The AASM Scoring Manual Four Years Later

RoboCupJunior - Four Years Later

In this paper, we report on the status of the RoboCupJunior league, four years after it was founded. Since its inception in 2000, we have been surveying and/or interviewing students and mentors who participate in the international event. Here we present a high-level overview of this data. We discuss demographics of participants, characteristics of preparation and educational value. We highlight...

ASTA/ASA Commentary on AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events

Phasic or transient? Comment on the terminology of the AASM manual for the scoring of sleep and associated events.

1 I n the recently published American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) scoring manual for sleep stages, 1 the term phasic was replaced throughout by transient. Recommendations for changes in terminology should be made with great care, especially when terminology is a core topic, as indicated by the subtitle of the AASM manual, " Rules, Terminology, and Technical Specifications. " The decision b...

Coinsurance and the demand for physician services: four years later.

In 1971 a study was made of the effects of a 25-percent coinsurance provision on the demand for physician services under a comprehensive prepaid plan for medical care. Comparing physician utilization rates in 1966 (the year before coinsurance was introduced) and 1968 (the first calendar year after the change) showed that coinsurance led to a 24-percent decline in the per capita number of all ph...

Surgical Care Improvement Project: four years later, what's the status?