Being struck by a balance

David Aronson : STRUCK BY SCIENCE

technical analysis for 40 years and was a true believer. However, his faith in the effectiveness of technical analysis was shaken in the summer of 2000, just after the technology bubble burst. At the time, Aronson, 61, worked as a proprietary trader for Spear, Leeds, and Kellogg and had been profitable for four years. He used standard technical analysis techniques — interpreting classic chart p...

Cases of Persons Struck by Lightning

T he accidents which occur from lightning are generally so instantaneously fatal, that no room is afforded for medical treatment; and few cases I believe are on record, where there is any detail of the appearances in the dead bodies of those who have suffered. In this slight notice of the following cases, which occurred during one thunder-storm, I am sorry I cannot do any thing to supply the la...

Struck: Supplementary Material

Struck-by-lightning deaths in the United States.

The objective of the research reported here was to examine the epidemiologic characteristics of struck-by-lightning deaths. Using data from both the National Centers for Health Statistics (NCHS) multiple-cause-of-death tapes and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), which is maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the authors calculated numbers and annualized rates of lightnin...

Struck by lightning or slowly suffocating – gendered trajectories into depression

BACKGROUND In family practice depression is a common mental health problem and one with marked gender differences; women are diagnosed as depressed twice as often as men. A more comprehensive explanatory model of depression that can give an understanding of, and tools for changing, this gender difference is called for. This study explores how primary care patients experience, understand and exp...