Penetrating ulcer of the thoracic aorta: What is it? How do we recognize it? How do we manage it?

Mentoring: what is it? How do we do it and how do we get more of it?

Although mentoring is something most of us talk about doing and needing on a regular basis, it isn’t obvious what being a mentor means, precisely, or what the process of mentoring entails. Is it the same as training? teaching? advising? Is being a mentor the same as being a good role model? Are these all labels for the same thing? Having agreed to talk about mentoring at this event in honor of ...

What Do We Know, How Do We Know It, and How Can We Best Apply It?

Adequate Nutrition May get You Home: Effect of Caloric/Protein Deficits on the Discharge Destination of Critically Ill Surgical Patients 37 D. Dante Yeh, MD; Eva Fuentes, MD; Sadeq A. Quraishi, MD, MHA, MMScH; Catrina Cropano, MSc; Haytham Kaafarani, MD, MPH; Jarone Lee, MD, MPH; David R. King, MD; Marc DeMoya, MD; Peter Fagenholz, MD; Kathryn Butler, MD; Yuchiao Chang, PhD; and George Velmahos...

Evolvability: What Is It and How Do We Get It?

Cytogenetic biodosimetry: what it is and how we do it.

Dicentric assay is the international gold standard for cytogenetic biodosimetry after radiation exposure, despite being very labour-intensive, time-consuming, and highly expertise-dependent. It involves the identification of centromeres and structure of solid-stained chromosomes and the enumeration of dicentric chromosomes in a large number of first-division metaphases of cultured T lymphocytes...

Why Do We Need It ? How Do We Get It ?

ECURITY EXPERTS FREQUENTLY REFER TO PEOPLE AS “THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHAIN” OF SYSTEM SECURITY. Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick revealed that he hardly ever cracked a password, because it “was easier to dupe people into revealing it” by employing a range of social engineering techniques. Often, such failures are attributed to users’ carelessness and ignorance. However, more enlightened researchers...