New year, new look

New year, new look, new content.

As we step into the new year of 2014, the Hong Kong Medical Journal (HKMJ) is having a new look. The previous design was used for seven years and the Editorial Board believed that the journal warranted a new dress in this new year. We spent a lot of time designing the new journal cover that you have received in this issue. It incorporates a modern and clean design; more white space is created, ...

A new look for a New Year.

A New Year, a new look.

A review of 2004, and with the new year comes a new look

2004 was a great year for Critical Care. Our impact factor increased to 1.9, making us the sixth highest ranking intensive/critical care journal. The ranking that is compiled by Thompson ISI [1] showed that Critical Care had the second largest growth in the field. A research article by Rinaldo Bellomo and colleagues [2] published in May 2004 broke all of our previous ‘most accessed’ records, ch...

Persian Carpet: A New Look From a Different Angle

The Textile Museum & The International Hajji Baba Club Washington D.C. June 19, 2004 Introduction Handmade carpet production in Iran goes back to the history, of which is not the subject of this short paper and presentation. Carpet production and in general carpet culture especially in rural areas is combined and mixed with every-day life of many people. In rural places, almost all the women...