teria are not always clear, particularly in settings where chlamydia prevalence is low—as is the case for some family planning providers. The increasing integration of STD services into family planning settings requires the development and evaluation of risk-assessment tools that are appropriate for these populations.7 When resources allocated for the prevention and control of chlamydial diseas...

The 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference took place in Washington, DC, from April 7–11, 2010. Washington, DC, the U.S. capital, is known for its national buildings and historically significant monuments. The Cherry Blossom festival, which was one of the major tourist attractions of the week, was at its peak – as can be seen on the program cover (Fig. 1). This year, the Genetics Society of...

I n January 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program released ‘‘CLER Pathways to Excellence: expectations for an optimal clinical learning environment to achieve safe and highquality patient care’’ as guidance for the GME community, hospitals, medical centers, clinics, and other organizations that serve as sites f...

Authors: 2011 ENA Emergency Nursing Resources Development Committee: Susan Barnason, PhD, RN, APRN, CEN, CCRN, CNS, CS, Jennifer Williams,MSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, CNS, Jean Proehl, MN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FAEN, Carla Brim,MN, RN, CEN, CNS, Melanie Crowley, MSN, RN, CEN, MICN, Sherry Leviner, MSN, RN, CEN, Cathleen Lindauer, MSN, RN, CEN, Mary Naccarato, MSN, RN, CEN, CCNS, and Andrew Storer, DNP, RN, ACN...

Brand Perceptions and the Market for Common Stock This paper investigates the effect of company brand perceptions on investor incentives to hold stocks. We find that, after controlling for other postulated determinants of stockholdings, there is a negative and significant cross-sectional relation between percentage institutional holdings and brand visibility. This result is consistent with the ...

lose to 4 billion people live in cities. As the driver of environmental challenges, accounting for nearly 70% of the world’s carbon emissions, and as sites of critical social disparities, with 863 million dwellers now living in slums, urban settlements are at the heart of global change. This momentum is unlikely to disappear, as approximately 70 million more people will move to cities by the en...

Emlen’s personal account of her surgery for a breast cancer in 1814, Halsted’s development of the radical mastectomy — author Robert Aronowitz succeeds at combining these stories with newer ideas about the development of breast cancer “risk rhetoric” into an overall compelling and well-researched narrative about how the medical establishment dealt with breast cancer as a diagnosis throughout th...