1. It is inexpensive. 2. It is portable and can be carried in the pocket. 3. All the parts are easily detachable and replaced. 4. It is aseptic. 5. The spatulate form can also be used as a tongue depressor and as a simple throat illuminator at the bed side or where illumination by day light is inadequate. 6. It can be used as a trans-illuminator of the accessory sinuses of the nose in a perfect...

Demand for electric power typically depends on the temperature and several other weather factors. It also depends on the day of the week and the hour of the day. This paper models electric power demand for close geographic areas that are called load pockets. We have developed a statistical model for load pockets. This model describes the load during the summer period. In this model we took into...

objective: among the various impression materials, for alginate tear strength is probably more important than the compressive strength. the tear strength is important when an impression involves a mechanical undercut and/or lacks bulk strength to resist tearing. this study evaluated tear strength of iralgin and compared it with tear strength of alginoplast. methods: in this invitro experimental...

-By C. H. Fagge. London, 1908. Bailliere, Tindall & Cox. Price 3s. 60?. net. This is an old friend in a new face. No longer does the "Pocket Gray " exist; it is replaced by " The Pocket AnatomjV edited by Mr. 0. H. Fagge. This is the sixth edition, but the thirtieth thousand; therefore generations of medical students have found the book to be good, and it is in this sense beyond criticism. Mr. ...

Selectable marker genes are vital to the research and development of genetically modified (GM) crops. The methods used to introduce foreign DNA in a plant cell, either by microinjection, particle gun, electroporation or Agrobacterium, are relatively inefficient. Pinpointing cells that successfully incorporated foreign DNA in an ocean of nontransformed cells is akin to finding a needle in a hays...

This is an exceedingly handy and useful little work, containing a complete list of all new drugs and remedies, with full and clear descriptions of their therapeutic action. The alphabetic arrangement renders the finding of any remedy very easy; and the copious references to the leading authorities who have introduced or tried the various remedies assist further study where this is desirable. Th...

THIS is the third volume of the truly magnificent work begun some three years ago by the late Surgeon-Commander Keevil, who after his retirement from the service was keeper of the library of the Royal College of Physicians. Of the present authors, Christopher Lloyd is assistant professor at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Jack Coulter, surgeon captain in charge of the Royal Naval Medica...