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162 CURRENT ONCOLOGY—VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3 Copyright © 2008 Multimed Inc. Educational service provided to physicians by an unrestricted grant from Sanofi-Aventis Introducing our new series of expert guest editorials reporting upon different aspects of practice. These are independently reviewed and supported by unrestricted educational grants from our colleagues in industry. I N V I T E D E D I T ...

Disclosure: Dr Peter Ferenci reports membership of the respective advisory boards for Univar, Wilson Therapeutics, and Vivet Pharmaceuticals. Dr Hirschfield reports personal fees for preparing and delivering an educational seminar from Univar, during the conduct of the study. Outside the submitted work, Dr Hirschfield is on the advisory board (PBC) for Novartis, GSK, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, ...

We analyze the effects of the introduction of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a large federal grants program designed to increase poor students’ educational services and achievement. We focus on the South, the poorest region of the country. Title I increased school spending by 50 cents on the dollar in the average Southern school district and by more in districts wit...

There is little doubt that the Internet has transformed the world in which we live. Information that was once archived in bricks and mortar libraries is now only a click away, and people across the globe have become connected in a manner inconceivable only 20 years ago. Although many scientists and educators have embraced the Internet as an invaluable tool for research, education and data shari...

cannot be overemphasized. It forms a crucial and core component of medicine because of its potential for advancement of scientific knowledge, subsequent improvement in existing practices and engendering critical thinking amongst those who undertake research.1 While clinical research is being conducted in Pakistan on various fronts, laboratory based research is not as common; lack of adequate re...