How far are they coming from?

Accountable Care Organizations: What are they? Where are they coming from? Where will they lead?

I-20: ART - Children How Are They Doing Lessons from Research

Worldwide there are over 4,000,000 ART conceived individuals. As fertility rates ‘fall’ in some countries use of ART is increasing with rates of 1.8% of live births in the UK, 4.4% in Denmark etc. Although still the single largest threat to future ART born children is being born twin, triplet or more, other research shows that there is good grounds for monitoring of the health of these children...

Expert Systems: How Far Can They Go?

What is the nature of the problem domains in which expert systems are likely to succeed and those in which they will not? Are there domains in which their use might be dangerous? How will their performance compare with that of human experts in the domain? Are there different facets of expertise that are not amenable to programming? How can human and machine expertise best be combined? To what e...

How Reliable Are They?

We studied the frequency of malfunction, variability in rate of nebulization, and effect of this variability on aerosol particle size of eight disposable jet nebulizer models produced by six manufacturers. Four of eight models showed visual signs of malfunction, including spraying of large, individually visible droplets, leaking of nebulizer solution, and air leaks that completely prevented neb...

How Many are they and How Do they live?

This paper attempts to define the common people of India in terms of levels of consumption and examines their socio-economic profile in different periods of time since the early 1990s with a view to assessing how the economic growth process has impacted on their lives. The findings should worry everyone. Despite high growth, more than three-fourths of Indians are poor and vulnerable with a leve...