Association of Cystic Medial Necrosis of the Aorta and Undiagnosed Thyroiditis [Scripta Medica]

We have recently seen two patients with cystic medial necrosis of the aorta. The first patient died of a dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. At autopsy, classical Hashimoto’s thyroiditis was discovered. The second patient died of a rupture of the ascending aorta. At autopsy, chronic thyroiditis was seen with multiple large germinal center and diffuse fibrosis. Neither patient was clinically suspected of thyroid dysfunction although the second patient had had a partial thyroidectomy in the remote past

The Advantages Of Using Efficiency In The Regulation Of Life Insurance

The financial sector is significant in the economic development of any country.  Consequently life insurance is a vital segment of the economy of most countries and hence it is paramount to determine accurately how well life insurance companies (LICs) perform for the benefit of other industries and national economies.  As a key purpose of life insurance regulation is to make such determinations this research paper explores using efficiency within.  The result is an improvement in the life insurance industry and the financial system and so a benefit to overall economies.  No efficiency paper considers exploiting efficiency in the life insurance regulation.  This article is the first to demonstrate the advantages of doing so, using calculations and model offices.  Findings include efficiency tracking LIC financial outcomes with greater accuracy than does expenses per premium, considered important in regulation.  This study also describes how existing methods and ideas employed in regulation are lacking as it could be improved by using efficiency.  Such improvement would occur in both the overall financial system and the life insurance industry

TOBACCO'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ECONOMY OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA

Community/Rural/Urban Development, Crop Production/Industries,

Tropical Linear Algebra: Notions of Rank Over the Tropical Semiring

Three formulations of the rank of a matrix that are equivalent in classical linear algebra give rise to distinct notions of rank over the tropical semiring. This paper explores these three concepts of tropical rank and their relationships with one another, working up to a proof of the inequality that relates the three

Effects of relocation on the institutionalized elderly : a follow-up study.

Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1978 .W574. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1978

Science and Medicine in Liudmila Ulitskaia’s \u3ci\u3eKazus Kukotskogo\u3c/i\u3e

Science and medicine play a fundamental role in Liudmila Ulitskaia\u27s 2001 novel Kazus Kukotskogo. This paper argues that Ulitskaia employs science and medicine as a concrete means of considering such diverse questions as social life, morality, and religion in the work

Copryright - Infringement - Parody of Dramatic Production Held Not to Be Fair Use

Prior to December 1938, Patrick Hamilton wrote an original play entitled Gaslight which subsequently was published, performed and protected by copyright in both England and the United States. Loew\u27s acquired exclusive motion picture rights to the play on October 7, 1942, and produced an original feature-length motion picture photoplay of the drama, also entitled Gaslight. In 1945 Jack Benny sought and received permission to produce a 15-minute parody of the motion picture for his radio program. In 1953, without securing Loew\u27s permission, Benny produced a 15-minute filmed parody of the motion picture for his television program. It was entitled Autolight and the locale, setting, characters, story points, development of the story and dialogue were practically identical with Gaslight. Loew\u27s sued to enjoin performance of the Benny program. The district court granted the injunction, holding that there had been a substantial taking of the copyrighted material and that there was no defense of fair use in this instance. The court of appeals affirmed with language which could be interpreted as never allowing a fair use defense to infringement for parody or burlesque. On certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, held, affirmed without opinion by an equally divided court. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., v. Loew\u27s, 356 U.S. 43 (1958), reh. den. 356 U.S. 934 (1958)

Regulation of Business - Securities Act of 1933 - SEC Loses Fight to Regulate Variable Annuity

The defendant, Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, regulated as a life insurance company by the District of Columbia, issued a contract which it termed an annuity, but which differed from a conventional annuity in certain important respects. Ordinary annuity premiums are invested in debt securities while the premiums paid on the variable annuity are invested in common stocks. Further, instead of benefit payments in fixed dollar amounts, the variable annuity\u27s benefits fluctuate since the value of the fund from which they are paid is affected by changing stock prices and dividend policies. The SEC, claiming these provisions brought the contract within the definition of a security in the Securities Act of 1933 and the company, within the definition of an investment company in the Investment Company Act of 1940, sought to enjoin the issuance of policies until the defendant complied with the provisions of the acts. Held, complaint dismissed. Because of the novelty of the agreement the court is unable to classify it either as a security or an annuity. Congress must decide whether there is to be federal regulation of the securities aspect of this contract. SEC v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Compan

Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Right of Donee to Deduct Expense of Contesting Gift Tax Asserted Against Donor

ln 1948 taxpayer\u27s mother gave him 410 shares of stock in the family enterprise. She filed a gift tax return, but the government, in auditing it, disagreed with her valuation of the stock. Donor had no desire to contest the government\u27s valuation, but since his mother and father still held substantial stock in the business which would eventually go to him, donee desired a lower valuation for estate tax evidentiary purposes. Allegedly fearing personal liability for any deficiency assessed against his mother as well as a lien against the corpus of the gift for any unpaid tax, he decided to contest the government\u27s determination. He hired a lawyer, but the contest was conducted in his mother\u27s name in accordance with Treasury rules. The lawyer served from 1952 to 1954 when the case was settled and a compromise deficiency was assessed against and paid by donor. Taxpayer paid the lawyer\u27s fee and took it as an income tax deduction in 1954. The government disallowed the deduction contending that (1) the fee was the legal liability of the mother and (2) no gift tax liability was ever asserted against taxpayer. Held, taxpayer may deduct the expenses of contest. He was liable for the attorney\u27s fee and the fact that a lien attached to the gift and that he as donee would be personally liable for any deficiency up to the amount of the gift indicates that he was no mere volunteer in contesting the valuation. Bonnyman v. United States, (D.C. Tenn. 1957) 156 F. Supp. 625