The work of the respiratory intensive care unit at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary covering a period of 10 years and involving more than 2,000 patients has been analysed. The rate of admission of patients with acute respiratory or metabolic disturbances remained surprisingly constant over the years, allowing for the increase in available beds after 1965. A disturbing feature was the notable increas...

The major element composition, including two kinds of clay minerals and moisture content of sound-producing sand are reported for the first time. Sand from 33 beaches in Japan has been found to make sound. Ten sound-producing beaches were selected to compare with silent beach sand. Both sound-producing sand and silent beach sand are mostly composed of quartz and feldspar. The range of SiO2 cont...

The economic and social progress Greece achieved in the early post war decades decelerated after 1974 because all institutions sustaining the efficient operation of democracy and free markets were deliberately and gravely eroded. Under the impetus of hard core socialists provisions introduced in the 1975 constitution, economic policies extended further in the direction of unfettered statism, th...

This is a response to the criticisms of our research in a letter by Guedes et al. As discussed in detail below, these criticisms are scientifically baseless and ultimately reflective of a misunderstanding of our empirical methodology, potential unfamiliarity with the statistical techniques that we employ, and a misinterpretation of our findings. Indeed, some of the arguments raised in the lette...

Offshore activities often encounter large scale sand patterns, such as sand waves. Sand waves are offshore bed forms occurring at water depths of 10 to 50 m. Their wavelengths can lead up to 500 m and their heights are typically several metres. Furthermore, sand waves have been shown to migrate, with typical velocities of up to metres per year. These dynamic sand waves decrease the least naviga...

BACKGROUND Beach sand can harbor fecal indicator organisms and pathogens, but enteric illness risk associated with sand contact remains unclear. METHODS In 2007, visitors at 2 recreational marine beaches were asked on the day of their visit about sand contact. Ten to 12 days later, participants answered questions about health symptoms since the visit. F+ coliphage, Enterococcus, Bacteroidales...

Previous research has shown that the temperature of underlying permafrost decreases after the ground surface is covered with sand. No significant conclusions have yet been drawn that explain why this happens, because the heat transfer mechanism effects of the sand layer on the underlying permafrost remain unclear. These mechanisms were studied in the present work. We found that the upward short...

Major W. M. Hoddicu, of the Royal Engineers, has published a very interesting little pamphlet* on the work done by drainage and other works in St. Lucia in the West Indies in the years 1902-03. St. Lucia, like all other islands and ports in the West Indies, is gravely threatened by yellow fever, and as we have on another occasion noticed that the fear of this deadly fever has made anti-mosquito...

Gestational acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a complicated problem with the potential to gravely harm both mother and fetus. This case report describes a young woman in her second trimester of pregnancy who developed progressive respiratory failure in the setting of newly diagnosed influenza, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The patient's condition was refr...

Human kind has entered a brand new relationship with the earth. The constant and increasing pressures were exerting threaten our planets ability to sustain life itself. In the last decade the problems of atmospheric change have been gravely advanced by pollution resulting from human activities. Human being are responsible for releasing huge quantity of pollutants in the environment the majority...