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How Can Java Be Made Blind-Friendly

The widely used and highly popular Java programming language is proved to be a great tool for developing platform independent applications. Everyday users mostly encounter them when using portable devices (mobile phones, PDAs, etc). However, the ordinary Java applications are inaccessible for the blind in general. Even the most used screen readers can only be enabled to handle GUI elements of a...

How do they, indeed? A reply to Biegler et al.

How should support for climate-friendly technologies be designed?

Stabilizing global greenhouse gas concentrations at levels to avoid significant climate risks will require massive "decarbonization" of all the major economies over the next few decades, in addition to the reduced emissions from other GHGs and carbon sequestration. Achieving the necessary scale of emissions reductions will require a multifaceted policy effort to support a broad array of technol...

Patient-friendly IVF: how should it be defined?

"Patient-friendly" IVF must be associated with a healthy newborn achieved in a safe, cost-effective, and timely manner. Patients are best served when physicians provide honest appraisal of treatment techniques and outcomes using the evidence available from scientific study.

Debate: "How low should LDL cholesterol be lowered?" Viewpoint: "It doesn't need to be very low"

The importance of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) control in the management of patients at high risk of cardiovascular events is unquestionable. The major statin trials have shown that the benefits of LDL lowering extend throughout the range of risk and the range of serum cholesterol, and have indicated that the protective effects of the intervention are mostly related to the baseline risk. Stati...