If one does not speak his thinking

Workplace health promotion will become irrelevant in national policy if we do not learn to speak with one voice.

I have written several Editor’s Notes on the issue of federal law (1) that prohibits asking questions about family health history in health risk assessments (HRAs) when financial incentives are provided to complete the HRAs, and (2) that allows employers to charge differential health plan premiums to workers based on achieving health goals or participating in health promotion programs to achiev...

What Are Computers (If They're not Thinking Things)?

Semifactual “ even if ” thinking

Semifactual thinking about what might have been the same, e.g., “even if Philip had not chosen the chocolate ice-cream sundae, he would have developed an allergic reaction” has been neglected compared to counterfactual thinking about what might have been different, e.g., “if only Philip had not chosen the chocolate ice-cream sundae, he would not have developed an allergic reaction”. We report t...

What Language Does Agile Speak?

Collaboration-intensive Agile practices are dependent on the development team understanding the customer’s perspective and requirements. Through a Grounded Theory study of Agile teams in New Zealand and India, we discovered that a gap between the teams’ technical language and the customers’ business language poses a threat to effective team-customer collaboration. We describe this language gap ...

Pentoxifylline does not affect nociception if administered postoperatively.

Proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), act as mediators of post-injury inflammation and increase pain sensitivity. Pentoxifylline (PTX) has the property of inhibiting TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-6 production. Previous studies revealed that the pre-injury or preoperative administration of PTX inhibited consequent hyp...