• Vol 10 • April 2008 314 Abdominal impalement injuries are seen routinely in trauma centers all over the world. Although the primary evaluation of these injuries at the scene and the emergency room is well established, the issue of whether these patients should undergo a formal laparotomy or less invasive diagnostic laparoscopy is still a matter of debate. In this report we describe the use of...

in this paper, first the available single charting methods, which have been proposed to detect simultaneous shifts in a single process mean and variance, are reviewed. then, by designing proper simulation studies these methods are evaluated in terms of in-control and out-ofcontrol average run length criteria (arl). the results of these simulation experiments show that the ewma and ewms methods ...

Genes previously implicated in mammalian sexual development have either a male- or female-specific role. The signaling molecule WNT4 has been shown to be important in female sexual development. Lack of Wnt4 gives rise to masculinization of the XX gonad and we showed previously that the role of WNT4 was to inhibit endothelial and steroidogenic cell migration into the developing ovary. Here we sh...

I read with interest the Editorial by Professor Izet Masic on the importance of reference citation in biomedical articles (1). I acknowledge the importance of properly crediting authors of published articles in peerreviewed journals in order for that journal’s impact factor and also for the author’s Hindex. However, I feel that the Editorial has overlooked an important factor in proper referenc...

What should psychotherapists be aiming to achieve with their clients? In seeking to answer this question, this chapter enquires into whether there is good reason to believe in a certain final end that is appropriate for therapy. In seeking out the final end of therapy, this chapter is not fundamentally interested in means that are particularly useful for attaining it. Making a client feel heard...