BACKGROUND The Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR) is one of the world's oldest nationwide hospital registries and is used extensively for research. Many studies have validated algorithms for identifying health events in the DNPR, but the reports are fragmented and no overview exists. OBJECTIVES To review the content, data quality, and research potential of the DNPR. METHODS We examined...

When Woodrow Wilson advanced the principle of self-determination in a series of speeches in 1918–19, his assumption seemed to be that acknowledging the claims of self-determination was a simple corollary of respect for democracy. Contemporary secessionists, and many who write and theorize about secession, share Wilson’s intuition about this. It is widely claimed that a ‘people’ has the right to...

Many studies have explored the publication productivity of accounting faculty. However, since recently graduated faculty publishes most research, these studies have failed to provide an adequate picture of the activity of more senior faculty. This paper explores the research of the older cohort of accounting academics. Using the population of US academics with doctoral degrees granted before 19...

Kinship is commonly inferred from behaviour in primate field studies, but the validity of such inferences has not yet been documented. A comparison of the relationships of six three-year-old yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) females with 14 adult females showed that when a juvenile's mother was living she could easily be identified from behavioural data. The most useful behaviour in this conte...

the chechen republic (commonly referred to as chechnya) is a part of vast territory of russian federation that has been a source of contention since collapse of the soviet :union:. identity elements and tattered cultural bonds have strained ties between two nations of chechnya and russia. various aspects of crisis in chechnya have been addressed by many theoretical approaches of international r...

The outcrossing rate is a key component of the breeding system. While estimates of outcrossing rate exist for some plants, less information is available on variation in outcrossing rate within species and on its causes. Since many features of flowers affect the level of outcrossing, plant breeding systems are often inferred 'from observations on floral morphology, physiology, and phenology. Typ...

Autonomous Control Modes and Optimized Path Guidance for Shipboard Landing in High Sea States Progress Report (CDRL A001) Progress Report for Period: April 10, 2015 to July 9, 2015 PI: Joseph F. Horn 814-865-6434 [email protected] Penn State University Co-PI: John Tritschler (301) 995-1637 [email protected] U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Co-PI: Chengjian He (408) 523-5100 [email protected] Ad...