The Young Entomologist and what he Wants

He Wants to Know

Sir,?I wonder whether any of your readers can answer the following questions: Has the Society of Medical Officers of Health taken any steps to bring to the notice of the Corporations of Manchester and Liverpool the salaries which should be offered for the positions shortly to become vacant? What will happen to County Nursing Associations when their probationers realise that a halftrained nurse ...

"He wants to do what?" Cryonics: issues in questionable medicine and self-determination.

What a reviewer wants.

Understanding what a reviewer wants helps authors write better papers and design better research studies. Central to any research study is the research question. This is the first thing the reviewer looks for. The question, or research aim, should be relevant, original and very clearly defined. The paper should also be scientifically valid; the methods should achieve the aim by addressing the q...

Hitting what one wants to hit and missing what one wants to miss

When an observer gazes directly at a rigid spherical object moving at constant speed along a line directed at the head, both monocular and binocular retinal image correlates of time to collision (TTC) are available provided that the object is not too small. The monocular correlate is not available for very small objects and is invalid for rotating aspherical objects, while the binocular correla...

What the patient wants from patient participation.

In a general practice with an existing patient participation group, a survey of patients was undertaken to ascertain knowledge of and interest in the group. It was hoped that this might avoid the failure that had befallen other groups of this type. Analysis of the questionnaire provided useful information: there was interest in the group, with a potential attendance of almost three-quarters of ...