This paper was prepared for a Research Symposium on Bad Public Goods, sponsored by Northwestern University’s Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth to be held at the Searle Center Conference Center, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago campus, September 14-16, 2008. It draws freely from Benson (2008) and a number of other previous writings on drug policy, including Bens...

conference Update T hose who attended the Inaugural Integrative Medicine Research Forum hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Masssachusetts, had the unique experience of viewing an interactive research network, 670 individuals representing 19 different institutions, seeing poster presentations from 38 inves...

1.1. Background. This paper deals with the landmark results of Benson and Carlson's Projective resolutions and Poincar e duality complexes [6]. Our goal is to provide some necessary background for that work, and to prove some of the results of [6] in a more general setting. In particular, we analyze what happens when we replace Benson and Carlson's complex C (in the notation of [6]) with an arb...

Background: Benson relaxation is one of non-pharmacological therapies that helps patients deal with their anxiety, thus becomes a viable option. By reducing the body’s need for oxygen and allowing muscles to relax, Relaxation Technique which combined belief elements, may induce comfort peace feelings.Objective: To evaluate effectiveness therapy intervention combination elements reduce anxiety i...

Cíl: Cílem této studie bylo prozkoumat účinek polykacího cvičení v kombinaci s Bensonovou relaxací na polykací schopnost u pacientů cévní mozkovou příhodou. Design: Kvazi-experimentální studie. Metodika: K měření účinku příhodou byla použita analyticko-kvantitativní a kvazi-experimentální metoda (předtestový posttestový design). Skupina respondentů vybrána techn...

Aims: Dialysis patients have experienced some degree of pain, especially foot pain. Some complementary interventions such as muscle relaxation are effective in relieving pain. This study was performed with the aim of assessing the effect of muscle relaxation on hemodialysis patients’ pain. Materials & Methods: This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 90 hemodialysis patients o...