OBJECTIVE: Endotracheal intubation of newborn infants is a common and potentially lifesaving procedure but a skill that trainees find difficult. Despite widespread use, no data are available on whether the use of a stylet (introducer) improves success rates. We aimed to determine whether pediatric trainees were more successful at neonatal orotracheal intubation when a stylet was used. METHODS: ...

• Participation by civil society in public expenditure management promises to improve social and economic outcomes while increasing confidence in public institutions. • Participatory budgeting (PB) programmes depend on the effective engagement of three key domestic stakeholders: governments, civil society and legislatures. Participatory budgeting cannot be imposed. • The successful execution of...

In 2015, the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum campaign found a fiercely outspoken advocate in the internationally award-winning Irish novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín. Throwing his full weight behind the campaign, he gave a talk at Trinity College Dublin on what it meant to be a gay man and writer in Ireland, which was subsequently reprinted as abridged versions in a wide range of news media...

Vision is useful because it informs us about the physical environment. In the case of colm~ two distinct functions are generally emphasized (e.g., Jacobs, 1981; Mollon, 1989). First, color helps to segment objects from each other and the background. A canonical task for this function is locating fruit in foliage (Regan et al., 2001; Sumner & Mollon, 2000). Second, color provides infm' mation ab...

Using a one-dimensional numerical model of ice-stream flow with robust grounding-line dynamics, we explore controls on paleo-ice-stream retreat in Marguerite Bay, Antarctica, during the last deglaciation. Landforms on the continental shelf constrain the numerical model and suggest that retreat was rapid but punctuated by a series of slowdowns. We investigate the sensitivity of ice-stream retrea...

A 56-year-old white female presented for evaluation for kidney transplantation in November 2003. Her end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was presumed due to medullary sponge kidney associated with stones and infection and she had started haemodialysis in April 2003. Other medical history included hypertension and anaemia. She was otherwise well. She had had four pregnancies and had received blood tr...

Effects ofnatural dislodgment ofholdfasts ofM acrocystispyrifera (L.) C. Agardh on the associated holdfast community were studied during a 110-day period. Six holdfasts were collected at the beginning of the study and analyzed to determine the abundance of major taxa at time O. Forty-four holdfasts were detached from the rocky substrate and suspended on three midwater buoys to simulate natural ...

The 18th International Conference on Electroanalysis ESEAC 2020 was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic and finally took place in Vilnius this year 5–9 June 2022 at Life Sciences Centre of University. FTMC also a co-organiser. Scientific Organising Committee conference made up electroanalysts from different countries: Jiři Barek (Czech Republic), Anastasios Economou (Greece), Elena Fer...

In the triennium 2006–2008, 261 women in the UK died directly or indirectly related to pregnancy. The overall maternal mortality rate was 11.39 per 100,000 maternities. Direct deaths decreased from 6.24 per 100,000 maternities in 2003–2005 to 4.67 per 100,000 maternities in 2006–2008 (p = 0.02). This decline is predominantly due to the reduction in deaths from thromboembolism and, to a lesser e...

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