The ‘Educationalisation‘ of the Language of Progressivism Exploring the Nature of a True Alternative

2008 ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Nancy Vansieleghem ◽  
Bruno Vanobbergen
Keyword(s):  
True Alternative

True alternative

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-42
Author(s):  
Richard J Wells
Keyword(s):  
True Alternative

scholarly journals Current issues and perspectives in food safety and risk assessment

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 1286-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Eisenbrand
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Hazard Characterization ◽  
Exposure Biomarkers ◽  
True Alternative ◽  
Review Current

In this review, current issues and opportunities in food safety assessment are discussed. Food safety is considered an essential element inherent in global food security. Hazard characterization is pivotal within the continuum of risk assessment, but it may be conceived only within a very limited frame as a true alternative to risk assessment. Elucidation of the mode of action underlying a given hazard is vital to create a plausible basis for human toxicology evaluation. Risk assessment, to convey meaningful risk communication, must be based on appropriate and reliable consideration of both exposure and mode of action. New perspectives, provided by monitoring human exogenous and endogenous exposure biomarkers, are considered of great promise to support classical risk extrapolation from animal toxicology.

scholarly journals Toothbrush: A Favorable Media for Bacterial Growth

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varun Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Bacterial Growth ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Anaerobic Bacteria ◽  
Agar Plate ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
Microbial Analysis ◽  
Cooked Meat ◽  
Aerobic And Anaerobic ◽  
True Alternative

ABSTRACT Introduction In this era of stem cell transplantation, tissue engineering and piezosurgery, it is important to consider the toothbrush as a source of potential pathogens. As toothbrush plays an important everyday role for personal oral hygiene and effective plaque removal. Oral cavity incubates diversity of microorganisms; therefore it is not surprising that some of these microorganisms were transferred to toothbrush during use. Presence of nutrients, epithelial debris and oral secretions make the toothbrush a favorable media for numerous bacterial growths. Aim The main aim of this study was to evaluate the microbial flora predominantly present in toothbrushes. Materials and methods Samples of 150 different used toothbrushes from healthy population were taken randomly for microbial analysis. Samples of toothbrushes were put in Robertson cooked meat (RCM) media for both aerobic and anaerobic microbial recognition. Inoculation was done on blood agar and MacConkey's agar plate and culture plates were incubated for 24 hours. Results Fifty-four samples showed facultative anaerobes growth, i.e. Streptococcus mutans, Alpha-hemolytic streptococci, coagulase negative Staphylococci (CONS) and diphtheroids. Sixty-six samples showed polymicrobial etiology and 30 showed purely anaerobic bacteria, i.e. Bacteroides, Lactobacilli. Conclusion Toothbrush is thus considered a potential biohazard for reintroduction of microorganisms in the oral cavity. New oral hygiene devices like Dental Air Force home dental cleaning system will emerge as true alternative for toothbrush. How to cite this article Saini R, Kulkarni V. Toothbrush: A Favorable Media for Bacterial Growth. Int J Experiment Dent Sci 2013;2(1):27-28.

scholarly journals Is Treatment of LVAD Thrombosis with rTPA a True Alternative to Pump Exchange?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kornberger ◽  
M. Oberhoffer ◽  
D. Adomavicius ◽  
H. El Beyrouti ◽  
A. Beiras-Fernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
True Alternative

scholarly journals Wondering about the future

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Torre
Keyword(s):  
Future Contingents ◽  
The Future ◽  
True Alternative

AbstractWill it rain tomorrow? Will there be a sea battle tomorrow? Will my death be painful? Wondering about the future plays a central role in our cognitive lives. It is integral to our inquiries, our planning, our hopes, and our fears. The aim of this paper is to consider various accounts of future contingents and the implications that they have for wondering about the future. I argue that reflecting on the nature of wondering about the future supports an Ockhamist account of future contingents according to which many of them are true. Alternative accounts which maintain that no future contingents are true, either by claiming that they are all false or by claiming that they are neither true nor false, face difficulties concerning why it is appropriate to wonder about them. Reflecting on wondering in general, and wondering about the future in particular, suggests that in wondering how the future will go, we implicitly assume that there is a determinate fact of the matter. After presenting an attractive account of interrogative attitudes that has been recently proposed by Jane Friedman and outlining some norms governing wondering, I argue that all accounts of future contingents except Ockhamism face difficulties concerning why it is appropriate to wonder about them.

Driving Simulator Study for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Warnings to Improve the Safety of Interaction Between Cyclists and Vehicles

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110613
Author(s):  
Alessandro Calvi ◽  
Fabrizio D’Amico ◽  
Chiara Ferrante ◽  
Luca Bianchini Ciampoli
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Connected Vehicles ◽  
Safety Zone ◽  
Alternative Mode ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
Lateral Space ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
True Alternative

Globally, cyclists account for 3% of all road traffic deaths, with the highest percentage occurring in Europe (8%) where the bicycle is considered a true alternative mode of transport. Among the causes of crashes are vehicles overtaking cyclists, especially on rural roads. In this study, a new application of augmented reality (AR) warnings for connected vehicles is tested by means of a driving simulator. The overall objective of the study consists in assessing the effectiveness of three proposed AR systems in improving the safety of interactions between vehicles and cyclists, especially during overtaking maneuvers. The AR systems were tested on a sample of 46 drivers and provided them with additional virtual visual information aimed at improving the driver’s risk perception and assessment of safe distance from a cyclist. The virtual warning configurations were: (i) a yellow safety zone around the cyclist; (ii) a color-changing safety zone that changes from red to green when the driver has safe lateral space to overtake the cyclist; (iii) the same color-changing security zone but with an additional acoustic warning. The AR warnings were found to be quite effective as they helped drivers overtake cyclists more safely. With AR warnings (especially with the additional audio), it was found that drivers adopted longer distances from cyclists and entered the oncoming lane less frequently, thus lowering the risk of collision with cyclists as well as the risk of head-on collision with oncoming vehicles.

scholarly journals Beyond Metropolitanism and Nativism: Re-grounding Media Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gholam Khiabany ◽  
Sreberny Annabelle
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
The West ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Political Intervention ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
True Alternative

AbstractWhile de-Westernisation is an interesting political intervention in media theory, analytically it offers little. We critique this approach through six inter-related arguments. The first point of critique challenges the putative singularity of the West. The second line of enquiry raises questions about the emergence of new academic disciplines and their intellectual offerings. Our third point is that the call to de-Westernise Media Studies is naïve, ignores history and the long patterns of global interconnectedness that have mutually formed the West/Rest. The fourth argument is that “de-Westernisation” suggests that the theory and methods of Media Studies offer nothing of use outside their original birthplaces, while the fifth argument is the conceptual danger of nativism. The sixth critique centres on the problem of essentialising culture as a determinate object. Examining the contemporary media practices of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we suggest that the true alternative to a repressive theocracy is its internal challenge by women, students and other parts of civil society that offers a critical third way beyond the binary divide.

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