"Becoming Part of Something Bigger"

Disorders of adhesions or adhesion-related disorder: monolithic entities or part of something bigger--CAPPS?

The purpose of this article is to review progress in the field of abdominopelvic adhesions and the validity of its two underlying assumptions: (1) The formation of adhesions results in infertility, bowel obstruction, or other complications. Reducing or avoiding adhesions will curb these sequelae. (2) "Adhesions" is a monolithic entity to be tackled without regard to any other condition. Evidenc...

How to Eat Something Bigger than Your Head

Macrophage phagocytosis, the engulfment of large particles, is important for host defense against infection and for the removal of dead cells. These phagocytes can internalize particles larger than themselves, obtaining membrane from internal pools including recycling endosomes. Desjardins and coworkers report in this issue of Cell that the endoplasmic reticulum is a major reservoir of membrane...

Becoming part of the furniture

The institutionalisation of information systems allows managers in organisations to concentrate on and devote creative energy to their prime tasks. This paper argues that the process of deciding whether an information system is institutionalised or not can be understood better by examining its political dimension. We focus on the failure to institutionalise the London Ambulance Service informat...

Becoming part of the Jeremianic Tradition

Women and tobacco: part of the bigger picture.