Publicized sobriety checkpoint programs are a form of high-visibility enforcement at which law enforcement officers select vehicles in a systematic manner to stop and assess the driver’s degree of alcohol impairment. Media campaigns to publicize the enforcement activity are an integral part of these programs. The program goal is to reduce alcohol-impaired driving by increasing the public’s perc...

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) is a major infectious complication of renal transplantation associated with significant morbidity and mortality. 1-3 Ganciclovir inhibits herpesvirus DNA polymerase4 and has shown antiviraJ effects in vivo in several reported clinical studies. 5-8 We report our experience with the use of ganciclovir in treating tissue-invasive CMV infection following cadaver renal transpla...

Experimentally measured conical emission rings on the blue side of the filament supercontinuum of a 800 nm 50 fs pulse in air are reproduced in simulations with plasma and the third-order Kerr as the nonlinear terms. This agreement indicates plasma as the dominant mechanism arresting the self-focusing collapse. The higher order Kerr terms with the recently measured coefficients stop the collaps...

Present efforts to eradicate congenital dislocation of the hip are based on tests for neonatal laxity ofthejoint. It is hoped that by arresting the disorder at this stage established dislocation may be avoided. The Ortolani and Barlow tests are simple enough but difficult to standardise and not always easy to perform. The screening of all babies in a widespread community therefore presents many...

Although the common descent of all life has been widely accepted since Darwin's time, new research occasionally provides us with arresting reminders of the unity of evolutionary history. Recent papers by Arendt et al. and Panda et al. provide one such reminder. They illustrate that the two classes of animal photoreceptors, ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptors, are likely to share an ancient c...

Hepatic in involvement in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia can lead to cirrhosis and occasionally to portal hypertension and variceal haemorrhage. The ultrasonographic, arteriographic and histological findings are described in a patient with this complication. Hepatic artery embolisation proved unsuccessful in arresting repeated haemorrhage which was eventually controlled by hepatic arter...

finally a specific act regarding contracts of the sale of future building ratified in iran, in 89/5/24. this act necessitated getting license for announcement of sale of future, advertisement, ending the construction of the building foundation at the time of the contract, formal contract, specifying the fines for the delay in carrying out the commitments of transferring the gradual possession t...

Gametocytogenesis is fundamental for transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from the human host to the mosquito vector, yet very little is understood about what triggers the switch between asexual reproduction and gametocytogenesis. Arresting the progression through the sexual cycle would block transmission of this disease. Here we identify a novel gene in P. falciparum that...

1. Provision of specific therapy based on diagnosis 2. Slowing/arresting CKD progression 3. Evaluation and management of comorbid conditions 4. Prevention and management of CVD 5. Identification, prevention, and management of CKDspecific complications (e.g., malnutrition, anemia, bone disease, acidosis) 6. Planning and preparation for RRT (e.g., choice of modality, access-placement and care, pr...

The use of apical suction devices has been well described for maintaining satisfactory haemodynamics during off-pump surgical coronary revascularization. Its expanded use has been described in a few other situations. We describe here a case of recurrent coarctation where an extra-anatomic ascending to descending thoracic aorta bypass graft was constructed using cardiopulmonary bypass without ar...