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Sepsis is a clinical syndrome that results from the systemic response of the body to infection [1]. It is a serious clinical problem, accounting for substantial morbidity and mortality. The majority of these patients die of refractory hypotension and of cardiovascular collapse [2]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance of the stress response in survival from critical illness is not in dispute. Adrenalectomized animals or patients with documented adrenal insufficiency have a high mortality when exposed to physiological stress [1, 2]. However, in the setting of critical illness, attempting to determine what constitutes an appropriate stress response is not straightforward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the authors express thanks to all those people who contributed to the book "Literacy and Empowerment." The authors express their thanks to the people of Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu in India, and especially to the thousands of participants in a literacy campaign. The authors were inspired by the enormous generosity and goodwill of ordinary people, especially the rural' poor. The authors learnt the joy of commitment and voluntarism from fellow activists. They learnt the importance of subordinating individual ego to the larger collective interest in the course of playing leadership roles in the campaign. The authors learnt the virtues of patience, and of willingness to learn from others. The late Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, a doyen of adult education, who provided an important impetus to the mass literacy campaigns as the national Chairperson of the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samithi, encouraged the authors greatly. The authors wish to place on record their gratitude to Adiseshiah by committing themselves to continue working for universal literacy in India.