Things we know we know

Things we know we know.

What is the point of university? In the modern state, we are faced with a plethora of competing and sometimes contradictory answers to this question. To some extent, the answer depends on who is paying, which differs considerably between countries. At one extreme, the Nordic countries continue to fund higher education almost entirely from general taxation. At the other, private institutions in ...

Superior Capsule Reconstruction: What Do We Know?

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Simple Things We Don’t Know

This is a quite faithful rendering of a Colloquio De Giorgi I had the honor to give at Scuola Normale Superiore on March 21, 2012. The idea was to explain some open problems in arithmetic algebraic geometry which are simple to state but which remain shrouded in mystery. 1. An interactive game: dimension zero Suppose I give you an integer N ≥ 2, and tell you that I am thinking of a monic integer...

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...