Telling Truths about Migration

Timeless Truths about Sequential Circuits

We suggest the use of a declarative programming language to design and describe circuits, concentrating on the use of higher-order functions to structure and simplify designs. In order to describe sequential circuits, we use a language , fp, which abstracts from temporal iteration. The practicalities of vlsi design make regularity attractive, and we describe the use of familiar higher order fun...

Telling stories about stories.

I want to tell you a story. This is a story about stories. As in any good story, we’re going to wander down a few storied paths. One of the paths leads back to 3 award-winning stories.* Remarkable stories by remarkable physicians who take seriously the power of stories—who have written powerful stories. Another path is about the importance of stories for human health and well-being from the per...

New unsweetened truths about sugar.

Weare inthemidstofaparadigmshift in researchonthehealth effects of sugar, one fueled by extremely high rates of added sugar overconsumption in the American public. By “added sugar overconsumption,” we refer toa totaldailyconsumption of sugars added to products during manufacturing (ie, not naturally occurring sugars, as in fresh fruit) in excess of dietary limits recommended by expert panels. P...

Ten (tentative) truths about elder abuse.

Inconvenient truths about effective clinical teaching.

I’ve been teaching clinical medicine for more than 30 years but it seems to be getting harder, not easier. Conventional wisdom in the USA holds that the problem is time and money (or, more precisely: time is money). Hospitalised patients, discharged before doctors can get to know them, are sicker and quicker today. Outpatient teaching is no less awkward, 10-minute offi ce visits and outdated Me...