T he March 16, 2003, edition of The New York Times Magazine’s cover reads, “Half of What Doctors Know Is Wrong.” Inside, the lead story, entitled “The Biggest Mistake of Their Lives,” chronicles the struggles of four survivors of medical errors. The article also makes a projection that in 2003, as many as 98,000 people in the United States would die as a result of medical errors (Burton 2003). ...

Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) is underrecognized, poorly understood and, sadly, often poorly managed (Beighton 1999). The syndrome does not necessarily cause problems and for many individuals it can be an asset, amply illustrated in the world of music, dance and sport. For others it can be a liability, producing significant problems which are often ignored by the medical profession (Phipps...

A male patient with HIV and past history of tuberculosis and suspected neurotoxoplasmosis was admitted to the hospital with vomiting and small nodules through all his body. Few of the nodules were found forming chains of enlarged lymphatic vessels, especially on lesions located on the limbs. Some of the nodules were ulcerated with a serosanguineous discharge. Collected samples from ulcerated an...

Virtual Environments (VEs) are expected to facilitate real−time interaction with human participants by using five major senses (Ref 1,2,8). These major channels provide means of interaction as well as tools for communication. However, the existence of several other senses, such as sense of fear, sense of well being, are also aspects of human interaction. Sadly, present technological focus of Vi...

Open data hackathons are events where the actors from an ecosystem collaborate to build platforms that will benefit public, creating a win–win scenario for all of them. Sadly, many digital services produced in discarded only by providing access open cannot boost economic benefits. Therefore, it is necessary create model fosters value and entrepreneurship ecosystem, aiming develop economically s...

promotion of the dietary fiber of foods can enhance human health by reducing the risk of many serious diseases. cakes are among the highly consumed foods but sadly of low fiber content. therefore, increasing the fiber content in them is of great importance, and this was the aim followed in this study. wheat flour was partially replaced at 0, 10, 20 and 30% (w/w) with corn resistant starch (rs),...

Ultra-short light pulses enable many time-resolved studies in chemistry, especially when used in pump-probe experiments. However, most chemical events are not initiated by light, but rather by collisions. Time-resolved collisional experiments require ultra-short pulses of atoms and molecules--sadly, methods for producing such pulses are so far unknown. Here we introduce bunch-compression photol...

This is a closely written pamphlet describing various sexual abnormalities as seen from the psycho-analytic angle and, as might be expected from its author, is a most readable and lively discussion of the development of these conditions, and of their need for sympathetic and skilled treatment. Dr. Glover illustrates clearly the chain of misfortune which results from the common reaction of sever...

Guidelines should be of high quality and guidelines without specialists will miss their required expertise. I think we all agree that guidelines should be of high quality. However, previous guidelines have sadly not met the standards laid out by Dr Bourbeau.1 Transparency: For 69% of Canadian guidelines, no information is provided on conflicts of interest.2 Conflicts of interest: Up to two-thir...

Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs) are mainly evaluated through simulations in which the choice of a realistic wireless channel model is a central point. Deterministic channel models bring good realism but need huge simulation time, whereas with statistical models the computational effort is reduced, but sadly so is the realism of the model. In this paper, we present a semi-deterministic channe...