contact with cats at home (9). Unusual cryptosporidial infections are not restricted to immunocompromised hosts, and further investigation of the pathogenicity and epidemiology of these infections is necessary to establish their effect on public health and to identify risk factors for exposure and measures for prevention. The identification of species other than C. hominis and C. parvum that in...

tain the level of collaboration between their departments and local hospitals in regard to WMD preparedness and a coordinated medical and public health response. Forty-four (90%) of 49 CHDs completed the interview. One of the 49 responding CHDs is responsible for a six-county area, thus accounting for the state’s 55 counties. Fewer than half (20 of 44) of the respondents have provided contact i...

Continuing technical advances will soon lead to an abundance of very small and very cheap microprocessors, which are equipped with sensors and have wireless communication capabilities. Information processing will then become ubiquitous and will permeate almost every type of object. We illustrate the vision of Mark Weiser, the visionary behind ubiquitous computing, and describe its technical fou...