Field of Dreams : Australia's National Schools Project

Abruzzo National Park: land of dreams.

The Schools Malaria Project

The Schools Malaria Project (http://emalaria.soton.ac.uk/) brings together school students with university researchers in the hunt for a new antimalaria drug. Malaria kills a child every thirty seconds, and 40% of the world’s population lives in countries where the disease is endemic. Resistance to existing drugs is increasing and there is a growing need for new compounds. This challenge is bei...

National Special Schools Union

foresee a probable decrease in the number of mental defectives to be dealt with; but thought there were possibilities of a reduction in the number of physical defectives. There was an enormous and gratifying improvement in the conditions under which special education was carried on, and there could be none better than those enjoyed in some parts of Scotland. Mr. McKechnie begged all teachers to...

National project of blood pressure control: Do's and don't's

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Physiologic dead space assessment: field of dreams or clinical paradigm?

In this issue of RESPIRATORY CARE, Siobal and colleagues report on the correlation, precision, and bias of calculated physiologic dead space, determined using the volumetric capnography module available in the Dräger XL ventilator, compared to other methods (metabolic analyzer and volumetric CO2 monitor).1 It is important to note that the investigators choose comparative technologies that refle...