Modern universities have largely been portrayed in the literature as an extension of nation building projects, focusing on state primary actor. This article challenges such presuppositions by separating ‘nation’ and ‘state’ with a critical appropriation diasporic subjectivity institutions from comparative historical perspective. The has four themes: ‘diaspora’, ‘ethnic internationalism’, ‘state...

ABSTRICT. We focus on some preliminary, theoretical and practicai, requirements for an ageni-based system for cognitive interaction with olderpeople. We describe in some detaii a preliminary shidy oimed at assessing ihe acceptability of interaciion of cognitively impaired elders with an artificial companion by siudying their reaciive behaviour during a simple experimental session. First results...

The importance of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) has been addressed in recent years by governments and institutions. Many large scale projects have been funded with the aim to allow healthcare professionals to consult patients data amongst different organizations. Concepts like interoperability, security and confidentiality are the key for the success for these projects. The Integrating the...

As global health education becomes increasingly important, more physicians are participating in international health electives (IHEs). Haiti is a favorable site for an IHE because of its substantial health care needs and rich culture. Although both osteopathic and allopathic physicians can provide effective health care to Haitians, osteopathic physicians may be particularly well suited to serve...

We sought to compare the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), ischemic heart event (IHE), congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and all-cause mortality among 470,386 individuals with resistant and nonresistant hypertension (non-RH). Resistant hypertension (60,327 individuals) was subcategorized into two groups: 23,104 patients with cRH (controlled on four or more me...

OBJECTIVES Due to the increasing adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for primary use, the number of electronic documents stored in such systems will soar in the near future. In order to benefit from this development in secondary fields such as medical research, it is important to define requirements for the secondary use of EHR data. Furthermore, analyses of the extent to which an IHE ...

Eflords are underway at numerous sites around the world lo construct physical maps of all human chromosomes. These maps will enable researchers to locate, characterize, and eventually understand the genes lhat control human structure and function. The volume and complexity of Ihe data already generated requires a sophislicated array of compu2ational support to collect, store, analyze, integrate...

Background Endothelial cell release of nitric oxide (NO) is one indicator of vascular health. Coronary arteries develop atherosclerotic disease, while left internal mammary arteries (IMA), which are frequently used as bypass conduits in patients with disease, do not. Endothelial cell function of vessels can be assessed by the response to isometric handgrip exercise (IHE); normal function is evi...

In this artide we p1'Opose a geneml framework for sequential dedsion making. The fi'amework is baSf.d on the observation that the. derication of the optimal behaviour ttnde.T various decision criteria follows the. same patte!"n: the cost of policies can be decomposed into the successive applicatlOn of an opemtor that defines the related dynamic programming algordhm and this ope.mtor descnbes co...

Isozyme patterns of 23 different enzymes were compared in normal, benign, and malignant breast tissues; in MCF-7 cells; and in organoids of normal human breast tissue. Benign lesions generally showed ¡sozymepatterns similar to those of normal tissues. Láclate dehydrogenase isozyme 5 was significantly increased in malignant tumors; MCF-7 cells had only láclate dehydrogenase (i_-lactale:NAD ox...