COMMON, UNCOMMON, AND RARE PHONOLOGICAL DISORDERS: AN OT PERSPECTIVE John Kinney, M.A. George Mason University, 2004 Thesis Director: Dr. Steven H. Weinberger This thesis analyzes phonological disorders with derivational theory and Optimality Theory (OT). Because of its typological nature, OT is shown to be a better theory in which to analyze phonological disorders. Phonological disorders are c...

informed decision making. Finding the balance for patient safety and quality. JAMA 2008;300:2913–15. 4. Mills PD, Neilly J, Kinney LM, et al. Effective interventions and implementation strategies to reduce adverse drug events in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system. Qual Saf Health Care 2008;17:37–46. 5. Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, et al. Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with p...

background: good cytological sample is very important for the cytological diagnosis of thyroid nodules. the aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of prepared samples by the combination of aspiration and non- aspiration fine needle biopsy. methods: in this descriptive – analytical study, sampling was done simultaneously for each patient in fine needle aspiration and non-aspiration biops...

Fig. 1 Comparisons in two burned patients between the rate of catabolism ofplasma albumin and y G globulin (as glkg body weight) and the basal metabolic rate (BMR) as percentages above the expected normal value. The patient treated in the cool environment had a burned area covering 30% of the body surface, 10% being full-thickness skin loss; the patient treated in the warm environment had a bur...

study of hydroxyurea in sickle cell disease. French Study Group on Sickle Cell Disease. Arch Dis Child 1999; 81:437-9. 6. Kinney TR, Helms RW, O’Branski EE, et al. Safety of hydroxyurea in children with sickle cell anemia: results of the HUG-KIDS study, a phase I/II trial. Pediatric Hydroxyurea Group. Blood 1999; 94:1550-4. 7. Wiger R, Hongslo JK, Evenson DP, De Angelis P, Schwarze PE, Holme JA...

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of numerical dispersion of the recently developed unconditionally stable three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method where the alternatingdirection-implicit technique is applied. The dispersion relation is derived analytically and the effects of spatial and temporal steps on the numerical dispersion are investigated. It is found tha...