Transfer of training: does it truly happen?

Knowledge Transfer: Can KM Make it Happen?

Left ventricular hypertrophy: why does it happen?

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have much higher rates of cardiovascular disease than the healthy population. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), in particular, is common in this patient group. The impact of a decline in haemoglobin concentration on left ventricular mass index has been well documented. Partial correction of anaemia with recombinant human erythropoietin (epoetin) tr...

Does Problem Behavior Just Happen? Does It Matter?

This article questions· ~hether it is useful to think of problem behavior as caused, and whether causal information about problem behavior is a necessary prerequisite to changing it. Psychoanalytic, behavioral, systemic, and solutionRfocused approaches to the issue are discussed briefly. Taking the perspective that the cause or causes of a particular client's problem behavior cmmot be known, it...

Malignant transformation of hepatocellular adenoma: how frequently does it happen?

Hepatocellular adenoma is a very rare disease in Japan, and institutions encounter only a limited number of cases. This is one of the reasons for the current skepticism in Japan over whether hepatocellular adenoma can truly undergo malignant transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma. However, hepatocellular adenoma is highly prevalent in Western countries, particularly in Europe, and textbooks...

Regeneration in the metazoans: why does it happen?

Why does regeneration occur? And why, when it manifests itself, does it do so in some but not all metazoan species? Hence, what are the permissive or inhibitory factors operating behind this phenomenon? When it comes to regeneration, many questions, such as these, remain unanswered. In fact, the problem of animal regeneration has withstood the probing of scientific inquiry for over 250 years an...