Shallow metabolic depression and human spaceflight: a feasible first step

Recognizing pain management as a human right: a first step.

Scott M. Fishman, MD Pain management as a human right is a moral imperative that will help medicine return to its humanist roots. Acknowledging this right is a crucial step in reversing the public health crisis of under-treated pain. However, simply recognizing pain relief as a human right without making the changes necessary to provide appropriate treatment for patients in pain will only foste...

Image retrieval : a first step for a human centered approach1

1 This work is a part of the SCOPIE project founded by the federations ELESA and IMAG, and realized in collaboration with the LIS and the LPNC laboratory. Abstract Image indexing using content analysis is known as a difficult task, involving the vision research domain. Using these tools in the context of a retrieval system is generally frustrating for users, due to a lack of interfaces developm...

τέχνη: A First Step

A new approach to the design of the computing curriculum for a Bachelor of Arts degree is described. The approach relies extensively on problem-based instruction and computer graphics. The novelty arises from the magnitude and origin of the problems to be integrated into the curriculum and the breadth of the impact across the curriculum. Results from a trial course, the first experiment with th...

Is There A Relationship Between The Components Of Metabolic Syndrome And Depression?

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is characterized as, have at least 3 of the following 5 criteria: high waist circumference, high blood pressure, high Triglyceride, low HDL (High Density Lipoprotein), and elevated Fasting Blood Glucose. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 25% of the world's population has metabolic syndrome. Specially, metabolic syndrome is more prevalence in d...

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