TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tzoref, Shani
T1  - Knowing the Heart of the Stranger
BT  - Empathy, Remembrance, and Narrative in Jewish Reception of Exodus 22:21, Deuteronomy 10:19, and Parallels
JF  - Interpretation : a journal of Bible and theology
N2  - With its exhortation “You shall also love the stranger (gēr), for you were strangers (gērîm) in the land of Egypt” (Deut 10:19), the book of Deuteronomy helps cultivate a healthy and appreciative sense of past hardship, current prosperity, progress, and relative privilege. In contemporary culture, where the term “privilege” has become an unfortunate source of contention, Deuteronomy might point a way for recognition of one’s relative privilege in regard to an Other as a basis for gratitude and responsibility. This essay argues that we have gained “privilege” after having been immigrants and strangers in a strange land. Privilege could become an empowering and challenging exercise of counting one’s blessings and considering how these could be used for the benefit of others, including strangers in our land.
KW  - Continuity
KW  - Empathy
KW  - ger
KW  - gerim
KW  - Hospitality
KW  - Identity
KW  - Imitatio Dei
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Memory
KW  - Narrative
KW  - Other
KW  - Privilege
KW  - Rabbinic exegesis
KW  - Stranger
KW  - Trauma
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020964317749540
SN  - 0020-9643
SN  - 2159-340X
VL  - 72
IS  - 2
SP  - 119
EP  - 131
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morris, Mackenzie C.
A1  - Kassam, Farzaan
A1  - Bercz, Aron
A1  - Beckmann, Nadine
A1  - Schumacher, Fabian
A1  - Gulbins, Erich
A1  - Makley, Amy T.
A1  - Goodman, Michael D.
T1  - The Role of Chemoprophylactic Agents in Modulating Platelet Aggregability After Traumatic Brain Injury
JF  - Journal of surgical research
N2  - Background: The pathophysiology behind the subacute but persistent hypercoagulable state after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is poorly understood but contributes to morbidity induced by venous thromboembolism. Because platelets and their microvesicles have been hypothesized to play a role in post-traumatic hypercoagulability, administration of commonly used agents may ameliorate this coagulability. We hypothesized that utilization of aspirin, ketorolac, amitriptyline, unfractionated heparin, or enoxaparin would modulate the platelet aggregation response after TBI. Methods: Concussive TBI was induced by weight drop. Mice were then randomized to receive aspirin, ketorolac, amitriptyline, heparin, enoxaparin, or saline control at 2 and 8 h after TBI. Mice were sacrificed at 6 or 24 h after injury to determine coagulability by rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), platelet function testing with impedance aggregometry, and microvesicle enumeration. Platelet sphingolipid metabolites were analyzed by mass spectrometry. Results: ROTEM demonstrated increased platelet contribution to maximum clot firmness at 6 h after TBI in mice that received aspirin or amitriptyline, but this did not persist at 24 h. By contrast, adenosine diphosphate- and arachidonic acid-induced platelet aggregation at 6 h was significantly lower in mice receiving ketorolac, aspirin, and amitriptyline compared with mice receiving saline at 6 h after injury and only arachidonic acid-initiated platelet aggregation was decreased by aspirin at 24 h. There were no differences in microvesicle production at either time point. Platelet sphingosine-1-phosphate levels were decreased at 6 h in the group receiving amitriptyline and increased at 24 h along with platelet ceramide levels at 24 h in the amitriptyline group. Conclusion: After TBI, amitriptyline decreased platelet aggregability and increased contribution to clot in a manner similar to aspirin. The amitriptyline effects on platelet function and sphingolipid metabolites may represent a possible role of the acid sphingomyelinase in the hypercoagulability observed after injury. In addition, inhibition of platelet reactivity may be an underappreciated benefit of low molecular weight heparins, such as enoxaparin. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KW  - Trauma
KW  - Traumatic brain injury
KW  - Venous thromboembolism
KW  - Chemoprophylaxis
KW  - Sphingolipids
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.06.022
SN  - 0022-4804
SN  - 1095-8673
VL  - 244
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -