dear editor: thank you for your letter ref. no 2003-2 dated 7 november 2010 regarding the comments of an ophthalmologist from thailand named professor viroj wiwan on my article titled “evaluation of contrast sensitivity, color vision and visual acuity in patients with and without diabetes”. he has suggested that the combination of existing tests may be a good way to increase the sensitivity of ...

The recognition of a cause of action for "wrongful life" is a relatively recent occurrence. In this article the author compiles the leading cases from many jurisdictions and presents an analytical framework for the treatment thereof. The author concludes by presenting the policy arguments in favor of allowing a cause of action for the cases which are loosely and inappropriately termed "wrongful...

This paper analyzes the increase in professionals in Brazil's Northeastern Region resulting from the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program. The scale of the increase was analyzed through the indicator Hospitalizations for Primary-Care Sensitive Conditions (HPSCs). The method used was a quantitative approach, based on data on distribution of doctors and service they provided in these states, and o...

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) has recently emerged as the most relevant standardization eort in the area of markup languages, and it is increasingly used as the language for information exchange over Web. In this context, developing an access control mechanism in terms of XML is an important step for Web information security. In this paper, we present Author-X , a Java-based system for acces...

This study explores the methodology of various experimental vaccines and their immunogenicity outcome in detail. The idea is to give to the reader a picture of the research methodology behind vaccine development that was used in this research. The novelty of this study bases on the demonstration of the cause and effect of antibodies produced against bacterial and viral proteins (immunogens) as ...

In this article, the author reviews expenditure growth trends over Medicare's 35-year history and comments on how the program's long-range financial outlook has changed over time. The author focuses on the various legislative, economic, and demographic factors that have affected expenditure growth and financial status. In addition, Medicare's share of total U.S. health costs is briefly reviewed...