Note II.—The Ambiguous Case

Iithe Interpretation of Political Discourses

Ambiguous abbreviations: an audit of abbreviations in paediatric note keeping.

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency, nature and understanding of abbreviations in medical records. DESIGN Audit of abbreviation use and meaning in paediatric handover sheets and medical notes compared to two standards, the Trust Intranet Medical Dictionary (TID) and Mosby's Medical Dictionary (MMD). A selection of abbreviations was shown to healthcare professionals to examine interpretation of ...

Ambiguous Solicitation: Ambiguous Prescription

We conduct a two-phase laboratory experiment, separated by several weeks. In the first phase, we conduct urn games intended to measure ambiguity aversion on a representative population of undergraduate students. In the second phase, we invite the students back with four different solicitation treatments, varying in the ambiguity of information regarding the task and the payout of the laboratory...

Dactylomegaly: A Case Note

growth of the bones of the right hand. Family history.?Health and longevity are the outstanding features. Father and mother died aged 99 and 80 respectively. Six brothers and sisters?5 died aged 70, 65, 60, 55 and 44 respectively. One alive and well, aged 65. Twelve children?4 died in childhood of typhoid and small-pox; 8 alive and healthy. The family histoiy reveals no cases of tumours, malfor...

Baubo: a case of ambiguous genitalia in the Eleusinian mysteries.

* This paper is a selective précis from a forthcoming full study of the Baubo affair in all its aspects philological, medical, religious and philosophical. Parts I and III were written by A.L. Pierris; part II from N.A. Georgopoulos and G.A. Vagenakis. Demeter wanders over the wide earth, sorrowful and lamenting, in search of her. Her quest is in vain. The great Goddess finally arrives at Eleus...