The mass marketing of foods derived from organisms modified through recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology (genetically modified, or GM foods) has put extreme pressure on the interpretation and implementation of the United States’ basic food safety law, the venerable Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&CA). In its classic form, the FD&CA reflects its Progressive and New Deal roots. It vests enormous trust...

In light of the three-year data release from WMAP we re-examine the evidence for the “Axis of Evil”. We discover that previous frequentist methods are not robust with respect to the data-sets available and different treatments of the galactic plane. We identify the cause of the instability and show that this result is not a weakness of the data. This is further confirmed by exhibiting an altern...

The Situated Action approach to AI emphasizes the role of the environment in the generation and control of behavior; see (Norman 1993) for an introduction. Work to date has focused mainly on activity within spatially and temporally localized environments such as kitchens and video games (Agre & Chapman 1987; Agre & Horswill 1992). How useful is this perspective when larger-scale activities are ...

The current research examines the utility of the evil woman hypothesis by examining sentencing discrepancies between male and female sex offenders. National Corrections Reporting Program data are used to identify sex offenders for the years 1994 to 2004 and the sentences they received for specific sex offenses. Statistical analyses reveal a significant difference in sentence length between men ...

Over the past ten years, State and Territory housing authorities have stressed the importance of resident participation in community and urban renewal. However, their renewal efforts have lacked a sound evidence base.Why is community participation seen as crucial? What are the most effective ways of promoting participation, and what are the practical barriers to residents getting involved? Mart...

P.M. Neri1; L. Redden1; S. Poole2,3,4; C.N. Pozner2,3,5;J. Horsky2,5; A.S. Raja2,5; E. Poon6; G. Schiff2,5; A. Landman2,5 1Clinical & Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Wellesley, MA; 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; 3Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation; 4Simulation Consulting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; 5Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 6Boston Medic...

Introduction Labor costs are often cited as one of the primary reasons for the economic hardships plaguing many older industrial cities, such as Cleveland. Of course, other factors, such as local taxes, proximity to markets, product cycles, and energy costs may also contribute to the area's diminished ability to compete with other regions in attracting and retaining businesses. Nonetheless, sin...

The lay public is much more likely to have encountered a forensic psychiatrist on television or in the movies than to have encountered a real one. Thus, by way of popular culture, the jury's perceptions and expectations of forensic expert witnesses may have been formed long before they take the stand. We describe a typology of five categories of forensic experts portrayed in fiction: Dr. Evil, ...

How can we more formally define good and evil? My esteemed colleague Stanley Krippner PhD has suggested to me “that something is ‘good’ if it is life-potentiating and helps people manifest the potentials with which they entered this world. Something is ‘bad’ if it is life-depotentiating and blocks their potentials. Of course, culture plays a critical role and often what is ‘good’ in one culture...