AN UNCONVINCING TRANSFORMATION? MICHELSON'S INTERFERENTIAL SPECTROSCOPY

Interferential Therapy

The basic principle of Interferential Therapy (IFT) is to utilise the significant physiological effects of low frequency (<250pps) electrical stimulation of nerves without the associated painful and somewhat unpleasant side effects sometimes associated with low frequency stimulation. Recently, numerous ‘portable’ interferential devices have become easily available. Despite their size, they are...

Exercise does not protect the female heart: an unconvincing conclusion?

An Unconvincing Conclusion? To the Editor: The recent article by Paroo et al1 addressed an important issue relating to the sex difference in exercise-induced late cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury. This study prompts a few concerns that I would like to share with the Editors and the readers of Circulation Research. (1) Exercise-induced cardioprotection in females. In th...

Commentary. 2: Thesis correct: argument unconvincing.

I agree with the proposition set out in Susan Lowe's title: the right to refuse treatment is not a right to be killed. I agree also that the "acts and omissions" distinction is irrelevant to the discussion, while I believe that there are contexts in which the distinction is valid and of moral worth. I believe that the arguments which the author advances to support her proposition to be flawed; ...

Unconvincing evidence for condemning school-based conflict resolution programs.

Unconvincing statistical and functional inferences: reply to Catmur

John Michael*, Kristian Sandberg, Joshua Skewes, Thomas Wolf, Jakob Blicher, Morten Overgaard and Chris Frith 1 Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 2 Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark 3 Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit, Hammel Neurorehabilitation and Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark 4 Institute of Cogn...