Megaprojects along with creating value to the economy, create environmental, social and political disruptions in its local environment. Narratives guide action hence both promoters protesters of a project mobilize narratives advance their interest. In this process, counter-narratives are (re)created interaction often establishes dominant narrative. Using case High Speed Two (HS2) megaproject En...

Abstract The relationship between poetry and the poet’s life is complex, reading a poem for biographical material can become problematic exercise that constrains poem’s interpretative possibilities. When writing about ʿUmar ibn Abī Rabīʿah (d. 93AH/712AD or 103/721), biographers historians have shown marked ambivalence in this regard. In early anecdotal narratives his romantic adventures, event...

Background This article evaluates the evidence for inclusion of patient narratives in decision aids (PtDAs). We define as stories, testimonials, or anecdotes that provide illustrative examples experiences others are relevant to at hand. Method To evaluate effectiveness PtDAs, we conducted a narrative scoping review literature from January 2013 through June 2019 identify published since last Int...

OBJECTIVE This was a study of positive psychological traits in a group of rural Italians aged 90 to 101 years, and their children or other family members. DESIGN Mixed-methods quantitative (standardized rating scales) and qualitative (semi-structured interviews) study. SETTING Study participants' homes in nine villages in the Cilento region of southern Italy. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-nine nona...

A collection of Hardy-Ramanujan-Rademacher type formulas for restricted partition and overpartition functions is presented, framed by several biographical anecdotes.

Background The fastest growing market of mobile phone users has been reported to be pre-teen children and the Ofcom Media Literacy Audit (2006) of over 1500 UK children reported that 49% of 8-11 year olds had their own mobile phone. However, whilst the expanding availability of this technology is apparent, its effects upon its users are not as clear. Questions have been raised about the effect ...

Sir Richard Owen, a Lancastrian, was a prominent biologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, palaeontologist and known for coining the term dinosaur. His expertise in anatomical dissection proved to be one of his biggest assets and aided his career progression at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Zoological Society. Owen's apprenticeship in Lancaster helped him to gain expertise in anatomy...

Lawson Wilkins is well known as the "father" of the field of pediatric endocrinology, and his scientific accomplishments and legacy are thoroughly documented in this edition and elsewhere. Less well known, though, is what the man himself was like. Here, his daughter, Elizabeth McMaster, recalls the personal side of Dr. Wilkins including his upbringing as the son of a prominent Baltimore doctor,...

Lack of awareness about performance in tasks is a common feature of Alzheimer's disease. Nevertheless, clinical anecdotes have suggested that patients may show emotional or behavioural responses to the experience of failure despite reporting limited awareness, an aspect which has been little explored experimentally. The current study investigated emotional reactions to success or failure in tas...

T he most astute clinicians would have to admit to occasionally being caught unaware by looking without seeing. We are trained to collect and analyze data, but we often make clinical decisions based on past experiences and shared anecdotes from our colleagues, as well as learned scholars and teachers. We also know that to care for a sick patient, we must conduct an observational assessment of w...