The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships between household income and SWB. But income is clearly an imperfect measure of economic well-being. Also needed are measures of wealth (net worth) and consum...

Few reports have described the use of endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) for duodenal defects [1–4]. We treated a complicated duodenal leak with EVT using the pull-through technique with a new type of open-pore polyurethanefoam drain (OPD) [5] and a novel type of open-pore film drain (OFD). Construction of an OFD is shown in ▶Video1. First the distal ends of two drainage tubes (Ventrol; 12–18Fr × ...

Evolved traits such as intuitive skills have allowed individuals to quickly evaluate a suitable sexual Having determined that someone is attractive at first sight, an individual may become emotionally attached to that person and communicate their affection via a copulatory gaze, in which the individual gazes into the other person's eyes for many seconds (Fisher, 1992). In this opinion piece, I ...

The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that economic well-being has a statistically significant but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships between household income and SWB. But income is clearly an imperfect measure of economic well-being. Also needed are measures of wealth (net worth) and consum...

BACKGROUND Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an important home-based dialysis modality for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). The initiation of PD requires timely and skilled insertion of a Tenckhoff catheter (TC). At most centres, TCs are inserted laparoscopically by surgeons under general anaesthetic. This requires access to increasingly scarce surgical, anaesthetic and hospital inpatie...

When two humans communicate with each other in a face-to-face situation, they do not only exchange speech. Other so-called channels or modalities, such as gaze (e.g., eye contact), facial expression, intonation, voice quality, and gestures (e.g., pointing) also play an important role in both the semantic and the socio-emotional aspects of communication (see, e.g., Ellsworth & Ludwig, 1972). Som...

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Volatile fatty acids (VFA), produced in the rumen by microbial fermentation, are the main energy source for ruminants. The VFA profile, particularly the nonglucogenic (acetate, Ac; butyrate, Bu) to glucogenic (propionate, Pr) VFA ratio (NGR), is associated with effects on methane production, milk composition, and energy balance. The aim of this study was to evaluate extant rumen VFA stoichiomet...

Soft skills training is usually a topic of attention and evaluation among university lecturers educational scholars in Vietnam. However, there are still numerous issues with the at time, which why this study focuses on value soft courses Ho Chi Minh City Open University. The essay specifically examines after-school social contact between students to be component that has significant influence s...

Umbilical arterial catheters (UAC) were randomly assigned in 69 infants to a high (n=36) or to a low (n=33) position. Serial Doppler ultrasound measurements of blood flow velocity in their superior mesenteric arteries, coeliac axis, renal arteries, and anterior cerebral arteries were then obtained. There were no differences in blood flow velocity between high and low UAC groups on days 1, 3, an...