The advent of 'NHS Direct', has centred attention on nurses giving telephone advice as part of the provision of out of hours medical care. A three month retrospective study of telephone consultations by nurses at the MRS Sennelager showed that telephone consultation greatly contributes to "out of hours" medical care. The outcome of telephone consultations made out of hours revealed that in 70% ...

The management of mobile objects like cars, persons, or workpieces in a factory is an important task in many context-aware environments. So far, most solutions can either cope with many small objects (few properties) or with a limited number of complex objects in a centralized way. In this paper, we face the challenge of managing a large number of bulky mobile objects (flying elephants). We sta...

no signs of emerging in response to this pressure, I turned to capsulotomy. And though I do not consider myself an over-nervous surgeon, I confess to have felt a slight feeling of nervousness in every case. The majority of surgeons still adhere to the old operation^ in spite of secondary cataracts. Mr. Eason in the Lancetof July 29th, 1911, gives 30?50 per cent, as the average rate of secondary...

This paper demonstrates the wide variety of systems for the analysis of posterior capsular opacification (PCO). No single system has been proved to be a gold standard and it is difficult to comment on the advantages of one system over another with the limited current knowledge on the effects of PCO on vision. There are few studies that actually compare the different systems of analysis. Researc...

In 1873, former slave John Washington (1838–1918) wrote his memoir, Memorys of the Past. This account includes a remarkable map that locates Washington’s experiences as a slave, his acts of resistance, and the route of his escape from bondage in 1862. Washington’s map is both a work of memory and a rare example of a subaltern cartographic practice. The act of mapping his experiences in Frederic...

A retrospective analysis has been made of 160 cases of postmenopausal bleeding. The women were at least 45 years old and the time lapse from the last menstruation was at least 2 years.