The development of mobile telephone communication technology and its availability on a worldwide scale has been widely recognised as a force for good. There have been, however, concerns about the possible harmful effects of prolonged exposure to this technology. Two articles in this issue investigate possible harmful effects of mobile telephone use. Seckin and colleagues investigate the possibl...

Blue LUminous Events (BLUEs) are transient corona discharges occurring in thunderclouds and characterized by strong 337.0 nm light flashes with absent (or weak) 777.4 component. We present the first nighttime climatology of BLUEs as detected Modular Multispectral Imaging Array Atmosphere-Space Interaction Monitor showing their worldwide geographical seasonal distribution. A total (land ocean) 1...

The birth of a child may lead to the onset of psychopathological symptoms in the mother that vary in frequency and intensity [1,2], and to short/long-term effects on the mother’s and/or child’s health [3–7]. These symptoms usually regard some form of anxiety and depression which may cause little alarm but in some cases indicate serious problems. These include the condition defined as baby blues...

Aim: This descriptive study was conducted in order to determine the knowledge, opinions and practices of health personnel about postpartum blues. Method: The with 53 nurses/midwives, 29 family physicians 2 physician specialists working primary care institutions, 6 obstetricians pediatricians obstetrics pediatric clinics Söke district Aydın. It carried out a total 125 personnel. Data were collec...

For years, people have appealed to engineering as the dominant metaphor for how software testing should be done. Yet there are many other metaphors that could provide value to learning about patterns and principles in software testing. As professional testers and nonprofessional musicians, we observe that music affords such a metaphor. What are the parallels between music and testing—especially...