Anesth Analg 2002; 94: 1384±8 3 Leech G. The BSE: from club to professional society. British Society of Echocardiography Newsletter, July 2003; 45: 8 4 Rimington H. Behind the Scenes. British Society of Echocardiography Newsletter, July 2003; 45: 10 5 Thys DM. Clinical competence in Echocardiography. Anesth Analg 2003; 97: 313±22 6 Pearlman AS, Gardin JM, Martin RP, et al. Guidelines for physic...

Ovarian Androgen Production in Cattle 3 F Mossa, F Jimenez-Krassel, JK Folger, JLH Ireland, GW 4 Smith, P Lonergan, ACO Evans, and JJ Ireland 5 6 School of Agriculture Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, and Conway 7 Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, College of Life 8 Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Molecular 9 Reproductive Endocrinology Labo...

In this paper, we are using "structurally congruent concepts" in pairs of terminologies to suggest methods for harmonizing the terminologies. Two concepts are structurally congruent if they are children of the same more general concept and parents of the same more specific concept in two different terminologies. We show that structurally congruent concepts can be interpreted in six useful ways,...

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in neonatal and maternity units of five Kenyan district public hospitals. Data for 1 year were obtained: 3999 maternal and 1836 neonatal records plus tallies of maternal deaths, deliveries and stillbirths. There were 40 maternal deaths [maternal mortality ratio: 276 per 100 000 live births, 95% confidence interval (CI): 197-376]. Fresh stillbirths ranged f...

The fifteenth-century royal chronicler Fernão Lopes describes a weather event on 24 October 1384 in which the future King João I of Portugal (1385–1433) failed to attack strategic castle because tremendous storm that caused army lose its way dark and rendered roads river crossings impassable. city Lisbon flooded there was considerable damage buildings. description aftermath is by far longest fo...

Cognitive constructs are explored for clinical psychologists interested in cognitive phenomena in depression. Both traditional and modern memory constructs are outlined and described with attention to their contribution to understanding depression. In particular, the notions of memory construction, self-schemas, and autobiographical memory (per [Conway, M.A. (2001). Sensory-perceptual episodic ...

Studies cite missed opportunities for immunization (MOI) as a contributor to under-vaccination. The present prospective survey aimed at determining the magnitude of MOI, its contribution to under-vaccination, and identifying risk factors for MOI. Mothers of 1384 indoor patients £6 years were interviewed. There were 266 (19.2%) children with MOI, accounting for 79.6% of under-vaccination and 93%...

Patients 405 women at 33 weeks of gestation were classified into 5 subgroups on the basis of their history and objective pelvic joint pain (> 1 positive test from a joint): the pelvic girdle syndrome (n=118; daily pain in all 3 pelvic joints); symphysiolysis (n=38; daily pain in pubic symphysis only); the 1-sided sacroiliac syndrome (n=98; daily pain from 1 sacroiliac joint alone); the doublesi...