REVIEW: Globalisation for whom?

For whom the desert bell tolls: heat stroke or stroke

       Heat stroke is the most complicated and dangerous amongst heat injuries that can lead to irreversible injury and even death with itself or with creating predisposibility to different diseases. The following case report depicts a patient who presented primarily with impairment of consciousness after walking 45 km in the summer heat to cross the Syria-Turkey border and la...

Modelling for Globalisation

INTRODUCTION The world is getting smaller and smaller. All participants to this conference are the best example for that: we come from all over the world to discuss themes related to our daily food. Living in a small world has great advantages but also some drawbacks. We like to think we are ready for a major up scaling of our food supplies, but are we really? What do we need to answer to this ...

Security For Whom?

Pervasive computing will introduce hundreds of computing devices per user. This change is of such magnitude that it is qualitative as well as quantitative. Old solutions may not scale when the size of the problem grows by such a factor—passwords, for example, will no longer be a suitable user authentication method. In this paper we examine new security issues for pervasive computing including a...

Ureterocutaneostomy: for whom and when?

OBJECTIVE To discuss the indications and the results of the patients treated with ureterocutaneostomy (UCN) for urinary diversion in our center. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between March 2008 and November 2012, 27 patients (19 males and 8 females) were treated with UCN in our clinic. Patients' ages ranged between 56-78 years. Radical cystectomy was performed on 21 of these patients. The patients und...

Youth: A Problem for Whom?