Dear Editor: The Recomendaciones for the Mexican population on beverage consumption for a healthy life are a step in the right direction in the effort to effectively reduce the increasing consumption of sweetened drinks and sodas, which undoubtedly contributes to epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases. I emphasize effectively because the recommendations go further than to merely describe the...

It is a great pleasure and honor, as well as a somewhat daunting task, to introduce the 2010 ARVO Weisenfeld Award recipient—daunting in that George L. Spaeth, MD, manages somehow to be not one but many men, much as a Hindu god comprises many entities or avatars. First among these avatars is George Spaeth, the quintessential Philadelphian. Steeped in the Quaker culture of collegiality and indep...

This paper offers a new basis for assessing the nature of Buddhist moral thinking. Although consistent with Damien Keown's view that Buddhist ethics may be considered a form of virtue ethics, the account outlined here does not aim to determine which western ethical theory Buddhism most closely matches. It suggests instead that Buddhist discourse presupposes different kinds of moral agency, dist...

Sono ormai svariate le meritorie esperienze di ricerca sulle comunità italiane all’estero, soprattutto in contesti cui il fenomeno ha conosciuto una considerevole estensione. Ma tra tutte realtà censite fino ad ora, sembra risultare ancora assente un’indagine sul contesto ungherese; nonostante la dimensione dell’emigrazione e dei contatti Italia Ungheria non appaiano quantitativamente notevoli,...

बिक्रम सम्बत २०५२ (सन् १९९६) बाट तत्कालीन नेकपा (माओवादी)ले सुरु गरेको सशस्त्र द्वन्द्वले गर्दा नेपालमा जुन परिमाणमा मानवीय, सामाजिक र आर्थिक चोट पीडा पर्न गयो त्यसको पूर्ण तथ्य बाहिर आउने सम्भावना न्यून छ । साधारण नागरिकको जीवन प्रणाली नराम्ररी बिथोल्यो, हजारौं परिवार बिचल्लीमा परे अनाहकमा धेरैले मृत्यु–वरण गर्नुपर्यो। कतिको सिन्दुर पुछियो, नाबालक टुहुरा बने, कमाउने व्यक्ति अस्ताउंदा वृद्ध बालक सडकमा धकेलिए त्यस्तै, नित्याएक...

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TO THE EDITOR—I warmly thank Drs Bradley Connor and Jay Keystone for their meritorious editorial commentary [1] on our research showing that antibiotic use predisposes travelers to colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamaseproducing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) [2]. They cogitate about fundamental problems associated with refraining from antibiotics for travelers’ diarrhea (TD), listing...

.......This issue features updated and enhanced versions of selected papers from the August 2010 Hot Chips conference. As always, Hot Chips attracts important papers highlighting some of the most exciting new offerings in the field. Guest editors Will Eatherton and Jose Renau have done an excellent job in tapping the best of Hot Chips for publication, continuing a tradition of IEEE Micro since ...

The 13th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium (IBBS) will be the first to be held without Prof. Harold W. Rossmoore. Beginning with the first symposium, in Southampton, UK in 1968, his presence has been felt at every single meeting. He even participated in a meeting, held in London, UK in 1965, that is considered to be the starting point for the International Biodeteriora...