In his letter to the editor, Dr Schräder poses the rhetorical question of whether the results of our study are ‘true’. To substantiate his doubts, he points out that different non-ionic contrast media (CM) were used in our study and calls for a subgroup analysis. In addition, he refers to the data obtained during the COURT trial. I am very happy to be given this opportunity to discuss the inter...

Although the role of positive emotions is important in sales, personal happiness remains understudied selling context. Grounded broaden-and-build theory, this study aims to examine relationships among happiness, job involvement, satisfaction and salesperson flourishing. For salespeople, new demands a connected world have largely blurred boundaries between their life work life. It has allowed fr...

Well done Berkshire. I completely agree with the sentiments expressed by Mehigan and Burnett in their recent article in the Journal. It is essential that some standardisation is needed in the training of nurses in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) across the UK and it is preferable that this should be accredited by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH). There is also the v...

ALTHOUGH I SHALL HAVE highly critical things to say about Murphy and Callahan (2006), I am delighted they have written it, and very happy that the refereeing system organized by the editor of The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Roderick Long, saw fit to accept it for publication. And this for two reasons. First, a minor one: there are those who accuse libertarianism of being a cult. A necessary...

Happiness is often measured in surveys using responses to a single question with a limited number of response options, such as 'very happy', 'fairly happy' and 'not too happy'. There is much variety in the wording and number of response options used, which limits comparability across surveys. To solve this problem, descriptive statistics of the discrete distribution in the sample are often tran...

A 30-year-old woman presented at our family planning clinic for Implanon removal and reinsertion. At the time of presentation the patient's weight was 148 kg. The Implanon was fitted in July 2000 (i.e. 35 months previously) when her weight was 138.5 kg. The patient was very happy with the contraceptive method. She was aware that her Implanon had snapped in half about 2 months ago. There was no ...

The world of scientific discovery often remains far-fetched to ordinary people. Although the significance of engaging the public and making the science accessible has been increasingly recognised, few efforts have been made to investigate the popular stereotype of ‘crazy’ scientists, ambitious and sometimes nerdy. Whilst the media tend to focus on very few glamorous scientist celebrities, the m...

OBJECT Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with abnormalities in emotional competence. One of the main aspects of this competency is emotion recognition which is presented in the face. This study aimed to evaluate facial emotion recognition in adolescents with bipolar disorder when they are free of acute symptoms. METHOD Thirty patients diagnosed with BD aged 12 to 18 were selected from a lar...