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This is what Denning has been doing for nearly three decades. In the 1970s, when most people thought information security meant locking your file cabinets, Denning devised a way for federal agencies such as the IRS to release vital information while keeping its most sensitive data secure. As computer systems became more complex, she discovered a system now widely used for detecting intruders in real time, rather than combing through log-in records after the fact...
...Goiania victims in most serious condition, including Leide, were flown to a naval hospital in Rio de Janeiro. There they are being treated by a core team of eight specialists...Bone-marrow transplants, which were conducted on Chernobyl survivors, are not being considered. Radiation can destroy the vital marrow, which produces among other things the white blood cells that help the body guard against infection, but some of the Goiania victims are so radioactive that new bone marrow would simply become contaminated...
...liver is one of the most complex organs in the body--and one of the hardest to replace. It removes toxins from the blood and manufactures up to 1,000 proteins, metabolites and other vital substances. Now scientists trying to develop an artificial liver have found a way around these complexities: they let rabbit-liver cells do the work. The Bio-Artificial Liver developed by Dr. Kenneth Matsumura has a two-part chamber--patient's blood on one side, live rabbit cells suspended in a solution on the other--with a semipermeable membrane in between. As toxins from the blood...
...easy message to accept and Three Sisters is daunting because it forces its characters and its audience to confront the notion that reality endures even after dreams fade away. Though the production does not always make its points in a clear fashion, which is vital to maintaining interest and understanding with such a difficult piece of work, the quality of the individual performances helps this Three Sisters achieve much of the poignant beauty of Chekhov’s words...
...Sept. 11 tragedy, the public is occupied with new concerns and is unlikely to mount a vigorous challenge to measures taken in the name of national security. But withholding information is rarely in the public’s best interest. The Bush administration must place open access to vital public information above protecting the political past...