Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities

Urgent Change Needed to Radiation Protection Policy.

Although almost 120 y of medical experience and data exist on human exposure to ionizing radiation, advisory bodies and regulators claim there are still significant uncertainties about radiation health risks that require extreme precautions be taken. Decades of evidence led to recommendations in the 1920s for protecting radiologists by limiting their daily exposure. These were shown in later st...

What dynamic capabilities are needed in ERP activity?

Although many scholars have proposed all kinds of key successful factors (KSFs) for ERP activity to smoothly enhance the implementation of ERP, the KSFs are based too much on concept and protocol cannot help an enterprise to achieve this objective. Therefore, this research through qualitative interview method, integrating the KSFs and dynamic capability to set up a model so as to exhibit the ki...

Editorial Commentary: Polymyxin-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: Urgent Action Needed

In 2009, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) set the acronym ESKAPE, which lists the groups of pathogens that pose the highest threat to patients’ safety and to public health [1], one of which is Acinetobacter baumannii [1].Acinetobacter baumannii is a particularly challenging pathogen because it is associated with a high degree of resistance [2], and it is difficult to eliminate ...

"Shore up the core," CMA tells Ottawa.

What Skills and Tactics Are Needed to Play Adult Pick - Up Basketball Games ?

The purpose of this study was to examine skill levels and performance patterns of regular players of pick-up basketball games. By a survey, 65 participants were identified as regular players and participated in the study. An observational instrument used to analyze game performance of the participants was developed and both content and construct validity of the instrument were established. Resu...