Review Of Current Opportunities Research Articles

Digital pathology: Review of current opportunities and challenges for oral pathologists.

Whole slide imaging (WSI) has impacted the practice of pathology in the arenas of education, clinical practice, and research. With digital slides, pathologists can circumvent the limitations of traditional glass. Presently, digital pathology is primarily utilized for second opinion consults, clinical conferences, and education at select academic medical centers, with its mainstream adoption on the rise. However, challenges of adoption for oral pathologists are unique given the highly specialized nature of their work. The hurdles include the high-cost instrumentation and regular maintenance, need for additional training, changes in traditional workflow, and integration with present software. Given these barriers, it remains unclear the extent to which slide scanning and virtual pathology should be adopted by oral pathologists at this conjuncture. This review seeks to shed light on the current state of WSI and analyzes the opportunities and challenges for oral pathology in the rapidly evolving field of digital pathology.

Nutritional screening: a community dietitian's perspective.

Malnutrition in the UK is well documented and highlighted by the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, who advocate the use of a screening tool to facilitate the identification and subsequent management of undernutrition. Nurses are ideally placed to support this process, but their role has many conflicting priorities. For nurses working in the community, there also exists the problem of identifying those who are at risk of undernutrition but remain unknown to nursing services. This article provides a review of malnutrition and nutrition screening and aims to promote a pragmatic approach to the identification and management of undernutrition in the community. The article concludes with a brief review of current opportunities for improving nutritional care in the community.

Prospects for energy efficiency in Australian buildings: a review of current opportunities

This article explores the potential for energy performance contracting (EPC) to improve the energy consumption of existing buildings, using Australia as an example of a gradually maturing market. A review of EPC around the world is provided as the context and the question of the expansion of this activity into the non-commercial building sector is investigated. To determine the scope for expanded activities, a survey of energy efficiency organizations was carried out. It was found that some organizations were more prepared to extend beyond their current areas of activity and saw the potential of new markets, possibly by entering into partnerships with energy suppliers. Almost all the organizations surveyed were optimistic about growing their activity in the future. The article concludes by indicating considerable potential for action given changes to regulatory and market conditions.