Mešana ustava (res publica mixta) pri Ciceronu

Res Publica: The Universal Model of Computation

We proffer a model of computation that encompasses a broad variety of contemporary generic models, such as cellular automata—including dynamic ones, and abstract state machines— incorporating, as they do, interaction and parallelism. We ponder what it means for such an intertwined system to be effective and note that the suggested framework is ideal for representing continuous-time and asynchro...

Renaissance of a res publica clinical research: global access to trial registers.

The pivotal importance of registering clinical trials is increasingly accepted, and several governmental and non-governmental bodies, including the Italian Ministry of Health, have developed guidelines or set up registries in recent years and months1. Three initiatives at the international level seem to us to foster the global awareness of the ethical and scientific obligation to register clini...

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Aim We studied different species of gooseneck barnacles from the globally distributed rafting genus Lepas to examine whether the most widespread species are true cosmopolitans and to explore the factors influencing the phylogeny and biogeography of these epipelagic rafters. Methods We used a phylogenetic approach based on mitochondrial 16S and coI sequences, and the nuclear 18S gene to elucidat...

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Background and Purpose: The present study aimed to evaluate the consistency with which physiotherapists apply manual hyperinflation to a test lung using the AirViva-2 or Mapleson-B resuscitation circuit, and their ability to modify the technique as pulmonary characteristics change. Method: A quasi-experimental, randomized, repeatedmeasures design was used to study 16 volunteer physiotherapists ...