Clinical manifestations of sixteen children and teenagers exposed to chemical warfare in Halabje are presented. 15 patients complained of burning of skin. Dry coughing was present in 13 subjects. The most frequent signs were conjunctivitis, skin erythema, edema of the eyelids, hyperpigmentation, ulceration, erosion, dyspnea, closure ofthe eyes, blisters, edema of the skin, and crepitation ...

Analysis ofthe proportional mortality attributed to ischaemic heart disease, adjusted for age, reminds us that many of the well known geographical, environmental, social, and economic variations within England and Wales are not disease specific.

Three independent studies of tight glucose control were recently stopped prematurely due to an excess mortality in the intensive treatment arm. This commentary briefly discusses the potential mechanisms and reminds the potential benefits of physiological stress hyperglycemia.

The report of two cases of chest and kidney infections reminds of the possibility of distant infections caused by thrombophlebitic complications of cholesteatoma. Deep neck infection, mediastinitis, pleural empyema, pulmonary abscesses and hematogenic microabscesses of kidney have been proved by clinical, radiologic and laboratory examinations in two cholesteatoma patients. The clinical c...

The paper reminds of the vision behind Intellectics, the discipline of Arti cial Intelligence (AI) and Cognitive Science, and argues that the time has come for attacking fundamental questions with a number of big interdisciplinary and international projects.

needs of the dying patient (or colleague) and their families. Beyond "greater awareness," however, the solution to this problem is not found in this book. It simply reminds us to consult with social work or psychiatry in order to mask our own deficiencies. Such consultation will not substantially improve the effectiveness of the physician in handling these issues. For readers who are already in...

Within U.S. legal and policy circles, the discourse of informationpolicy reform has been organized principally around the themes of access to knowledge and network neutrality. Global discourses of information-policy reform are organized around parallel themes of access and connectivity. Each of those themes has contributed powerful insights to our understanding of the principles that should inf...

Designing context-sensitive applications is challenging. We design and implement SmartReminder to explore designing context-sensitive applications and to demonstrate how the Solar system can be used in developing such applications. SmartReminder is an application that reminds the user based on contextual information. Current appointment-reminder applications remind the user about their appointm...

Political scientists seeking to understand politics and policy-making typically start with what political actors say do. But Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency reminds us that images also mat...