Various modern decision theories seek to capture the intuition behind Keynes‟s conception of evidential weight. Keynes was nevertheless hesitant about the practical relevance of weight in the process of rational decision making because of the „stopping problem‟ of finding a rational principle to decide where to stop the process of acquiring information in forming a probability judgment before m...

Weight of evidence (WOE) is an important concept in risk assessment. Weed (2005) attempted to conduct a “state-of-the-science review of the concept of ‘weight of evidence’ and its methods” based on 92 of 276 papers published between 1994 and 2004 in which “weight of evidence” appeared in the abstract and/or title in the PubMed database. Reference lists of these articles were reviewed to add 2 c...

BACKGROUND Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) have been extensively studied and became the treatment of choice for several indications including pulmonary embolism. While their efficacy in hemodialysis is considered similar to unfractionated heparin (UFH), their safety remains controversial mainly due to a risk of bioaccumulation in patients with renal impairment. The aim of this systematic r...

BACKGROUND Overweight individuals desire a lower weight than they actually have. Little is known on the extent to which this discrepancy is reduced over time due to adaptation or resignation. The aim of this study is to describe cross-sectional relationships and longitudinal changes in desired body weight and differences between actual and desired body weight according to gender, age and catego...

Weight stigma is highly pervasive, but its consequences are understudied. This review draws from theory in social psychology, health psychology, and neuroendocrinology to construct an original, generative model called the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma (COBWEBS) model. This model characterizes weight stigma as a "vicious cycle" - a positive feedback loop wherein weight stigma begets weight ...