despite increased availability of online promotional tools for prescription drug marketers, evidence on online prescription drug promotion is far from settled or conclusive. we highlight ways in which online prescription drug promotion is similar to conventional broadcast and print advertising and ways in which it differs. we also highlight five key areas for future research: branded drug websi...

Aim: This study was aimed at finding the occurrence rate of prescription errors in the outpatients' prescriptions written by faculty and non-faculty physicians practicing in Shiraz, Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study 2000 outpatient prescriptions were randomly collected from pharmacies affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) and social security insurance in Shiraz,...

Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology to be presented with due permission for public examination and debate in Auditorium S4 at Helsinki University of Technology (Espoo, Finland) on the 7th of July 2003 at 12 o'clock noon.

Case presentation: A 7 month-old was admitted for presenting a clinical condition suggestive of an Inborn Error metabolism, as she showed development delay, early onset refractory seizures and generalized dystonia associated with infectious events. After 3 years, remained unresponsive to treatment, over 15 tonic-clonic events per day, complementary exams were nonspecific, EEG left temporo-occip...

PROBABILISTIC LOCALIZATION OF MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS