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Today's IT Graduates Not Quite Measuring Up

L et’s not kid ourselves (and I’m talking to anyone who graduated over 20 years ago):There are many more freshman entering colleges and universities who are not as “good” as we were when we were freshmen;many of today’s undergraduate academic programs not as “good” as ours were; and many of today’s graduates not as “good” as we were. If you think I’m going to refute or contradict those assertio...

Multiple sclerosis-like neurological manifestations in a coeliac patient: nothing is as it seems.

Cobalamin (vitamin B₁₂) deficiency occurs with several disorders, involving different organs and systems, including blood, bowel, nervous system and eyes. Although the most important features are usually haematological ones, presence of neurological involvement, in the absence of blood count alterations, has just been described in the literature. Here we report the case of a 48-year-old man, su...

Receptor Clustering: Nothing Succeeds Like Success

By experimentally limiting the amount of receptor molecules available in a postsynaptic neuron in Drosophila, it has been shown that receptors can preferentially cluster opposite active zones with a high release probability. This asymmetry in receptor distribution can alter the apparent probability and calcium-dependence of neurotransmitter release.

Nothing Hurts Follow-Up like Follow-Up?

Dear EBSJ Readers, First off, some housekeeping notes. Welcome to the new EBSJ, now combined with Global Spine Journal, and our expanded Editor-in-Chief team with Drs. Jeff Wang and Karsten Wiechert. Please welcome on board our newManaging Editor Danielle Lieberman, who has taken on her new role with much appreciated energy. We would like to thank Thea Swanson for her years of faithful service,...

Presidential address: nothing succeeds like excess.