Why I Wrote Clarke's Latin

Generalized latin squares I

The classical definition of Latin squares is generalized by allowing multiple occurrences of symbols in each row and each column. A perfect (k, I)-Latin square is an N x N array in which any row or column contains every distinct symbol and the symbol at position (i, j) appears exactly k times in the ith row and I times in the jth column, or vice versa. Existence of such squares and the notion o...

Murder, She Wrote

Enhanced sensitivity to information of negative (compared to positive) valence has an adaptive value, for example, by expediting the correct choice of avoidance behavior. However, previous evidence for such enhanced sensitivity has been inconclusive. Here we report a clear advantage for negative over positive words in categorizing them as emotional. In 3 experiments, participants classified bri...

Who Wrote the Torah

The issue of the authorship of the Torah is important for at least this one reason: since the book claims to have been written by a certain writer, it is simply a matter of integrity that that claim is verified. If this claim to authorship is not substantiated, then why should we trust what that book says? In short, if the Torah claims to be written by Moshe, and we find that it is, in fact, no...

Who Wrote the Hippocratic Oath

Re: Making Health and Care Systems Fit for and Ageing Population. Why We Wrote It, Who We Wrote It For, and How Relevant It Might Be to Canada

In response to the commentary((1)) in this month's Canadian Geriatrics Journal by Andrew and Rockwood on the recent paper I co-wrote with King's Fund colleagues-"Making Health and Care Systems Fit for an Ageing Population"((2))-I wanted to pen a very personal response, not least because of my visits to health systems in Ontario and Alberta and conversations with many Canadian colleagues that ar...