Routine testing is a practice whereby medical professionals ask all patients whether they would like an HIV test, regardless of whether there is anything unique to a given patient that suggests the presence of HIV. In three respects I aim to offer a fresh perspective on the debate about whether a developing country with a high rate of HIV infection morally ought to adopt routine testing. First,...

We tested whether the goal to attain normative superiority over other students, referred to as performance-approach goals, is particularly distractive for high-Working Memory Capacity (WMC) students-that is, those who are used to being high achievers. Indeed, WMC is positively related to high-order cognitive performance and academic success, a record of success that confers benefits on high-WMC...

Four studies investigated whether people feel inhibited from engaging in social action incongruent with their apparent self-interest. Participants in Study 1 predicted that they would be evaluated negatively were they to take action on behalf of a cause in which they had no stake or in which they had a stake but held stake-incongruent attitudes. Participants in Study 2 reported both surprise an...

conclusions cervical cancer screening, comprising of both pap test and hpv testing, is an essential part of the routine health care for women as it can facilitate the detection of abnormal cervical cells. hpv infection can produce abnormal pap test results; also, certain types of hpv are associated with cancer. therefore, it is important to diagnose abnormal cervical tissues before the developm...

a study was carried out to map dispersal of trichogramma brassicae bezd. on tomato in a 0.5 ha field. first, 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 meter distances from the central point of the field were marked in form of squares. on each square, 8 points were selected and a wooden stake of 1.5 m length was vertically secured into the soil at each point equal to plant height and bearing a yellow sticky trap ...