Diversions. What to expect when you're expecting (residents).

Hidden signals of climate change in intertidal ecosystems: What (not) to expect when you are expecting

What to expect when you're expecting: The role of unexpectedness in computationally evaluating creativity

Novelty, surprise and transformation of the domain have each been raised – alone or in combination – as accompaniments to value in the determination of creativity. Spirited debate has surrounded the role of each factor and their relationships to each other. This paper suggests a way by which these three notions can be compared and contrasted within a single conceptual framework, by describing e...

in Foundations of Speech Act Theory

Like Humpty Dumpty, many philosophers take pride in saying what they mean and meaning what they say. Literalism does have its virtues, like when you're drawing up a contract or programming a computer, but generally we prefer to speak loosely and leave a lot to inference. Language works far more efficiently that way. Two Kinds of Looseness It helps if you can rely on people not to take you too l...

Pediatric residents' perceptions of community involvement prior to residency.

OBJECTIVES To describe baseline perceptions of first-year pediatric residents of participating in community activities, to determine whether demographic factors are related to perceived benefits and constraints, and to identify factors associated with expected community involvement. METHODS Pediatric residents beginning their training in the fall of 2000 to 2003 participated in a 12-item self...

What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Fetal Protection Laws that Strip Away the Constitutional Rights of Pregnant Women

Many states have enacted fetal protection laws as a way of promoting fetal health and combatting the problem of in utero fetal drug abuse. These laws, however, unduly compromise the constitutional rights of pregnant women, implicating a woman’s rights to privacy, due process, and equal protection under the laws. Additionally, such laws compromise both maternal health and fetal health by discour...