OBJECTIVES To survey family planning clinic (FPC) patients who may be involved in the Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP) practical training; to obtain their views about the process of giving consent to their involvement; and to compare their views with current practice. METHODS Questionnaire surveys of 103 female FPC patients and 40 DFFP instructing doctors. Patients were recrui...

Carbon accounting in tropical savannas relies on a good understanding of the effects atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and land management foliage projective cover (FPC) vegetation structure. We used generalised additive modelling to track changes Autumn Persistent Green (APG, satellite-image-derived measure FPC) six types Cape York Peninsula, Australia, over an 18-year period, examined influenc...

This paper presents a novel leaderless protocol (FPC-BI: Fast Probabilistic Consensus within Byzantine Infrastructures) with low communicational complexity and which allows set of nodes to come consensus on value single bit. The makes the assumption that part are Byzantine, thus controlled by an adversary who intends either delay consensus, or break it (this defines at least couple honest diffe...

The design and dynamic characterization of a free piston compressor (FPC) is presented in this paper. The FPC is a proposed device that utilizes combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel to compress air into a high-pressure supply tank, thus serving as a portable pneumatic power supply for mobile untethered robotic systems. The device is configured such that the transduction from thermal energy to store...

BACKGROUND Familial pancreatic cancer (FPC) describes a group of families where the inheritance of pancreatic cancer is consistent with an autosomal-dominant mode of inheritance. The 4q32-34 region has been previously identified as a potential locus for FPC in a large American family. METHODS The region was allelotyped in 231 individuals from 77 European families using nine microsatellite mar...

BACKGROUND A 'fast-track' referral system for intrauterine contraception was established in 2007 between the medical abortion service at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the principal family planning clinic (FPC) in Edinburgh. METHODS Case note review of women fast-tracked for intrauterine contraception after medical abortion between January 2007 and June 2009. Main outcome measures were ...

BACKGROUND Chlamydia infections represent a major public health problem, with a prevalence of 6-10% in family planning clinic (FPC) attendees. There has been recent concern expressed about the management of these patients in terms of treatment and follow-up. OBJECTIVE An audit was carried out to monitor referral compliance and outcome with care pathways of women attending our FPC who were fou...

BACKGROUND Epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) represents a novel therapeutic approach with many unique benefits that can be used for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). OBJECTIVE To examine the long-term safety and efficacy of EpCS of the frontopolar cortex (FPC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) for treatment of TRD. METHODS Adults (N = 5) who were 21-80 years old w...