The ten commandments

The Ten Commandments.

Ten commandments of enzymology, amended.

Reflections on advances and retreats in biochemistry have, over the years, generated several maxims. The late Efraim Racker’s ‘don’t waste clean thinking on dirty enzymes’ has been one of the most durable. On the occasion of a lecture in Jerusalem a decade ago, I framed a list of the ten ‘best’ maxims as ‘commandments’, which were later published as a ‘Guest Commentary’ in the Journal of Bacter...

Ten Commandments of Hypospadias Surgery

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com penile in 77(30%) and proximal Hypospadias in 46(18%) patients. Tubularized incised plate urethroplasty (TIP) by Dr. Warren Snodgrass and Byar’s two stage urethroplasty were the only two basic methods applied. Only 13 patients (5%) of total required two stage repairs. Subsequent 10 years, I operated 512 cases of hypospadias with the Ten Commandments...

Ten Commandments of Formal Methods

0018-9162/06/$20.00 © 2006 IEEE 40 Computer P u b l i s h e d b y t h e I E E E C o m p u t e r S o c i e t y Real engineers use mathematics. Formal methods are the mathematics of software engineering. Therefore, software engineers should use formal methods. Yet even with this elegant simplicity, most projects hold formal methods at arm’s length unless they involve the design and maintenance of...

Ten commandments of physician wellness.

Recently, in talking to a group of residents about burnout, I asked if they knew anyone in medicine who was happy. Only one of thirty-some aspiring doctors thought that one could find happiness in the practice of medicine. I was saddened for them, and what they saw in their future. I have worked in Physician Health for over 10 years as chair of a physician health committee. At times, I have fel...