In this second part of our review, we continue to explore the illogical nature of the arguments offered to support the concept of dissociative identity disorder (DID). We also examine the harm done to patients by DID proponents' diagnostic and treatment methods. It is shown that these practices reify the alters and thereby iatrogenically encourage patients to behave as if they have multiple sel...

This review examines issues related to the development of a recommended daily allowance or adequate intake, two of the categories of dietary reference intakes, for the long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 n-3). Although some have suggested a dietary intake of two servings of fatty fish per week...

Prearraignment forensic evaluations are forensic psychiatric evaluations performed on a suspect soon after his or her arrest. In the guise of ethics, the committee members who originated this code have imposed apparently personal and political views on all members of respective professional organizations in order to circumvent rulings of the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court. The proh...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Antibiotic resistance is an imminent threat to worldwide public health. Dental professionals must demonstrate judicious use of antibiotics and educate their patients about the risks associated with their overuse. PURPOSE OF THE PAPER: To encourage the dental profession to prescribe responsibly in order to optimise the use of antibiotics in oral surgery. Antibiotic stewa...

Nosocomial infections have been recognized for over a century as a critical problem affecting the quality of health care and a principal source of adverse healthcare outcomes. Today, nosocomial infections affect over 2 million patients annually in the United States, at a cost in excess of $4.5 billion.1 Among all major complications of hospitalization, nosocomial infections account for 50%; the...

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recently announced a bold step forward to require data generated by interventional clinical trials that are published in its member journals to be responsibly shared with external investigators. The movement toward a clinical research culture that supports data sharing has important implications for the design, conduct, and reportin...

The 1990s was the decade of privatization and deregulation. Although the strategy was largely pioneered in the mature Western economies, the notion that liberalization could improve economic efficiency and at the same time generate income streams that could alleviate fiscal imbalances was rapidly extended to developing countries. Private sector investors would pay to acquire publicly owned asse...

The members of these two organizations play an instrumental role in ensuring the efficient functioning of North America’s financial markets and, from a central bank perspective, the efficient transmission of monetary policy. You are, therefore, among the Bank of Canada’s key target audiences. We rely on the effective two-way flow of information between the Bank and financial markets in order to...

A~STRACT LIBRARIANS HAVE TAKEN ESSENTIALLY three philosophical positions concerning the problem of including Holocaust denial literature in library collections: (1) that such materials must be included to uphold the precepts of intellectual freedom, (2) that they should be excluded because they are false, and (3) that they should be included but labeled as inaccurate. Librarians in different ty...

Abstract In this article, we aim to strengthen the basis of designing for values, by relating it philosophy technology. We start discussing several theories understand technology-induced value mediation: mediation approach, technology assessment methods, and types change. continue connecting these design practice proposing a new values methodology: Values that Matter. This methodology provides ...