THE OPEN DOOR IN PERSIA

Platform—Open Door Dilemma

How are hospitals supposed to cater for patients who are a security risk and still pursue a progressive, 'open door' policy with the majority of their patients? Dr. Norman Imlah, medical director of All Saints Hospital, Birmingham, puts the case for closed special units. advances in the treatment and management of the mentally ill in Britain have brought problems for the legislators, but none m...

Open Door Controversy

Gluconeogenesis in cancer: door wide open.

Zhang et al. (1) make a valuable contribution to the field of cancer metabolism, showing that the tumor suppressor p53 down-regulates the gluconeogenic key enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK, PCK1) via histone deacetylase sirtuin 6. The authors conclude that inhibition of gluconeogenesis may contribute to the tumor-suppressive function of p53. Gluconeogenesis, a reverse glycolysis ...

Open Door: Encouraging Welcome Ca

Brandon Burr & Andy Stanford University, Department of Computer Science 353 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 {bburr, andyszy}@stanford.edu ABSTRACT Past forays into mobile context applications have focused on preventing unwanted communications in a work environment. Open Door is a system for sharing status on mobile phones that encourages welcome calls and lowers barriers to communication in a so...

Sustainable Development and the Open-door Policy in China

We provide an historical survey of Chinese economic reform, a discussion of the current major problems, and measures of the evolution of inequality in China through time, 19791996.We argue that China’s most pressing reform needs now are in the social sphere, specifically the creation of an adequate social security system. The paper concludes with maps showing measures of inequality within each ...