Archaeology operates in an increasingly data-mediated world which data drive knowledge and actions about people things. Famously, has been characterized as “the new oil”, underpinning modern economies at the root of many technological transformations society large, even assuming a near-religious power over thought action. As call for this Special Issue recognizes, archaeological research is soc...

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BackgroundAnxiety is common in surgical patients during the preoperative period. High levels of preoperative anxiety have unfavorable effects on induction and maintenance of anaesthesia as well as on the recovery from anaesthesia and surgery. The incidence of preoperative anxiety for surgical patients in the Niger Delta region is not known, ObjectiveTo determine the factors responsible for preo...

Perspectives W e live in an age of evidence-based medicine [1], and with good reason. It is important to be able to evaluate the likely impact of various interventions, and it is no longer acceptable to practice health care on the basis of received wisdom and anecdotal evidence, which has convincingly been shown to be subject to serious bias [2]. One of the dangers of the evidence revolution in...

Many persons spend their final days as nursing home residents. It has been suggested that one set of factors powerfully and unfavorably influencing the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care provided in American nursing homes involves the anxieties that nursing home providers experience regarding potential negative legal entanglements and repercussions associated with the provision of EOL care to th...