Thursday, April 12, 2018

Kidney Donation Study

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/nep.12426
Appear the results are useless/meaningless.

  • spouse donor = SD or to someone other than the spouse:
  • non-spouse donor = ND

Of the 121 surveys sent to patients who donated a kidney, ten attrition, and the following completed the survey:

  • 31 of 77 NDs
  • 11 of 34 SDs
Only 41 surveys were completed. Is donating a kidney to a friend bad for your marriage? 
I guess I just don't think that the health of a relationship can be properly gauged with a survey...

I wonder if studies can be done with a combination of case studies, and another method. 

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Fast facts
Medical specialty of nephrology ~ a nphrologist

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Piano

insight on practicing

Practice is unwanted. But that's what it takes.
It doesn't take long, an hour or even two, before it gets better. Or by then, you will move on to better.
Either way, better!

Completely Unknown (2016) is a good movie ~ motivational for piano

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Classical Ethics


People to people relationships need a Kantian orientation, which has a relational component.  For instance, the Golden Rule and telling the truth and keeping promises.  However, in the context of government and large organizations you need some utilitarian considerations added to the mix.
~ quora.com

"The primary similarity between Kant’s ethics and utilitarianism is that there is an objective Good which can be sought." ~ quora.com







Sunday, February 19, 2017

pabulum0


pabulum defined

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/intellectual+nourishment
Noun1.intellectual nourishment - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
cognitive contentmental objectcontent - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pabulum
1. substance that gives nourishment; food.
2. Intellectual material that is bland, trite, or insipid; pablum
http://www.finedictionary.com/intellectual%20nourishment.html


http://wikidiff.com/pabulum/pablum