OBJECTIVES Orthopaedists often speculate how weather and school schedule may influence pediatric orthopedic trauma volume, but few studies have examined this. This study aims to determine: how do weather patterns, day, month, season and public school schedule influence the daily frequency of pediatric orthopedic trauma consults and admissions? METHODS With IRB approval, orthopedic trauma data...

Physicians appear to find zoonotic diseases a challenge and consider that this topic belongs more to the veterinary profession. However, veterinarians have no formal role in clinical medicine. Data were collected as part of the Queensland Social Survey 2014 to determine the willingness of the public, if diagnosed with a zoonotic disease, to consult a veterinarian on the advice of a physician. S...

This article is a collection of notes from a series of talks given at the Bernoulli center. The attendees ranged from people who have never studied algebraic groups to experts. Consequently the series began with two introductory talks on the structure of algebraic groups, supplemented by two lectures of Steve Donkin on representation theory. The notes from his lectures appear in this volume and...

Abstract Background Vaccine-preventable diseases pose a risk towards heart transplant recipients on lifelong immunosuppression. Immunization rates are low (30-80%) in solid organ transplants. The aim of this study was to examine the vaccination our hospital’s with goal expose deficiencies and formulate strategies increase population. Methods This is single-center retrospective chart review pati...