From Ireland to America: The Main Irish Migratory Trend and Its Contribution to the United States’ Culture; Ireland and Scotland: Two Countries Divided by a Common Language?; Painting History: Murals in Northern Ireland; “Europeanizing Northern Irish Poetry”: From Paulin to Pushkin; Cultural Representation of Nomadic Culture in Northern Ireland Legislation and Media

2011 ◽  
pp. 89-146
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Representation ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Northern Irish ◽  
Irish Poetry

PREVALENCE OF HOMOCYSTINURIA AMONG THE MENTALLY RETARDED: EVALUATION OF A SPECIFIC SCREENING TEST

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-589
Author(s):  
George Link Spaeth ◽  
G. Winston Barber
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand

The prevalence of homocystinuria in patients with mental retardation institutionalized in the United States is about 0.02%; this is lower than a previous estimation from Northern Ireland (0.3%). On the other hand, about 5% of patients with dislocated lenses may be expected to have the disease. A silver-nitroprusside test which is almost completely specific for homocystine has been evaluated. It should be useful for screening.

SI Units

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-131
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Medical Association ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Si Units ◽  
Drug Concentrations ◽  
Significant Figures ◽  
Base Units

Le Systeme International d'Unites or SI units is a system of measure that is an outgrowth of the metric system, widely used in countries other than the United States. This system comprises seven base units from which all other measurements are made (Table). The aim of SI units is to (1) provide a coherent system of measure, (2) ensure that quantities and units are uniform in concept and style, and (3) minimize the number of multiples and submultiples in common use. A more complete review of metrification and SI units has been published in this journal. The conversion to SI units was mandated in December 1984 by the American Medical Association House of Delegates to "provide physicians and other scientists in the United States with an improved common language for fluent scientific communication between nations as well as between sciences." In several published articles there have been suggestions that the United States should, during the next year, begin uniformly reporting laboratory test data in SI units, including drug concentrations in molar units. Although drugs would continue to be prescribed in mass units, the desirability of prescribing and dispensing drugs in molar units has been suggested. The focus of this commentary is to summarize the problems and inconsistencies of expressing drug concentrations in molar units, assuming that prescribing and dispensing would continue in mass units. PHARMACOKINETIC CALCULATIONS In a recent study tenfold dosing errors were demonstrated, resulting from mathematical miscalculations while using traditional units. The introduction of additional calculations for conversion to SI units, and the fact that SI units involve decimal places with several significant figures, will likely magnify this type of error.

Perspectives on Torture in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, and Australia

2012 ◽  
pp. 551-563
Author(s):  
John M. Davis ◽  
Jenet Cory ◽  
Carol J. Davis ◽  
Tristyn Campbell ◽  
Michael Whitely
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The United States

Apology and Reconciliation in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Australia

2012 ◽  
pp. 317-330
Author(s):  
John Davis ◽  
Carol Davis ◽  
Ariel Stone ◽  
James Page ◽  
Michael Whitely ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The United States
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