Introduction Postoperative paraplegia including paraparesis is a devastating complication after descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (DTAA) and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair surgery. This lecture will be focused on the pathophysiological mechanisms for the development of postoperative paraplegia, the strategies to prevent the development of postoperative paraplegia, and anesthet...

Low back pain may have complex patho-physiological causes leading to chronicity that resists conventional managements. Complementary and alternative treatment options have, therefore, gained popularity. In this chapter, acupuncture, manual therapy, and natural healing for low back pain will be discussed. Special emphasis is given on the role of the individual in the control and prevention of lo...

Several elective surgical managements have been reported regarding giant inguinal hernias (GIH), but no case of death. We here present a fatal case of bilateral GIHs in an extremely obese man with dyspnea. Bilateral GIHs are difficult to recognize in extreme obesity. Moreover, operation is recommended when GIH is diagnosed.

Information privacy concerns are a dominant concern of the information age. Such concerns emanate from the tension between the correct use of personal information and information privacy. That tension has extended to the computer-mediated work environment as employees are becoming increasingly aware of the ways in which management can employ technologies to monitor their email and Internet inte...

Die Industrialisierung der Software-Entwicklung hat in den letzten Jahren an Bedeutung gewonnen. Zusätzlich ist Global Sourcing als Form des globalen Ressourcen-Managements nicht mehr aus der Software-Entwicklung wegzudenken. Die Verteilung der Entwicklung auf global verteilte Teams stellt neue Herausforderungen an die Vorbereitung, das Management und die Durchführung von Software-Entwicklungsp...

Im vielen Umfeldern wird in zunehmendem Maße gefordert, für Produkte nicht nur bei Projektabschluss, sondern über deren gesamte Lebensdauer hinweg ihre Kompatibilität mit den Anforderungen zu gewährleisten. Requirements Engineering (RE) ist in solchen Umfeldern als ein integraler Bestandteil des Product Lifecycle Managements (PLM) zu realisieren. Der Beitrag stellt einige Konzepte des PLM vor u...