THESE ARE INTERESTING but disturbing times in trans­ fusion medicine. For. better or worse, our decisions and policies are influenced aimosf as much by lawyers, leg­ islators, ethicists, the media, and other "representa­ tives" of the public interest as they are by physicians ' and scientists who have devoted their life's work to the field. The issue presently at hand is the advisability of v i...

A Look at Contemporary Persian Poetry, Currents in Persian Poetry in 20th Century This book is a historical survey of literature though the writer has tried to distance himself from ancient approaches and to apply a modern look of analysis, critique and stylistics. In the first chapter the methodology is discussed followed by the second chapter which talks of text and metatext and the relation...

Introduction: To reduce incidence of residual cholesteatoma following ear surgery; and to reduce the need for second look “open” mastoidectomy using endoscopic mastoidotomy. Ten-year retrospective chart review of 249 primary cholesteatoma cases (1994-2004) with a minimum follow-up of two years.  The first objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of otoendoscopy in reducing the incidence of “...

THESE ARE INTERESTING but disturbing times in transfusion medicine. For. better or worse, _our decisions and policies are influenced ·alinosf as much' by lawyers, legislators, ethicists, the media, and other "representatives" of the public interest as they are by physicians and scientists who have.devoted their li(e's work to the field. The issue presently at hand is the advisability of initiat...

As osteopathic medical educators look for ways to enhance their training programs in a fiscally responsible manner, previously underused training methods deserve a second look. This article presents four ways that patients can serve as teachers and evaluators of residents' and students' clinical skills.

Muchos de los problemas que se plantean en Inteligencia Artificial pueden formalizarse como un problema de satisfacción de restricciones (CSP) y, luego, resolverse utilizando las técnicas de resolución que se han desarrollado para CSPs. En este artı́culo, empezamos definiendo el concepto de CSP y presentando algunos ejemplos de modelización de problemas combinatorios como CSPs. A continuación, d...