A Claim of Priority

Priority Claim to "Sentinel Lymph Node Transfer"

We have read the paper of Nicoli et al. [1] on potential use of transferred lymph nodes as metastasis detectors. It was an interesting case report stating that vascularized lymph nodes that were transplanted after tumor resection could be detectors of tumor metastasis. It also reported the postoperative findings of positron emission tomography—computed tomography to evaluate whether there was a...

Why is Bank Debt Senior? A Theory of Asymmetry and Claim Priority Based on Influence Costs

This theory can explain why bank debt is universally senior, consistent with the presence of conflict (lawyers) and absolute priority violations in financial distress: Better organized banks would more strongly contest priority in financial distress if they were junior. Because “deterrence” can reduce creditors’ total expenses in a priority contest, the ex post stronger lobbyist/litigant should...

The purposes of impleader claim

Impleader claim is one of ancillary suits which permit to the parties to implead third person to the action and became that person one of parties. The Iran civil procedure code, unlike some other countries for example Lebanon no attention to purposes of Impleader claim and in Article 135 the subject is expressed in general terms. With attention to generally speaking of this Article and re...

Occupational health of Iranian farmworkers: A public health priority

How to Claim a Discovery

Setting limits for new particles or decay modes has been an active research area for many years. In high energy physics it received renewed interest with the unified method by Feldman and Cousins [1]. Giunti [2] and Roe and Woodroofe [3] gave variations of the unified method, trying to resolve an apparent anomaly when there are fewer events in the signal region than expected. They all discuss t...