

edited by Steve M. Albert, behavioral and community health sciences, and Jessica G. Burke, behavioral and community health sciences.

Springer Publishing.

Challenging the notion of the quantitative-qualitative dichotomy, the contributors include integrated research methods such as spatial analysis, concept mapping, network approaches, system dynamics, visual voice and news media analysis. The book highlights new technologies and methodologies that are particularly suited to addressing complex health issues, translating research into action, and engaging the community and relevant stakeholders. Eschewing the rigid distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods, this new paradigm facilitates a more fluid use of integrated methods and interdisciplinary expertise.

Modeling Behavior in Complex Public Health Systems: Simulation and Games for Action and Evaluation

by Christopher Keane, behavioral and community health sciences.

Springer Publishing.

This book is about collective action affecting shared health conditions. It explores how shared health conditions lead not only to tensions between individual and collective, but also to fascinating emergent properties in collectives in which the whole is different than the individual parts. This emergence of complex systems may involve challenging conflicts between individual and collective actions but often also leads to types of self-organizing dynamics that are beneficial, even crucial, to health.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM

Internationalism in Children’s Series

edited by Marietta Frank, ULS and Bradford, and Karen Sands-O’Connor, State University of New York-Buffalo.

Palgrave Macmillan.

Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy

by Thomas M. Twiss, Hillman Library.

Brill.

During the 20th century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion of this question than Leon Trotsky. The author traces the development of Trotsky’s thinking on this issue from the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution through the Moscow trials of the 1930s. Throughout, he examines how Trotsky’s perception of events influenced his theoretical understanding of the problem and how Trotsky’s theory shaped his analysis of political developments.

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JOURNALS

ARTS and SCIENCES

Anglo Saxonica

guest edited by Lucy Fischer, English and film studies; Cecilia Beecher Martins, and José Duarte.

University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies.

This issue, “Changing Times: Performance and Identities on Screen,” comprises a collection of essays on contemporary international cinema that deal with questions of changing identities and screen performance.

BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies

edited by Neepa Majumdar, English; Moinak Biswas, Jadavpur University; Rosie Thomas, University of Westminster, and Ravi S. Vasudevan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.

Sage Publications.

This blind peer-reviewed journal, published biannually, provides a forum for the intersections of South Asian screen practices with related media forms such as musical recording and performance, popular print culture, stage set design and the history of publicity, advertising and consumer cultures. It has published research on historical, regional and virtual spaces of screen cultures.

boundary 2

edited by Paul A. Bové, English; managing editor: Margaret A. Havran, English.

Duke University Press.

This journal publishes deep critical writing across a range of disciplines. It draws on the long resources of literary and humanistic writings and scholarship to engage with grave imaginative and intellectual problems identifiable across a spectrum of peoples, languages and politics. Secular in its commitments and historical in its methods, it publishes lucid critical writing that makes clear its importance and the relevance of its topic.

The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies

edited by William Chase, history and University Center for International Studies; Robert Donnorummo, University Center for International Studies, and Andrew Konitzer, University Center for International Studies; managing editor: Eileen O’Malley, University Center for International Studies.

Center for Russian and East European Studies.

This is a scholarly paper series named after the first director of UCIS. It publishes work in many disciplines and areas of inquiry. Submissions are anonymously refereed.

China Media Research

guest edited by Weiming Yao Gorman, communication, and Rya Butterfield, Nicholls State University.

China Media Research.

This special issue, titled “Confucius Institute: How China Exerts Its Influences Through Language Instruction,” focuses on how the Confucius Institute (CI) exerts influence in the U.S. It includes an analysis of the symbolic power of pedagogical approach of the CI in American higher education and a survey of CI students’ reoriented attitude toward China.

Creative Nonfiction

edited by Lee Gutkind, English.

Creative Nonfiction Foundation.

Critical Quarterly

edited by Colin MacCabe, English.

Wiley-Blackwell.

This journal is known for its blend of literary criticism, cultural studies, poetry and fiction.

International Sociology Reviews

edited by Mohammed A. Bamyeh, sociology.

International Sociological Association/Sage.

This journal reviews material of interest to the international community of sociologists.

Japanese Language and Literature

edited by Hiroshi Nara, East Asian languages and literatures.

American Association of Teachers of Japanese.

This peer-reviewed journal considers submissions in the areas of Japanese literary studies, linguistics and language and literature pedagogy.

Journal of Ritual Studies

edited by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew J. Strathern, anthropology.

Carolina Academic Press.

This is an independent, subscriber-based, peer-reviewed journal. The term “ritual” has long enjoyed wide use in a number of disciplines, and many scholars have noted the fundamental social importance of ritualized behaviors and the difficulty of interpreting them. It is only recently, however, that ritual studies has become a recognized interdisciplinary field. The journal includes scholars from anthropology, religious studies, sociology, psychology, performance studies, ancient, medieval, early modern and contemporary history, area studies, philosophy, art, literature, dance and music. The journal provides a forum for debate about ritual’s role and meaning, and seeks better definition for this rapidly growing field.

Journal of World-Systems Research

edited by Jackie Smith, sociology.

American Sociological Association.

This online, peer-reviewed journal disseminates scholarly research on topics that are relevant to the analysis of world-systems. It publishes works that proceed from several different theoretical stances and disciplines. These include civilizationists, evolutionary approaches, international political economy, comparative, historical and cultural analysis. It also publishes discussions of future trajectories and options for the modern world-system and considerations of what can be done to create a more humane, peaceful and just world society.

Progress in Surface Science

editor-in-chief: Hrvoje Petek, physics and astronomy.

Elsevier.

Topics for this journal are chosen for their timeliness from across a wide spectrum of scientific and engineering subjects.

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research

editor-in-chief: Irene H. Frieze, psychology; managing editor: Susan Dittrich, psychology.

Springer.

This is an interdisciplinary behavioral science journal offering a feminist perspective. It publishes original research reports and review articles that illuminate the underlying processes and consequences of gender role socialization, gendered perceptions and behaviors, and gender stereotypes. Topics extend to gender issues in employment and work environments; interpersonal relationships; sexual orientation and identity; body image; violence against women or intimate partners; gender role socialization; the influences of media, schools, peers and community on stereotypes; the acquisition, maintenance and impact of stereotypes; the cultural, economic, legal and political effects of contemporary social change, and methodological issues in gender research.

Social Networks: An International Journal of Structural Analysis

edited by Patrick Doreian, sociology, and Martin G. Everett, University of Manchester.

Elsevier.

This is a quarterly journal.

Variaciones Borges

edited by Daniel Balderston, Hispanic languages and literatures.

Borges Center, University of Pittsburgh.

This biannual journal, focusing on the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, is published in Spanish, English and French.

BUSINESS

AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction

editors-in-chief: Dennis Galletta, decision, operations and information technology, and Joe Valacich, University of Arizona.

Association for Information Systems.

This is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal oriented to the information systems community, emphasizing applications in business, managerial, organizational and cultural contexts. Its objective is to enhance and communicate knowledge about the interplay among humans, information, technologies and tasks in order to guide the development and use of human-centered information and communication technologies and services for individuals, groups, organizations and communities.

DENTAL MEDICINE

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

edited by Robert J. Weyant, dental public health.

Wiley.

This journal is devoted to the advancement of public health dentistry through the exploration of related research, practice and policy developments. Three main types of articles are published: original research articles that provide a significant contribution to knowledge in dental public health, including oral epidemiology, dental health services, the behavioral sciences and the public health practice areas of assessment, policy development and assurance; methods articles that report the development and testing of new approaches to research design, data collection and analysis or the delivery of public health services; and review articles that synthesize previous research in the discipline and provide guidance to researchers, policy makers, managers and other dental public health practitioners.

EDUCATION

Excellence in Higher Education

edited by W. James Jacob, administrative and policy studies; John C. Weidman, administrative and policy studies, and Sunardi Sunardi, Universitas Sebelas Maret; managing editor: Daniel Paul Casebeer, administrative and policy studies.

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.

This is the first English-language academic journal in the field of higher education in Indonesia. The goal is to enable readers around the world to explore Indonesian and global higher education traditions and contemporary patterns in a global context, thereby promoting mutual dialogue and enriching the theory, policy and practice of higher education.

Infant Mental Health Journal

guest edited by Christina J. Groark, psychology in education and Office of Child Development; Robert McCall, psychology in education and Office of Child Development, and Niels P. Rygaard.

Wiley/Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health.

This special issue, titled “Global Research, Practice and Policy Issues in the Care of Infants and Young Children at Risk,” includes articles that contribute to the global research base pertaining to the development of infants and young children at risk, primarily those reared in institutions in lower resource countries; interventions in institutions; promotion of family alternatives to institutionalization, and attempts to create modern child-welfare systems emphasizing family care in entire states and countries.

International Journal of Educational Research

guest edited by Michael J. Ford, instruction and learning; Ellice A. Forman, instruction and learning; Randi A. Engle, University of California-Berkeley, and Patrice Venturini, University of Toulouse.

Elsevier.

This special issue, titled “International Examinations and Extensions of the Productive Disciplinary Engagement Framework,” examines science instruction in four different cultural contexts (two in the United States, one in France, one in Brazil). All four articles examine instruction using the theoretical framework developed by Engle and Conant in 2002, known as productive disciplinary engagement.

Urban Education

edited by H. Richard Milner, Center for Urban Education.

Sage Publications.

This journal addresses urban issues from both a U.S. and an international perspective. It publishes research and conceptual reviews that contribute new, extensive and expanded knowledge regarding theory, research and/or practice in the field. The journal is organized around eight main interdisciplinary areas: curriculum and instruction; counseling and social services; educational policy; equity in urban education; psychology and human development; special education; teacher education, and global issues and perspectives.

ENGINEERING

Oxidation of Metals

edited by Brian Gleeson, mechanical engineering and materials science.

Springer.

This is an international journal about the science of gas-solid reactions.

HEALTH and REHABILITATION SCIENCES

International Journal of Telerehabilitation

edited by Ellen Cohn, communication science and disorders, and Jana Cason, Spalding University.

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.

This is a biannual journal that disseminates information about current research and practices.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

IEEE Communications Magazine

guest edited by David Tipper, telecommunications and networking; Dominic Schupke, Airbus, and Oscar Gonzalez De Dios, Telefonica.

IEEE.

The first part of the January 2014 issue on advances in communication network planning focuses on wired networks and cloud services. The second part focuses on wireless networks and uncertainty in traffic loads.

Transactions on Learning Technologies

editor-in-chief: Peter Brusilovsky, information science and technology.

IEEE Press.

This archival journal is published quarterly. It covers research on such topics as innovative online learning systems, intelligent tutors, educational software applications and games simulation systems for education and training.

JOHNSTOWN

Journal of General Education: A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and Sciences

edited by Patty Wharton-Michael, humanities/communication, and Jeremy Cohen, Northwestern University-Qatar.

Penn State University Press.

This journal engages academic communities and others in deliberations about general education experiments and innovation, as well as considerations of general education assessment, history, philosophy and theoretical perspective.

The Pennsylvania Geographer

edited by William B. Kory, social science/geography; associate editors: Gregory Faiers, social science/geography, and Ola Johansson, social science/geography.

The Pennsylvania Geographer Society/Pitt-Johnstown.

This is a peer-reviewed journal.

LAW

Artificial Intelligence and Law

editors-in-chief: Kevin D. Ashley, law and Learning Research and Development Center; Trevor Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool, and Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna.

Springer.

This journal contains information on theoretical or empirical studies in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, jurisprudence, linguistics and philosophy that addresses the development of formal or computational models of legal knowledge, reasoning and decision making. It also includes in-depth studies of innovative artificial intelligence systems that are being used in the legal domain, as well as studies that address the ethical and social implications of the field of artificial intelligence and law.

Search and Seizure Law Report

edited by John M. Burkoff.

West.

This is a monthly publication.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Artificial Intelligence and Law

editors-in-chief: Kevin D. Ashley, LRDC and School of Law; Trevor Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool, and Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna.

Springer.

MEDICINE

Bipolar Disorders: An International Journal of Psychiatry and Neurosciences

edited by K. N. Roy Chengappa, psychiatry, and Samuel Gershon, psychiatry.

John Wiley & Sons.

This international journal is dedicated to publishing the results of research relevant to the basic mechanisms, clinical aspects and treatment of bipolar disorders.

Journal of Neurophysiology

editor-in-chief: Bill J. Yates, otolaryngology.

American Physiological Society.

Founded in 1938, this is one of the oldest journals dedicated to neuroscience. It is published twice per month and contains original research articles, reviews and editorials.

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

editor-in-chief: Joseph S. Sanfilippo, medicine.

Elsevier.

This journal serves as an international source of information for health care professionals.

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine

editor-in-chief: Freddie H. Fu, orthopaedic surgery.

Dove Press.

This is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access online journal publishing original research, reports, reviews and commentaries on all areas of sports medicine.

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

edited by Freddie H. Fu, orthopaedic surgery.

Elsevier/Saunders.

This illustrated journal keeps practitioners informed about significant advances in all areas of surgical management. Each issue of this atlas-style journal explores a single topic, often offering alternate approaches to the same procedure.

Patient Related Outcome Measures

editor-in-chief: Robert Howland, psychiatry.

Dove Press.

This is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on treatment outcomes specifically relevant to patients. All aspects of patient care are addressed.

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

editor-in-chief: Miguel Reyes-Múgica, pathology.

Allen Press.

This bimonthly journal is the official publication of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Pediatric Pathology Society.

Pediatric Diabetes

edited by Mark A. Sperling, pediatrics; associate editors: Silva Arslanian, pediatrics; Dorothy J. Becker, pediatrics; Massimo Trucco, pediatrics; Ram Menon, and Massimo Pietropaolo; managing editor: Daniel Bogdan, pediatrics.

John Wiley & Sons.

This journal, published eight times a year, is devoted to disseminating new information related to the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, management, complications and prevention of diabetes in childhood and adolescence.

Pediatric Endocrinology

specialty chief editors: Mark A. Sperling, pediatrics, and Mehul Dattani, UCL Institute of Child Health.

Frontiers.

This journal aims to offer a comprehensive approach to the endocrine diseases in childhood, translating experimental knowledge into endocrine clinical research and practice.

Wound Repair and Regeneration

edited by Patricia A. Hebda, otolaryngology.

Wiley.

This international journal is the official publication of the Wound Healing Society (U.S.), the European Tissue Repair Society, the Japanese Society for Wound Healing and the Australian Wound Management Association. It publishes original scientific and clinical papers.

SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

edited by Rafael Engel; Alan Hatton-Yeo, CSV Wales, and Leng Leng Thang, National University of Singapore; editor emeritus: Sally Newman, University Center for Social and Urban Research.

Taylor & Francis Group.

Founded in 2002, this journal is a forum for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, educators and advocates to stay abreast of the latest intergenerational research, practice methods and policy initiatives. It integrates practical, theoretical, empirical, familial and policy perspectives, publishing papers and articles that address intergenerational relationships evidenced in intergenerational practice, policy and research.

Race and Social Problems

editor-in-chief: Gary F. Koeske; associate editor: Ralph Bangs.

Springer.

This is a multidisciplinary international forum for issues relevant to race and its relationship to psychological, socioeconomic, political and cultural problems.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies

edited by William Chase, UCIS and Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Robert Donnorummo, UCIS, and Andrew Konitzer, UCIS; managing editor: Eileen O’Malley, UCIS.

Center for Russian and East European Studies.

Shashi: The Journal of Japanese Business and Company History

edited by Martha Chaiklin.

University Library System.

This is a peer-reviewed annual publication on the history of business and manufacturing in Japan. It is especially interested in original research utilizing shashi, which are published by companies to commemorate their significant anniversaries, such as the 10th, 50th and 100th. These publications contain not only the company’s history, but also that of their industries. They reflect changes in culture, conditions and social environment.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for SOCIAL and URBAN RESEARCH

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

edited by Rafael Engel, School of Social Work; Alan Hatton-Yeo, CSV Wales, and Leng Leng Thang, National University of Singapore; editor emeritus: Sally Newman, UCSUR.

Taylor & Francis Group.

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ARTS and SCIENCES

El Gran Teatro del Mundo, Birth of Venus, Gleanings

composer: Florencio Asenjo, mathematics.

Albany Records.

This is the final recorded symphony released in 2014 by Florencio Asenjo, who died in June 2013. These symphonic works were recorded in May 2013 by the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic.

Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels

producer: Marcus Rediker, history; director: Tony Buba.

This documentary film by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker’s “The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom.” It chronicles a trip to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad in 1839, to interview elders about the incident, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where the cruel trans-Atlantic voyage began. The film uses the knowledge of villagers, fishermen and truck drivers to recover a lost history in the struggle against slavery.

In the Heights

director: Lisa Jackson-Schebetta, theatre arts; scenic designer: Gianni Downs, theatre arts; lighting designer: Annmarie Duggan, theatre arts.

University of Pittsburgh Stages.

This musical was staged March 27-April 6, 2014.

The Letters of a Language Arranged in Their Customary Order

artist: Delanie Jenkins, studio arts.

Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh.

This exhibit was held May 2-22, 2014.

Midway

artist: Aaron Henderson, studio arts.

LivingRoom, Chicago.

This is a series of video installations created from footage captured at state and county fairs in Indiana and South Carolina. They examine the impromptu performances, staged competitions and visceral revelations that attendees experience while riding carnival rides. The exhibit ran June 6-29, 2014.

Mixed Tape Transpositions

artist: Delanie Jenkins, studio arts.

Stan McCollum Gallery, Atlanta.

This was a solo exhibition that features a wall installation and collage works using print, paint and pencil on archival tape. The artist’s recent works use line and color to explore optics, perception and space. With an assemblage-meets-minimalism sensibility and an accumulation of material and gesture, she builds layered visual fields that contract to reveal their singular elements. The exhibit ran June 6-July 19, 2014.

Relativity

artist: Paul Glabicki, studio arts.

Kim Foster Gallery, New York.

This solo exhibition of new drawings ran Jan. 9-Feb. 15, 2014.

BRADFORD

Celebration (Festen)

director: Kevin Ewert, communication and the arts.

Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern.

This production was performed at The Shadowbox in Durham, North Carolina, Feb. 6-22, 2014. It was selected as one of the top 10 productions of the year in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area by Indy Magazine.

GREENSBURG

Think Small

producer: John Prellwitz II, communications.

Pitt-Greensburg Media.

This documentary highlights the work of Shoulder to Shoulder brigades composed of U.S. medical students and medical residents who provide health care in San Jose del Negrito, Honduras, through a partnership with the San Jose Health Committee.

MEDICINE

Bariatric Surgery: Postoperative and Long-term Management of the Uncomplicated Patient

by Giselle Hamad, surgery

UptoDate/Wolters Kluwer Health.

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. Bariatric surgery, a commonly performed procedure in the United States, remains the most effective method of weight loss; it can result in partial or complete resolution of multiple obesity-related comorbidities, including Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and obstructive sleep apnea. This online publication discusses the immediate postoperative care for the uncomplicated postsurgical patient and outpatient management of all bariatric surgical patients.

PUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Under the Umbrella Tree

producers: Louis  A. Picard, and Pauline Greenlick, Carlow University.

Dreamcatchers Films.

This documentary, shown Oct. 12, 2014, at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, details the work of Bright Kids Uganda, a children’s home in Entebbe, Uganda, and its founder, Victoria Nalongo Namusisi. It raises awareness of the relationship between education, human security and sustainable development. More than 100 children, who may have otherwise perished in internally displaced people’s camps, on the streets of Uganda, or from extreme poverty, have been rescued. They are provided with food, education, basic necessities and a secure, loving home.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Michael Walter Landscapes

artist: Michael Walter, Nationality Rooms.

AIM Gallery, Pittsburgh.

This exhibit of more than 30 landscape paintings was part of the Sept. 5, 2014, Penn Avenue Unblurred gallery crawl.