Lymphocytes are rhythmic: is this important?

Lymphocytes are important in early atherosclerosis.

Lymphocytes represent a potentially important proinflammatory cell that localizes to atherosclerotic lesions. To determine whether they contribute to lesion development, atherosclerosis-prone (LDLR(-/-)) mice were crossed with lymphocyte-deficient (RAG1(-/-)) mice to generate double knockout progeny. After 8 weeks on a Western-type diet (WTD), lesion development was reduced by 54% in double kno...

Occupy this and a sense of what is important.

T his is the first issue since our combined CACAP-AACAP meeting in Toronto last October. Always good to know, first hand, what big brother is up to (and I don't mean it here in any Orwellian sense). There might have been some existential angst in our conversations with the Yanks as inevitably, in the back of our minds, thoughts about our status as a new subspecialty next year rattled our collec...

Formalising Configuration Languages: Why is this Important in Practice?

Are you sure this is Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia?

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by the presence of lymphoplasmacytic cells in the BM and IgM monoclonal protein in the serum. The origin of the malignant clone is thought to be a B cell arrested after somatic hypermutation in the germinal center and before terminal differentiation to plasma cells. In this review, recent advances in the gen...

Needs Assessment Competencies: Are They Important for Extension Educators?

The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of eleven professional competencies related to needs assessment and program development; a secondary purpose was to identify the best time these competencies should be learned. The study followed a survey research design, in which 441 randomly selected extension educators in the North Central Region of the United States responded to a qu...