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How eisosomes help the plasma membrane get organized

K arotki et al. (1) reveal how two proteins found in structures called eisosomes enable a yeast cell to parcel its plasma membrane into specialized domains. These proteins wind into helices and stick to the membrane, bending a portion of it into shape. Researchers agree that the proteins and lipids in the plasma membrane can sort into domains that perform particular functions such as signaling....

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Ready, set, 10 months to go: how to get organized and be fearless about ICD-10.

“The billing office is handling that,” an orthopedic surgeon at a recent reimbursement workshop said. Like many physicians, he was unaware that asking the billing office to handle ICD-10, the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), is like trying to do a crossword puzzle using only the “Down” clues. It is impossible, because h...

Realizing the promise of community-based participatory research: community partners get organized!

How youth get engaged: grounded-theory research on motivational development in organized youth programs.

For youth to benefit from many of the developmental opportunities provided by organized programs, they need to not only attend but become psychologically engaged in program activities. This research was aimed at formulating empirically based grounded theory on the processes through which this engagement develops. Longitudinal interviews were conducted with 100 ethnically diverse youth (ages 14–...