State of My Opinion

OPINION Current state of intrauterine contraceptive devices

Background: Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is the most commonly used method of contraception in many countries. Despite the availability of many generations of IUDs with variable shapes and configurations, side effects and complications are frequent. We hypothesize that a modified IUD design with a fundal seeking effect will nullify the side effects and the complications of the curren...

Professionalization and Public Opinion of State Legislatures

CURRENT OPINION Simulation in cardiology: state of the art

Simulation is the technique of imitating a process or situation for education, training, modelling of an uncommon or risky scenario, or testing systems when new elements are introduced (such as a new protocol). Simulation training is not new to medicine. Anatomical models were created in ancient times, and in the 1960s the Norwegian toy manufacturer Laerdal pioneered simulation to practise card...

The Current State of AI: One Man's Opinion

M IS IN A SERIOUS STATE OF DISRUPTION The field has always been somewhat fragmented as a result of the history of its development. Different laborat.ories have tended to keep their own best students, and have inbred to the point where the theories and programs invented at one laboratory have often had very little relationship to those developed at another If t,his parallel development had invol...

Probing Public Opinion: the State of Valencia Experience

After a brief description of the electoral setup, we (i) outline the use of a simulated annealing algorithm, designed to find a good design for sample surveys, which is based on the identification of representative electoral sections, (ii) describe the methods used to analyze the data obtained from sample surveys on politically relevant topics, (iii) outline the proceedings of election day —det...