We Missed One in Plant Diagnostics…

Pneumoencephalus after one missed step

An 82-year-old female sustained a ground level fall after missing a single step while Christmas shopping. She arrived at the emergency department with stable vital signs, but with massive facial bleeding threatening her airway. We proceeded with emergent nasal packing and endotracheal intubation. CT of head and face revealed massive pneumoencephalus (Fig. 1) secondary to complete disruption of ...

Have we missed the business-cycle relationship?

This paper investigates the link between real exchange rates and real interest differentials over the recent floating-rate period. In contrast to earlier econometric studies, we find evidence of a relationship, with the strongest link at trend and business-cycle frequencies. Because these prior studies focused on high-frequency components of the data, they found no statistical link between real...

Molecular diagnostics: are we there yet?

In the second decade of the 21 century, we have viewed with awe the seemingly limitless potential of molecular medicine—first unlocking the genetic and epigenetic aberrations that lead to cancer and ultimately developing specific therapies that lack the toxicity and inherent limitations of our current approaches. On the path to this El Dorado is the clear need for the development of assays that...

Links We Almost Missed Between Delannoy Numbers and Legendre Polynomials

Knowledge Transfer and Rumour – Have We Missed Something?

Knowledge Management places informal social networks in a positive light. Established ties between people enable communication and knowledge transfer to take place. Key Knowledge Management concepts such as Communities of Practice and Social Network Analysis reinforce further the value placed in the social networks. Yet disciplines such as psychology and sociology have been examining rumour and...