The origins of bioethics, self-defined as “science of survival”, are diverse (1). They can be traced back to the Code of Hammurabi (1754 B.C.), which introduced specific rules and drastic penalties for physicians in the cases of therapeutic failure. Using a connection between responsibility for a medical intervention (rules 215-225) and measurable outcome, the Code represents an early attempt t...

Field CO2 production was related to soil carbon pools and ̄uxes determined by laboratory incubation of soils from agroecosystems designed to test the possibility of substituting biological for chemical inputs. Treatments included: conventional and organic-based row crops, woody and herbaceous perennial crops and historically tilled and never tilled successional ®elds. The CO2 ef ̄ux in corn and ...

Wilmette, IL—Pediatric Eye Associates (3/1):Deborah R. Fishman (I), JoAnn Spieker (C), Aliza Julian (E); Portland, OR—Casey Eye Institute (3/0):Daniel J. Karr (I), Allison I. Summers (I), Paula K. Rauch (C), YelenaM. Bubnoz (E), Albert Romo (E); Columbus, OH—The Ohio State University (3/0):Marjean T. Kulp (I), Freda D. Dallas (C); Portland, OR—Pacific University College of Optometry (3/2): Rich...

Objectives: Recurrent anterior shoulder instability after arthroscopic labral repair surgery particularly in young athletes is a concerning problem occurring approximately 9 - 18 % of patients with subcritical bone loss. The addition an remplissage procedure has been shown to decrease recurrence rates. Moreover, the recent literature suggests that rates approach open Latarjet procedure. This le...

The literature demonstrated the involvement of oxidative stress in the osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis and the antioxidant effect of sulphurous mineral waters. Thus the objectives of the study were to investigate the impact on symptoms and quality of life and a possible antioxidant action of sulphurous mud-balneotherapy in 38 patients suffering from Knee OA admitted to Telese spa (Telese Terme...

Intracranial hypotension syndrome is an uncommon manifestation of shunt overdrainage; characterized by a triad of postural headache, diffuse pachymeningeal gadolinium enhancement and low cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure. We describe a young female with recurrent episodes of postural headaches and reversible dorsal midbrain syndrome due to intracranial hypotension as a complication of shunt ...

Salinity is a major problem confronting agriculture in arid environments. Sensitivity to high levels of salt in plants is associated with an inability to effectively remove Na ions from the cell cytoplasm. The ability to compartmentalize Na may result, in part, from stimulation of the H -ATPases on the plasma membrane (PM-ATPase) and vacuolar membrane (V-ATPase). These H -pumping ATPases may pr...

This special issue explores modes of narrative thinking in research and practice psychology. In psychology, “narrative” refers to a linguistic form mode which events are arranged through plots convey the meaning experience. Bruner (1986, 1990) introduced psychology as another branch that could be contrasted with scientific based on logical positivism, relies truthfulness explanations by making ...

Today, there are many end-user programming tools available, but in the Internet of Things domain, this concept is relatively new. Some pioneer examples include solutions, such as d.tools and Pachube, but also Web2.0, Mash-ups, Twitter and Facebook are suitable backplanes for this kind of applications. Another level of development support is various hardware concepts and solutions, such as RFIDs...