Blunt abdominal traumas are caused by road accidents, work accidents, falls, assault and sporting activities. They may involve only the abdominal wall or deep organs (solid organs or hollow viscera, arterial or venous vessels). The most dangerous consequences are hypovolemia and peritonitis. Diagnostic investigations include laboratory tests, standard radiology, ultrasonography, diagnostic peri...

This paper outlines the experiences of running a large stochas tic multi body simulation across a pan European meta computer to demon strate the use of the PROMENVIR tool within such a large scale WAN environment We describe the meta application management approach developed by PAC and discuss the technical issues raised by this exper iment

visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar is endemic in certain regions of india. in endemic areas, the con-stellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. demonstration of the parasite in liver, splenic or bone marrow aspirates is confirmatory. we present a case in which le...

This article explores the motivations behind Russian men’s altruistic sperm donation using Alderfer's Existence-Relatedness-Growth (ERG) model. Among sample of 86 men, altru-istic motivation is mostly driven by existence and relatedness. Correlations tests indicated two patterns: 1) men needs are more willing to maintain contact with future child less prone self-promotion; 2) relatedness demon-...

Software and hardware architectures are prone to modi cations We demon strate how a mathematically founded re nement calculus for a class of ar chitectures namely data ow networks can be used to modify a system in a provably correct way The calculus consists of basic rules to add and to remove components and channels to a system

Background and Objectives: Monotheistic integrated psychotherapy is regarded as a multidimensional and comprehensive therapy recommended for the treatment of abnormal behaviors, mood and anxiety, personality, and drug use disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of monotheistic integrated psychotherapy on the resilience, anxiety, and depression levels among prisoners. ...

We present a lightweight tool for coordinating tool usage in a structured and unobtrusive manner allowing for the formal description and implementation of development cycles with minimal human intervention. This tool, here and after referred to as ``Path*'' seeks to provide a minimal yet powerful framework for tool coordination by scripting actions to be triggered on events such as disk writes ...

Software and hardware architectures are prone to modi cations We demon strate how a mathematically founded re nement calculus for a class of ar chitectures namely data ow networks can be used to modify a system in a provably correct way The calculus consists of basic rules to add and to remove components and channels to a system