One of the main open questions in liaison theory is whether every homogeneous Cohen-Macaulay ideal in a polynomial ring is glicci, i.e. if it is in the G-liaison class of a complete intersection. We give an affirmative answer to this question for StanleyReisner ideals defined by simplicial complexes that are weakly vertex-decomposable. This class of complexes includes matroid, shifted and Goren...

The present work was carried out to study the awareness of non-psychiatric clinicians working in a teaching general hospital about the frequency of psychiatric morbidity in their clinical practice, their utilization of psychiatric consultation services, and opinion about utility of liaison psychiatry in general hospitals. A substantial proportion of doctors underestimated the psychiatric morbid...

1 Surgical liaisons: The bridge between the OR and family members Surgery is a stressful time not only for patients but also for their families. Using a surgical liaison to communicate the status of an operation to those in the waiting area has boosted the satisfaction of patients, families, and surgeons, say perioperative directors whose hospitals have these positions. The liaison provides ong...

Many people with schizophrenia are in regular contact with their general practitioners. GPs commonly play a sentinel role in management, but may require support from Area Mental Health Services (AMHSs). The CLIPP (Consultation and Liaison in Primary-care Psychiatry) shared-care model of patient management combines a collocated consultation/liaison service for managing referrals from GPs to spec...

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