Rx for Health

Rx for Semantics∗

A constructive framework of recent work in the semantics of programming languages is offered. The criticism is directed not so much at the techniques and results obtained as at the use to which they are put. The fact that denotational (or “mathematical”) semantics plays on the whole a passive (“descriptive”) rôle, while operational semantics plays on the whole an active (“prescriptive”) rôle, i...

Health insurance purchasing alliances: monopsony threat or procompetitive Rx for health sector ills?

Introduction ................... ...... 1546 I. Health Insurance Purchasing ............................ 1552 A. General Background ................................. 1552 B. Purchasing Alliance Activity: The California Experience .......................................... 1554 C. Purchasing Alliance Activity: Other States ........... 1556 II. Antitrust Analysis of Collaborative Purchaser Activi...

Coolant Management : Rx for Ending - ?

Rx for ECG monitoring artifact.

The object of electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring is the observation and assessment of the heart's electrical activity. Cardiac monitoring has become extremely commonplace in recent years in critical care and ambulatory settings. Electronic advancements have produced instrumentation with the potential of providing accurate information and reliable heart rate alarms. Computerized monitors enha...

Rx: forgiveness.