INTRODUCTION Experimental research in behavioral economics has revealed a high degree of prosocial tendencies in human interactions. These results have been interpreted as suggesting a necessary shift from a model of selfish preferences toward social preferences—the assumption that people intrinsically are concerned about others’ well-being (e.g., Fehr and Schmidt, 1999; Bolton and Ockenfels, 2...

The progestogen-only pill (POP), minipill, is quite an effective second line contraceptive. Despite this, it is used relatively infrequently except during lactation. The main reason for this is that women on POP often have abnormal bleeding patterns, with an increased frequency of bleeding, lengthened cycles, breakthrough bleeding, spotting and prolonged bleeding. These menstrual disturbances a...

Received November 2009 Accepted July 2010 INTRODUCTION Since 1980, the extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) has become the gold standard option for treatment of renal and ureteral calculi. But SWL is not without complication and has its own contraindications. Of absolute contraindication for SWL is bleeding tendency. Here, we report a case with bleeding diathesis who underwent SWL without...

The importance of early treatment with tranexamic acid in bleeding trauma patients: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-2 randomised controlled trial. Summary Background The aim of the CRASH-2 trial was to assess the eff ects of early administration of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with signifi cant haemorrhage. Tranexamic acid si...

At arthroscopy, a 22-year-old woman with repeated spontaneous hemarthrosis of the knee was found to have a synovial hemangioma, which was removed by arthrotomy. In cases of spontaneous hemarthrosis without abnormal bleeding tendency, arthroscopy is recommended to identify and, if possible, treat the cause of bleeding, as repeated bleedings may damage the joint.

points in mind to reduce the complication rate. Excessive coagulation should be avoided. It could cause larger ulceration and consecutive hemorrhage. Proper use of hemoclips and detachable snares is useful and helpful, even though their use is not a one hundred percent guarantee. It is very important to bear the basic principle of colonoscopy in mind: “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”. It...

: The concept of experience by John Dewey revisited: conceiving, feeling and “enliving”. Dewey takes a few steps towards a differentiation of the concept of experience, such as the distinction between primary and secondary experience, or between ordinary (partial, raw, primitive) experience and complete, aesthetic experience. However, he does not provide a systematic elaboration of these distin...

In the personality disorder section of the DSM-V research agenda, the authors stress the need for studies on the relevance of a change from diagnostic categorical models to dimensional ones. These studies should identify the underlying genetic and neurobiologic mechanisms and appropriate representation on the dimensions of clinical criteria as cognitive disturbances, identity conflicts and atta...

This article examines the early development of military rockets devised by the English inventor and Royal Society Fellow William Congreve in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Congreve’s efforts to imitate Indian war rockets used against the British in Mysore are set within a number of local and global contexts that saw increasing attempts by Europeans to imitate eastern pyrotechnics w...

The mechanism of bleeding in haemorrhagic thrombocythaemia is obscure. Although by definition there is always a raised platelet count, the haemorrhagic episodes cannot be satisfactorily correlated with the level of the count. In fact, thrombocythaemia can exist without bleeding manifestations (Fanger, Cella, and Litchman, 1954). The most commonly occurring laboratory defect is an abnormal bleed...