r '-' A 400 Hz bridge des igned spec ifically fo r measurin g the res istances of platinum the rmometers is desc ribed. Wh en used in conjunction with a co nvent ional 25 ohm thermometer, the instrument ca n resolve a resistance change of 2 micro-ohm s or less, or about 20 microdegrees. It is believed to be in error by no more tha n 3 micro-ohms throughout the useful temperature ra nge of a con...

Key words: arterial hypertension; renal function; failure in 18%, of a series of 500 patients followed until death by this author [7 ]. With the advent of antihyper-proteinuria; microalbuminuria; nephrosclerosis; anti-hypertensive therapy tensive therapy the cardiovascular prognosis of hyper-tensive patients improved dramatically, and renal prognosis has been considered by some authors as excel...

he main objective of the advertising discourse is to encourage its viewer or reader to buy goods. this dialogue contains several inductive functions, including inductive functions of action and tension. the function of the induced action is an action-induced origin, whereas the function of the inductive tension is induced by the action originated. thus, tension-induced functions can be claimed ...

Studies of spatial and temporal distribution patterns of cancer in man and in ani mals have yielded much information and have identified many topics for more in tensive, more rigidly designed epidemiologic investigations. In fact, the wealth of such leads makes the determination of priority and the logistics of the research inn portant considerations. In addition to specific investigations, lon...

The author analyzes several issues pertaining to medical practice as related to the technical autonomy characterizing professional activity in this field. She points to the coexistente of a scientific side and an empirical/pragmatic side of medicine, the latter known as the medical art. The article also discusses the complexity of medical command of technological rationality which presides over...