THE QUEEN VERSUS JOHN FINCH SMILES.

Smiles Counting the Smiles

This research summary, based on a review of the literature and a series of focus groups with NHS staff, shows that while it is difficult to measure how people feel about their work, there is much to suggest that morale and motivation of the NHS workforce are low. It identifies three key factors that affect morale and motivation: whether staff feel valued, their working environment, and resource...

Repositories recreated - The Finch report versus DiVA in Sweden

Postprint This is the accepted version of a paper published in Information Services and Use. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Access to the published version may require subscription. Abstract. In this paper we give an overview of the development of institutional repositories in Sweden, by addressing the criticis...

Discrimination thresholds for smiles in genuine versus blended facial expressions

Genuine smiles convey enjoyment or positive affect, whereas fake smiles conceal or leak negative feelings or motives (e.g. arrogance, contempt, embarrassment), or merely show affiliation or politeness. We investigated the minimum display time (i.e. threshold; ranging from 50 to 1,000 ms) that is necessary to distinguish a fake from a genuine smile. Variants of fake smiles were created by varyin...

John Snow, MD: anaesthetist to the Queen of England and pioneer epidemiologist.

J ohn Snow's accomplishments in medicine, anesthesia, and epidemiology constituted an achievement that changed the face of medical practice. He conducted translational research in his home laboratory that enabled him to understand the mechanisms of vaporizing volatile anesthetic agents—ether and chloroform—so that safe delivery systems of anesthesia could be designed. He brought obstetric anest...

JOHN DILWORTH Internal versus External Representation