What Does “Propensity” Add?

A New Monitor of Pressure Autoregulation: What Does It Add?

Strain: What Does This Add to Ventricular Function Assessment?

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has advanced the role of the cardiovascular anesthesiologist and increased his/her active role and obligations during perioperative patient care. Assessment of global and regional left ventricular (LV) function consists of two-dimensional (2D) or Doppler evaluation of cardiac structures and their interaction with blood flow. The techniques used are mostly ...

Beyond Flatland? What does semiotics add to information sciences?

We go back to Shannon’s mathematical concept of information and suggest that, on semiotic considerations, different types of information must be distinguished of which the Shannon type covers the most simple one only. To this end we utilize the isomorphic relation between Peirce’s method to systematically arrange the Boolean relations in his X-frame scheme and the arrangement of semiotical term...

What ’ s known on the subject ? and What does the study add ? ÖZ

Transüretral rezeksiyon planlanan, alt üriner sistem yakınmaları bulunan, 49-95 yaşlarında 60 hasta çalışmamıza dahil edildi. Rezeke edilen doku ağırlığı, abdomimal ve cerrahi öncesi masada ölçülen transrektal ultrasonografi (TRUS) prostat boyutları ve sistoskopi esnasında ölçülen prostatik üretral uzunluk arasındaki ilişki incelendi. Prostat hacimleri açısından, 75 cc’den küçük eşit ve büyük v...

EEG in neurological conditions other than epilepsy: when does it help, what does it add?

Correspondence to: Dr Shelagh Smith, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; shelaghs@epilepsynse. org.uk _________________________ A lthough the electroencephalogram (EEG) is a reliable test to assess cerebral function, its value in diagnosis and evaluation of neurological conditions apart from epilepsy has been largely superceded in re...