The Building Blocks of Integrated Care

The Building Blocks of Integrated Care

This special issue grows out of a collaborative project between IFIC and Edge Hill University (UK) that led to six webinars delivered by international experts on integrated care. 1 The papers are reflection pieces by those who delivered the webinars providing a unique summary of accumulated expertise in some of the most important themes in the integrated care field. This special issue also offe...

Building blocks for integrated graphene circuits.

The observation of single sheets of graphite (graphene) presents new possibilities for carbon-based nanoelectronics. We report defect tolerant configurations for a nearly reflectionless 120 degrees turn and nearly reflectionless symmetric and asymmetric splitters, which can be cut from graphene. Connections between zigzag strips of different widths can be made with either low or high reflectanc...

Emergency care in India: the building blocks

BACKGROUND The Republic of India, the world's most populous democracy, has struggled with establishing Emergency Medical Care. However, with the recent recognition of Emergency Medicine as a formal specialty in medical training, there has been renewed vigor in the developments in the field. METHOD AND RESULTS We outline here the building blocks of the health care system in India, and the cont...

Building integrated care

Design of Integrated Building Blocks for the Digital/Analog Interface

The integrated circuit has, since it was invented in the late 1950’s, undergone a tremendous development and is today found in virtually all electric equipment. The small feature size and low production cost have made it possible to implement electronics in everyday objects ranging from computers and mobile phones to smart prize tags. Integrated circuits are typically used for data communicatio...