ACCIDENTAL-OR COMPENSABLE HERNIA

Compensable Transactions

The concept of a compensable transaction has been embodied in modern business workflow languages like BPEL. This article uses the concept of a box-structured Petri net to formalise the definition of a compensable transaction. The standard definitions of structured program connectives are extended to construct longer-running transactions out of shorter fine-grain ones. Floyd-type assertions on t...

Compensable Injuries & Health Outcomes

Rib fractures: Accidental or nonaccidental

Introduction: We report an incidental discovery of multiple rib fractures in a wheezing child without a history of an injury or the presence of metabolic bone disease. As a result, the child was evaluated for the presence of non­ accidental trauma. Case Report: An 11­month­ old African­American child was brought to the emergency department by his father with a 2­ day history of fever, cough and...

Compensable WorkFlow Nets

In recent years, Workflow Management Systems (WfMSs) have been studied and developed to provide automated support for defining and controlling various activities associated with business processes. The automated support reduces costs and overall execution time for business processes, by improving the robustness of the process and increasing productivity and quality of service. As business organ...

Accidental dropping or misplacement of free flaps.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Standard operating procedures have been developed in many surgical practices to ensure quality of care as it relates to specimens removed from the body. Most of these specimens are sent to pathology. Some, such as calvarial bone harvested during craniotomy are replaced in the body. Free tissue transfer involves harvesting tissue from one body site, storage for a variable p...