Alexander Gordon, one of twin boys, was born in 1752 in the parish of Strachan, 20 miles south west of Aberdeen. Little is known of his early life, but he obtained an MA at Marischal College, and after further study at the Aberdeen Infirmary and in Edinburgh, graduated in medicine at the University of Aberdeen. In 1780, at the age of 28, with testimonial letters from the Corporation of Surgeons...

Rates of diabetes are increasing in Canada,1 and family physicians remain the main point of primary care for people with diabetes.2 The challenge for physicians in this context is to design realistic treatment plans and negotiate priorities to maximize health benefits for these patients. This article summarizes recommendations from the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) 2008 clinical practice ...

2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (tcdd) is a by-product o f t he trichlorophenol (herbicide) production and is also produced through a variety of combustion processes. it appears that tcdd is a ubiquitous chemical, particularly in industrialised countries, and the liver is the target organ of its toxicity. the prominent hepatotoxic effect of tcdd is progressive centrilobular necrosis. the is...

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KELLY M. SMITH, PHARM.D., is Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, and Director, Pharmacy Practice Residency Program, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (UKCMC), Lexington. AMANDA M. BALL, PHARM.D., is Pharmacy Practice Resident; E. ZACHARY RAMSEY, PHARM.D., is Pharmacy Practice Resident; and JOHN A. ARMITSTEAD, M....

This text introduces this issues’ symposium: “A correspondence on (University) Management after Valuation Studies”. The has two parts. first the dilemma, question of whether valuation studies could, besides studying in practice, inform better practices valuation, and method correspondence, to use situations which researchers are also practitioners, namely, management quality higher education, a...