Thoughts on Research

Thoughts on Pharmaceutical Research Coordination

Futurologists continue to tell us (Naisbit 1982, Diebold 1984, Porter 1985, Skinner 1985, Toffler 1990) that we are entering an information age, in which intellectual property and the ability to translate it into flexible productive systems will be the principal competitive advantage available to corporations. Exploiting information systems for this purpose in the pharmaceutical industry is a d...

Further thoughts on research funding.

This commentary expands on concepts on research funding within emergency medicine as developed in Part I of the Future of Emergency Medicine Research Conference proceedings. Specifically, this article focuses on strategies to enhance the support of research emergency medicine and development of the research infrastructure in the specialty.

Tick control: thoughts on a research agenda.

Tick control is critical to the control of tick borne disease, while the direct impact of ticks on livestock productivity is also well known. For livestock, tick control today rests overwhelmingly on the twin approaches of genetics and chemical acaricides, although the disadvantages and limitations of both are recognized. The achievement of the full potential of vaccination, the application of ...

CDMTCS Research Report Series Some Thoughts On Automatic Structures

Some Thoughts on Sexualities and Research in India

Sexuality is part and parcel of our existence and it matters to a great extent of our living. To quote John Bancroft (1994) ‘there are few people for whom sex has not been important.... and many for whom it has played a dominant part in their lives’. It is difficult to define as it encompasses so many aspects of our lives. ‘ Expression’ of our sexuality may be varied. Sexually, though some beha...