Research in organizational learning has demonstrated processes and occasionally performance implications of acquisition of declarative (know-what) and procedural (know-how) knowledge. However, considerably less attention has been paid to learned characteristics of relationships that affect the decision to seek information from other people. Based on a review of the social network, information p...

Central MessageFontan circuit. You should occasionally look at the results!!See Article page 372. Fontan results!! See How often are we delusional, even in our most simple beliefs? We have for long implanted 18-mm or 20-mm Gore-Tex conduits (W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc, Flagstaff, Ariz) as extracardiac because believed that this was size of an adult inferior vena cava and wanted to streamlined...

Cushing's syndrome is characterized by any cause of excess cortisol in the blood and produces many physiologic consequences. Left untreated, Cushing's is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Seventy percent of endogenous cases of Cushing's syndrome are secondary to a pituitary tumor; because of this, the primary mode of management is surgical resection of the tumor. Should hyper...