n this issue of the Journal, a clinical investigation by Ozaki et al focuses on the flushing solution used for image acquisition with frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT).1 The authors present the cross-sectional area measurement as a quantitative evaluation using low-molecular dextran L (LMD-L) approximate to that of contrast media, and the non-inferiority of LMD-L to contras...

Gestures are an integral part of speaking. They allow expression of thoughts that are difficult to articulate. They promote fluency of speech. Can gestures also facilitate reasoning, problem solving, and other cognitive processes? In the present task, people assembled an object and then made a video explaining how to assemble, using speech and gesture or gesture alone. A control group merely re...

Cloud computing has been a much marketed term in the recent past. While there definitely are benefits, nebulosity still surrounds the topic and economic benefits to corporations are especially unclear. This work suggests a model offering an overview of cloud computing benefits as a basis for further benefit analysis by consolidating existing sources on the topic. To create the model, an approac...

Terminology means ‘a set of words used in a specially understood or defined sense’. From the standpoint of an international journal welcoming English language material from all over the world, it is apparent that widespread differences in meaning and uses of terminology exist in the field of developmental medicine. Differences in terminology matter, as Bax and Mac Keith1 commented, ‘First, fore...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the clinical effects, safety, and economic cost of propofol and midazolam in the sedation of patients undergoing mechanionl ventilation in the ICU. Eighty-eight critically ill patients were studied and randomly allocated to receive short-term (less than 24 h), medium-term (24 h to 7 days), and prolonged (more than 7 days)continuous sedation ...