A look back into a typical patient with memory complains

A Brief Look into Spike Sorting Methods

Spike sorting is a class of techniques used in the analysis of electrophysiological data. Studying the dynamics of neural activity via electrical recording relies on the ability to detect and sort neural spikes recorded from a number of neurons by the same electrode. This article reviews methods for detecting and classifying action potentials, a problem commonly referred to as spike sorting.

A look back and a look ahead.

The author reviews a series of predictions made more than two decades ago regarding nursing and nursing administration. These concerned the work of nursing, the workers involved in nursing, the environment surrounding practice, and the nurse's role. While many of the forecasts were right on target, others fell short of the mark; both are discussed in light of the challenges facing nurse adminis...

A look back, a look ahead.

Let's look at human immunodeficiency virus look-back before leaping into hepatitis C virus look-back.

THESE ARE INTERESTING but disturbing times in trans­ fusion medicine. For. better or worse, our decisions and policies are influenced aimosf as much by lawyers, leg­ islators, ethicists, the media, and other "representa­ tives" of the public interest as they are by physicians ' and scientists who have devoted their life's work to the field. The issue presently at hand is the advisability of v i...

A Look into Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, from the Past to Today

Introduction: Biological attack a phenomenon which has seriously started in the 20th- century and is expanding every day. Plague agent is one of factors listed as a biological weapon by the disarmament convention. Therefore, the risk of biological or bioterrorism applications is probable and serious. The purpose of this study was to update health professionals' information on plague and bioterr...