AIAN prepares for the new millennium

PRINTS prepares for the new millennium

PRINTS is a diagnostic collection of protein fingerprints. Fingerprints exploit groups of motifs to build characteristic family signatures, offering improved diagnostic reliability over single-motif approaches by virtue of the mutual context provided by motif neighbours. Around 1000 fingerprints have now been created and stored in PRINTS. The September 1998 release (version 20.0), encodes appro...

Energy for the new millennium.

The evolution of thinking about energy is discussed. When the authors began collaborating 20 years ago, energy was typically considered from a growth-oriented, supply-side perspective, with a focus on consumption trends and how to expand supplies to meet rising demand. They were deeply troubled by the environmental, security and equity implications of that approach. For instance, about two bill...

Mentoring for the New Millennium.

The challenges and benefits of a formal mentoring program are considered within the context of learning organizations: specifically, graduate medical education and professional development. While no single definition addresses every aspect of mentoring, this process is a distinct one with established traditions and expectations. The core requirements of attraction, action and affect remain and ...

Preparing for the new millennium.

The world around us is changing and Environmental Health Perspectives (EHI7 continues to change with it. The past several years have seen a growing recognition of the connections between the environment and human health, as well as the globalization of environmental health problems. EHP has responded by expanding its own definition of environmental health to reflect those connections and to add...

New Directions for the New Millennium