BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated an association between preterm delivery and increased risk of special educational need (SEN). The aim of our study was to examine the risk of SEN across the full range of gestation. METHODS AND FINDINGS We conducted a population-based, retrospective study by linking school census data on the 407,503 eligible school-aged children resident in 19 Sco...

The scalp-ear-nipple (SEN) syndrome is an infrequent congenital disease. Its main features are scalp defects, malformed ears, and absence of nipples. Most of the reported cases are autosomal dominant. We report on a patient suffering SEN syndrome with possible autosomal recessive inheritance. It is concluded that SEN syndrome should be recognized as an entity with genetic heterogeneity once the...

Modeling urban land-use dynamics in a fast developing city using the modified logistic cellular automaton with a patch-based simulation strategy Yimin Chen, Xia Li, Xiaoping Liu & Bin Ai a School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China b Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China c School of Marine Sciences,...

Department of Interventional Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China, 1Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zengcheng People’s Hospital (Bo-Ji Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University), Guangzhou, Guangdong 511300, China, 2Department of Nuclear Medicine and 3Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen U...

Preliminary and Incomplete. Please do not cite. Introduction There is worldwide agreement on poverty reduction as a key development policy goal; however there is little agreement on the definition of poverty. The definition of poverty is critical for successful poverty eradication strategies. Traditionally poverty was approached using univariate metrics, such as income or consumption expenditur...

E-development is often pursued with unquestioned assumptions about its contribution to human development. This paper draws upon Amatya Sen’s capability approach to provide some theoretical reflections on e-development. It is argued that the capability approach allows us to take into account a variety of important issues surrounding ICT adoption for development. It also proposes the capability a...

Amartya Sen’s capability approach to human welfare recognizes the impact of social institutions on human capabilities. But as an evaluative framework, it does not analyze the role of institutionalized power in causing or perpetuating inequalities in individual opportunities to achieve. Drawing on authors who are receptive to the capability approach and who have examined the political aspects of...

Mahatma Gandhi was visiting Rabindranath Tagore’s School in Santiniketan, just outside Calcutta, India. A young girl approached him for an autograph. In her book he penned this entry: “Never make a promise in haste. Having once made it fulfil it at the cost of your life.” His words have crossed my mind more than once, especially the first part of the entry “never make a promise in haste” during...