• The Perfect introduces a time interval: the “perfect time span” (PTS). • The Right Boundary (RB) of the PTS is set by Tense. • The Left Boundary (LB) of the PTS may be set by “perfect adverbials”. • The lower predicate (event) is predicated of the PTS, either directly or mediated by various devices, most notably operators associated with the Perfective or Imperfective. • When the predicate ha...

eThis article draws upon the Roman Catholic distinction between "ordinary" and "extraordinary" means of medical treatment to analyze the case of "Jodie" and "Mary," the Maltese conjoined twins whose surgical separation was ordered by the English courts over the objection of their Roman Catholic parents and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminister. It attemp...

REVIEW COMMITTEE Todd ABRUZZO Tibor BECSKE Martin BENDZUS Zsolt BERENTEI Edoardo BOCCARDI Giuseppe BONALDI Allan BROOK Patrick BROUWER Winston CHONG Christophe COGNARD Orlando DIAZ Jens FIEHLER Gyula GÁL Pierre GOBIN Jan GRALLA Gábor JANIGA Ferenc KÖVÉR Timo KRINGS Zsolt KULCSÁR Luigi MANFRE Miklós MAROSFŐI Pereira VITOR MENDES Kieran MURPHY Mario MUTO Makoto NEGORO Darren ORBACH Santhosh RAJ G...

Introduction Benoxaprofen (Opren) is a recently introduced non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAI) drug. Its mode of action differs from that of other NSAI drugs since the anti-inflammatory effect is mediated not by the suppression of prostaglandin synthesis but by inhibition of the movement of mononuclear cells into arthritic joints (Dawson, 1980). Since decreased platelet adhesiveness and the ...

Introduction Benoxaprofen (Opren) is a recently introduced non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAI) drug. Its mode of action differs from that of other NSAI drugs since the anti-inflammatory effect is mediated not by the suppression of prostaglandin synthesis but by inhibition of the movement of mononuclear cells into arthritic joints (Dawson, 1980). Since decreased platelet adhesiveness and the ...