wiktionarypar lancetLancet may refer to In medicine Lancet surgery , a cutting instrument scalpel with a double edged blade Blood lancet , a pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing The Lancet , a medical journal In architecture Lancet arch , a narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch Lancet window , a window set in a lancet arch See also Lancelet , an animal disambig de Lanzette Begriffskl rung fr Lancette nl Lancet ... more details
About the journal Lancet disambiguation Lancet Infobox journal title The Lancet cover File The Lancet ... Lancet publisher Elsevier country frequency Weekly history 1823 present openaccess license impact 33.633 impact year 2010 website http www.thelancet.com journals lancet issue current link1 http www.sciencedirect.com ... JSTOR OCLC 01755507 LCCN sf82002015 CODEN LANCAO ISSN 0140 6736 eISSN 1474 547X The Lancet is a weekly ... science quote One of the world s most prestigious medical journals, the Lancet, has accused Pope Benedict XVI of distorting science in his remarks on condom use. ref The Lancet was founded in 1823 by Thomas Wakley , an English surgeon who named it after the surgical instrument called a lancet surgery lancet , as well as after the term Gothic architecture Lancet arch lancet arch , Citation needed ... reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports. The Lancet has been owned by Elsevier ... Reports , The Lancet s impact factor was ranked second among general medical journals, at 33.63, after ... Science Edition, Thompson Reuters, 2011. ref Specialty journals The Lancet also has several speciality journals all bearing the parent title The Lancet Neurology neurology , The Lancet Oncology oncology , and The Lancet Infectious Diseases infectious disease s , all of which publish original research ... speciality. According to the 2010 Journal Citation Reports by Thomson Reuters, The Lancet Neurology s impact factor is 21.66, The Lancet Oncology 17.76, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases 16.14. ref name 2010 journal There is also an online journal for students entitled The Lancet Student . Volume renumbering Prior to 1990, The Lancet had volume numbering that reset every year. Issues ...& version 1& urlVersion 0& userid 10&md5 bd0f7d5e398fdf05bc1359f9b11f3496 The Lancet . Science Direct. ref Expression of political views The Lancet has taken a political stand on several important medical ... cite journal author Ferriman A year 2003 title Lancet calls for tobacco to be made illegal url http ... more details
File Box of lancets.JPG thumb 150px Box of disposable lancets. Image Blood sampling device2.jpg thumb 200px Blood sampling device with a lancet at the tip. A blood lancet , or simply lancet , is a small medical implement used for blood sampling . A blood lancet is similar to a small scalpel but with a double edged blade or needle. Lancets are used to make punctures to obtain small blood specimens, are generally disposable, and are commonly used in the treatment of diabetes . The small blood samples obtained can be tested for Blood sugar blood glucose , hemoglobin , and many other blood components. Lancets are also used to prick the skin in Skin allergy test skin testing for allergies . ref http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 119561623 abstract?CRETRY 1&SRETRY 0 Abstract The Allergy Pricker ref A blood sampling device, also known as a lancing device , is a reusable instrument equipped with a lancet. It is also most commonly used by diabetes diabetics during blood glucose monitoring . The depth of skin penetration can be adjusted for various skin thicknesses. References reflist External links commonscat Blood lancets http www.diabetesselfmanagement.com articles Diabetes Definitions Lancet Lancet In Diabetes Self Management DEFAULTSORT Blood Lancet Category Diabetes related supplies and medical equipment Category Medical testing equipment cs Lanceta de Lanzette fa kk ps ru ... more details
unreferenced date May 2011 Infobox UK Bus name Dennis Lancet image Dennis Lancet A506 FSS.jpg caption A Dennis Lancet 1984 with Alexander P body in Crewe. manufacturer Dennis Specialist Vehicles factory operator length floortype Step entrance doors engine transmission options Various customer options Dennis Lancet is a name given to several different single deck bus chassis produced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles Dennis . It was first given to a front engined chassis, and later, in the 1950s and early 1960s, to the underfloor engined Lancet UF. Most recently, the Dennis Lancet was a lightweight underfloor engined chassis built during the 1980s. 1980s Lancet The Lancet was mainly used as the basis of a bus or coach, although some were bodied for other uses, mainly as mobile libraries. At a time before the advent of low floor bus es, when wheelchair access required the fitment of a chairlift, a few bus operators and councils bought Dennis Lancets with this feature. Leicester Citybus and West Midlands PTE had three and two respectively with Duple Dominant Bus bodywork. Other UK customers for the Lancet included Tillingbourne Bus Company , Merseyside PTE with ten, the largest British fleet , Northern Scottish , Blackpool Transport , Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfil and Taff Ely. Around 87 chassis were built. Nearly a third of them were exported, to Bermuda and to South Africa . The Lancet was replaced by the Dennis Javelin . Portal Buses Category Buses Category Dennis vehicles Lancet bus stub ... more details
Image STmaximin Solitude.jpg thumb right Lancet windows light the altar tribune architecture tribune in the Basilica of Mary Magdalene , Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. ref http freenet.buffalo.edu bah a DCTNRY l lancet.html Buffalo Architecture accessed 24 October 2006 ref It acquired the lancet name from its resemblance to a lance . ref http www.britannica.com eb article 9047018 lancet window Encyclop dia Britannica Online accessed 24 October 2006 ref Instances of this architectural Motif art motif are most often found in Gothic architecture Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs. The motif first appeared in the French early Gothic period c. 1140 1200 and later in the English period of Gothic architecture 1200 1275 . So common was the lancet window feature that this era is sometimes known as the Lancet Period . ref http www.britainexpress.com History Gothic architecture.htm Gothic Architecture in England accessed 24 October 2006 ref Strictly speaking, the lancet window should be austere and without tracery . However, it is not uncommon to find the form sub divided and filled with stained glass, especially when dating from the Gothic revival period of the nineteenth century. References reflist Use dmy dates date December 2011 Category Gothic architecture Category church architecture Category Windows element arch stub de Lanzettfenster fr Lancette architecture hu Cs cs v nl Spitsboog ro Lanset arhitectur sv Lansettf nster tr Karg pencere ... more details
The Cincinnati Lancet Clinic was a weekly United States American medical journal published from 1878 to 1916, as a merger of earlier journals founded in 1842 and 1871. The Western Lancet was founded as a monthly journal in 1842 with L. M. Lawson as its founding editor it was one of the earliest medical journals in Cincinnati, Ohio . In 1858, it merged with the Medical Observer founded 1856 , under the title of the Cincinnati Lancet and Observer . In 1873, J. C. Culbertson purchased the journal. The Clinic was founded in 1871 as a weekly journal by the faculty of the University of Toledo Medical Center Medical College of Ohio . J. C. Culbertson gained control over it in 1878, and merged it with the Cincinnati Lancet and Observer , forming a combined weekly journal, the Cincinnati Lancet and Clinic , of which he and James G. Hyndman were the initial editors. It was renamed to the hyphenated Lancet Clinic in 1888. The journal ceased publication in November 1916, citing financial difficulties. References cite journal author David A. Tucker, Jr. title The Cincinnati Lancet Clinic journal The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly year 1948 volume 57 pages 387 392 url http publications.ohiohistory.org ohstemplate.cfm?action detail&Page 0057387.html&StartPage 387&EndPage 392&volume 57&newtitle Volume 2057 20Page 20387 Category Defunct journals Category History of Cincinnati, Ohio Category Publications established in 1842 Category Publications established in 1856 Category Publications established in 1871 Category Publications established in 1878 Category Publications disestablished in 1916 Category General medical journals Ohio newspaper stub Cincinnati stub ... more details
project the flags aim to raise awareness of the human cost of the Iraq War. The exhibit uses The Lancet as its primary source. The Lancet , one of the oldest Scientific journal scientific medical journal ..., Jamal Khudhairi, and Gilbert Burnham. The Lancet , 29 October 2004. There is a version of the PDF article ... KB . By Gilbert Burnham, Riyadh Lafta, Shannon Doocy, and Les Roberts. The Lancet , October 11, 2006 ref ref name Lancet supplement PDFlink http web.mit.edu CIS pdf Human Cost of War.pdf The Human Cost ..., Elizabeth Dzeng, Riyadh Lafta, and Les Roberts. A supplement to the October 2006 Lancet study. It is also ... explosion ordnance 14 , air strike 13 or 78,133 , accident 2 or 12,020 , and unknown 2 . The Lancet ... of Iraq War casualties estimated more deaths than the Lancet due to the interval between surveys but is otherwise consistent with the Lancet findings. ref name JFP Out of all the Casualties of the Iraq War Iraqi casualty surveys so far, only the Lancet surveys and the Iraq Family Health Survey were peer review peer reviewed . The Lancet surveys have triggered criticism and disbelief from some journalists ... Fco.gov.uk accessdate 2010 08 10 ref Some critics have said that The Lancet study authors were unable ..., despite the risk of death to the surveyors. Critics of the Lancet study have pointed out other ... alerts 05 050906 burying the lancet update.php title Burying The Lancet Update publisher ... of death is their armed forces. ref http www.medialens.org alerts 05 050905 burying the lancet part1.php Media Alert Burying The Lancet , http www.medialens.org alerts index.php Media Lens , September 5, 2005 ref Lancet publications related to criticisms November 20, 2004. Criticism and suggestions ... url http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140673604174527 fulltext doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 04 17452 7 year 2004 pages 1831 volume 364 journal The Lancet accessdate 2010 08 10 issue 9448 ... journals lancet article PIIS0140673605718663 fulltext doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 05 71866 3 year 2005 ... more details
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Summary Non free use rationale Article John H. Edwards Description Although Edwards Syndrome is Trisomy 18, Edwards original paper reported it to be Trisomy 17. Source Figure 5 from Edwards 1960 paper. doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 60 90675 9 Portion The whole figure, but a tiny portion of the original paper. Low resolution Yes by scanning. Purpose To illustrate text about the first description of Edwards syndrome on John H. Edwards . Replaceability Irreplaceable historical figure. other information Licensing Non free historic image ... more details
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Summary Non free media rationale Description The Lancet , 2006 03 17 front cover, Stop TB Strategy Source From The Lancet website at the time of upload Portion All Low resolution Yes, the original on website was at this resolution Article The Lancet Purpose To demonstrate the journal cover Replaceability No other information Licensing Non free magazine cover Category Academic journal covers ... more details
This is a photo of the large lancet stained glass window at St. Raphael s Cathedral Dubuque St. Raphael s Cathedral , Dubuque, Iowa . It s one of the few items that was built exactly as designed in the original version of the plans for the Cathedral. This photo was taken by me in May of 2003. GFDL en migration relicense ... more details
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Refimprove date April 2010 Dr. Ravandar Dhallan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ravgen and Ravgen Diagnostics . Ravgen Inc., founded by Dhallan, has developed a non invasive prenatal diagnostic test which was published in The Lancet Lancet. 2007 369 474 81 ref http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140673607601159 abstract The Lancet ref as well as The Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA. 2004 291 1114 1119 . ref http jama.ama assn.org cgi content abstract 291 9 1114 ref These publications received world wide press in The Times , Washington Post , CNN, and Fortune Small Business Sept. 2007 . ref http money.cnn.com 2007 09 07 smbusiness amniocentesis.fsb ref References references External links http www.ravgen.com Ravgen s Company Website http www.ravgendiagnostics.com Ravgen Diagnostics s Company Website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dhallan, Ravinder ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dhallan, Ravinder Category Living people scientist stub Biotech stub ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Lancet Clubtail image Lancet Clubtail.jpg image caption female status NT status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Odonata familia Gomphidae genus Gomphus dragonfly Gomphus species G. exilis binomial Gomphus exilis binomial authority Selys, 1854 synonyms The Lancet Clubtail Gomphus exilis is a species of dragonfly in family Gomphidae found in southern Manitoba and Ontario and northeastern United States . The adults are approximately 4.3 cm 1.7 in long. The males claspers are lancet shaped, hence the common name. The body is black with green stripes on the thorax and green triangles on the abdomen. The last two abdominal segments have yellow patches on the outer edges. ref name Mead Mead, Kurt. 2009 Dragonflies of the North Woods, Second Edition, Duluth, MN Kollath Stensaas Publ. ref Their flight period is from June to July. ref name Mead References Wikispecies Gomphus Gomphidae Gomphus refs Category Fauna of the United States Category Fauna of Canada Category Gomphidae dragonfly stub nl Gomphus exilis vi Gomphus exilis ... more details
Refimprove date August 2011 Bogaletch Gebre born July 27, 195x, exact year unknown is an Ethiopian women s rights activist. She is the co founder of KMG Ethiopia formerly known as Kembatti Mentti Gezzimma . Awards The 2005 North South Prize along with Bob Geldof The 2007 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights. External links http www.kmgselfhelp.org KMG Ethiopia http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140 6736 2807 2960964 7 fulltext Bogaletch Gebre ending female genital mutilation in Ethiopia The Lancet Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bogaletch Gebre ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bogaletch Gebre Category Living people Category 1950s births Category Ethiopian women s rights activists Category Ethiopian people stubs ... more details
Jonathan P. Stoye is a virologist at the Medical Research Council UK Medical Research Council MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London , England . He has made substantial contributions to scientific understanding of the interactions of retrovirus es with their Host biology hosts . ref http www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk research jonathan stoye MRC profile. ref Stoye has worked with the HIV human immunodeficiency virus , other primate retroviruses, murine leukaemia virus es and retroviruses of pigs, goats, sheep and other animals. His recent publications describe investigations of host restriction factors such as Fv 1 , TRIM5alpha and other members of the tripartite motif family including the promyelocytic leukaemia protein PML . ref http www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk research jonathan stoye publications Recent publications. ref References Reflist External links http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140 6736 2805 2971029 1 fulltext Interview in The Lancet , 5 March 2005. Category Virologists Category HIV AIDS researchers ... more details
Al Sabeen Maternal Hospital , also El Sabeen Maternity and Child Hospital ref name The Lancet cite book title The Lancet url http books.google.com books?id nX4VAQAAMAAJ accessdate 11 July 2011 year 2002 publisher Little, Brown page 1889 ref , is a hospital in Sana a , Yemen . It is located in the south of the city, immediately north of the Saleh Mosque . ref name GM cite map title Google Maps publisher Google accessdate 11 July 2011 ref References Reflist coord 15 19 48 N 44 12 25 E type landmark display title Category Buildings and structures in Sana a Category Hospitals in Yemen Yemen struct stub Asia hospital stub ... more details
Orphan date December 2011 Dr. R. S. Wadia is well known neurologist of India . ref http doctor.ndtv.com expert ndtv expertid 2 Dr RS Wadia.html ref He has his domain of work in Organophosphate poisoning ref http www.ijccm.org article.asp?issn 0972 5229 year 2003 volume 7 issue 2 spage 85 epage 87 aulast Wadia ref ref http medind.nic.in jal t05 i1 jalt05i1p28.pdf ref He is one of the founder members of Indian Academy of Neurology. ref http www.ianindia.com Past 20office 20bearers.htm ref He has publications in Lancet ref http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PII0140 6736 92 91573 Q fulltext ref References reflist Uncategorized date December 2011 ... more details
Summary Radioactive contamination of water and fish in the western Pacific Ocean by the 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll . Licensing This drawing was produced in 1955 by Y. Nishiwaki for a Japanese government study and reprinted, somewhat simplified, in S. Sevitt, The Bombs, The Lancet , July 23, 1955, pp. 199 201. It is probably public domain due to origin and age, and its author is unlikely to still be contactable. In any event, I think it qualifies for fair use because it is uniquely informative and its publication 54 years ago in The Lancet gives it authenticity. Non free fair use in Castle Bravo Non free use rationale Article Castle Bravo Description Map showing points X where contaminated fish were caught or where the sea was found to be excessively radioactive by kind permission of Y. Nishiwaki, somewhat simplified. Source S. Sevitt, The Bombs, The Lancet , July 23, 1955, pp. 199 201. Portion all Low resolution yes Purpose Shows radioactive contamination of water and of commercially harvested fish after the 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll. Replaceability no other information Caption English Taken from The Lancet article where it appeared. Map showing points X where contaminated fish were caught or where the sea was found to be excessively radioactive. br B original danger zone around Bikini announced by the U.S. government. br W danger zone extended later. br xF Position of the Fukuryu Maru . br NE, EC, and SE are equatorial currents. br French translation needed German translation needed ... more details
Pim van Lommel born 1943 is a Dutch people Dutch cardiologist and scientist . He is best known for his scientific work on the subjects of near death experience s and consciousness , including the famous prospective study published in the medical journal The Lancet . ref van Lommel P, van Wees R, Meyers V, Elfferich I. 2001 Near Death Experience in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest A prospective Study in the Netherlands , The Lancet , 358 9298 2039 45, doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 08 61345 8 . ref He is also the author of the 2007 Dutch bestseller titled Endless Consciousness A scientific approach to the near death experience Eindeloos Bewustzijn een wetenschappelijke visie op de Bijna Dood Ervaring , which has been translated to German language German , English language English , and French language French English translation Consciousness Beyond Life, The Science of the Near Death Experience , Harper Collins , 2010 . Van Lommel studied medicine at Utrecht University , The Netherlands , specializing in cardiology , and worked as a cardiologist at the Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem , for 26 years from 1977 to 2003. References Reflist External links http www.pimvanlommel.nl ?Lancet artikel eng Lancet article . http www.pimvanlommel.nl ?home eng Personal website http www.e ostadelahi.com eoe en consciousness and near death experiences pim van lommel Consciousness and near death experiences Pim van Lommel, M.D. Article and video interview on http www.e ostadelahi.com e ostadelahi.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lommel, Pim Van ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lommel, Pim Van Category Cardiologists Category 1943 births Category Living people med bio stub de Pim van Lommel fr Pim van Lommel fy Pim van Lommel nl Pim van Lommel no Pim van Lommel ... more details
Summary Information Description Brain scans of various disorders of consciousness Source Laureys S, Owen AM, Schiff ND 2004 . Brain function in coma, vegetative state, and related disorders . The Lancet Neurology 3 9 537 546. Date 03 13, 2 December 2011 UTC Author Permission other versions Licensing GFDL date 2 December 2011 migration not eligible ... more details
The Glasgow Blatchford bleeding score GBS is a Screening medicine screening tool to assess the likelihood that a patient with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding UGIB will need to have medical intervention such as a blood transfusion or Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy endoscopic intervention. ref name A risk score to predict need for treatment for uppergastrointestinal haemorrhage cite web url http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140 6736 00 02816 6 abstract title A risk score to predict need for treatment for uppergastrointestinal haemorrhage work accessdate 2009 02 17 ref A recent study published in the The Lancet Lancet showed that the tool may be able to identify patients who do not need to be admitted to hospital after a UGIB. Advantages of the GBS over the Rockall score , which assesses the risk of mortality in patients with UGIB, include a lack of Subjectivity subjective variables such as the severity of systemic diseases and the lack of a need for esophagogastroduodenoscopy EGD to complete the score, a feature unique to the GBS. In a study published in The Lancet Lancet on January 3, 2009, 16 of patients presenting with UGIB had a GBS score of 0 , considered low. Among these patients there were no deaths or interventions needed and the patients were able to be effectively treated in an outpatient setting. ref name Outpatient management of patients with low risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage multicentre validation and prospective evaluation cite web url http www.thelancet.com journals lancet article PIIS0140 6736 08 61769 9 abstract title Outpatient management of patients with low risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage multicentre validation and prospective evaluation work accessdate 2009 01 24 ref ref http gastroenterology.jwatch.org cgi content full 2009 109 1?q etoc jwhospmed Stanley AJ et al. Outpatient management of patients with low risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage Multicentre validation and prospective evaluation. Lancet 20 ... more details
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