BACKGROUND Studies suggest a paucity of and lack of prioritisation in mental health research from low- and middle-income (LAMI) countries. AIMS To investigate research priorities in mental health among researchers and other stakeholders in LAMI countries. METHOD We used a two-stage design that included identification, through literature searches and snowball technique, of researchers and st...

It is argued that scheduling is an important determinant of performance for many parallel symbolic computations, over and above the issues of dynamic load balancing and grainsize control. We propose associating unbounded levels of priorities with tasks and messages as the mechanism of choice for specifying scheduling strategies. We demonstrate how priorities can be used in par-allelizing comput...

Advances in water and wastewater treatment in the twentieth century have transformed public health worldwide. However, as a number of World Health Organization and American Academy of Microbiology expert reports have clearly shown, we are still a long way from guaranteeing safe drinking water even in the most developed nations. This chapter attempts to identify major knowledge gaps and summariz...