ObjectiveTo determine the safety, feasibility, and physiologic impact of a preoperative respiratory strength training (RST) program in individuals undergoing elective cardiac surgery (CS).MethodsTwenty-five adults an CS at academic hospital setting enrolled completed RST 5 days/week (50 repetitions, 50% load, ≥3 weeks) home via telehealth this open-label prospective cohort study. adherence, att...

We ® rst consider the estimation of the ® nite rate of population increase or population growth rate, k i , using capturerecapture data from open populations. We review estimation and modelling of k i under three main approaches to modelling openpopulation data: the classic approach of Jolly (1965) and Seber (1965), the superpopulation approach of Crosbie & Manly (1985) and Schwarz & Arnason (1...

OBJECTIVES To assess the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test performance in the field and to evaluate a new rapid syphilis test (RST) as a primary screen for syphilis. METHODS 1325 women of reproductive age from rural communities in the Gambia were tested for syphilis seropositivity using a RPR 18 mm circle card and a RST strip. Within 1 week a repeat RPR and a TPHA test were carried out using sta...

Our local theatre is putting on 'relaxed performances' of its pantomime this season, for people with conditions such as dementia and autism.

In sickle cell anemia (SCA), the loss of reticuloendothelial function is the result of vasoocclusive events occurring in the spleen. Such asplenia occurs early in the course of the disease and is considered to be permanent in late childhood. In this report, three patients 10, 11, and 14 years of age suffering from severe SCA and found to be asplenic were treated by bone marrow transplantation (...

Abstract Robert Burns’s song editor George Thomson (1757–1851) issued the poet’s cantata ‘Love and Liberty’, also known as ‘The Jolly Beggars’, for first time with music in 1818 (a setting of text narrator, solo singers, choir, piano trio). The musical score was by London theatre composer Sir Henry Bishop edited line his strict policy decency politeness. This essay tracks Thomson’s editorial cu...