UK universities: New blood encouraged

Alternative Medicine in UK Universities

Poppleton University made history when it decided to re-name its Department of Physics and Astronomy as the Department of Evidence-based Physics. This restructuring became necessary after the foundation of the new Department of Alternative Physics and Astrology. How did this come about? The Finance and Public Relations departments at Poppleton, with rare foresight, had spotted an opportunity to...

Changing Traditional Universities into Universities of the New Millenium *

Changing u.fiiversities into viltU;~ universities of the new millennium represents a methodological challenge. Traditional universities are conservative institutions not used to s~ch radical change. Successful change thus presupposes a prof~und understanding of both the traditional and the virtual university culture, and an appropriate method for implementing change must then be selected. ~ or~...

An Analysis of Introductory Programming Courses at UK Universities

Abstract Context: In the context of exploring the art, science and engineering of programming, the question of which programming languages should be taught first has been fiercely debated since computer science teaching started in universities. Failure to grasp programming readily almost certainly implies failure to progress in computer science. Inquiry:What first programming languages are bein...

A New Approach for Classifying Chilean Universities

New Blood Transfusions in Shock

In this article the differences between blood bank 8...'1d normal blood is shown. The danger of massive blood transfusion specially in shocked patient is discussed. The importance of warm blood, correction of acidosis with ventilation and bicarbonate, and the use of fresh plasma to compensate the reduction of coagulation factors are mentioned. The value of acid­phosphaite-dexterose (APD) as sto...