The present study examined the relationships between the broad, multidimensional view of humor using the factors of the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS) and all of the Five Factor Theory (FFT) personality domains and specific facets. Results indicated a number of significant personality facets related to the Humor Production and Social Use factor. The strongest were Assertiveness, A...

The departure of Claude Berge leaves a painful void in many of our lives. He enchanted people around him with his multiple talents, his great erudition in diverse domains, his sense of humour, his modesty, his love of life. Although primarily a combinatorist, Berge made a lasting mark on other subjects with his early mathematical work. His treatise on game theory [2] introduced an alternative t...

Libraries have been written about the theory and practice of public policy making. Yet, this enormous scholarship has proved insufficient to lift the veil of mystery and idiosyncrasy that shrouds the art of decision making. The heady ambition to turn both clinical practice and health policy into evidence-based bastions of rationalist decision making has been downgraded; the vocabulary is now “e...

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Asian women. Breast cancer is detected in advanced stages and among younger age group women in Asia. The delay in presentation is attributed mainly to the social-cultural perception of the disease, poverty, and the strong influence of traditional medicine. Many of Asian women are not aware of the importance of regular screening. Cultural...

come. The author possesses a charming facility of expression which is only surpassed by his innate modesty. The first chapter deals with general considerations pertinent not only to this branch but to other branches of surgery as well. The author states that the pleura is unaffected by contact with unfiltered air but that if it is exposed at operation for more than thirty minutes it pours out a...

Tears flowed like spring rain as the elfin A ustra lian realised that she had be­ come the country’s first track and field medallist for 16 years ... There were women athletes at the Olympics who were distinguished by moustaches and physiques that would alarm Dean Lukin, and it is enough to say that Glynis Nunn was not one of them. She was an a th le te of und im in ished femininity who smiled ...

This is a collection of essays by one of the finest theorists in economics, applying his mind to the historical sweep of the process of economic growth over the last two centuries. This process has led to unprecedented growth and prosperity in a set of countries, increasing divergence in their performance from a large set of other countries, and yet an amazing catch-up process in a small third ...

Near the US Capitol, in front of the National Academy of Sciences sits a gigantic bronze statue of Albert Einstein. The monument was created to celebrate Einstein and the sense of awe and wonder his work represents. However, while under construction, art critics and some scientists derided the idea of the memorial. They felt the scale of such a giant memorial did not fit the modesty of Einstein...

In July 2014, a 40-year woman presented with an enormous bleeding ulcer involving the entire left breast. The patient had pain. Modesty and fear had kept her away from looking professional help earlier, despite the lesion's presence for about 3 years. On physical examination it was found that her left breast was almost completely occupied by tumor tissue. Needle biopsy of the lump in the left b...

This study explored the relationships among Hurricane Katrina-related stressors, coping/adjustment, and leisure among Japanese and Japanese American survivors in New Orleans. Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted in March 2012. Continuous uncertainty, along with Katrina-related stressful events, negatively impacted the survivors’ psychological well-being. Leisure had four distinct mean...