Advances in rapidity and accuracy of microbiology diagnostics, including through adoption of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, is leading to increased detection of this organism providing an improved understanding of critical care clinical infections and the waterborne hospital microbiome.
Technologies for genotyping, gene expression profiling and full-genome sequencing are advancing with extraordinary rapidity, promising to displace genetic testing methods that have been fairly stable for a decade.
The rapidity of these advances has awed much of the international community.
The rapidity of these advances suggests that soon there will be many more to come.
It reminds me of the famous quote attributed to Henry Ford that says, "If I asked my customers what they needed, they would tell me they wanted faster horses". CIOs get caught up in this if we spend too much time listening to our colleagues who may not have the necessary perspective required to understand what is possible given the rapidity of technology advances.
I agree with Professor Porter insomuch as the American worker has not adequately responded to the rapidity of technological advances with updating relevant training (as have many citizens of China, India, & the Philippines, to name a few) thus finding themselves in a bowl of whine about why they can't make a decent buck or find another job.
When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces yesterday, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, but the fait accompli failure of both Congo's armed forces and the country's United Nations mission was not.
You can't advance across the ring with any rapidity while doubled over.
Monday, that paper's Web site featured his analysis of the current tactical situation with particular emphasis on the overlooked importance of the coalition's seizure of the Euphrates River bridges and the unprecedented rapidity of the armored advance.
However, due the unexpected rapidity of the Japanese advance, most of the new conscripts received only rudimentary training on how to fire their guns on their way to or upon their arrival at the frontlines.
Meanwhile the Allied advances are going on with striking rapidity, and it was officially announced from Rome last night that our troops have entered Venice and Milan.
