Raw deal for academics

A raw deal.

Rafina Khateeb, MD, Tejal Gandhi, MD, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California S...

Getting Published for Academics

It is by no means a trivial matter to undertake a research project and produce an academic paper to a publishable standard. However, it is not as difficult as many university teachers who do not publish believe. The single most difficult step is the first one of getting started. Once this has been taken the apparent enormity of the problem often substantially dwindles. Eight points are suggeste...

Telepresence Robots for Academics

Telepresence robotics is a sophisticated form of robotic remote control in which a human operator has a sense of being on location – that is, of being telepresent. I propose a demonstration of two telepresence robots, one floor model (VGo) and one tabletop model (KUBI). In this proposal, I describe the technology and briefly summarize the research that led to the purchase of the robots. The res...

Are breast-fed babies still getting a raw deal in hospital?

After preliminary validation of test weighing under ward conditions the fluid intake and weight gain of 39 breast-fed and 25 artificially fed infants were compared. All were fed every four hours for six feeds a day, and the breast-fed infants received dextrose supplements only. The average intake and weight gain of the breast-fed group was significantly less than that of the group fed artificia...

Big Deal - good deal? Or is there a better deal?