scholarly journals Robotic renal surgery: The future or a passing curiosity?

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Warren ◽  
Vitor Da Silva ◽  
Yves Caumartin ◽  
Patrick P.W. Luke
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Renal Surgery ◽  
Living Donor Nephrectomy ◽  
Base De Données ◽  
Néphrectomie Partielle ◽  
Human Participants ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All

The development, advancement and clinical integration of robotictechnology in surgery continue at a staggering pace. In no otherdiscipline has this rapid evolution occurred to a greater degreethan in urology. Although radical prostatectomy has grown tobecome the prototypical application for the robot, the role of therobot in renal surgery remains controversial. Herein we reviewthe literature on robotic renal surgery. A comprehensive PubMedliterature search was performed to identify all published reportsrelating to robotic renal surgery. All clinically related articlesinvolving human participants were critically appraised in thisreview. Fifty-one clinical articles were included, encompassingrobot-assisted pyeloplasty, nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy,living-donor nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy. Feasibilityhas been shown for each of these procedures. Robot-assisted techniqueshave been described for almost all renal-related procedures.However, the intersect between feasibility and necessityas it pertains to robotic renal surgery has yet to be defined. Also,the high cost of surgical robotic technology mandates criticalappraisal before adoption, especially in a publicly funded healthcare system, such as the one present in Canada.Le développement, le perfectionnement et l’intégration en milieuclinique de la technologie robotique en contexte opératoire sepoursuit à un rythme stupéfiant. Aucune autre discipline n’a vucette évolution rapide à un niveau aussi élevé que l’urologie.Alors que la prostatectomie radicale en est devenue l’applicationprototype, le rôle de la robotique en chirurgie rénale demeurecontroversé. Dans l’article qui suit, nous passons en revue lalittérature portant sur l’emploi de la robotique en chirurgie rénale.Une recherche exhaustive dans la base de données PubMed aété effectuée afin de cerner les rapports sur le sujet. Tous les rapportscliniques portant sur des sujets humains ont été évalués.Cinquante et un articles cliniques ont été inclus dans notreanalyse, incluant des cas, tous assistés par robot, de pyéloplastie,de néphrectomie, de néphro-urétérectomie, de néphrectomiechez des donneurs vivants et de néphrectomie partielle. Pour chacunede ces interventions, la faisabilité a été démontrée. Des techniquesassistées par robot ont été décrites pour pratiquement tousles types d’interventions rénales. Néanmoins, le point d’intersectionentre faisabilité et nécessité concernant l’utilisation de larobotique reste à définir. Par ailleurs, le coût élevé de la robotiquechirurgicale justifie une évaluation critique avant l’adoptionde cette technologie, en particulier dans un système de santépublic comme celui du Canada.

scholarly journals FILOSOFI PENDIDIKAN KATOLIK DALAM PERSPEKTIF FILSAFAT ARISTOTELIAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Agustinus Wisnu Dewantara
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All

The progress of human civilization today is inseparable from the role of science. The dynamics of the pattern of our daily lives from time to time it runs in line with the dynamics of the development of science. The development of science and human civilization running together since from classical times, the middle ages, modern times, and so on. Novelty found in a period becomes an essential ingredient for other discoveries in the next period. One thing that is difficult to argue is that almost all sides of human life today has been entered by the various effects of the development of science and technology, ranging from economic, political, social and cultural, communication, education, health, and so on. All this progress is the fruit of the development of science that never recede from human studies. This paper on the one hand want to observe the philosophical basis for the world of Catholic education, and on the other hand, this article seeks to contribute a little reflection, especially for teachers of religious education in STKIP Widya Yuwana and Catholic families today. There wilderness philosophy that is so tempting to dive, but the limitations of time and space makes this paper should choose to focus. Perspective selected is Aristotelian philosophy.

scholarly journals Cybersecurity Politics – Conceptualization of the Idea

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Marek Górka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The State ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The One ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Political Economic

The cybersecurity issue discussed in the paper is seen from the perspective of political science with the indication that the subject under discussion concerns the multifaceted nature of the state’s actions, which consists of political, economic, social, and cultural factors. At the same time, the work also intends to prove that cybersecurity is not only a domain of technology because it is the mentioned aspects that shape the conditions of stable development of the state and its citizens in a space dominated by cyber technology in a much more decisive way. Given the growing role of cybertechnology in almost all areas of human life, its importance also forces and inspires political science to question the shape and model of modern policy, which is significantly evolving under the influence of new technologies. On the one hand, emerging cyber threats reveal the weakness of the state and the dependence of state institutions on cybertechnologies, but on the other hand, existing cyber incidents may also motivate many governments to take action to increase the level of cybersecurity.

Holocaust Survival Differentials in the Netherlands, 1942–1945: The Role of Wealth and Nationality

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Marnix Croes
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
German Jews ◽  
German Occupation ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Holocaust Survival

Almost all of the 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands when the German occupation began were sent to transit camps and eventually to death camps, but not on the same timetable. According to the Jews themselves, social-economic class and (pre-war) nationality played an important role in determining when and whether people were sent to meet their death. However, data from the province of Overijssel reveal that Jews from the highest social economic class were, in general, transferred to Westerbork transit camp at a later date than were Jews from lower social-economic classes. Although the usual assumption is that Jews who had more time to find a safe hideout had a better chance to survive the Holocaust, the analysis reveals otherwise. The results for nationality are similar. German Jews from Overijssel were, in general, deported from Westerbork transit camp to the death camps in the East later than were Dutch Jews from the same province. Even though this delay reduced the likelihood that German Jews were sent to a concentration camp that had a survival rate even worse than the one at Auschwitz, German Jews did not survive the Holocaust to a greater extent than did Dutch Jews.

Introduction: disease resistance in plants

1972 ◽  
Vol 181 (1064) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Plants ◽  
Hypersensitive Reaction ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Bacteria And Fungi ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Host Parasite

This paper discusses in general terms the mechanisms proposed to explain the resistance of higher plants to infection and colonization by bacteria and fungi, especially the type of resistance associated with rapid killing of host cells and very limited growth of the pathogen; that is, with the hypersensitive reaction of the plant to infection (h.r.). The main points considered are: the significance of the h.r. for obligate and other types of parasites; the nature of the h.r. and the means by which it is invoked; the absence of the h.r in compatible host-parasite combinations; the h.r. and the production of phytoalexins, and the role of the latter in resistance; the part played by cell-wall degrading enzymes in the earliest stages of infection; the relation between the h.r. in interactions between races of a pathogen and different forms of a host species, on the one hand, and the resistance of all plants to almost all pathogens, on the other. Also discussed is the less specific but important type of resistance in which the pathogen continues to grow in resistant plants more slowly than in susceptible plants.

scholarly journals Filosofi Pendidikan Katolik dalam Perspektif Filsafat Aristotelian

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustinus Dewantara
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Communication Education ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All

The progress of human civilization today is inseparable from the role of science. The dynamics of the pattern of our daily lives from time to time it runs in line with the dynamics of the development of science. The development of science and human civilization running together since from classical times, the middle ages, modern times, and so on. Novelty found in a period becomes an essential ingredient for other discoveries in the next period. One thing that is difficult to argue is that almost all sides of human life today has been entered by the various effects of the development of science and technology, ranging from economic, political, social and cultural, communication, education, health, and so on. All this progress is the fruit of the development of science that never recede from human studies.This paper on the one hand want to observe the philosophical basis for the world of Catholic education, and on the other hand, this article seeks to contribute a little reflection, especially for teachers of religious education in STKIP Widya Yuwana and Catholic families today. There wilderness philosophy that is so tempting to dive, but the limitations of time and space makes this paper should choose to focus. Perspective selected is Aristotelian philosophy.

scholarly journals Belgrade Pride Parade 2014.: Tabloidization and Parody of the Process of EU Integration

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Tatjana Rosic Ilic
Keyword(s):  
Social Contexts ◽  
Ethics Codes ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
Communication Effects ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
The One ◽  
Narrative Forms ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Media Practices

Print Serbian media presented Belgrade Pride Parade 2014 in an ambivalent way - as a successful state project, on the one hand, and as a threat to the national security, on the other. Contradictory media discourse related to the promotion of human rights favored the tabloidization of almost all contents related to the Belgrade Pride Parade 2014.In this way in the focus of tabloidization was put wider cultural and social contexts including issues such as the process of EU integration, the effort of redefining national identity in the context of EU, and, finally, the very role of the LGBT community in organization of Belgrade Pride Parade. Tabloidization of the issue of EU integration was achieved mostly through indirect reporting on Belgrade Pride Parade by the combination of the articles which - in the same issue and often within the same section - reported on the Pride mutually quite contradictory for the audience, in sensationalist and confusing ways. The result of such reporting is, quite unexpectedly, the strategy of constant parody of topics which are declaratory considered to be policy priorities of Republic of Serbia while in the Serbian cultural and media practices are called into question and ridiculed. This kind of parody is based on a hidden affirmation of (in) equality and discrimination, as well as on the violation of journalistic ethics codes. The aim of the paper is to analyze – in the case of reporting on Belgrade Pride Parade 2014 - the narrative forms and the communication effects of this populist-based media parody, as well as to deconstructs its ideological reception and consequences.

You Are the One I Want to Communicate With!

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Pierucci ◽  
Olivier Klein ◽  
Andrea Carnaghi
Keyword(s):  
Memory Bias ◽  
Shared Reality ◽  
Communication Partner ◽  
Shared Reality Theory ◽  
The One ◽  
Study Participants

This article investigates the role of relational motives in the saying-is-believing effect ( Higgins & Rholes, 1978 ). Building on shared reality theory, we expected this effect to be most likely when communicators were motivated to “get along” with the audience. In the current study, participants were asked to describe an ambiguous target to an audience who either liked or disliked the target. The audience had been previously evaluated as a desirable vs. undesirable communication partner. Only participants who communicated with a desirable audience tuned their messages to suit their audience’s attitude toward the target. In line with predictions, they also displayed an audience-congruent memory bias in later recall.

The Formation of Intermediate Product I in a Purified System The Role of Factor IX or of its Precursor and of a Hageman Factor-PTA Fraction

1961 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 224-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. T Yin ◽  
F Duckert
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Product ◽  
Factor Ix ◽  
Assay Method ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Factor X ◽  
Haemophilia B ◽  
Hageman Factor ◽  
One Stage ◽  
The One

Summary1. The role of two clot promoting fractions isolated from either plasma or serum is studied in a purified system for the generation of intermediate product I in which the serum is replaced by factor X and the investigated fractions.2. Optimal generation of intermediate product I is possible in the purified system utilizing fractions devoid of factor IX one-stage activity. Prothrombin and thrombin are not necessary in this system.3. The fraction containing factor IX or its precursor, no measurable activity by the one-stage assay method, controls the yield of intermediate product I. No similar fraction can be isolated from haemophilia B plasma or serum.4. The Hageman factor — PTA fraction shortens the lag phase of intermediate product I formation and has no influence on the yield. This fraction can also be prepared from haemophilia B plasma or serum.

Michael Kelly, Hilary Footitt, Myriam Salama-Carr (eds.): The Palgrave Handbook of Languages and Conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ľubomír Zvada
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Speakers Of Other Languages ◽  
War And Conflict ◽  
Almost All

This Handbook maps the contours of an exciting and burgeoning interdisciplinary field concerned with the role of language and languages in situations of conflict. It explores conceptual approaches, sources of information that are available, and the institutions and actors that mediate language encounters. It examines case studies of the role that languages have played in specific conflicts, from colonial times through to the Middle East and Africa today. The contributors provide vibrant evidence to challenge the monolingual assumptions that have affected traditional views of war and conflict. They show that languages are woven into every aspect of the making of war and peace, and demonstrate how language shapes public policy and military strategy, setting frameworks and expectations. The Handbook's 22 chapters powerfully illustrate how the encounter between languages is integral to almost all conflicts, to every phase of military operations and to the lived experiences of those on the ground, who meet, work and fight with speakers of other languages. This comprehensive work will appeal to scholars from across the disciplines of linguistics, translation studies, history, and international relations; and provide fresh insights for a broad range of practitioners interested in understanding the role and implications of foreign languages in war.

THE ROLE OF ANTHROPONYMS IN THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF ARTISTIC WORKS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (29) ◽  
pp. 66-77
Author(s):  
Lidiya Derbenyova
Keyword(s):  
Literary Work ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
The One ◽  
A Minor ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Horizon Of Expectations

The article explores the role of antropoetonyms in the reader’s “horizon of expectation” formation. As a kind of “text in the text”, antropoetonyms are concentrating a large amount of information on a minor part of the text, reflecting the main theme of the work. As a “text” this class of poetonyms performs a number of functions: transmission and storage of information, generation of new meanings, the function of “cultural memory”, which explains the readers’ “horizon of expectations”. In analyzing the context of the literary work we should consider the function of antropoetonyms in vertical context (the link between artistic and other texts, and the groundwork system of culture), as well as in the context of the horizontal one (times’ connection realized in the communication chain from the word to the text; the author’s intention). In this aspect, the role of antropoetonyms in the structure of the literary text is extremely significant because antropoetonyms convey an associative nature, generating a complex mechanism of allusions. It’s an open fact that they always transmit information about the preceding text and suggest a double decoding. On the one hand, the recipient decodes this information, on the other – accepts this as a sort of hidden, “secret” sense.

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