To understand the following position statement and testimony on the Insanity Defense that I submitted on ]\(ay 15. 1!174. to the United States Senate Sub-committee on Criminal Laws and Prou:dure of the Senate Judiciary Committee. it is necessary to review the legislative historv of these recent eflons to reform Federal criminal laws. Need to refo;m the archaic collection of laws in the present ...

zirconium dioxide, commonly known as zirconia, is an interesting material and is receiving growing attention due to its excellent mechanical properties. the solid was characterized for surface area measurements, scanningelectron microscopy (sem), energy dispersive x-ray diffractometry (edx) and potentiometric titrations. surface titrations were carried out at the temperature range 303 to 323k i...

Kingman Regional Medical Center of Kingman, Ariz., is a 235-bed rural hospital serving a fast-growing community with expanding healthcare needs. Like most hospitals and health systems, Kingman Regional faces the challenge of rising expenses and declining levels of payment. In 2007, the hospital improved its financial performance by correcting widespread procedural and systems issues that were c...

OBJECTIVES To determine the variation in charges for 10 common blood tests across California hospitals in 2011, and to analyse the hospital and market-level factors that may explain any observed variation. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the degree of charge variation between hospitals for 10 common blood tests using charge data reported by all non-...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To estimate the current incidence of cleft palate in the United States and to determine national variations in resource utilization for primary repair of cleft palate. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of a national, pediatric database (2009 Kids Inpatient Database). METHODS Patients aged 3 and below admitted for cleft palate repair were selected, using ICD-9 codes f...

The study of the battery charge process as the only power storage agent in off-grid systems is of significant importance. The battery charge process has different modes, and the battery in these modes is dependent on the amount of charge. In order to charge the battery in off-grid systems, two charge controllers including Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) are c...

The CHARGE association is a multisystem syndrome, with a wide range of phenotypic expression, causing mortality, especially in childhood. We performed a hospital audit, in order to quantify the pulmonary implications, in 28 boys and 19 girls aged 0.02-23 yrs, with a definite diagnosis of CHARGE. A review of the records of these children with CHARGE association revealed that aspiration was commo...

We investigated the impact of alcohol-related medical emergencies on health care utilization in an inner city hospital medical intensive care unit (ICU). Data from 200 consecutive admissions to the medical ICU were collected prospectively. The major reason for each patient's admission to the ICU was recorded and the causal relationship between alcohol abuse and the admission diagnosis was deter...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the clinical and economic impact of the emergence of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacter species. METHODS Mortality, length of hospitalization, and hospital charges were examined in a cohort that was selected from a group of 477 patients with initial cultures that yielded a third-generation cephalosporin-susceptible Enterobacter species. Case ...