In this study a sensitive, simple and accurate spectrophotometric method was suggested for determination of tamsulosin in bulk powder and pharmaceutical dosage form based on the formation of an ion-pair complex between the drug and bromocresol green in a buffer solution at pH 3.5. The formed yellow color complex was extracted with chloroform and measured at 415 nm. The optimum reaction conditio...

Sequential transfer of information from one enzyme to the next within the confines of a protein kinase scaffold enhances signal transduction. Though frequently considered to be inert organizational elements, two recent reports implicate kinase-scaffolding proteins as active participants in signal relay.

One of the purposes of consciousness is to acquire knowledge. The models of this task traditionally assume a division between the known and the knower, a division that leads into doubtful reasoning about some kind of (frequently disguised) homunculus. The current paper tries to avoid such fallacies by viewing the adaptation of the mind as an evolutionary process, a process distinct (but not ind...

Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is knowledge’s voyage of self-discovery. It begins with the mere appearance of knowledge – that is, what knowledge at first seems to be. But what knowledge at first seems to be is not congruent with its reality, even in its first appearance. The incongruence creates an instability that pushes knowledge on to other ways to take itself, stopping only when a concept...

Approximately 1.5 million neonates receive general anaesthesia each year for surgical procedures. Providing anaesthesia to neonates is not easy. Surgical procedures are often difficult and extensive, and the physiology of neonates makes respiratory and cardiovascular problems more frequent and life-threatening. The paper covers the changing concepts in neonatal anaesthesia, including recent stu...

The CommonLISP implementation does not use packages to any great extent. This gives the user freedom to choose and access any interpreter function or macro. The result of these changes means that users have to do a little more work when constructing their own condition-elements and actions. The facilities that ELEKTRA now provides should make the process easier than previously. As applications ...

This is an excerpt from Hamilton Jordan's book No Such Thing as a Bad Day reprinted with permission.