History, 21st Century
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Care and meaning in war zone nursing.

29 Nov 2009 During the past century, nurses have served as caregivers for United States military personnel in every major theater of war. Military nurses in the war zone deliver patient care while working in austere conditions, and are under constant threat of ... Read more...

"Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water.

30 Oct 2009 It has been frequently claimed that cholera epidemics, both in the 19th century and today, were and can be the key stimulus for procurement of safe water and sanitation, an idea that I call "cholera forcing." "Technology forcing" refers to ... Read more...

The way biomedical research is organized has dramatically changed over the past half-century: are the changes for the better?

27 Oct 2009 Biomedical research in today's universities is usually carried out by groups consisting of a leader and 5-20 or so trainees. This is in sharp contrast with past generations, when research was usually done by individuals or small partnerships of two ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'History, 21st Century'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Care and meaning in war zone nursing. 29 Nov 2009
• Martin Brodie: epilepsy expertise and whisky wisdom. 30 Oct 2009
• Remembering Bernett L. Johnson, Jr, MD. 30 Oct 2009
• "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. 30 Oct 2009
• Governor James J. Florio a fighter for environmental issues. 30 Oct 2009
• The way biomedical research is organized has dramatically changed over the past half-century: are the changes for the better? 27 Oct 2009
• Salim "Slim" Abdool Karim: attacking AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Amy Maxmen. 24 Oct 2009
• When diseases disappear--the case of familial dysautonomia. 20 Oct 2009
• Cardioversion: past, present, and future. 18 Oct 2009
• Eppendorf Winner. 2009 grand prize winner. 14 Oct 2009
• Retroscpective. Norman Ernest Borlaug (1914-2009). 14 Oct 2009
• Profile: Veerabhadran Ramanathan. From burning dung to global warming and back again. 14 Oct 2009
• Newsmaker interview: M. S. Swaminathan. A guru of the green revolution reflects on Borlaug's legacy. Interview by Pallava Bagla. 14 Oct 2009
• Chemistry Nobel. Honors to researchers who probed atomic structure of ribosomes. 14 Oct 2009
• TCR signal transduction: opening the black box. 13 Oct 2009
• The biology of memory: a forty-year perspective. 12 Oct 2009
• The development of developmental neuroscience. 12 Oct 2009
• A paradigm shift in functional brain imaging. 12 Oct 2009
• Four decades of neurodegenerative disease research: how far we have come! 12 Oct 2009
• Neurotransmitters, receptors, and second messengers galore in 40 years. 12 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'History, 21st Century'

Definition: Time period from 2001 through 2100 of the common era.

Descriptor UI: D049674

Alternative terms: History, 21st Century; 21st Century History; 21st Century Histories; Century Histories, 21st; Century History, 21st; Histories, 21st Century; History, Twenty-first Century; Century Histories, Twenty-first; Century History, Twenty-first; Histories, Twenty-first Century; History, Twenty first Century; Twenty-first Century Histories; Twenty-first Century History; Medicine, 21st Cent.; 21st Cent. Medicines; Cent. Medicine, 21st; Cent. Medicines, 21st; Medicines, 21st Cent.; 21st Cent. Medicine; Historical Events, 21st Century; History of Medicine, 21st Cent.; 21st Cent. History of Medicine; Medical History, 21st Cent.; 21st Cent. History (Medicine); 21st Cent. Histories (Medicine); Cent. Histories, 21st (Medicine); Cent. History, 21st (Medicine); Histories, 21st Cent. (Medicine); History, 21st Cent. (Medicine);

Tree Number: K01.400.504.984;

History Note: 2005

Technical Notes: IM general only; NIM as check tag