The proposal that psychologists should pursue prescriptive authority was first put forth 25 years ago, and it has been an official goal of the American Psychological Association for 15 years. Since then some form of prescriptive authority has been approved by three states, the Territory of Guam, and three branches of the military. Psychologists are also eligible to prescribe in the Public Healt...

Indian peninsular region comprises several Archean cratonic blocks (Dharwar, Bastar, Singhbhum, Aravalli – Bundelkhand), bordered by Proterozoic mobile belts. Therefore, this region is considered as tectonically stable and designated as the least vulnerable region to earthquake hazard except the still active Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ). The latter is a major suture between southern and ...

BY H. SHUM1,*, E. A. GAFFNEY1,2 AND D. J. SMITH2,3 1Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24-29 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LB, UK 2Centre for Human Reproductive Science, Birmingham Women’s National Health Service Foundation Trust, Metchley Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK 3School of Mathematics and School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston...

reading for all administrators of our Health Service?and of any others planned elsewhere. For amongst other things it suggests that the figures given in the parliamentary estimates are extremely misleading as to the real cost to the nation.

The mountain peacock pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum), the Malayan peacock pheasant (Polyplectron malacense), and the Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis) are all listed as vulnerable to extinction under the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. Here the authors report fatal infection with a novel herpesvirus in all 3 species of birds. DNA...

Introduction: Extreme heat claims more lives than all other weather-related exposures combined. Hajj rituals at Mina, Arafat, and Muzdalifah involve a minimally-clothed, moving assemblage of 3.5 million pilgrims who are exposed to a harsh, hot, desert climate during physically challenging outdoor rituals and unsheltered night stays, rendering them prone to heat illness, dehydra...