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We thank the authors for reading the article with keen interest, appreciating the work and sending expert suggestions. Comments about their observations are as under: 1. The article was based on a short-term ICMR research studentship, among the first two ever completed by medical cadets in the Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College. Since it was a time bound pilot study a simple design was preferred. It may interest the authors to know that it is only the second study in India (the first in Armed Forces which has a Artificial Limb Center functioning for over 50 years) in which psychiatric treatment of amputees was attempted. Despite a plethora of western studies showing high prevalence of PTSD in various populations, our own experience with patients with upper and lower limb fractures [1] as also troops in counter insurgency operation areas [2] showed a rather low prevalence. However we have an open mind and another department project is also looking into this aspect in amputees. 2. We agree with the authors’ contention that anxiety may have been higher in the early stages. However, as we saw the patients later no comments about their status at an earlier stage can be offered. 3. In the present study probably due to small sample size no correlations with socio-demographic characteristics was observed. 4. Alcohol related problems are very common in Armed Forces not only in India but also all over the world and is probably one of the most under-diagnosed conditions in medical setting. In earlier studies we found high scores on MAST in patients with primary hypertension [3], duodenal ulcer [4], psoriasis [5] fractures of lower limbs in eastern command [6], lower and upper limb fractures in northern command [1] and troops in counterinsurgency operations [2]. This led us to use the MAST in amputees. We agree that this aspect requires further detailed inquiry. 5. We agree with the authors’ opinion that psychiatric co-morbidity in musculoskeletal trauma should constitute an important area in the Armed Forces. We have carried out a study on patients with fractures and polytrauma in counterinsurgency operation areas and a study to develop a comprehensive psychotherapeutic package for amputees. A departmental project exploring body image, PTSD and pain in amputees is nearing completion. An ongoing AFMRC project is looking into comprehensive psychological assessment and management of amputees. However, much more is required to be done in this rather neglected field.

The Coordination of e-Government in Historical Context

The paper traces the history of IT coordination in government, from the early 1950s to the current e-government environment. Particular attention will be paid to the organizations that have been charged with coordination over the decades, and how they differed in terms of approach and success. It is argued that IT coordination from the centre has largely been ineffective, and protagonists have consistently been uncertain as to what should be done with government IT. This uncertainty and inadequacy has continued into the e-government era, and some of the efforts of the Office of the e-Envoy in particular seem misplaced and overambitious. The paper concludes that central government should remedy the fundamentals of departmental IT project management before wide-ranging joined up' e-government schemes can be attempted.

Computing in Papua New Guinea

This paper chronicles a recent departmental project involving the design, development, procurement, transport and deployment of a computer network system. The system manages patient information sys...

31. A nuclear medicine departmental enhancement project led by the nursing and technical staff

31. A nuclear medicine departmental enhancement project led by the nursing and technical staff

DEEP STRATIGRAPHIC CORE-DRILLING AS AN AID TO PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

The Queensland Department of Mines has undertaken stratigraphic drilling to assist petroleum exploration since 1965. The primary purpose was to obtain core for palynological and petrological study, in order to facilitate correlation of strata met in deep exploratory wells with the type sections of outcrop.To the end of October, 1970, 61 bores have been completed for a total of 50,473 feet (15,394 metres), an average depth of 827 feet (252 metres).Average drilling cost ranged from about $5 per foot at shallow depths to about $15 per foot towards the current maximum capacity of 4,000 feet (1,220 metres), total cost was of the order of $400,000.All holes were fully cored from about 50 feet (about 15 metres) to total depth. With minor exceptions, all drilling has been with NX equipment, giving a core approximately 1.7 inches (4.3 centimetres) in diameter. The core barrel is 10 feet (3 metres) long; it is recovered by the wireline method. On completion, most holes have been logged electrically and radiometrically (spontaneous potential, single-point resistivity and gamma-ray).Drilling lias been undertaken in sediments of the Surat, Bowen, Moreton and Ipswich Basins, and the Esk Rift. In the Surat Basin, complete sections of the Jurassic have been obtained on both the western and eastern flanks, and the Cretaceous has been sampled completely near the middle of the basin; in addition, the Injune Creek Group (Jurassic) is being investigated in some detail. In the Bowen Basin, representative material has been obtained from the Triassic units (Rewan, Clematis and Moolayember); the Permian on the eastern flank has been sampled completely in a Departmental coal-exploration project. In the Moreton Basin, a series of regional lines was drilled, partly in order to establish the relationship of the Bundamba Group to the Jurassic of the Surat Basin.One hole was drilled in the Ipswich Basin, to sample the upper part of the Triassic succession there.The program has been especially effective in providing material for palynological studies, both descriptive and stratigraphic, particularly in sandstone units. By this means, several important stratigraphic problems were resolved. For example, the type Wandoan Formation of Union-Kern-A.O.G. Wandoan 1 well was shown to be equivalent in age to the lower and middle Clematis Sandstone of outcrop, whereas the so-called Wandoan elsewhere in the basin was shown to be equivalent to the uppermost Clematis and lower Moolayember Formation of outcrop. Again, the drilling has confirmed the lithological correlation of the Precipice Sandstone of the Surat Basin with the Helidon Sandstone of the Moreton Basin, and the Evergreen Formation and Hutton Sandstone (which overlie the Precipice) with the Marburg Sandstone (which overlies the Helidon); the remarkably persistent oolite marker in the Evergreen and Marburg has been shown to be of essentially the same age throughout.Extension of the project widely through the sedimentary basins of Queensland is warranted.Proposed work for 1971 includes drilling of the Permian on the western flank of the Bowen Basin, and of the Tertiary in the Hillsborough Basin.

A Departmental Project in Theme Grading

A Departmental Project in Theme Grading

A Departmental Project in Theme Grading

A Departmental Project in Theme Grading

Spanish Workshop: A Departmental Project

T HE Spanish Workshop gathers together students who contribute to the formation of a language program for public presentation, work out the program, and present it. (Simple, isn't it!) This phenomenon need not be limited to Spanish, but should work wherever a group of students can find an audience, in any language. The form the program takes will depend on what the students are able to provide, under capable direction. At Kent State University we have developed a variety program based on things the students had learned to do in several different classes, with the added help of willing bystanders. The program is composed of language in action.