Mr Slop and those merit awards

Merit awards.

Merit Awards-A Proposed Scheme.

It is now some time since the Ministry of Health set aside the sum of £500,000 for distribution among a number of general practitioners in the form of merit awards. Since then there has been much controversy and even bitterness over the definition of the word " merit ". It would appear that the feeling amongst general practitioners is that there is no fair way of selecting a doctor in general p...

Decision Rules for the Academy Awards Versus Those for Elections

Many researchers have evaluated various decision rules to determine how well they perform in selecting winners in elections. They have established criteria to measure how well these rules perform in selecting winners with the greatest mass appeal in general elections. We evaluate such decision rules on their performance in determining winners of awards for outstanding accomplishment. We examine...

Doull and Clarkson among Those Honored with Society of Toxicology Awards

Cell killing can be achieved in an acidic environment in tissue culture (medium pH < 7.0) by agents (nigericin, carbonylcyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP)) which transport protons from the extracellular space into the cytoplasm. Cell killing is enhanced when these agents are used in combination with compounds (amiloride, 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS)) which inhibit...

System Diagnosability Analysis Using p-slop MAP

Researchers have reported successful deployments of diagnosis decision support systems based on Bayesian networks. However, the methodology for evaluating the diagnosability for such systems has not been sufficiently addressed, which consequently hinders the pace of full embracement of such systems. In this paper, we propose a methodology to analyze diagnosability for diagnosing multiple faults...