Visionary in scope, Intellectual Capital is the first book that shows how to turn the untapped
knowledge of an organization into its greatest competitive weapon. Thomas A. Stewart …

In Thomas A. Stewart’s bestselling first book, Intellectual Capital, he redefined the priorities
of businesses around the world, demonstrating that the most important assets companies …

Context In March 2009, novel 2009 influenza A(H1N1) was first reported in the southwestern
United States and Mexico. The population and health care system in Mexico City …

For freshwater pelagic ecosystems, the biodiversity and cascading trophic interaction theories
both predict that decreased piscivore populations will result in direct, short—term (a few …

Background There have been few detailed, in-person interviews and examinations to obtain
follow-up data on 5-year outcomes among survivors of the acute respiratory distress …

Background As more patients survive the acute respiratory distress syndrome, an understanding
of the long-term outcomes of this condition is needed. Methods We evaluated 109 …

Background Mechanical-ventilation strategies that use lower end-inspiratory (plateau)
airway pressures, lower tidal volumes (V T ), and higher positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEPs…

ContextThe outcome of patients receiving mechanical ventilation for particular indications
has been studied, but the outcome in a large number of unselected, heterogeneous patients …

Context Trials comparing higher vs lower levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
in adults with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been …

Context Low-tidal-volume ventilation reduces mortality in critically ill patients with acute lung
injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Instituting additional strategies to open …