background elimination of suicide attempts is impossible, but they can be reduced dramatically by an organized planning. the present study aimed to survey the suicide trends in fars province (iran), during 2004-2009 to better understand the prevalence and status of suicide.   methods this survey was a cross-sectional study. the demographic data were collected from the civil status registry betw...

Two dictionary data base systems developed at Kyoto University are presented in this paper. One is the system for a Japanese dictionary ( Shinmeikai Kokugojiten, published by Sansei-do) and the other is for an English-Japanese dictionary (New Concise English-Japanese Dictionary, also published by Sansei-do). Both are medium size dictionaries which contain about 60,000 lexical items. The topics ...

as the point of reference in relation to the object, thereby giving to the subject an evaluation higher than that of the object. "As a result, the object always possesses a lower value; it has a secondary importance; occasionally it even represents merely an outward objective token of a subjective content, the embodiment of an idea in other words, in which, however, the idea is the essential fa...

In this paper, we attempt to describe Autopoi-etic Systems using a mathematical framework of Metabolism{Repair Systems. Our description does not strictly reeect pure autopoiesis, and can only represent quasi{autopoietic systems. However , we believe that this attempt will spur discussions on the formal description of autopoiesis and the relation to mental and social systems, and so on, and we d...

Potassium permanganate is a highly corrosive, water-soluble oxidizing antiseptic. A 68-year-old female patient was admitted to our Emergency Department after ingestion of 3 tablets of 250 mg potassium permanganate as a suicide attempt. The physical exam revealed brown stained lesions in the oropharynx. Emergency endoscopy was performed by the gastroenterologist after the third hour of ingestion...

Preventive Medicine: An Attempt at a Definition: GEDDES SMITH and DR. LESTER J. EVANS. Obituary: William. Spencer Carter: DR. CHAUNCEY D. LEAKE and OTHERS. Losses in Personnel of Soviet Botany during the War: VLADIMIR C. Asmous. Recent Deaths ................................................................................................................ Scientific Events: Recent Contributions o...

1. Synthesis of plastein from the products of peptic hydrolysis of small quantities of egg albumin can be demonstrated with amorphous or crystalline pepsin. 2. Synthesis of plastein from the products of peptic hydrolysis of amorphous or crystalline insulin can be demonstrated with amorphous or crystalline pepsin. 3. The plastein synthesised by pepsin from the products of peptic hydrolysis of in...

In 2003, Kuan, Charnley, and co-workers reported the detection of interstellar glycine (NH2CH2COOH) based on observations of 27 lines in 19 different spectral bands in one or more of the sources Sgr B2(N-LMH), Orion KL, and W51 e1/e2. They supported their detection report with rotational temperature diagrams for all three sources. In this paper, we present essential criteria which can be used i...

Background and Purpose Significant delays often occur during the treatment of patients with acute stroke. Some of those delays occur in the hospital. We attempted to shorten inhospital treatment intervals by creating a rapid-response system, similar to that available for cardiac arrest, that would allow the stroke team to be available within a few minutes to care for stroke victims. Methods We ...