The practice of acupuncture involves the stimulation of specific points on the skin called 'acupuncture points' which are small regions of local or referred pain that are more sensitive than surrounding tissue. The fact that acupuncture points can be identified subjectively as tender points and are found to have characteristic electrical properties suggest that they are functional entities rath...

Although spina bifida occulta has often been blamed in the past for backache and sciatica, I have believed neither that it was a common source of these troubles, nor that the fibrous band that closes the sacral breach is a cause of nerve root compression, as has been suggested by some authors. I have often explored a concomitant sacral defect while operating for a disc lesion, and have never fo...

While vaccination is one of the most successful public health interventions, there has always been a parallel movement against vaccines. Apart from scientific factors, the uptake of vaccinations is influenced by historical, political, sociocultural and economic factors. In India, the health system is struggling with logistical weaknesses in taking vaccination to the remotest corners; while on t...

For the existence of a branched covering Σ̃→ Σ between closed surfaces there are easy necessary conditions in terms of χ(Σ̃), χ(Σ), orientability, the total degree, and the local degrees at the branching points. A classical problem dating back to Hurwitz asks whether these conditions are also sufficient. Thanks to the work of many authors, the problem remains open only when Σ is the sphere, in wh...

Acupuncture at certain points on the body has been shown to have therapeutic effects in the treatment of various diseases [1–4]. Effect mechanism of acupuncture, electroacupuncture, and physical agents and their connections with the central nervous system have been the interest of many researchers. Integrity of the peripheral and central nervous systems is essential for acupuncture to be effect...

ORAL PRESENTATIONS of the advised control measures on the Salmonella prevalence at the farm based on this research due to the limited number of farms. The adjusted HACCP methodology is useful to determine weak points and the control measures in a structured way for, in this case, reducing the risk of introduction and spread of Salmonella at a pig finishing farm. The decision trees are a useful ...

Precise estimation is an important foundation for accurate project planning and staffing. However, state of practice methods (such as Function Points) typically require a thorough elicitation and analysis of system requirements, which is usually not available in an early project phase or even before a project begins. Use Case Points (UCP) are a possible solution for this dilemma and hence, in t...