Face Transplants: An International History

History and ethics of hand transplants

Hand transplantation is a form of composite tissue allotransplantation, whereby the hand of a cadaveric donor is transferred to the forearm of an amputee. The aim of such a procedure is to achieve better outcomes in terms of functionality and appearance when compared with prosthetics. The microsurgical techniques required have been well established for many years. In addition, advances in immun...

International Review of Social History

International Society for the History of Medicine XXI International Congress of the History of Medicine

spontaneous generation of organisms, the work of Pasteur, and the two special Congress lectures, 'Recherche scientifique et personnalit6' (by Marcel Florkin) and 'Mathematics, music and medical science' (by Alistair Crombie). The papers were delivered in simultaneous sessions and while there was comparatively little overlap of biology and chemistry, this, unfortunately, was not so for some of t...

ترجمه و تحقیق کتاب an introduction to the history of mysticism

پایان نامه ی ارائه شده ترجمه ی کتاب «an introduction to the history of mysticism» نوشته ی مارگارت اسمیت که وی پژوهشگر، خاورشناس و محقق برجسته ی تصوف و عرفان می باشد. موضوع اساسی و مهم این کتاب عرفان در ادیان مختلف است. نویسنده در ابتدا این کلمه را ریشه یابی کرده و سپس تعریفی از آن ارائه داده و آن را در ادیان مختلف مورد بحث قرار داده است و در هر فصل کتاب به معرفی عرفای آن دین یا عصر خاصی پرداخته...

International Standardization on Face Recognition Technology

This paper details the international standard works on biometrics, especially face recognition, for example, which groups have an interest, what kind of works has been done, and why the standard works are needed. Moreover, the history of MPEG-7 Advanced Face Recognition descriptor and current situations are described.