The processing of temporal intervals reflected in slow brain potentials.

The purpose of this short scientific mission was to initiate a joint UST and UPC research work focusing on QoS management in OBS networks. Particularly, a framework for QoS management architecture have been discussed and proposed during the stay in Stuttgart. The main stress was put on definition of Classes of Quality (CoQ) for OBS networks and performance evaluation of selected QoS mechanisms....

s from the 2nd IMPAKT Conference are available at: http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/suppl_4 Save the date: IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference 5-7 May 2011, with the pre-conference Early-career oncologist training course 4 and 5 May 2011.

A prolonged decrease in serum sodium concentration can cause chronic hyponatremia, a condition that is frequent among the elderly and that, in spite of a reputation for being asymptomatic, is increasingly recognized as being potentially harmful. This paper proposes the inhibition of 11hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11-HSD2) as a novel means of treating chronic hyponatremia. They identif...

BACKGROUND There is widespread recognition of the problem of unsafe care and extensive efforts have been made over the last 15 years to improve patient safety. In Sweden, a new patient safety law obliges the 21 county councils to assemble a yearly patient safety report (PSR). The aim of this study was to describe the patient safety work carried out in Sweden by analysing the PSRs with regard to...