Major teaching hospitals have the lowest mortality rate of all hospital categories, according to a new study conducted by Truven Health Analytics. But they also have significantly higher incidence of adverse patient-safety events and complications.
The turtle is often associated with myths of creation, in which it is seen as a support for the world: 1  In India, the earth rests on the backs of elephants, supported by the shell of a turtle. 2  In numerous North American creation myths, the turtle carries the world on its back.
Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk. Encarta Dictionary: gastropod | gastropods [plural] | Gastropoda [member of] a mollusk that has a head with eyes, a large flattened foot, and often a single shell, e.g. a limpet, snail, or slug.