I saw this amazing thing that Kate Valk did with their method. She started looking at Cressida via an interview with Björk. It was fed to her through an earpiece, but she could also see it on a TV. She repeats Björk’s mannerisms and mimics her accent, and then she goes seamlessly into a speech from Cressida. Somebody was interviewing Björk, so when Kate was doing Björk she was talking to one of...

The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), otherwise known as the POLST paradigm, represents the next generation in end-of-life (EOL) planning for certain patients who wish to exercise prospective control over their own medical treatment in their final days. As is true for any physician treatment orders, a POLST is written in consultation with the patient or patient's surrogate...

In my first lecture I listed seven questions about reasons that seemed to require answers. These were: Relational Character: Reasons are reasons for an agent. How is this relational character to be understood? Ground of Truth: In virtue of what are claims about reasons true, when they are true? Does the idea that claims about reasons are true or false, independent of our opinions about them, an...

By means of parental questionnaires, sleep disturbances were assessed in 79 schoolchildren with epilepsy (mean age 10.12, range 5-16 years) for comparisons with 73 healthy control children matched for gender and to within a maximum of 6 months of age. The daytime behaviour of the children with epilepsy was also assessed by questionnaire. The children with epilepsy were considered representative...

Introduction. Most Australians are dependent on their cars for mobility, thus relinquishing driving licences for medical reasons poses challenges. Aims. To investigate how general practitioners (GPs) recognise and manage patients' fitness to drive, GPs' attitudes and beliefs about their role as assessors, and GPs' experiences in assessing and reporting to driving authorities and identify GPs' e...

Jurimetrics, the empirical study of legal phenomena, is generally associated with the quantitative analysis of legal cases. However, an interesting field, which can also be seen as a part of jurimetrics, is the analysis of legal word use. The subject matter of this examination was a broad selection of British legal documents, both case reports and legislation. Using quantitative methods develop...

Abstract China's rising influence in parts of the developing world has raised concerns among US and its allies. In wake COVID-19 outbreak, provision vaccines aid to countries Global South have further heightened anxieties over potential for diffusion ideals. investments are thought promote perspectives rule law democracy, posing a challenge global dominance Western liberal democratic values. No...

undoubtedly, one of the most fundamental issues in the study of law is obligation that has diverse types. one of them is alternative obligation which, despite instances in the iranian legal system, has not been mentioned by the civil code and has received less attention from authors. alternative obligation for the parties has several advantages and facilities including further guarantee of the ...