The emergence of cloud computing presents a strategic direction for critical infrastructures and promises to have far-reaching effects on their systems and networks to deliver better outcomes to the nations at a lower cost. However, when considering cloud computing, government entities must address a host of security issues (such as malicious insiders) beyond those of service cost and flexibili...

The Lactobacillus casei response to folate is normally estimated by measuring the culture turbidity after 16 to 20 hours' incubation. Streeter and O'Neill (1969) found that cultures containing serum grew more rapidly than similar cultures containing folic acid (PteGlu) unless grown into the stationary phase (44 hours). Others, however, have reported comparable results from 20and 44-hour assays ...

In a survey of a random sample of the general population recent life events, collected and rated for long-term contextual threat according to the methods of Brown & Harris (1978), were also recorded where possible on an inventory of life event categories (Tennant & Andrews, 1977). Of the 82.5% of all events collected which were covered by the inventory, 12 of the 67 event categories accounted f...

Editor's Note: New postural devices can be found for the neck, spine, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. The Internet offers numerous commercial offerings of postural products that help the patient and practitioner select an appropriate device. The authors of this paper are particularly enthused about devices that stretch or elongate the spine, since many if not most painful spine conditions result...

Hornsby Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Simon M Willcock, MB BS(Hons), FRACGP, Director, Academic General Practice Unit; Michele G Daly, BSc(Hons), MSc, Senior Research Officer. Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Christopher C Tennant, MD, MPH, FRANZCP, Head of Department of Psychological Medicine. Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW. Benjamin J Allard, BA, MB BS, Junior Medical Officer. Reprints...

In February 2004, the discovery of an incursion of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti into the town of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory caused concern for the Northern Territory health authorities who proceeded to implement a Commonwealth-funded eradication program. To determine the origin of the incursion, we performed a genetic analysis on Ae. aegypti from several Queensland and overseas ...

M. D. Lumsden,1 S. E. Nagler,1 B. C. Sales,2 D. A. Tennant,3,4,5 D. F. McMorrow,6,4,7 S.-H. Lee,8,9 and S. Park10,9 1Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 2Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 3Hahn-Meitner Institution, Glienicker Strasse 100, Berlin D-14109, German...

Hornsby Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Simon M Willcock, MB BS(Hons), FRACGP, Director, Academic General Practice Unit; Michele G Daly, BSc(Hons), MSc, Senior Research Officer. Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Christopher C Tennant, MD, MPH, FRANZCP, Head of Department of Psychological Medicine. Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW. Benjamin J Allard, BA, MB BS, Junior Medical Officer. Reprints...

The Lactobacillus casei response to folate is normally estimated by measuring the culture turbidity after 16 to 20 hours' incubation. Streeter and O'Neill (1969) found that cultures containing serum grew more rapidly than similar cultures containing folic acid (PteGlu) unless grown into the stationary phase (44 hours). Others, however, have reported comparable results from 20and 44-hour assays ...