Patton: death of a soldier. Historical vignette.

A Narrative on the Use of Vignette: Its Advantages and Drawbacks

Background & aim: In some situations in quantitative or qualitative research, complementary tools would be of great help in data collection. Vignette is a data collection tool, which has been used for over 50 years in different disciplines including health sciences. Nonetheless, there is a paucity of information regarding this method. With this background in mind, the ...

Using audio to enhance information tasks

constant communication with an intelligence analyst at operations command, and receives orders through an earpiece to don chemical-protection equipment because of new chemical weapons threat intelligence in the area. The chemical-protection suit is similar to but weighs less than those in use today. Most importantly, because it encloses the soldier's head, the suit has an augmented hearing syst...

Changes over time in the "healthy soldier effect"

BACKGROUND Death rates in military populations outside of combat are often lower than those in the general population. This study considers how this "healthy soldier effect" changes over time. METHODS Standardized mortality ratios were used to compare changes in death rates relative to the Australian population in two large studies of Australian servicemen of the Korean War (n = 17,381) and t...

True Digital Artery Aneurysm - A Clinical Vignette

Swellings of the hand are commonly seen in routine clinical practuce. Ninety five percent of them are benign and most common diagnoses include ganglions, epidermoid inclusion cysts, and giant cell tumours of the tendon sheath. It is very uncommon to find true digital aneuryms in the hand. In this clinical vignette I present a case of true digital artery aneurysm, with the tell tale clinical fea...

Historical vignette of Cajal's work "Degeneration and regeneration of the nervous system" with a reflection of the author.