To the Editor:—We read the excellent article by Patel and Souter regarding equipment-related electrocardiographic artifacts. We wish to remind readers of ANESTHESIOLOGY that the electrocardiographic monitor itself can also introduce artifacts, e.g., ST-segment depression, in the example described below and documented in figure 1. An asymptomatic 86-yr-old man was scheduled to undergo cataract e...

Generalized subcutaneous edema is a rare presentation of dermatomyositis. Here, we describe the case of a 57 year-old Hispanic female who presented with dermatomyositis and generalized edema. This case represents the first report of decreased lymphatic drainage, investigated using lymphoscintigraphy in dermatomyositis. Upon reviewing the literature regarding dermatomyositis cases with generaliz...

Attributing the accusation of being “shi‘r” (poetry) to the noble Qur’ān and the accusation of being a “shā‘ir” to the noble Prophet (s) were among the accusations made by the polytheists in order to reject the divinity of the Qur’ān and consequently to deny the prophetic mission of the Prophet (s). Although there have been suggested different viewpoints with regard to the intention of the poly...

The Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability is a structured judgement tool used to inform risk estimation for multiple adverse outcomes. In research, risk estimates outperform the tool's strength and vulnerability scales for violence prediction. Little is known about what its'component parts contribute to the assignment of risk estimates and how those estimates fare in prediction of non-...

OBJECTIVE The link between both bullying and victimisation and psychopathology has been well established. Forgiveness has been associated with better mental health. However, few studies have examined the relationship between adolescent forgiveness, psychopathology and bullying/victimisation. This study investigated forgiveness as a mediator of the adverse mental health problems experienced by b...

Verification of object-oriented programs relies on object invariants which express consistency criteria of objects. The semantics of object invariants is subtle, mainly because of call-backs, multiobject invariants, and subclassing. Several verification techniques for object invariants have been proposed. These techniques are complex and differ in restrictions on programs (e.g., which fields ca...

the present study attempts to define the meaning of faith according to the views of morjeeh since this definition distinguishes this sect from the other sects of the era and the belief in this definition of faith is the common point among all the branches of morjeeh. finally, this study criticizes their view on the basis of the quran and the traditions (hadiths) of the shiite imams (peace be up...