The Sixth Lugano Conference clinical papers: Many remaining questions

Remaining Questions about Clinical Variola Major

After the recent summary of World Health Organization-authorized research on smallpox, several clinical issues remain. This policy review addresses whether early hemorrhagic smallpox is disseminated intravascular coagulation and speculates about the cause of the high mortality rate among pregnant women and whether ocular smallpox is partly the result of trachoma or vitamin A deficiency. The joi...

The Sixth Annual Conference On Evolutionary Programming EP ' 97 Raising Theoretical Questions about the Utilityof Genetic

Genetic algorithms are believed by some to be very eecient optimization and adaptation tools. So far, the eecacy of genetic algorithms has been described by empirical results, and yet theoretical approaches are far behind. This paper aims at raising fundamental theoretical questions about the utility of genetic algorithms. These questions originate from various existing theories and the no-free...

‘ ‘ Myocardial stunning ’ ’ remaining questions 1

Dirk J. Duncker , Rainer Schulz , Roberto Ferrari , David Garcia-Dorado , Carlo Guarnieri , Gerd Heusch , Pieter D. Verdouw a,) a Experimental Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus UniÕersity Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands b Department of Pathophysiology, UniÕersity of Essen, Essen, Germany c Fondazione Clinica del LaÕoro, Brescia, Italy d Hospital General UniÕersitairi, V...

Sixth Annual Castle Conference

The male suburethral sling: remaining questions.

The AdVance transobturator sling represents an important treatment option for male stress urinary incontinence. Accordingly, recent data suggests AdVance to yield success rates of 62%-77% through 3 year follow up.1,2 Although experience to date is favorable, many questions exist. Foremost, the ideal technique for intraoperative placement and tensioning remains a topic of discussion. The exact m...