Earthquakes alone do not kill

Do Not Kill Unfeasible Individuals

Any implementation of an evolutionary algorithm for a particular problem must address several important issues; these include genetic representation of solutions to the problem and genetic operators that would alter the genetic composition of offspring during the reproduction process. However, very often (in the presence of nontrivial, problem-specific constraints) it is also necessary to devel...

Do genes allow inflammation to kill or not to kill?

Thiazides: do they kill?

In 2000 and 2002 after the ALLHAT-study had been published [1,2] there was a paradigm shift in the use of thiazides. ALLHAT was a study of cardiovascular endpoints in relation to different antihypertensive treatments in 33 357 hypertensive patients observed over an average of 4.9 years. The study [1,2] found no differences between the three treatment groups [diuretics in the form of chlorthalid...

Thou shalt not kill.

Section 241(b) and s. 14 of the Criminal Code unjustifiably infringe s. 7 of the Charter and are of no force or effect to the extent that they prohibit physicianassisted death for a competent adult person who (1) clearly consents to the termination of life and (2) has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that ...

Diarrhoea Need Not Kill

The diarrhoeal disease scenario Diarrhoeal disease has long been recognized as the greatest killer of infants and young children in the developing world Well over 500 million ep&odes of diarrhoea in children under five are estimated to occur annually in Asia, Africa and Latin America. At least five million children die. Diarrhoeal disease is a major contriiutory factor to malnutrition. Recurren...