OBJECTIVES Nearly 20 percent of New York City's (NYC) accidental deaths are related to motor vehicles crashes (MVCs). Detailed International Classification of Disease (ICD-10; World Health Organization [WHO] 2007) cause-of-death coding of MVC-related fatalities improves surveillance and resulting identification of prevention strategies. We investigated ICD-10 codes in these fatalities and the p...

tion has and will continue to grow as a viable option for those considering advanced degrees in any of the engineering fields. Currently, many colleges and universities offer certificate, bachelor’s, and master’s level engineering degrees online and that number is expected to rise in the coming years. 1 A simple web search of online engineering courses will reveal how many different schools act...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Previous studies of academic achievement of children with oral clefts have mostly relied on small, clinic-based samples prone to ascertainment bias. In the first study in the United States to use a population-based sample with direct assessment, we evaluated the academic achievement of children with oral clefts relative to their classmates. METHODS Children born with ...

as Ph.D., D.C.L., LL.D.! However, his status as a Commissioner of Deeds for various States of the Union was ended by the commissions being revoked, and he was compelled to return his " papers," which had to do with an institution that had taken over the business of the Western University of Illinois, which in its turn was, through one Henry Clough, connected with an equally fraudulent degree-mi...

AIMS Death certification, a legal duty of doctors, continues to be poorly performed despite Royal College recommendations and increased education at an undergraduate level. Therefore, the current performance of certifying doctors was audited within a large teaching hospital entering the new century. METHODS A total of 1000 completed certificate counterfoils were examined retrospectively for a...

INTRODUCTION Ireland has six medical schools; that of The Queen's University of Belfast is the only one in Northern Ireland and the historic province of Ulster. Yearly graduations (140) place it equal largest in Ireland (with University College, Dublin) and sixth largest in the United Kingdom. Like its counterparts in England, the Belfast school originated in the favourable circumstances of the...

Every organization regardless of its size, product or service must recruit applicants to fill vacant positions. The efficiency and effectiveness of any work place whether the private or public sector largely depend on the calibre of the work force. Within the framework of bureaucratic theory, the paper examined recruitment policies in Nigerian federal civil service and its implication on employ...

Chairpersons of pathology often are viewed as departmental role models in academic medical centers. To objectify this view, we undertook a systematic survey of publication records and professional certification among 126 chairpersons in the United States. The median of the total number of scientific publications by the cohort was 105 since graduation from medical school, and the median yearly n...