Despite impressive growth in banner advertising budgets, doubts persist amongst practitioners about the effectiveness of banner advertising and the techniques used to measure it. A number of approaches such as click-throughs, mouse rollovers and eyetracker studies have been developed to measure the banner ad effectiveness. We argue that banner ad effectiveness can also be determined by measurin...

With spectacular growth in demand since opening the market to foreign competition, executives within the Macau casino industry have focused their attention on enhancing capacity and opening new casino properties. Meanwhile, the Singapore casino market, barely two years old, has already produced revenues comparable to the Las Vegas Strip. Despite stellar past successes, the long-term scenario fo...

A 20-year-old G1P1 woman presented to a local hospital with a 2-week history of headache, blurry vision, photophobia, edema, and easy bruising. She was found to be hypertensive (blood pressure, 180/90) with acute renal failure (Cr = 8.5), thrombocytopenia (platelet [PLT] count, 81 ¥ 10/L), elevated lactate deydrogenase (LDH; (698 IU/L), and severe microcytic anemia (hemoglobin, 5.9 mg/dL; mean ...

A new semester, a new year; but little else lias changed for the Albany State Wrestling team. The Danes have rolled to an 11-1 meet record including their finest performance ever in the New York State Championships. "I was very impressed with our performance at the New York State Championships (in Rochester last weekend). We scored twice as many points as we ever have in our history at the Stat...

Dystrophic calcinosis cutis was commonly described in long-term dermatomyositis or systemic sclerosis, being rarely reported in other connective tissue diseases. We report the case of a 65-years old woman with an only 5-years history of systemic lupus erythematosus, who presents with multiple, impressive subcutaneous calcified masses and biological normal serum calcium and phosphate levels.

Osimertinib is an effective third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved in multiple countries and regions for patients with EGFR T790M mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite impressive initial tumor responses, development of drug resistance ultimately limits the benefit of this compound. Mechanisms of resistance to osi...

Despite the impressive demonstrations of energy efficient legged robots in the past, there are still a number of challenges remained to compete with legged locomotion of biological systems. In order to optimize energy efficiency of a legged robot, we typically need to sacrifice versatility: our robots have usually limited locomotion speed, lack of behavioral diversity, complex mechanical design...

Routine immunization is a cornerstone of public health, believed to save an estimated 2-3 million lives annually. Therefore, individual nations and international organizations lay considerable emphasis on robust vaccination programs. India is one of the few countries where universal routine childhood immunization is provided free of charge. Despite this impressive arrangement, immunization cove...

The last decade in Rwanda’s history has been one of transition and rebirth. Ten years ago, the country was emerging from several years of strife and civil conflict; in 2009, urban and rural areas are energized with the promise of steadily improving economic, social, and health conditions. Despite this impressive transformation, Rwanda faces various challenges, many related to the complex relati...

While there is wide agreement on the immense potential of Internet, its growth and performance are adversely affected by security issues. Despite its impressive size, scope and reach, the Internet has not yet become a common vehicle for many of these new possibilities. Progress in fields as electronic commerce and government-citizen relationships have been limited by the open design of the netw...