Lawyers\u27 Professional Liability Insurance

Due to the nature of his profession, the practicing lawyer is invariably confronted with significant financial risks. Because of the growing number of claims for professional negligence, coupled with the fact that the monetary risk of claims is largely unmeasurable, a constantly increasing proportion of lawyers is considering the feasibility of professional liability insurance protection. This type of insurance offers not only financial security, but also a means for the advantageous and efficient settlement of just claims without damaging notoriety

Impact Trauma as Legal Cause of Cancer

Consider the following hypothetical situation: A voluptuous blonde is window shopping along New York\u27s fashionable Fifth Avenue. Her trek brings her to a corner street intersection which she begins to cross. A recklessly driven automobile careens around the corner and strikes the defenseless blonde pedestrian amidships, causing her to be hurled against a utility pole. Her breast strikes the pole and absorbs the full effect of the impact. A local hospital determines that her injuries consist of only a black and blue bruise spot on her breast. The swelling, due to the injury, subsides and the discoloration disappears within a short time. Two months later a routine breast examination reveals a lump within the breast in exactly the same location as the trauma. The examiner suggests that she enlist the aid of a physician. An operation is performed. A malignant, nonmetastasized mass is excised. The operation terminates with a radical mastectomy. Was the impact trauma the cause of the cancer? According to the medical profession, there is no experimental proof that a single trauma may cause cancer. That the cause of cancer is unknown is repeatedly asserted in reported cancer cases. However, lawsuits deal not with the question of medical cause but rather with the question of legal causation. Legal, rather than medical, questions must be dealt with in order to determine causation

Effects of Variations in Combustion-chamber Configuration on Ignition Delay in a 50-pound-thrust Rocket

Ignition delays of a diallylaniline-triethylamine mixture and of triethyl trithioposphite with red fuming nitric acid were measured as a function of combustor dimensions, initial propellant temperature, and initial ambient pressure. Ignition delay increased with exhaust-nozzle diameter. Ignition delay also increased as propellant temperature decreased, but did not vary with initial ambient pressure except with the largest nozzle diameter. A correlation among ignition delay, combustor dimensions, and propellant temperature is presented, and the extension of the correlation to other systems is discussed

A szÅ‘lÅ‘ rügyfakadási idejének becslése

AszÅ‘lÅ‘ rügyfakadási idÅ‘pontjának modellezése és elÅ‘rejelzése növényvédelmi és gazdasági szempontból nélkülözhetetlen lépés a szÅ‘lÅ‘termelésben. Tanulmányunkat öt fehérborszÅ‘lÅ‘-fajta (Chardonnay, Rajnai rizling, Hárslevelű, Pinot blanc és Szürkebarát), valamint ezek klónfajtáinak 2000 és 2004 között felvételezett adataival végeztük. Az ültetvények a Duna borrégión belül, a Kunsági borvidékhez tartozó Helvécián találhatóak. Számításainkhoz egy olyan matematikai modellt állítottunk fel, mely kis hibával megbecsüli a várható rügyfakadás napját. Amodell az általánosan használt kumulált hőösszegszámításon alapul, az optimalizálást pedig a becsült idÅ‘pontok napokban számított hibájára végeztük. Az optimális bázishÅ‘mérsékletet 6 °C-ban állapítottuk meg. Amodell becslésének hibája számításaink alapján 1 és 6 nap között mozog, átlagosan 2,04 nap. ------------------------------------------------------- Modelling and forecasting the date of the opening of grape buds is an essential operation in viticulture both for the purpose of pest control and business administration. Our paper is based on data recorded for 5 white grape varieties (Chardonnay, Rajnai rizling, Hárslevelű, Pinot blanc and Szürkebarát), as well as cloned varieties, between 2000 and 2004. The vineyards are situated in the Danube wine region, in the wine subregion of Kunság, in the community of Helvécia. The calculations were based on a mathematical model which is able to estimate the expected day of bud opening with a low margin. The model relies on the widespread method of calculating the effective accumulated temperature over the growing season and was optimised for the error of the estimated date, expressed in days. The optimum base temperature was set to 6 °C. The forecast error of the model is calculated to range from 1 to 6 days, with the mean value being 2.04 days.rügyfakadás, tenyészidÅ‘ effektív hőösszege, Vitis vinifera L., opening of buds, effective accumulated temperatureover the growing season, Vitis vinifera L., Crop Production/Industries, Research Methods/ Statistical Methods, Risk and Uncertainty,

Ignition Delay Experiments with Small-scale Rocket Engine at Simulated Altitude Conditions Using Various Fuels with Nitric Acid Oxidants / Dezso J. Ladanyi

Ignition delay determinations of several fuels with nitric oxidants were made at simulated altitude conditions utilizing a small-scale rocket engine of approximately 50 pounds thrust. Included in the fuels were aniline, hydrazine hydrate, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl mercaptan, turpentine, and mixtures of triethylamine with mixed xylidines and diallyaniline. Red fuming, white fuming, and anhydrous nitric acids were used with and without additives. A diallylaniline - triethylamine mixture and a red fuming nitric acid analyzing 3.5 percent water and 16 percent NO2 by weight was found to have a wide temperature-pressure ignition range, yielding average delays from 13 milliseconds at 110 degrees F to 55 milliseconds at -95 degrees F regardless of the initial ambient pressure that ranged from sea-level pressure altitude of 94,000 feet

Use of massage therapy by mid-aged and older Australian women.

BACKGROUND: Massage is a widely acceptable and popular form of complementary medicine (CM) among Australian women. While there is some research that reports on massage use in younger women, there is minimal research exploring massage use in the treatment of chronic illness in older women. This study provides an estimate of the prevalence of massage use, as well as identifying the characteristics significantly associated with consultation with a massage therapist, for mid-age and older Australian women. METHODS: A cross-sectional sub-study was conducted on a sample of women drawn from the 45 and Up Study; a large cohort study of adults aged 45 years and over. Data from 1795 women were included in the analyses and massage use was compared against measures of demographics, health status and health care utilisation. RESULTS: A total of 174 (7.7%) women consulted with a massage therapist in the previous 12 months. Women were more likely to consult a massage therapist if they have tertiary level education (O.R. = 1.67; 95% C.I.: 1.04, 2.65; p = 0.031), private health insurance (O.R. = 6.37; 95% C.I.: 4.41, 9.19; p < 0.001) and/or osteoarthritis (O.R. = 1.72; 95% C.I.: 1.19, 2.48; p = 0.004). They were also more likely to consult a massage therapist if they have a poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (O.R. = 1.14; 95% C.I.: 1.04, 1.27; p = 0.007). CONCLUSION: Older, tertiary-level educated Australian women with private health insurance were more likely to use massage therapy, as were women with osteoarthritis specifically. Women with lower HRQoL were found to be more likely to use massage therapy in the treatment of their chronic illness. This research provides insight into the determinants of massage use among ageing women and is useful for governments in consideration of accessibility to holistic healthcare when developing public policy for healthcare in Australia