Reshef et al. presented a novel measure of dependence the maximal information coefficient (MIC) aimed to capture a wide range of associations between pairs of variables, and a statistical test for independence based on MIC. They defined a concept of equitability and claim that non-equitable methods are less practical for data exploration. By simple power comparisons, we show that this conclusio...

The author describes and evaluates two methods developed and used over a ten-year period at London's King's College Hospital Medical School to teach clinical ethics to medical students. One method included an eight-part course as part of the regular "Topic Teaching" lecture series; the other approach enlarged the scope of small discussion groups conducted by general practice physicians on the ...

We investigated maximal Prym varieties on finite fields by attaining their upper bounds on the number of rational points. This concept gave us a motivation for defining a generalized definition of maximal curves i.e. maximal morphisms. By MAGMA, we give some non-trivial examples of maximal morphisms that results in non-trivial examples of maximal Prym varieties.

the rings considered in this article are commutative with identity $1neq 0$. by a proper ideal of a ring $r$,  we mean an ideal $i$ of $r$ such that $ineq r$.  we say that a proper ideal $i$ of a ring $r$ is a  maximal non-prime ideal if $i$ is not a prime ideal of $r$ but any proper ideal $a$ of $r$ with $ isubseteq a$ and $ineq a$ is a prime ideal. that is, among all the proper ideals of $r$,...

Profound changes are occurring in medicine. These changes are in both medicine itself and also in the economic and social context. The driving forces for change include health care reform, sophisticated consumers, new technology, information explosion and ethics of controlling human biology.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

How can a healthcare organization improve the public's confidence in the conduct of its business operations? What can it do to ensure that it can thrive despite being the subject of public and governmental scrutiny and doubt? Healthcare providers must establish standards of conduct that are above reproach and ensure that those standards are clearly articulated and strictly adhered to. This arti...

The established view in Confucian scholarship today is that political order serves to promote the material and moral well-being of ordinary people (min 民). Loubna El Amine turns this on its head by arguing revolves not around interest but demands security, stability, prosperity. Min are expected be virtuous only extent they help sustain such an order. As such, politics does follow from ethics a...