In this issueof the Journal,Abelsonet al1 report the results of a prospective single-centered investigation on the incidence of coagulopathy following severe acute trauma in dogs. The mere fact that the study was a prospective investigation of trauma in dogs already puts the study in a select category and serves as a reminder that focused investigations related to veterinary trauma are needed. ...

We develop a framework for asymptotic optimization of a queueing system. The motivation is the staffing problem of large call centers, which we have modeled as M/M/N queues with N , the number of agents, being large. Within our framework, we determine the asymptotically optimal staffing level N ∗ that trades off agents’ costs with service quality: the higher the latter, the more expensive is th...

Background: Manipur and Nagaland in northeast India are among the Indian states with the highest prevalence of HIV. Most prevention and care programs focus on identified "high risk" groups, but recent data suggest the epidemic is increasing among the general population, primarily through heterosexual sex. People with disability (PWD) in India are more likely than the general population to be il...

Virtual universities and work-place virtual institutes are seen, more and more, as a solution to the huge education demand of the knowledge society. I will limit my subject here to the design of Virtual Learning Centers, seen as the pedagogical heart of a virtual educational institution. This is where courses or learning events are designed, constructed and delivered using the Internet and its ...