Academic headwear, partticularly in the form of square cap or mortar-board, is perhaps most widely recognised symbol educational achievement world. This article surveys current practice wearing academic caps all types at graduation ceremonies UK universities, to understand whether there are common factors use disuse and thus tentatively explain wide variation that seen twenty-first century.

results the mean age of patients was 16.7 ± 2.5 years. there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding gender, age, curve before surgery, and percentage of flexibility. the mean curvature was 70 ± 20.7 in the hr and 64.81 ± 19.4 in the cd group before surgery (p = 0.09); and the mean curvature was 40 ± 16.3 and 26.58 ± 15.37 in hr and cd groups respectively af...

A panel of monoclonal antibodies to human intermediate filament proteins was tested on an unselected series of 246 neoplasms. The antibody panel includes two different anti-cytokeratin antibodies, an anti-vimentin antibody, and an anti-neurofilament antibody (Gown and Vogel, Am J Pathol 114:309, 1984). The studies were done on Carnoy's or methacarn-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. When used as ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has challenged health systems and healthcare workers worldwide. Access to personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential mitigate the risk of excess mortality in providers. In Malawi, cost PPE represents an additional drain on available resources. event repeated waves disease over several years, development sustainable essential. We describe development, early implemen...

conclusions most cases of splenectomy in our center caused by trauma, and among the different types of trauma, blunt trauma is the dominant cause. road traffic accidents, in particular motor vehicle accidents, especially motorbike injures, are the most frequent cause of splenectomy. due to the instability of trauma patients, a mortality rate of 8% seems to be reasonable for splenectomy. rnwe re...