The Leap of Faith

RESTORE--from deduction to leap of faith.

inhibition of pacemaker output in pacemaker-dependent patients and/or false triggering with tracking to the upper rate limit in patients with reduced left ventricular function may be detrimental. Therefore, we cannot support the approach of Martin and co-workers—that is, to leave the pacemaker sensing function activated. In contrast, we recommend deactivating the sensing function in pacemaker-d...

Leptin and the obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a leap of faith?

he discovery of the anti-obesity hormone leptin (the name is derived from the Greek " leptos " meaning " thin "), the product of the ob gene, 1 has fuelled a recent surge of interest in the mechanisms regulating mammalian fat stores. Leptin, a 16 kD protein of 167 amino acids with a similar crystal structure to cytokines, 2 is produced primarily by white adipose tissue. 3 The hormone elicits ap...

A global health fund: a leap of faith?

The leap of faith from disease treatment to lifestyle prevention: the genealogy of a policy idea.

Since the 1970s public health policy has attempted to counter the rise of chronic diseases by getting individuals to make healthy choices about smoking, alcohol, diet, and physical exercise. Inspired by the so-called new perspective of the 1974 Lalonde report, this shift from disease treatment to prevention has been a key focus of public health policy to this day. Every generation of public hea...

A Leap of Faith: The Role of Trust in Higher Education Teaching

The importance of trust to ‘good’ teaching in higher education is comparatively neglected compared to work focused on the use of techniques to develop active learning and reflective processes. This paper applies concepts from the management and marketing literature to identify why students entering higher education must do so largely on the basis of trust or a ‘leap of faith’. It als...