Subatomic physics — 100 not out and still going strong!

Subatomic Physics - 100 Not Out and Still Going Strong

* E-mail : [email protected] On the occasion of the birth centenary of the discovery of electron, I discuss its role in the area of Elementary Particle Physics. I emphasize that the discovery of electron marks the end of the speculation era lasting more than 2500 years. The key developments leading to the discovery of electron by J.J. Thomson are briefly mentioned. The standard model is brie...

The Kraepelinian dichotomy – going, going... but still not gone

Recent genetic studies reinforce the view that current approaches to the diagnosis and classification of major psychiatric illness are inadequate. These findings challenge the distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and suggest that more attention should be given to the relationship between the functional psychoses and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. We are entering...

Still not out of the woods.

Sir Harry Platt: 100 not out.

One ofthe proud claims ofSir Harry Platt, Britain's first orthopaedic professor, who is 100 this month, is that he won the Ashes for England in 1932. He was summoned to Old Trafford from his popular Tuesday afternoon teaching session at Ancoats Hospital. At the cricket ground the north was playing the south in a selection match and Harold Larwood was having trouble with his knee. Sir Harry exam...

Microbial Contamination of Staff’s Hand while Going out of Hospital

Abstract Background and Objective: Cross-transmission of microorganisms by the hands of health care workers is considered as a main transmission route of nosocomial infections. The aim of this study was to investigate the microbial contamination of health-care worker’s hands while going out of hospital. Material and Methods: Wearing the sterile glove with liquid culture, we obtained 100 Sam...