This incorrect argument is often used, or accepted, because it seems at first sight to be so self-evident that we do not think about its validity. But in safety engineering we have to be concerned with hard physical realities, so we must be able to recognise incorrect statements and false arguments – like this one – even where we want to believe them because they give us a warm and fuzzy feelin...

OBJECTIVES Ambulatory care is a rapidly growing segment of overall healthcare delivery and populations seen in ambulatory care settings are aging resulting in many patients with mobility limitations. Mounting a fixed height examination table can present a challenge to a patient with mobility limitations and may be somewhat difficult for the general patient population. This study sought to inves...

BACKGROUND Homeopathy is widely used, and many European physicians practice homeopathy in addition to conventional medicine. Adverse effects in homeopathy are not expected by homeopaths due to the negligible quantities of active substances in a remedy. However, we questioned if homeopathic aggravation, which is described as a temporary worsening of existing symptoms following a correct homeopat...

Issue: Vol 168, Issue 4327 [2] Related articles: Messy liquidation [7] Is that clear? [8] Do we have a group? [9] PETE MILLER asks where we now stand with the complex transactions in securities legislation KEY POINTS The basic framework of ITA 2007, s 684. Activities that fall within the definition of a 'transaction in securities'. The receipt of 'relevant con...

Two experiments investigated deaf individuals' ability to discriminate between same-sex talkers based on vibrotactile stimulation alone. Nineteen participants made same/different judgments on pairs of utterances presented to the lower back through voice coils embedded in a conforming chair. Discrimination of stimuli matched for F0, duration, and perceived magnitude was successful for pairs of s...

BACKGROUND The practice of sharing sanitation facilities does not meet the current World Health Organization/UNICEF definition for what is considered improved sanitation. Recommendations have been made to categorize shared sanitation as improved sanitation if security, user access, and other conditions can be assured, yet limited data exist on user preferences with respect to shared facilities....

OBJECTIVE Parents with epilepsy can be concerned about the consequences of epilepsy affecting their children. The aim of this paper is to describe aspects of what it means being a parent having epilepsy, focusing the parents' perspectives and their thoughts on having children. METHODS Fourteen adults aged 18-35 years with epilepsy and subjective memory decline took part in focus-group intervi...