Britain: More of the same

More of the same epidemiology?

The future of Epidemiology is a recurring theme of journals and conferences. The latest focus of this debate is the type of research question that guides epidemiological research. The focus on etiological issues must be set aside in favor of results that can support effective public health interventions (Kuller LH. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 177:279-80; Glass TA et al. Annu Rev Public Health 2013; 34...

Improving NHS productivity More with the same not more of the same

Concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum: two manifestations of the same disease or the same spectrum?

Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum are rarely seen together. Herein, we report a case of concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum and review previous cases.

Change is just more of the same

" Modern skulls still have a stone age mind " [1] " This Quality Assurance programme is a total waste of time. " " Why change the roster if it was working just fine before? " " If it isn't broken, why do you want to fix it? " " The bosses never tell us what's going on, but they expect us to follow them! " " Why can't they make up their minds about how they want to improve the standards in our a...

When more of the same is better

Problem solving (e.g., drug design, traffic engineering, software development) by task forces represents a substantial portion of the economy of developed countries. Here we use an agent-based model of cooperative problem solving systems to study the influence of diversity on the performance of a task force. We assume that agents cooperate by exchanging information on their partial success and ...