managerial accounting The engagement of an external HEI in the placement selection process, as well as in the wider institutional collaborative activities, has enhanced cooperation between institutions. The SPEED programme has also seen an engagement of students beyond the expected academic disciplines (e.g. engineering, science, business) into areas including media, design and the arts.

31 What investigations are necessary to exclude secondary polycythaemia?

32 What is the management plan in a patient with secondary polycythaemia presenting with transient ischaemic attacks (TIA)?

33 Why do patients with polycythaemia vera have a tendency to bleed, even though 50% of them have an elevated platelet count?

34 In hyposplenic patients, what precautions are necessary for patients who intend to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Haj?

35 What is the mechanism of development of splenomegaly in chronic leukaemia?

36 In idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), thrombocytes are mainly destroyed in the spleen owing to an immune mechanism. Why, therefore, is there no splenic enlargement as there is with other diseases?

37 Where exactly is the Traub's space? How exact is the percussion of the Traub's space as a sign indicating the size of the spleen?

38 Can you please tell me the indications and complications of blood transfusion.

39 Several times I have read the phrase 'white blood cells elevated with a left shift'. I am wondering what 'left shift' or 'left deviation' stands for.

40 What is the clear definition of 'bleeding time' and 'clotting time'? And what are the applied differences between them?