Cross-education: Is it a viable method for rehabilitation?

Free Software in Education: Is it a Viable Alternative?

This paper reviews the advantages suitability of Free Software with particular regard to education. The characteristics of Free Software and Open Source and their respective licenses are explained. The pragmatic advantages of Free Software are outlined, with a focus on technical, economical and business related issues. It is proposed that the choice of software is not morally neutral, and that ...

Cognitive rehabilitation for schizophrenia: is it possible? Is it necessary?

Limitations of available psychosocial interventions combined with the increasing evidence that schizophrenia is characterized by diverse deficits in information processing has stimulated great interest in the possibility of cognitive rehabilitation. However, the current optimism seems unjustified. The precise role of information processing in the behavioral handicaps evidenced by schizophrenic ...

Is There a (Viable) Crucial-Case Method?

Case study researchers use diverse methods to select their cases, a matter that has elicited considerable comment and no little consternation. Of all these methods, perhaps the most controversial is the crucial-case method, first proposed by Harry Eckstein several decades ago. Since Eckstein’s influential essay, the crucial-case approach has been used in a multitude of studies across several so...

Fetal pain legislation: is it viable?

Very low HbA1C, is it a problem?

Dear Editor An important problem to manage diabetes mellitus is controlling the patients` blood glucose. Fluctuation of blood glucose results in molecular biochemistry change and can result in unwanted diabetic complications (1). In clinical practice, hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) is a common useful laboratory test to follow-up patients with diabetes (2). Sometimes, an unexpecte...