Digital Dentistry: The future is now

The Future Is Now

March 2012 A 101 In 1972 David P. Rall, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), determined there was a need for a journal dedicated to research on human health and the environment, and Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) was born. The journal published monographs on topics related to environmental human health and research papers based on conference proc...

Dentistry then and now

developed midwifery, that the U.S.A. had developed nursing, but that Britain had managed to combine them in the way that was needed. Accordingly, she and her nurses took midwifery training in London. But she was also convinced that the nurse-midwife could and should combine sick nursing and preventive work, something that many Britons, then and now, see as far from ideal. We could do worse than...

Assisted mechanical ventilation: the future is now!

Assisted ventilation is a highly complex process that requires an intimate interaction between the ventilator and the patient. The complexity of this form of ventilation is frequently underappreciated by the bedside clinician. In assisted mechanical ventilation, regardless of the specific mode, the ventilator's gas delivery pattern and the patient's breathing pattern must match near perfectly o...

Perioperative Ultrasound: The Future Is Now.

Defined Radios - The Future is Now

A Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a radio in which all modulation and demodulation functions are defined, and therefore configurable, through software. This creates tremendous flexibility to improve and adapt the capabilities of the radio over time without changing the hardware. The potential for amateur radio experimentation is virtually limitless in terms of performance improvement and the in...