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Coming of Age: An Anniversary to Celebrate

In 2012 CIT. Journal of Computing and Information Technology celebrates its twentieth year of regular publishing. As this anniversary is difficult to reach in an otherwise very competitive environment like scientific publishing, I feel compelled to commemorate it in this Editorial, where I am outlining both the most important steps in CIT’s life, as well as future plans along with respective pr...

Abbey ambitions to celebrate home of genetics

A century and a half after the ground-breaking work by Gregor Mendel in establishing the foundation of genetics, efforts are under way to develop a fitting commemoration of his work at his abbey home in Brno. Nigel Williams reports.

Feature Papers to Celebrate the Landmarks of Catalysts

Catalysis is a critical scientific field that underpins much of the world’s chemical industry. For example, it is often quoted that catalysis plays a role in 90% of all industrial chemical products. This importance has led to numerous academic journals and specialized conferences on the subject, as practitioners seek outlets to publish their cutting-edge research on catalysis. Catalysts started...

Antihypertensive prescribing: do we have reason to celebrate?

The blood pressure (BP) goal for Healthy People 2000 was to achieve BP control in 50% of the population with hypertension. Unfortunately, BP was only controlled in 31% in 2000.1 When the goal was not achieved in 2000, the same goal of 50% was established in Healthy People 2010.2 There is slightly 3 years to achieve Health People 2010. Do we have reason to be concerned with achieving this rather...

Emergency medicine research--a time to celebrate, contemplate, and propagate.