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BACKGROUND:An association between cerebrovascular events and psychiatric disorders has been reported. However, the focus has centered on stroke, and there has been a lack of attention to a possible relationship between transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and depression. METHODS:We conducted a review of studies that looked specifically at the risk of depression after TIAs and the risk of TIAs in patients with depression. A total of 8 studies were identified, 4 examining the occurrence of depression following a TIA, and 4 examining the occurrence of TIAs after the onset of depression. RESULTS:There was a bidirectional effect: 3 of 4 studies showed an increased risk of TIAs in patients with depression, and 4 of 4 studies found an increase of depression following a TIA. The percentage of patients having a TIA from the pool of patients with depression was 3.18%. The percentage of patients who developed depression after a TIA in the pooled samples was 6.88%. CONCLUSIONS:Both depression and TIAs are serious medical disorders and they appear to have a bidirectional relationship. Further clinical and neurobiological studies in this area are warranted.

In an age where more and more universities are expanding their campuses to other countries, libraries must attempt to deliver a consistent experience in their services, policies, and access to information resources. Within New York University's Division of Libraries, collection development and electronic resources librarians along with subject specialists across the STEM disciplines regularly meet to procure information resources for the benefit of all of their respective scholarly communities. The librarians and specialists liaise with the schools of engineering, mathematics, medicine, nursing, and the arts & sciences across campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai. Although this approach is similar to how state university systems act in consortia to share licenses, the librarians in NYU's virtual science consortium accomplish this on a global scale - supporting the institution's growing scholarly communities and spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration. This commentary reflects on the challenges and successes that have accompanied building a global library collection spanning over a dozen global sites and two portal campuses. It will address familiar issues around rising publishing costs, resource sharing/licensing, and the weeding/vetting of electronic resources from a global perspective. Finally, the members of the consortium will share their forecasts for the future of collection development and libraries in globalized higher education.

When two or more institutions share a license, how do they measure use and value? For over a decade, the Levy Library at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Sid and Ruth Lapidus Library at the New York University School of Medicine, and New York University Libraries at New York University have shared several publisher packages and journal title subscriptions. In this paper, we present our analysis of usage data to assess the value of some of these consortial arrangements in their totality and to each library. Based on this analysis, we were able to adjust how each institution contributes to consortial arrangements. The paper will discuss challenges in analyzing consortial arrangements based on usage data and offer suggestions for how consortia-based acquisitions can be an effective allocation of library funds and strengthen support for the library in its institutio

An academic health sciences library that already had extensive experience providing support and instruction for Palm devices wanted to update its offerings with a mobile Web site and support for newer devices such as the iPhone. Librarians surveyed the offerings of other medical libraries and considered the unique needs of a primarily medical student clientele in terms of technology preferences and information needs. They developed a plan to create a mobile Web site and build a collection of appropriate resources.

This module covers key concepts in U.S. copyright law and addresses the challenges associated with using copyrighted