Time to Expect More From Pharmacometrics

What to expect from teleconferencing.

Like other marvels of the electronic age, teleconferencing has been both oversold and underused. Though it has many potential uses, what managers know, or think they know, about it is generally based on misconceptions. Rather than relying only on vendors of teleconferencing, potential purchasers should first decide what their communication needs are, then choose the system that suits them best....

Expect to see more scrutiny of bariatric surgery.

The status of pharmacometrics in pregnancy: highlights from the 3rd American conference on pharmacometrics

Physiological changes during pregnancy may alter drug pharmacokinetics. Therefore, mechanistic understanding of these changes and, ultimately, clinical studies in pregnant women are necessary to determine if and how dosing regimens should be adjusted. Because of the typically limited number of patients who can be recruited in this patient group, efficient design and analysis of these studies is...

What to expect from intestinal ultrasonography.

Thanks to increasingly number imaging techniques, sonography is no longer indicated solely for the examination of the parenchymal organs of the abdominal cavity, but also for the small and large intestine. It has an important role in differential diagnosis of pain in the right hypogastrium, particularly when acute appendicitis is suspected. Sonography is also used in patients suspected from acu...

What to Expect from Legal Logic?

This paper argues for a proper position for legal logic in between a general theory of legal reasoning and a general theory of valid reasoning. In discussion with McCarty it argues that legal logic should not be seen as a general theory of legal reasoning, but rather as a theory of what counts as valid reasoning in the legal field. In discussion with earlier work by Verheij and the author himse...