Why Be Happy When You Could Be in Love?

Medicine's lottery losers: it could be you.

Why genetic information processing could be quantum

Living organisms are not just random collections of organic molecules. There is continuous information processing going on in the apparent bouncing around of molecules of life. Optimisation criteria in this information processing can be searched for using the laws of physics. Quantum dynamics can explain why living organisms have 4 nucleotide bases and 20 amino acids, as optimal solutions of th...

How the WTO Could Be Improved

AbstractThis paper examines the impasse in the current Doha Development Round negotiations andasks how the rules of the WTO could be changed to facilitate multilateral negotiations andto increase the welfare of the Member countries. It considers possible changes to the methodof negotiation. As examples of rules which are outdated, it considers the rules relating toregional trade agreements and ...

When and Why Should Translations Be Reused?

Med fler och fler verktyg för översättning tillgängliga kommer antagligen översättare att bli betydligt mer effektiva än idag. Men det är inte enbart själva översättningsprogrammen som är av intresse. Effektiva analyser av källtexten och av ev. tidigare måltexter har också avgörande betydelse, särskilt när det gäller att välja mellan en mängd olika typer av verktyg. Vissa texter lämpar sig väl ...

Who would you like to be when you grow up?

In February 2005, the Annals of Internal Medicine, a highly respected journal, published a systematic review of 59 manuscripts covering a total of 62 samples that reported on the relationship between medical knowledge/healthcare quality and years in practice/physician age. The implication of the data presented is that throughout their careers, physicians fail to upgrade their knowledge to keep ...