Variability is inherent in health care and is a result of many complex interactions between patients and providers, and those among providers. Physician autonomy is one aspect that causes variability. Professionals with autonomy tend to have control over conditions, processes, and procedures (Walter & Lopez, 2008) and this leads to the existence of differentiated process pathways. Providers wor...

Tras el Protocolo de Paz del 12 agosto 1898

Georges Rodenbach – the most complete or book by Joël Goffin 100 articles. Parisian chronicler of Belle Époque 1888–1898 The article concerns work who selected, presented and annotated one hundred articles written from years 1881–1898. As a columnist, Belgian writer has showed an interest in modernity its different registers, devoting his attention high-flying pen to literary, artistic, but als...

We describe 4 cases of tendon transfers for correction of foot deformities, which were performed by Harvey Cushing in 1898.

The year of Thorndike’s dissertation on animal intelligence, 1898, may mark the beginning of the field that eventually became known as the experimental analysis of behavior. The dissertation began a major shift in thinking about animal and human learning, provided important methodological innovations, and carried the seeds of later research and theory, particularly by B. F. Skinner. Although Th...

In 1883 Johannes von Kries published the theory of waterhammer in a study of blood flow in arteries. He derived the “Joukowsky formula” before Joukowsky (1898) and Frizell (1898) did. He considered skin friction in unsteady laminar flow and thus derived formulas for wave attenuation and line pack. The theory was confirmed by experimental results obtained in rubber hoses. In 1892 he published th...

Report on the Origin and Spread of Typhoid Fever in U. S. Military Camps During the Spanish War of 1898. Washington: US Government Printing