What can we hope to accomplish in generalized Ramsey theory?

, Branes and Cosmology : What Can We Hope to Learn ?

This article briefly summarizes the motivations for — and recent progress in — searching for cosmological configurations within string theory, with a focus on how much we might reasonably hope to learn about fundamental physics from precision cosmological measurements. The last few years have seen a number of scientific gatherings which have brought together string theorists and cosmologists in...

Commentary: what can epidemiology accomplish?

Over the past 20 years epidemiological studies of risk factors have led the way to a great many discoveries useful to public health. Some particularly striking examples are found in child health. We can point to the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by sleeping position of the infant, the prevention of neural tube defects by periconceptional folate supplementation, and the improvement ...

1 What Is Game Theory Trying to Accomplish ?

What we might accomplish by engaging in our local communities

OBJECTIVE To describe the potential benefits of a clinician engaging in the same community in which her/his patients live. METHODS Using a commentary format, the author describes the potential benefits of having clinicians engage in the same community in which her/his patients live. RESULTS When we, clinicians, spend time in the same communities where our patients live, we have the opportun...

tube thoracostomy (chest tube) removal in traumatic patients: what do we know? what can we do?

chest tube (ct) or tube thoracostomy placement is often indicated following traumatic injuries. premature movement of the chest tube leads to increased hospital complications and costs for patients. placement of a chest tube is indicated in drainage of blood, bile, pus, drain air, and other fluids. although there is a general agreement for the placement of a chest tube, there is little consensu...