Stray Thoughts

Oriental Medicine—Stray Jottings

Measurement of stray light and glare: comparison of Nyktotest, Mesotest, stray light meter, and computer implemented stray light meter.

AIM To evaluate the properties of devices for measuring stray light and glare: the Nyktotest, Mesotest, "conventional" stray light meter and a new, computer implemented version of the stray light meter. METHODS 112 subjects, divided in three groups: (1) young subjects without any eye disease; (2) elderly subjects without any eye disease, and (3) subjects with (early) cataract in at least one ...

Stray Voltage Problems in Agriculture

Small cancer cells don't stray

Small cancer cells don’t stray W anderlust is what makes cancer cells deadly. On page 437, Lamouille and Derynck show that anticancer drugs already in clinical trials might have an unexpected benefi t by turning the rogue cells into homebodies. Cancer cells often enlarge and crank up protein synthesis, presumably to support their racing metabolism. Before they metastasize, the cells undergo a t...

Diagrams about Thoughts about Thoughts about Diagrams

The study of diagrammatic reasoning often focuses on computational models of diagram use rather than on studies of human performance. This paper considers diagrams as a notational system that can be used and studied in an experimental context. It presents a review of the experimental psychology literature rather than a complete theoretical framework, and is intended as an introduction to the fi...