No abstract

Objective: To determine differences between hospitalized injured children who had preinjury cognitive impairments (IMPs) and children who had no preinjury cognitive conditions (NO).Design: Comparative analysis, excluding fatalities, of patients with IMP (n=371) with patients with NO (n= 58745), aged from 0 to 19 years.

Poaching in Russia has been reported to be of catastrophic proportions and threatens maintenance of biodiversity. Management of game species has stabilized some num bers, but both endangered species listed in the Russian Red Book and animals tradi tionally viewed as hunting prey are diminishing in some regions. Rank-and-file hunters, increasingly shut off from access to hunting grounds, have expressed a nega tive reaction to new hunting regulations adopted by the Russian government in 2012. While high-profile poaching incidents by so-called "VIP hunters" do not apparently make up a large portion of cases, the symbolism of the alleged crimes has a deroga tory impact on ordinary hunters because lawlessness is reinforced by perceptions of impunity for elite poachers.

The reserve system in the USSR is complex; more than 11.4 million ha of land are involved in several categories, which afford wildlife different degrees of protection. At least 40 major new reserves are planned for the near future, but Soviet conservationists have to face demands for agricultural land, poaching, increasing pressure from tourism and organizational problems. In 1984 the author visited the USSR to study the scientific uses of the country's reserves. It was Dr Braden's third research trip to the USSR; as Vice-President of the International Snow Leopard Trust she has been involved in discussions there about the captive-breeding and exchange of snow leopards between the USA and the USSR.

No abstract