1DDS, MSc student, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, University Nove de Julho, UNINOVE, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Ph.D. in Oral Pathology, Professor of the Master’s degree Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, University Nove de Julho – UNINOVE, São Paulo, SP,Brazil 3MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences. Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, University Nove de Julho – UNINOVE, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 4Ph.D. Asso...

In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which called for 80% of all nurses to have a BSN degree by 2020. This expectation was overwhelming and, in the beginning, I felt like it was an insult. I have had my associate degree in nursing for more than 20 years. All I could ask was: How can I have worked so many years an...

It is with great pleasure that I welcome Sanu K. Mathew to the editorial board of IEEE Journal Solid-State Circuits as a new Associate Editor. an expert on digital circuits and systems.

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253 R I. EXPANSION OF THE CONCEPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1256 R A. The Medical Conception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1256 R B. The Educational Conception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1259 R C. The Neurodiversity ...

The objective was to study male and female rats exposed to Activity-Based Anorexia (ABA; simultaneous exposition to food restriction and free access to an activity wheel) under two conditions of sound attenuation, by means of different arrangements of wheels (standard versus isolation) in the laboratory room. Regardless of the sound attenuation condition, all but one male and one female with ac...

To advance the profession of dental hygiene, graduate education is necessary to support growth in research, education, administration, and practice in the discipline and to sustain credibility in a climate in which other health professions require entry-level master's and doctoral degrees. The purpose of this study was to explore what dental hygienists perceive as barriers to pursuing a graduat...

J. K. Aggarwal (S62-M9653M’74-F’76) was born in Amritsar, India. He received the B.S. degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Bombay, Bombay, India, in 1956, the B. Eng. degree from the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, in 1960, and the MS. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, in the years 1961 and 1964, respectively. He joined the Universit...