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Asthma is a Serious Danger

  میزان مرگ و میر آسم طی دهه گذشته بطور چشمگیری تغییر کرده است. با مبتلا کردن ۱۵ میلیون آمریکایی میزان مرگ و میر در سال ۱۹۷۸، به رقم ۱۸۷۲ نفر و ۹ سال بعد، به بیش از ۴۰۰۰ نفر رسید. علت چنین افزایش چشمگیری روشن نیست. علل احتمالی عبارتند از کاهش ظرفیت تنفس، استفاده بیش از حد از داروهای استثنائی و استنباط غلط بیماران و نیز مراکز درمانی نسبت به شدت بیماری است. بررسی دقیق، معالجات مناسب و آموزش به ب...

Seizure and Rhabdomyolysis: Serious Complications of Tramadol Overdose

To the Editor; Tramadol, a synthetic opioid is mainly used to treat acute and chronic pain. Although this drug is not an over-the-counter medication, it has been illicitly accessible to and abused by opium addicts (1-3). Studies showed excessive and widespread use of tramadol in Iran (1-4). Tramadol may cause constipation, drowsiness, tachycardia and respiratory distress, while the most severe...

Serious Ideas for Serious Investors

Active Vs. Index: The Liquid Alternative Strategies Game Heats Up Joanne Hill Hedge Fund Indexation And Replication Marc Freed Building An LBO Index Jeff Hooke and Ted Barnhill The Half-Life Of Smart Beta Elisabeth Kashner Plus an interview with the CIO of the LSU Foundation, Blitzer on the importance of liquidity, Edhec’s Amenc and Goltz on smart-beta criticisms, Ossiam’s Rulik on rebalancing ...

Serious Assessments in Serious Games

Serious gaming requires serious interfaces

This paper focuses on the application of intuitive game interfaces (including brain machine interfaces) to serious gaming, in particular real-time, interactive, and highly realistic environments for advanced concept development, experimentation and training.