“You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft; and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away, provided that the ground is fairly soft. A rat is killed, a man is broken, a horse splashes.” ‘On being the right size’, by J. B. S. Haldane (1928). Size matters. Its effect is all pervasive, but it influences different variables in different ways: given that the volume ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate activities of a nurse led minor injuries unit based in a community hospital situated eight miles away from its sister district hospital in Crawley to demonstrate whether nurses can provide an alternative service. DESIGN "Walk in" service provided by emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) working within protocols and parameters with supervision from the accident and emergen...

The article examines the circulation of cosmographical knowledge as a result some less prominent, lower-class trading company travellers, often through romance or tropes. It focalizes strategies, values and intermediaries – notably Sir John Mandeville, figures travelling hero used to convey in narrative form. William Warner’s Albions England (notably 1596 edition) Cartwright’s Preachers Travels...

Scientific investigation of mechanisms that determine lifespan can be divided into three general approaches. The first approach (the comparative method) began over a century ago comparing species differing greatly in maximum longevity and implicated a role for the speed of metabolism in determining the length of life [1]. The second approach commenced after the 1930s investigated the mechanisms...

The study aimed to determine the risk factors for incident carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in a large working population, with a special focus on factors related to work organization. In 2002–2005, 3710 workers were assessed and, in 2007–2010, 1611 were re-examined. At baseline all completed a self-administered questionnaire about personal/medical factors and work exposure. CTS symptoms and physic...

Introduction Coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) is becoming increasingly important for optical access applications [1,2]. It allows to deploy low-cost shortreach links with appreciable capacity using a 20-nm wavelength grid between 1271 nm and 1611 nm. Recent research has pushed per-channel CWDM bit rates to 10 Gb/s with transmission distances of more than 40 km using directly modul...