Diagnosis Quest

Silence as the Ultimate Fulfillment of the Philosophical Quest

Diagnosis of syphilitic genital ulcer- the quest for a reliable laboratory method

The diagnosis of Syphilitic genital ulcer poses a challenge to venereologists, because atypical presentations and multiple aetiologies are common occurrences. It is important to diagnose and manage these cases appropriately, as they are known to facilitate the spread and acquisition of HIV infection.1 With the shift from bacterial to viral genital ulcer diseases (GUD), syphilitic genital ulcers...

Translational research in atrial fibrillation: a quest for mechanistically based diagnosis and therapy.

The Quest for Uncertainty

The question of how to represent and process uncertainty is of fundamental importance to the scientific process, but also in everyday life. Currently there exist a lot of different calculi for managing uncertainty, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. Especially, almost all are defining the domain and structure of uncertainty values a priori, e.g., one real number, two real numbers...

Ongoing quest for QWERTY∗

First, we replicate the remarkable result of Hossain & Morgan (AER 2009), in which subjects in an experimental market tip almost perfectly to the superior platform even if an inferior platform enjoys initial monopoly. Next, we show that this result disappear when seemingly innocent increases in out-of-equilibrium payoffs are introduced. The inflated payoffs do not alter payoffor risk-dominance ...