301 research outputs found
Supplemental Material - Understanding Governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: An Empirical Approach
No full textSupplemental Material for Understanding Governance in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve: An Empirical Approach by Víctor Gómez-Valenzuela, Harro Van Lente, Katerin Ramírez, and Solhanlle Bonilla-Duarte in Tropical Conservation Science</p
Emerging Technologies for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. Innovating with Care
Get PDFPublic announcements of breakthroughs in diagnosing alzheimer’s disease regularly appear in newspapers, radio and television programmes, and on the web. The types of diagnostic tests recommended range from mri and pet scans of the brain, to spinal taps, blood tests, simple eye cell tests, and even smelling peanut butter. Most of these tests measure so-called ‘biomarkers’: certain molecules in the body that are linked with the pathology thought to underlie alzheimer’s disease. The usual claim is that these tests are more reliable, less burdensome, faster and/or cheaper than existing diagnostic procedures. But most importantly, the novel tests are thought to reveal alzheimer’s at an early stage, possibly even years before the onset of symptoms.keywordsinnovation processhealth technology assessmentdiagnostic technologybiomedical domainresponsible researchthese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease: How to innovate with Care
No full textThis volume has explored the global attempts to innovate the diagnostics of alzheimer’s disease (ad), by means of biomarkers or otherwise. This exploration exceeded the confines of memory clinics and research centres, but also included sites such as newspapers, policy documents, patient groups, general practitioners, and online diagnostics tools. The diversity of sites reflects the many faces and manifestations of ad: it is not just one thing but many. This diversity brings along that the very notion of the disease and how it should be addressed are elusive. Diagnosis can take many forms and play different roles, and is not equally important for everyone. Moreover, exploring the different sites where ad manifests itself shows that ideas of what ad is and how its diagnostics should be improved often are contested. Innovation of ad diagnostics, so much is clear, takes place in an elusive and controversial field. How to answer, then, the question about the desirability of emerging diagnostic technologies?keywordsinformal caregiverpower differencememory clinicinterpretative frameworkdiagnostic practicethese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Water quality: it could have been otherwise.
No full textZeiss, R. (2017). In: Lente, H. van, Swierstra, T., Wyatt, S. Zeiss, R (eds.) (2017). Wegwijs in STS – Knowing your way in STS. Maastricht: Datawyse
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