This correction article relates to the response by Alan Barclay and Jennie Brand-Miller that was published as part of a research article [1] authored by Rikkers et al. During the publication process, errors were introduced into the formatting which affected the response only and caused the paragraphs to appear in the incorrect order. The research article reported by Rikkers et al. was not affec...

It has been previously shown that many types of drugs alter the rate of metabolism of the catecholamine hormones (Axelrod and Laroche, 1959; Axelrod and Tomchick, 1959; Axelrod, 1960). The psychotropic drugs reserpine, chlorpromazine and imipramine speed the metabolism of epinephrine and norepinephrine, while the catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitors, pyrogdlol and quercetin, block the metab...

Social work and restorative justice are both notoriously difficult approaches to define (Zehr and Toews, 2004; Brand et al, 2005). They are underpinned by numerous social and psychological theories and a plethora of practice interventions (Adams et al, 2002; Liebman, 2007). A focus on Human Rights and the tenets of Social Justice underpin these approaches along with focusing on empowerment and ...

Dr Paul Brand was the first to widely use Total Contact Casting (TCC) in the mid 1960’s to offload the insensate foot in Hansen’s disease (Sinacore et al, 1987). It has since been identified as a ‘Gold Standard’ for offloading diabetic foot ulceration within the diabetic foot-care community (Boulton, 2004).

Côte d’Ivoire, located in West Africa, is not spared. Many parasitic diseases exist in this country. Schistosomiasis is widespread (Doumenge et al., 1987; N’Goran et al., 1997; N’Guessan et al., 2007; Raso et al., 2005; Utzinger et al., 2000; WHO, 2011) with prevalence generally higher in communities around the water projects built to solve the problems of electrical safety and / or food (Stein...

This paper compares two influential attempts at presenting a comprehensive framework of knowledge management. For each perspective the author examines theoretical foundations, highlights conceptual elements and themes, and discusses the role of information and information management. Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi analyze the dynamics of knowledge creation, particularly the importance of ...

The Internet has come out as a new medium for social activities (Kim et al., 2004) that favours the connection among individuals and organizations (Pitta et al., 2005). Indeed, individuals are increasingly turning to computer-mediated communication in order to get information on which to base their decisions. For instance, many consumers are using several online formats to share ideas, build co...

Skin color has proven to be a useful and robust cue for face detection, localization and tracking. Image content filtering, content-aware video compression and image color balancing applications can also benefit from automatic detection of skin in images. Numerous techniques for skin color modelling and recognition have been proposed during several past years. A few papers comparing different a...