Spinal Trauma in Italy: Actuality and Future Perspectives

Donor human milk: actuality and perspectives

Growing clinical evidences indicate the benefits of human milk (HM) for appropriate growth and development of a newborns: the particular composition make it a unique and inimitable nutrient [1]. Mother’s own milk is the first choice for all neonates including preterm infants, when it is unavailable or in short supply, donor milk (DM) is an important alternative. DM should be provided from an es...

Spinal robotics: current applications and future perspectives.

Even though robotic technology holds great potential for performing spinal surgery and advancing neurosurgical techniques, it is of utmost importance to establish its practicality and to demonstrate better clinical outcomes compared with traditional techniques, especially in the current cost-effective era. Several systems have proved to be safe and reliable in the execution of tasks on a routin...

Actuality and Future of Optical Systems

Today's high-capacity telecommunication systems are unimaginable without the use of optical fibres and accompanying optical components which are briefly presented in this paper with an accent on the receivers of optical signal. An overview of main characteristics of the key elements and the description of the most popular modulation formats in modern optical systems is shown. Some achievements ...

Trauma systems in Japan: history, present status and future perspectives.

As trauma is the leading cause of death for persons 1 to 24 years in Japan, the trauma system must be established to save lives and to reduce serious sequelae. However, the trauma system has not been evaluated since 2000. In May 2002, it revealed that the deaths of about 40% of expired trauma patients who arrived at emergency centers with some vital signs were probably preventable. This result ...

Membrane Engineering: Future Perspectives