A review of 173 infants who were started on whey based formula showed that 40 (23%) had their feeds changed, usually to a casein based feed by 6 weeks. A double blind randomised trial, comparing casein based with whey based formula confirmed that about 20-25% of babies have their formula changed within six weeks irrespective of the nature of the feed on which the infant was started.

We explored whether caffeine, and expectation of having consumed caffeine, affects attention, reward responsivity and mood using double-blinded methodology. 88 participants were randomly allocated to 'drink-type' (caffeinated/decaffeinated coffee) and 'expectancy' (told caffeinated/told decaffeinated coffee) manipulations. Both caffeine and expectation of having consumed caffeine improved atten...

We carry out a double blind dictator game experiment where the anonymous recipients are randomly drawn from the Swedish general population, and any donations are mailed to the recipients. About a third of the subjects donate some money.  2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.

The effect of adding slow release nifedipine to oral theophylline has been studied in eight patients with stable but symptomatic asthma, a double blind placebo controlled crossover protocol being used. No change in asthma control occurred during the nifedipine treatment period as assessed by serial peak flow measurements and symptom scores. Serum theophylline concentrations were significantly l...

It is important to keep in mind that SIGCOMM runs a double-blind reviewing process. By double-blind we mean that authors don’t know who their reviewers are, and reviewers don’t know who the authors are. Personally, I’m a big fan of double-blind reviewing. Double-blind reviewing focuses attention on the papers, rather than who wrote the papers. And every year there are some surprises — SIGCOMM a...