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Investigates the open-field system in France in the mid-eighteenth century. Finds that institutions, most particularly the political institution of the state, supported property rights that undermined overall economic efficiency. (JLN)

Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Quotation from Machiavelli's The Prince -- Initial Article -- Doorway to the Future -- Virtual Reality and Mental Health -- Psychiatric Therapeutic Applications of Virtual Reality Technology (VRT): Research Prospectus and Phenomenological Critique -- Virtual Reality and the Neuropsychological Assessment of Persons with Neurologically Based Cognitive Impairments -- The Status of Virtual Reality for the Cognitive Rehabilitation of Persons with Neurological Disorders and Acquired Brain Injury -- Virtual Reality Environments for Psycho-Neuro-Physiological Assessment and Rehabilitation -- Virtual Reality for Autism Communication and Education, with Lessons for Medical Training Simulators -- Blind Persons Navigate in Virtual Reality (VR) -- Hearing and Feeling Communicates "Reality -- Virtual Reality Support System in Palliative Medicine -- Computer Assisted Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Cord Injury Patients Application of Virtual Reality -- Technological Innovation: Assessment in the Environment of Cost Containment -- Patient Safety and Efficacy as Measured by Clinical Trials and Regulatory Policy -- Scientific and Clinical Visualization -- Image Guided Surgery and Its Potential -- High Definition 3D Ultrasound Imaging -- Visualization of Compression Neuropathies through Volume Deformation -- Virtual Reality (VR) Techniques in Orthopaedic Research and Practice -- TeleInViVo: A Collaborative Volume Visualization Application -- Simulation of Soft-Tissue Tumor Excisions: A Multimodal Interactive Approach -- New Interface Metaphors for Complex Information Space Visualization: an ECG Monitor Object Prototype -- Computerized Hand Diagnostic/Rehabilitation System Using a Force Feedback Glove -- Virtual Cancer Image Data Warehouse -- More Real-Time Visual and Haptic Interaction with Anatomical Data

The Military Health Service System (MHSS) provides health care for the Department of Defense (DOD). This system operates on an annual budget of $15 Billion, supports 127 medical treatment facilities (MTFs) and 500 clinics, and provides support to 8.7 million beneficiaries worldwide. To support these facilities and their patients, the MHSS uses more than 125 different networked automated medical systems. These systems rely on a heterogeneous telecommunications infrastructure for data communications. With the support of the Defense Medical Information Management (DMIM) Program Office, our goal was to identify the network requirements for DMIM migration and target systems and design a communications infrastructure to support all systems with an integrated network. This work used tools from Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and applied it to communications infrastructure design for the first time. The methodology and results are applicable to any health care enterprise, military or civilian.