Nostalgia for the USSR

Central Europe & the USSR

Central Europe & the USSR

The Nostalgia Factory

With the exception of some texts directed to patients and families, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Patho-physiology — Diagnosis — Treatment represents the first dedicated on normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a condition that the authors find important due to its similarities in presentation to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The authors assert that a full textbook de...

Hepatic Surgery in the Ussr

The history of hepatic surgery in the USSR goes back to the work of Russian surgeons in the late nineteenth century. The first successful liver resection was performed in Russia by N.V. Sklifosovsky in 1889, further contributions to surgery of the liver were made by M.M. Kuznetsov and V.R. Pensky who suggested the hepatic suture (Figure 1) in 1894 1, 2. At the same time as the topographical stu...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...