NATO’s Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Systems, Analysis, Studies Task Force (SAS-074) is currently developing a process to increase the utilization of human and social-science based Theories, Models and Methods (TM&Ms) by planners and operational researchers in support of these operations. The paper outlines the approach the group is taking. A two-stage process has been developed wh...

A 47-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis treated with azathioprine, prednisone, and plasmapheresis was admitted for respiratory failure following 2 weeks of fever with splenomegaly, jaundice, coagulopathy, and pancytopenia (white blood cells, 1.1 3 10/L with 64% neutrophils; hemoglobin, 9.5 g/dL; platelets, 79 3 10/L) but no substantial schistocytosis. Triglyceride (330 mg/dL) and ferritin (7...

Several studies have examined the effect of early defibrillation by basic EMTs on patient survival. Although the studies have a common theme of early basic EMT defibrillation, they are diverse in locations, devices, control groups, caregivers, and protocols. They provide a confusing array of information that is difficult to review, synthesize, and interpret. Metaanalysis allows data pooling of ...

Previously, we showed that skin-derived ABCB5+mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) upon exposure with infection mimicking lipopolysaccharide (LPS) fundamentally shift their transcriptome high expression and the release of neutrophil activating chemokines. This adaptive response resulted in a significant increase expulsed DNA traps (NETs) proteolytic enzymes which guarantees defense from bacterial atta...