Hallux valgus occurs almost exclusively in shoe – wearing societies. Coughlin and Thompson (2) noting the extremely high prevalence of bunions in American women in the fourth, fifth or sixth decade of life, implicated constricting footwear as a cause of hallux valgus. Likewise, in Japan, Kato and Watanabe (3) noted that the prevalence of hallux valgus in women increased dramatically following t...

The Web4Groups EU supported project is one of the Telematics Application Development Projects of the Fourth Framework Program. The target of the project is to develop a distributed World Wide Web based, non-simultaneous group communication system that can also be considered as a complete redefinition of the traditional communication services like Usenet. The paper provides with a global overvie...

This fourth and final review in the JNNP internet series summarises the essential internet resources for adult and paediatric clinical neurology, neuroradiology, and neurophysiology. This article is freely available on the JNNP website (www.jnnp.com), where-within seconds-the complete list of recommended websites can be easily downloaded and incorporated into your web browser as a Bookmark/Favo...

Museum Victoria has a significant collection of objects that could be described as ‘computing curiosities’. Undoubtedly, its most important exhibit is CSIRAC (formerly CSIR Mk1), which was the world’s fourth electronic digital computer and the only remaining intact first generation computer in the world. The collection of computers and related items, including calculators, range in date from be...

Despite the decrease in incidence observed during the last decades, gastric adenocarcinoma remains the fourth most common cancer in the world and the second leading cause of cancer-related death. Radical surgical resection is the best treatment option, though the role of extended and super-extended lymphadenectomy remains debatable. This review examines the different issues related to the surgi...

This paper discusses current conceptions of ontology in computer science focussing on cultural specification and temporalization. It is pointed out, first, that ontologies arrange the world, they do not represent it; second, that ontologies, except logical Formal Ontologies, can be developed within a cultural framework; third, Top Level and Domain Ontologies have to be complemented by Pragmatic...

It is the fourth time that we take part in the QA track. Our system, FDUQA, is based on our previous system (Wu et al, 2002). FDUQA includes an offline part and an online part. We make great efforts on the online part while leaving the offline part unchanged. We have tried many natural language processing techniques, and incorporated many sources of world knowledge, including Web. A novel Query...

This paper demonstrates how the soft systems methodology can be used to improve the delivery of a module in data warehousing for fourth year information technology students. Graduates in information technology needs to have academic skills but also needs to have good practical skills to meet the skills requirements of the information technology industry. In developing and improving current data...

Despite the eradication of smallpox from the world in 1980 the osteo-articular sequelae of smallpox are still occasionally noticed in previously endemic areas. The sequelae of osteomyelitis variolosa may raise a diagnostic challenge to the untrained eyes of the surgeon. We present a case of "osteomyelitis variolosa" in a 70 years old patient. The patient had bilateral dislocation of the elbow j...