Designing Your Own Software

Clinical trials software: commercial system or build your own?

A question that continues to be asked by Clinical Trials Units is ‘Should we invest in commercial trials software or should we develop our own solutions?’ The answer depends on the expertise available within the organisation, volume and diversity of work undertaken by the Unit and of course the resources available. The benefits of using electronic technologies are well known; they promote bette...

Paint Your Own Pictures

In these days when everyone seems interested in "art therapy" this book is very timely and it is of special interest to our readers that the author has had considerable experience with psychiatric patients. He has dedicated it to Dr.

Grow-your-own synapses

cientists have discovered a new function for amyloid precursor protein (APP), a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The finding may reveal how APP gets mixed up with the enzymes that make it go bad. APP has an evil reputation. The and secretases transform it into amyloidpeptide, a component of the plaques that riddle the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. Previous work by Larry Goldstein (Univesi...

Doing Your Own Benchmark

Make Your Own Paper

Materials Scrap paper torn into 1” x 1” (2.5 cm x 2.5 cm) pieces (paper towels, construc tion paper, and toilet paper work well; a large bowl; a wooden frame 5” x 7” (13 cm x 18 cm) or 8” x 10” (20 cm x 25 cm); nylon or wire screen; staples; a plastic basin at least 2.5 gallons (9.5 liters) in capacity, that is larger than the frame; cloth dishtowels (felt, blotting paper, or newspaper may subs...