By using its Structural Funds to deliver a coherent programme of assistance based on logical principles, the European Union has taken a leading role in strengthening the capacity of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to deliver effective regional development strategies. This paper demonstrates how this has enabled the region to modify its policies, plans and programmes to satisfy the growing em...

BACKGROUND The National Service Framework for coronary heart disease recommends rapid-access chest pain clinics (RACPCs) for cardiological assessment of new-onset chest pain within 2 weeks of referral. AIM To measure the extent to which an RACPC successfully substituted for an out-patient cardiology clinic (OPCC) at a general hospital, in assessing new-onset chest pain referrals. METHODS Pr...

stimuli was not significantly different between TRN and SED hearts (P > 0.05 unpaired t-test n = 9-10). We suggest that despite the occurrence of both cardiac hypertrophy and electrical remodelling in response to voluntary exercise, these changes do not pre-dispose the exercise trained heart to arrhythmias. Our findings are consistent with the overall beneficial effect of mild exercise on the h...

NeXOS THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A REHABILITATION SYSTEM FOR THE LOWER LIMBS (Running Title – NeXOS) D Bradley, C Acosta-Marquez, M Hawley, S Brownsell, P Enderby & S Mawson a (Corresponding Author), CCT, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG, UK Tel ++ 44 (0) 1382 308234, Fax ++ 44 (0) 1382 308627 b CETI, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Apartado Aér...

We study the Minkowski length L(P ) of a lattice polytope P , which is defined to be the largest number of non-trivial primitive segments whose Minkowski sum lies in P . The Minkowski length represents the largest possible number of factors in a factorization of polynomials with exponent vectors in P , and shows up in lower bounds for the minimum distance of toric codes. In this paper we give a...

A total of 78 orthodontic patients participated in a study of the degree of decalcification inhibition induced by daily treatment with 0.4% SnF2 gel. Control patients (n = 39) were managed exactly as were the test patients (n = 39) except that the latter were instructed to brush at bedtime each day with the gel. In the nongel users, 24 (64.1%) developed decalcification after 18-24 months bandin...