The sophistication of bedside intensive care unit (ICU) monitoring equipment and the precision of its displayed values may tempt clinicians to accept these data without question. However, critically ill patients place substantial demands on these measurement technologies. Although the technology is governed by rigorous industry standards, it is not foolproof. To ensure accuracy and recognize an...

We define predatory lending as a welfare-reducing provision of credit. Using a textbook model, we show that lenders profit if they can tempt households into “debt traps,” that is, overborrowing and delinquency. We then test whether payday lending fits our definition of predatory. We find that in states with higher payday loan limits, less educated households and households with uncertain income...

Determining sample sizes for microarray experiments is important but the complexity of these experiments, and the large amounts of data they produce, can make the sample size issue seem daunting, and tempt researchers to use rules of thumb in place of formal calculations based on the goals of the experiment. Here we present formulae for determining sample sizes to achieve a variety of experimen...

A variety of consumable plant-derived phytochemicals exhibit nutraceutical properties because they produce physiological benefits and combat disease processes. Emerging evidence suggests that widely accessible and safe organic polyphenolic phytochemicals, in particular, treat depression at much lower concentrations than clinical doses of classical drugs. Structurally similar polyphenolics such ...

Researchers who create software production environments face considerable problems Soft ware production environments are large systems that are costly to develop Furthermore soft ware production environments which support particular software engineering methods may not be applicable to a large number of software production projects These conditions have formed a trend towards research into ways...

Photosensitized inactivation of microorganisms has been the subject of numerous studies, and various hypothetical reaction mechanisms have been proposed for the interpretation of the phenomenon. In spite of such extensive experimentation and theorizing, there still exists uncertainty concerning the inactivation processes. No at tempt will be made to review the subject since it has been analyzed...

In this paper we test two hypotheses regarding magical thinking about the perceived likelihood of future events. The first is that people believe that those who “tempt fate” by failing to take necessary precautions are more likely to suffer negative outcomes. The second is the “protection effect”, where reminding people of precautions they have taken leads them to see related risks as less like...

Meige (1910) described an idiopathic syndrome characterized by blephrospasm, and involuntary movements of the lower face, neck and jaw (Casey, 1980; Tolosa et al., 1979). 3 T h e typical feature of this syndrome is involvement of orbicularis oculi muscle. Dur ing the initial stages an increased rate of blinking is noted, and later in the course of disease uncontrollable eye spasm occurs. T h e ...

Beginning' yesterday, students have been asked to sign a petition which states t h a t they, '"though not a t tempt ing to judge the guil t or innocence of Dr. Warren 3 . Austin, are compelled to express alarm over the disregard on the pa r t of the Tr ia l .Committee of the Board of Higher Education for an individual's basic freedoms." Student Government offiident. There are three candidates f...

The research reported in this article explores and discusses students’ use of laptops in a 1:1 setting. A problem experienced by teachers is that the laptops are possible distractors and tempt students to engage in use that is not in line with the teacher’s idea of what would be suitable in relation to the current assignment. Three annual surveys in combination with interviews and classroom obs...