bc medical journal vol. 56 no. 10, december 2014 bcmj.org ABSTRACT: Enterovirus D68 is increasingly being reported as a cause of severe respiratory illness across North America, with several children in Canada testing positive for this virus and experiencing concurrent polio-like symptoms. In one recent case in British Columbia, a 9-yearold patient presented with acute flaccid paralysis of his ...

To model advanced 3-D forming strategies for paper materials, the effects of environmental conditions on the mechanical behavior must be quantitatively and qualitatively understood. A tensile test method has been created, verified, and implemented to test paper at various moisture content and temperature levels. Testing results for one type of paper for moisture contents from 6.9 to 13.8 percen...

The discipline of apologetics has always been somewhat controversial in Christian theology. In the early church, Greek-speaking apologists were often opposed for their attempts to express gospel terms Greek thought. more recent times, critiques Soren Kierkegaard and Karl Barth, that it is an attempt appeal foundations have nothing do with gospel, cast a shadow over years. This paper seeks take ...

*Members of the European Regulatory Issues on Quality of Life Assessment (ERIQA) Group: Dr. Neil Aaronson, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands; Dr. Catherine Acquadro, Coordinator of the ERIQA Group, Mapi Research Institute, France; Dr. Giovanni Apolone, Mario Negri Institute, Italy; Dr. Harry Burns, Dalian House, Glasgow, UK; Dr. Olivier Chassany, Hôpital Saint-Louis, France; Dr....

In India, expenditure on electricity subsidies for agriculture, an input subsidy aimed at improving agricultural productivity and the incomes of the agricultural work force, exceeds that spent on health or education. Yet the benefits and beneficiaries of these policies have been unexplored. This paper develops and empirically tests a model that describes the channels through which these subsidi...