Thorax in the 1980s

Monographing in the 1980s

ALISO 11(2), 1985, pp. 231-242 The production of taxonomic monographs is discussed in light of the modem tools that are available for their preparation. There is a great need for more monographs since much of the world's flora is not treated in contemporary revisions. These should be a balance between the traditional aspects that must still be employed such as the nomenclatural framework and th...

Group Rebellion in the 1980s

Nutrition Education in the 1980s

The art and science of nutrition education have reached a milestone in their development. Since the early 1980s, growing attention has been paid to improving the effectiveness of nutrition education. Nutrition education has evolved from local teaching and a concern with simple knowledge and information, disseminated primarily on a one-to-one basis in the classroom or clinic, to focus on strateg...

The thorax in ankylosing spondylitis.

One of the most interesting and characteristic findings in the condition known in Great Britain as Ankylosing Spondylitis, and in the U.S.A. as Rheumatoid Spondylitis, is the diminution in thoracic, i.e. intercostal, expansion due to involvement of the costo-transverse and costo-vertebral joints. This finding is not seen as a common or characteristic feature in any of the other rheumatic diseas...

Interventional techniques in the thorax.

Transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) has become the diagnostic procedure of choice in evaluation of focal chest lesions. Both advances in cross-sectional image guidance and cytopathologic techniques allow TNB to accurately diagnose malignancy and characterize a spectrum of benign conditions. Image-guided percutaneous drainage of intrathoracic collections has developed as an extension of similar pr...