Southern Division Trainees' Day

Northern Ireland Surgical Trainees: Prize Day November 2003

Abstacts from the Northern Ireland Surgical Trainees Prize Day, which was held on Friday 14 November 2003 and hosted by Altnagelvin Area Hospital at the City Hotel, Londonderry. Thirtynine abstracts were submitted of which eleven were accepted for presentation on the day. There were six in the SHO section and five in the Specialist Registrar section. Winner of the SHO section was Dr Peter Mallo...

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Southern Division

1 In conjunction with his Motion to Intervene, Defendant-Intervenor Seth Hammett (“Defendant-Intervenor Hammett”) attached an Answer, Motion to Dismiss and Brief in Support. (Doc. 80). After the Court permitted Defendant-Intervenor Hammett’s intervention as an individual defendant, he re-filed his Answer, Motion to Dismiss and Supporting Brief, (Docs. 120, 121 and 122), which are now pending be...

Immunizations for Military Trainees

Selection of neurosurgical trainees.

BACKGROUND Medical students in Canada must make career choices by their final year of medical school. Selection of students for a career in neurosurgery has traditionally been based on marks, reference letters and personal interviews. Studies have shown that marks alone are not accurate predictors of success in medical practice; personal skills and attributes which can best be assessed by lette...

Circadian clock-mediated control of stem cell division and differentiation: beyond night and day.

A biological 'circadian' clock conveys diurnal regulation upon nearly all aspects of behavior and physiology to optimize them within the framework of the solar day. From digestion to cardiac function and sleep, both cellular and systemic processes show circadian variations that coincide with diurnal need. However, recent research has shown that this same timekeeping mechanism might have been co...