Do Small Companies Have Superior Financial Expertise Or Are They Just Managing Earnings?

Are Subjects Making Financial Decisions in Lab Auctions or Are They Just Gambling?

The Eyes Have It—Or Do They?

Susan Lewallen and Terrie Taylor* Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, University Cape Town Department of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Osteopathic Medical Specialties, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Blantyre Malaria Project, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blan...

Stress management techniques: are they all equivalent, or do they have specific effects?

This article evaluates the hypothesis that various stress management techniques have specific effects. Studies comparing various techniques are reviewed, as well as previous literature reviews evaluating the effects of individual techniques. There is evidence that cognitively oriented methods have specific cognitive effects, that specific autonomic effects result from autonomically oriented met...

Are Extra Dimensions Real or Are They Just Science Fiction?

The recent proposal of theories with compactified large extra dimensions is reviewed. We pay especial attention to brane world models with low tension where the only relevant degrees of freedom at low energies are the Standard Model (SM) particles and the branons, which are transversal brane oscillations. By using an effective Lagrangian, we study some phenomenological consequences of these sce...

Toxic Christmas and New Year Holiday Plants...or Are They?

Background: Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), holly (Ilex opaca) and mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) adorn homes during the Christmas and New Year holiday season and create the potential for curious children to sample their colorful leaves and enticing berries. This study was aimed to review the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Poison Data System (AAPCC NPDS) to des...