Medical ethics manual: does it serve its purpose?

SERVE-HF on-treatment analysis: does the on-treatment analysis SERVE its purpose?

Adrenergic facilitation by angiotensin: does it serve a physiological function?

A number of hormonal and pharmacological substances modulate adrenergic transmitter release by a presynaptic action (for reviews see Starke, 1977; Westfall, 1977). Prostaglandin E, acetylcholine, adenosine, dopamine and noradrenaline itself inhibit, whereas angiotensin II (ANG II), prostaglandin F 2d and isoproterenol enhance noradrenaline release. Thus stimulation of specific receptors by thes...

Ethics Manual

The differing activities and proclivities of males and females over the ages mean that Y-chromosomal DNA and mitochondrial DNA allow us to open a window on population histories, and put some flesh on the bare bones of legend and myth. Perhaps surprisingly, this approach is bearing significant fruit, some of which borders on the shocking. In 2003, Zerjal et al. reported an astonishingly high car...

Critical Thinking of Medical Students: Does it Change During the study in medical school?

Background & Objective: Critical thinking (CT) is essential in medical education and improves physicians' clinical ability and competency. The present study aimed to determine the CT level and the trend of its changes in medical education at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran, in 2021. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the CT levels of 1...

Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Serve any Purpose?

We examine whether mandating banks to issue subordinated debt would serve to enhance market monitoring and control risk taking. To evaluate whether subordinated debt enhances risk monitoring, we extract the credit-spread curve for each banking firm in our sample and examine whether changes in credit spreads reflect changes in bank risk variables, after controlling for changes in market and liqu...