What are paraplegia and quadriplegia? Paraplegia is the result of damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots, or severe injury to the nerve roots in the cauda equina (figure 1 and figure 2): in the strict sense, paraplegia means paralysis of the lower limbs, and is most commonly caused by spinal cord injuries.
Dumped Brumbies chairman Sean Hammond. The ACT Brumbies have voted for change following a record financial loss this year, ousting chairman Sean Hammond and replacing him with new board member Rob Kennedy.ennedy, of Canberra accountancy and consultancy firm Synergy, is one of four fresh faces on the Brumbies board after a dramatic night of change at the annual general meeting.
DOWNERS GROVE -- The Carrington College board of trustees has appointed Donna M. Loraine, Ph.D., president of Carrington College. Loraine was previously chief academic officer and provost of DeVry University, for which she drove the academic vision and provided leadership to 400 full-time professors and 2,800 visiting professors. She succeeds Jeffrey Akens, who is retiring from DeVry Education Group.