Cachexia and Xyloporosis: Are They Caused by the Same Virus?

Standardized patients versus simulated patients in medical education: are they the same or different

In order to equip medical students with all the necessary skills in dealing with patients to provide optimal treatment, the need for the use of real patients in educational settings has become prominent. But all the required skills cannot be practiced on real patients due to patients’ safety and well-being. Thus, the use of standardized patients (SPs) or simulated patients (SiPs) as a substitut...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: are they the same or are they distinct diseases?

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Relationship and Creative Techniques : Are They on the Same Team ?

Lab and field experiments: are they the same animal?

To advance our understanding of biological processes we often plan our experiments based on published data. This can be confusing though, as data from experiments performed in a laboratory environment are sometimes different from, or completely opposite to, findings from similar experiments performed in the "real world". In this mini-review, we discuss instances where results from laboratory ex...

Friendly Speech and Happy Speech - Are They the Same?

In this study we explore the acoustic cues of friendly and happy speech by modifying naturally produced neutral-emotion utterances along a set of hypothetical Bio-informational Dimensions (BIDs), and using them as stimuli in a perception test. Subjects listened to these stimuli and judged their degree of friendliness and happiness. Results show that both expressions involve cues along the BID d...