Th e population frame for this study included 1,850 Cornell faculty members. In order to have as broad a representation as possible, we did not exclude: instructors and lecturers, faculty on leave, faculty based in graduate colleges, or faculty based outside of Ithaca. Before the initiation of the formal study, fi fty faculty members were randomly selected to take part in a pilot version of the...

elaboration of the significance of special symptoms and their bearing on the ultimate diagnosis of the cases discussed. He attains his object by means of case analysis. In the first volume pain and eleven other common symptoms were discussed in all their bearings and in the volume under consideration nineteen other symptoms have been selected for discussion and illustration by means of analysis...

1 Department of Neurology, Section of Developmental Neurobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, D-97080 Wuerzburg, Germany 2 Department of Neuroscience, King’s Health Partners Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, 125 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9NU London, UK 3 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Stra...

Acetic acid-induced writhing, hot-plate, carrageenan-induced pleurisy, formalin-induced pain, croton oil-induced ear edema, vascular permeability tests and phospholipase A2 activity assay were used to study the analgesic and/or antiinflammatory activity of the hydromethanolic fraction of ethanolic extract from Spiranthera odoratissima A. St.-Hil., Rutaceae, leaves (HMF) and its subfraction (sub...

Background: A low ankle-brachial pressure index (an ABPI value <0.90) is considered predictive of cardiovascular disease, and is widely thought to increase morbidity and mortality in the elderly. However, good nutrition is beneficial both for the health and the ability to resist and recover from the disease. Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between the an...

Although peripheral displays have been a domain of inquiry for over a decade now, evaluation criteria and techniques for this area are still being created. Peripheral display evaluation is an acknowledged challenge in a field setting.This article first describes models and methods that have been tailored specifically to evaluating peripheral displays (measuring how well they achieve their goals...

As early as 1900, Louis Bachelier had proposed using Brownian motion as a model for security prices. As insightful as it was, this model is somewhat re­ strictive. For example it allows stock price to be negative. A more appropriate and accepted model is to assume that stock prices follow a general Ito process Xt = X e t e t 0 + μsds + σ dB s s 0 0 , where μ, σ are adapted processes. Suppose we...

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SUMMARY. It has been recently found that bis(pyrro1idine-N-carbodithioato)-oxovanadium (IV) is an orally active insulin-mimetic complex. In order to facilitate the characterization and rapid identification of this interesting drug, we have recorded its infrared and Raman spectra and made an assignment of its most characteristic bands. On the basis of this analysis some structural peculiarities ...