Lucifer has been airing since 2016 and was later saved by Netflix, much to the delight of fans. The show's new home means it has achieved a global outreach, with fans tuning in from all over the world. For those who have been rewatching the series, they are keen to find out more about season three, episode 25.
The Episode 3.25
Theron: Numbered episode 3.5, this was originally released in December 2013, bundled with volume 12 of the manga in Japan, making it the first spin-off OVA. (In the U.S., it's included in the Special Edition version of volume 17.) It focuses on Hange and her obsessive efforts to capture a Titan alive for study. She gains a new perspective on this quest when the body of a soldier presumed lost in an expedition a year ago is found, whose notebook chronicles her experiences with a very unusual Titan. This sometimes-harrowing episode is easily the most potent of the OVAs in content, examining the brief life of a young woman who tries to combat her fear by writing down all of her thoughts, in the process teasing some revelations that finally come out in the second season of the anime series.
Theron: Numbered episode 3.25, this episode was originally released in April 2014, bundled with volume 13 of the manga in Japan. (In the U.S., it's included in the Special Edition release for volume 20.) The focus is on Jean during his academy days, where an argument with Sasha leads to a cooking duel between them, which Commander Pixis exploits to get a good meal. Though the episode has some serious content involving Jean's relationship with his mother (the titular visitor), it mostly spends its time poking fun at the melodramatic style of the series. It's also the source of those shots where Mikasa showcases her famous abs that you may have seen circulating online.
Theron: Numbered episode 3.75, this episode was originally released in August 2014 bundled with volume 14 of the source manga, but it's not yet available in the States. It involves a training mission during the 104th's cadet days, where the main cast had a run-in with thieves who stole their equipment. It returns the OVAs to a purely serious tone and expands on the setting a little by showing the cadets respond to a purely human-based crisis.
Theron: Based on a spin-off manga of the same name, the two episodes of this OVA series were released in Japan in December 2014 and April 2015 respectively, and they're bundled in the Special Edition releases of volumes 18 and 19 in the States. This prequel chronicles how Levi moved from being a Robin Hood-style criminal in an underground city to a Survey Corps member and loyal follower of Erwin Smith. The title of the OVAs refers to Erwin's insistence that Levi has to keep moving forward after a Titan-based calamity strikes. The main draw of these OVAs is providing a new setting within Attack on Titan's world, while filling in the backstory for one of the franchise's most popular characters.
Theron: This 12-episode parody series is available from Funimation, both in a Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack and streaming on their website. It has been reviewed in full here (and we also have individual episode reviews), but the short version is that it puts all of the characters into a chibi-fied junior high setting and at least attempts to poke fun at the characters and story. Occasionally, it is actually funny.
BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired infection in the intensive care unit, with substantial subsequent mortality. The mortality following VAP declined in the 1980s and 1990s. Experts suggest that little progress has been made in the outcomes from VAP since several novel interventions have failed. We nonetheless hypothesized that mortality following VAP has continued to decrease owing to advances in pulmonary critical care. METHODS: We identified all adult patients with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-defined, intensive care unit-acquired VAP between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2008, from a prospectively collected database. RESULTS: A total of 793 cases of VAP occurred in the study period. Cases were divided into four periods (1997-1999, 2000-2002, 2003-2005, or 2006-2008) to compare outcomes over time. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores were stable, while mortality was significantly lower in Period 4 when compared with Periods 1 and 2 (p = 0.004 and 0.009, respectively). A logistic regression model predicting death (c statistic = 0.871) revealed age (odds ratio, 1.03; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.05), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score (1.09, 1.05-1.14), white blood cell count (1.03, 1.00-1.06), transplant recipient (3.45, 1.40-8.53), transfusions (3.25, 1.37-7.68), and pulmonary disease (3.01, 1.67-5.45) were independent predictors of death, as was the presence of trauma (0.10, 0.06-0.18), chronic steroid therapy (0.39, 0.17-0.91), and patient length of stay (0.99, 0.98-0.99), with odds ratios less than 1.0. In addition, those patients treated in Period 1 (2.23, 1.16-4.29) or Period 2 (2.13, 1.12-4.06) had twice the risk of death following an episode of VAP when compared with those treated in the most recent period. CONCLUSION: We have shown that mortality following an episode of VAP continues to decrease over time and attribute this to advancements in pulmonary and general critical care rather than any specific interventions. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic study, level II.
This is a parallel-group, open-label, randomized controlled study to determine whether substantial weight reduction through referral to a weight loss programme with meal replacement & behavioral support in older patients who are overweight/obese with persistent AF can reduce AF recurrences and symptoms and improve the adverse cardiometabolic profile and physical performance. The expected duration of such programme is approximately 8 months, with a total of two study visits (at baseline and at 8 months). AF recurrence (primary endpoint) is defined as either failure to recover sinus rhythm in response to direct current cardioversion (DCCV), or relapse of any ECG-confirmed episode of atrial arrhythmia at any time between the DCCV-day and the 8 month follow-up visit (e.g. at routine clinical follow-up post-cardioversion, a follow-up clinic appointment, hospitalization or ED attendance, etc). The co-primary endpoints of AF recurrence and physical performance will be assessed at approximately 8 months after the commencement of intervention.
Toronto AF Severity Scale (AFSS) score (points) - This is a validated questionnaire encompassing 12-item AF-specific scale, assessing AF symptom burden (range, 3.25 minimally symptomatic episode to 30 highly symptomatic episode) and AF symptom severity (range, 0 no symptoms to 35 severe symptomatology). 2ff7e9595c
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