THE FIRST TOPIC discussed by the panelists was collaboration between ethicists and medical professionals to elaborate a system of ethical assessment related to all transplantation activities. The necessity of such a system was agreed to be undisputable. Mutual consultation requires a common language, fully understandable by both parties. One of the panelists, an ethicist with a good medical bac...

This is a report on a panel at the Fifth International Workshop on Database Programming Languages, September 6–8, 1995, Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. The panel was well attended and there was a fair amount of interaction with an audience of about 50 people. The panelists spoke for about 10 minutes each. Then, there was a 30 minute period involving questions and discussion with the audience. The order ...

The 100th Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES) was held in Kobe November 2020 during Digestive Disease Week (JDDW2020), which approximately 20,000 gastroenterologists participated. Chair, Professor Takashi Kawai Tokyo Medical University, organized this memorial congress using a hybrid system with face-to-face and internet contact at time worldwide spread coronaviru...

We provide our five visions and contributions that the young tropical restoration science community can make for an impactful beneficial UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Protecting ecosystems, in their current extent function, is no longer sufficient to meet global conservation sustainable development goals: we must also restore ecosystems remedy past degradation (Gann et al., 2019; Leclère ...

“The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a graphical language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a softwareintensive system” [1]. This panel of domain and tool development experts discusses the features needed to extend UML to support systems engineering, and together with the audience, investigates the advisability and feasibility of the extensions. Audi...

Security and quality of service (QoS) are two critical network services in today’s inter-networked world. Security mechanisms are used to provide proof of identity, preserve protected information, and ensure that information received has not been tampered with. Quality of service enables multi-media and other real-time services to use public data networks instead of a more expensive dedicated n...

A nationwide study using delphi techniques was conducted to develop consensus andprovide focus and direction for future research activities concerning the adoption of electronic communication, information, and imaging technologies for instructional use in agricultural education settings. A panel of 61 distance education experts were identified The four objectives were to identify the: I)positiv...

Objective: To make evidence-based treatment recommendations for patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with dementia, depression, and psychosis based on these questions: 1) What tools are effective to screen for depression, psychosis, and dementia in PD? 2) What are effective treatments for depression and psychosis in PD? 3) What are effective treatments for PD dementia or dementia with Lewy bodi...

Objective: To define key issues in the diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD), to define features influencing progression, and to make evidence-based recommendations. Two clinical questions were identified: 1) Which clinical features and diagnostic modalities distinguish PD from other parkinsonian syndromes? 2) Which clinical features predict rate of disease progression? Methods: Systematic review...

Abstract Digital technologies, and the affordances they provide, can shape institutional processes in significant ways. In last decade, social media other digital platforms have redefined civic engagement by enabling new ways of connecting, collaborating, mobilizing. this article, we examine how technological both enable hinder through visibilization – which define as enactment features to fore...