The anesthetic management of plastic surgical procedures in the pediatric population is often challenging because of the variety of congenital syndromes that require cosmetic repair.These syndromes are associated with altered airway anatomy, as well as complex coexisting medical conditions.This chapter reviews anesthetic management of the more commonly performed plastic surgery procedures – cle...

Since entering the linguistic stage in the late sixties, Davidsonian event semantics has taken on an important role in linguistic theorizing. Davidson’s (1967) central claim is that events are spatiotemporal things, i.e., concrete particulars with a location in space and time. This enrichment of the underlying ontology has proven to be of great benefit in explaining numerous combinatorial and i...

ITE JOURNAL / FEBRUARY 2002 TOLL FACILITIES CANNOT BE CLASsified under the same pretenses as normal freeway segments or signalized intersections because of the unique characteristics associated with toll plazas being integrated within the system. Therefore, it is difficult to examine the operational conditions and accurately report the benefits of toll facilities to the public in terms they can...

Many problems from mathematics and engineering can be described in terms of reconstruction from geometric information. Reconstruction is the algorithmic problem of combining the results of measurements of some aspect of a physical or mathematical object to obtain desired information about the object. In this chapter, we consider three different classes of geometric reconstruction problems. In S...

International Family Planning Perspectives Young people in South Africa face high levels of unwanted pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. The South African government has cited the high incidence of unwanted pregnancy among youth as one of the major challenges facing the country.1 More than one-third of women nationally have their first child before age 20.2 The overwhelming majority of these pregnancies oc...

RATIONALE Information about the sulfur stable isotope composition (δ(34) S value) of organic materials and sediments, in addition to their nitrogen (δ(15) N value) and carbon (δ(13) C value) stable isotope compositions, can provide insights into mechanisms and processes in different areas of biological and geological research. The quantification of δ(34) S values has traditionally required an a...

*Corresponding authors: J. Satrústegui, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa c/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Madrid 28049, Spain. Tel: +34 911 96 4621; Fax: +34 911 96 4420; e-mail: [email protected]. A. del Arco, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Avda. Carlos III s/n, Toledo 45071. Tel: +34 925 26 8800; Fax: +34 925 26 8840; e-mail: araceli.arco@...