PURPOSE Walking ability in general and specifically for lower limb amputees is of major importance for social mobility and ADL independence. Walking determines prosthesis prescription. The aim of this study was to mathematically analyse factors influencing claimed walking distance of lower limb amputees of 500 m or more. METHOD A total of 437 patients returned two questionnaires: the Groninge...

We reiterate that geological observations do not require Grand Canyon carving coeval with Colorado River integration. (U-Th)/He data from the western canyon, totaling 29 reproducible analyses from six samples and two labs, compellingly support an ancient canyon. Three dispersed analyses from one anomalous sample do not refute this conclusion, nor do the claimed shortcomings of our modeling have...

Dirven’s contribution deals with an episode narrated in the Diaries which has not obtained deserved attention from scholars and whose implications concerning religious life of late Babylon are extremely interesting. In 133 BC a boatman entered claimed to be messenger goddess Nanāya. He began preach street was welcome by enthusiast crowd citizens. Finally, his popularity open conflict Temples’ a...

We reiterate that geological observations do not require Grand Canyon carving coeval with Colorado River integration. (U-Th)/He data from the western canyon, totaling 29 reproducible analyses from six samples and two labs, compellingly support an ancient canyon. Three dispersed analyses from one anomalous sample do not refute this conclusion, nor do the claimed shortcomings of our modeling have...

P rare syndromes are interesting subjects found all around the world, and we have no comprehensive model to classify them. This is partially due to the little body of knowledge that exists, and because of their rarity, we know of them mostly via case reports, which include only one or a few cases. In this report, we present a case with symptoms of 5 rare syndromes, including; lycanthropy, Cotar...

Wallace Stevens is one of the most perplexing of the major modern poets. His poetry, as even his most ardent admirers agree, is very difficult to follow, and his personal life cuts against the grain of commonplace beliefs about the lives of modern poets. Stevens was neither a bohemian, nor a drunk, nor a professor. In fact he was a successful insurance lawyer in Connecticut, and became a vice p...

We report a case of a 43-year-old Israeli male who presented with an intermittent fever associated with a gradual appearance of diffusely scattered erythematous non-pruritic maculopapular lesions, generalized body malaise, muscle aches, and distal extremity weakness. He works in the Israeli military and has been exposed to dogs that are used to search for people in tunnels and claimed that he h...

When reassessing the role of Debreu’s axiomatic method in economics, one has to explain both its success and unpopularity; one has to explain the “bright shadow” Debreu cast on the discipline: sheltering, threatening, and difficult to pin down. Debreu himself did not expect to have such an influence. Before he received the Bank of Sweden Prize in 1983 he had never openly engaged with the method...

Colour agnosia concerns the inability to recognise colours despite intact colour perception, semantic memory for colour information, and colour naming. Patients with selective colour agnosia have been described and the deficit is associated with left hemisphere damage. Here we report a case study of a 43-year-old man who was referred to us with a stroke in his right cerebellar hemisphere. Durin...