Drawing upon the literature on physicians' strikes from other OECD countries, the experience with physician strikes in Israel is put into comparative perspective. There are both structural and ideological factors that help to explain why there have been more strikes in Israel relative to other countries. At the same time, the dynamics of the strike and divisions within the medical profession in...

Previous studies have indicated more birds collide with communication towers equipped with red warning lights than with towers equipped with lights of shorter wavelengths. We used the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s National Wildlife Strike Database to determine if a similar relationship exists for turbine-powered jet aircraft with 2 underwingor fuselage-mounted engines and bird strikes....

Reporting of wildlife strikes with civil aircraft in the USA is voluntary but strongly encouraged by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through Advisory Circulars and FAA publications. The National Wildlife Strike Database contained 59,196 strike reports for civil aircraft, 1990-2004. An initial analysis of independent strike data from an eastern USA airport in 1994 indicated that less t...

The educational, occupational, and creative accomplishments of the profoundly gifted participants (IQs > 160) in the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) are astounding, but are they representative of equally able 12-year-olds? Duke University’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) identified 259 young adolescents who were equally gifted. By age 40, their life accomplishments also wer...

Integrating synthetic biology and systems biology efforts can advance our understanding of biomolecular systems. This is illustrated in this issue by Cantone et al. (2009), who construct a synthetic gene network in yeast and use it to assess and benchmark systems biology approaches for reverse engineering endogenous gene networks.

arthquakes, hurricanes, fires, toxic spills, and terrorist attacks are examples of natural and man-made calamities that are a tragic fact of life. Emergency personnel such as firemen, paramedics, and police officers who arrive on the scene immediately after the event are referred to as first respon-ders. Their primary goals are to find and rescue survivors and to prevent damage from spreading. ...

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) has plagued hemodialysis (HD) patients and their caregivers since the early days of renal replacement therapy. Its persistence in the current era is evident from the results of the 1426-patient Hemodialysis (HEMO) study in this issue of JASN in which a median of 12.5% of dialysis sessions were complicated by IDH requiring saline infusion, lowering the ultrafiltra...