Impure Politics and Pure Science: Efficacious Ebola Medications Are Only a Palliation and Not a Cure for Structural Disadvantage

Impure politics and pure science: efficacious Ebola medications are only a palliation and not a cure for structural disadvantage.

Caplan and colleagues (2015) present a strong argument for using alternative trial designs for experimental treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD). This argument is, of course, not new. There is a significant body of work in the philosophy of medicine which highlights the moral authority given to RCTs and the fact that RCTs are often chosen not because they are needed but because people simpl...

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma

ebola treatment and prevention are not the only battles: understanding ebola-related fear and stigma

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

A hybrid neural–genetic algorithm for predicting pure and impure CO2 minimum miscibility pressure

"> Accurate prediction of the minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) in a gas injection process is crucial to optimizing the management of gas injection projects. Because the <span style="font-size: 10pt; ...