“Care” Without Compassion—The Eighth Social Sin?

Paths , Cycles and Wheels sin Graphs without

For any graph F , V (F ) and E (F ) will denote the vertex and edge sets of the p graph F , also let n (F ) = | V (F ) | and e (F ) = | E (F ) | . The graph F  denotes the com lement of F . A graph F will be called a (G , H )−good graph, if F does not contain a ( G and F  does not contain H . Any (G , H )-good graph on n vertices will be called G , H , n )−good graph. The Ramsey number R (G ,...

Taxing Sin Goods and Subsidizing Health Care

We consider a two-period model. In the first period, individuals consume two goods: one is sinful and the other is not. The sin good brings pleasure but has a detrimental effect on second period health and individuals tend to underestimate this effect. In the second period, individuals can devote part of their saving to improve their health status and thus compensate for the damage caused by th...

Acute Sin Nombre hantavirus infection without pulmonary syndrome, United States.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) occurs in most infections with Sin Nombre virus and other North American hantaviruses. We report five cases of acute hantavirus infection that did not fit the HPS case definition. The patients had characteristic prodromal symptoms without severe pulmonary involvement. These cases suggest that surveillance for HPS may need to be expanded.

Spinal Trauma is Never without Sin: A Tetraplegia Patient Presented Without any Symptoms

Spinal cord injuries are amongst the most dangerous injuries, leading to high mortality and morbidity. Injured patients are occasionally faced with life-threatening complications and quality-of-life changing neurological deficits. Thoracic and cervical spinal segments are the most effected sites of injury and a wide range of complications including paraplegia, respiratory and cardiovascular com...

Limping is no sin: reflections on Making Health Care Decisions.