The future face of conservation: could it be female?

Could it be Lyme neuroborreliosis?

Could Touch User Interfaces be the future ?

In recent years the popularity of the touch user interface (TUI), has skyrocketed. There are currently no signs for this trend to diminish; to the contrary future vision videos from leading technology companies show a future relying even heavier on this method of input (e.g. Microsoft, 2009). However, reviews of TUI implementations point to a number of problems, including: lack of overview of a...

Nontoxic, fiscally responsible, future of oncology: could it be beginning in the Third World?

In this issue of the journal, a prospective pediatric study by Fousseiny et al 1 evaluating a multidrug metronomic regimen in children with difficult-to-treat malignancies in Mali, is presented. It examines, for the first time in a prospective manner, the applicability of using established, off-patent agents in an alternative ‘‘metronomic’’ regimen. The authors, indirectly, make the case, that ...

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

Could it be a secondary hypertension?

• No family history of hypertension in a thin child • Age younger than 10 years and prepubertal stage • Acute rise in blood pressure previously normal • Severe hypertension (SBP/DBP ≥ 99th percentile plus 5 mmHg) • Mild hypertension (SBP/DBP ≥ 95th percentile plus 5 mmHg) in systemic disease • Nocturnal hypertension, reduced nocturnal dipping or diastolic hypertension at 24-hour BP monitoring •...