The serverloadcan bealleviatedbyincreasingthe pollinginterval, butthis has theundesirableconsequenceofintroducing a lag between aserver event and the client's awarenessof it.
Beverage companies are racing to find new sweeteners to drive growth in drinks other than their carbonated soft drinks business, largely a consequenceof increasing awareness on health issues.
Prof Kitchener said it was already known that, as a result of increased public awareness, patient safety was top of the public and political agenda, and as a consequence there had been a series of programmes to improve patient safety.