West Riding Reports

ATV riding and helmet use among youth aged 12-17 years, USA, 2011: results from the YouthStyles survey.

BACKGROUND National estimates of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riding patterns among youth in the USA are lacking. METHODS We analysed the 2011 YouthStyles survey to estimate the proportion of 12-17 year olds in the USA who had ridden an ATV at least once during the past 12 months and summarise their patterns of helmet use. RESULTS Of the 831 youth respondents, an estimated 25% reported riding ...

The West Riding Lunatic Asylum Medical Reports

tual impairment, are rather displacements than diminutions of capacity, and that besides, perhaps, securing the survival of the fittest, such manipulations are better borne by the young of uncivilized than of civilized tribes, he shows that the greater prevalence of insanity among civilized nations is due to the greater cranial capacity as shown by Drs. Barnard Davis and Pritchard ; while it ha...

Riding the South Sea Bubble

Riding the South Sea Bubble PETER TEMIN AND HANS-JOACHIM VOTH FORTHCOMING, AER, DECEMBER 2004. ABSTRACT: This paper presents a case study of a well-informed investor in the South Sea bubble. We argue that Hoare's Bank, a fledgling West End London banker, knew that a bubble was in progress and nonetheless invested in the stock; it was profitable to "ride the bubble." Using a unique dataset on da...

Bicycle riding and erectile dysfunction: a review.

INTRODUCTION For many years, reports in the literature have implicated bicycle riding as causing increased risk of erectile dysfunction (ED). Perineal compression during cycling has been associated with the development of sexual complications. AIM To review current literature on the rationale for ED from bicycle riding and outcome of bicycle riding on erectile function and to present availabl...

Leading The Ignorant: Can Ignorance Eliminate The Free Riding Problem?