the task of optimally assigning military ordinance to enemy targets, often termed weapon target allocation (wta) problem, has become a major focus of modern military thought where a cost effective allocation is required without degrading the required kill performance. the paper presents three main weapon allocation techniques namely uniform weapon allocation, first-in-first weapon allocation an...

Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. Shortly after being elbowed in the flank during a pickup basketball game, a 35-year-old healthy man has severe, colicky abdominal pain followed by gross hematuria. He is hospitalized, and a renal ultrasound scan reveals bilateral polycystic kidneys and liver cysts, previously unknown to the patient. The blood pressure is 160/100 mm Hg. The serum c...

False aneurysm of the intracranial arteries occurs infrequently as a complication of head injury and rarely as a consequence of other pathology. A case of false aneurysm of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery following minor intraoperative injury during clipping of a basilar-superior cerebellar aneurysm by the pterional approach is described. False aneurysm is a potential cause of recurren...

SUMMARY This paper describes a fault in the cuff of a reinforced latex endotracheal tube, where the cuff splits into layers. On attempting to deflate the cuff, the pilot balloon subsides but not the cuff itself. The cause of this fault is examined, and, by implication, steps to eliminate it during manufacture suggested. It would appear that not all such available latex endotracheal tubes are po...

The relationship among payment style of subsidies, economic growth and poverty is a matter of challenge among economists and policy makers. Neoliberal Institutional Structure in framework of what is called “Washington Consensus” and “structural adjustment policies and economic stabilization” argues on economic advantages of removing food general subsidies so necessity of replacing a most libera...

A few months ago, my fiancé and I, after much consideration, decided to stop using condoms and rely only on the Pill as a contraceptive method. Since then, when he ejaculates inside my vagina, I frequently experience a strong burning sensation a few minutes afterward ? varying in both degree and length each time. Could I be allergic to his semen? The pain sometimes subsides if I hold a wet clot...

5. Bad results like " boat-shaped " pupil can be avoided by taking as much time as necessary for the moulding of the lens to occur. 6. Traumatic opacification of the cornea does not occur if cocaine is not used too freely and the cornea is kept moist. 7. It reduces the period of hospitalisation. Patients can be discharged from the hospital at the end of a week and in many cases all the reaction...

Although mild increase in pulmonary vascular resistance following intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot is often seen in the early postoperative period, it usually subsides without any sequel. Persistent severe pulmonary artery hypertension after total correction is rare. We report a child with tetralogy of Fallot and Down's syndrome, who developed severe pulmonary hypertension and low car...