Background: Lateral retinacular release for anterior knee pain is a popular procedure. Despite its popularity the indications and pre-operative evaluation is not clearly defined. Goal of this paper is to perform a systematic review of the literature in order to evaluate the outcome of lateral releases for anterior knee pain. In addition we attempt to compare the results of open versus arthrosco...

PURPOSE Bronchiolitis is the most common cause of illness leading to hospitalization in young children. At present, many bronchiolitis management decisions are made subjectively, leading to significant practice variation among hospitals and physicians caring for children with bronchiolitis. To standardize care for bronchiolitis, researchers have proposed various models to predict the disease co...

extended abstract 1. introduction so far, different strategies have been proposed for rural development in different periods of time. based on international experiences and the current conditions in iran, this country needs to use a new approach to rural development. in this regard, rural entrepreneurship development strategy can be pointed out. there is a growing consensus that entrepreneurshi...

This study extends L. G. Calhoun and R. G. Tedeschi's (1998) model of posttraumatic growth (PTG), positive change resulting from the struggle with trauma, to children by exploring the construct among youngsters who experienced Hurricane Floyd and the subsequent flooding. Despite burgeoning interest in PTG, few studies have examined the phenomenon among non-adults. This first systematic study of...

The recent literature on reasoning biases in psychosis and delusions is reviewed. The state-of-the-art knowledge from systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the evidence for jumping to conclusions is briefly summarised, before a fuller discussion of the more recent empirical literature on belief flexibility as applied to delusions. The methodology and evidence in relation to studies of belief ...

In this paper, we study algorithm invention and verification as a specific variant of systematic theory exploration and propose the ”lazy thinking paradigm” for inventing and verifying algorithms automatically; i.e., for a given predicate logic specification of the problem in terms of a set of operations (functions and predicates), the method produces an algorithm that solves the problem togeth...

This paper argues that “formal methods” can (continue to) provide the thinking tools for the future of computing science. Every significant engineering or scientific discipline has advanced only with systematic and formally based notations. To see just how ubiquitous the need for notation is, one can look beyond the sciences and observe the importance of written notation in the development of m...

The paper introduces a new allocation game, related to Blotto games: each tennis coach assigns his four different skilled players to four positions, and then each team plays all other teams in the tournament. The winning team is the one with the highest total score. The set of equilibria is characterized and experimental behavior in variants of the game is analyzed in light of an adapted level-...

This study investigated the characteristics of deep and surface approaches to learning in online students’ responses to instructor’s qualitative feedback given to a multi-stage, ill-structured design project. Further, the study examined the relationships between approaches to learning and two learner characteristics: epistemic beliefs (EB) and need for closure (NFC). Four emerging themes were i...

Scientific consequences are dependent on premisses that are logical propositions of the phenomena concerned. Propositions are verbal and linguistic statements, and at the initial philosophical thinking stage they all include vaguneness and imprecision. As more scientific evidence becomes available either rationally or empirically proposition validity degree increases at the cost of vagueness. I...