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Austin Procedure and Modified Austin Procedures

The Austin procedure is primarily a transpositional V osteotomy of the head of the first metatarsal for the management of hallux valgus. The procedure was first reported in the podiatric literature and attributed to Dr. Austin by Miller and Croce. The procedure was presented initially by Dr. Dale Austin in his 1981 publication. The procedure as described is a horizontally directed V osteotomy p...

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Murine Typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008

In August 2008, Texas authorities and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated reports of increased numbers of febrile rash illnesses in Austin to confirm the causative agent as Rickettsia typhi, to assess the outbreak magnitude and illness severity, and to identify potential animal reservoirs and peridomestic factors that may have contributed to disease emergence. Thirty-thr...

The Spectrum of Comet Austin

as Fig. 1 in a slightly modified form. Green et at. note that the 1128 A transition is optically forbidden because it occurs between two even parity oxygen atom states, whereas the selection rules permit transitions between odd and even parity only (2). However, they do not say that the 79176 A (7.92 gum) transition is equally forbidden, as both relevant states are odd (3). It is also forbidden...

Austin Bradford Hill (1897-1991)

During the twentieth century, Austin Bradford Hill researched diseases and their causes in England and developed the Bradford Hill criteria, which comprise the minimal requirements that must be met for a causal relationship to be established between a factor and a disease. Hill also suggested that researchers should randomize clinical trials to evaluate the effects of a drug or treatment by mon...