Abstract Introduction Simulation is an established training modality, though its use in high-stakes assessment under-explored. This study sought to develop and validate a novel of operative competence for higher specialist trainees general surgery. Methods Content validity was derived from previously conducted Delphi consensus trainers. Eight stations were created using combination virtual real...

1 eceived January 12, 004; revised and ccepted April 16, 2004. eprints will not be vailable. Address orrespondence to: Isaac lickstein, M.D., Kaplan edical Center, epartment of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, Rehovot 6100, Israel (FAX: 972-8411944; E-mail: blick@ etvision.net.il). Department of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, rcispedale Santa Maria uova. Department of Obstetrics nd Gynecology, Kaplan edica...

L. PANIGRAHI*, S. K. GHOSAL, SNIGDHA PATTNAIK, L. MAHARANA AND B. B. BARIK School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, I. T. E. R., Jagamohan Nagar, Gagamara, Bhubaneswar-751 030, *Sun Pharma Advance Rearch Center, Tandalja, Vadodara-390 020, Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta-700 032, University Department of Pharmaceutical Science...

1 National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India 2 Baltic Sea Research Institute, Seestrasse 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany 3 School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332,USA Received: 24 January 2008 – Accepted: 24 January 2008 – Published: 7 March 2008 Correspondence to: S. W. A. Naqvi ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of th...

A thin coating of desert varnish occurs on Forrest 009 and Nurina 004, both equilibrated ordinary chondrite (L6) finds from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. This finely laminated deposit is chemically and petrographically comparable to the varnish found on terrestrial rocks. Forrest 009, which has a terrestrial age of 5.9 kyr, has a 100-130 μm thick coating of desert varnish that has a laterally...