Are you experienced

Are you experienced

The life of a junior scientist—usually as a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher—is rarely easy. The job often involves relocating to another city or even another country, which can be difficult and can disrupt personal relationships. Long working hours, often extending into evenings or weekends, inevitably clash with the scientist’s private life. Crucial experiments or research projects migh...

Are you experienced? Prior experience and the survival of new organizations

This paper investigates the relationship between the level of experience of managers and founders, and the likelihood of survival of their new firms. We take advantage of a comprehensive dataset covering the entire Danish labor market from 1980-2000. This is used to trace the activities of top ranked members of start-ups prior to their founding, and follow the fate of these firms. More specific...

Doctor, are you experienced? The relevance of disclosure of physician experience to a valid informed consent.

You Are What You Eat ?

eat’, both in terms of portions and composition. When we think of this axiom, we conjure visions of ample food portions, rich in energy, high in fat, and associated with persons of equally ample body size proportions and body fat composition. However, these relationships are more complex than they may appear at first glance. The physical, physiological and behavioural manifestation of the compl...

You are what you eat.

Wernicke encephalopathy consists of a triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and altered mental status. It is caused by thiamine deficiency and although it is commonly seen in alcoholics, patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity could be a new group of patients to watch for. Florid papilloedema and optic neuropathy are not commonly seen but are still consistent with the diagnosi...