We report a rare presentation of a child with unilateral facial palsy that progressed to full blown Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) within the next three days. Case report An 11 year old girl presented with inability to close the left eye and water drooling from left corner of the mouth while drinking for one day. There was no history of preceding illness or trauma. Examination revealed isolated lower motor neuron type left facial nerve palsy grade V according to the House-Brackmann grading system 1. The rest of the neurological examination was normal with intact

A framework to support creation of location based services (LBS) applications using map services is designed and implemented. It provides a means to develop interoperable LBS applications which are independent of service provider, device or data providers. Application developers can use the framework to utilize multiple map servers following Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) standards in creating the LBS applications. Mobile phone users can access the applications created by the framework through mobile Internet. A cascading map server and a application database is used at the application server.The LBS applications developed by the framework can provide directory assistance services on wide spectrum of mobile phones ranging from mid-range to smart phones. Thus many LBSs which have hitherto been denied to mid-range phones are made possible, exploiting their available resources. The results of a sample implementation of the framework, issues and suggestions for improvement of the design are also presented

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This perspective highlights the misidentifications of medically important snakes that could commonly occur in hospitals and provides a quick-reference, illustrated guide for minimising such snake misidentifications in the Sri Lankan healthcare setting.