Japan Could Change While Staying the Course

Staying the course.

Staying in Touch while on the Go

While chemical forms of cell-to-cell communication are well recognized to coordinate bacterial populations, electrical signaling has been relatively ignored. Humphries et al. show that Bacillus subtilis biofilms utilize potassium production to attract far away, motile cells of even phylogenetically distant species by altering their membrane potential.

Staying the course: the Captain's Log continues.

This paper introduces the reader to the context for the papers in this journal supplement by describing the background and task assigned to the authors, a short history of the development of the field of literacy and health in Canada, some recent developments and opportunities, some information on the nature and magnitude of the issue, and an overview of the supplement. The publication results ...

[The effect of BGM on patients' mood change while staying in a pharmacy's lounge].

  In order to examine the effects of music on mood, we administered a survey to patients awaiting the preparation of their prescription medicines in pharmacy lounges. Two pharmacies took part in this study, both of which are in a metropolitan area treating fewer than 100 prescription sheets per day. Two hundred and fifty-two patients were divided into two groups: one group listened to backgroun...

Staying the course--with a few adjustments.

D iabetes Care is the most widely read clinical diabetes journal. This is due, in large part, to the vision and strategies of the previous editors: Jay S. Skyler (1978–1982, the founding editor), F. John Service (1983–1987), David C. Robbins (1988 –1991), Allen L. Drash (1992–1996), and Charles M. Clark, Jr. (1997–2001). A measure of its influence is the recent adoption of a Portuguese edition ...