Vedanta University: A Flawed Pipe Dream

A collaborative initiative: pipe dream or possibility?

Students of social sciences and economics are familiar with and have had lengthy discussions about the game theory known as the “prisoner’s dilemma.” The “prisoner’s dilemma” was created by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in the 1950s and later formalized by Albert W. Tucker. The theory behind this game reveals why two people may not cooperate even if it is in the best interest of both parties...

Exclusive breast-feeding--a pipe dream?

Personalized pain medicine: pipe dream or reality?

967 May 2015 E FFECTIVE management of both acute and chronic pain using opioids requires finding an appropriate balance between analgesic effects and associated side effects. This balance is generally achieved by dose titration based on actual observed responses to the opioid agent and dose administered. Other than body mass and previous daily use of opioids, there are no well-accepted predicto...

Tube Morphogenesis: No Pipe Dream in Drosophila

Tubular organs have characteristic lumen sizes that are generated during development. Recent studies of tubular systems in Drosophila have implicated intracellular vesicle transport as an important step in lumen expansion.

Water birth for women with GBS: a pipe dream?

lthough only a relatively small proportion of women give birth in water, many more use birthing pools during labour. Most UK maternity units have plumbed birthing pools, as well as portable ones used for home births. For some women, labour and birth in water are important features of their birth plans – but this is not available for all women. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologis...