Fireproof Building in New York

Spatial Narration in Amir Naderi's New York Trilogy

This article is concerned with the relationship of language and city in Amir Naderi’s trilogy of films on New York, comprising of Manhattan by Numbers (1993), A, B, C… Manhattan (1997), and Marathon (2002). By dint of a narrative relied on spatiality, he is in fact able to causally link the solitude and the spectral existence of his protagonists to the lack of a common language for reco...

Powassan Meningoencephalitis, New York, New York, USA

Disease caused by Powassan virus (POWV), a tick-borne flavivirus, ranges from asymptomatic to severe neurologic compromise and death. Two cases of POWV meningoencephalitis in New York, USA, highlight diagnostic techniques, neurologic outcomes, and the effect of POWV on communities to which it is endemic.

Aerospace Sciences Meeting New York, New York

Work in New York

to their parents for bringing them into the world, and to be the props of their old age. These were the days when education according to the wise saw and the adage was the usual rule, " Spare the rod and spoil the child," " Little people should be seen and not heard," and the like. These precepts were evolved empirically through the ages, a good many, it may be suspected, rather designed for th...

Building sustainable SBIRT in an integrated hospital system in New York

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for substance use has received a great deal of empirical support. Despite the evidence for effectiveness of SBIRT and a compelling rationale for its integration into health-care settings, the circumstances under which it is likely to be implemented and sustained remain elusive. In this project, SBIRT was implemented into emergency...