But at other moments, the classroom is so lifeless or painful or confused—and I am so powerless to do anything about it—that my claim to be a teacher seems a transparent sham. Then the enemy is everywhere: in those students from some alien planet, in that subject I thought I knew, and in the personal pathology that keeps me earning my living this way. What a fool I was to imagine that I had mas...

There are many situations in daily life when a queue is formed. Queuing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines and it is very useful for analyzing the procedure of queuing of daily life of human being. Queuing theory applies not only in day to day life but also in sequence of computer programming, networks, medical field, banking sectors etc. In this paper, we analyze the basic featu...

SIR—We read with interest the research letter by Larner about the clinical utility of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) [1]. In this study, we presume that the ACE-R was compared to a comprehensive clinical evaluation (a history, physical and cognitive examination plus pertinent investigations) performed by a clinician blinded to the test score. The results obtained make u...

Moral perceptions and judgments are based on a society's values. Professional ethics generally complement social codes and reinforce moral perceptions. In the area of health care, the doctor-patient relationship is inherently unequal, placing added responsibilities on those providing care. In countries like India where practice protocols and referral pyramids are not defined and where patient a...

Day-to-day variation of the corrected orthogonial electrocardiogram was investigated in 20 normal subjects. Ten recordings were made in each individual witlh chest electrode positions left unmarked first, after which 10 subjects underwent another series of 10 consecutive daily recordings with marked electrode locations. Mean and maximal day-to-day variations of durations and amplitudes of diffe...

the information about herbs’ medicinal properties is ample in traditional manuscripts, some of which are of value even in modern medicine. however, it is not usually easy to put it into practice. identifying traditional herbs and determining their scientific names are very challenging, calling for many ethnopharmacological studies. one significant herb in traditional medicine is stoechas. its m...