The IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Students and Young Professionals (S&YP) Committee launched a new initiative in July 2023; the PELS S&YP Spotlight Program. goals of this spotlight program lie at core committee’s mission, which is to support engagement development students early career engineers PELS. By highlighting work accomplishments members, aims connect organizational committee wi...

risk assessment provides the possibility of planning and management to prevent and reduce the risk of desertification. the present study is aimed to assess the hazard and risk of desertification and to develop management programs in the semi-arid western regions of golestan province in iran. desertification rate was obtained using the iranian model of desertification potential assessment. since...

A needs assessment was conducted regarding an interprofessional faculty development program for promoting excellence in education. Nursing and medical faculty and administrators (N = 156) were surveyed about perceived need, program curriculum, and delivery. The results indicated strong support for the program, particularly related to teaching/learning strategies, leadership, and scholarship. Nu...

background: cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for managing cardiovascular indices as well as controlling the cardiovascular risk profile, in particular after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). however, the effect of this program on right ventricular function following cabg is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ...

A comprehensive management program for urban hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (Carriere) under pressure of Tsugae adelges (Annand) is presented. Hemlock management includes assessment of hemlock condition noting HWA infestation and its impact to tree health, soil and tissue analyses, therapeutic intervention(s), and application of soil amendments to manage environmental stresses. The key to optimizing...

This article reports the occurrence of Guillain-Barre syndrome in a critically ill patient manifesting as a "difficult-to-wean" patient. This uncommon but possible etiology is worth noting by physicians in the intensive care unit.

The point of departure for this panel is a somewhat controversial paper that I published in the American Mathematical Monthly under the title “Does mathematics need new axioms?” [4]. The paper itself was based on a lecture that I gave in 1997 to a joint session of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, and it was thus written for a general mathematical au...