gibbs and martin build on durkheim’s view that the degree of social integration is inversely related to the rate of suicide. according to gibbs and martin, which is expressed in terms of five axioms, the rate of suicide is a function of the degree of status integration in a society. this theory has been extensively subjected to experimental studies, which have supported its axioms. most of thes...

Kirschner wire (K-wire) is commonly used in the treatment of hip fracture and its migration into pelvis leading to bladder injury is a very rare complication. Nonremoval of these devices either because of lack of followup or because of prolonged requirement due to disease process is associated with this complication. We report a case of a patient who presented with acute onset severe hematuria ...

PURPOSE To review records of 5 patients with anterior coronal trochlear fractures. METHODS Four men and one woman aged 25 to 46 (mean, 34) years underwent cancellous screw (n=3) or Kirschner wire (n=2) fixation for anterior coronal fractures of the humeral trochlea after falling on a flexed elbow. Patients were operated on through a medial approach. Three patients who had a large osteochondra...

Tunisia’s unemployment rate has been among the highest in the world for almost two decades. This article claims that such a high rate reflects measurement problems rather than labor market inefficiency. After discussing the reasons why unemployment rates may not be comparable across countries and reviewing the tools that are available to analyze unemployment in a specific country, the article p...

The focus of my research is extremal graph theory and random combinatorial structures. I have also worked in a variety of other areas, including intersecting hypergraphs, the theory of positional games and Ramsey theory. Combinatorics, and particularly graph theory, has a wide variety of applications. My own research in the edit distance of graphs has applications in biology and computer scienc...

BACKGROUND Consensus on method of treatment of displaced supracondylar fracture of the humerus in children is still lacking. Purpose of this prospective randomized controlled study is to compare closed reduction and long arm slab application with closed reduction and percutaneous crossed Kirschner wires fixation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Children of age less than 12 years presented in B.P. Koira...

animals that breed in ground holes can be exposed to higher doses of radiation from natural radioactive isotopes, including radon and its daughters, present in soil air. one of such species is the sand martin riparia riparia. examination of natural burrows in sand mines revealed radon levels of 2.82-1320 bq/m3 in the examined soil horizon where martins dug their burrows. it was shown that adult...

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OBJECTIVE Patients with cancer of the esophagus who develop an esophagotracheal fistula die within 1 month in dramatic conditions of malnutrition and asphyxia. We assessed the beneficial palliative effect of the Kirschner operation in the treatment of esophagotracheal fistula. METHODS Between January 1980 and August 1995, 21 patients among a continuous series of 847 with cancer of the esophag...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of supplementary fixation in hip arthroplasty with the use of Kirschner-wires and tension band for geriatric patients suffering unstable intertrochanteric osteoporotic fractures. A total of 103 patients aged more than 75 years were recruited. A bipolar or total hip replacement was performed with additional application of Kirschner-wires and ten...