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Close Call

Spanish clones of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae are the most common clones recovered in recent cases of meningitis in Spain. international multiresistant Streptococcus pneumoniae clone resistant to fluoroquinolones and other families of antibiotics. Increasing resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoro-quinolones: results of a Hong Kong multicentre study in 2000. Streptoco...

Do Democracies Attract Portfolio Investment?

Ramadan fasting: Do we need more evidence?

Over a billion of Muslims fast worldwide during Ramadan each year. Through this religious custom, fasting contributes to their health as well as their spiritual growth. However, available evidence regarding the health-benefits of Ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. Although Islam exempts patients from fasting, many fast conceivably, and their clinical condition is prone to deterio...

Why Games Must Be More Than Fair: Random Walks, Long Leads, and Tools to Encourage Close Games

It is natural for a game designer to assume that games that give each player an equal chance of winning will often have tie games and changes in the lead, but this is incorrect. An argument is made for viewing fair games between players of equal skill as unbiased random walks, the result of which is that fair games naturally tend to have few or no tie games and lead reversals, unless they posse...