Can they suffer?

Can fish suffer ? : perspectives on sentience , pain , fear and stress

In contrast to other major forms of livestock agriculture, there is a paucity of scientific information on the welfare of fish raised under intensive aquacultural conditions. This reflects an adherence to the belief that these animals have not evolved the salient biological characteristics that are hypothesised to permit sentience. In this review, we evaluate the scientific evidence for the exi...

Bone allografts: What they can offer and what they cannot.

Bone allografts can be used in any kind of surgery involving bone from minor defects to major bone loss after tumour resection. This review describes the various types of bone grafts and the current knowledge on bone allografts, from procurement and preparation to implantation. The surgical conditions for optimising the incorporation of bone are outlined, and surgeon expectations from a bone al...

Awards and Competitions. What They Can Do and How They Can Do It

Heavy sterile neutrinos - what they can be and what they can ’ t

We review current astrophysical bounds on MeV sterile neutrinos, and then we discuss why a sterile keV neutrino is a natural warm dark matter candidate.

The ABET “ Professional Skills ” – Can They Be Taught ? Can They Be Assessed ?

In developing its new engineering accreditation criteria, ABET reaffirmed a set of “hard” engineering skills while introducing a second, equally important, set of six “professional” skills. These latter skills include communication, teamwork, and understanding ethics and professionalism, which we label process skills, and engineering within a global and societal context, lifelong learning, and ...