JEL classification: C65, D63, D71, D81 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 91B16

Eye injuries occurred in 10% of UK military major trauma cases in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2008, with 33% of these eye injuries open globe in nature(1). This article will consider the diagnosis, classification and management of open globe injuries in the role 1/ pre-hospital environment.

Dog hemoglobin has four sulphydryl groups at positions olfl (G18) and p93 (F9), all of which are titratable with mercurials. Only two of these, however, react with non-mercurial sulphydryl reagents. Kinetic results indicate that the reacting site might be the p”” (F9). An examination of the environment of the alI1 (G18) shows that this sulphydryl must be unreactive towards non-mercurials becaus...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship and differential validity of three constructs related to reduced emotional expression. METHODS One hundred six patients of a psychosomatic clinic completed questionnaires assessing alexithymia (TAS-20, BVAQ), ambivalence over emotional expression (AEQ-G18), and social insecurity (UQ). RESULTS A second-order principal com...

OBJECTIVE This pilot study examined the extent to which a specific mechanism of emotion regulation - namely, ambivalence concerning the expressiveness of German soldiers' emotions - affects the severity of PTSD symptoms after a military operation. METHODOLOGY A survey was conducted at three points in time among 66 soldiers deployed on military crisis operations. The Harvard Trauma Questionair...

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We analyze the optimal portfolio policies of expected utility maximizing agents under VaR Capital Requirement (VaR-CR) regulation in comparison to the optimal policy under exogenouslyimposed VaR Limit (VaR-L) and Limited-Expected-Loss (LEL) regulations. With VaR-CR regulation the agent strategy consists of simultaneous decisions on both the portfolio VaR and on the implied amount of required el...