Background: Since the general distrust of a new technology is an important obstacle in the development of this technology, attention to the ethical and social aspects of emerging technologies can play an important role in the development of these technologies. The present study uses documentary and library studies to examine the social and ethical aspects of new technologies with a focus on nan...

In this paper a modification of the time domain passivity controller is presented to improve its performance and transparency in case of multi degrees of freedom (dof) haptic interaction. In multi-dof application the concept needs to be extended by additional conditions to distribute the adaptive damping appropriately among the degrees of freedom. This can be solved by using the geometrical inf...

In 2014, balanced assessment systems (BAS) were proposed as a resource-conscious, 'fit-for-purpose' form of health technology assessment for middle-income countries which lack resources and competences necessary for resource-intensive health technology assessment models. BAS has undergone extensive policy debate in the period since its publication but it has not been critically assessed in a st...

OBJECTIVES Although ethics has been on the agenda in health technology assessment (HTA) since its inception, the integration of moral issues is still not standard and is performed in a vast variety of ways. Therefore, there is a need for a procedure for integrating moral issues in HTA. METHODS Literature review of existing approaches together with application of various theories in moral phil...

proteomics refers to the analysis of expression, localization, functions, posttranslational modifications, and interactions of proteins expressed by a genome at a specific condition and at a specific time. current proteomic tools allow large-scale, high-throughput analyses for the detection, identification, and functional investigation of proteome. in this review, we have focused on the proteom...

this study compared and analyzed indigenous and modern agricultural technologies used in cassava production in anambra state. multi-stage sampling technique was used in sample selection. a total of 160 farmers were purposively selected from the four agricultural zones that made up the state based on the use of modern and indigenous technologies. data were collected using structured questionnair...

This study provides a sociological commentary on the current debates within health technology assessment (HTA), specifically in response to the approaches taken in France, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It argues that HTA is part of a wider reflexive innovation system that seeks to order current and prospective technologies. The study discusses the socio-political process of H...

The new regulatory governance perspective has introduced several insights to the study of health technology assessment (HTA): it has broadened the scope for the analysis of HTA; it has provided a more sophisticated account of national diversity and the potential for cross-border policy learning; and, it has dissolved the distinction between HTA assessment and appraisal processes. In this paper,...