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...Stan D. Ardman isn't a real person but a robot simulator ("standard man") used to train medical personnel. Thomas, who is just out of nursing school, was participating in a Florida State study designed to compare the performance of novice nurses like him against that of more experienced ones. The results were surprising. After Thomas left, I watched a nurse with more than 25 years' experience go through the same simulation. At first, when the monitor indicated a drop in blood pressure, Monica (also a pseudonym) coolheadedly began to identify possible treatments. Within seconds she noticed Ardman's dopamine...
...food crisis have had a limited effect. In January, Chavez announced the creation of PDVAL, an affiliate of the state oil company, PDVSA, that has been tasked with assisting in food production and distribution; it has set up various distribution centers - such as the one in the Caracas train station - around the country. The National Institute for the Defense of Users and Consumers, INDECU, has been regularly making enforcement rounds, and temporarily shut down more than 500 businesses that were guilty of selling food above the regulated prices during one week in January alone. The issue is increasingly volatile. Lootings...
...when he was 9, David Shields' father Milt stepped on the third rail while crossing some train tracks. Using a piece of wood, a friend rescued him from electrocution as well as--with seconds to spare--an oncoming train. Decades later, Milt rammed his car into a garbage truck and walked away unhurt. At 86, he had a heart attack while playing tennis. He not only finished the set but he also...
...This is the time of year we train for,” Harvard coach Jay Weiss said. “It all comes down to these next two weeks and it’s time to totally switch our focus...
Convicted of the 1994 kidnapping and murder of three backpackers in Cambodia, the former Khmer Rouge commander Sam Bith was sentenced to life in prison in 2002. David Wilson of Australia, Mark Slater of the U.K. and Jean-Michel Braquet of France were on a train when it was ambushed by Khmer Rouge fighters. The rebels had been waging a guerrilla war in the jungle after the violent four-year reign of their leader, Pol Pot, ended in 1979. Several Cambodians were killed in the 1994 attack. The three travelers were held for three months, then executed when ransom negotiations...