CORRESPONDENCE: B. Van de Maele, Respiratory Division, Henri Serruys Hospital, Kaı̈rostraat 84, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium. Fax: 32 59555792. E-mail: [email protected] *Respiratory Division, Dept of Surgery, and Dept of Pathology, Henri Serruys Hospital, and Torhoutsesteenweg 51, B-8400, Oostende, Belgium. Eur Respir J 2005; 25: 768–770 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00110904 Copyright ERS...

A 75-year-old right-handed woman presented with a two-day history of symptoms suggestive of a right hemispheric stroke (slurred speech and left facial and left arm weakness). She had no previous cerebrovascular symptoms, such as symptoms of a previous transient ischaemic attack or amaurosis fugax (loss of vision in one eye due to a temporary lack of blood fl ow to the retina). Past medical hist...

BACKGROUND The current study's objectives were to find any possible spatial patterns and hotspot of cardiovascular events and to perform a correlation study to find any possible relevance between cardiovascular disease (CVE) and location of industrial installation said above. METHODS We used the Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) hospital admission record in three main hospitals in Yazd, Yazd ...

background: maintenace and promotion of health are the duties of governments. for suitable resource allocation decisions in health sector, we need measures that combine information on mortality and non-fatal health outcomes. disability adjusted life years (dalys) have above mentioned features.  breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women. it is the first cause of death in 40-44 years ol...

The first attempt to develop a large collection of recorded speech material in Hungarian was made by the phonetician Lajos Hegedűs in the 1940s. He wanted to preserve the sounding of the various Hungarian dialects in the country and even outside Hungary with the purpose of analyzing, among other things, the intonation, pauses and rhythm of speech in those dialects. This paper introduces the pro...