Of Ghost Grandparents and Missing Limbs

Mystery unsolved: missing limbs in deformed amphibians.

Ballengee and Sessions (2009) claim that predatory attacks by small predators such as Sympetrum dragonfly larvae are sufficient to explain amphibian limb deformities in which the limb is partly or completely missing. This deformity type, the most common in nature, is not well explained by Ribeiroia infection which has also been nominated as a mechanism for limb deformities. We argue that the co...

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Grandparents' Entitlements and Obligations

In this article, it is argued that grandparents' obligations originate from parental obligations (i.e from the relationship they have with their children, the parents of their grandchildren) and not from the role of grandparent per se, and any entitlements flow from the extent to which these obligations are met. The position defended is, therefore, that grandparents qua grandparents are not ent...

The occupational illnesses of grandparents.

To the Editor: While visiting our kids and grandson last year, I had a recurring thought: being a grandparent is not for 'sissies'. My wife and I thought about how grandparenting challenged our health; each day saw some insult to body homeostasis and we were grateful each night for another day survived. Don't get me wrong, we wouldn't trade days with our little man for all the gold in China or ...

Decoding of human hand actions to handle missing limbs in 1 Neuroprosthetics

16 The only way we can interact with the world is through movements, and our primary interactions are 17 via the hands, thus any loss of hand function has immediate impact on our quality of life. However, 18 to date it has not been systematically assessed how coordination in the hand's joints affects every day 19 actions. This is important for two fundamental reasons. Firstly, to understand the...