Sangam literature reveals the best thoughts about ancient Tamils. The effecting usage of words according to situation is called rhetoric. rhetoric generally refers those who possess commanding personality skills. Aga ilakkiya leader has profound knowledge in elaborating her others. also stated that leader’s skills have guided friends and man a proper way. In literature, handling various traits ...

1 This work study the effects of the noise spikes on the digital symbol synchronizers. In these synchronizers, we distinguish two types namely the combinational digital symbol synchronizers and the sequential digital symbol synchronizers. The combinational type has a phase detector without intern memory whereas the sequential type has a phase detector with intern memory. The objective is to stu...

Aortic intramural hematoma IMH is a variant of aortic dissection. As with type A dissection, early surgery has been recommended for type A IMH because of the high probability of progression. However, the pathology of IMH is distinct from that of aortic dissection, and there have been recent reports of good in-hospital and long-term survival with medical treatment. A 67-year-old female with a 20...

2 Bay Street, Burnie, TAS. Nick J Towle, MB BS(Hons), BMedSc, Intern. Reprints will not be available from the author. Correspondence: Dr Nick J Towle, 2 Bay Street, Burnie, TAS 7320. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 7 June 2004 180 11 556-557 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Conference Report dedicated to a particular theme, and a keyno...

References 1. Lipsitz LA: Syncope in the elderly. Ann Intern Med 99: 92-105, 1983 2. Kapoor WN. Karpf M, Maher Y, Miller RA, Levey GS: Syncope of unknown origin. JAMA 247: 2687-2691. 1982 3. Kapoor WN, Karpt M, Wieand S, Peterson JR. Levey GS: A prospective evaluation and follow-up of patients with syncope. N Engl J Med 309: 197-204, 1983 4. Silverstein MD, Singer DE, Mulley AG, Thibault GE, Ba...

BACKGROUND Geographic localization of physicians to patient care units may improve communication, decrease interruptions, and reduce resident workload. This study examines whether interns on geographically localized patient care units receive fewer pages than those on teams that are not. METHODS The study is a retrospective analysis of the number of pages received by interns on 5 internal med...

background: the prevalence of migraine headaches significantly increased in girls after menarche. this indicated that there is a closely relation between hormonal changes especially the estrogen level with migraine headaches. objectives: the aim of this work was to determine the frequency of migraine and its associated factors in medical students affected with premenstrual syndrome (pms). mater...

I t's safe to conclude that most people would not take issue with a requirement that they take a nap at some point during their workday. The United States Institute of Medicine even urges that a five-hour snooze should be made mandatory for all medical interns and residents who are putting in 16-hour shifts. The Canadian Association of Interns and Residents, though, isn't convinced of the value...

activity recall questionnaire with a seven-day food intake and physical activity diary. Epidemiology 1991;2:296-9. 8 McHorney CA, Ware JE Jr, Raczek AE. The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36): II. Psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs. Med Care 1993;31: 247-63. 9 Lee IM, Skerrett PJ. Physical activity and all-cause mortality: wh...

and Commentary also published in ACP Journal Club I995;i23:25. cancer screening in women 40 to 49 years of age is controversial, its efficacy in women SO to 74 years of age is undisputed (1). Despite the strength of the evidence, breast cancer screening is largely underased. Interventions that are found to be effective in increasing the rate of physician recommendation for breast cancer screeni...