a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Program on Integrative Knowledge and Human Flourishing, Harvard University, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, and Health, United States b Harvard Medical School, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, ...

Understanding the causes of diabetes is at the heart of most diabetes research. The field of causal inference has made dramatic advances in methodology that allows for causal inference from observational and not experimental data (1). One such methodological advancement is the use of genetic markers as instrumental variables, or so-called Mendelian randomization (MR) (2). MR relies on the laws ...

the incremental sheet metal forming (ismf) process is a new and flexible method that is well suited for small batch production or prototyping. this paper studies the use of the finite element method in the incremental forming process of aa1050 sheets to investigate the influence of tool diameter, vertical step size, and friction coefficient on forming force, spring-back, and thickness distribut...

The Surgical Assistant Working Group (SAWG) draft report has been released, which proposes to allow nurses in the surgical assistant role access a patient rebate from Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). This will address some of issues affecting surgery Australia. While an initial read buoyed spirits those closely involved, it is with circumspection that we venture forward.