Injuries involving the head and neck represent a significant proportion of sportsrelated trauma incurred by youth athletes. Approximately 6.5 % of over 2.6 million children ≤ 19 years treated for sport and recreation-related injuries in an emergency department setting between 2001 and 2009 had sustained traumatic brain injuries or concussions [1]. In this chapter, we will review the history of ...

"In an age of electronic banking and online college degrees, why hasn't the rest of the nation gone to voting on touchscreen computers? The reason is simple and resonates with the contentious debate that has yet to be resolved after at least 15 years of wrangling over the issue of electronic voting. No one has yet figured out a straightforward method of ensuring that one of the most revered dem...

T he Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery (FIENS), established in 1969, is dedicated to the provision of neurosurgical care in developing countries through the education of the founding neurosurgeons of those countries. As we enter a time of revolutionary change in health care, as well as communication, and education in neurosurgery, FIENS is transforming itself into a...

Formal definitions for the components of efficiency and capacity, mathematical formulas for computing overall efficiency, and data collection strategies are proposed for rigorous measurement of equipment efficiency and equipment capacity. Measurement of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) under the TPM paradigm is revised to become a true quantitative measure of efficiency that we term overal...

Integration of information and communication technology (ICT) has become a priority in national educational policies worldwide. Meaningful integration requires a number of pre-conditions such as economic opportunity, political will, availability of suitable equipment, support infrastructures, professional development and others. Meanwhile, schools are computer-deserts compared to homes and work...

Has India realized its potential for high-caliber computer science research as indicated by (a) its having one of the largest technical manpower in the world, (b) its software industry's tremendous growth in the recent past, and (c) the demand in the West for students from its top science and technology educational institutions? This paper addresses this question, in the context of Computer Sci...