A V Phenomenon

The Title of a Literary Text as a Discursive Phenomenon

Modern text linguistics pays serious attention to the significant structural elements of the text, which carry special knowledge. Such structural elements include the title. In this article, the title is considered as a linguistic and cognitive characteristic and a spatially fixed structural element of the text – «frame», which is located around/before/behind the text, focusing on the importanc...

The CC-V Flap: A Novel Technique for Augmenting a C-V Nipple Reconstruction Using a Free Dermal Graft

BACKGROUND We present a novel method for augmenting the standard C-V flap used for nipple reconstruction with a free dermal graft which aims to improve the appearance of the nipple reconstruction, decrease loss of projection and improve patient satisfaction overall. METHODS The surgical technique for performing a free dermal graft augmentation of a CV flap is described. All patients who unde...

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

Scientific-academic narcissism a new phenomenon in academic settings

Narcissism is a type of personality disorder in which a person considers himself great and important and exaggeratedly feels capable and worthy. One of the places in which this disorder can occur is at the university level. The symptoms of this type of disorder can be seen in some faculty members and it seems that these people also have some kind of scientific-academic narcissism disorder. In t...

How did A V Hill understand the VO2max and the "plateau phenomenon"? Still no clarity?

OBJECTIVES A recent editorial in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise concludes that the study of Hawkins and colleagues confirms "beyond any doubt the proposition of Hill and Lupton". It is not clear which of Hill and Lupton's propositions have been proved "beyond any doubt". METHODS A review of all the relevant publications of A V Hill and his colleagues. RESULTS Hill and Lupton be...