An additional author should appear in the article: Rachel Cutting. Her correspondence details are “Assisted Conception Unit, Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Tree Root Walk, Sheffield, S10 2SF, UK; rachel. cutting@ sth. nhs. uk”. The updated Contributors statement should read: Contributors Witt and Miller designed and wrote the protocol. Pavitt provided expert assistance on trial design...

Emerging peer-to-peer concepts provide new possibilities but also challenges for distributed applications. Despite their significant potential, current peer-to-peer networks lack efficient group communication. This thesis addresses this deficiency and proposes the P2P Messaging System, which collaborates with peer-to-peer networks. For each peer group, it establishes virtual overlay networks ba...

Background Pediatric cardiac services in Iraq are poorly developed. Only two centers in the country provided pediatric cardiac services at any significant level prior to an assistance development plan. Prior to 2010 approximately 400 children/ year received surgical care in Iraq. Occasional children were sent out of the country for surgery. We instituted a multi-city assistance program in 2010 ...

This study studied the types of peer scaffolding presented in scientific experimental activities. The included 14 university students. For activity ‘determining temperature changes using meridian altitude sun,' information regarding behaviors, thinking aloud, discourse, and retrospective interview data were collected analyzed. A model was derived utilized for activities to analyze scaffolding, ...

This fall, the federal government will operate a new health insurance marketplace in North Carolina. Uninsured individuals will have the opportunity to purchase health insurance, but many of these individuals do not understand health insurance options and will need education and assistance in the selection of an insurance plan. This article describes the various ways in which this assistance wi...

† I would like to acknowledge and thank Samuel Bowles who was both the motivator and a virtual co author of this paper. James Heintz provided valuable editorial assistance I would also like to thank the MacArthur Foundations Network on Inequality and Economic Performance for financial assistance.

Since 2009, the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), has provided training and technical assistance (TTA) in strategic planning to State Criminal Justice Administering Agencies (SAAs) in 20 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia. TTA services have been tailored to the needs, planning scopes, and timelines establishe...

There are an increasing amount and variety of disasters occurring throughout the United States. Many of these disasters require physicians to provide medical assistance. This article provides a brief introduction to disaster preparedness and its recent history and physicians' obligations, role, education, preparation, and response. It is the intent of this article to increase awareness and prov...