Family tragedy spotlights flu mutations

Family fun--family tragedy: ATV-related deaths involving family members.

CMAJ Specialty Spotlights

© 1999 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Technology: Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists of platelets Use: The activation of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors results in rapid thrombosis through specific binding of its ligand, fibrinogen. The use of the Fab fragment of the mouse/human chimeric monoclonal antibody 7E3, now known as the pharmaceutical abciximab (ReoPro),...

Illuminant color perception of spectrally filtered spotlights.

The color perceived to belong to the illumination of objects is often based on cues from the scene within which the objects are perceived, instead of being based on any view of the source itself. We present measurements of illuminant color estimation by human observers for moving, spectrally filtered spotlights. The results show that when only one illuminant is in the field of view, estimates o...

Visual attention: Spotlights, highlights and visual awareness

The phenomenon of visual attention has long fascinated scientists interested in higher functions of the brain. Introspection suggests that attention exerts a powerful influence on the flow of visual information within our brains: everyone is familiar with the experience of attending so intently to a particular object in the visual world that he/she is oblivious to other salient stimuli present ...

Spotlights on ambulatory measures of arterial stiffness.

To the Editor: Arterial stiffness is an independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. 1 It should come as no surprise that researchers are currently looking for measures of arterial stiffness that are easy to record even under ambulatory conditions. In this Journal, Gosse and colleagues 2 recently compared three indexes, derived from individual ambulatory blood pressure (BP) ...