Developmental Assessment—Necessity or Luxury?

Domiciliary night nursing service: luxury or necessity?

The nursing records of the 242 patients who used the domiciliary night nursing care service in Newham Health District showed that three distinct groups of patients were nursed during 1979 at a cost of 8.8 pounds a day. Forty-three elderly chronically sick and five disabled patients aged under 50 received care for more than 28 days, 63 patients had terminal cancer, and 131 needed short-term care...

[Carbon dioxide insufflation in endoscopy - Luxury or need?].

Sodium calcium exchange in the heart: necessity or luxury?

The sodium calcium exchange (NCX) was first discovered in cardiac muscle1 and squid axon2 and has since been found in most cell types (see reviews3,4). It accounts for the previously observed effects of sodium on cardiac contractility.5 The exchanger transports 3 Na ions per Ca .6–8 This stoichiometry has three important consequences.1 Ca fluxes and hence intracellular Ca concentration ([Ca ]i)...

Corpus Resources for Translators: Academic Luxury or Professional Necessity?

Since the late 1990s, corpora have become established as popular and useful translation resources within translator training institutes; however, the uptake of corpora in the world of professional translators appears to have been considerably slower. This article explores the different uses of corpora (including translation memories) in these two sectors and attempts to account for these differ...

Is smartphone a necessity or luxury among orthopedic specialty?

OBJECTIVE To assess the utilisation pattern of smart phones by residents and consultants with respect to their clinical work and academics. METHODS The cross-sectional study was carried out in orthopaedic departments of various hospitals in Karachi in July 2014. Orthopaedic residents and consultants were asked to fill a questionnaire containing various questions, including utilisation of thei...