BITE OR SPRINT?

Systems biology: sprint or marathon?

www.sciencedirect.com The availability of complete genome sequences, as well as transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic and structural genomics data, provides the necessary information to start analyzing the living cell as a whole. Although still dominated by its methodological aspects, the field of systems biology is starting to contribute to a better understanding of cell biology, gradually ac...

Intelligent Accountability: Sound-Bite or Sea-Change?

In Scottish education, as in other public services in Britain, there has been growing emphasis on performance management, quality assurance and accountability over the past two decades. However, recent policies from the Scottish Executive appear to signal a shift away from the “topdown” systems that focus on measuring and comparing attainment, to approaches that gives more scope to teachers’ pr...

Sprint or marathon? Strategic planning for the society.

yellow scorpion bite: ignore or take it seriously?

The Paradoxes of Phantom Bite Syndrome or Occlusal Dysaesthesia (‘Dysesthesia’).

Phantom bite syndrome was first described by Marbach over 40 years ago as a mono-symptomatic hypochondriacal psychosis. He used the term to describe a prolonged syndrome in which patients report that their ‘bite is wrong’ or that ‘their dental occlusion is abnormal’ with this causing them great difficulties. This strong belief about ‘their bite’ being the source of their problems leads to them ...