son Lake are all within a few kilometres of the Skeena River between Terrace and Old Harelton (Figure 5-3I ) . The tern1 marl is used in thih report to indicate a friable mixture of greater than 40 per cent calcium carbonate together with insoluble detritus and noncarbonate plant material. The colour is usually white or buff, but grey to brown or black shades occur as the organic content increa...

Blind oro-(naso)-pharyngeal suction and feeding catheter intubation are very common practices in pediatric critical care. However, these simple procedures may produce unexpected complications in friable tiny patients. We encountered 3 extremely premature infants in whom cervical esophageal perforation and further submucosal excavation were caused by traumatic catheter injury and subsequently le...

Case I . Baby D. was born on 8th July, 1954. Abnormalities noted during this, the mother’s first pregnancy, were: excessive gain in weight, hydramnios, frequency of micturition and profuse vaginal discharge. Labour lasted 16 hours. Foetal heart sounds ceased 10 minutes before delivery. The baby was stillborn, severely hydropic and weighed 4 pounds 132 ounces. The placenta was unduly large, fles...

This study aimed to characterise the morphological and chemical properties of amphiboles from airborne dust samples collected three localities in Brno its surroundings. We analysed approximately 3 g particles each sample. The mineralogical characteristics were examined by polarised-light microscopy electron microprobe analysis. All studied inorganic with length ≥ 5 μm show a ratio ≤ : 1 or diam...

Toute crise sanitaire (épidémie, pandémie, actes terroristes, catastrophes naturelles ou faits de guerre) doit être anticipée par la mise en place d’un plan local, régional mais aussi national adapté aux enfants compte tenu leur vulnérabilité. La faible expérience des équipes associée à une littérature pauvre nous oblige extrapoler les concepts appliqués l’adulte et médecine guerre alors que pa...