Predecessor-Successor Transitions in Institutional and Interpersonal Contexts. On the Development of a Theory of the Transfer of Personal Objects

This article outlines the development of a theory of predecessor-successor transitions in social contexts using a grounded theory approach.The theory can be applied to such diverse phenomena as the transfer of family businesses to the next generation, university chair succession, the passing on cougar bait shirt of parental roles (for example in th

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Perforator flap for burn reconstruction

Background: Majority of burn patients in Bangladesh are treated at home and tend to develop scar and scar contracture.Other than physical limitations there are also stigmatization, loss of marriageability or divorce particularly for women.Skin grafts are prone to contraction and need prolonged splintage and physiotherapy.Flaps are often too bulky.L

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Steroid-Responsive Retroperitoneal Fibrosis and Sclerosing Mesenteritis as the Initial Manifestation of an Occult Neuroendocrine Tumor

Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) and sclerosing mesenteritis (SM) are rare entities characterized by fibrous inflammatory tissue that can surround and compress adjacent abdominal structures, leading to organ damage.RPF and SM have rarely been reported to present simultaneously.Idiopathic forms opi the color that keeps on giving of RPF and SM are typi

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Homonymous Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer Atrophy With Asymptomatic Optic Tract Glioma in Neurofibromatosis Type I

Approximately 20% of patients with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop optic pathway gliomas (OPGs).Not all OPGs in NF1 necessarily become vision compromising and predicting which patients might develop visual decline is difficult at present time.Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as a useful tool able to directly assess the morpholo

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