ASO Author Reflections: Segment 8 Resections: Perhaps Not so Hidden…

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: perhaps not so benign?

Hidden and Not So Hidden Symmetries

Hidden symmetries entered the literature in the late Eighties when it was observed that there could be gain of Lie point symmetry in the reduction of order of an ordinary differential equation. Subsequently the reverse process was also observed. Such symmetries were termed “hidden”. In each case the source of the “new” symmetry was a contact symmetry or a nonlocal symmetry, that is, a symmetry ...

Hypnosis, the hidden observer, and not-so-hidden consent.

In reading an article I wrote with my colleagues (Lynn, Mare, Kvaal, Segal, Sivec, 1994) some time ago, it occurred to me that we did not provide the reader with sufficient caveats regarding the potential risk of pseudomemories and the dangers of reifying metaphors offered to clients in the process of clinical hypnosis. In that article, we examined the proposition that hidden observer instructi...

Caspase-8: not so silently deadly

Apoptosis is a caspase-dependent programmed form of cell death, which is commonly believed to be an immunologically silent process, required for mammalian development and maintenance of cellular homoeostasis. In contrast, lytic forms of cell death, such as RIPK3- and MLKL-driven necroptosis, and caspase-1/11-dependent pyroptosis, are postulated to be inflammatory via the release of damage assoc...

The not-so-hidden costs of surgical site infections.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) adversely affect approximately 500,000 patients annually, causing immense human suffering and taking a huge financial toll on patients, hospitals, insurance companies, and the government. National organizations have made recommendations for reducing SSIs, and many advances have been made in evidence-based practice recommendations that result in fewer SSIs. Reusab...