Making a difference with ultrasound in PNG

Making a difference with ultrasound in PNG

In late September 2012, I travelled from Sydney to the small village of Valoka in West New Britain province of Papua New Guinea to set up an ultrasound service there. In early 2011 I had replied to a post on the ASA website from the Kimbe Assistance project, who are supplying much-needed equipment and consumables to the small rural clinic on the west coast island province of New Britain. A Phil...

Making a Difference in Teacher Education Courses: A Psychological Reconsideration

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

Making a Difference in Disparities.

Much of cardiovascular outcomes research—including the work published in this journal—addresses healthcare disparities. As researchers, we frequently describe disparities and, rarely, even suggest and test strategies to reduce them. But, beyond scientific publications, what is the role of the physician and researcher as social advocate and citizen to reduce disparities? That important topic is ...

Making a Difference in a Deterministic World

Determinism precludes moral responsibility, some think, because causally determined agents cannot make a difference in the world. Let’s say that I raise my arm at a certain time. If determinism is true, there is nothing I could have done that would have resulted in a different state of affairs, that is, in my not raising my arm at that time. For my raising my arm was bound to happen, given the ...