Abstract During a Futures Study, researchers analyze significant quantity of information dispersed across multiple document databases to gather conjectures about future events, making it challenging for retrieve all predicted events described in publications quickly. Generating timeline is time-consuming and prone errors, requiring group experts execute appropriately. This work introduces NERMA...

BACKGROUND Measurement of cortisol in 24-h urine collections and midnight saliva are standard screening tests for Cushing's syndrome (CS). These tests reflect cortisol levels during a maximum of 24 h and do not provide historical information. Therefore, they can yield normal results in case of cyclic CS, which is a rare disorder that is characterized by alternating episodes of endogenous cortis...

AIM This study aims to improve the efficiency of the application for registration process for internationally educated nurses seeking licensure to practice. BACKGROUND The licensure and employment of internationally educated nurses has been one strategy to address the global nursing shortage. However, little is known about which application characteristics relate to success in obtaining licen...

There is no tri-modal death distribution demonstrable in modern military conflict. Recent UK, Palestinian and Israeli data suggests that nine out of every ten injured soldiers that die do so within minutes of wounding from insurvivable, unsalvagable trauma. Having the surgeon on the battlefield with the soldier has been shown to make no difference to these survival rates. Early definitive airwa...

We present a way of creating an overview of administrative procedures using timelines. Our design also provides for manipulation of the information given on the timeline through interacting directly with the timeline. As an example application, a prototype supporting administrative procedures surrounding parental leave in Denmark, has been developed and evaluated.

the field of vaccinology provides excellent promises to control different infectious and non-infectious diseases. genetic immunization as a new tool in this area by using naked dna has been shown to induce humoral as well as cellular immune responses with high efficiency. this demonstrates the enormous potential of this strategy for vaccination purposes. dna vaccines have been widely used to de...