According to the World Health Organization (WHO), breast cancer (BC) is one of the most deadly cancers diagnosed among middle-aged women. Precise diagnosis and prognosis are crucial to reduce the high death rate. In this paper we present a framework for automatic malignancy grading of fine needle aspiration biopsy tissue. The malignancy grade is one of the most important factors taken into cons...

[Editor's note: The author argued earlier that the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary means is essential to quality-of-life considerations. Gilbert Meilaender responded that quality-of-life considerations are not appropriate for incapacitated patients or those relying on others. Wildes insists that these considerations are inescapable for any patient and are a constitutive element i...

problem of understanding Japanese behavior, experience, and development (Kitayama & Markus, 1994; Stigler, Shweder, Goodnow, Hatano, LeVine, Markus, & Miller, 1998; Shweder, & Herdt, 1990). In terms of the cultural psychology of the Japanese, the studies by Markus and Kitayama (1991) and Wierzbicka (1996) are at the forefront. Markus and Kitayama suggest, for example, that the Japanese, along w...