Paper Trail

Preparing manuscripts for submission to medical journals: the paper trail.

CONTEXT Preparing a manuscript for publication in a medical journal is hard work. OBJECTIVE To make it easier to prepare a readable manuscript. APPROACH Start early--A substantial portion of the manuscript can be written before the project is completed. Even though you will revise it later, starting early will help document the methods and guide the analysis. Focus on high-visibility compon...

TRAIL & TRAIL Receptors

The clinical trail of TRAIL.

The naturally occurring tumour necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis through two death receptors, death receptor 4 (DR4) and death receptor 5 (DR5), that are expressed on the cell membrane. Binding of the ligand to the death receptors leads to activation of the extrinsic apoptosis pathway. Chemotherapy on the other hand stimulates the intrinsic apoptosis pa...

Entwicklung eines Common Criteria Schutzprofils für elektronische Wahlgeräte mit Paper Audit Trail

Mit dem Urteil vom 3. März 2009 hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht die bislang in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland eingesetzten Wahlgeräte für verfassungswidrig erklärt. Grund für dieses Urteil war die fehlende Umsetzung des Prinzips der Öffentlichkeit der Wahl. Mit dem Urteil erklärte das Gericht jedoch nicht grundsätzlich den Einsatz elektronischer Wahlgeräte für verfassungswidrig. Im Rahmen des ...

The times they are a-changin': mobile PIM is leaving the paper trail behind

Use practices in personal information management (PIM) evolve continually. The data from our two studies, a survey study (n=61) on to-do use practices and a diary/interview study (n=11) on smartphone use in PIM, suggests that electronic PIM has finally reached paper-based PIM in popularity. Mobile phones and their development have been integral to this development: Better input possibilities an...