1. Will the process and outcome be seen as publicly legitimate? The envisioned identity ecosystem will affect many people in many ways, but the “steering” process will have questionable legitimacy unless it is open and genuinely representative of users’ interests. More generally, we question whether any putatively representative stakeholder process can be perceived as publicly legitimate in the...

AIM Current knowledge about bereavement has been derived mostly from the experiences of spouses, parents, and children. There is a paucity of studies on the grief of grandparents. The aims of this Irish national study were to identify and describe the bereavement experiences of grandparents following the death of a grandchild and to explore their needs and supports throughout this experience. A...

BACKGROUND Running popularity has increased resulting in a concomitant increase in running-related injuries with patellofemoral pain most commonly reported. The purpose of this study was to determine whether gait retraining by modifying footstrike patterns from rearfoot strike to forefoot strike reduces patellofemoral pain and improves associated biomechanical measures, and whether the modifica...

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 brought to light threats and vulnerabilities that face the United States. In response, the U.S. Government is directing the effort to secure the nation’s critical infrastructure by creating programs to implement the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (1). One part of this effort involves assessing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) s...

The debate these days is not so much about whether health care is going to be reformed, but how.Undoubtedly, therewill be reform; the discussion now is the format in which it will materialize. With the focus onhealth care reformat the national level taking center stage, thismoment in time offers pain care practitioners the ideal opportunity to continue our push for pain care reform. There are m...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE An active strategy was developed for the implementation of the clinical guidelines on physical therapy for patients with low back pain. The effect of this strategy on patients' physical functioning, coping strategy, and beliefs regarding their low back pain was studied. SUBJECTS One hundred thirteen primary care physical therapists treated a total of 500 patients. MET...