Sir Busick Harwood: a reappraisal

Radiation protection.

Personnel Neutron Dostmetry at Slhc*

The rationale and methods of the personnel neutron dosimetry system used at SLAC are presented and discussed.

Predicting Vicarious Post Traumatic Growth Based on Cognitive Flexibility and Cognitive Reappraisal in Nurses providing Services to Kermanshah Earthquake Victims

Background & aim: Earthquake is one of the natural disasters that, in addition to cause injuries to survivors, can have some positive consequences. One of these consequences is post-traumatic growth, which is the positive psychological consequence of indirect exposure to a traumatic event. The aim of this study was to predict the vicarious post traumatic growth based on cognitive flexibility an...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Rare Presentation with Localized Iliac Lymphadenitis

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. Though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. It has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young Asian people. Patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadeno...

LETTER TOTHE EDITOR Intravenous thrombolysis for ischaemic strokes: a call for reappraisal

Sir, Balami et al. (2013) state that intravenous tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis is beneficial for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke and that strokes are now a treatable medical emergency. A critical analysis of the data, however, raises doubts about the expansive claims of efficacy made by them and others (Wardlaw et al., 2012). The aim of tissue plasminogen activator treatment...