We consider a model in which any investment opportunity is described in terms of cash flows. We don’t assume that there is a numéraire, enabling investors to transfer wealth through time; the time horizon is not supposed to be finite and the investment opportunities are not specifically related to the buying and selling of securities on a financial market. In this quite general framework, we sh...

As American health care undergoes great change, academic pathology is uniquely positioned to establish pathologists as key to the new health-care environment. Pathologists are at the forefront of major innovations in health care and are specialists who interact with all other medical specialists and essentially the entire range of health-care services. Academic pathologists benefit from being s...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development convened a group of experts (authors on this guest editorial) to identify key rehabilitation research opportunities. Our first task was to examine the important themes of rehabilitation research to serve as a guide to the identification process. Rehabilitation research encompasses a broad field of disciplines and methodo...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development convened a group of experts (authors on this guest editorial) to identify key rehabilitation research opportunities. Our first task was to examine the important themes of rehabilitation research to serve as a guide to the identification process. Rehabilitation research encompasses a broad field of disciplines and methodo...

Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes. Despite spending increasing resources, many cities – particularly in Africa and Asia – collect less than half of the waste generated. Most wastes are disposed of in open dumps, deposited on vacant land, ...

Creativity is a human characteristic that enables people and communities to adapt and thrive in changing circumstances. People spend the greater part of their lives engaging in a variety of activities that support health and well-being. Creativity can be expressed through many of the activities of everyday life, including work, family life, social interaction and leisure. When someone is unable...

Telemedicine is many things to many people. Only until a few years ago, telemedicine was equated to video teleconferencing between physicians, while nowadays, perhaps the most active area in telemedicine is the store-and-forward model. There is a big shift from private and dedicated modes of communications to connectivity through the Internet. Presented is a collection of applications that prov...

Management theory teaches that successful innovation requires concomitant changes among the system ’ s components to achieve congruence or fi t . 1 Similar thinking has been applied to changing the U.S. health care system. 2 In recent years, there has been growing recognition that payment reform of the U.S. health care system must be accompanied by corresponding reforms in the delivery system. ...

cases relevant to business communication in the workplace and functional for a wide range of users in both undergraduate and MBA programs. Instructors may photocopy the cases freely for educational use (see the Permission to Photocopy section on the inside of the BCQ front cover). Issues to facilitate incorporating cases into teaching are discussed in this introduction, and further assistance i...