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How good at neurology are you?

Image courtesy of Dr John Thorpe 2. Please read the following passage. You receive a telephone call regarding a 30 year-old man about to undergo incision and drainage of a pilonidal abscess under general anaesthetic. His father had died unexpectedly following an appendicectomy. This led the anaesthetist to ask him some questions about his muscles. He said he had never been great at sport and he...

How good are you?

As orthodontists, most of us believe that we are among the best in our community at what we do—straightening teeth. Of course, we know that alignment is not the only important outcome of orthodontic therapy. We also strive to produce a good occlusal result and a well-balanced face. But how do you measure the quality of your treatment results? Are you consistent? One method is to take and pass t...

Requirements Engineering: How Do You Know How Good You Are?

Organisations are seeking to improve the way they undertake engineering activities. There are numerous ways of doing this, one of which is to undertake an on-going process, or capability, enhancement activity. Praxis Critical Systems Limited provides support for such activity based primarily around the REVEAL ® requirements engineering method. By providing customised training and coaching in RE...

Trade Liberalisation is Good for You if You are Rich

This paper investigates the relationship between trade policy and growth using a dynamic panel regression model with GMM estimates for data on 44 developing countries over 1980-1999. Trade policy is captured by measures of tariffs, import and export taxes. Typically, the average effects of changes in such policy variables have been investigated. However, from a policy perspective, the different...

How good a manager are you?