INTRODUCTION Gunshot wounds to the head (GSWH) account for the majority of penetrating brain injuries, and are the most lethal. Since they are rare in Europe, the number of neurosurgeons who have experienced this type of traumatic injury is decreasing, and fewer cases are reported in the literature. CASE We describe a case of gunshot to the temporal bone in which the bullet penetrated the sku...

Qalandar, a powerfully built man, aged about forty, presented himself at the Murdan Dispensary on 27th July 1883, gave the following account of himself:?Ten days previously he had, according to his usual custom, placed a loaded gun on his bed, alongside him, with the stock at his feet and the muzzle near his arm-pit; in the morning, before rising, he grasped the barrel near the muzzle with the ...

In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has placed increasing emphasis on the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) items. Some have seen the use of COTS as the silver bullet that will allow the Services to deploy more capable systems faster and at lower cost. Others have viewed the use of COTS items more skeptically. Many in this latter group believe that COTS cannot work effectively...