Don’t just soldier on—read this

This Just In! Your Life in the Newspaper

It is not uncommon for computer users to work on several things at once. However, to the computer, all documents, emails and applications are considered equal, regardless of why they were created or used. Little support is provided when trying to recall important information about a particular project or subject at a later time. What is more, there is no effective way to help users review their...

Increasing operating room throughput: just buzzwords for this decade?

Just Buzzwords for This Decade? IN the 1990s, Dexter et al. showed clearly that one has to reduce turnover time by more than 50% of the surgical duration to be able to do one additional case. But in the first decade of this new century, three reports challenged this concept and showed that additional cases could be done. These reports focused on improving operating room (OR) throughput, not by ...

Soldier rehabilitation.

The Soldier and Autonomy

Sergeant Varisano was part of an art team called upon to document Operation Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf War. This watercolor, depicting the loneliness and responsibility of guard duty, also depicts all soldiers who, by virtue of being soldiers, set aside their individual autonomy for this period to be part of the team and the mission.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy*

We examine the distribution and interpretation of post-copular noun phrases in French when they appear with and without an indefinite article (Marie est (une) physicienne). We propose that the alternation is due to the fact that the indefinite article marks saturation of an NP-internal argument slot, and show that because of this, post-copular indefinite NPs are usually but not always existenti...