ATTITUDES AND ACCEPTANCE TOWARD THE TECHNOLOGY OF CRYONICS IN GERMANY

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Kaiser ◽  
Dominik Gross ◽  
Jens Lohmeier ◽  
Michael Rosentreter ◽  
Jürgen Raschke
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Medical Technology ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance

Objectives: This study explores the awareness and the degree of acceptance of the idea of the medical technology cryonics—the freezing of a corpse to revive it in the future—among German citizens.Methods: Data were collected on the basis of a representatively weighted online survey of 1,000 people aged between 16 and 69 years and resident in the Federal Republic of Germany.Results: Forty-seven percent stated that they had already heard of cryonics; 22 percent could imagine having their bodies cryonized after their deaths. For 53 percent, participation in the latest technological developments which correlated with the approval of the conceivability of cryopreservation was important. The majority of the respondents were not skeptical or cautious about innovations in the medical field.Conclusions: The study shows that cryonics is known and accepted to a certain extent. However, a large proportion of respondents did not believe that it was desirable to use medical technology to overcome death, and fundamentally rejected a post-mortal continuation of life.

scholarly journals Physician Confidence in Artificial Intelligence: An Online Mobile Survey (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songhee Oh ◽  
Jae Heon Kim ◽  
Sung-Woo Choi ◽  
Hee Jeong Lee ◽  
Jungrak Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Medical Application ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Inadequate Information ◽  
Development Direction ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mobile Survey

BACKGROUND It is expected that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used extensively in the medical field in the future. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of AI among Korean doctors and to assess physicians’ attitudes toward the medical application of AI. METHODS We conducted an online survey composed of 11 closed-ended questions using Google Forms. The survey consisted of questions regarding the recognition of and attitudes toward AI, the development direction of AI in medicine, and the possible risks of using AI in the medical field. RESULTS A total of 669 participants completed the survey. Only 40 (5.9%) answered that they had good familiarity with AI. However, most participants considered AI useful in the medical field (558/669, 83.4% agreement). The advantage of using AI was seen as the ability to analyze vast amounts of high-quality, clinically relevant data in real time. Respondents agreed that the area of medicine in which AI would be most useful is disease diagnosis (558/669, 83.4% agreement). One possible problem cited by the participants was that AI would not be able to assist in unexpected situations owing to inadequate information (196/669, 29.3%). Less than half of the participants(294/669, 43.9%) agreed that AI is diagnostically superior to human doctors. Only 237 (35.4%) answered that they agreed that AI could replace them in their jobs. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that Korean doctors and medical students have favorable attitudes toward AI in the medical field. The majority of physicians surveyed believed that AI will not replace their roles in the future.

“We Can Do This”: Merkel, Migration and the Fantasy of Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Zehfuss
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Refugee Policy ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The Future ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
Political Imaginary

Abstract At the height of the so-called 2015 refugee crisis, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is thought to have opened the country's borders to a million refugees. She was celebrated as an international leader and the refugees’ savior, while the country was seen as having a welcome culture. Retrospectively, however, her refugee policy is construed as a mistake. Both interpretations agree that Merkel opened the border. Deploying a detailed reading of events, this article asks what political imaginary is invoked through this representation and what its consequences are. It draws out how paying attention to temporality reveals the racialization involved in producing the problem. First, the article sets out the centrality of Merkel and the border opening to accounts of the events, drawing out the temporality of events and its implications. Second, it asks what it means to say that the border was opened, complicating this representation. Finally, it shows how the focus on the border opening invoked a political imaginary marked by a fantasy of control that obscures its own exclusions. Recognizing bordering as about control over the temporality of community alerts us to how the impossible desire to control the future racializes those seeking refuge.

scholarly journals Experience and Acceptance of Autonomous Shuttles in the Brussels Capital Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8403
Author(s):  
Manon Feys ◽  
Evy Rombaut ◽  
Lieselot Vanhaverbeke
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Road Users ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Transport Behaviour

Current technological developments allow the testing of shared autonomous electric vehicles in real-life conditions. Consequently, we can evaluate how users react and if these developments might lead to more sustainable transport behaviour in the future. The purpose of this study was to capture public opinion regarding autonomous vehicles in terms of user experience and intended future use. Autonomous shuttles were operated in the Brussels Capital Region in a mixed traffic situation, allowing interaction with other road users. We compared the results of two pilots with different target groups in the same city. Public opinion was captured through an online survey after passengers had experienced a ride. Our results showed that more than 70% of the passengers expressed no concerns with regards to autonomous vehicles. The majority had a positive experience with the shuttle and evaluated the shuttle positively in terms of driving behaviour, entry and exit and comfort. The regression analysis indicated that enjoyment of the ride is an important factor that contributes to the intention to use autonomous shuttles in the future.

The German Life Assurance Market

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (03) ◽  
pp. 270-285
Author(s):  
J. S. Hawken ◽  
R. J. M. Kilroy
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Main Section ◽  
Supervision System ◽  
Life Assurance ◽  
West Berlin ◽  
The Future ◽  
German Life ◽  
Branch Office

1. The paper sets out a brief description of the life assurance market in the Federal Republic of Germany (including West Berlin). The aim has been to highlight those aspects of the market, in particular the supervision system, which differ significantly from British practice. After a section giving some historical background, the main section outlines the present market and the paper concludes with a brief look at the future.2. The paper is based on the impressions which we obtained in establishing a new branch office of a British proprietary life assurance company in Germany. The views expressed are, however, entirely personal. Our thanks are due to J. A. Langley and R. J. McCurrach, who assembled the statistical material.

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