A Renewed, Independent Association

Strategy games: a renewed framework

Game theory is a useful framework in multi-agent system verification. In this context, an important contribution is given by modal logics for strategic ability, such as ATL, SL, and the like, which allow to describe the interaction among players for the achievement of specific goals. However, most of the attempts carried out so far have focused on specific forms of games in which strategic-reas...

Cardioembolic Infarction: A Renewed Topic of Interest

Cardioembolic infarction accounts for one quarter of all cerebral infarcts and is the most severe subtype of ischemic stroke. The rate of in-hospital death may be as high as 27% and a few patients are symptom-free at discharge from the hospital. Major cardiac sources of embolism are well-established and cardioembolic stroke is largely preventable. However, once stroke due to cardiac embolism ha...

Containing antimicrobial resistance: a renewed effort.

This month in the Bulletin, a research paper by Togoobaatar et al. reveals that more than 40% of children in Mongolia are given antibiotics without prescription for respiratory tract infections. 1 Another paper published recently by Kumarasamy et al. highlights the serious threat posed by the NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1) superbug, a microbial threat for which there is limited surveil...

Ascorbic Acid in Cancer: A Renewed Hope?

Ascorbic acid (AA), long known to treat scurvy, has had debatable use as an anti-neoplastic drug in the past. However recent in vitro and in vivo studies have revealed previously unexplored mechanisms through which AA selectively damages cancer cells without causing damage to normal cells. In view of newly emerging evidence, many clinical trials have been designed to study these effects in pati...

[Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis emergence: a renewed challenge].