Borderline hypertension was the topic of one of the "Hypertension seminars" arranged by the Hypertension Section at the Ostra Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. On that occasion Professor Stevo Julius, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, was an invited guest. During the seminar, various aspects of borderline hypertension were discussed, e.g. the natural history, hemodynamics and management of this condition. The...

(2001). The aims and objectives of the Monitoring the Future study and progress toward fulfilling them as of 2001.

D 1: Tom Kubisiak of the U.S. Forest Service’s Sot&em Institute of Forest Genetics and Dr. Robert Bernatzky of the University of Massachusetts have been usin8 molecdargenetic markeu to pinpoint hotspots of American chestnutgenetic diversity. Utin. samples collected on a rot.&Ly 135-milegrid coverin. the entire range of the tree, the two researchers are analyzing cheztnut DNA to assess overall L...

A record of current medications as well as prior medication history is useful information to an individual. MyMedicationList is a prototype application developed at the National Library of Medicine that helps users manage their medication lists and make the records readily available when needed. This personal medication list can be printed out and serve as a reminder to the individual for takin...

The respiratory care (RC) profession in Saudi Arabia is over 40-year-old. Although there have been major advancements in the profession, no history and enough information are available about its development and evolvement at current. This paper describes the history and development of the field of RC and future prospects for the profession in Saudi Arabia. A comprehensive review and assessment ...

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The purpose of this study was to describe student teachers’ perceptions and preferences of the type of supervision they experienced while interacting with their university supervisors and cooperating teachers. Results revealed that student teachers perceived both their cooperating teachers and university supervisors to engage in contextual and clinical supervision practices. Cooperating teacher...

Allergen specific immunotherapy remains the only means to change the natural history of allergic disease. Thanks to the recent advances in molecular biology a large spectrum of purified allergen molecules are presently routinely available for diagnostic purposes. This review represents a practical guide on how to use these new diagnostic tools in order to detect precisely the primary sensitizin...

This paper depicts an important story in the history of occupational therapy. The story concerns a small group of women, known as the Curriculum Directors, whose influence prevailed in the growth and development of occupational therapy throughout the 1950s. The account is synthesized from both written history sources and oral history interviews with group members and their contemporaries. It ch...

Research in child development has emerged as a major intellectual discipline and a topic of great interest and importance to society. The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) has been the leading scholarly society concerned with the advancement of this research. As part of its focus on a history of the field, the SRCD has undertaken an oral history project in which prominent members...