: Village Man, City Man . Mira Reym Binford, Michael Camerini.

A Wireless MAN in Bragança – Digital City

Following the portuguese Digital Cities Program, twelve Information Society related projects where initiated in the city of Bragança, under a common goal: “to reduce interiority costs”. A wireless network with metropolitan coverage was then built to fulfill the communication requirements, both between institutions and to the Internet. We present here several important design decisions and imple...

Cystic Lung Disease in a Young man

A 32-year-old man was admitted in the Emergency Department with acute dyspnea secondary to spontaneous pneumothorax. He had history of spontaneous pneumothorax 2 years ago.He was active cigarette smoker (10 pack/year). The family history was unremarkable for lung diseases. Additionally, he had no systemic complaints.The lung HRCT revealed multiple bizarre-shaped cysts distributed in both lungs ...

Editor's Note/Man, the Story-Telling Animal

Laser Man versus Man Weapon Fire Simulation

This report describes a man versus man semiconductor laser weapon fire simulation system that eliminates the requirement that the trainee wear on his body numerous laser detectors that impede his motion and are subject to damage. The system utilizes retroreflective material and two transmitted eyesafe laser beams. The first beam, when reflected, ascertains a hit and the second broad beam commun...

A new philosophy of man and humanism

The theoretical basis for the new philosophy was laid by the American philosopher James Joseph Dagenais (1923-1981), who came to the conclusion that philosophical anthropology is not a science, but a domain unto itself, and that a philosophy of man can only come about as a joint undertaking of all sciences, in which the object of study must be man himself. The final explanation of man lies outs...