Swimming Upstream: “I Have a Patient I’d Like You to See…Today…in Clinic (FR418)

Have you ever meta-analysis you didn't like?

Mew-analyses and their proper place in medical literature are explained along with how they differ from traditional literature reviews. Both the qualitative and quantitative amccts of meta-analvsis are considered in relation to studying the results of clinical tri This issue [1 February 1991] includes a meta-analysis of the use of steroids in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 1 Me...

Learning to like What You Have – Explaining the Endowment Effect*

The endowment effect describes the fact that people demand much more to give up an object than they are willing to spend to acquire it. The existence of this effect has been documented in numerous experiments. We attempt to explain this effect by showing that evolution favors individuals whose preferences embody an endowment effect. The reason is that an endowment effect improves one’s bargaini...

How many children would you like to have?

Among Philippine ethnic groups, Muslims indicate the highest desire for children and the Tagalogs the lowest. Islam followers also want 2.22 more children than Iglesia ni Kristo believers, who have the lowest desire in terms of religious sects. These findings are from the Republic of the Philippines Fertility Survey [RPFS). Thomas W. Pullam, a sociology professor and director of the Universi...

Answer: Something Like What You Have to Add to a Spatial Network to Get a City

Thinking like a nurse: you have to be a nurse to do it.