Source apportionment of fine organic aerosol in Mexico City during the MILAGRO Experiment 2006 E. A. Stone, D. C. Snyder, R. J. Sheesley, A. P. Sullivan, R. J. Weber, and J. J. Schauer Environmental Chemistry and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA, 53706, USA School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30332, USA Receiv...

J Antimicrob Chemother 2002; 49: 575–577 Mignon du Plessis*, Thora P. Capper and Keith P. Klugman Pneumococcal Diseases Research Unit of the Medical Research Council, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, de Korte Street, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa; Department of International Health, The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Cl...

As in Clark and Prout's classic work, we identify three phases of generalised convulsive status epilepticus, which we call impending, established, and subtle. We review physiological and subcellular changes that might play a part in the transition from single seizures to status epilepticus and in the development of time-dependent pharmacoresistance. We review the principles underlying the treat...

The purpose of this project was to describe the behavior management procedures employed for child dental patients based on practitioner type (general dentist vs. pediatric dentist), age, and geographic location. A survey of practice characteristics, which included questions relating to child behavior management, was mailed once to a national random sample of 3000 dentists--2000 general dentists...

A retrospective audit was performed of all obstetric general anaesthetics in our hospital over an 8 year period to determine the incidence of difficult and failed intubation. Data was collected from a number of sources to ensure accuracy. A total of 3430 rapid sequence anaesthetics were given. None of the patients had a failed or oesophageal intubation (95% CI, 0-1:1143). There were 23 difficul...

Purpose: Although transgender people may be at increased risk for a range of health problems, they have been the subject of relatively little health research. An important step toward expanding the evidence base is to understand and address the reasons for nonparticipation and dropout. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of barriers to and facilitators of participation in healt...