IMMUNOLOGY: Helping and Hindering Infection

Pain medicine and its models: helping or hindering?

OBJECTIVE To identify whether the biopsychosocial framework of illness has overcome the limitations of the biomedical model of disease when applied in the practice of pain medicine. DESIGN Critical review of the literature concerning the application of biopsychosocial models to the praxis of pain medicine and the concepts of living systems. RESULTS The biopsychosocial model of illness, form...

Phish Phodder: Is User Education Helping or Hindering?

Mostly, security professionals can spot a phish a mile off. If they do err, it’s usually on the side of caution, for instance when real organizations fail to observe best practice and generate phish-like marketing messages. Many sites are now addressing the problem with phishing quizzes, intended to teach the everyday user to distinguish phish from phowl (sorry). Academic papers on why people f...

Ethnic Minorities’ Impression Management in the Interview: Helping or Hindering?

Cross-cultural impression management (IM) has not been considered much, which is remarkable given the fast rate at which the labor market is becoming multicultural. This study investigated whether ethnic minorities and majorities differed in their preference for IM-tactics and how this affected ethnic minorities' interview outcomes. A preliminary study (focus groups/survey) showed that ethnic m...

Helping Cancer Patients to Fight with Infection

نوتروپنی در صورتی که منجر به شوک عفونی گردد، میتواند باعث مرگ بیمار شود مقابله با عفونت، شامل بررسی دقیق، مراقبت های پیشگیری کننده و مداخله به موقع می باشد. بیماران سرطانی بستری در بیمارستانها، اغلب در معرض خطر عفونت قرار دارند. بویژه اگر احتیاج به درمان شدید با روش های تشخیمی داشته باشند. هرگونه عفونت می تواند تهدیدی برای زندگی بیماران دارای نوتروپنی محسوب شود.

Financial Regulation in the English-Speaking Caribbean: Is it Helping or Hindering Microfinance?