We recently demonstrated that, contrary to previous findings, some types of irrelevant motion are capable of capturing our attention (Franconeri & Simons, 2003). Strikingly, whereas sitmulated looming (a dynamic increase in object size) captured attention, simulated receding (a decrease in object size) did not. Abrams and Christ (2003, 2005) have provided a different interpretation of this evid...

Overactive bladder (OAB) is a symptomatic complex affecting both men and women. The overall incidence is above 10% but may exceed 40% in the elderly population (Irwin et al., 2006; Irwin et al., 2009; Sexton et al., 2009a). OAB is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as a clinical syndrome characterized by urinary urgency, with or without incontinence, usually with frequency an...

Computer simulation of languages is an old subject, but since the paper of Abrams and Strogatz (2003) several physics groups independently took up this field. We shortly review their work and bring more details on our own simulations.

Gillies CL, Abrams KR, Lambert PC, et al. Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in people with impaired glucose tolerance: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2007;334:299. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

In this article we calculate the n-string braid groups of certain noncontractible graphs. We use techniques from the work of A. Abrams, F. Connolly and M. Doig combined with Van Kampen’s Theorem to prove these results.

Around 1.5% of adults in Europe and the USA have urge urinary incontinence (involuntary leakage immediately preceded or accompanied by urgency) (Abrams 2003; Irwin 2006). This is usually due to overactive bladder syndrome (defined as urgency, with or without urge incontinence, and usually with frequency and nocturia) (Abrams 2003). The symptoms of an overactive bladder are thought to be due to ...

In a recent study (Fussmann et al. 2005), we used an experimental rotifer–algal system to show that the functional response of the consumer depends on the resource but not on the consumer concentration. We concluded that resource dependence should be the norm in dynamical mathematical models. Jensen et al. (2007) published a Comment on our paper in which they criticized us for overinterpreting ...