Should rcpaqap blood gas program include instrument calculated parameters?

Should the Corvis Biomechanical Index (CBI) Include Corneal Thickness Parameters?

Should comprehensive diagnosis include idiographic understanding?

The World Psychiatric Association has emphasised the importance of idiographic understanding as a distinct component of comprehensive assessment but in introductions to the idea it is often assimilated to the notion of narrative judgement. This paper aims to distinguish between supposed idiographic and narrative judgement. Taking the former to mean a kind of individualised judgement, I argue th...

Should treatment of sepsis include statins?

During the past decade, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have been shown to improve survival in patients with cardiovascular disease. Initially, the beneficial effects of statins were attributed simply to lipid reduction1; however, more recent data suggest that “pleiotropic” properties such as improvement of endothelial dysfunction, increased nitric oxide bioavailability, and antioxidativ...

GAS-PHASE ACIDITY OF SOME CARBOXYLIC ACIDS CALCULATED BY MNDO

Gas-phase acidities of 15 aliphatic carboxylic acids, X CH -,COOH, have been calculated using the MNDO method. Among the substituted groups exist the electron donor alkyl groups and electron acceptor halogens. The average error in acidity is within the experimental uncertainty of the data. Systematic errors have been found for the substituents which form internal hydrogen bondings. A reaso...

Why Education in Public Schools Should Include Religious Ideals

This article aims to open a new line of debate about religion in public schools by focusing on religious ideals. The article begins with an elucidation of the concept ‘religious ideals’ and an explanation of the notion of reasonable pluralism, in order to be able to explore the dangers and positive contributions of religious ideals and their pursuit on a liberal democratic society. We draw our ...