Journeys and journals east and west

East is East and west is west.

This position paper addresses the long-standing criticism that the International Baccalaureate (IB) is too closely associated with Western values and, despite its title, does not enable students to see the world from a truly international perspective. Considering evidence from different authorities, it analyses the IB learner profile and asks how appropriate it is for the cultures of East Asia....

Editorial: East meets West. Whither our orthopaedic journals?

I have the privilege of serving 2 excellent orthopaedic journals, namely The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, British edition (JBJS) and the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery (JOS). The former is a well-established old bird; the latter much younger. Both are flying high, largely through the commitment and enthusiasm of those who work for them. Their respective websites— www.jbjs.org.uk and www.j...

Heredity, East and West

Hypertension; East and West

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular diseases consistently contribute to most morbid and mortal events in most parts of the world. Many of these cardiovascular events are premature in nature, especially in the developing world [2]. These premature deaths of individuals who should be productive to society will in turn confer additional burden to...

Unrealistic Optimism: East and West?

Following Weinstein's (1980) pioneering work many studies established that people have an optimistic bias concerning future life events. At first, the bulk of research was conducted using populations in North America and Northern Europe, the optimistic bias was thought of as universal, and little attention was paid to cultural context. However, construing unrealistic optimism as a form of self-...