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...School, is one of seven sites now participating in a new collaborative electronic database that will be used to track therapies and outcomes for patients with HIV and AIDS. The new initiative, which was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health in September, has allowed for the collection of real-time clinical data, said University of Alabama Professor Michael S. Saag, who is leading the effort to organize the data on patients. The grant was officially announced Tuesday. According to Saag, most treatment clinics generally do not collect and share data in a standardized form...
...days only to die, Mahalanabis and his team drew on their experiences in Calcutta. They formed an assembly line to weigh out correct proportions of rehydration ingredients in plastic bags, sealed the bags with an iron, and mixed the powder with water so patients' friends and relatives could collect it in mugs. "We converted the library at Johns Hopkins into a factory," Mahalanabis, now 79, recalls. "We brought in drums with side-taps, filled them up and sent them to the field. We were essentially using people to experiment on. But we were pushed to the wall...
...cousins were kidnapped in July and haven't been heard from since. On Aug. 6, his brother Ali Hassan Mohammed al-Dujaili, another witness, was attacked in the middle of Dujail. Ahmed's nephew Husam was killed while protecting Ali. When Ahmed's younger brother Jaafer came to collect Husam's body, a sniper lying in wait put several bullets in Jaafer's legs. Jaafer lived but will always walk with a severe limp. He is among the lucky ones. The town's mayor, Haji Mohammed Hassan al-Zubeidy, says some 180 people have been murdered in Dujail since Saddam...
...into Harvard, you should be smart enough to realize that Gandhi was wrong: you shouldn’t “be the change you want to see in the world,” you should collect it until you have enough to pay for an LSAT tutor. Remember, you can’t put “fulfillment” on a resumé, and all the fun in the world won’t get you a first-round interview. You’re a Harvard student now; the world is your oyster. Sell...
...Meyer collects as much information, or dots, as he can about his guests. If a diner is eating at one of his restaurants for the first time, the staff is alerted. If it's a repeat customer, preferences (likes corner table, allergic to shellfish) and any past errors in service (overcooked salmon on 7/16) will have been entered in a database. "The more dots you collect, the more chances you have to make meaningful connections that make people feel good and give you a business edge...