... aspects ofthe Rastelli and atrial switch procedure for congenitally corrected transpositionofthegreatarteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis or atresia: results of therapy ... of 11 years (sd 11, range 0.7 - 26 years) In five of them newly developed tricuspid valve regurgitation was treated with replacement ofthe tricuspid valve with a prosthetic valve In one of these ... coronary arteries At the end of follow-up, dysfunction ofthe right ventricle and regurgitation ofthe tricuspid valve were graded subjectively as normal or mildly, moderately or severely reduced Other...
... position at the present day The present theories ofthe transmission of light and sound; ofthe production of winds, and sun-spots, and ofthe method of development and dissemination of heat, are ... inherent nature of those forces? Do they, or either of them, belong to the domain ofthe supernatural? Are they the products of some supreme force, or forces, heretofore unappreciated? The reply is ... frictions of every kind;[C] the motions ofthe waters ofthe earth, thegreat oceans, with their rolling tides sweeping the whole circumference ofthe earth twice in twenty-four hours, at a speed of...
... purpose of recording this as well as some ofthe other experiences ofthe first Canadian division as seen from the unusual angle of a scientist, in the course of 18,000 miles of travel in the front ... thegreat epoch-making enterprise of our young country was taking place an undertaking that would go down in the annals ofthe Empire ofGreat Britain as a great incident ofthe period when the ... made the Briton realize that the control ofthe oceans ofthe earth was a big undertaking The rallying ofthe colonies to his assistance touched him greatly, and made him feel proud; on the other...
... precursory: the shaman becomes the priest and prophet, the cave artist becomes the Wit’s End 25 aesthete, the fireside storyteller the epic poet, the hunter the prototype ofthe hero, the cult becomes the ... lines of action following the aesthetics of warfare or of peacemaking Their 40 Introduction respective “arts of living” have consequences, on the one hand in the theater of war and on the other ... that the things of practical experience were interwoven with the somethings of play experience Their creativity included both the mastery ofthe quotidian and the mystery ofthe ineffable The...
... products, or other processes < Great Lakes surface water (GLSW): theGreat Lakes, their connecting channels (the St Clair River, the Detroit River, the Niagara River and the St Marys River), and the St ... between one oftheGreat Lakes watersheds and another); both types can be either incoming or outgoing Ofthe two types, interbasin diversions (transfers that take place between theGreat Lakes ... Lakes states and provinces in response to the recommendation oftheGreat Lakes Charter of 1985 that calls for a uniform, consistent base of data ofGreat Lakes water withdrawals, diversions...
... made the place of his boyhood the home of his old age Owen died in the house in which he was born His body was buried in the same grave where sleeps the dust of his father and his mother During the ... who owned the shares were the ones who owned the tools Very naturally, they wanted and expected dividends for the use ofthe tools That was all they wanted—dividends The manager ofthe mill held ... make the venture bring returns The people who owned the shares or the tools, never saw the people who used the tools A great gulf lay between them For the wrongs and injustices visited upon the...
... of tumour was found to be invading the IJV and most ofthe associated venous complex in the upper neck extending up the common facial vein at the margin ofthe mandible Tumour extended into the ... accumulation in the right upper neck and thyroid bed There is a linear abnormality to the right ofthe midline ofthe upper chest extending inferiorly suggestive of residual tumour in the SVC 2b Post ... pathological evidence of occlusion ofthegreat veins in the neck Patients had to have a minimum follow-up of years after initial treatment so as to assess the course of their disease following...
... anomalies in the Lebanese population (around million total population) The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of different forms of anomalous aortic origins of coronary anomalies and their ... origin ofthe coronary arteries were excluded At least two independent investigators reviewed the films, which were selected for further assessment, prior to the final classification In the event of ... distribution ofthe LCX artery was normal in all of them The left anterior descending coronary artery in all of them originated from a separate ostium in the left sinus and had a normal distribution The...
... Novirhabdovirus genus The termini ofthe viral genome have conserved sequences at the 3'-end (CAUAG/UU) and 5'-end (G/AAUAUG) as other members ofthe Novirhabdovirus genus The first nt ofthe leader sequence ... B)Complementarities ofthe 3'- and 5'-ends ofthe VHSV genome The first nucleotides of 3'-end are complementary to the 5'-end nucleotides of genomic RNA, except an additional uracil (U) residue at the 5'-terminal ... Genetic Genetic map ofthe VHSV genome and cDNA clones used for sequence analysis The location and relative size ofthe VHSV ORFs are shown; the numbers indicate the starts and ends ofthe respective...
... that the United States of 2009 is comparable with the Japan of 1991? Not exactly The economies ofthe two countries are very different, as are the cultures and (critically) the demographics ofthe ... inflated the bubble further The impact of this bubble on the profitability ofthe financial sector was impressive: if discretionary bonuses are added back, the financial sector’s share of total profits ... the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised ofthe possibility of such damages This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether...
... Although the BOT graph on the left shows that the original value ofthe factor of interest is above the goal, it could also be below the goal In the balancing feedback CLD on the right, the desired ... Until they become used to the delay between pushing the gas pedal and the car accelerating, or hitting the brake and the car stopping, they likely slam on the brakes when the car goes too fast, then ... keep the loans on their books as they had in the past, lenders sold more of them to third parties Thus they made a profit, reduced risk exposure, and used the money from sales to make new loans The...
... course ofthe subsequent chapters that the main cause ofthe dislocation ofthe exchanges has been the almost universal disregard ofthe rules of common sense in the treatment ofthe money supply of ... war The ultimate causes ofthe depression are traceable to the War; just as the late war was theGreat War, the recent depression was theGreat Depression But the more immediate causes ofthe ... CAUSES OFTHEGREAT DEPRESSION The origins oftheGreat Depression, then, go back to the War and the inflation produced by war financing, assisted hi this country by the operations ofthe Federal...
... were profitable in the first half ofthe year Ford earned $1.4 billion in Europe in the first half ofthe year, while GM earned nearly $300 million in the first half ofthe year, 2008 Their collapse ... more ofthe voting shares of at least two banks, or otherwise controlling the election of a majority ofthe directors of two or more banks The law formulated standards for the formation of bank ... fascinated by the ever-changing rainbow in their lives READER’S NOTE The Concise Encyclopedia oftheGreat Recession 2007–2010 has been prepared with the hope that the reader’s understanding ofthe entries...
... Economics and the Ricardian Vice The Whore, the False Prophet, and the Beast from the Sea An Answer in the Alps A Keynesian Critique of Austrian Theory The Return oftheGreat Depression 10 Great Depression ... that reducing the amount of principle owed by the borrower would increase the expected value ofthe loan by reducing the risk of default and foreclosure However, neither the Fed nor the banks elected ... Chase teeter on the edge of bankruptcy, it is well within the realm of possibility that the triple whammy ofthe equity, credit and real estate implosions will lead to the collapse ofthe entire global...
... toposlerity ofthe soil ofthe State and banking institutions, as thegreat cause ofthe existing unhappy condition of society" and that the proper means of relief was "the election of men who from their ... have ended in the derangement ofthe one, and the total disappearance ofthe other That the present suflerings ofthe people demand the application of practical sense, and the lessons of experience ... publish the proceedings of this meeting, together with the Address and Resolutions The officers ofthe meeting adopted the following Address Address the ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF THE...
... president of two divisions ofthe American Psychological Association: the division ofthe history of psychology and the division of theoretical and philosophical psychology He is fellow ofthe American ... identify the boundaries ofthe subject and its central issues In wrestling with the problem of knowledge, the nature of good and evil, theories of governance, and the root question the sort of life ... weakness ofthe perceptual systems than another version of their adaptive strength, for they indicate how perception is shaped by the overall context; the context of meanings, of other objects, of...
... to the bulge ofthe equator Many forms of life on the coast are tailored to the cycle of tides High and low The gravitational pull ofthe Moon on the Earth causes tides in the oceans and seas of ... times? A The shape ofthe Moon as seen from the Earth keeps changing The changing shapes ofthe Moon are called phases When the side ofthe Moon that faces the Earth is turned away from the Sun, ... station at the centre ofthe East Antarctic Ice Sheet In the northern hemisphere the longest day falls during the summer, on 21 June, when the northern half ofthe Earth is tipped towards the Sun...
... validation ofthe sequence numbers of reset packets Validating the TTL value in the reset packet to ensure that it is similar to the TTL value seen for the rest ofthe connection would improve the chances ... equally loaded at the moment they issued the resets Unfortunately, we found that the experiment engendered so much packet loss (not all ofthe resets were returned for all ofthe connections) ... when the resets beat the GET packet to the destination and so they were ignored by the careful validation that was applied Nevertheless, the connection was successfully torn down as soon as the...
... were the three great industries of Louisbourg The traders shared the profits ofthe smuggling But the intendant and his officials kept most ofthe choice thieving for themselves The genuine settlers ... after filling the dual position of judge ofthe admiralty and judge ofthe bailiwick, both to the apparent satisfaction of his friend the intendant The next factor was the garrison of regulars ... progress ofthe works Ten years later he announced the official inauguration ofthe lighthouse on the 1st of April In 1736 the chief item was the engineer's report on the walls Next year the great...