We Must Act Now:

We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW

From the endlessly quotable Ted Nelson—whose neologisms pepper the language we use to understand the present, from “hypertext” to “visualization”—perhaps no phrase is better known than, “You Can and Must Understand Computers NOW.” It was emblazoned across the Computer Lib side of his 1974 Computer Lib/Dream Machines ( CL/DM ), the most infl uential book in the history of computational media. 1 ...

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Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in India: We Know Enough to Act, and We Should Act Now.

The fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) conducted in 2015-16 provides an intriguing and disturbing trend on malnutrition in India. Over a ten year period since 2005-06, the proportion of under-five children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), as measured by Weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) <–3, based on the WHO standards has increased from an already high proportio...

WTO deadlines: why developing countries must act now to protect access to medicines.

Within the next 12 months there are intellectual property deadlines looming for developing countries that could have a significant impact on their future access to medicines. These relate to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This Agreement outlines the intellectual property obligations for all 144 WTO members, including...