Professor Dubowitz comments

Some Comments on Professor

In a recent issue, this journal published an article by Professor Robert S. Summers reviewing and commenting critically upon a recent book by Professor H. L. A. Hart of Oxford entitled The Concept of Law. Among other things, Professor Summers criticized Professor Hart for stressing rules to the neglect of other elements of a legal system and for succumbing to reductionist tendencies in the anal...

Comments about the Recent Experiment of Professor

A medieval artist originally used powdered ochre and applied it on a linen sheet laid over a body using a simple frottage technique. Only the most prominent features (elbows, hands, knees, upper parts of the legs and arms) were rubbed in such a way, otherwise large distortions would have been observed (experimental observation). Therefore the sheet was removed from the body and the image free-h...

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Association between nasal polyposis, Dubowitz syndrome and hyper-IgE syndrome.

Dubowitz syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, short stature, microcephaly, distinct facial dysmorphism, and psychomotoric retardation. The hyper-immunoglobulin E (hyper-IgE or Job syndrome) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent staphylococcal abscesses, recurrent cyst-forming pneumonia, and an elevated serum IgE le...

A reply to Professor Dixon’s comments on the Productivity Commission’s modelling of automotive assistance

In his article, Professor Peter Dixon largely reiterates arguments made in earlier papers (Dixon and Rimmer 2008 and Dixon 2008), which formed part of consultancy reports, including for Lateral Economics (LE 2008). The Commission has responded to his criticisms in two technical supplements (PC 2008b, 2008c) to its June 2008 report Modelling Economy-wide Effects of Future Automotive Assistance (...