SiCKO strikes a chord

'It takes a village' strikes a chord.

New exhibition on WA music strikes a chord

Narrows Bridge from King's Park (Oct.1960)-Battye Library 816B Music: " The Narrows Bridge "-words and music by Joyce Farrington New exhibition on WA music strikes a chord

Physicians' strikes--a rejoinder.

The author, a physician, rejects a previous defence of a doctors' strike. There is little justification for strikes in general, still less for doctors' strikes, he claims. Should not doctors rather 'stand above the common herd' and set an example, he asks. Furthermore the whole idea of strikes in which a third and innocent party is deliberately punished in order to apply pressure on someone els...

Chord-Sequence-Factory: A Chord Arrangement System Modifying Factorized Chord Sequence Probabilities

This paper presents a system named ChordSequenceFactory for automatically generating chord arrangements. A key element of musical composition is the arrangement of chord sequences because good chord arrangements have the potential to enrich the listening experience and create a pleasant feeling of surprise by borrowing elements from different musical styles in unexpected ways. While chord seque...

Beyond “Sicko”— Thoughts on Health System Reform

CAPLAN: I know of no evidence that the citizens of nations with universal coverage “overutilize” health care services. Some of these systems tightly regulate access to specialty care by requiring referrals from primary care physicians, so they use gate-keeping to discourage overuse. Others strictly control expenditures on high technology and on expensive drugs; you can’t overutilize resources t...