Automated Scoring Research over 40 Years: Looking Back and Ahead

Ten years of Chagas disease research: Looking back to achievements, looking ahead to challenges

Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) with a high disease burden in the Americas. It is transmitted primarily by hematophagous triatomine bugs, but alternate transmission routes such as congenital, oral, and transfusional transmission are becoming more relevant in many regions. After a short acute phase, infected patients enter...

Tobacco quitlines: looking back and looking ahead.

Telephone based tobacco cessation services, or quitlines, have become central components of many comprehensive tobacco control programmes. This paper provides an overview of their history, noting milestones in the growth of quitlines. Key factors in their worldwide adoption were solid evidence from clinical trials with large community samples and strong backing from public health officials. Qui...

Disabilities: looking back and looking ahead.

Automated Deduction: Looking Ahead

Automated deduction is concerned with the mechanization of the deductive process in the fullest meaning of the concept. Mechanization of the deductive process includes not only proving new mathematical results by computer but also formally verifying the correctness of (certain properties of) computer chip designs and programs and even deducing the programs themselves from formal specifications ...

Stunting in Nepal: looking back, looking ahead†

Nepal hasmade impressive gains in health and nutrition despite being in a state of political, economic and demographic transition. According to the Nepal Demographic Health Surveys, stunting in Nepal has fallen from 57% in 2001 to 41% in 2011, an annual decline of 1.7 percentage points. A 3.9% annual reduction is, however, required to achieve the global target of 40% fewer stunted children by 2...