BACKGROUND:

: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a modality commonly used in pain management.

OBJECTIVES:

: This study investigated the hypoalgesic effects of alternating-frequency TENS (4 Hz for 3 s/110 Hz for 3 s)…

Newsletter, On Remembrance Day, all efforts are spent to remember those who fell in the various wars that have taken place and continue to take place all over the world. We are urged to observe a solemn two minute silence…

Background: To assess trends in mortality after burn injuries treated in a regional specialist burns service between 1982 and 2008.

Methods: Patient and burn-specific information and mortality were collated from written admission ledgers and the hospital coding department for…

First Monday publishes original research papers about the Internet and related technologies. It is an openly accessible peer reviewed journal solely available on the Internet., This paper focuses on the use of local government Web sites in the United Kingdom…

This is an electronic version of an article published in Ethics and Social Welfare, 3(3), pp.229-233. Ethics and Social Welfare is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t744402347., In the flyer for the ‘Ethics that Work’ conference organized by this journal in November…

Recent criticism has shown a tendency to demystify literature and distance itself from the human capacity for wonder. It has also downplayed the idea of genius, often subordinating the autonomy of the author to larger linguistic or political pressures and…

This essay was presented at the Animation Deviation Conference at the University of the West of England in July 2010. The essay is a reflection on two films from my own practice, Tidal and Candle. Both films explore the paradoxical…

People Management is the official online magazine of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)., Methodology: Interviews were carried out with 38 top level managers from 15 business schools in Brazil, England, Germany, India, Scotland, South Africa and Tanzania.…

Suggests that we are reaching a crisis in the Western worldview where abstract thinking has lost touch with nature as untrammelled growth leads to chaos
in the money markets, global warming
and violence. The purely rational
worldview which began with…

There is compelling evidence of a relationship between poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and tumorigenesis; however, much less is known about the role of specific targets of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in tumor development. Two forms of the multifunctional transcription factor, CTCF, were previously identified: a 130-kDa…