Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that is transmitted through a bite of some species of sandflies. It is caused by obliged intra-cellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical syndromes: cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (ML). The visceral disease (classically known as "kala azar") is the m...

We feared the coming summer. Nations bordering on the already infected countries began to enter upon serious plans for the better keeping out of the enemy. We, a commercial people, were obliged to bring such schemes under consideration; and the question of contagion became matter of earnest disquisition. But the grand question was still unsettled of how this epidemic was generated and increased...

My 21st birthday is coming up. I've already had two sets of friends and my mom's boyfriend offer to take me to the bar for drinks. The problem is, I have never been drunk before, let alone consumed alcohol. I chose not to drink for a few different reasons and am not sure if I should change anything for my birthday. On the other hand, I feel that I am obliged to go out drinking on this "special ...

beginning their risky and busy days. While that is not likely to be seen soon, the program that Luchterhand and colleagues describe should be offered to a wide variety of workers and work environments. If we believe in something for which there is a proven health benefit, then we should feel obliged to bring it to everyone who would benefit. Health professionals work hard in a stressful environ...

a population of a little over 4,000. The people of this village are pure Russians and obtain their livelihood chief!)7 by agriculture and sheep farming, a few only work outside. The fields cultivated by these people are at so great a distance from the village that it entails their absence from home for several days together, in consequence of which they are obliged to provide themselves for thi...

In this paper, we provide more evidence for the contention that logical consequence should be understood in normative terms. Hartry Field and John MacFarlane covered the classical case. We extend their work, examining what it means for an agent to be obliged to infer a conclusion when faced with uncertain information or reasoning within a non-monotonic, defeasible, logical framework (which allo...

With the permission of Dr. Sakes, Civil Surgeon of Oraie, I have the pleasure to submit the following post-mortem examination, and should you consider it of sufficient interest to the profession I shall feel obliged by your giving it a place in your journal. The body of a woman named Deokee, a Chamarnee by caste, was sent by the police for inspection and report. All that was known of the case w...

In an article written in 2000 I posed what I called ‘the Multicultural question’. It runs something like this: What are the chances that we can construct in our cities shared, diverse, just, and egalitarian forms of common life, guaranteeing the full rights of democratic citizenship and participation to all on the basis of equality, whilst respecting the differences which inevitably come about ...

To George Washington: President Of The United States Of America Sir, I present you a small treatise in defence of those principles of freedom which your exemplary virtue hath so eminently contributed to establish. That the Rights of Man may become as universal as your benevolence can wish, and that you may enjoy the happiness of seeing the New World regenerate the Old, is the prayer of Sir, You...