Governments at the bidding table

Research at the table

In this paper we describe how we want to take advantage of the rapid developments in technology to assist researchers in doing research. More specifically in exploring the publication space. For this purpose we have designed and developed a prototype application to take advantage of large displays with multi touch enabled input. We describe the current state, the next steps and how we will to e...

Making room at the table.

A s an oncology nurse practitioner with a busy breast cancer practice, I would spend more than my share of time coordinating patient care. You know the drill: referrals to specialists, insurance pre-authorizations for diagnostic tests, assisting patients in completing applications for indigent care or pharmaceutical benefit programs, and a host of other services to provide high-quality cancer c...

Absence at the Dinner Table:

Lawrencium's place at the table.

The discovery — or, rather, the synthesis — of lawrencium spanned several years and several experiments from two research teams, in Berkeley, USA, and in Dubna, Russia1. In 1961, the US-based team first reported the synthesis of an isotope of element 103. Mixed californium isotope targets 249,250,251,252Cf were bombarded with boron beams; the reaction products were caught by a metalized Mylar t...

Queries at a Mess Table

It contains a mass of useful information on food and drink, all written from the point of view of experience in the plains of India. Ordinary diets, weights of cooked food, the rowingman's diet, illustrative menus, vegetables, cheese are all discussed. The chapters on drink are particularly useful, and free from the bias of the teetotaller. The advice given is sound and to be relied upon. The c...