Refuse continued

Copenhagen in 1803 and applied to the university for a position as professor of physics, then called natural philosophy, but was refused. He continued lecturing at the university in the schools of medicine and pharmaceuticals, and at the same time managed the pharmacy, carried on electrochemical experiments, and published his results. In 1806 he was finally made a professor of physics at the University, although he not become a full professor until 1817. 

The American Petroleum Institute refused to continue a substantial contract that had supported my research for years. ... 

Steve Rose I agree entirely about the reworking of the picture. The issue is whether (A) the levels are ontological versus epistemological, or (B) whether they are simply relating to different discourses about the universe. And one really has to rethink the easy way in which you use the word levels in that context. But I just wanted to come back to your plea at the end for all of us to get together and to talk to one another, because I m absolutely with you in all of your presentation. All I wanted to add is that despite continual pleas on my part at least, Richard Dawkins consistently refuses to discuss these issues with me and I suspect with other people. And... 

This basis of this system is the presumption that a chemical of very high concern will be phased out unless the applicant can demonstrate that there is no safer alternative, there is a compelling reason for production to continue and that the risks can be controlled. Only in those circumstances would a time-limited authorisation be granted. Otherwise authorisations should be refused. 

A patient refuses to continue to take erythromycin because it makes him vomit. This is an example of which patient-drug-pathogen interaction ... 

All but one patient completed the course. All but one of the completers experienced some to a lot of improvement. One-third wished to continue the placebo, refusing to transfer to an active agent, two felt cured and just under half of the completers believed it was a real drug. Half of the believers experienced side effects. To quote Schowalter (1997), placebos can elicit (both) solace and side effects (p. 682). 

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