The treatments used by most doctors are considered conventional medicine. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consists of a group of health care practices and products that are considered out of the mainstream. An “out-of-the-mainstream” treatment is considered complementary if you use it along with conventional medicine. Research shows that 40 percent of women in the United States use...

Being a software architect is hard. Besides the obvious difficulties with technical issues, architects often face difficult team situations, or struggle with their managers for influence, and their architecture work may become ignored. Let's face it: Having to deal with a software architect is hard, too. Sometimes their architecture work is insufficient, or there are good reasons to ignore it. ...

development of the structural form is directly influenced by the architectural concern for aesthetic appeal. the architectural challenge is to create building forms that satisfy the functional requirements, yet are aesthetically and economically successful. the structural challenge is to create structural forms that accommodate the functional requirements while supporting the imposed loads as e...