Beyond the Guidelines Stance

Beyond the Guidelines Stance

SEE PAGE 166 F ibrinolysis remains a cornerstone for the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not readily available. Its administration in a pre-hospital setting increases the proportion of patients undergoing rapid reperfusion with resultant improved outcomes compared with in-hospital administration (1). The lo...

STANCE AND ENGAGEMENT DISCOURSE MARKERS IN JOURNAL’S “AUTHOR GUIDELINES”

Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the study of interactional metadiscourse markers in different contexts. However, not much research has been conducted about the discourse of journal author guidelines, especially the use of meta-discourse markers in this genre. Therefore, this corpus-based study had three main aims: 1) to delve deep into the types, frequencies and f...

Beyond the Design Stance: The Intention of Agent-Based Engineering

This paper is a manifesto in progress. We are two researchers who frequently use agents in anger to do our jobs. Yet we have been having trouble finding value in most of the papers that get published in the field of Multi Agent Systems (MAS). This paper represents our attempt to understand why not. We will start with the most basic question: Why do people use Multi Agent Systems? One answer is ...

Difficult asthma: beyond the guidelines.

DiYcult asthma: beyond the guidelines

The current guidelines for prophylactic treatment of paediatric asthma culminate in the addition of regular oral corticosteroids after a stepwise increase in treatment. However, there are still a few patients whose asthma is not controlled despite such maximal conventional treatment and these children are often referred to a tertiary paediatric respiratory centre. Childhood asthma has several m...