Retrospective analysis of patient records from two 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group combat rotations in Operation Enduring Freedom reveals a high volume of medical activity over a wide range of medical issues managed by Special Forces Medical Sergeants (MOS 18Ds). The initial training curriculum for 18Ds has been modified to provide graduating 18Ds with a refresher course and updated cre...

During the period of DOE fundin~ we synthesized several PRP peptides,generated rabbit antisera against two PRP repeats found in early nodulin PRl%, and developed “confocal rnicros&py methods for ~oot irnmunohisto&ernistry. Using the anitbc@ies, we completed ext&&ke descriptive studies of PRP deposition in medic and alfalfa roots showing that PRPs deposition is developmentally regulated in roots...

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 6/20 December 2010 193 11/12 662-664 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Doctors in training become members of their professions. The accounta imposed on students and their schools will set new ex managing student behaviour in universities. In response to these issues, the Discipline of Medic School of Medicine, University of Que...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the incidence and type of medical problem arising during an amateur circumnavigation yacht race, the BT Global Challenge. METHODS All cases from 14 participating yachts in a confidential medical log completed by an appointed medic were reported. RESULTS A total of 685 cases were reported, of which 299 (43.6%) were injuries and 386 (56.4%) illnesses. The subtype of inj...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the temporal trends in pneumonia mortality rates (standardized by age, using the 2010 population of Brazil as the standard) in all Brazilian geographical regions between 1996 and 2012. METHODS This was an ecological time-series study examining secondary data from the Mortality Database maintained by the Information Technology Department of the Brazilian Unified Health Car...

From annual reports submitted to the Social Security Board by State agencies administering approved plans for old-age assistance, information is available on the sex, marital status, and living arrangements of 1,063,000 recipients of old-age assistance. Of these recipients, 477,000 were accepted for aid in 42 States 1 in selected periods of the fiscal year 1936-37 2 and 586,000 were accepted in...