Would Mendel have won it?

Emotional responses to changing feedback: is it better to have won and lost than never to have won at all?

Two experiments investigated how self-esteem guides people's emotional responses to changing evaluative feedback. In both experiments, participants received an initial evaluation (either positive or negative) followed by a second evaluation (either positive or negative). Emotional reactions to the second evaluation were then assessed. High self-esteem participants found feedback that was consis...

Have we won?

Would It Be Possible to Have Two Corresponding Authors for One Article?

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره هجدهم، دی 1398،       آیا می‌توان دو نویسنده مسئول برای یک مقاله داشت؟   Would It Be Possible to Have Two Corresponding Authors for One Article?     محسن رضائیان[1]   M. Rezaeian   اخیراً در کارگاه مقاله نویسی که برای اعضاء هیئت علمی یکی از دانشگاه‌های علوم پزشکی کشور برگزار کردم، سؤال یکی از شرکت کنندگان این بود که " آیا...

Absence seizures during sleep: who would have thunk it?

Commentary Two of the most fundamental aspects of caring for children with epilepsy is knowledge of seizure type and frequency of seizures. The recent report by Sadleir calls for a reassessment of each. What is an absence seizure? The 1981 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification system of seizures described the features of an " absence attack " to include its " sudden onset,...

Could the South Have Won the War?

Although the Confederate surrenders in April 1865 marked the end of major hostilities of the American Civil War, disputes of interpretation continue to characterise the study of the conduct and outcomes of the War. Whilst this may be simply a feature of all historiography, the extent of these interpretive disputes may well be a direct consequence of the nature of the primary sources that have s...