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G. Shabbir Cheema, Christopher A. McNally, and Vesselin Popovsky (eds). Cross-border governance in Asia : regional issues and mechanisms. Tokyo and New York: United Nations University Press. 2011.
Get PDFアジアにおけるガバナンスの動向とイノベーションに関するシリーズの一環として、G. Shabbir Cheema、Christopher A. McNally、Vesselin Popovskyがまとめた編集本「アジアにおけるクロスボーダー・ガバナンス」の書評をしました。この本書は、アジアにおける国境を越えたガバナンスとそのダイナミクスについて、今まで書かれた最も有益で包括的なボリュームの1つとしてまだ立っています。 また、国境を越えたガバナンスの現在の問題と、地域協力の制度、政策、法的枠組み、市民社会とメディアの相互作用に関する将来の政策提言を幅広く分類した最も有益なまとめです。Cross-Border Governance in Asia is an edited book put together by G. Shabbir Cheema, Christopher A. McNally, and Vesselin Popovsky as part of a series on trends and innovations in governance in Asia. More than seven years have already passed since the publication of this book and it is obvious that the data is out of date to take the data part as a direct reference. But the book still stands as one of the most informative and comprehensive volumes ever written on cross-border governance and its dynamics in Asia.書評(Book review)departmental bulletin pape
Patents and heart valve surgery - I : mechanical valves
No full textValvular heart disease, inherited or acquired, affects more than 5 million Americans yearly. Whereas medical treatment is beneficial in the initial stages of valvular heart disease, surgical correction provides symptomatic relief and long-term survival benefits. Surgical options include either repair or replacement using mechanical or bio-prosthetic valves. Patient age and the post-operative need for anticoagulation therapy are major determinants of the choice between use of mechanical or bio-prosthetic valves. Since the first mechanical valves were made available several decades ago, the incorporation of increasingly sophisticated materials and methodologies has led to substantial improvements in the valve design, and has catalyzed a parallel increase in the amount of patents issued for these emerging technologies. In this paper, we have chronologically reviewed such patents, briefly discussed various challenges that mechanical heart valve implementation is faced with and finally reviewed some of the strategies employed to overcome such obstacles. An ideal prosthetic heart valve would comprehensively mimic the natural hemodynamics and physiology of the native heart valve. Additionally, such a valve would be easily implantable, associated with a minimal risk of thrombosis and thus need for anti-coagulation, and with a proven long-term durability. With cutting edge technological advancements in the recent times, the ongoing innovative and collaborative efforts of physicians, scientists, and engineers will not seize until an ideal mechanical heart valve becomes a reality
Combining stem cells and tissue engineering in cardiovascular repair - a step forward to derivation of novel implants with enhanced function and self-renewal characteristics
No full textThe use of stem and progenitor cells in cardiovascular therapy has been proposed as a feasible option to promote repair of tissue damage by ischemia, or to devise definitive artificial tissue replacements (valves, vessels, myocardium) to be surgically implanted in patients. Whereas in other medical branches such as dermatology and ophthalmology the use of ex vivo grown tissues is already accessible to a large degree, the use of bio-artificial implants in cardiovascular surgery is still marginal. This represents a major limitation in cardiovascular medicine at present. In fact, the limited durability and the lack of full compatibility of current implantable devices or tissues prevent a long-term resolution of symptoms and often require re-intervention thereby further increasing the economic burden of the cardiovascular disease. Stem cell technology can be of help to derive tissues with improved physiologic function and permanent durability. Specifically, the intrinsic ability of stem cells to produce tissue-specific "niches", where immature cells are perpetuated while differentiated progenitors are continuously produced, makes them an ideal resource for bioengineering approaches. Furthermore, recent advancements in biocompatible material science, designing of complex artificial scaffolds and generation of animal or human-derived natural substrates have made it feasible to have ex vivo reproduction of complex cell environment interactions - a process necessary to improve stem cells biological activity. This review focuses on current understanding of cardiovascular stem cell biology as well as tissue engineering and explores their interdisciplinary approach. By reviewing the relevant recent patents which have enabled this field to advance, it concentrates on various design substrates and scaffolds that grow stem cells in order to materialize the production of cardiovascular implants with enhanced functional and self-renewal characteristics
G. Shabbir Cheema, Christopher A. McNally, and Vesselin Popovsky (eds). Cross-border governance in Asia : regional issues and mechanisms. Tokyo and New York: United Nations University Press. 2011.
No full textアジアにおけるガバナンスの動向とイノベーションに関するシリーズの一環として、G. Shabbir Cheema、Christopher A. McNally、Vesselin Popovskyがまとめた編集本「アジアにおけるクロスボーダー・ガバナンス」の書評をしました。この本書は、アジアにおける国境を越えたガバナンスとそのダイナミクスについて、今まで書かれた最も有益で包括的なボリュームの1つとしてまだ立っています。 また、国境を越えたガバナンスの現在の問題と、地域協力の制度、政策、法的枠組み、市民社会とメディアの相互作用に関する将来の政策提言を幅広く分類した最も有益なまとめです。Cross-Border Governance in Asia is an edited book put together by G. Shabbir Cheema, Christopher A. McNally, and Vesselin Popovsky as part of a series on trends and innovations in governance in Asia. More than seven years have already passed since the publication of this book and it is obvious that the data is out of date to take the data part as a direct reference. But the book still stands as one of the most informative and comprehensive volumes ever written on cross-border governance and its dynamics in Asia.書評(Book review)application/pd
Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2009 mit Anhang als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbibliographie der Werke des Autors nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ im Schlussteil der Bibliographie sowie einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Architektur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an epilogue with an introduction to the architecture of the works in its epistemological structure and composition and as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2009-petzold-h-g-gesamtbibliographie-h-g-petzold-1958-2009-updating-november2009/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
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No full textPhotograph of author Samuel G. Freedman, at NT Daily Slash meeting in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT
The Right to Strike under the United States Constitution: Theory, Practice, and Possible Implications for Canada
No full textAnswering critics of the Canadian Supreme Court's judgment in B.C. Health, the author argues that the Court laid the foundation for a principled and durable doctrine protecting constitutional labour rights, one that goes directly to the heart of the matter — the inequality of workers’ power in the employment relation. In the author’s view, two paths could lead from B.C. Health to the recognition of Charter protec- tion for a right to strike: one that treats the right as an accessory to col- lective bargaining, and one that upholds the right directly on the basis of the Charter values of equality and participation. The author supports the latter approach, contending that constitutional rights should be defined in relation to fundamental values, in a way that is not contingent on time-bound or fact-sensitive assessments about the role of strikes within a particular collective bargaining regime. Although a Charter right to strike may involve the courts in difficult choices about when to defer to legislative policy decisions, and courts may lack the institutional capac- ity to deal effectively with labour law issues, the author points out that judges can look to ILO standards for expert guidance. Noting that the U.S. experience in this area might be of considerable use to Canadians, the author concludes by providing an overview of American case law concerning a constitutional right to strike.Peer reviewe
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