Higher prices, more readily accessible technology, and greater levels of obesity are probably the main reasons why the United States spends far more on healthcare than do other developed countries. The analysis was contained in a briefing paper prepared by the charity the Commonwealth Fund. The higher rate of spending cannot be attributed to higher income, an older population, or a greater supp...

Boar taint is mainly caused by two components; skatole and androstenone. By castrating the male pigs, boar taint has been avoided. In Norway, castration of pigs will no longer be permitted after 2009. This represents a substantial cost for the Norwegian swine production. Other Norwegian studies have shown that a large proportion of pigs are above the consumer detection limits for these two chem...

This experiment addressed two questions. First, we sought to determine how sequential expectancies, as indexed by the amplitude of P300, are formulated when subjects are presented with a series in which the event probabilities are continuously changing. Second, we wanted to determine the effect on P300 amplitude of seeking information prior to a decision when the decisions are required at rando...

The intermediates produced upon photolysis and thermolysis of phenyl azide have been studied extensively by a variety of experimental techniques.1 Photolysis of phenyl azide in solution produces open-shell singlet phenylnitrene whose lifetime (∼1 ns) depends on the temperature at which it is generated. At ambient temperature, singlet phenylnitrene rapidly ring-expands to azacycloheptatetraene v...

Successful school reform requires a paradigm shift which begins with unlocking the school’s existing culture before attempts are made to integrate reform variables. Reengineering, and rethinking and radical redesign of internal processes calls for discarding current practices and reinventing better ways to supply products and services. Holistic thinking, crosssectional configurations, proactive...

Fishery interactions with nontarget species (including U.S. federally protected sea turtles and marine mammals) have severely impacted U.S. west coast swordfi sh, Xiphias gladius, fi sheries and have hindered the development of alternative domestic operations. This study used swordfi sh depth distribution data to aid in the design of deep-set fi shing gear to target swordfi sh in the Southern C...

Social cohesion is an important determinant of functioning and healthy communities but its spatial distribution and relation to residential segregation within cities has not been adequately addressed due to the lack of small area data. A disconnect exists between the social capital and segregation literature. This paper presents how neighbourhood cohesion is spatially distributed in Sydney and ...

This book is dedicated to and honors the signal career accomplishments and the large professional and personal impact F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, MPH has had on medicine and public health. Holsinger describes Scutch as a “doctor’s doctor and a public health practitioner’s practitioner.” In many ways Scutch has become an icon in medicine and public health, a larger than life innovator and tour-d...

how to cite this article: yaghini o, danesh f, mahmoudian t, beigi b. evaluation of developmental delay in infants who came in for 6th month vaccination in isfahan city health centers. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2): 29-32.   objective developmental delay is one of the most common causes of conferring the pediatric neurologist. the main part of neurological growth and development occur in the fi...

An “on/off” functionality of a nanopore or channel is critical to control ion transport. In this issue, Chen et al.2Chen F. Gu Z. Zhao C. Y. Jiang X. He al.Ionic Conductance Oscillations in Sub-Nanometer Pores Probed by Optoelectronic Control. Matter, 2021Google Scholar report the elegant use light as trigger induce ionic Coulomb blockade single-layer sub-nanoporous MoS2. Light-induced surface ...