One of the earliest references to a successful surgical attempt for the treatment of goitre can be found in the medical writings of the Moorish physician Ali Ibn Abbas. In 952 A.D., he recorded his experience with the removal of a large goitre under opium sedation using simple ligatures and hot cautery irons as the patient sat with a bag around his neck to catch the blood. The first accounts of...

This study here suggests a classification of technologies based on taxonomic characteristics of interaction between technologies in complex systems that is not a studied research field in economics of technical change. The proposed taxonomy here categorizes technologies in four typologies, in a broad analogy with the ecology: 1) technological parasitism is a relationship between two technologie...

new technologies. The range of applications was quite wide. Don Pelz and Eileen Trzcinski (University of Michigan) looked at the implementation of microcomputers for administrative uses in social service agencies ; Rita Bush (AT&T) examined computerized technologies in the telephone company; Karol Kerns talked about developing electronic &dquo;smart cards&dquo; to control the distribution of be...

1 Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Via Ardeatina 306, 00179 Rome, Italy Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Medical Park Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13507 Berlin, Germany 3 Functional Exploration and Neuromodulation of Nervous System Investigation Group (FENNSI), Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos, Finca La Peraleda s/...

In our Supplemental Newborn Screening Program in western Pennsylvania, we have introduced not only a unique approach to newborn screening, but also some innovative concepts in follow-up confirmation and prognostic diagnosis. The Pennsyl-vania Department of Health routinely screens only for phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism. In an attempt to extend this basic state-mandated screening...

Introduction: Current energy sources are coming to end and one of the main priorities of the country’s management is the energy recovery from renewable energy. Considerable quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the most serious urban pollution sources. Impact assessment matrix is a new and fast tool for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Materials and Methods: In this regard, r...

in recent years, work for the information profession has become characterized by fast-paced change and new skills requirements. this transformation has been brought about by the constant emergence of relevant new technologies. in this paper, ict skills for professionals in developing countries are examined and nigeria research project is mentioned as an example. one of the important implication...

With the developments of new technologies appearing very quickly, the attention has been focused more on technology than learning. English centers and institutes have mostly been busy accommodating new programs and technologies and hence have not spent enough time to evaluate the CALL programs and technologies employed to find their affordances and limitations. The present study was an attempt ...

Perspective Mobile health: new technologies, new modes and new era In the past decade, tremendous developments have been made in mobile communicating technologies, such as fourth generation communication, satellite communication, and wireless network, which, when combined with healthcare, promoted the development of mobile health (mhealth). Mobile health is defined by the Healthcare Information...

In a period of dramatic technological and social change, educators need to foster a variety of new types of literacies to make education relevant to the demands of a new millennium. My assumptions are that new technologies are altering every aspect of our society and culture, and that we need to comprehend and make use of them both to understand and transform our worlds. Introducing new literac...