Abstract The purpose of this article is a comparative analysis the post-Soviet reappearance Russian Orthodox Church in two rural Komi communities. We aimed to study local perceptions restoring Church's presence particular localities. conducted ethnographic fieldwork communities and spoke clerics inhabitants villages under study. Our field research also involved participant observation literatur...

The application of game elements a in non-gaming context offers a great potential regarding the engagement of senior citizens with information systems. In this paper, we suggest the application of gamification to routine tasks and leisure activities, namely physical and cognitive therapy, the gamification of real-life activities which are no longer accessible due to age-related changes and the ...

Ascertaining a patient's risk of ischaemic complications after admission with an acute coronary syndrome is an important determinant of management. The treating clinician must determine whether and how urgently to send the patient for coronary angiography and whether to select more intensive antithrombotic therapies in the acute phase, and facilitate secondary prevention strategies. Risk strati...

Symmetry exploiting software based on the generalized Fourier transform (GFT) is presented from a practical design point of view. The algorithms and data structures map closely to the relevant mathematical abstractions, which primarily are based upon representation theory for groups. Particular care has been taken in the design of the data layout of the performance sensitive numerical data stru...

Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) is a powerful perfusion imaging technique capable of quickly demonstrating both hypo- and hyperperfusion on a global or localized scale in a wide range of disease states. Knowledge of pathophysiologic changes in blood flow and common artifacts inherent to the sequence allows accurate interpretation of ASL when performed as part of a routine clinical imaging protocol...

In cardiac surgery, sternal wound infection (SWI) continues to be one of the most serious postoperative complications. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have become the most common causative agents of SWI. However, many CoNS species are resistant to routine intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis. 2000 cardiac surgery patients were randomised to routine prophylaxis with intravenous isoxazolyl ...

The purpose of this study was to examine histologically the effects of propolis topical application to dental sockets and skin wounds. After topical application of either a 10% hydro-alcoholic solution of propolis or 10% hydro-alcoholic solution alone, cutaneous wound healing and the socket wound after tooth extraction were examined. The rats were sacrificed at 3, 6, 9, 15 and 21 days after the...

The market for health care systems supporting physicians and improving their daily routine is dynamically growing. The development of these systems makes great demands on the handling of medical knowledge like anatomical and process knowledge. In this paper a special approach for the radiological domain will be presented. Our framework includes mechanisms to store medical knowledge in different...

Workflow technology has a clear application in the domain of highly repeatable business processes. There is, however, a large body of business activity that so far has proven difficult or impossible to support with production workflow systems. Information workers find that the objects of their work change form substantially from case to case, and that the procedures that they use are highly dep...

Out of 100 hours of engineering work, only 20 are dedicated to real engineering and 80 are spent on what is considered as routine activities. Readjusting the ratio of innovative vs. routine work is a considerable challenge in the product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy. Therefore, the main objective is to develop an approach in order to accelerate routine processes in engineering design. Th...