n celebrating 20 years of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), we have to include, since 1992, the development of the Allied Respiratory Professionals' Assembly (Assembly 9). The Allied Respiratory Professionals' Assembly originated from the need of this growing group of healthcare providers to engage in the ERS as a visible group for its stakeholders (including patients, research bodies and...

R ntroduction n 2001, the North American Society of Pacing and Elecrophysiology (Heart Rhythm Society) published a policy tatement to provide guidance for industry employed allied rofessionals (IEAPs) who render technical assistance durng pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) mplantations, programming, analysis of malfunctions, and ollow-up. These principles were incorporated i...

A great deal has been written in support of the various theories propounded to account for the prevalence of stone in certain countries, and in certain parts of those countries; and it is doubtless proper that a paper on the subject of the modern methods of dealing with calculus in the bladder, should touch, however lightly, on the subject of its causation. The writer is much impressed with the...

Background and Objective: Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) as the most common cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction is based on the presence of aganglionosis from seromuscular or full thickness biopsy. Due to the complication of full thickness or seromuscular rectal biopsy, mucosal-sub mucosal biopsy is more intended. However, interpretation of these biopsies stained with hematoxylin...

This paper examines project management research from the perspective of its relationship to allied disciplines in the management field and provides a view of the progress of project management as a research-based academic discipline. This study which is partially funded by the Project Management Institute specifically investigates project management research in allied disciplines from 18 top ma...