Aortic valve replacement through a full sternotomy is the conventional approach for the treatment of aortic valve stenosis, and clinical outcomes have significantly improved in the last decade, despite gradual increases in patient age and overall risk profile. Nevertheless, new alternative treatment options have been introduced into the clinical practice with the aim of reducing the ‘‘invasiven...

Is the classical predator-prey theory inherently pathological? Defenders of the theory are losing grounds in the debate. We will demonstrate that the detractors’ argument is based on a faulty model, and the conceptual and predictive bases of the theory are fundamentally sound. Biological control is to introduce natural predators or parasites to ecosystems for pest control. It works when the pes...

The field of CAM is fluid, ever changing and ever approaching the essence of modern western medicine using the evidence based approach (1). However, since some ancient practices continue without scientific evidence, there are still international perceptions that CAM is mired in folk remedies. This situation is most pertinent to TCM as expressed in an editorial about the debate in China by Mark ...

Tham and Chong (2023) examine measurement issues pertaining to indicators used in assessing the achievement performance of Malaysian higher education. The data presented are evidence need seriously rethink measurements for monitoring quality improvements, which perennial education challenges context. study makes reference two plans, namely National Higher Education Strategic Plan, 2007 Blueprin...

the main purpose of the paper is to show how iranian family, particularly tehranian family, has changed over times. it is an important social issue because family institution has dominated a country such as iran. hence, if this institution has been changed, it means that the society will be in the process of major social and cultural events. based on our understanding, in general, the family in...

THEINTLKLIBK~UIYI OAN PROCESS AT SOLTHERN UNIVERSITY, ILLIKOIS Carbondale, has undergone a major redesign since the late 1980s. Central to the redesign has been a move toward empowering patron3 by providing them with choice arid responsibility. In 1994, the library began facilitating unmediated borrowing from the forty-eight other members of a statewide library consortium through a $hared onlin...

The widespread adoption of information and communications technologies (ICT) in higher education (HE) since the mid 1990s has failed to produce the radical changes in learning and teaching than many anticipated. Activity theory and Rogers’ model of the adoption of innovations provide analytic frameworks that help develop our understanding of the actual impact of ICT upon teaching practices. Thi...

I n these days where corporate governance seems a watchword for dubious practice within multinational companies, such terms often are bandied around without much thought given to their meaning. A similar word, clinical governance, is used within medicine particularly by administrators and funding bodies who set their own agendas within health care. In 1998, the National Health Service (NHS) int...

The widespread adoption of information and communications technologies (ICT) in higher education (HE) since the mid 1990s has failed to produce the radical changes in learning and teaching than many anticipated. Activity theory and Rogers’ model of the adoption of innovations provide analytic frameworks that help develop our understanding of the actual impact of ICT upon teaching practices. Thi...

The widespread adoption of information and communications technologies (ICT) in higher education (HE) since the mid 1990s has failed to produce the radical changes in learning and teaching than many anticipated. Activity theory and Rogers’ model of the adoption of innovations provide analytic frameworks that help develop our understanding of the actual impact of ICT upon teaching practices. Thi...