The phenomenon of independence on dialysis is seeing a worldwide resurgence as scientifi c evidence, individual life stories with patient experiences and health care system imperatives combine to act as powerful drivers for change in the way we think about and approach dialysis care. This is guiding innovative solutions that can respond to patient needs. This volume contains a series of lecture...

After World War II, four major colonizers in Africa – Britain, France, Portugal, and Belgium – chose different decolonization policies. Britain granted gradual independences and transferred their institutions to their colonies. British colonies, however, repealed the British-inspired institutions after independence except Botswana and Mauritius. France provided a choice between a continued asso...

We consider the compressible Navier-Stokes system on time-dependent domains with prescribed motion of the boundary, supplemented with slip boundary conditions for the velocity. We derive the relative entropy inequality in the spirit of [7] for the system on moving domain and use it to prove the weak-strong uniqueness property.

on its spread, type and infectivity. The need is also being stressed for the knowledge being circulated among the practising doctors and medical students. But one would be very much disappointed at the present knowledge of the very much up-to-date doctors coming out from the best institutions. It will not be out of place to mention one or two incidents. An intelligent Anglo-Indian told the writ...

background: clinical learning is one of the important issues that helps the perception of nursing students’ practice in a clinical setting and its effect on their professional development. the aim of this study is to describe and state the manner of clinical learning in nursing students. materials and methods: this qualitative study was conducted as a grounded theory. the individual semi-struct...

adjudication independence can be studied in two areas namely independency of judicial power and independency of judge. the first one is based on the separation of powers theory but judge independence means its freedom from parties and their attorneys and its independence in intern of judiciary power. this sense of independence has two objectives: 1) judge's freedom in applying the law to f...

The maximum impact of oil on bird fauna was recorded at the beaches of Clifton where Tasman Spirit Oil Spill (TSOS) took place. After the disaster, its crude oil spread over the feeding grounds of birds. The low bird diversity at Clifton was recorded. Most adverse effects were observed along the beaches of Clifton, Sea View and adjoining areas. Concentrations of polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons...