Developers of pedestrian models often overlook the fact that pedestrians are subjected to a multitude of influences when walking. The majority of existing models only focus on a single aspect, typically the avoidance of obstructions or other pedestrians. PEDFLOW, a microscopic, agent-based model, uses an implementation of context-mediated behavior to enable the agents to deal with multiple caus...

The exemption of student housing from the BC Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) in 2002 left thousands of student tenants without rental rights. In the wake of this legislative change, student housing contracts have become one-sided, without due attention to procedural fairness, and often ignoring the rights of the tenant, in favour of the institution. These contracts treat student housing as univer...

Classic clinical findings have been described for tamponade. However, these findings are often obvious only when the patient is unstable due to tamponade. Ideally, tamponade is diagnosed early, when the patient suffers no more than dyspnea, weakness, or perhaps right heart failure. It is common to attribute respiratory symptoms (e.g., dyspnea on exertion) to a more common condition such as hear...

Bioethics' traditional focus on clinical relationships and exotic technologies has led the field away from population health, health disparities, and issues of justice. The result: a myopic view that misses the institutional context in which clinical relationships operate and can overlook factors that affect health more broadly than do exotic technologies. A broader bioethics agenda would take ...

Neuropathy is a well known side effect of vincristine, however cranial nerve toxicities are reported less frequently which can involve any cranial nerve in mostly bilateral pattern. As many patients have primary tumors or metastatic lesions in sites that could cause the clinician to overlook this reversible cause of neurologic dysfunction, the potential for misdiagnosis is high. Here, along wit...

Benzodiazepines are known as "acquisition-impairing" molecules, and their effects on anterograde memory processes are well described. In contrast, the impact of benzodiazepines on retrograde memory and, more particularly, on retrieval processes, is only marginally studied. This mini-review provides an overlook of the main studies evidencing an effect of benzodiazepines on retrograde memory, bot...

P. R. Young, G. Del Zanna, H. E. Mason, K. P. Dere, E. Landi, M. Landini, G. A. Doschek, 1STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfor 2University College London, Department of Space and Climate Physics, 3DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, 4George Mason University, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax 5Artep, Inc at Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., 6Code 7670, Na...

Septic arthritis of the hip is rarely caused by Mycoplasma hominis. It rarely develops in a patient during the postpartum period. However, delayed treatment of septic arthritis of the hip may lead to serious sequelae; therefore, it is important for clinicians not to overlook patients with the disease. This case illustrates the clinical steps in diagnosis and treatment of M. hominis septic arthr...

Local anesthetics have an impressive history of efficacy and safety in medical and dental practice. Their use is so routine, and adverse effects are so infrequent, that providers may understandably overlook many of their pharmacotherapeutic principles. The purpose of this continuing education article is to provide a review and update of essential pharmacology for the various local anesthetic fo...

This technology report describes the longitudinal registration approach that we intend to incorporate into SPM12. It essentially describes a group-wise intra-subject modeling framework, which combines diffeomorphic and rigid-body registration, incorporating a correction for the intensity inhomogeneity artifact usually seen in MRI data. Emphasis is placed on achieving internal consistency and ac...