We introduce and discuss the role of spatial embedding as an enabling constraint on complex system structure and function.

BACKGROUND Many adolescent girls in low-income and middle-income countries lack appropriate facilities and support in school to manage menstruation. Little research has been conducted on how menstruation affects school absence. This study examines the association of menstrual hygiene management knowledge, facilities and practice with absence from school during menstruation among Bangladeshi sch...

Software-Defined Networking (SDN) promises to significantly improve network manageability by enabling direct, and centralized control over the network forwarding state via a well-defined Application Programming Interface (API). Fulfilling this promise though is a challenge for network operators as it often requires heavy modifications to their current network architecture, including: i) equipme...

Competence, psychological and material-organisational conditions determine favourable educational environment for parent education in pre-school education establishments. The aim of this research is to identify competence conditions determining favourable educational environment for parent education in pre-school education establishment. Competence conditions, determining favourable educational...

Contracts is a computer program designed for first year undergraduates studying Obligations in Glasgow University's School of Law, written by Paul Maharg and Professor Joe Thomson. It aims to improve students' written work by • introducing the skills of legal problem-solving • illustrating the major stages of the writing process • asking students to analyse their own writing processes • present...

This study demonstrated a method to train medical students at Hanoi Medical School in airway management from Omaha, Nebraska, using tele-mentoring techniques. Correct placement of the endotracheal tube was documented by tele-broncoscopy following intubation. This technology may increase medical training capabilities in remote or developing areas of the world. Medical care delivery could be perf...

Enabling Technologies for Synthetic Biology: Gene Synthesis and Error-Correction from a MicroarrayMicrofluidic Integrated Device by Ishtiaq-es-Saaem Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Jingdong Tian, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ Thomas LaBean, Co-Supervisor ___________________________ William Reiche...