The break for American intelligence operatives tracking Abdul Qadeer Khan's nuclear network came in the wet August heat in Malaysia, as five giant cargo containers full of specialized centrifuge parts were loaded into one of the nondescript vessels that ply the Straits of Malacca.
Gruff instructors with honorific yellow stripes sewn into the collars of their white uniforms bark out instructions, and the students respond with a brisk "Yes, Chef!" or "Right away, Chef!" To read "Pro Chef," as it's called at the institute, is to be reminded that a kitchen is a little factory, hot and dangerous and full of specialized machines.
Critical care societies around the world recommend full time specialized clinical pharmacy services in the intensive care unit (ICU).
We can no longer ignore international recommendations warranting full time specialized clinical pharmacy services in critical care units to ensure patient care efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness.
In our concluding chapter, we review the multiple motivations for formal verification, including design exercise, bug hunting, full proofs, specialized applications, and formal equivalence, summarizing and highlighting our key points in each area.
The different levels of complexity can be structured and a full, appropriate, specialized care assured, with no restriction to access, no co-payment, no deductible nor sliding scale fees that could potentially restrict access to the services the patient needs and are prescribed by the professional [ 2, 8].
These range from basic websites that include listings, all the way to marketing automation and a full-blown specialized CRM solutions for the company's clients.
Cardiac dimensions and EF were evaluated by one full-time specialized physician, using 2-D transthoracic echocardiography in a dedicated echo lab.
However, a "Swiss-army knife" containing a full set of specialized tools from which problem solvers can select becomes impractical.
Mortality rates of severe TBI are 2 15 times greater when patients are treated in non-neurosurgical centers, rather than neurotrauma centers with their full complement of specialized clinical resources and technologies [35].
Nonetheless, the full impact of specialized clinical pharmacy in the critical care unit should be appreciated in terms of meaningful direct patient outcomes such as length of ICU stay, length of mechanical ventilation (MV), risk of MV associated pneumonia or other nosocomial infections, risk of delirium, thromboembolic events or mortality and direct actual expenditure savings.
