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The New Antibiotic Mantra-"Shorter Is Better".

InAD321,RomanEmperorConstantine theGreat codified that therewouldbe7days in aweek.Even in themoderneraof evidence-based-medicine, this 1695-year-olddecreeremainsaprimary reference for durationof antibiotic therapy: it leadsphysicians to treat infections in intervals of 7 days. Thus, it is gratifying when clinical trials challenge the standard antibiotic duration of 7 to 14 days. In the past, co...

The MANTRA II study.

We applaud Mitchell Krucoff and colleagues (July 16, p 211) and The Lancet editors for publishing an extensive, well controlled, multisite study on prayer and healing. The Article and accompanying Editorial note that prayer had no significant effect on outcome in 748 heart patients. Study of the intangible is challenging, and the researchers should be recognised for their insight and courage. H...

MANTRA I : A Systolic Neuro - ComputerMarc

This paper presents the MANTRA I machine, an SIMD neuro-computer based on a square systolic array of dedicated processing elements (PEs). A VLSI custom chip, called GENES IV containing 2 2 PEs is at the heart of the system. This machine implements suucient instruction and data ows to keep the array's utilization rate close to 100 %.

MANTRA: a shell for hybrid knowledge representation

Top management support: Mantra or necessity?

This research provides evidence that top management support is the most important critical success factor for project success and is not simply one of many factors. The finding is justified in the context of the project management literature and the IS factor research on project success. There are implications for practice because it appears that the conventional technical and project managemen...