New publishing demands new magic

Electronic Publishing in Science : Trends and New User Demands . A European Union Perspective

The progress of information and communication technologies over the past years is undeniable. Today, over 25% of o ces in the European Union and 15% of homes are equipped with computers. Data networks span the globe. Scientists, engineers and businesses now have tools at their disposal to circulate data very quickly to world-wide audiences. This potential has far-reaching implications, not only...

The new leader: new demands in a changing, turbulent environment.

New urban demands in early modern London.

From 1550 onwards, London grew and changed enormously, with the attendant problems of disease and disorder. The combined impact of "rapid immigration, recurrent mortality crises and population growth applied critical pressures to the social and administrative structures" ofthe metropolis. ' This paper gives an overview ofhow local authorities endeavoured to deal with problems of drainage, water...

Systems gear up for new demands.

art of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for the expansion of Medicaid in 2014, which is expected to cover about 17 million previously uninsured Americans. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the federal government cannot force states to expand their Medicaid programs complicates the issue, making it more difficult for health care systems operating in several states to develop efficient st...

Intralipid: the new magic bullet in cardioprotection?

To the Editor: In two recent publications in Anesthesiology, Dr. Eghbali’s group reports the attenuation of myocardial reperfusion injury in rodents by intralipid administered on reperfusion.1,2 Taken together with another study by the same group in which intralipid prevents and even rescues pulmonary hypertension,3 and the serendipitous landmark discoveries of lipid rescue therapy against bupi...