Translational Success Stories

Translational success stories: angiotensin receptor 1 antagonists in heart failure.

The title of the proposed series of reviews is Translational Success Stories. The definition of "translation" according to Webster is, "an act, process, or instance of translating as a rendering of one language into another." In the context of this inaugural review, it is the translation of Tigerstedt's and Bergman's(1) discovery in 1898 of the vasoconstrictive effects of an extract of rabbit k...

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Human Factors Success Stories

As participants in the 28th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, we are all concerned with the influence of human characteristics on engineering and design processes. We know that success in our endeavors depends on how well we understand human factors and how well we translate that understanding into the development of products, entertainment, systems, facilities, environments, organiz...

Success stories for tracking stock

While numerous studies have been conducted on the motivations of tracking stocks, little attention has been placed on the success/failure of tracking stocks or the critical success factors of the tracking stock issue. This paper attempts to determine the factors that affect the success of the tracking stock firm. A parsimonious logit model is proposed. Four factors: beta coefficient, firm size,...

Success Stories: Communicating the School Health Message

Background: Thirteen school district teams from Michigan and Indiana participated in the Michiana Coordinated School Health Leadership Institute with the intent of Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) implementation. The study purpose was to analyze the utilization of success stories for documenting CSHP achievements. Methods: Throughout the three-year Institute, teams were introduced to th...