Liver is a common solid organ inju red in a blunt abdominal injury; frequently inflicted by motor vehicle accidents (MVA). Whilst most low grade liver injury is managed conservatively, operative approach remains an option in many cases, notably liver packing. A 15 year-old Malay, male who sustained a blunt abdominal inju ry and fractured left clavicle with no loss of consciousness was referred ...

A GOVERNOR is a part of a machine by means of which the velocity of the machine is kept nearly uniform, notwithstanding variations in the driving-power or the resistance. Most governors depend on the centrifugal force of a piece connected with a shaft of the machine. When the velocity increases, this force increases, and either increases the pressure of the piece against a surface or moves the ...

When I was elected governor in 1974, the West had a well-established water system. . . . Bureau [of Reclamation] officials and local irrigation districts selected reservoir sites and determined water availability. With members of the western congressional delegation, they obtained project authorization and funding. Governors supported proposals, appearing before congressional committees to requ...

After twenty-three years of the fourth democratic republic in Nigeria, there is a strong temptation to presume that democracy has taken firm roots at grassroots. However, whimsical manner by which state Governors have subverted and hijacked Local Governments (LGs) structures their respective states suggests contrary. The 1999 Constitution Federal Republic Nigeria (as amended) makes provisions f...

Since the commencement of New Budget Law in 2015, China provincial governments was given legal rights to issue Local Government Bonds, which has played a significant role revealing local indebtedness that built up over years. The rapid infrastructure developments have brought respective debt levels various governments, and there exist strong concerns on whether provinces with poor development a...

This article explains governors’ decisions to support or oppose Medicaid expansions offered under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We theorize that governors’ decisions to oppose the funding should depend on both political demands and the level of need in the state, though politics and need are often in tension. We find that governors’ partisanship and the composition of the...