Very short ischaemia is not the answer

Controversy Very short ischaemia is not the answer

Gillich et al. [1] report on an excellent transplant success rate of 77 kidney grafts performed over a 10-year period, using cadaver donor organs that were obtained and transplanted locally, without taking HLA matching into consideration. They hypothesize that the good result was due to the fact that the kidneys were not exposed to prolonged ischaemic preservation. Paired kidneys that were ship...

When the ICU is not the answer.

Obesity is not always the answer.

To cite: Ray P, Pawsey AKM, Preston JT. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-213784 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old woman (body mass index of 40 kg/m) repeatedly presented to her general practitioner (GP), with a diffusely tender and distended abdomen. She was told the reason for her symptoms was obesity. Eventually her GP referred her to A&E department...

Multiagent learning is not the answer. It is the question

The article by Shoham, Powers, and Grenager called “If multi-agent learning is the answer, what is the question?” does a great job of laying out the current state of the art and open issues at the intersection of game theory and artificial intelligence (AI). However, from the AI perspective, the term “multiagent learning” applies more broadly than can be usefully framed in game theoretic terms....

Validity of very short answer versus single best answer questions for undergraduate assessment

BACKGROUND Single Best Answer (SBA) questions are widely used in undergraduate and postgraduate medical examinations. Selection of the correct answer in SBA questions may be subject to cueing and therefore might not test the student's knowledge. In contrast to this artificial construct, doctors are ultimately required to perform in a real-life setting that does not offer a list of choices. This...