Entrepreneurial and innovative competences, are they the same?

Entrepreneurial and parental love—are they the same?

Here we tested the hypothesis that entrepreneurs' emotional experience and brain responses toward their own firm resemble those of parents toward their own children. Using fMRI, we measured the brain activity while male entrepreneurs viewed pictures of their own and of a familiar firm, and while fathers viewed pictures of their own and of a familiar child. The entrepreneurs who self-rated as be...

Standardized patients versus simulated patients in medical education: are they the same or different

In order to equip medical students with all the necessary skills in dealing with patients to provide optimal treatment, the need for the use of real patients in educational settings has become prominent. But all the required skills cannot be practiced on real patients due to patients’ safety and well-being. Thus, the use of standardized patients (SPs) or simulated patients (SiPs) as a substitut...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: are they the same or are they distinct diseases?

1. Baillard C, Fosse J-P, Sebbane M, Chanques G, Vincent P, Courouble P, Cohen Y, Eledjam J-J, Adnet F, Jaber S. Noninvasive ventilation improves preoxygenation before intubation of hypoxic patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:171–177. 2. Agarwal R, Gupta D. What are high-flow and low-flow oxygen delivery systems? Stroke 2005;36:2066–2067. 3. Jaber S, Amraoui J, Lefrant JY, Arich C, Coh...

Relationship and Creative Techniques : Are They on the Same Team ?

Lab and field experiments: are they the same animal?

To advance our understanding of biological processes we often plan our experiments based on published data. This can be confusing though, as data from experiments performed in a laboratory environment are sometimes different from, or completely opposite to, findings from similar experiments performed in the "real world". In this mini-review, we discuss instances where results from laboratory ex...