When commenting on the paper of Danton and colleagues concerning surgical repair of the common arterial trunk, I pointed out that their optimal procedure was first described by the late Kenneth Reid [1]. They indicated in the discussion that they would modify this manuscript accordingly. Sadly, they did not [2]. That does not, however, detract from Mr Reid’s precedence with this particular proc...

Despite the fact that consumer protection law number 8 of 1999 has been issued on protection, which guarantees rights consumers. Sometimes ignored by business actors and sadly consumers also act indifferently in fighting for must be obtained who have protected law. In Consumer Protection Act Article 29 paragraph 1 Law No. concerning it is stated "the government responsible fostering implementat...

Insulin was discovered 100 years ago but, sadly, across the globe there are significant inequities in access to this life‐saving medicine. Here, authors investigate such inequities, challenges of available and affordable insulin, its delivery systems blood glucose monitoring. Challenges not only include costs but also lack expertise managing diabetes care. Now is time for those community come t...

Peter Ehlers was to give a speech at the 2nd Session of Assembly (2020) in Monaco, which mark 100th anniversary International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). Sadly, cancelled due exceptional circumstances posed by COVID-19 pandemic. His words were left unspoken. Nevertheless, as still had something significance say, we are now publishing manuscript his intended speech.greatest risk climate cha...

Financial managers, auditors, and fraud examiners are eager to find an automated, timely approach to discovering which publicly traded companies may be harboring financial frauds. Investors, corporate treasurers, and portfolio managers all want a dependable, automatic process to help them sift through voluminous financial data to find the few firms among hundreds that give investors bad informa...

Sadly, too many practices end up playing "Chopsticks" because they didn't do the homework needed to make EMR training effective. In the worst-case scenario, they try to learn too much too quickly while juggling a full load of patients. And, because nobody has figured exactly what they want the EMR to do for their practice, instructors from the software vendor teach what's best for other practices.

1School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G13 1PP, UK 2School of Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK 3Bukit Batok West Ave 5, #11-440, Singapore 650385. ∗Corresponding author: Email: [email protected] †The authors of this paper would like to dedicate this research publication to their co-author, Alex Carmichael, who sadly lost his ba...

We compare two derivations of a popular formula for the tidal despinning rate, and emphasise that both are strongly limited to the case of a vanishing inclination and a certain (sadly, unrealistic) law of frequency-dependence of the quality factor. One method is based on the MacDonald torque, the other on the Darwin torque. Fortunately, the second approach is general enough to accommodate both ...

Narrative ads are more appreciated and persuasive than non-narrative ads. This superior effect is ascribed to the pleasant, entertaining experience narrative provide. Humorous narratives do so by evoking positive emotions providing a hedonic experience. There also that tell moving stories thereby negative too eudaimonic In two studies, questions addressed what extent evoke both their impact on ...