The work done by Prof. Swale Vincent in the production of the present volume has entailed a vast amount of labour in reviewing, selecting, and extracting the literature of the subject scattered over innumerable journals. We have read the chapters on the different ductless glands with the very greatest interest and advantage, and we have very great pleasure in recommending it to all students and...

Limited data are available on the use of internal fixation in combat zone hospitals. The authors performed a retrospective review of 713 surgical cases during 2 Operation Enduring Freedom deployments to a Level III theater hospital in 2007 and 2009 to 2010. The epidemiology and short- to intermediate-term outcomes of patients treated with internal fixation devices were studied. The authors foun...

a 30-year-old female with end-stage renal disease was a candidate for dual lumen catheter placement. after catheter insertion, o2 saturation measurement of the aspirated blood from the catheter was similar to that of arterial blood. they referred the patient to our hospital after 48 hours. diagnostic procedures revealed that the tip of the catheter had entered the pleural cavity. catheter remov...

the study aimed to evaluate the correlation of maladjusted schema and locus of control with ocd, with the emphasis on cognitive approach to ocd.in this study, 273 iranian participants were selected; of whom, 30% were male and 70% were female. participants' age ranged from 19 to 34 and the mean age for the sample was 23.42(sd=2.46). participants completed questionnaire batteries including measur...

power system overvoltages due to switching, lightning and other disturbances are the main problem for designers of the power transformers. once some frequencies of the incoming surges match with some of the natural frequencies of transformer winding, the resonance phenomenon is expected in transformer winding. the resonant overvoltages may destroy the insulation between turns and cause to insul...