All PT roads led to Rome: Proficiency Testing Workshop

All Roads Lead To Rome

Legendary mathematician Paul Erdos liked to talk about the perfect proofs of mathematical theorems maintained by God. In [1], six different proofs are given to the infinity of prime numbers. Unlike mathematical proofs which are mentally reproducible objects, signal processing researchers can have an intimate discussion with God by creating computational algorithms which are experimentally repro...

All roads do not lead to Rome.

REGIONAL anesthesia has evolved in recent years from a technique into an art, practiced by some pioneering anesthesiologists. As with any art form, regional anesthesia has obtained a level of complexity not seen before. Until recently, regional anesthesia was used by a select group, using sophisticated wording and techniques that prohibited its widespread implementation. However, with the devel...

Rational heme protein design: all roads lead to Rome.

Heme proteins are among the most abundant and important metalloproteins, exerting diverse biological functions including oxygen transport, small molecule sensing, selective C-H bond activation, nitrite reduction, and electron transfer. Rational heme protein designs focus on the modification of the heme-binding active site and the heme group, protein hybridization and domain swapping, and de nov...

Male Circumcision and HIV: Do All Roads Lead to Rome?

Quality improvement, different roads to Rome

Algra and co-authors [1] can be congratulated on both their results in the treatment of the hypoplastic left heart syndrome and on their efforts in continuous improvement of quality of care. The Norwood operation for the hypoplastic left heart syndrome has already attracted quite some attention in the Netherlands over time, as demonstrated by previous publications, concerning the introduction a...