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Head and neck pathology defined here as including all structures contained in the area from the level of the clavicles to the sella turcica, has finally come of age and can rightfully take its place among other well-recognized subspecialties, such as hematopathology, neuropathology, and dermatopathology. Considering all the tissues contained in this small area-skin, mucosal surfaces, bone, soft tissue, lymph nodes, salivary glands, odontogenic structures, thyroid. parathyroids, eyes, and peripheral and central nervous system-one may rightfully argue that head and neck pathology is “nothing morc” than the practice of general pathology above the clavicles. The frozen-section tissue examination. performed during surgery while the patient is still under anesthesia, is accepted as an integral part of the proper surgical treatment of a patient. An entire generation of pathologists and surgeons have become familiar with the method and its benefits to then1 and their patients. Although frozen ...

Serial killers typically target absolute strangers. On a practical level, this creates a more difficult challenge for law enforcement without the benefit of knowing the motivation or the relationship between victim and killer. This may be only half of the story, however. Compartmentalization is a psychological facilitator that serial killers use to overcome or neutralize whatever pangs of guilt they might otherwise experience. It may be an immense exaggeration to suggest that most serial killers are totally lacking in human warmth and concern. Instead, they may be able to compartmentalize their moralistic predilections by constructing at least two categories of human beings—their circle of family and friends, whom they care about and treat with decency, and individuals with whom they have no relationship and therefore victimize with total disregard for their feelings.   For example, Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi clearly divided the world into two camps. The individuals tow...

  The Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) is the most often employed instrument for assessing language learning strategy use. The items on the SILL all involve 5-point rating scales ranging from ‘never or almost never true of me’ to ‘always or almost always true of me.’ At first sight, these scales are similar to the scales used in the MSLQ [THE MOTIVATED STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE], but a closer look reveals two fundamental differences. First, although both scale types use the term “true of me,” the MSLQ scales range from ‘not at all’ to ‘very’ whereas the SILL scales from ‘never or almost never’ to ‘always or almost always.’ Second, the items themselves are of a different nature.   v   Memory strategies “I use a combination of sounds and images to remember the new word.” v   Cognitive strategies “I look for patterns in the new language.” v   Compensation Strategies “I make up new words if I do not know the right one.” v ...