Fundamental Theology at the Crossroads: Challenges and Alternatives After a Long Maturation

Long term Anticoagulation at Crossroads.

Clouds at the Crossroads: Research Perspectives and Challenges

Despite its promise, most cloud computing innovations have been almost exclusively driven by a few industry leaders, such as Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, Microsoft and IBM. The involvement of a wider research community (both in academia and industrial labs) has so far been patchy without a clear agenda. In our opinion, the limited participation stems from the prevalent view that clouds are mostly an...

The electrocardiogram at a crossroads.

79 T he ECG is at a crossroads as to its future integration into modern medical practice. Those most interested in elec-trocardiography remain the old guard, whose careers evolved with this technology. They remain as enamored by the expe-riential mythology as by the experimental science of the ECG. Electrophysiologists, who rightly should be carrying on the torch of further ECG development, are...

Cuba at the crossroads: twenty-five years after the revolution

W~~lor the I irst and only time during our stay in Cuba, we m i are subject to strict security no cameras, no bags. The factory is a prime target for CIA saboteurs. In the foreground a welcoming committee from the complex is clustering lightly. Perhaps 200 people: women favouring bright bandanas to cover rollers in their hair, some o f the men a fleeting cord or denim peaked caps, all save lot ...

Colposcopy at a crossroads.

New cervical cancer prevention strategies are arising from rapidly improving insight into human papillomavirus (HPV) natural history and cervical carcinogenesis, challenging the conventional roles of cytology and colposcopically directed biopsy as the reference standards of screening and diagnosis, respectively. HPV testing has high sensitivity but mediocre specificity and positive predictive v...