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Looking for Intel? ... or Looking for Answers? Reforming Military Intelligence for a Counterinsurgency Environment

We analyze the recent Flynn Report and assess its implications for the future of military intelligence in Afghanistan. In particular, we argue that the report seeks to expand the substantive tasks of the military intelligence practitioner, while collapsing nontrivial aspects of existing organizational hierarchies. We argue that implementation of the Flynn Report’s proposals would match poorly w...

Healthcare-associated infections: new challenges looking for answers

Nosocomial transmission of multiresistant bacteria is a growing healthcare issue. In addition, new pathogens and pathogenic mechanisms, associated with therapies based on the use of live microorganisms, can be of importance in the near future. The current issue of CKJ illustrates healthcare-associated infections that go beyond common bacteria. First, the therapeutic use of live BCG mycobacteria...

Looking for answers to EC coupling’s persistent questions

In the heart, translocation of the S4 voltage-sensing helices of cardiac L-type Ca 2+ channels (or 1,4-dihydro-pyridine receptors [DHPRs]) in response to depo-larization of the sarcolemma is the initial event in excitation–contraction (EC) coupling. The movement of the voltage sensors is in turn allosterically coupled to opening of the channel pore. The Ca 2+ influx conducted by the L-type chan...

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Looking for Answers to Mediation’s Neutrality Dilemma in Therapeutic Jurisprudence

The notion of neutrality has long been criticised in the mediation literature. It is often said that mediator neutrality is a myth that hides the reality of the impact of the mediator on both the content and the process of mediation. Despite these criticisms neutrality continues to be seen as central to mediation theory and to the acceptance of mediation as a legitimate, fair and just process. ...