INFERENTIAL COMMUNICATION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN INTENTIONAL AND OSTENSIVE COMMUNICATION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES

Inferential Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Intentional and Ostensive Communication in Non-human Primates

Communication, when defined as an act intended to affect the psychological state of another individual, demands the use of inference.Either the signaler, the recipient, or both must make leaps of understanding which surpass the semantic information available and draw from pragmatic clues to fully imbue and interpret meaning.While research into huma

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Kanuka honey versus aciclovir for the topical treatment of herpes simplex labialis: a randomised controlled trial

Objective To compare New Zealand medical grade kanuka honey with topical aciclovir for the treatment of herpes simplex labialis.Design Prospective parallel randomised controlled open-label superiority trial.Setting 76 community pharmacies across New Zealand between 10 September 2015 and 13 December 2017.Participants 952 adults randomised within the

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Escherichia coli associated hematogenous sternoclavicular joint osteomyelitis: A rare condition with a rare causative pathogen

Escherichia coli is the most common microorganism that causes urinary tract infections (UTIs), including acute prostatitis.However, E.coli osteomyelitis, especially ones that involve the sternoclavicular joint, are rare hematogenous complications.We present a case of an Jumpsuit immunocompetent man who presented with symptoms of UTI and right shoul

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Tailoring a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for complex diseases: A novel multi-targets-directed gradient weighting strategy

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) exerts integrative effects on complex diseases owing to the characteristics of multiple components with multiple targets.However, the Swaging Punch syndrome-based system of diagnosis and treatment in TCM can easily lead to bias because of varying medication preferences among physicians, which has been a major chal

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