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This feature examines the impact of pharmacologic interventions on the treatment of the critically ill patient — an area of health care that has become increasingly complex. Recent advances in drug therapy for adult ICU patients (including evolving and controversial data) will be reviewed and assessed in terms of clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes.

This paper provides a range of problems and solutions involving the asynchronous interaction between a UUT and a digital test instrument during LRU and SRU test. Agile handling of such asynchronous activity can result in higher test quality, simpler programming, and less debugging. Examples provided herein are compared to the applications workarounds generally required in older, more synchronous apparatus.

The study was designed to identify the connection between features on the satellite image and the sea floor in Lonsdale Bight, Victoria, Australia, and to produce a map based on the findings. It used a semi-submersible vessel with an observation pod that can be lowered 1 m below the sea surface; this provides a stable platform from which spatially accurate data can be collected in the sub-marine environment, free from atmospheric effects. The results indicated a link between the depth and composition of the seabed and the spectral values found in the associated satellite image. Hence, the semi-submersible vessel is an ideal tool for seafloor imaging in shallow waters, without the disadvantages associated with diving.