The words in the title were used by an elderly medical widow whose circumstances changed suddenly and she did not know where to turn to or how she was going to manage. The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund was contacted and as a result of her application and the back up report of the Area Visitor, this lady has been helped and her worries have been lifted from her shoulders. These words of thanks s...

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Decompressive hemicraniectomy is a surgical technique used to relieve the increased intracranial pressure. There is no standardized surgical technique to clearly state the minimum area of the cranial vault needed to obtain the best results. The aim of the current paper is to present our surgical technique and experience used in performing hemicraniectomies, technique that we consider optimal fo...

The segregation of albino or chlorophyll deficient seedlings in a pedigree propagated by self-fertilization is due either to a definite genetic factor or factors according to DEMEREC (1923) in maize, HALLQVIST (1926) in barley, etc., or to the abnormality of the plastids themselves according to CORRENS (1909) in Mirabilis, BAUR (1909) in Pelargonium, ANDERSON (1923) in maize, CLAUSEN (1927) in ...

Virtualization is not a new technology, but has recently experienced a resurgence of interest among industry and research. New products and technologies are emerging quickly, and are being deployed with little considerations to security concerns. It is vital to understand that virtualization does not improve security by default. Hence, any aspect of virtualization needs to undergo constant secu...

The basic elements required for tissue engineering include an extracellular matrix scaffold, cells, and tissue-specific bioactive factors. Whether these elements are provided by the host or must be implanted in some combination within a construct depends critically on the in vivo biochemical, vascular, and mechanical environments. Using bone tissue engineering as an example, the initial repair ...