Reflections of Society and Era in Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction
The thesis focuses on popular literature, detective fiction and hard-boiled detective fiction in particular. It includes an outline of detective fiction, American hard-boiled mode and its representatives, mainly Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. The aim is to highlight modernistic literary features in their novels. The thesis also includes analysis of real cases from the 1920s and 1930s in America and their reflection in hard-boiled novels. The thesis proves that hard-boiled detective fiction reflects the twentieth-century American society and era and that it is political.
It's criminal
Having taken over the mantle as editor of NRC, one thing that I can be assured of is that I will never be short of inspiration for editorials. The care home sector is so rife with political issues and areas of controversy that it is difficult to know exactly what to pinpoint and discuss.
Evaluation of Analgesic Effect of Caudal Epidural Tramadol, Tramadol-Lidocaine, and Lidocaine in Water Buffalo Calves (Bubalus bubalis)
Aim of this study was to compare the analgesic effect of tramadol and a combination of tramadol-lidocaine with that produced by lidocaine administration in the epidural space in buffalo calves. In a prospective randomized crossover study, ten male buffalo calves were used to compare the epidural analgesic effect of tramadol (1 mg/kg) and tramadol-lidocaine combination (0.5 mg/kg and 0.11 mg/kg, resp.) with that produced by 2% lidocaine (0.22 mg/kg). Loss of sensation was examined by pin-prick test. Onset time, duration, and degree of analgesia and ataxia were recorded after each treatment. Heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), rectal temperature, and haematobiochemical parameters were recorded after all treatments. Time to onset and duration of analgesia, respectively, were as follows: tramadol 11 ± 2 min and 208 ± 15 min; tramadol-lidocaine 6 ± 2 min and 168 ± 9 min; lidocaine 4 ± 1 min and 67 ± 13 min. Onset time and duration were significantly longer with tramadol than the other treatments. Duration was significantly longer with tramadol-lidocaine than lidocaine. Ataxia was mildly observed in tramadol-lidocaine and was moderate in lidocaine. HR, RR, and rectal temperature did not differ significantly from baseline after any treatment. Haematobiochemical parameters returned to basal levels by 24 h after all treatments. This combination might be clinically useful to provide analgesia in buffalo for long-duration surgical procedures.