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Mercy Hospital of Miami's chief information officer, Ardy Pallin, personifies the versatility of the industrial engineering profession. During his 13-year stay at Mercy Hospital of Miami, which he joined immediately after receiving his industrial engineering degree from the University of Miami, he has been assigned to improve support services processes; supervise operation rooms; head the cost accounting, reimbursement and budgeting department; take charge of financial planing; and redesign service delivery. His present post, which was given to him despite his lack of formal training, puts Pallin in charge of Mercy Hospital's information systems., If ever there were a poster child for industrial engineering's claim to be the most versatile of the engineering disciplines, Ardy Pallin would be it. Since getting his degree from [...]

After 75 years, Douglas Battery hasn't run down. But to keep on going, it had to recharge itself. When the top executives of Douglas Battery Manufacturing Co. gathered last February [...]

The 1990s have not been kind to Greensboro-based Cone Mills Corp., the world's largest maker of denim. When Cone (COE-NYSE) returned to the public market in 1992 after eight years [...]

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles from previous issues including "Second Chance at Steam," "Penn Station Playground" in the Fall 2016 issue, and Jim Shaughnessy's article on P.E.I. railroading.

When Chanute Air Force Base closed in September 1993 after 76 years of operation, reuse efforts became the responsibility of Rantoul, Ill.. To facilitate a reuse plan, Mayor Katy Podagrosi [...]

Discusses developments at the Calaway Park in Calgary, Alberta. Background of the park; Site; Park attractions and amusement rides; Positioning of Calaway as an amusement park rather than a theme park; Limitations of the Canadian climate; Management team; Efforts to make the workplace environment an empowering experience for employees. INSET: Calgary Stampede..

Features several amusement rides and parks in the U.S. Designer of 'The Challenge of Tutankhamon; Significance of the ChromaDepth glasses on scenery panels for amusement rides; Development of the Interactive Mystic Mover Project.

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• The role of cultural forces in either promoting or discouraging interpersonal violence is so obvious that it has been allowed to obscure the part played by biologic disorders in determining responses to endogenous and environmental challenges. Neuroscientists and clinicians have demonstrated, however, that aggression has a neuroanatomic and chemical basis, that developmental and acquired brain disorders contribute to recurrent interpersonal violence, that both biologic and sociologic factors are involved, and that to ignore either is to invite error.

Reported are three maternal deaths in four patients who presented with a similar syndrome following a normal antepartum course and normal labor and delivery managed by regional or local anesthesia and midline or proctoepisiotomy. Beginning about the second postpartum day, the patients developed unilateral perineal edema and induration which progressed to generalized vulvar, vaginal, perineal, and gluteal edema and induration. These patients developed marked leukocytosis, fever, and ultimately vascular collapse; three of them died. The one patient who survived had a similar course except for vascular collapse. Unilateral vulvar induration and edema associated with fever and marked leukocytosis are ominous signs. Aggressive treatment should include the use of multiple antibiotic, crystaloid, colloid, and steroid drugs and appropriate monitoring. By this report we hope to bring attention to this rare but lethal syndrome.

This article concerns the syndrome of episodic dyscontrol, not psychopathic behavior. It is discussed as a symptom of many disorders, both psychologic and physical; organic causes and correlates, pathophysiology, and pharmacologic treatment are given.

The article discusses initiatives to complete the National Black Theatre Hall of Fame and Museum. Topics discussed include the vision of North Carolina Black Repertory Co. founder Larry Leon Hamlin together with the late poet Maya Angelou to establish the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) in 1989 as a precursor to establishing the museum. Also mentioned is the 2015 partnership of NBTF led by producer Mabel Robinson with the New Winston Museum to raise awareness for the project.

• Five patients with chronic venous insufficiency, leg edema, and ulceration were treated by a new method of vein valvuloplasty. Follow-up at six to 12 months showed resolution of the problem.(Arch Surg 1982;117:1250-1251)