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Treatment of Myelodysplastic Syndromes Selection of the treatment plan for a patient with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) depends upon the prognosis for the disease course. Currently, the best approach for assessing prognosis is to utilize the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS). The IPSS incorporates the results from three types of analyses—the levels of blood counts, the percent of...

From the Guest Editors

The dependability of systems is known as the reliance that can justifiably be placed on the service the system delivers. Dependability has become an important aspect of computer systems since everyday life increasingly depends on them, which has left us vulnerable to their potential malfunction. The causes to these malfunctions can potentially be introduced in every step of their development, d...

Letter from the Guest Editors

The simple fact that this special issue is being published suggests that “we've come a long way, baby.” From obesity, vitamin D, and dietary intervention to interventional cardiology and maternal effects on cardiovascular risk in offspring, this issue includes more than a conventional discussion of heart disease in women and differentiates the dogma from the data. Of course, much remains to be ...

Word from the Guest Editors

1 The background This special issue presents the expanded and improved versions of selected papers from a workshop on Formal and Informal Information Exchange in Negotiations. The workshop took place on May 26-27, 2005, at the University of Ottawa. It was designed to bring together researchers who work on various aspects of interaction in negotiations and those who work in Natural Language Proc...