OBJECTIVES The Disease-Related Groups (DRGs) system postulates that inpatient stays with similar levels of clinical complexity are expected to consume similar amounts of resources. This, applied to surgery of congenital heart disease, suggests that the higher the complexity of procedures as estimated by the Aristotle complexity score, the higher hospital reimbursement should be. This study anal...

We are praised and blamed for things of which we are causes, not things for which necessity, nature,chance or other human beings are causes. In his ethical writings Aristotle restricts moral responsibility to those actions an agent performs voluntarily. Only voluntary actions are candidates for praise and blame, reward and punishment. Voluntary actions meet two conditions: they have their causa...

OBJECTIVE The 'hybrid procedure', consisting of surgical banding of the pulmonary arteries with intraoperative stenting of the arterial duct, was developed as primary palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), avoiding the risks of cardiopulmonary bypass. In many centres, it is reserved for low birth weight, premature or unstable neonates; however, its role in such high risk cases of...

Many modern biologists see anything before Darwin as prehistory: research riddled with misunderstandings and errors. But this view misses an extraordinary range of work over centuries with much of value and insight. So a new look at the biological work of Aristotle, coming from a Greek island almost 2,500 years ago, provides a fresh and fascinating reminder of ancient thinking. A new television...

Aristotle was the founder of modal logic. In his Prior Analytics, he developed a complex system of modal syllogistic. While influential, this system has been disputed since antiquity and is today widely regarded as incoherent or inconsistent. In view of this, Aristotle’s Modal Syllogistic explores the prospects for understanding the modal syllogistic as a coherent and consistent system of modal...

Third University Department of Cardiology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece e-mail: [email protected]

Aristotle on Deformed Animal Kinds Charlotte Witt University of New Hampshire