In an era in which certain arenas of scientific research have become increasingly controversial, this article critically evaluates what it means to "believe in science." Many scientists today seem to claim a sovereign right to no political interference under the rubric of freedom. This article questions such a notion, and explores the dominance of science and the silencing of moral voices by un...

CONFIDENCE Ubiquitous Care System to Support Independent Living is one of the most interesting FP7 projects for The department of intelligent systems at JSI. In this paper we present WP3, the major SW component of the system that is also implemented as two stand-alone versions of the system. In this paper, the two systems are presented from the user viewpoint based on five manuals.

I wish to make an examination of the capacity of the individual to be alone, acting on the assumption that this capacity is one of the most important signs of maturity in emotional development. In almost all our psycho-analytic treatments there come times when the ability to be alone is important to the patient. Clinically this may be represented by a silent phase or a silent session, and this ...

At first glance, diatoms, malaria parasites, and fungus-like plant pathogens called oomycetes look wildly different. But these organisms all have something in common: they belong to a group called the Chromalveolata that contains genes from algae. This diversity of lifestyles within a single group presents an opportunity to learn how the various strategies evolved. For example, oomycetes includ...

n this issue of the Journal, Gabriels et al. report what appears to be the first randomized clinical trial of theraI peutic horse riding for children with autism. The result looks encouraging: a significant medium benefit compared with a randomly assigned control condition (a non-equine barn activity of equal duration and frequency) using an outcome measurement acceptable to the Food and Drug A...