hile painless for the guest editor, these introductions might cause readers some pain. Still, I don’t want to waste this opportunity to tell you about interesting developments in computer-aided geometric design by giving you reason to hastily skim past these opening paragraphs. So, I abstracted a “top ten” list of what’s happening in CAGD based on ideas from recent conferences, technical papers...

This supplement contains six sections addressing many aspects of pleural disease. After an introductory section describing the methods to develop the guidelines and a summarization of key points, there is a section each on the investigation of a unilateral pleural effusion in adults and on guidelines for the insertion of a chest drain. Management sections address pleural infection, malignant pl...

This statement of clinical guidelines, although at times subjective in its ratings of evidence, is valuable as an overview of the field of pulmonary hypertension and comprehensive in its review of the extant literature. Sections include diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); methodology and grading for pulmonary hypertension evidence review and guideline development;...

This article reviews the top ten post-partum problems in mares. The problems are broadly broken down into two main categories: those that cause pain or systemic illness and those that do not. Problems resulting in pain or systemic illness include: septic metritis, hemorrhage from uterine or ovarian vessels, gastrointestinal problems/colic, uterine laceration and uterine horn intussusception/ ut...

The radiative decay b→ sγ is examined in the Standard Model and in nine classes of models which contain physics beyond the Standard Model. The constraints which may be placed on these models from the recent results of the CLEO Collaboration on both inclusive and exclusive radiative B decays is summarized. Reasonable bounds are found for the parameters in some cases. Presented at the 21st Annual...

irst, some caveats. My view of computer graphics is broad and goes beyond what some may consider as the realm of computer graphics. The problems I list here are unranked, with their order reflecting neither how much has already been done to solve the problem, nor the importance of the problem, nor the potential difficulties in solving the problem. In each of the areas I mention, there is ongoin...

Transistor density on an integrated circuit continues to grow at an exponential rate. The associated complexities when applied to synthesis, layout, and timing analysis will become untenable within the framework of our current technological capabilities. This paper briefly outlines the problems facing the semiconductor industry early into the next decade. A SRC research thrust team consisting o...