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Special Issue on Nuclear Data for Fusion Applications
Recent years have seen a large growth in fusion research with many private companies initiating ambitious plans to bring fusion-generated electricity to the grid and attracting millions of dollars of investment. Many of these proposals are based on exploitation the d(t,n)4He reaction and as such will represent significant nuclear facilities. 1 GW of fusion power equates to the production of more than 3.5 × 1020 neutrons/s with a mean energy of 14 MeV.
Fusion Science and Technology, Volume 82, Issue 6 (2026)
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Inspecting the links: Knowledge, evidence and value in healthcare
Since its inception, the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice has been all about providing a forum for serious, critical interdisciplinary debate regarding matters of practical importance in healthcare.1 Through early editions focussing on issues in health management, quality and audit,2-4 and the numerous thematic editions focussing on evidence-based healthcare5-9 we have given authors the opportunity to challenge dominant ideas and to raise pertinent questions that they feel are not...
Editorial for the 2023 philosophy thematic edition: Treating the whole person: Philosophical health
1 TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON: PHILOSOPHICAL HEALTH As recent special editions of this journal make very clear, the idea that we need to focus on the ‘whole person’, if we are to understand and better promote human health, has very much regained currency in contemporary healthcare debates.1-8 This ‘whole-person’ approach, dating back to the ancients,9 requires not only understanding a person's biology, but also seeing that person as a social being whose needs, well-being and flourishing are...
Philosophical health: Unveiling the patient's personal philosophy with a person‐centred method of dialogue
Question 6—The philosophical sense The final step of the SMILE-PH dialogue focuses on a person's philosophical sense, exploring their worldviews, perspectives on life, and the healing and liberating aspects of personal philosophy.
Philosophy and the clinic: Stigma, respect and shame
3 RESPECT AND SHAME IN HEALTHCARE AND BIOETHICS We have already noted that stigma is a category term, and in his contribution to this section of the Philosophy Thematic issue of the JECP, Hutchinson says a little more about this: stigma is a category term, like the term emotion, and it brings together experiences of degradation, discreditation and discrimination. This list is not exhaustive, and one could add to this list of members of the stigma category, (negative) bias and disrespect.
Humans, machines and decisions: Clinical reasoning in the age of artificial intelligence, evidence‐based medicine and Covid‐19
This thematic philosophy edition of the journal brings together a range of papers addressing fundamental questions about the nature and value of clinical practice in rapidly changing and deeply challenging times.
Is the Pardon Power Unlimited?
Does Donald Trump have an unlimited power to pardon? Now that his longtime associate Roger Stone has been sentenced—after much controversy over the Justice Department’s overruling of the original sentencing recommendation made by career prosecutors—could Trump pardon him without consequence, as he recently pardoned or commuted the sentences of Rod Blagojevich, Bernie Kerik, Michael Milken, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio?
Interactions between persons-Knowledge, decision making, and the co‐production of practice
EDITORIAL ARTICLE Michael Loughlin PhD Corresponding Author E-mail address: michael_loughlin@ymail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2234-2146 European Institute for Person‐Centred Health and Social Care, University of West London, London, UK Correspondence Michael Loughlin, European Institute for Person‐Centred Health and Social Care, University of West London, St Mary's Rd, London W5 5RF, UK.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks. If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk.
Treating real people: Science and humanity
Something important is happening in applied, interdisciplinary research, particularly in the field of applied health research. The vast array of papers in this edition are evidence of a broad change in thinking across an impressive range of practice and academic areas. The problems of complexity, the rise of chronic conditions, overdiagnosis, co‐morbidity, and multi‐morbidity are serious and challenging, but we are rising to that challenge.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat– meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
Commentary: How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
Humans are the most common sources of bacteria - which is why so many of our personal items and belongings are not clean, says one observer. NOTTINGHAM: If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk.
How Clean Is Your Desk? The Unwelcome Reality Of Office Hygiene
As far as bacteria goes, your desk is worse than a toilet seat. Shutterstock If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
Just How Dirty Is Your Office Desk? It's Worse Than You Think
If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we're not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygeine
The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks. Research by the University of Arizona found that humans are the most common source of bacteria and that, compared to women, men have three to four times the number of bacteria in, on and around their desks, phones, computers, keyboards, drawers and personal items.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygeine
If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk. The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program in Placebo Studies/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandSearch for more papers by this author
Reasoning, evidence, and clinical decision-making: The great debate moves forward
When the editorial to the first philosophy thematic edition of this journal was published in 2010, critical questioning of underlying assumptions, regarding such crucial issues as clinical decision making, practical reasoning, and the nature of evidence in health care, was still derided by some prominent contributors to the literature on medical practice. Things have changed dramatically.
Is the Antibiotic Apocalypse Nigh?
Researchers in China recently found E.coli bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic colistin, often called the antibiotic of last resort. While experts have been warning that the finding heralds a post-antibiotic era what is concerning healthcare professionals is that the circle of DNA that makes the bacteria resistant to colistin can be passed on to other strains of harmful bacteria. This circle of DNA, known as MCR-1, was found on a circular structure of DNA known as a plasmid.
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