OBJECTIVE To issue guidelines for the care of acute stroke in Hong Kong, with the target audience of all health care professionals who are involved in acute stroke care. PARTICIPANTS The Hong Kong Neurological Society and the Hong Kong Stroke Society. EVIDENCE The panel applied the 'rule of evidence' used by the United States Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. When there is insuffi...

Dr. Class' resignation, which was precipitated, according to his prepared, statement, by "a growing conflict of philosophy between the President (Pitzer) and myself with respect to the practices and policies to be followed in the best interest of Jones College," will take effect at the end of this semester. Dr. Vandiver will serve as Master of Jones for the second semester tefore he assumes dut...

the invisible hands of peer reviewers play a determining role in the eventual fate of submissions to international english-medium journals. this study builds on the assumption that non-native researchers and prospective academic authors may find the whole strive for publication, and more specifically, the tough review process, less threatening if they are aware of journal reviewers’ expectation...

OBJECTIVES In this survey, we aimed to build consensus and gather opinions on 'Kokoro-no care' or mental health services and psychosocial support (MHSPSS) after a disaster, among mental health professionals who engaged in care after the Great East Japan Earthquake. METHODS We recruited mental health professionals who engaged in support activities after the Great East Japan Earthquake, which i...

412 | P a g e ABSTRACT Blogs are most common medium over web where user posts their opinion. It is considered to be a web space of the users where they share their views, beliefs and other philosophy. Blogs posted across the web can be extracted from their rss feed. Once a blog is posted, several readers leaves their comment on the blogs. Analyzing these comments can help in finding the opinion...