clinical and ethical implications

coma science - clinical and ethical implications - s. laureys, et al., (elsevier, 2009)

Ngày tải lên : 12/05/2014, 17:05

... consciousness science carry substantial implications for our understanding of our place in nature, the speciﬁc objectives of coma science impose clear and present clinical and ethical challenges Here are ... Research and the University, and University ` Hospital of Liege in helping to make the conference and this book possible and hope that our joint efforts will ultimately improve the care and understanding ... IN BRAIN RESEARCH VOLUME 177 COMA SCIENCE: CLINICAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS EDITED BY STEVEN LAUREYS Coma Science Group, Cyclotron Research Center and Department of Neurology, `ge, Lie `ge,...

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Aesthetic and Ethical Implications of Participatory Hypermedia Practice pdf

Ngày tải lên : 30/03/2014, 11:20

... individual strength, but collective understanding – to resist this void, this non-being, into which you are thrust and to stand up demanding to be seen and heard to make yourself visible, to claim ... concerned with improvisation and narrative – and ethical aspects, especially those concerned with participation and engagement In what ways these aspects of the work relate to and support each other? ... process, elevates collective and participatory expressive forms, and integrates ethical and political concerns” (Cohen, 1997: 171) Thus, according to this view, understanding the artistic dimension...

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Báo cáo y học: "What is the clinical and ethical importance of incidental abnormalities found by knee MRI" docx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:22

... involved in initial study design and drafted the manuscript SS and RO were involved in study conception and manuscript revision SRD and PRE were involved in data acquisition and revised the manuscript ... identified in healthy subjects and subject characteristics, including investigations (both clinical and radiological) required to more completely characterize the abnormality and exclude other significant ... detect a significant number of incidental lesions, some of which are clinically significant and will require further imaging and clinical management Furthermore, new lesions may develop during longitudinal...

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Báo cáo y học: "Science review: Extracellular acidosis and the immune response: clinical and physiologic implications" potx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20

... with sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture [46] Eighteen hours after cecal ligation and puncture, we randomly assigned 24 rats to three groups In groups and we began an 8hour intravenous ... 5–10 and 10–15 mEq/l, respectively We measured MAP, arterial blood gases, electrolytes, and plasma nitrate/nitrite levels at 0, 3, and hours MAP remained stable in group but decreased in groups and ... understanding of how pHo affects this response is necessary to interpret data from studies of immunomodulation; to avoid unintended immunomodulation in clinical and laboratory settings; and to...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Clinical review: The implications of experimental and clinical studies of recruitment maneuvers in acute lung injury" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 19:22

... volumes, and the forces generated by repeated opening and collapse lead to upregulation of an inflammatory response, with release of cytokines and chemokines and activation of neutrophils and macrophages ... RMs can increase oxygenation and lung volume in collapsed prone lungs However, the benefits of RMs in terms of oxygenation and lung recruitment in ARDS patients and in experimental models with ... lung injury, and the long-term benefits and safety of RMs will depend on the extent of this effect Experimental evidence on recruitment maneuvers In saline lavaged rabbit lungs, Bond and coworkers...

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Báo cáo y học: "Identification of clinical and simple laboratory variables predicting responsible gastrointestinal lesions in patients with iron deficiency anemia"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:18

... endoscopic and radiographic Asymptomatic colonic and gastric carcinoma may present with IDA and exclusion of these conditions is of prime concern The upper endoscopic evaluation should include random ... diagnostic yield of endoscopy in patients with IDA and to define predictive factors of gastrointestinal (GI) lesions causing IDA and identify clinical and biochemical variables that predict the outcome ... criteria and were enrolled Their mean age was 43.3 (19-81) years 71 were patient aged under 50 and 20 were over 50 years 77 were female and 14 were male Sixty-six of women were pre-menopausal and...

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Significant substitutive figures of speech – linguistic functions and pedagogical implications part 1

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:24

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Significant substitutive figures of speech – linguistic functions and pedagogical implications part 2

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2012, 14:24

... More importantly, unlike love and people and even more so than looks and hugs, eyes and arms are concrete, visible and touchable, and therefore seem closer to buyable and sellable items Although ... hire some more hands” or “She’s got new wheels,” which not literally refer to a hand or a set of wheels Instead, they stand for the whole person or object – hand for the whole person and wheels for ... instance, Sherwood Anderson may have well omitted the “ands” in italics in the following sentences in the short story “The Corn Planting.” “He made drawings of fish and pigs and cows and they looked...

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DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR LOW INCOME COUNTRIES : POLICY AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS - Part 1

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 08:15

... of public and publicly guaranteed external debt to gross domestic product and to exports, and debt service on the same debt to exports to judge debt sustainability Country policies and institutional ... countries based on the performance of their institutions and policies and determine thresholds for selected debt indicators for each country grouping and then estimate the level of debt distress as measured ... Allocation System that uses the Country Policy and Institutional Assessment and governance rating of the country concerned The increase in grants has implications for the future of IDA funding which...

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DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR LOW INCOME COUNTRIES : POLICY AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS - Part 2

Ngày tải lên : 06/11/2013, 23:15

... balance and payments and budgets, the mix of loans and grants in its future financing arrangements, and the build-up of its repayment capacity relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and export and ... Countries: Proposal for an Operational Framework and Policy Implications by Mark Allen and Gobind Nankani, IMF and IDA, February 3, 2004 Debt Sustainability and Financing Terms in IDA 14, IDA, June 2004 ... discussed above and in Annex These were the PV of public and publicly guaranteed external debt to GDP, exports, and government revenue, and debt service on the same debt to exports, and government...

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DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR LOW INCOME COUNTRIES : POLICY AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS - Part 3

Ngày tải lên : 06/11/2013, 23:15

... policies and institutional capability and vulnerability to shocks are other factors identified as being important for assessing a country’s debt sustainability In particular, country policies and ... chosen indicators of countries with poor, medium and strong institutional capabilities and quality of policies with the cut offs at the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles of the CPIA index ranked in ... the external debt outstanding; (b) an application to the Paris Club for debt restructuring of official debt when a breakdown in the payments system is judged to be imminent; and (c) the country...

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DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR LOW INCOME COUNTRIES : POLICY AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS - Part 4

Ngày tải lên : 06/11/2013, 23:15

... resources, safety nets; and poverty monitoring and analysis; and • Public sector management and institutions, including property rights and rule-based governance; quality of budgetary and financial management; ... policy and foreign exchange regime; financial stability and depth; banking sector efficiency and resource mobilization; competitive environment for the private sector; factor and product markets; and ... criteria used and the CPIA for 2003 • Economic management, including management of inflation and the current account; fiscal policy; management of external debt; and management and sustainability...

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Tài liệu DEBT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR LOW INCOME COUNTRIES : POLICY AND RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS - Part 5 docx