commentary. In this way the work is given continuity. In certain parts, like the sections that deal with traction in the treatment of fractures and the evolution of arthroplasty and osteotomy, we are given an excellent outline of each subject with the original papers used as landmarks in the story. The layout of the book, the type and the small portrait sketches of each character, make the book...

This second edition of the Age of Propaganda is excellent. (Should I explicitly tell you my conclusion?) I will use a two-sided argument to try to convince you to read this book. (Is a two-sided argument relevant in this situation and, if so, should I tell you the good news first or last?) I will reduce the asides in the rest of this review because are distracting (and distraction is not useful...

This paper discusses the role of public policy in the skills development system of the U.S. It further examines the implications of that policy for the skill development and career progression of black workers. The paper describes the current “system” for skills development in the United States as a two-tiered system: The “first-chance” or conventional system allows individuals to proceed throu...

This paper discusses the role of public policy in the skills development system of the U.S. It further examines the implications of that policy for the skill development and career progression of black workers. The paper describes the current “system” for skills development in the United States as a two-tiered system: The “first-chance” or conventional system allows individuals to proceed throu...

Marten van Schijndel (The Ohio State University) & Kathleen C. Fraser (University of Toronto) [email protected] Introduction Accurate and non-invasive screening for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critical to allow patients time to plan for the future and access early treatment. The present work studies the effectiveness of well-known psycholinguistic measures at detecting likely cases of AD fro...

The 1980s saw the rise of one of central projects of AI and Law the representation of law as executable logic programs. [1] describes one of the steps in the development of the project with the representation of a large portion of the United Kingdom’s legislation on “Supplementary Benefit” (SB) as an executable logical model of law in Prolog. It outlines the legislation, the task the representa...

Reviewed by: Gadamer's Hermeneutics: Between Phenomenology and Dialectic by Robert J. Dostal Carlo DaVia DOSTAL, Dialectic. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 2022. ix + 297 pp. Cloth, $99.95; paper, $34.95 Reading this book is like getting a lively tour of the Portland Building (1120 Southwest 5th Ave., Portland, Oregon) from seasoned critic. The landmark municipal building, althou...

We have written before in Seizure about Shakespeare’s play King Lear and its reference to epilepsy1. The play is, of course, a treasure house for those with an interest in the psychopathology of any age or those with an interest in Renaissance medicine. However, in breaking open the treasure house, it is possible that any jewels brought into the light of the 21st century are not always what the...

A decision taken with the intention of protecting society against attack by biological weapons could, perversely, increase the very same danger. That is the implication of a debate now raging in the USA over the support of research on pathogens that might be used by terrorists. An alleged shift in funding in the wake of the 9/11 disaster and the ‘anthrax letters’ sent during 2001 means that mor...

the concept of diegesis (telling or recounting a story) originally appeared in plato's thesis as opposed to mimesis (showing or enacting a story). plato described diegesis as the third person style of expressing a fiction mediated by an author/narrator, whereas he proposed mimesis as the first person style of presenting a story by means of characters and actions. aristotle then applied mim...