The curse and blessing of fixed specific factors in small-open economies

Prostate Specific Antigen: Blessing or Curse?

The PSA is an excellent tool in urologist's hand, can help in early detection of prostate cancer, in the follow up of the medical treat­ ment or after radical prostatectomy with the purpose of checking the effectiveness ot the treatment. On the other hand, the PSA can result in unnecessary biopsies, causing patient's anxiousness, therefore bearing both advantages and disadvantages. One has to l...

IT as Curse and Blessing

Menstruation: curse or blessing?

Cleansing or curse? Menstruation in our lifetime has been commonly called ‘The Curse’. Our sisters in the 16th century, however, welcomed this cleansing as a fertility sign from God, through the moon that determined the tides of all that flowed on the earth. These tides included the four humorous fluids that made up each of us and determined, by balance, the health of an individual. Ancient med...

Art and Internet: Blessing the Curse?∗

“Beauty, however, in its general aspect, is the inseparable characteristic of the idea when it has become known. In other words, everything is beautiful in which an idea is revealed; for to be beautiful means no more than clearly to express an idea.” — Schopenhauer (2004-eBook edition) “In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius: he will have to wait fo...

The concept of competence: blessing or curse?

Martin Mulder is professor and head of the chair group of Education and Competence Studies at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He graduated from the University of Utrecht as Master of Education, and did his PhD at the University of Twente. In his current position he leads a research and education program on competence development in food and green space. He is a frequent speaker at inter...