Born in London

Health impact assessments in London: assessing the London Mayoral strategies.

Between 2001 and 2003 the London Health Commission undertook health impact assessments (HIAs) on a series of strategies developed by the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. The HIAs were rapid, each involving a literature review and a participant workshop. In all cases the reports made a series of recommendations that were given to the Mayor. The HIAs led to changes and ensured th...

Cryptosporidium spp. in new born lambs in IRAN

A Case of Neurotibromatosis in A 5-Month New Born

SUMMARY Neurofibromatosis, an autosomal dominant disorder is characterized by showan cell tumor affecting any Part of the body containing such cell, giving rise to appropriate fealture according to the organ involved but the most characteristic clinical aspect of the disease is pripheral or cranial nerve tumors usually associated with cafe au lait spots more than 6 in number and larger than 1....

What Makes London Work Like London?

Urban data ranging from images and laser scans to traffic flows are regularly analyzed and modeled leading to better scene understanding. Commonly used computational approaches focus on geometric descriptors, both for images and for laser scans. In contrast, in urban planning, a large body of work has qualitatively evaluated street networks to understand their effects on the functionality of ci...

Suicide in London

This is the first of a projected "Maudsley Monograph" series intended to report work carried out at The Institute of Psychiatry (Univ. Lond.) and the associated Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals. In this study Dr. Sainsbury sets out to investigate the social characteristics of the various boroughs in the County of London and their effect on the individuals living in them. He shows that the d...