Where next for China?: Rose tinted spectacles do not help

EBUS-TBNA with ROSE-tinted spectacles?

Rose-Tinted Ecology

PLoS Biology | http://biology.plosjournals.org This important book relates much the most optimistic treatise on conservation that I have ever read: many would say naively optimistic. I should say from the outset that I genuinely fear that Michael Rosenzweig’s theories and examples are less broadly applicable than he argues. And yet I want to believe that he is right. If he is right, the conserv...

Tuberculosis through the rose tinted spectacles of the EBUS endoscopist: be aware of the bias.

I read with interest the article on the utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in tuberculous intrathoracic lymphadenopathy by Navani et al. EBUS-TBNA has been validated for the assessment of mediastinal nodes in lung cancer and to obtain a diagnosis in (presumed) centrally located lung cancer or sarcoidosis. In addition to a recent report, the s...

The Endowment Effect: Rose-Tinted and Dark- Tinted Glasses

The endowment effect, predicted by prospect theory, is a robust finding in behavioral decision theory. Extending recent examinations of the underlying processes, we present evidence for differential perceptions of the traded item, with sellers focusing more on positive features and less on negative features, relative to buyers. In experiment 1, sellers and buyers access information of differing...

where do we stand and what comes next?