Internationalism, infectious diseases and international development: there is an elephant in the living room

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: The Elephant in Our Living Room.

Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) canbe considered anelephant in our living room. Since Weller1 published his landmark article in 1971 reporting the ubiquity of the problem of cCMV infection in theUnited States and stressing itsmajor public health importance, cCMVhasbeen recognizedas a common congenital infection that can cause liver disease, thrombocytopenia,hearingandvision loss,microcephaly,...

The cost of cancer care: there is more than one elephant in the room.

In this issue of ONCOLOGY, Dr. Eagle reflects on the cost of cancer care, initially focusing on the magnitude of the problem, followed by a discussion of its causes. Recognizing that the cost of oncology drugs is not the only elephant in the room when addressing the costs of cancer care, Dr. Eagle appropriately points out that “provision of more aggressive care by physicians, the prolongation o...

Is there an elephant in the room? Addressing rival approaches to the interpretation of growth perturbations and small size.

Two interpretations of growth perturbation and small size are commonly applied in human biology: an adaptationist approach in which small size is considered to be an a relatively beneficial adjustment to environmental stressors, and a biomedical approach in which small size is considered nonadaptive, a sign of dysfunction or pathology. These two interpretations conflict, but are used without ac...

Elephant in the Room