This essay traces the vein of thought represented by Calabresi’s The Costs of Accidents, both backward in time to examine its sources, and forward to its impact on current scholarship. I focus on three broad topics: positive versus normative law and economics, positivist versus anti-positivist thinking in law; and the assumption of rationality in law and economics. ∗ Professor of Law and Paul J...

OBJECTIVE The Bishop score is the most commonly used method to assess the readiness of the cervix for induction. However, it was created without modern statistical methods. Our objective was to determine whether a simplified score can predict vaginal delivery equally well. METHODS Data were analyzed for 5,610 nulliparous women with singleton, uncomplicated pregnancies between 37 0/7 and 41 6/...

The purpose of this case-control study was to compare successful  labor induction between preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic women admitted to delivery ward of Shahid Bahonar hospital.200 preeclamptic women were selected as case and 200 non-preeclamptic as control group and received labor induction.two groups were similar regarding to age,parity,gravidity,abortion,first and second phase inductio...

A Handheld Learning Resource (HandLeR) is a prototype personal handheld computer designed to support personal learning projects (Sharples, Corlett, & Westmancott, Forthcoming). The proposed device will be in constant network communication. It will provide tools for learners to capture, organise and share context specific multimedia objects such as notes, sounds and images. It will support field...