____________ _ An in vitro method to collect and quantify volumes of gaseous microemboli generated by a bubble oxygenator has been developed. Gaseous microemboli generated by a bubble oxygenator are captured and collected in a vortex separation test cell. The cells are pressurized and the resultant pressure changes are converted to volume gas readings using a standard calibration curve. A doppl...

Harmful use of alcohol consumption in Australia is a serious socio-political and public health issue that exacerbated by exploitative marketing campaigns the industry. In Indigenous populations harmful directly related to legacy colonisation has led complex social issues adverse intergenerational trauma. To effectively address alcohol-related harm Australia, it necessary critically apply ‘Three...

Reliably recognizing, disambiguating, normalizing, storing, and displaying geographic names poses many challenges. However, associating each name with a geographical point location cannot be the final stage. We also need to understand each name’s role within the document, and its association with adjacent text. The paper develops these points through a discussion of two different types of histo...

An ethical system must do two things: It must envision a particular way of life and it must work out a path to the realization of that way of life that is internally consistent, yet workable in the real world. Surprisingly, recent ecological ethics have failed to realize these two components of an ethical system. From Leopold's Land Ethic to Deep Ecology, no coherent ethical system was born. Mo...

edited. Objectives: We aimed to compare the incidence of meningococcal disease amongst HIV-infected and uninfected individuals and to evaluate whether HIV is a risk factor for mortality and bacteremia amongst patients with meningococcal disease. Design: Cohort surveillance study. Methods: We conducted laboratory-based surveillance for meningococcal disease in Gauteng Province, South Africa. HIV...

Reliably recognizing, disambiguating, normalizing, storing, and displaying geographic names poses many challenges. However, associating each name with a geographical point location cannot be the final stage. We also need to understand each name’s role within the document, and its association with adjacent text. The paper develops these points through a discussion of two different types of histo...

ions rather than normative models, allowing reference to a more complex reality to be established for the purposes of contrast and comparison of ideas for research, in this case in the financial services sector. So, can such a framework help us analyze the implications of the GFC for SHRM and vice versa? Developments in the UK financial services sector: RBS as a case in point To assess the rele...