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The article titled "Fox Skeleton" by John Kinsella describes the discovery of a fox skeleton in a valley. The skeleton was found intact except for the head, and it had been picked clean by the sun, insects, birds, and other creatures. The narrator decides to hide each bone in different places around the valley to disperse the memory of the fox. The article also touches on the narrator's relationship with her family and her struggle to fit in with others. [Extracted from the article]

The text explores the presence and behavior of dragonflies, emphasizing their role in controlling mosquito populations. The narrator shares personal experiences with dragonflies and reflects on their remarkable visual abilities. The text also touches on themes of identity, friendship, and a fear of flying. The narrator expresses a sense of disorientation and discomfort, potentially triggered by memories associated with dragonflies. The text concludes with the narrator seeking information about dragonflies from books and the internet, finding comfort in the factual knowledge they acquire. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on John Kinsella's exploration of combining photography and poetry into a unified artistic expression. Topics include his early experiments with photo essays as poems, the development of his 'concretions' approach intertwining text and landscape, and his ongoing 'Graphology' series, which examines the act of writing and environmental activism through low-tech, light-sensitive engagements.

In article the author discusses her way of writing. Topics include that she writes narrations and real stories with fiction writing style which is inclusive and full of ideas; that fiction is an engagement which depicts inclusiveness; and that memory is collective and individual along with an interconnection and restoration.

John Kinsella is widely known as an 'international regionalist', activist, anarchist, poet, novelist. As Nicolas Birns explains in the introduction to Kinsella and this particular novella, Pink Salt, this affords his work a kind of stretch across places and times, particulars and universals, region and the world system and its ecosystems. The publication of this work in Thesis Eleven is an auspicious occasion for us. The journal has long published writing about literature, its politics and performance. Here we present the act in literature itself. It is, as Birns shows, a kind of text where real is surreal, and the other way around. It offers an experiment in writing in politics that we hope opens new vistas, both closer to home and afar. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Identification of the origin of parasites of nonindigenous species (NIS) can be complex. NIS may introduce parasites from their native range and acquire parasites from within their invaded range. Determination of whether parasites are non-native or native can be complicated when parasite genera occur within both the NIS' native range and its introduced range. We explored potential for spillover and spillback of lung parasites infecting Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in their invasive range (Florida). We collected 498 indigenous snakes of 26 species and 805 Burmese pythons during 2004-2016 and examined them for lung parasites. We used morphology to identify three genera of pentastome parasites, Raillietiella, a cosmopolitan form, and Porocephalus and Kiricephalus, both New World forms. We sequenced these parasites at one mitochondrial and one nuclear locus and showed that each genus is represented by a single species, R. orientalis, P. crotali, and K. coarctatus. Pythons are host to R. orientalis and P. crotali, but not K. coarctatus; native snakes are host to all three species. Sequence data show that pythons introduced R. orientalis to North America, where this parasite now infects native snakes. Additionally, our data suggest that pythons are competent hosts to P. crotali, a widespread parasite native to North and South America that was previously hypothesized to infect only viperid snakes. Our results indicate invasive Burmese pythons have affected parasite-host dynamics of native snakes in ways that are consistent with parasite spillover and demonstrate the potential for indirect effects during invasions. Additionally, we show that pythons have acquired a parasite native to their introduced range, which is the initial condition necessary for parasite spillback. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The poem "Eclogue with Someone Else's Garden," by John Kinsella is presented. First Line: It's not that far removed--ground; Last Line: and epilogues are added.

The article discusses the issue of nuclear technology and its impact to the society and literature. The authors note the social consciousness of people on the underlying threats of nuclear technology, highlight the periods in history which depict the destructive effect of nuclear technology to humankind, and note the portrayal of nuclear warfare nuclear weapons in fiction literature.

Two poems by John Kinsella are presented. "atomic swans, neckar river, germany." First Line: River rising out of Black Forest is the river; Last Line: are winners averting glances, GPS propositions. "atomic swans, switzerland." First Line: The Aare River rises; Last Line: smoke from village chimneys.

Background The clinical needs of infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) that remain ventilator-dependent are complex, and management strategies that optimize survival and long-term outcomes controversial. We hypothesized that an interdisciplinary ventilator care program (VCP), committed to the care of this population will improve survival through standardized approaches to cardiopulmonary care and related comorbidities, enhanced communication, and continuity of care. Methods Retrospective chart reviews were performed on patients at Children's Hospital Colorado's neonatal intensive care unit, who underwent tracheostomy placement between 2000 and 2013. Data were collected for two time periods: 2000 to 2005 and 2006 to 2013, before and after initiation of the VCP. Collected data on infants with ventilator-dependent BPD included: gestational age (GA), age at tracheostomy, respiratory severity score (RSS; mean airway pressure [MAP] x fraction of inspired oxygen [FiO2]), comorbidities, medication use, and the age of death. Tracheostomy patients without severe BPD were excluded. Results Despite no difference in GA, birth weight, or cardiorespiratory comorbidities, survival to discharge increased from 50 to 85% after implementation of the VCP (p < 0.05). Between period 1 and 2, there were differences in systemic and inhaled steroid use and mucolytic use. Conclusion These findings suggest an interdisciplinary approach to the care of infants with ventilator-dependent BPD can improve survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]