Compensatory Efforts; A Critique of the Pros and Cons

Pros & Cons

As scientists who are also clinicians, we should approach research work and clinical therapy with an objective attitude, bearing in mind that there are two sides to every theory. In particular, we hope the reader realizes the pros and cons of each situation. We already knew that the patients in the hospital might improve faster with more family contact, but family in the intensive care unit cou...

Pros and Cons of Neutering

Spaying (ovariectomy or ovariohysterectomy) has been shown to reduce unwanted pregnancies, prevent pyometra and decrease the risk of mammary gland tumors in female dogs and cats. However, increased tendency to develop obesity may occur in either species. In dogs, an increased incidence of certain cancers, aggressiveness, sedentary behavior, and urinary incontinence may develop after spaying. Th...

The Pros and Cons of Globalization

The Pros and Cons of Web Programming

The paper evaluates the most important Web programming languages (i.e. Perl, Unix Shell, C and C++, Java, Eiffel, Scripts). After ovewiewing the significant features, the advantages and limitations are compared. The suitability of different programming means for specific applications is also considered and discussed. “There does not now, nor will there ever, exist a programming language in whic...

The pros and cons of degeneracy

Drugs could treat neuropathic pain more effectively if they simultaneously targeted two or more types of ion channel.

The Pros and Cons of Price Discrimination

This article provides a review of the economics literature on oligopoly price discrimination by purchase history. Two basic models of repeated purchases with two firms and two periods are discussed in detail, one in which firms produce a homogenous good ex ante but where there is ex post product differentiation due to consumer switching costs, and another in which firms’ products are differenti...