Puerperal seizures: not the usual suspects

We present a case of puerperal seizures and neonatal flaccidity due to abuse and abrupt withdrawal from zolpidem, following an elective Caesarean delivery at term.Keywords: zolpidem, puerperal seizures, withdrawa

Managing the usual suspects in soybean

In the north-central region, a few persistent and many occasional insects occur in soybean. A potential mix of pests is likely to happen each growing season, but the severity is not easily predicted between years. Even though pest abundance can be erratic in Iowa soybean, there has been a steady adoption of insecticidal seed and foliar treatments over the last decade (Ragsdale et al. 2011). In order to preserve chemical efficacy and improve profit margins in soybean, we encourage farmers to use Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. The use of proactive IPM tools is an ideal way to manage a pest complex that often occurs in soybean. Examples of IPM for soybean aphid include genetic, cultural and chemical control; sampling; and knowledge of crop economics (Hodgson et al. 2012). Management of two important Iowa soybean pests, soybean aphid and twospotted spider mite, will be reviewed in this article

Wrong, Out of Step, and Pernicious: Erie as the Worst Decision of All Time

This essay was written for “Supreme Mistakes: Exploring the Most Maligned Decisions in Supreme Court History.” A symposium on the worst Supreme Court decision of all time risks becoming an exercise best described by Claude Rains’s memorable line in Casablanca: “Round up the usual suspects.” Two things saved this symposium from that fate. First, each of the usual suspects was appointed defense counsel, which made things more interesting. Second, a new face found its way into the line-up: Erie Railroad v. Tompkins. My goal in this essay is to explain why Erie is in fact guiltier than all of the usual suspects. I begin, in Part I, by setting out the three criteria that I believe must be satisfied for a decision to qualify as the worst of all time. I also explain briefly why each of the usual suspects fails to meet one or more of those criteria. The heart of the essay is Part II, examining in detail how Erie satisfies each of the three criteria. I close with some concluding thoughts on the surprising relationship between Erie’s flaws and those of the other suspects

"Not the Usual Suspects": A Study of Factors Reducing the Effectiveness of CCTV

Previous research on the effectiveness of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) has focused on critically assessing police and government claims that CCTV is effective in reducing crime. This paper presents a field study that investigates the relationship between CCTV system design and the performance of operator tasks. We carried out structured observations and interviews with 13 managers and 38 operators at 13 CCTV control rooms. A number of failures were identified, including the poor configuration of technology, poor quality video recordings, and a lack of system integration. Stakeholder communication was poor, and there were too many cameras and too few operators. These failures have been previously identified by researchers; however, no design improvements have been made to control rooms in the last decade. We identify a number of measures to improve operator performance, and contribute a set of recommendations for security managers and practitioners. Security Journal (2010) 23, 134-154. doi:10.1057/sj.2008.2; published online 6 October 200

The Usual Suspects et la puissance du faux

Etude des mécanismes de réception générique dans le film "The Usual Suspects

The present-value model of the current account has been rejected: Round up the usual suspects

Tests of the present-value model of the current account are frequently rejected by the data. Standard explanations rely on the "usual suspects" of nonseparable preferences, shocks to fiscal policy and the world real interest rate, and imperfect international capital mobility. The authors confirm these rejections on postwar Canadian data, then investigate their source by calibrating and simulating alternative versions of a small open economy, real business cycle model. Monte Carlo experiments reveal that, although each of the suspects matters in some way, a "canonical" RBC model moves closest to the data when it features exogenous world real interest rate shocks.Balance of payments ; International finance ; Econometric models