Evidence based policy: proceed with care Commentary: research must be taken seriously

Evidence based policy: proceed with care.

Why the Transitivity of Perceptual Simultaneity Should be Taken Seriously

A relation is transitive if and only if from the fact that A has a relation to B, and B has a relation C, it necessarily follows that A also has a relation to C. As a relation fulfilling this requirement, consider simultaneity understood as two events occurring at the same time and only at the same time (thus this is not a case of mere partial temporal overlap): If A and B share all the same te...

Quasiregular Singularities Taken Seriously

I discuss a special class of singularities obtained as a natural 4-dimensional generalization of the conical singularity. Such singularities (called quasiregular) are ruinous for the predictive force of general relativity, so one often assumes (implicitly as a rule) that they can be somehow excluded from the theory. In fact, however, attempts to do so (without forbidding the singularities by fi...

Learning How to Swim and Improving Self-Efficacy: Physical Education Needs to be Taken More Seriously

Learning How to Swim and Improving Self-Efficacy: Physical Education Needs to be Taken More Seriously M. Taslimi P. Iraannejaad, Ph.D. Z. Lebaadi, Ph.D. Physical education is not just for improving the functions and well-being of the body, as it can help with the improvement of the psychological functions as well. A physical, and enjoyable, activity such as swimming, as a p...

Pandemic influenza: severity must be taken into account.

it might be insufficient as a stand-alone intervention in reducing the sharp increase in diarrhea rates that was observed among KiBS infants during the weaning period. Early and rapid weaning does not appear to be a healthy practice in such environments. Although Ms Peletz and Dr Filteau are correct that “[WHO]...did not fully endorse abrupt weaning,” the WHO reference that they cited did note ...