Timely topics in pain research and treatment have been selected for publication, but the information provided and opinions expressed in this newsletter have not involved any verification by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) or the SIG on Sex, Gender and Pain (SGP) of the findings, conclusions and opinions stated in this publication. Thus, opinions expressed in this publ...

Using the data source of the Computers in Education (Comped) study, carried out under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), the status of gender and computer use in education in a number of countries has been investigated. The findings in this study indicate that the concern about gender equity expressed by many educational practition...

Among the complaints that bring patients to see their physician, pain in its various manifestations is the most frequent. In spite of this, pain is often not adequately addressed or managed. The aim of this position paper is to present the viewpoint and recommendations of EFIC on the subject of pain management. Our overall objective is to encourage adoption by architects of healthcare systems i...

*) Corresponding Author Abstract: The study was to: 1) generate the appropriate evaluation instrument so that the instrument might be implemented in evaluating the Integrated Islamic Elementary School (SDIT, Sekolah Dasar Islam Terpadu) learning process; 2) identify the effectiveness of the developed evaluation instrument; and 3) identify the description and the criteria in the results of evalu...

Excerpt] Also important to any analysis of labor costs in the public sector today is, of course, the effect of collective bargaining on wages. For reasons described in a recent article by Orley Ashenfelter, fire fighters provide an excellent test of union wage effects at the city level. This study will therefore use fire fighters as an example with which to assess and compare the effects on wag...

Artifact; Maggots; Pellets; Shotgun wound Abstract: Forensic medicine specialists use their expertise to identify artifacts and avoid its misinterpretation. This is vital in carrying out justice as any misinterpretation of findings can derail the investigation. We report a case where an artifact resembled a firearm/shotgun injury that raised a suspicion of an alleged homicide. a 2014 The Intern...

Jörg Meyer,1,2 Robin Ohmann,1,* Anja Nickel,1,2 Cormac Toher,1,† Roland Gresser,3 Karl Leo,2,3 Dmitry A. Ryndyk,1,2 Francesca Moresco,1,2,‡ and Gianaurelio Cuniberti1,2,4 1Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany 2Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany 3Institut für Angewandte Photophysik (I...

The role of antibiotics in preventing healing complications after traumatic injuries: a literature review. comparison of the flexibility of different splint systems used in dental traumatology.

he Norbert Wiener Centenary Congress was held at Michigan State University, November 27–December 3, 1994. The Congress was cosponsored by the American Mathematical Society, the International Association of Cybernetics, and the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics. The aim of the Congress was to reveal the depth and strong coherence of thought that runs through Wiener’s legacy and to ex...