This article investigates practices that engage preservice teachers’ ideas of professionalism within the context a university-based mentoring programme. The case is explored by observation sessions, analysis documents grounding and mentor mentee interviews. Practices are investigated through theory practice architectures made subject thematic analysis. purpose investigation to highlight how can...

More Hype Than HOPE To the Editor: In the recently published Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE study),1 treatment with the ACE inhibitor ramipril was reported to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality independent of blood pressure (BP) reduction. High-risk “normotensive” (BP 140/80 mm Hg) patients (n 9541) were randomized to receive either 10 mg of ramipril or placebo in additio...

The Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) is the prototypic member of the neurotrophin (NT) family, which plays an essential role in the development and functioning of the vertebrate nervous system. Although originally defined by their actions on neuronal survival and differentiation in the peripheral (PNS) and central nervous systems (CNS), accumulating data indicate the presence of extensive interactions...

As educated women, we were bewildered by our medical care, or lack thereof. Following prenatal diagnostics of trisomy 13 or 18, we chose to continue our pregnancies. We understood that our babies would most likely die in utero or soon after birth. To enable ourselves to make informed choices, we sought information from the internet. Here, it was discovered that some babies with these trisomies ...

The likelihood ratio method [BG96] provides a tool for the calculation of hedge ratios and risk parameters with Monte Carlo calculations. In this article, we present the extension of existing likelihood ratio methods to multiple underlyings and to higher order sensitivities such as the crossderivatives on the underlyings, and how the method can be used in a displaced diffusion [Rub83] framework...

New payment models and other trends are forcing hospitals to become far more than providers of inpatient care. Here are how four organizations are embracing this new reality.