This paper describes our efforts to investigate factors in user’s browsing behavior to automatically evaluate web pages that the user shows interest in. To evaluate web pages automatically, we developed a client-side logging/analyzing tool: the GINIS Framework. We do not focus on just clicking, scrolling, navigation, or duration of visit alone, but we propose integrating these patterns of inter...

Bronchodilators are the first line therapy during acute asthmatic exacerbations to reverse airway obstruction primarily by relaxing airway smooth muscle. Only three categories of bronchodilators exist in clinical practice: β-adrenergic agonists, anticholinergics, and methylxanthines. Each of these categories have specific drugs dating back to the early 20th century, raising the question of whet...

It has been almost a quarter of a century since the belief of the non–existence metallic state or the non-occurrence of metal-insulator transition for a two–dimensional system in the zero magnetic field was accepted. Nevertheless, during the last decade atypical behavior in semiconductor samples suggested the possibility of those transitions in two dimensions. In this essay we will review some ...

“Molecular signatures” or “gene-expression signatures” are a key feature in many studies that use microarray data in cancer research (e.g., Alizadeh et al., 2000; Golub et al., 1999; Pomeroy et al., 2002; Rosenwald et al., 2002; Shipp et al., 2002). Shaffer et al. (2001, p. 375) refer to signatures as“(...) genes that are coordinately expressed in samples related by some identifiable criterion ...

Conventional cardiovascular risk assessment is based on traditional risk factors such as serum cholesterol concentrations (cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol) and blood pressure levels. It is becoming increasingly clear that the newer laboratory measures may help to refine risk estimates in the general population. In a recent publication of the MONICA (Monitoring of Trends and Determ...

The antibiotic pipeline is running dry and infectious disease remains a major threat to public health. An efficient strategy to stay ahead of rapidly adapting pathogens should include approaches that replace, complement or enhance the effect of both current and novel antimicrobial compounds. In recent years, a number of innovative approaches to manage disease without the aid of traditional anti...

It is now a common practice to identify women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and initiate treatment aimed at preventing hyperglycemic episodes and improving outcome for the woman and her unborn child (1–3). However, since before the 1st Workshop Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in 1979 (4 ), there has been heated discussion about how this is best done. By the 4th internatio...

Omar Bagasra, Mohammed Alsayari, Rebecca Bullard-Dillard and Mohamed A Daw (1) Department of Biology, South Carolina Center for Biotechnology and Department Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina. (2) Department of Biology, Claflin University (3) Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli...

Burnout is an established phenomenon across cultures and occupations. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the most commonly used measure of burnout. The MBI delineates burnout according to three components (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment) and provides the opportunity to assign a classification of burnout. However, the criteria of what constitutes ...