Presentation of an argument can take many different forms ranging from a monologue to advanced graphics and diagrams. This paper investigates the presentation of one or more arguments in the form of a fictive dialogue. This technique was already employed by Plato, who used fictive conversations between Socrates and his contemporaries to put his arguments forward. Ever since, there have been inf...

Two things become apparent to the reader of this excellent article. First, the National Cancer Institute clearly had great foresight in 1970, when they began funding the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) so that phase I, II, and III trials could be conducted in a systematic manner. Second, the authors have written a thorough review of over 3 decades of research into the biology and clinical aspe...

Albumin and resuscitation: a sense of Déjà Vu Nevertheless, considering data from the three groups is informative. Criticisms concerning the burns patients group have been published. Concerning intravenous albumin in the management of hypoalbuminaemia in critically ill patients (i.e. the hypoalbuminaemic group): in the presence of a normal intravascular volume, hypoalbuminaemia is caused largel...