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seemingly unrelated reports of multiple patients filling prescriptions for high dose opiates at local pharmacies. Although the patients in question initially appeared to be unrelated, based on age, address, and apparent diagnosis, investigators were able to determine that they had a common prescriber. The PMP can isolate a single prescriber and consolidate all prescriptions under that registration independent of pharmacy location, third party payer status, or drug type. Investigators subsequently developed a prescriber-specific report which revealed that the prescriber was authorizing prescriptions for 30 days of identical high dose opiates to the same patient in 10-15 day cycles. The patients frequented multiple pharmacies on a complex schedule, never visiting the same pharmacy prior to the expected due date of the prescription, and paying out of pocket for the cost of the medication. (Previous to development of the PMP, this behavior would go unnoticed, since patients and prescribers were able to circumvent the safeguards of third party payer reporting. Using the PMP, however, investigators can analyze prescribing patterns even when patients or prescribers are actively attempting to deceive the system.) Eventually, investigators were able to determine that some patients received close to 900 days worth of narcotics in a single calendar year through the issuance of identical prescriptions. Furthermore, investigators observed instances where the prescriber wrote identical prescriptions, up to 3 in a single day, resulting in hundreds of dosage units being diverted. Findings were transmitted to the prescriber’s licensing board and the prescriber’s license was suspended, dismantling an opiate ring, and drying up a source for illicit prescription narcotics.

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In order to better understand the characteristics of digital space, this paper investigates another artificial environment- cinema. By presenting some very common visualization techniques employed in mainstream film making, the paper first tries to compare the visualization techniques in the two media and see if the cinematic ones has any equivalents in computer interfaces. Secondly, it speculates around the possibility of implementing the cinematic techniques in interface design. In connection to this many parameters have to be considered. Digital and cinematic spaces are used for different purposes. Digital environments are much more diverse than cinematic ones (abstract-realistic). Throughout, the discussion aspires to relate to the issue of navigation and in what way cinematic visualization techniques might support the user in this respect.

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Staphylococcus aureus is a formidable pathogen linked to many human diseases.1-3 Planktonic and sessile (biofilm-based) ver-sions of S. aureus can occur in an infected host. This faculta-tive, β-hemolytic, gram-positive, halo-tolerant bacterium readily

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One of the greatest mysteries in modern molecular biology is the functional role of the 3 billion DNA bases in our human genome. Based on the sequencing results of the Human Genome Project, <2 % of our DNA is predicted to be genes that encode

Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious, gram-negative fac-ultative intracellular bacterium that causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. In 1911, tularemia was first described as a plague-like disease of rodents and soon after the potential of tularemia as a severe and fatal human illness was recognized.1 F. tularensis infec-tions can occur via insect or tick bites, cutaneous contact with infected animal carcasses, ingestion of contaminated food and water, or inhalation of viable organisms.2 F. tularensis has long been known as a potential hazard to laboratory workers,3 and has been one of the most commonly reported laboratory-acquired infections in the United States.4 In nature, F. tularensis mainly