OBJECTIVE Serum cortisol levels rise in response to the stress of critical illness but the optimal range of serum cortisol in such settings is not clearly defined. The objectives of this study were to determine the range of serum cortisol levels in a group of medical intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis/septic shock using uniform criteria, and to correlate serum cortisol levels to mo...

Although polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been banned in many countries for more than three decades, exposures to PCBs continue to be of concern due to their long half-lives and carcinogenic effects. In National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health studies, we are using semiquantitative plant-specific job exposure matrices (JEMs) to estimate historical PCB exposures for workers (n ...

This paper presents experiences related to the introduction of educational technologies in a situation involving a large number of students. We argue that significant differences exist between pilot use and large-scale deployment of educational technologies. To support our case, we present the experiences from the gradual introduction of educational technologies in a module of a computer scienc...

1 Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kamiyoga 1-18-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan 2Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University,WilhelmMeyers Allé 4, Bartholin Building 1242, Room 433, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark 3Department of Living Science, Kyoto Seibo College, Fukakusa Taya-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-0878, Japan 4Department of Food and Life Scienc...