The Internet‘s email system is a fast and efficient communication method and one that has become particularly popular for rumours and hoaxes. These include virus alerts, one of the favourite types of hoax, and urban myths or contemporary legends. An interesting element of these types of...

Examines outsourcing various functions such as internal audit and suggest caution should be the watchword. Proposes that certain businesses can be improved by outsourcing, in that they may support the overall business. Warns that outsourcing’s objective should be to free up management and...

In epidemiology, measurement error or within-individual variation in exposures and confounders leads to attenuated effect estimates and inadequate control of confounding. Adjustment for measurement error is possible if its magnitude may be estimated from supplementary information, typically...