BACKGROUND The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps (IDF MC) institutional review board (IRB) is one of approximately 50 IRBs active in Israel. In addition to routine IRB considerations it must also address in its deliberations specific safeguards in place in the IDF to protect research volunteers in the military environment. In this report, we present the characteristics of the IDF IRB, includi...

BACKGROUND Development and use of e-learning has not taken place to the same extent in military medicine in the Nordic countries. The aim was to explore the similarities and differences in education and training in military medicine for health professionals in the Nordic countries, and more specifically to identify the specific challenges regarding education and training of military medicine, a...

The stories shared in this book show contemporary readers that within nurses’ disciplinary heritage there exists vast knowledge and skills to address these challenges, if nurses will broaden their view to encompass not just a narrow slice of current scientific evidence but also the sound evidence and theoretical wisdom that the discipline has amassed since Nightingale sailed for Scutari and tra...

Actually it has not quite happened yet, but almost imperceptibly, by degrees, we are learning to live with cancer. The "War on Cancer," although generally successful in the pediatric population, has gradually been replaced with a kinder, gentler treatment paradigm that strives to contain and maintain with stalemate over checkmate, a strategy that may literally constitute the path to least resis...

Biofouling, also known as barnacles and slime, may not be the trendiest, high-tech topic of conversation in the world of operational energy. Most would rather discuss a new weapon system or innovative green technology that allows Sailors and Marines to increase operational tempo or achieve more efficient fuel consumption. What most people don’t realize is that biofouling may actually represent ...

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members can serve openly in the military with the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. The fate of transgender service members remains uncertain as the policy preventing them from serving in the military remains under review. The health care needs of these populations remain for the most part unknown, with total acceptance and integration in the militar...

This paper deals with the improvement of energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks (WSN).Taking into consideration the power saving problem which is of crucial importance when the sensors are supplied by a limited power source, this paper proposes a method that optimizes as much as possible the transmission power of the sensors. Under the assumption of perfect channel between the Base Stati...

The current infant feeding practices of mothers who were delivered in two military hospitals, in England and West Germany were reviewed. The expected social class differences were found, but even among the lower social classes more mothers than previously reported were breast feeding their babies for at least six weeks post partum. Comparison of the mothers delivering in England with those in G...

Trade-in programs are offered extensively in business-to-business (B2B) markets. The success of such programs depends on accurate prediction of return flow characteristics. Motivated by a real problem facing a high-tech company, this paper first develops a method to analyze data from Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) forms, which contain information such as booked and returned quantities a...