Climbing On: Editorial Evolution

Tree climbing and human evolution.

Paleoanthropologists have long argued--often contentiously--about the climbing abilities of early hominins and whether a foot adapted to terrestrial bipedalism constrained regular access to trees. However, some modern humans climb tall trees routinely in pursuit of honey, fruit, and game, often without the aid of tools or support systems. Mortality and morbidity associated with facultative arbo...

Editorial commentary: climbing the evidentiary hierarchy for environmental infection control.

Increasing concern over multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), especially vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile, and multidrugresistant gram-negative bacteria (MDRGNB), has led to increasing attention being paid to the role of high-touch environmental surfaces in transmission. Our current understanding of the roles of environmental surfaces in MDRO transmission include t...

Editorial: Special Issue on the Ninth International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2006)

The Network spawned two organizations: CLAWAR Limited and the CLAWAR Association. They aim to continue the objectives of the CLAWAR Network and to respond to the future needs of the robotics community. A number of excellent papers were selected from these and the authors were invited to submit an extended paper. These papers underwent the regular review procedure to meet the high standards of I...

Editorial: EHP Evolution Continues

Mini-Monograph series this year, instead publishing more Review articles on topics that might once have been covered by Mini-Monographs. Here, we explain that decision and give some historical perspective on the Mini-Monographs. EHP was begun in 1972 by David P. Rall, then director of the NIEHS. In addition to publishing original research articles, the journal was intended as a means of publish...

Editorial: Language Acquisition and Evolution