Virtual care is here to stay, but major challenges remain

Whither Russia? Autocracy Is Here for Now, but Is It Here to Stay?

J udging from some of the titles of recent books on Russia—for example, Richard Sakwa’s The Crisis of Russian Democracy, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova’s Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism inside Russia, and Tom Remington’s The Politics of Inequality in Russia—all is not well 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Corruption abounds, and state institutions are weak where they should be...

hpv is here to stay.

Is rotational atherectomy here to stay?

Rotational atherectomy was developed to ablate selectively inelastic atherosclerotic plaque, while deflecting normal arterial wall away from the rotating burr. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) studies have confirmed that rotablation differentially removes even hard, calcified plaque without damaging normal arterial wall. Early in clinical experience, the ability to ablate previously undilatable ...

Covert Channels | Here to Stay? Covert Channels | Here to Stay?

We discuss the di culties of satisfying high-assurance system requirements without sacri cing system capabilities. To alleviate this problem, we show how trade-o s can be made to reduce the threat of covert channels. We also clarify certain concepts in the theory of covert channels. Traditionally, a covert channel's vulnerability was measured by the capacity. We show why a capacity analysis alo...

New pain drugs in pipeline, but challenges to usage remain.

O ver the past two decades, pain control has become a front-burner issue among oncologists, but glaring problems in treating pain remain, a new survey shows. Barriers limiting pain control include patients' reluctance to report pain and to take opioids, coupled with physicians' reluctance to prescribe them, as well as increasing regulatory barriers, according to a study in the Nov. 14 online is...