Getting into deep water

Hydrophobicity--getting into hot water.

In his famous 1959 review, Walter Kauzmann clarified important features of the thermodynamic stabilities of proteins. The hydrophobic effect is recognised as an important contributor to the stability of proteins and an important determinant of their structural patterns. As generally understood, it depends on the unusual properties of cold water and its interactions with nonpolar solutes. Here w...

How dentists can avoid getting into hot water.

Getting into Specialty Training

This book is aimed at trainee paediatricians and radiologists preparing for membership and fellowship examinations. It is written by 4 consultant radiologists and 1 consultant paediatrician. It opens with 8 short chapters outlining a system of image interpretation for the chest radiograph, a brief explanation of renal nuclear medicine, an example of normal fluoroscopy of the upper GI tract and ...

Getting men into medicine.

Men are finding it increasingly difficult to access a medical career. The current admissions criteria to gain entry to UK medical schools have resulted in more women being accepted than in the past. The situation is similar to 50 years ago, but in reverse, when women found it difficult to obtain a place to train in medicine. Fortunately this under-representation of females has gradually been re...

Getting into Gp Training

This is the third edition of the very successful CCrISP course manual written by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and anaesthetists. The first edition was published in 1999 and the book has been extensively updated for its third edition. However, the original aim of the course continues: that is to encourage trainees to have an understanding of the pathophysiology of critically ill patients...