Penile ischaemia secondary to COVID‐19: why should the dermatologist be concerned?

Why the Immune System Should Be Concerned by Nanomaterials?

Particles possess huge specific surface area and therefore nanomaterials exhibit unique characteristics, such as special physical properties and chemical hyper-reactivity, which make them particularly attractive but also raise numerous questions concerning their safety. Interactions of nanomaterials with the immune system can potentially lead to immunosuppression, hypersensitivity (allergy), im...

Climate change and health: Why should India be concerned?

Overwhelming evidence shows that climate change presents growing threats to public health security - from extreme weather-related disasters to wider spread of such vector-borne diseases as malaria and dengue. The impacts of climate on human health will not be evenly distributed around the world. The Third Assessment Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-2001) concluded that vulnerab...

High on-treatment platelet reactivity--why should we be concerned?

Antiplatelet drugs are the cornerstone in prevention and treatment of atherothrombotic vessel occlusions, i.e. myocardial infarction and stroke. The introduction of clopidogrel and its use in dual antiplatelet treatment (DAPT) has substantially reduced both the incidence and mortality of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and has improved the efficacy of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) (1...

Temporal-Awareness in SLAs: Why Should We Be Concerned?

Traditionally, Service Level Agreements have been decomposed in two sets of properties: functionals (what) and non-functionals (how). However, in our opinion, there has been a third key element that has had a minor attention from academy: temporal awareness (when). We believe temporality is a main concern that should be addressed in realistic scenarios. In doing so, this position paper discuss ...

Should Priority Setting Also Be Concerned About Profound Socio-Economic Transformations? A Response to Recent Commentary