A Modest Proposal is a representative work of Jonathan Swift. Many critics think it a greatest satirical work ever written. Jonathan Swift has always been considered a political writer and poet. His plain style can also been seen in A Modest Proposal but it's not the main concern of this thesis. This thesis mainly focuses on some artistic features of the famous pamphlet. One characteristic of t...

BACKGROUND Annuloplasty ring or band implantation during surgical mitral valve repair perturbs mitral annular dimensions, dynamics, and shape, which have been associated with changes in anterior mitral leaflet (AML) strain patterns and suboptimal long-term repair durability. We hypothesized that rigid rings with nonphysiological three-dimensional shapes, but not saddle-shaped rigid rings or fle...

The Edwards' syndrome phenotype results from full, mosaic or partial trisomy 18q. Full trisomy 18 is the most common form occurring in about 94% of cases. In full trisomy every cell contains three full copies of chromosome 18. Mosaics can occur in about 5% of cases in which some cells are normal with 46 chromosomes and others have the extra chromosome. Partial trisomy 18 can (rarely) occur if a...

This report reviews the results obtained with the current models of the Silastic ball valve, classifying the experience with the mitral and aortic models into the periods (formula: see text) before and after 1973. Valve failure is defined according to the Stanford method and includes any valve-related death or complication necessitating valve removal (there have been no mechanical failures). Co...

We present an explantation image of an off-label transcatheter placed valve-in-valve Edwards Sapien in a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Magna Ease aortic bioprosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) in the tricuspid position (Fig. 1). The valve was placed 1 year and 9 months before in an extremely frail patient with a complex cardiac surgical history due to an atrial septum defect ...

Can negative electricity prices encourage inefficient electrical energy storage devices? Edward Barbour, Grant Wilson, Peter Hall & Jonathan Radcliffe To cite this article: Edward Barbour, Grant Wilson, Peter Hall & Jonathan Radcliffe (2014) Can negative electricity prices encourage inefficient electrical energy storage devices?, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 71:6, 862-876, DO...

The current review represents the views of two reviewers who approach the book from very different perspectives. While Mary Ballou is a colleague of the book author, has participated in the development of feminist theory over the past few decades, and has written collaboratively with Brown, Elizabeth Markle is relatively new to the literature on feminist therapy. Therefore, this review combines...