The Paleontological Society Papers, a new series published by The Paleontological Society

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Loren E. Babcock ◽  
William I. Ausich
Keyword(s):  
Geological Society ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Short Courses

This Volume marks the inaugural issue of the Paleontological Society Papers. This series, established by The Paleontological Society in 1996, replaces the Paleontological Society Short Course Notes, which ceased to be published in November 1995, and the Paleontological Society Special Publications, which ceased to be published in June 1996. Most of the contributions in the new series are invited papers presented at the Short Courses on Paleontology sponsored by the Society at the annual meetings of the Geological Society of America.

Taphonomic approaches to time resolution in fossil assemblages: Introduction

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Kidwell ◽  
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Time Resolution ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Taxonomic Group ◽  
Relative Time ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Historical Geology ◽  
Fossil Assemblages ◽  
Short Courses

Since their inception in 1978, the annual short courses sponsored by the Paleontological Society have aimed to broaden and to enhance the professional education of paleontologists, including students new to the field. The 1993 short course continues in that tradition, but differs from many previous courses in focussing not on a taxonomic group but on a broader aspect of the fossil record, namely the time resolution of fossil assemblages. This seemed an especially good topic for a short course because questions of absolute and relative time – how old? how fast? how synchronously? – pervade paleontology and historical geology in general.

Brachiopods Between Treatises—A North American Perspective 1965–2000

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
J. Thomas Dutro
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
American Perspective ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Invertebrate Paleontology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
North American Perspective

The Paleontological Society Short Course this year features the history of brachiopod research, especially since the beginning of the revision of Part H, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, in the early 1990s. The first version of Part H was published in 1965 and the only previous Paleontological Society Short Course to deal with brachiopods was held in 1981 at the Cincinnati meeting of the Geological Society of America. At that time, the day was split between the bryozoans and brachiopods, with a nod to the phoronids, under the rubric of lophophorates.

Toronto, 1978—The First Paleontological Society Short Course

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ellis L. Yochelson
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
Short Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Short Courses

Because the first Paleontological Society short course covered the Mollusca, it may be appropriate to record a few words concerning that occasion and give belated thanks to those who participated. After being president of the Society, it occurred to me that most of the membership associated the Journal of Paleontology with it, but did not seriously consider the organization as a focal point for other activities. By giving a short course annually, I felt we could inform the membership on scientific matters, and also build up additional interest in society activities. The annual short courses on the various fossil groups and phyla have more than fulfilled that expectation. They tell the world that paleontology is alive and well.

Introduction to the Paleontological Society Short Course ‘Geobiology of Echinoderms’

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Gary Lane
Keyword(s):  
Short Course ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Ancient Record ◽  
Short Courses

It was 17 years ago this month, 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, that the first short course on echinoderms was held. The conveners were Johnny Waters and Tom Broadhead. The Sunday short courses had been started only two years before, in 1978, with the mollusks being the first short course and arthropods the second. Neither of these first two short courses had accompanying printed notes. Thus, we echinodermers were the ones who began this tradition of short course notes that has continued to this day.Those participants in that 1980 short course who are also on the program today are, in addition to Johnny Waters, a convener of both short courses, Dave Meyer, Jim Sprinkle, Bill Ausich, and Ron Parsley. Many new names and faces have appeared in the study of fossil echinoderms or those who study living echinoderms in such a manner that their work has bearing on the ancient record of these animals.

Pan-European Survey of Patients' Attitudes to Antibiotics and Antibiotic Use

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Branthwaite ◽  
J-C Pechère
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Respiratory Tract Infections ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Short Course ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Short Courses

This study was carried out to determine patient perceptions of respiratory tract infections and attitudes to taking antibiotics, thus helping doctors to have a better understanding of their patients and their requirements. Telephone interviews were conducted in the UK, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Turkey using standardized questionnaires directed at patients who had taken an antibiotic or given one to their child for a respiratory tract infection within the previous 12 months. Approximately 200 working adults (≤ 55 years), 200 elderly adults (> 55 years) and 200 mothers of children (< 12 years) from each country were contacted; in total, 3610 subjects. Pressure on GPs to prescribe antibiotics was highlighted by over 50% of interviewees' believing that they should be prescribed for most respiratory tract infections. Although interviewees were positive about antibiotics, with over 75% judging them to be effective and to speed recovery, some ambivalence was shown. Most patients waited 2 – 3 days before consulting their doctor and over 80% of respondents expected symptoms to improve after 3 days' treatment. This provided a natural watershed for compliance, with most defaulters stopping after 3 days because they felt better. Second only to fewer side-effects, patients ranked shorter and more convenient dosage alongside efficacy as the improvements most sought in antibiotic therapy. In conclusion, patients regarded antibiotics as important in the treatment of respiratory tract infections, with interest shown in short-course, once-daily therapy. Doctors, however, need to reassure patients that short courses will eradicate infections and have minimal adverse effects on the immune system.

Neoproterozoic—Cambrian Biological Revolutions

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jere H. Lipps
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
College Instructors ◽  
Time Magazine ◽  
National Geographic ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
A Current

The Neoproterozoic—Cambrian biological and geological events between 630 to 530 or so million years ago, are among the most fascinating topics in life history today because the first animals appeared and radiated amidst environmental changes of major magnitude. Not only are paleontologists and geologists interested in these events, but so are the general public, biologists, and theologians, among others. Indeed, this interest was manifested in a cover story in Time Magazine (Nash, 1995), another in the National Geographic (Monastersky, 1998), and in newspapers and other outlets. It is an intriguing time period, for most people are interested in our origins-of life itself, of animals, and of humans. The topics of this book then are nearly unique in this respect. The Paleontological Society is therefore pleased to present a Short Course and book summarizing the evidence, interpretations and hypotheses relating to this interval of time, with a focus on the origin and early evolution of the first known animals through a period of about 100 million years. Like all of the Society's Short Course books, this one is designed to provide a current review an important topic in paleontology for college instructors, interested professionals, and students. Such a book cannot cover the topics in great detail, but the authors have provided up-to-date references to additional sources.

scholarly journals Live, online short-courses: A case study of innovative teacher professional development

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan E. Marrero ◽  
Jessica Fitzsimons Riccio ◽  
Karen A. Woodruff ◽  
Glen S. Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
Collaborative Community ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Competitive Funding ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Short Courses

Teachers are searching for new venues through which they may meet stringent professional development requirements. Under competitive funding from NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Office of Education and the NASA Explorer Schools Project, U.S. Satellite Laboratory, Inc. created a series of live, online, interactive short-courses. In this case study, a mixed methods analysis of a variety of data sources reveals that diverse educators from a variety of classroom contexts view the short-courses as a useful professional development tool, both as a vehicle for a teacher’s own professional growth and for classroom applications. Teachers were particularly interested in the ability to participate in a collaborative community of practice with other educators, instructors, and scientists from across the country, and they found the flexible design of the professional development to be useful. This short-course design offers promise for future professional development opportunities.

Molluscan Paleobiology—as we creep towards the millenium: a critique of papers presented at the 1985 Short Course

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 258-267
Author(s):  
Stephen Jay Gould
Keyword(s):  
World Series ◽  
Short Course ◽  
The Status ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Short Time

We don't need paleontological perspective to regard 30 years as a short time. Many in this audience, and several speakers in this symposium (but not yours truly, who was busy celebrating the Yankees' unprecedented fifth consecutive world series victory and wondering how a 12-year old boy could turn into a paleontologist), were already practicing our profession when the Paleontological Society marked the beginning of its great Treatise project with a symposium at the 1953 G.S.A. meeting on the status of our field (Kummel, 1954).

Functional Morphology and Biomechanics of Articulate Brachiopod Shells

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 145-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard R. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Functional Morphology ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Flume Experiments ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
Living Species ◽  
Paleontological Society ◽  
Scaled Models ◽  
Biomechanical Tests

In the first Paleontological Society short course dealing with functional morphology of extinct brachiopod taxa, Grant (1981, p. 127) emphasized analogy with living species in reconstruction of life habits, but then cited many pitfalls of taxonomic uniformitarianism. The present is hardly the key as to how brachiopod shells functioned in the past, given the plethora of morphologic structures that have vanished since the Paleozoic diversity climax of articulates. Although direct observations (Table 1), such as clasping spines encircling a blastoid columnal (Grant, 1963), or biomechanical tests (e.g., Thayer, 1975a) and flume experiments (e.g., LaBarbera, 1978) on living articulate brachiopods, enable convincing assertion of a morphologic structure's function, indirect methodologies (Savazzi, 1999)(Table 1) have supplanted mere analogies with living brachiopods. Indirect methodologies (Savazzi, 1999, p. 6) reconstruct and infer the function of skeletal structures from theoretical (morphospace) and actual scaled models of extinct taxa, hydrodynamic and biomechanical tests on empty shells, commensal associations with fossilized epibionts, clinal variations in structures over paleogeographic and paleobathymetric gradients, and post-mortem, post-burial orientational evidence. The common denominator of indirect methodologies is that inferences are made on dead shells usually, but not always, from extinct taxa. Although such inferences of skeletal function of extinct taxa vary in the rigor by which they are deduced, indirect methodologies have been increasingly refined over the last 20 years (Table 1).

scholarly journals 212. Outcomes of Adults with Uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Receiving Short-Course Vs. Prolonged-Course Antibiotic Therapy in a Multicenter, Propensity Score–Matched Cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S125-S126
Author(s):  
Louise Thorlacius-Ussing ◽  
Jette Nissen ◽  
Jon J Rasmussen ◽  
Robert Skov ◽  
Magnus Arpi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Antibiotic Treatment ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Bloodstream Infections ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia ◽  
Short Course ◽  
Short Courses

Abstract Background The recommended duration of antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections is 14 days. We compared the outcomes of patients receiving short-course (6–10 days) vs. prolonged-course (11–16 days) antibiotic therapy for S. aureus bacteremia (SAB). Methods 30-day outcome of patients with penicillin (PSSAB, n = 202)) or methicillin-susceptible SAB (MSSAB, n = 203) treated with in vitro active therapy in the range of 6–16 days was analyzed using pooled data from two previously published, observational studies. Individuals were matched 1:1 by nearest neighbor propensity score matching without replacement. Regression analysis was performed to estimate the risk of all-cause mortality within 30 days after the end of antibiotic treatment. Eligible individuals had to have >1 day of follow-up after discontinuation of antimicrobials. Individuals with a diagnosis of endocarditis, bone infection, meningitis or pneumonia were excluded. Results There were 107 well-balanced matched pairs; 58 in the PSSAB and 39 in the MSSAB cohort. For PSSAB, the median duration of therapy was 8 (interquartile range [IQR], 7–10) in the short-course group and 12 days (IQR, 10–13) in the prolonged-course group. For the MSSAB cohort, these numbers were 9 days (IQR, 7–10) and 14 days (IQR, 13–16 days), respectively. No difference in mortality between short-course and prolonged-course treatment was observed (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], .23–2.41) and 1.14; 95% CI, 0.31–4.20), respectively for PSSAB and MSSAB. Conclusion Short courses of antibiotic therapy yielded similar clinical outcomes as prolonged courses of antibiotic therapy for S. aureus bacteremia. The findings warrant a randomized clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of shortened antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated SAB. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.

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