Quality of kids’ screen time matters as much as quantity

Why technology matters as much as science in improving healthcare

BACKGROUND More than half a million new items of biomedical research are generated every year and added to Medline. How successful are we at applying this steady accumulation of scientific knowledge and so improving the practice of medicine in the USA? DISCUSSION The conventional wisdom is that the US healthcare system is plagued by serious cost, access, safety and quality weaknesses. A compr...

Liver Transplantation for Quality as well as Quantity of Life

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Monitoring of quality of life after liver transplantation is a step toward patient centered care, but unfortunately a comprehensive and scientific instrument for this evaluation is not yet available. Background medical and mental condition of patients as well as social and economic support of the patients should be considered fo...

The dramatic impact of Coronavirus outbreak on air quality: Has it saved as much as it has killed so far?

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported from Wuhan, China, on December 31st, 2019. As the number of coronavirus infections has exceeded 100,000 with toll deaths of about 5000 worldwide as of early March, 2020, scientists and researchers are racing to investigate the nature of this virus and evaluate the short and long term effects of this disease. Despite it...

liver transplantation for quality as well as quantity of life

Variation in Vowel Quality as a Feature of Estonian Quantity

In Estonian, disyllabic feet can be in short (Q1), long (Q2), or overlong (Q3) quantity degree. The feet are left headed. Phonologically it is a combination of a stressed vowel and/or following consonant that carries the quantity (see Table 1). The duration of the second syllable compensates for the variation of the first syllable, being long in Q1, short in Q2 and extra-short in Q3. The quanti...