Practical Cases

Teaching biotechnology through practical cases

Methods Three cases of study and application of biomedical signals are analyzed: a) Development of a multisensorial prosthesis of upper limb commanded by myoelectric signals (sEMG) b) Development of a robotic wheelchair commanded by eye blinks (myoelectric signals sEMG) and by brain signals (EEG) c) Use of myoelectric signals (sEMG) from disabled children to interact with mobile robots in order...

Demonstrating the learning health system through practical use cases.

The study by Forrest et al on the evaluation of the effectiveness of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a for Crohn disease has as its subtitle “Research in a Pediatric Learning Health System.” A quick review of the article and its abstract suggests that this is an exploration of anti-TNF-a; in reality, it is an exploration of the practical applicability of a learning health system (LHS) model to ...

Ibn Sīnā’s Practical Philosophy

This article is a brief review of Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy. It begins with a discussion of the Platonic, Aristotelian, and Neo-Platonic influences on Ibn Sīnā’s practical philosophy, as well as the influence of Fārābī and of Islamic religious teachings. The creative synthesis invented by Ibn Sīnā requires a particular view of the relation between religion and philosophy in such a manner ...

Universalizability and Practical Identity

DIPKIP: A Connectionist Knowledge Management System to Identify Knowledge Deficits in Practical Cases

DIPKIP: A CONNECTIONIST KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE DEFICITS IN PRACTICAL CASES ÁLVARO HERRERO,1 EMILIO CORCHADO,2 LOURDES SÁIZ,1 AND AJITH ABRAHAM3 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain 2Departamento de Informática y Automática, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain 3Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems, N...