Wilkinson, Soldier and Pioneer

George Guthrie – Soldier and Pioneer Surgeon

Health care associated infections, HCAI, have recently raised the concerns of both the public and politicians because of their significant socioeconomic burden. MRSA is a big player in the aetiology of HCAI and constitutes a major public threat presenting both therapeutic and infection control challenges in both the hospital setting and the community. This book, which consists of 16 chapters wr...

The Soldier and Autonomy

Sergeant Varisano was part of an art team called upon to document Operation Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf War. This watercolor, depicting the loneliness and responsibility of guard duty, also depicts all soldiers who, by virtue of being soldiers, set aside their individual autonomy for this period to be part of the team and the mission.

Alcohol and the Soldier

One hundred and fifteen cases of alcohol dependence syndrome admitted during a two year period in a zonal referral hospital were studied. Vie majority of the subject were between the age of 30 to 50 years and had more than 10 year's history of alcohol abuse. 19.26% of the subjects had to be invalided out of service. 66.09% remained under various categories of observation after the treatment. At...

Soldier rehabilitation.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy*

We examine the distribution and interpretation of post-copular noun phrases in French when they appear with and without an indefinite article (Marie est (une) physicienne). We propose that the alternation is due to the fact that the indefinite article marks saturation of an NP-internal argument slot, and show that because of this, post-copular indefinite NPs are usually but not always existenti...