Background:
Transport and its links to health and health inequalities suggest that it is important to assess both the direct and unintended indirect health and related impacts of transport initiatives and policies. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) provides a framework to assess the possible health impacts of interventions such as transport. Policymakers and practitioners need [...]

Some years ago I accidentally discovered that my new boss hadn’t bothered to fill out the forms to ensure I would receive a small annual bonus. He had been busy and a bonus was not guaranteed, but I had received excellent appraisals from him and had spent much of the previous six months helping him [...]

This month Harvard Business Review published its list of the 20 most important management ideas for 2008. I enjoyed thinking about this question from a workforce perspective, and offering my perspective on one idea that I believe represents a fundamental shift hovering on the horizon. I hope you’ll share your view – and any examples, [...]

Corporate recruiters and HR professionals have a long history of treating all applicants and jobs equitably, a term that synonymous most organizations use to mean ‘the same.’ Unfortunately, if you treat all applicants the same, you’re liable to miss some individuals who, if identified and hired (and in many organizations allowed to do what they [...]

Background:
Human gastrointestinal mucosa regenerates vigorously throughout life, but the factors controlling cell fate in mature mucosa are poorly understood. GATA transcription factors direct cell proliferation and differentiation in many organs, and are implicated in tumorigenesis. GATA-4 and GATA-6 are considered crucial for the formation of murine gastrointestinal mucosa, but their role in human gastrointestinal tract [...]

Background:
Neuronal tissue has limited potential to self-renew or repair after neurological diseases. Cellular therapies using stem cells are promising approaches for the treatment of neurological diseases. However, the clinical use of embryonic stem cells or foetal tissues is limited by ethical considerations and other scientific problems. Thus, bone marrow mesenchymal stomal cells (BM-MSC) could [...]