on this occasion was that made by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and which we reproduce in extenso as it shows that the head of the Army views the state of matters at the present time with grave apprehension. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief said:? My Lord,?" The words that have just fallen from my honorable colleague on the opposite side of the table seem to me to be open to the i...

The United States and Iran as former allies turned into adversaries after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Since then the United States has tried to contain Iran as a state considered to be a threat to the U.S. national security. The U.S. Congress has also acted in line with the administrations’ policies and in some cases directed the administration to take a tougher stance toward Iran. A review...

Background: Recipients of healthcare services have rights, which must be acknowledged and protected. Such rights include observance of acceptable patient physical, mental, spiritual, and social needs guided by commonly accepted rules and regulations. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of awareness rates and observance of patient rights in Iran from ...

Cranial kinesis in birds is induced by muscles located caudal on the cranium. These forces are transferred onto the moveable parts of the skull via the Pterygoid-Palatinum Complex (PPC). This bony structure therefore plays an essential role in cranial kinesis. In palaeognathous birds the morphology of the PPC is remarkably different from that of neognathous birds and is thought to be related to...

When a firm starts a new monthly customer account, they typically will bill new customers one month from the start of the new account. However, if they have the opportunity to choose the date of the first bill, this results in missing an opportunity for additional profit. This paper calculates the initial billing period that maximizes the net present value to the firm, and calculates the net ga...

ONTENTS: MEDICARE-MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT REFORM ACT INTRODUCED AAMC TESTIFIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S COST CONTAINMENT BILL MEDICARE PROPOSES NEW LIMITS ON ROUTINE SERVICE COSTS MEDICARE PROPOSES REGS FOR NEW BASIS FOR ALLOCATING MALPRACTICE COSTS BILL INTRODUCED TO DEFINE INTERNS AND RESIDENTS AS EMPLOYEES MORE LEGISLATION TO DELAY SECTION 227 IMPLEMENTATION INTRODUCED KENNEDY SUBMITS HEALTH PLANN...

Conspicuous ornamentation has been linked to immunological and physiological condition in males of many species. In species where both sexes are ornamented, it is unclear whether the signal content of ornaments differs between males and females. We examined the immunological and physiological correlates of carotenoid-based bill and plumage ornamentation in American goldfinches Spinus tristis, a...

Conspicuous ornamentation has been linked to immunological and physiological condition in males of many species. In species where both sexes are ornamented, it is unclear whether the signal content of ornaments differs between males and females. We examined the immunological and physiological correlates of carotenoid-based bill and plumage ornamentation in American goldfinches Spinus tristis, a...

We investigate the Treasury bill (T-bill) market for volatility effects, and especially any volatility introduced by the T-bill auction process. We use daily T-bill yields for on-therun 13-, 26-, and 52-week T-bills from January 1983 through December 2000. We find that T-bill volatility is not constant across a run, hence is not consistent with the Treasury's auction process intent of a stable ...

The istiophorid family of billfishes is characterized by an extended rostrum or 'bill'. While various functions (e.g. foraging and hydrodynamic benefits) have been proposed for this structure, until now no study has directly investigated the mechanisms by which billfishes use their rostrum to feed on prey. Here, we present the first unequivocal evidence of how the bill is used by Atlantic sailf...