"'I'll make old vases for you if you want them—will make them just as I made these.' He had visions of a room full of golden brown beard. It was the most appalling thing he had ever witnessed, and there was no trickery about it. The beard had actually grown before his eyes, and it had now reached to the second button of the Clockwork man's waistcoat. And, at any moment, Mrs. Masters might return! "Worth stealing," a Society journalist lounging by remarked. "I could write a novel, only I can never think of a plot. Your old housekeeper is asleep long ago. Where do you carry your latchkey?" "Never lose your temper," he said. "It leads to apoplexy. Ah, my fine madam, you thought to pinch me, but I have pinched you instead." How does that strike you, Mr. Smith? Fancy Jerusha Abbott, (individually) ever pat me on the head, Daddy? I don't believe so-- The confusion was partly inherited from Aristotle. When discussing the psychology of that philosopher, we showed that his active Nous is no other than the idea of which we are at any moment actually conscious. Our own reason is the passive Nous, whose identity is lost in the multiplicity of objects with which it becomes identified in turn. But Aristotle was careful not to let the personality of God, or the supreme Nous, be endangered by resolving it into the totality of substantial forms which constitute Nature. God is self-conscious in the strictest sense. He thinks nothing but himself. Again, the subjective starting-point of305 Plotinus may have affected his conception of the universal Nous. A single individual may isolate himself from his fellows in so far as he is a sentient being; he cannot do so in so far as he is a rational being. His reason always addresses itself to the reason of some one else—a fact nowhere brought out so clearly as in the dialectic philosophy of Socrates and Plato. Then, when an agreement has been established, their minds, before so sharply divided, seem to be, after all, only different personifications of the same universal spirit. Hence reason, no less than its objects, comes to be conceived as both many and one. And this synthesis of contradictories meets us in modern German as well as in ancient Greek philosophy. 216 "I shall be mighty glad when we git this outfit to Chattanoogy," sighed Si. "I'm gittin' older every minute that I have 'em on my hands." "What was his name?" inquired Monty Scruggs. "Wot's worth while?" "Rose, Rose—my dear, my liddle dear—you d?an't mean——" "I'm out of practice, or I shouldn't have skinned myself like this—ah, here's Coalbran's trap. Perhaps he'll give you a lift, ma'am, into Peasmarsh." Chapter 18 "The Fair-pl?ace." "Yes," replied Black Jack, "here they are," drawing a parchment from his pocket. "This is the handwriting of a retainer called Oakley." HoME大桥未久AV手机在线观看 ENTER NUMBET 0016www.fenjints.com.cn
Long-term depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera)
use in inner-city adolescents
by
Polaneczky M, Liblanc M.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
New York Hospital--Cornell Medical Center,
New York 10021, USA J Adolesc Health. 1998 Aug;23(2):81-8.
ABSTRACTPURPOSE: To determine Depo-Provera continuation rates and reasons for its discontinuation among adolescents. STUDY DESIGN: Medical record reviews and telephone interviews with 159 adolescents who initiated Depo-Provera use between 1 December 1992 and 31 December 1995 at two clinics in New York City. Depo-Provera continuation was measured using lifetable analysis. RESULTS: The mean age was 17.7 +/- 1.5 years, with a median of 1 pregnancy (range 0-11). Mean follow-up was 23.4 +/- 10.7 months. Depo-Provera continuation rates were 71% at 3 months, 48% at 6 months, and 27% at 12 months, and were not affected by age, race, pregnancy or contraceptive history, clinic, or foster care status. Forty-three subjects (37% of discontinuers) restarted Depo-Provera during the study period, with a mean time to restart of 8.4 months after the last Depo-Provera injection. Side effects were the main reported reason for Depo-Provera discontinuation, primarily menstrual irregularities (26%) and weight gain (18%). Seventy percent of those discontinuing Depo-Provera owing to irregular bleeding did so after only one injection. For 23%, the single reason for discontinuation was appointment noncompliance. Restart rates were lowest among those who reported irregular bleeding (15%), weight gain (9%), and hair loss (10%), and highest among those discontinuing owing to missed appointments (87%) (p < 0.05). Pregnancies occurred in 19% of Depo-Provera discontinuers. CONCLUSION: Although Depo-Provera continuation rates among adolescents are low, over a third of discontinuers may restart the method. Aggressive management of side effects and assistance with appointment follow-up may improve long-term use. High pregnancy rates warrant close follow-up after Depo-Provera discontinuation.<ContraceptionPIP: Depo-Provera continuation rates and reasons for discontinuation among low-income US adolescents were investigated through a review of the records of the 159 teens who initiated use of this method at two inner-city clinics in New York City, New York (US), during 1992-95. At both study sites, Depo-Provera was available as a family planning option without parental consent. Mean age of acceptors was 17.7 years, with a median of one prior pregnancy. Almost all were unmarried, Black or Hispanic, and Medicaid recipients. At follow-up (mean duration, 23.4 months), only 21 teens (13%) were still using Depo-Provera; 115 (72%) had discontinued use and the remaining 23 had been lost to follow-up. The median duration of Depo-Provera use was 6.9 months. Continuation rates were 71% at 3 months, 48% at 6 months, 27% at 12 months, and 15% at 18 months. Side effects, especially menstrual irregularities (25%) and weight gain (19%), were the main reason for Depo-Provera discontinuation. 70% of those discontinuing the method for irregular bleeding did so after only one injection. Another 23% discontinued because of problems keeping appointments. Methods adopted after Depo-Provera discontinuation included oral contraceptives (31%) and condoms (21%); pregnancies occurred in 19% of discontinuers. 43 teens (37% of discontinuers) restarted Depo-Provera during the study period, after a mean interval of 8.4 months following the last injection. Restart rates were highest among those discontinuing due to missed appointments (87%) and lowest among those reporting irregular bleeding (15%), weight gain (9%), or hair loss (10%). Recommended, to improve Depo-Provera compliance among adolescents, are strategies to motivate attendance at follow-up appointments and manage method-related side effects.
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