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This paper addresses the design of assistive technology that specifically aims to support an improvement in the quality of life of people with dementia. Starting from interviews with users, a grounded theory approach was used to compile a wish list of issues important for maintaining quality of life. A large list of potential technologies that could address these issues was generated, and four were selected for initial development: a music player, a device to reduce social isolation, a conversation prompter, and a device to support sequences of tasks. The music player and social isolation device are described in this paper in detail. A user-led approach to their design was followed, including approaches to finding control interfaces that were intuitive for people with dementia. The paper concludes with a list of recommendations for designers looking to develop equipment of this kind.

The 3He nucleus is a calculable nuclear system (Carlson and Schiavilla in Rev Mod Phys 70:743, 1998) for which our theoretical understanding can be compared with data to an increasingly accurate degree. In turn, the theory faces extensive precise data sets from a series of experiments. Two laboratories are leading the way: MAMI/A1 and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF). This paper reviews some of the outstanding current experimental efforts with (polarized or unpolarized) electron scattering on (polarized or unpolarized) 3He targets in these laboratories.

With the advent of the second-generation drug-eluting stents, the decision process on which stent to use is becoming increasingly complex. Our article compares the technical characteristics of the four drug-eluting stents (DES) currently available in the United States. We review the data that led to the approval of each stent and analyze the literature comparing their performance in various patient subgroups. Finally, we present our current practice and identify a “wish list” for the ideal DES.

The Human Brain Proteome Project (HUPO BPP) aims at advancing knowledge and the understanding of neurodiseases and aging with the purpose of identifying prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers, as well as to push new diagnostic approaches and medications. The participating groups meet in semi-annual workshops to discuss the progress, as well as the needs, within the field of proteomics. The 9(th) HUPO BPP workshop took place in Barbados from 9-10 January, 2008. Discussing the future HUPO BPP Roadmap, the attendees drafted the so called HUPO BPP wish list containing timelines, suggestions and missions. This wish list will be updated. regularly and will serve as a guideline for the next phase.

Disasters, both natural and “man-made,” affect a large portion of the Earth’s population and can be expected to increase in intensity over the coming decades. The impact of disasters on mental health of affected populations is substantial and likely to be insufficiently addressed in the overall context of disaster response. While successful mental health intervention has been demonstrated in a variety of cases, including through the use of EMDR treatment, this problem needs more attention. Effective mental health response will be greatly supported by increased research on questions related to the incidence, form, and prognosis of disaster-generated traumatic stress, as these are affected by type of disaster, culture of affected population, sociological conditions, and neuropsychological factors, and the interactions among these. A brief summary of desirable research is presented that could help responders meet these challenges.

INTRODUCTION Not since Franklin Roosevelt was in the White House has this country experienced the present level of tumult in the financial and regulatory underpinnings of the capital markets. With the real-time speed, and the massive, complex data-gathering and management capabilities afforded by new technologies, the global markets are fast becoming the market. The resulting level of change has spawned both enormous opportunity and equally enormous risk exposure. As is always the case in a creative society, it is to scholars that we turn when we want to explore what we could and should be doing to facilitate change and enhance the service we provide as part of our larger calling. In the case of the auditing profession, that service is protection of investors and support of a concurrent level of confidence to stabilize the capital markets. Indeed, now, more than ever, professional auditors need scholars and researchers to continue a partnership that furthers the understanding of the audit and thereby identifies new ways to make the process and related assurance services ever more effective and efficient. In the summer of 2005, Grant Thornton LLP launched an academic outreach program to formalize the dialogue that we have always had with the country’s top auditing academics and institutions. Our outreach is designed to engage the practitioners in our firm with research that improves our ability to do our job—to the satisfaction of clients, investors, and regulators. Our outreach also is designed to honor our profession by moving it forward through discovery, analysis, and public commentary. We offer the following “wish list” of the top 10 areas where Grant Thornton would welcome audit research. I will share my thoughts by raising key questions.

The Revised APA Division 30 Definition of Hypnosis is a constructive and forward-moving document. Although it represents the third attempt on the part of Division 30 to promulgate a useful definiti...

Over the last two decades the use of E-learning technology increased to such an extent that the role of the traditional academic has been forced to change. Focusing on academics’ views, this study examines their interactions in the E-learning environment and whether online learning applications have increased academic workload (Eynon, 2005; Olaniran, 2006). This study also identifies how their role has changed and the underlying factors which may cause negativity in their working environment.\ud Based on a literature review and twelve interviews with academics the work suggests that online learning applications have increased workload. For some academics the use of E-learning technology in UK higher education can be a full time occupation. It is evident from the data that the drawbacks to current E-learning technology outweigh the number of benefits. A key concern is the high number of working hours spent on E-learning systems by academics. This research states unequivocally that the level of complexity for some academics is daunting as well as frustrating. A key finding from this research is a wish list made by academics that can help in their role as teachers in utilising E-learning technology. Managing expectations of academics is vital to the success of E-learning technology in higher education institutions.

Lately, collaborative consumption has emerged as an important socio-economic model because of its economic and environmental impacts. Airbnb, an online hospitality rental service provider, is a fast growing company that utilizes rich social communications. In this paper, we aim to quantitatively characterize collaborative consumption behaviors in Airbnb. We collected and analyzed a total of 4,178 room data, and investigated which features are more strongly associated with room sales. Besides the well-recognized room features like price, minimum stay, and amenities, our result shows that social features such as responsiveness of host, count of Wish List, number of reviews, and membership seniority are significantly associated with room sales. On the other hand, some of the conventional social features such as overall rating and number of references turned out to be not so critical for room sales.

Over the past decade, the U.S. Census Bureau has implemented the American Community Survey as a replacement for its traditional decennial "long-form" survey. Starting in 2011, ACS data was made available at the census tract and block group level for the entire nation, representing geographies small enough to be useful to local planners; in the future these estimates will be updated on a yearly basis, providing much more current data than was ever available in the past. Although the ACS represents a bold strategy with great promise for planners working at the neighborhood scale, it will require them to become comfortable with statistical techniques and concerns that they have traditionally been able to avoid.To help with this challenge the author has been working with local-level planners to determine the most common problems associated with using ACS data, and has implemented these functions as a package in the R statistical programming language. The effort is still a work-in-progress, with some tweaks remaining on the "punch-list" (to say nothing of the additional features on the "wish list"), but the basic framework is in place. The package defines a new "acs" class object (containing estimates, standard errors, and metadata for tables from the ACS), with methods to deal appropriately with common tasks (e.g., creating and combining subgroups or geographies, automatic fetching of data via the Census API, mathematical operations on estimates, tests of significance, plots of confidence intervals, etc.).

The most important thing a dean does is recruit good chairs, and the most important thing a chair does is hire the best faculty. You can’t have a good program without good faculty, so recruiting well is an essential skill. This chapter offers an approach that will maximize your chances of success in selecting the best candidate. Two styles of negotiating are presented. The first is a traditional approach and is premised on positional negotiation. The second is preferred by us and is based on issue-oriented negotiation. It offers the advantage of creating a cooperative relationship between the negotiator and the one with whom he or she is negotiating, rather than an adversarial one. It also gives the one conducting the negotiation greater information about the analytic skills and emotional intelligence of the candidate and thus increases the chances of picking the best candidate. And, finally, it offers the advantage that the recruitment package is largely negotiated by the time the committee provides its final list, as are the goals by which the candidate will be evaluated.

PurposeThis paper seeks to explore how repertory grids can be used to address IT team performance issues. The technique is introduced along with the process of creating and analyzing repertory grid data.Design/methodology/approachTo explore the application of the repertory grid technique to team performance issues. An example focused on eliciting the essential soft skills needed by programmers to effectively interact with IT team members is illustrated.Research limitations/implicationsTo researchers, the main benefit of this paper is that it introduces a technique that is easy to use, enables the researcher to easily determine the relationship between constructs, is free from researcher bias, and can be applied to a wide variety of team‐related research studies.Practical implicationsThis research presents a means by which human resource managers, hiring personnel, and team leaders can easily determine essential skills needed on the IT teams of the organization, thereby deriving a “wish list” from key IT groups as to the desired non‐technical characteFristics of potential new team members.Originality/valueShows how repertory grids can be used to address IT team performance issues.

The proper training of teaching assistants (TAs) to be instructors of elementary statistics plays a central role in the teaching mission of the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech. We rely on several indirect methods to prepare our TAs for the classroom, from observational learning, to formal training in the many facets of statistical consulting, to graduated increase in teaching duties and responsibilities. Each of these steps is fully illustrated in the following article. Also discussed are the monitoring of TA teaching quality and the methods we use to maintain consistency of course presentation and materials across multiple sections. Language issues associated with international student TAs are briefly examined. We conclude with a wish list of suggestions designed to improve the quality of TA training and, eventually, TA teaching.

Conjoint analysis is one of the most celebrated tools in Marketing, and its widespread use (not just widespread publication history) has been one of the greatest success stories in Marketing/Business of the academic and practitioner interface. In this article, I provide a wish-list, of sorts, summarizing current cutting-edge research that is trying to fill some holes, and other issues that I ‘wish’ were trying to be filled. By literally using a list-like statement, current answer, and wish-list format for this article, I hope to provide guidance to both academics and practitioners as to the areas for future important conjoint research. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In the United States, risk assessments that include sportsfish consumption often rely on default values derived by the USEPA. However, local, regional, and cultural differences can result in substantial differences in consumption rates, species of fish caught, parts of fish consumed, and fish preparation methods—all of which contribute to the extent of contaminant exposure. Because of these differences, site-specific data are important for the reliable prediction of exposure. This article reviews the types of information important to a risk assessor to enhance the applicability of the exposure assessment to the population being evaluated. It provides a method for setting priorities based on the sensitivity of the exposure assessment to each type of information. Consumption rate and parts of fish consumed are the most important information to obtain. This information should be obtained for each fish species consumed, and should be obtained for both children and adults. Body weight and exposure dur...

On May 13, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its Proposed Rule for Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), covering new disclosure requirements, in the Federal Register, and called for comments on that proposed rule from the various participants in the ABS market. One way or another, the publication of Regulation AB in its final form will change the ABS market. Although the final regulation is expected to be published in early 2005, issuers and investors are not even close to agreement on a number of important points, which makes the ultimate requirements of the rule difficult to predict. There are three items on the author9s wish list: 1) disclosure regimes based upon collateral asset type; 2) credit score (i.e., FICO) disclosure for consumer asset types; and 3) static pool disclosure for revolving trusts.

This paper examines the risks surrounding a growing trend for young people to create personal websites that feature online diaries or live video feeds. These websites often chronicle the most intimate parts of their owners' lives in great detail. Unfortunately, a young person may sometimes unintentionally attract the attention of an internet predator visiting the site, for example by publishing unsuitable pictures or through inappropriate self‐disclosure. This risk is increased when a young person has only limited awareness of the basic precautions that should be taken when publishing material to a website or communicating with visitors. However, in a growing number of cases young people are deliberately placing themselves at risk in order to gain a variety of benefits, both emotional and material. The discussion examines the emergence of a ‘wish list’ scene and considers some of the ways in which adults can exploit young people, for example by encouraging them to promote adult services. The paper concludes by offering several potential measures that might be used to reduce risks to young people.

As late as the 1970s, only a handful of scholars called themselves children's historians. Thirty years later, much had changed. Though nobody possessed an accurate headcount, a new historical field had emerged, with a burgeoning literature, Web sites, and specialized societies.

Clegg tackles US-Cuba scientific collaboration. The US National Academy of Sciences runs workshops with scientists from Iran, and both governments seem to value this neutral channel of engagement. Cuba has strong capabilities in fields including biotechnology, oceanography, biodiversity, public health and disaster management. Its education system achieved nearly 100% literacy by the 1970s and its higher education and research sectors are impressive for a nation of just over 11 million. Obama had technology-based entrepreneurism and expanded access to the Internet on his wish list for Cuba, along with the chance to work with Cuban biotech efforts, in particular trials for new vaccines for lung cancer and other human and animal diseases.

The Internet poses a number of threats to the safety of young people. Using numerous examples, this article discusses a wide range of such threats, including: cyberstalking; the ‘grooming’ of potential victims of sexual abuse; a new ‘wish list’ scene (where teenagers encourage contact with potential abusers); the creation and distribution of child pornography; and the emergence of services that create child pornography to order. It is suggested that the last has provided individuals with the ability to inflict sexual abuse on young people from a distance, an act the authors have termed virtual sex tourism. The final section of the article suggests that paedophiles and pornographers have been quick to adopt new technology as a means of concealing their activities. The article concludes by warning of the danger of overestimating or underestimating the threats described.

Purpose – The article's aim is to illustrate why a library might compile a list of desired purchases.Design/methodology/approach – This is an opinion piece.Findings – In these tight budget times, having a current wish list is vital; if an unexpected windfall appears, a library should have priorities in order.Research limitations/implications – Areas of further study might include how or if libraries collaborate with academic departments to compile priority wish lists, and using sales representatives as library marketing to academic departments.Practical implications – Determining a way to keep priority purchasing lists visible is important.Originality/value – The article offers some ideas for a librarian compiling a wish list of resources.

Review(s) of: Reading and rhetoric in Montaigne and Shakespeare, by Mack, Peter, (The WISH List), London, Bloomsbury, 2010, hardback, pp. 192, R.R.P. 45.00 pounds, ISBN 9781849660617.

This responds to George C. Edwards Ill's question, "What do we want to know about the presidency and why do we want to know it?" Let me begin with a top-of-the-head summary of lingering concerns on my part regard ing further research consequent on my own writings, especially my early articles and the five cumulative editions ofPresidential Power (1960 et seq.). The reception ofthat book and its longevity exceeded my highest hopes. For both I shall always be grateful (and somewhat amazed). But I also should confess to what turned out to be unrealistic?and perhaps unrea sonable-hopes for research the book and articles might suggest to others. Reasonable or not, the disappointment of those hopes stays with me. To emphasize them now gives my response an unduly self-centered quality. I indulge that only because recent illness leaves me too little time to think persistently about the subfield as a whole and all the other things that, on reflection and rereading, I might add if time allowed. With that qualification, a severe one, I offer a "wish list" of research that would sub stantially relieve me of parochial concerns. The list has four parts. I can summarize them as follows, in no order of importance. Then I shall add a fifth, which while consistent with the others, goes far afield from my own writings and transcends the other concerns in importance.

Starting a private practice can be on one hand the most exciting step you will take in your career, on the other hand it can be at the same time the most intimidating one. First of all, take the time to really think through what you want your work schedule and surroundings to be like and then set up your office the way it will work best for you. You may not get every item on your wish list right away, but do not be afraid to try to set it up just the way you want. Build a healthy network of collaborative clinicians around your practice. Your colleagues can be a great source of referrals to your practice. And without refferals, it is difficult to maintain sufficient patient turnout. That is also why a big part of private practice is marketing. If you want to establish and develop a successful business, you must sell yourself and your practice. Beside your role as a clinician, you will also be running a business. If you seek out some private-practice coaching, you might save a lot of time. Private practice can be wonderful, it is not for everyone. Some therapists find being in a solo private practice very tiring and lonely. For some psychiatrists, the ideal is actually a group practice that has therapists, counsellors, social workers and psychologists so that supervision can be done from a multidisciplinary perspective.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his declaration of competing interest.

Choosing which pumps to buy can be a complicated process for the operators of wastewater treatment plants. With the desire for energy savings and pump efficiency at the top of the wish list, it is a competitive market. Keith Loria presents an insight into the procurement process, from new advances to buying and tendering.

The first chapter of this thesis has depicted the different challenges of building a wireless sensor network. This has resulted in a wish list of specifications for the circuitry on a wireless tag. One of the main problems is the powering of the tag.

In this commentary, we add to the spirit of the articles appearing in the special series devoted to meta- and statistical analysis of single-case intervention-design data. Following a brief discussion of historical factors leading to our initial involvement in statistical analysis of such data, we discuss: (a) the value added by including statistical-analysis recommendations in the What Works Clearinghouse Standards for single-case intervention designs; (b) the importance of visual analysis in single-case intervention research, along with the distinctive role that could be played by single-case effect-size measures; and (c) the elevated internal validity and statistical-conclusion validity afforded by the incorporation of various forms of randomization into basic single-case design structures. For the future, we envision more widespread application of quantitative analyses, as critical adjuncts to visual analysis, in both primary single-case intervention research studies and literature reviews in the behavioral, educational, and health sciences.

Those of you familiar with research investigating probabilistic thinking in the field of mathematics education, might, at this point in the book, be expecting a “wish list” for future research, which has become customary (e.g., Kapadia and Borovcnik 1991; Jones et al. 2007; Shaughnessy 1992); however, we will not be adding to the list of wish lists. Instead, we have decided to, in this commentary, highlight some of the overarching themes that have emerged from the significant amount of research housed in this volume. Themes emerging from each of the four main perspectives—Mathematics and Philosophy, Psychology, Stochastics and Mathematics Education—are now commented on in turn.

When we moved to the Washington, DC, suburbs in 2010, we started searching for a new home. One community fulfilled most of our wish list: it provided quiet, tree-lined streets, safe neighborhoods, mature landscaping, and large lots. That was the good news. The bad news was the mature trees, which reach one hundred feet tall or higher, creating a hazard when hurricanes hit the region.

The final chapter closes with embracing some of the issues and subtle interplay that emerged in the research. These reflections formed a multifaceted platform and from there, some future notions are explored with a ‘wish list’ for the possibilities of a poeticized organization.

Since the discovery of HAM/TSP, little progress has been made on developing treatments. As HAM/TSP usually progress slowly, it can take a long time to evaluate disease activity and decide on a course of treatment. Therefore, there is a dire need for biomarkers capable of predicting the rate of disease progression and “surrogate end-points” that enable new treatments to be assessed more rapidly and with greater accuracy in clinical trials. However, in order to validate surrogate end-points, it is necessary to conduct large-scale, randomized clinical trials – a very difficult feat for such a rare disease. Here we present a recent study on candidate prognostic biomarkers for HAM/TSP and discuss future research directions.

Objective. We examine the political attitudes and priorities of contributors to two prominent women's PACs for evidence of a gender gap. Methods. A survey of contributors to EMILY's List and to WISH List shows that contributors to both organizations are overwhelmingly women. However, because EMILY's List is so large, there is a sufficient number of men to compare to the two groups of women using percentages and difference-of-means tests. Results. Partisanship is the overriding influence on political priorities and attitudes toward economic and social welfare policy. However, partisanship and gender interact to influence political attitudes in at least two areas. First, EMILY's List men are more supportive of militarism and use of force than are EMILY's List women, but they are less supportive than WISH List women. Second, the women of EMILY's List are more staunchly feminist than either EMILY's List men or WISH List women. Conclusions. We conclude that the source of each group's financial commitment to women's political equality and reproductive rights is different: for EMILY's List women, it is liberal feminism; for WISH List women, it is libertarianism; and for EMILY's List men, it is general egalitarianism.

Support for women in politics comes from across the ideological spectrum, as illustrated by the ideological diversity of political action committees devoted to the election of women. This study of major contributors to EMILY's List, which raises money for Democratic pro-choice women candidates, and WISH List, which raises money for Republican pro-choice women candidates, examines the policy preferences of both groups using ordinary least-squares regression. We hypothesized that the relatively liberal policy preferences of EMILY's List contributors, compared to the more conservative attitudes of WISH List contributors, were attributable to three types of explanations: symbolic politics, trust in government, and social status. Results of the analysis support both the symbolic politics explanation, represented by indicators of ideological affiliation and feminist consciousness, and the trust in government explanation. However, differences in the social and demographic characteristics of these two groups explain very little of their divergent policy preferences.

Veterinary faculty do not often get the chance to reflect on their own teaching practices. Recent circumstances dictated that the author perform such a self-analysis. This article represents the fruits of that reflection process. A personal philosophy of teaching is presented, along with impressions of the student experience. Using these as a guide, ideas are presented about the package of material that should be delivered to the students, how that package should be delivered, and some special tools to aid delivery. A personal wish list of items that might lead to a better teaching experience is also included. Although the teaching game plan presented here is unlikely to be the best strategy, it is hoped that it may provide some helpful hints for other instructors of veterinary medicine or, at least, stimulate further thinking about how the teaching and learning experience can be improved for both teacher and student.

As hundreds of US astronomers draft their latest decadal wish list of new projects, Nature took a short-cut by convening a small survey around a dinner table. Eric Hand listens in.

After characterizing most of today's content standards as wish-list curricular aspirations, the author argues that to assess such standards properly, educators must prioritize them. Only those content standards determined to be of the highest priority and also measurable on a per-standard basis should be tested via large-scale assessments. The remaining standards should serve as targets for teachers’ instruction and should be measured by classroom assessments.

We report a unique, collaborative effort by users and providers of genetic services to arrive at outlines for optimal ethics and clinical practice. Using focus groups of consumers (users) and providers (held separately), a provider-consumer project team developed 1) a consumer wish list, 2) an experientially based ethical overview of situations arising in practice, and 3) detailed suggestions for consumer-provider interactions in clinical settings. Consumers were primarily interested in accurate information, respect for persons, a smoothly functioning team, with the consumer as an equal member of the team, family integrity, and providers who knew the limits of their knowledge and were willing to refer. “Non-directive” counselling and privacy were not major issues in consumer focus groups; some thought providers should openly state their own opinions. Providers had a rather different list of priorities. Books and papers on clinical ethics usually originate from bioethicists and physicians. This pilot project is unique in including consumers and providers equally.

The co-editors of New Theatre Quarterly take time out here to reflect on the milestone of the journal reaching its hundredth consecutive issue, in succession to the forty of the original Theatre Quarterly. Simon Trussler was one of the founding editors of the ‘old’ Theatre Quarterly in 1971. He is the author of numerous books on drama and theatre, including New Theatre Voices of the Seventies (1981), Shakespearean Concepts (1989), the award-winning Cambridge Illustrated History of British Theatre (1993), The Faber Guide to Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (2006), and Will's Will (2007). Formerly Reader in Drama in the University of London, he is now Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Rose Bruford College. Maria Shevtsova, who has been co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly since 2003, is Professor of Drama and Theatre Arts and Director of Graduate Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. The author of more than one hundred articles and chapters in collected volumes, her books include Dodin and the Maly Drama Theatre: Process to Performance (2004), Fifty Key Theatre Directors (co-edited with Shomit Mitter, 2005), Robert Wilson (2007), Directors/Directing: Conversations on Theatre (with Christopher Innes, 2009), and Sociology of Theatre and Performance (2009).

When purchasing new medical equipment, it is easy to be driven by a wish list of features. Every vendor promises the latest and greatest additions, and clinicians and medical technology professionals alike can be swayed by the bells and whistles. In today’s economy, however, sometimes simply procuring medical equipment at all—let alone devices with all the add-ons—is difficult. The driving question often is no longer which vendor or model to purchase, but when will funding become available? And, once that funding is secured, it can be difficult to provide clinicians with their preferred system within the budget. To ensure that the clinicians get a system that meets their needs and your budget, establish minimum requirements for the proposed equipment. This article will outline steps that biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) and clinical engineers (CEs)—working in concert with other hospital departments—can take to survive equipment acquisition on a reduced budget.

The focus is on the conference theme in order to provide perspective on the scope of agricultural economics, with special attention to the role of AEASA in the continuing search for greater relevance for agricultural economics, farm management and agribusiness in Africa. The purpose is to indicate flint AEASA can do more to assist members to adapt to changes that are necessary in the private and public sectors. In the first part, five concerns which should be addressed by AEASA are summavised. Then follows an overview, of the scope of the discipline. Thirdly, AEASA's services are analysed, and it is explained how organisation and club theory can be utilised to energise an association. Fifthly, it is discussed how to combine strengths nnd stretch the frontiers, along with a wish list that should place AEASA on the winning road. In conclusion I relate my wishes regarding change in AEASA to the concerns expressed in the first part. If my wishes could be realised, it would lead to meaningful dialogue on the i...

Proposals for the education and training of psychotherapists are offered in a spirit of constructive good faith, yet they are unabashedly unrealistic in departing from some common canons of education and training. Seven principles are proposed as a suggested starting point for further discussion of the education and training of psychotherapists.

This article discusses a variety of topics that need to be addressed during the design of an ambulatory care facility, particularly those areas that need to be discussed at the beginning of the project. Topics include life safety/code issues involving building classification, employee safety, and accessibility; regulatory agencies; design issues including design sources, touring comparable facilities, room mock-ups, staff evaluation/wish list, setting standards, and determining responsibility; and medical equipment including planning and current trends. The time you spend planning ahead is time well spent.

This essay addresses the future of men's studies from the particular ecolocation of a gay male theologian in the field of men's studies. The essay argues that our “trajectories” for men's studies must fuse theory and practice. Our efforts must be practical as well as intellectual as we engage, however belatedly, in doing constructive theology and ethics (both individually and collaboratively), in increasing our men's studies publishing output to reach larger audiences, and in creating justice in our interpersonal relationships, in our shared social justice activism, and in our hiring and promotion activities.

Point-of-care tests for infectious diseases consist mostly of tests for antigen or antibody, which have significant performance limitations. Improved automation of this type of test would improve quality, but more significant improvements in the quality of point-of-care tests for infectious

McLay E, Young EP. Amherst, NY 14228, Prometheus Books, 2007, paperback, 182 pp, ISBN: 1-59102-469-2, $16. This book is written by 2 authors who have had first-hand experience in caring for family members with Alzheimer disease (AD). The goal of this handbook is to provide support, as well as to serve as a guidebook, for family members and caregivers of people with AD. The book attempts to guide the caregivers through the difficult and emotional process, beginning with denial and ending with acceptance of the disease. The 11 chapters of the book follow a simple format, beginning with a chapter titled “Layers of Denial” and ending with “We Reach Acceptance.” Between these extremes are chapters that deal with a variety of topics, such as caring for the caregiver, basic information about AD and its implications for the caregiver, and how the caregiver or family can help themselves to cope with the many changes AD will have created in the patient. In their introduction, the authors provide a “wish list” for their readers and admit that it is ambitious. It includes statements such as “we want this book to be a comforting companion for caregivers,” “we want caregivers to learn a new approach,” and “we want caregivers to move into the realm of healing acceptance.” In a clever way, the authors achieve this by focusing on areas that …