Las veredas invisibles

The Invisibles: Unpaid Caregivers of the Elderly

INTRODUCTION The population of elderly individuals continues to increase and is expected to double by 2050 (1). Medical and technological improvements and developments, which extend the longevity of those with significant ailments and the push for shorter hospital stays, will result in the provision of more nursing and medical care at home. A recent report by the Alzheimer’s Association indicat...

Des vigiles invisibles: les administrateursréseaux et la sécurité informatique

Mapping Invisibles - Acquiring GIS for Urban Planner Workshop

The paper presents the assumptions of the course syllabus: GIS basics: parametric description of the urban space realised at the Architecture for the Society of Knowledge Master of Science degree program at the Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology. The research conducted by students covered mapping of different aspects of urban phenomena and their relation with physical city...

Genetica De Las Epilepsias

Genetics of epilepsy. In the last few years, the presence of specific genetic abnormalities leading to some of the classical epileptic syndromes has been clearly elucidated. This means that for the first time, it has become possible to create a strong relationship between the presence of specific genomic and/or proteomic abnormalities and epileptic syndromes previously considered to be “idiopat...

Quasi-tomographic LAS

The detection of carbon dioxide leaks using quasi-tomographic laser absorption spectroscopy measurements in variable wind Z. H. Levine, A. L. Pintar, J. Dobler, N. Blume, M. Braun, T. S. Zaccheo, and T. G. Pernini National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA Exelis Inc., 1919 W. Cook Road, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46801, USA Atmospheric and Envir...