Until the Last Breath

Until the pips squeak.

Freezing the price of Medicare benefits will be more effective than the ill fated copayment A n amendment to our constitution after the 1946 referendum (s51 [xxiiiA]) gave the Australian Government the power to set prices for medical services. 1 This amendment has often been incorrectly interpreted as the power to set doctors' fees. It is frustrating to see old misunderstandings distorting curr...

Last Word on Viewpoint: Why predominantly neurological decompression sickness in breath-hold divers?

TO THE EDITOR: We appreciate the insightful comments provided by all authors (see Ref. 3) who commented on our Viewpoint (4) on the hypothesis that the hypoxia of breath-hold diving may recruit pulmonary shunts and lead to the arterialization of venous gas emboli (VGE). Because of the large number of comments we cannot respond to each author; however, we would like to address a couple of points...

Ten penalisation results of Brownian motion involving its one-sided supremum until first and last passage times, VIII

We penalise Brownian motion by a function of its one-sided supremum considered up to the last zero before t, resp. first zero after t, of that Brownian motion. This study presents some analogy with penalisation by the longest length of Brownian excursions, up to time t.

the last ilkhanid ruler

the year 736 ah (1335 ce), death of the mongol ruler, sultan abu saeed, is known as the year in which the ilkhanid government collapsed in iran. in pursuit of legitimacy, however, the ilkhanid chiefs and viziers would give the crown to any claimant of genghis’ parentage and would govern the country under their name. as a result, they would give the rulership to some puppet ilkhans, mint coins i...

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