Age of Children Qualified Subjects for Baptism

Uveal Melanoma: Beyond a Baptism

Ophthalmologists focus on a very specialized region of the body; however, our years of general medical training are useful for patients, especially those with uveal melanoma. While hereditary uveal melanoma (UM) is very rare (<1% of uveal melanomas) [1], patients with a high frequency of personal and/or family history of cancer are found inabout 12% of unselected patients with UM [2]. The incre...

Death at a Young Age: Custodial Suicide and Qualified Immunity

I have written a good deal about Coleman v. Wilson, 912 F.Supp 1282 (E.D. Cal. 1995)(the original decision) in my Landmark Cases Appendix in Fred Cohen, The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, App. B-104 (1998). If one reads enough correctional law decisions from California you would expect to be immune from shock, particularly after Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C01-1351 (February 14, 2006)...

The Origin and Meaning of Baptism

Coherence for qualified types

The meaning of programs in a language with implicit overloading can be described by translating them into a second language that makes the use of overloading explicit. A single program may have many distinct translations and it is important to show that any two translations are semantically equivalent to ensure that the meaning of the original program is well-defined. This property is commonly ...

Prevalence of Low Bone Mass for Chronological Age in Children with Acute Leukemia in Southern Iran

Background: Total bone mass acquired during childhood is known to be the most important determinant and base of lifelong skeletal health. The present study investigated the prevalence of low bone mass for chronological age (LBM) in lumbar and femoral areas of leukemic children in the south of Iran and evaluated the association of anthropometric, clinical and laboratory data of these children ...