US Pledges Support for UNEP and Observes World Environment Day

CORMS AI: Decision Support System for Monitoring US Maritime Environment

Rule based reasoning and case based reasoning have emerged as two important and complementary reasoning methodologies in artificial intelligence (Al). This paper describes the approach for the development of CORMS AI, a decision support system which employs rule-based and case-based reasoning to assist NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services watch standing personnel in...

Reagan ends Asian trip , pledges more support for S . Korea

A lthough to m ost N o tre Dame and Saint M ary ’s students the c ris is in Lebanon is a far-away event seen o n ­ ly th ro u g h newspaper and te lev is ion reports, tw o students experience it from a m ore personal v ie w p o in t Sheila W halen, a Saint M ary ’s sopho­ m ore, has rece ived several le tte rs fro m M arines stationed there. Ron Karam, a freshm an from Pangborn, is from B e iru...

What Is in Store for Us at World Kidney Day 2016? The Malaysian Experience.

Dear Editor, Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the life-threatening conditions that demand more attention from healthcare industry (1, 2). Annual reports of 2015 World Kidney Day (WKD) predict an increase in CKD by 2030 among the African and Asian population (2). However, the main focus of WKD 2015 is to educate public in preventing CKD among underprivileged community. The ISN (Internation...

World Cancer Day 2011: a world without cancer one day?

Diabetes Dictating Policy: An Editorial Commemorating World Health Day 2016

The 21st century is an era of great challenge for humankind; we are combating terrorism, climate change, poverty, human rights issues and last but not least non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The burden of the latter has become so large that it is being recognized by world leaders globally as an area that it is in need of much greater attention. In light of this concern, the World Health Organiz...