We can learn a great deal about consciousness and the place of mind in nature by attention to how things have meaning to us. What something means to us is the expectations that are triggered in us by its occurrence. As if to illustrate that point, this leads to many interesting conclusions. The result of the analysis presented here is that a mind is recursively defined as a system’s in-formed s...

To cite: Wilkes S. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2013;39:241–243. BACKGROUND Infertility affects one in seven couples during their lifetime and has an annual incidence of one couple per 1000 total population, which means that each general practitioner (GP) will see on average one to two couples with infertility each year. Over 80% of couples in the general population will conceive within 1 yea...

Although constructivism has many meanings and connotations in educational literature, I will examine this concept specifically from the perspective of my academic training (as a Developmental Psychologist) in this article. In addition to my academic background, I have reached a broader understanding of constructivism from my own teaching. Consequently, some of what I write represents extensions...

Had these and other issues been clearly understood in 1988 when the World Health Assembly passed the resolution that committed all countries to polio eradication by the year 2000, the decision to eradicate would have been more difficult. But fortunately, buoyed by the then recent success in the eradication of smallpox, active debate on whether to use inactivated or live polio vaccines, awarenes...

This paper proposes real-time interactive systems illuminating your shadows cast on the floor, which we name “Graphic Shadow.” They will make you experience an exciting space of interaction performing an illusion on your own shadow.

Postextrasystolic potentiation (PESP), the increase in contractility that follows an extrasystole, is an interesting phenomenon that has been known for almost 100 years. The literature on this effect is reviewed. It is found that there is significant evidence that the phenomenon is independent of muscle loading and represents a distinct property of the myocardium. Examination of the literature ...

BACKGROUND Health care is perhaps the most complicated of services. While most services in the business world are challenged by the diversity of clients and variability in their needs, health care must face this challenge with tremendous pressure from other factors. On the one hand, the stakes are extremely high, and the demand for excellence is unmatched by those placed on other service provid...