Achieving PAP-DIB Objective Capabilities by Transforming the Way We Think

Human resources for eye care: changing the way we think

The question of human resources is central to the success of VISION 2020 and of any health programme. The VISION 2020 global initiative document clearly spelt out what personnel was required and, more recently, the World Health Organization document on human resources for health care made recommendations on the type and number of people needed in order to meet all our objectives in global healt...

" Does OO really match the way we think ? " by Les Hatton

We Think - Therefore We Are

Future developments in AI and robotics, brain interfaces, the Internet and virtual and augmented reality, will make possible new types of integration of humans and machines which will change how we think, learn and live. This paper uses a story about a future scenario involving systems of this kind to respond to crises and disasters to explore the possibilities of collective intelligence and co...

Death by testosterone? We think not!

A recently published article in JAMA alleging increased risk of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke in men who received testosterone (T) therapy has generated considerable concern regarding the safety of T therapy among the global medical community, as well as among the lay public [1]. This follows a highly publicized report published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2010 in ...

AS WE MAY THINK by VANNEVAR BUSH

As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. In this significant article he holds up an incentive for scientists when the fighting has ceased. He urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making more accessible o...