Applying dendrogram analysis to the CARMA-NRO C18O (J = 1–0) data having an angular resolution of ∼8″, we identified 692 dense cores in the Orion Nebula Cluster region. Using this core sample, we compare the core and initial stellar mass functions in the same area to quantify the step from cores to stars. About 22% of the identified cores are gravitationally bound. The derived core mass function (CMF) for starless cores has a slope similar to Salpeter’s stellar initial mass function (IMF) for the mass range above 1 M ⊙, consistent with previous studies. Our CMF has a peak at a subsolar mass of ∼0.1 M ⊙, which is comparable to the peak mass of the IMF derived in the same area. We also find that the current star formation rate is consistent with the picture in which stars are born only from self-gravitating starless cores. However, the cores must gain additional gas from the surroundings to reproduce the current IMF (e.g., its slope and peak mass), because the core mass cannot be accreted onto the star with 100% efficiency. Thus, the mass accretion from the surroundings may play a crucial role in determining the final stellar masses of stars.

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Fall is generally meeting time, and each year most of us must pick and choose where to spend our travel budgets and how best to leverage our time away from our practices and work obligations. Meetings are vital for keeping up-to-date with the rapid advances in brain injury and the developments that are shaping our growing field. On a practical level, nothing can replace the face-to-face contact that comes from attending a professional conference or seminar, but for those of you unable to attend the NABIS meeting, we hope that the abstracts presented in the following pages will at least give you a feel for our annual event. In addition to the presentation of the abstracts included in this issue, over 50 invited speakers will present the latest advances in the science, rehabilitation and treatment of traumatic brain injury. The full conference program is posted on the NABIS Web site, We hope that you will consider submitting your work for our 2009 meeting. Better yet, we hope that you will also consider becoming a member of our multidisciplinary society. Whether it is in the area of research or clinical care, NABIS stands behind the premise that advances in science and practices based on application of the scientific evidence will ultimately provide the best outcomes for those with brain injuries and the community as a whole. ObjectivesTo review issues common to case management of people with acquired brain injury (BI), both as communitybased/external case managers and as facility-based case managers. This presentation will focus on issues involving managing a treatment team, working successfully with families, providing leadership toward targeted outcomes, customer service issues for all stake holders and developing and maintaining a positive relationship with clients so that they may reach an optimal level of independence and self-worth through improved productive activity and expanded social capital. MethodThe presenters will provide demographic data, literature reviews and multiple examples of "successes" and "failures" with community reintegration of BI clients with different types of case management. This didactic presentation will allow attendees to interact and ask questions of the presenters regarding case management strategies which may be implemented to improve the client's success. ResultsAttendees will have a good understanding of how case management can improve successful outcomes for people with BI and will learn strategies that may be implemented in their practices to help better the lives of their clients with brain injury. NABIS Abstracts