Recent advances in high throughput methods make it possible to study the behaviour of biomolecules that make up entire biological systems. This recent interest in whole systems comes from the belief that they have functions that none of the entities of the systems have, and that ‘‘the total is more than the sum of its parts’’. The rules that govern the behaviour of biological systems are curren...

A seven-year old Australian Shepherd, suffering from idiopathic epilepsy under treatment with phenobarbitone and potassium bromide, was presented with generalised lower motor neuron signs. Electrophysiology and muscle-nerve biopsies revealed a neuromyopathy. The serum bromide concentration was increased more than two-fold above the upper reference value. Clinical signs disappeared after applyin...

vii

Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and ...

Submission and editorial instructions can be found on each publication's home page.

This paper explores the use of social awareness support as a potential solution to alleviate informal care al, and emotional load habitually associated with their duties. This is a preliminary contribution of the Vienna University of Technology to TOPIC project that is currently under development. In this paper we report on relevant literature, identify and consider technological and interactio...

Central Sterile Supply Department(CSSD) is a service unit in a hospital that processes, issues, and controls the sterile stores supply to all departments of the hospital. The essentials of this department are correct design, appropriate equipments, skillful operators and a unidirectional work flow. The CSSD should have four zones – 1) The unclean and washing area, 2) The assembly and packing ar...

Cell migration is a fundamental process that occurs during embryo development. Classic studies using in vitro culture systems have been instrumental in dissecting the principles of cell motility and highlighting how cellsmake use of topographical features of the substrate, cell-cell contacts, and chemical and physical environmental signals to direct their locomotion. Here, we review the guidanc...

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS The Editors of Cardiovascular Ultrasound would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 11 (2013).